March 18th
Holidays and Festivals
Flag Day (Aruba) * CLICK HERE
Gallipoli Memorial Day (Turkey)
Mens and Soldiers Day (Mongolia)
Goddess of Fertility Day
Supreme Sacrifice Day
Awkward Moments Day
Forgive Mom and Dad Day
National Biodiesel Day
Calle Ocho (Miami) (4-4)
Bindus Diena (Ancient Latvia)
Birthday of President Grover Cleveland (22nd & 24th President)
Fiesta de las Fallas, The commemoration of Saint Joseph (Spain)
National Clam on the Half Shell Day (Most Celebrate on March 31st)
Saint Throw-up Day, the day after a St. Paricks Day party
Christian Feast Day of Alexander of Jerusalem
Christian Feast Day of Cyril of Jerusalem
Christian Feast Day of Edward the Martyr
Christian Feast Day of Fridianus
Christian Feast Day of Salvator
Toast of The Day
"May you have all the happiness
and luck that life can hold—
And at the end of all your rainbows
may you find a pot of gold."
- Traditional Irish
Drink of The Day
Irish Carbomb
1/2 or 1 Shot of Irish Whiskey
1/2 or 1 Shot of Irish Cream
2/3 Pint of Irish Stout
Mix Shots, Drop in Stout and Down Immediately
Wine of The Day
Estancia 2008 Cabernet Sauvignon
Style - Cabernet Sauvignon
Paso Robles
$20
Beer of The Day
Duck-Rabbit Milk Stout
Brewer - The Duck-Rabbit Craft Brewery Inc. ; Farmville, North Carolina, USA
Style - Sweet Stout
Joke of The Day
O’Connell was staggering home with a small Paddy in his back pocket when he
slipped and fell heavily. Struggling to his feet, he felt something wet running
down his leg.
“Please, God,” he implored, “let it be blood.
Quote of the Day
"We take your bags and send them in all directions."
- Actual sign In a Copenhagen airline ticket office
Whiskey of The Day
Jameson Irish Whiskey
Price: $20
March Observances
Adopt A Rescued Guinea Pig Month
American Red Cross Month or Red Cross Month
Bell Peppers and Broccoli Month
Berries and Cherries Month
Brain Injury Awareness Month
Child Life Month
Colic Awareness Month
Colorectal Cancer Education and Awareness Month (Different sponsor than National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month)
Credit Education Month
Deaf History Month (3/13 to 4/15)
Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) Month
Employee Spirit Month
Exotic Winter Fruit, Leeks and Green Onions Month
Expanding Girls' Horizons in Science and Engineering Month
National Expect Success Month
Holy Humor Month
Honor Society Awareness Month
Humorists Are Artists Month
International Expect Success Month
International Ideas Month
International Listening Awareness Month
International Mirth Month
International Women's Month
Malignant Hypertension Awareness & Training Month
March for Babies (March and April)
Music In Our Schools Month
National Athletic Training Month
National Caffeine Awareness Month
National Cheerleading Safety Month
National Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Awareness Month
National Clean Up Your IRS Act Month
National Color Therapy Month
National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month (Different sponsor than Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month)
National Craft Month
National Ethics Awareness Month
National Eye Donor Month
National Frozen Food Month
National Irish-American Heritage Month
National Kidney Month
National Kite Month (3/31-4/30)
National March Into Literacy Month
National Multiple Sclerosis Education & Awareness Month
National Nutrition Month
National On-Hold Month
National Optimism Month
National Peanut Month
National Social Work Month
National Umbrella Month
National Women's History Month
Optimism Month
Play-the-Recorder Month
Poetry Month
Poison Prevention Awareness Month
Red Cross Month
Save Your Vision Month
Sing With Your Child Month
Small Press Month
Social Workers Month
Spiritual Wellness Month
Steroid Abuse Prevention Month
Supply Management Month
Umbrella Month, Natl
Vulvar Health Awareness Month
Workplace Eye Health and Safety Month
Workplace Eye Wellness Month
Youth Art Month
Observances this Week
St. Patrick's Week, Third Week in March
Inhalants and Poisons Awareness Week, Third Week in March
Health Information Professionals Week, Third Full Week in March
National Animal Poison Prevention Week, Third Full Week in March
National Inhalant and Poisons Awareness Week, Third Full Week in March
Root Canal Awareness Week, Third Full Week in March
Health Information Professionals (HIP) Week, (ahima.org) (Formerly Health Information & Technology Week) Third Full Week in March
American Chocolate Week, Third Full Week in March
Act Happy Week, Third Monday to Sunday
Flood Awareness Week, Third Work Week in March
Wellderly Week, Third Work Week in March
Wildlife Week, Third Work Week in March
World Folktales & Fables Week, Third Work Week in March
Passiontide, Last Two Weeks of Lent
Historical Events on March 18th
37 The Roman Senate annuls Tiberius's will and proclaims Caligula emperor.
417 St Zosimus begins his reign as Catholic Pope
731 St Gregory III begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1123 1st Latern Council (9th ecumenical council) opens in Rome
1167 Battle of El-Babein, Egypt: Franks under Amalrik vs Syrians
1190 Crusaders kill 57 Jews in Bury St Edmonds England
1229 Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor declares himself King of Jerusalem during the Sixth Crusade.
1241 Kraków is ravaged by Mongols.
1314 Jacques de Molay, the 23rd and the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar, is burned at the stake.
1438 Albrecht II von Habsburg becomes king of Germany and Holy Roman Emperor.
1509 Emperor Maximilian I names Margaretha land guardians of Netherlands
1532 English parliament bans payments by English church to Rome
1543 Hernan de Soto observes 1st recorded flood in America (Mississippi River)
1582 Prince Willem of Orange injured in attack at Antwerp
1583 Dutch States General & Anjou sign treaty
1608 Susenyos is formally crowned Emperor of Ethiopia.
1673 Lord John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton sells his part of New Jersey to the Religious Society of Friends, commonly known as Quakers.
1754 Duke of Newcastle becomes English premier
1766 British Parliament reinstitutes the Stamp Act
1766 The British Parliament repeals the Stamp Act.
1773 Oliver Goldsmith' "She Stoops to Conquer" premieres in London
1793 2nd Battle at Neerwinden: Austria army beats France
1793 The first republican state in Germany, the Republic of Mainz, is declared by Andreas Joseph Hofmann.
1810 "Converse", 1st US opera, premieres in New York
1813 David Melville, Newport RI, patents apparatus for making coal gas
1818 Congress approves 1st pensions for government service
1834 1st railroad tunnel in US completed, in Pennsylvania (275 meter long)
1834 Six farm labourers from Tolpuddle, Dorset, England are sentenced to be transported to Australia for forming a trade union.
1835 Charles Darwin departs Santiago Chile on his way to Portillo Pass
1847 1st Dutch public telegram
1850 Henry Wells & William Fargo forms American Express in Buffalo
1858 Dutch Van der Brugghen government resigns
1859 Vera Cruz besieged by Miramón (Cons) in Mexican War of Reform
1864 Dale Dike on Humber River crumbles drowning some 240
1865 Battle of Wilson's raid to Selma AL
1865 The Congress of the Confederate States of America adjourns for the last time.
1870 1st US National Wildlife Preserve (Lake Meritt in Oakland CA)
1871 Communards revolt in Paris France
1871 Declaration of the Paris Commune; President of the French Republic, Adolphe Thiers, orders evacuation of Paris.
1874 Hawaii signs a treaty with the United States granting exclusive trading rights.
1877 President Hayes appoints Frederick Douglass marshal of Washington DC
1881 [PT] Barnum & [James A] Bailey's Greatest Show on Earth opens (Madison Square Garden)
1890 1st US state naval militia organized (Massachusetts)
1891 Britain is linked to the continent by Telephone
1892 Lord Stanley proposes silver challenge cup for hockey (Stanley Cup)
1893 Former Governor General Lord Stanley pledges to donate a silver challenge cup, later named after him, as an award for the best hockey team in Canada; originally presented to amateur champions, the Stanley Cup has been awarded to the top pro team since 1910, and since 1926, only to National Hockey League teams.
1895 200 blacks leave Savannah GA for Liberia
1899 Phoebe, a moon of Saturn is discovered by Pickering
1900 Ajax (Amsterdam Football Club), forms
1902 Enrico Caruso becomes 1st well-known performer to make a record
1902 Schönberg's "Verklärte Nacht" premieres in Vienna
1904 1st performance of Edward Elgar's "In the South (Alassio)"
1906 Traian Vuia flies the first self-propelled heavier-than-air aircraft in Europe.
1909 Einar Dessau of Denmark makes 1st ham broadcast
1910 1st opera by an US composer (Converse) performed at the Met, New York NY
1911 North Dakota enacts a hail insurance law
1913 King George I of Greece is assassinated in the recently liberated city of Thessaloniki.
1914 White Wolf gang beats government army in Jingdezhen China
1915 Massive naval attack in Battle of Gallipoli. Three battleships are sunk during a failed British and French naval attack on the Dardanelles.
1915 French battleship Bouvet explodes, 640 killed
1915 Turkey's Canakkale (Trojan) Sea Victory against allied powers(USA, Australia, England, Italy) during First World War
1918 Soccer team SON OF Meerssen forms
1918 Socialist Youth AJC organizes in Amsterdam
1919 Order of DeMolay is established in Kansas City
1920 Greece adopts the Gregorian calendar
1921 Steamer "Hong Kong" runs aground off Swatow China killing 1,000
1921 The second Peace of Riga between Poland and Soviet Union.
1922 1st intercollegiate indoor polo championship (Princeton vs Yale)
1922 WBT-AM in Charlotte NC begins radio transmissions
1922 In India, Mohandas Gandhi is sentenced to six years in prison for civil disobedience by British magistrates in India. He would serve only 2 years.
1925 The Tri-State Tornado hits the Midwestern states of Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana, killing 695 people. 60-MPH tornadoes speed through Missouri, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, & Tennessee
1929 Dmitri Shostakovich's "The New Babylon" premieres in Leningrad
1930 Boston Bruins win record 20th NHL home game
1930 Pluto discovered by Clyde Tombaugh (US)
1931 1st electric shavers go on sale in US (Schick)
1931 Juan Bautista Aznar becomes premier of Spain
1933 Radio Clube de Mocambique's, 1st radio transmission
1933 US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Maribel Vinson
1933 US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Roger Turner
1937 Gas explosion in school in New London TX; 296 die
1937 Spanish Republican forces defeat the Italians at the Battle of Guadalajara.
1937 The New London School explosion kills three hundred, mostly children.
1937 The human-powered aircraft, Pedaliante, flies 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) outside Milan.
1938 New York 1st requires serological blood tests of pregnant women
1938 President Cardena of Mexico nationalizes all foreign-owned oil properties within its borders, including US & British oil companies
1940 Axis Powers – Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini meet at the Brenner Pass in the Alps and agree to form an alliance against France and the United Kingdom.
1942 2 black players, Jackie Robinson & Nate Moreland, request a tryout with the Chicago White Sox, they are allowed to work out
1942 Illegal Free Netherlands announces boycott of theaters
1942 The War Relocation Authority is established in the United States to take Japanese Americans into custody.
1943 James Oglethorpe (US) & Terkolei (Netherlands), torpedoed & sinks
1943 Red Army evacuates Belgorod
1944 2,500 women trample guards & floorwalkers to purchase 1,500 alarm clocks announced for sale in a Chicago IL department store
1944 Nazi Germany occupies Hungary
1944 The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in Italy kills 26 and causes thousands to flee their homes.
1945 1,250 US bombers attacks Berlin
1945 Maurice "Rocket" Richard becomes the 1st NHLer to score 50 goals
1945 US Task Force 58 attacks targets on Kiushu
1946 Diplomatic relations between Switzerland and the Soviet Union are established.
1948 France & Great Britain & Benelux sign Treaty of Brussels
1948 Philips begin experimental TV broadcasting
1948 Soviet consultants leave Yugoslavia in the first sign of a Tito-Stalin split.
1949 NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) ratified
1949 WGAL TV channel 8 in Lancaster PA (NBC) begins broadcasting
1950 "Touch & Go" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 176 performances
1950 CCNY beats Bradley 69-61 for the NIT championship
1951 Pat O'Sullivan wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship
1952 1st plastic lens for cataract patients fitted (Philadelphia)
1952 Communist offensive in Korea
1953 15th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Indiana beats Kansas 69-68
1953 Earthquake strikes West Turkey, killing 250.
1953 KGNC (now KAMR) TV channel 4 in Amarillo TX (NBC) begins broadcasting
1953 National League approves Boston Braves move to Milwaukee (1st shift since 1903)
1955 I Hatojama recognized as premier of Japan
1957 WTWV (now WTVA) TV channel 9 in Tupelo-Columbus MS (NBC) begins
1958 Dodgers announces mascot/clown Emmett Kelly will not perform in 1958
1959 Boston Celtics' Bill Sharman begins record of 56 straight free-throws
1959 President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs a bill into law allowing for Hawaiian statehood, which would become official on August 21.
1961 Poppin' Fresh Pillsbury Dough Boy introduced
1962 Algerian War ends after 7½ years of fighting (250,000 die), Ben Bella flees
1962 Dmitri Shostakovich becomes member of Supreme Soviet of USSR
1962 The Evian Accords put an end to the Algerian War of Independence, which began in 1954.
1963 "Tovarich" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 264 performances
1963 France performs underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria
1963 Supreme Court's Miranda Decision: defendants must have lawyers
1963 WGSF TV channel 31 in Newark OH (PBS) begins broadcasting
1965 "Do I Hear a Waltz?" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 220 performances
1965 Rolling Stones fined £5 each for public urination
1965 USSR launches Voshkod 2; Alexei Leonov makes 1st spacewalk. Cosmonaut Aleksei Leonov, leaving his spacecraft Voskhod 2 for 12 minutes, becomes the first person to walk in space.
1966 "Pousse Cafe" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 3 performances
1966 General Suharto forms government in Indonesia
1966 Scott Paper begins selling paper dresses for $1
1967 Beatles' "Penny Lane" single goes #1
1967 The supertanker Torrey Canyon runs aground off the Cornish coast. It hits a rock off the Isles of Scilly Cornwall UK & spills oil.
1968 Congress repeals requirement for a gold reserve
1968 WVER TV channel 28 in Rutland VT (PBS) begins broadcasting
1968 WVTA TV channel 41 in Windsor VT (PBS) begins broadcasting
1968 The U.S. Congress repeals the requirement for a gold reserve to back US currency.
1969 "Come Summer" opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC for 7 performances
1970 Cambodia military coup under General Lon Nol, prince Sihanuk flees
1970 KAEC TV channel 19 in Lufkin TX (ABC) suspends broadcasting
1970 Mail service paralyzed by 1st major postal strike
1970 NFL selects Wilson as official football & scoreboard as official time
1970 Lon Nol ousts Prince Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia.
1971 200 die in landslide into Lake Yanahuani, Chungar Peru
1971 In Peru a landslide crashes into Lake Yanahuani, killing 200 at the mining camp of Chungar.
1972 AIAW 1st basketball championship, Immaculata beats West Chester State 52-48
1972 Cornell NCAA hockey team shut out for 1st time in 225 games (Boston University)
1972 Memphis' Larry Miller sets ABA record of 67 points in a game
1972 People's Rebublic of China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor People's Rebublic of China
1973 "Seesaw" opens at Uris Theater NYC for 296 performances
1973 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic
1974 Most Arab oil producing nations end embargo against US
1974 Oil embargo crisis: Most OPEC nations end a five-month oil embargo against the United States, Europe and Japan.
1975 Kurds end fight against Iraqi army
1977 Clash releases their 1st recording "White Riot"
1977 US restricts citizens from visiting Cuba, Vietnam, N Korea & Cambodia
1977 Vietnam hands over MIA to US
1978 250,000 attend rock concert California Jam II in Ontario CA
1978 Pakistani former premier Ali Bhutto sentenced to death
1979 "On the 20th Century" closes at St James Theater NYC after 460 performances
1979 Battles between Kurds & Iranians break in Sananday Iran
1979 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Honda Civic Golf Classic
1980 Vostok rocket exploded on launch pad while being refueled, killing 50 At Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia.
1981 Buffalo Sabres sets NHL record of 9 goals in 1 period (vs Toronto)
1982 Singer Teddy Pendergrass' spinal cord severed in a car accident
1984 Chris Johnson wins LPGA Tucson Conquistadores Golf Open
1985 Baseball Commissioner Peter Ueberroth reinstates Willie Mays & Mickey Mantle
1985 Capital Cities Communications Inc acquires ABC
1986 Exciting draw in final gives New South Wales the Sheffield Shield over Queensland
1986 Treasury Department announces plans to alter paper money
1987 Gerber survey find most popular names for newborns (Jessica & Matthew)
1987 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1989 27th space shuttle mission, STS-29 (Discovery 8), returns to Earth
1989 California Quake amusement ride opens at Universal Studios
1989 Dino Ciccarelli sets Washington Capital record of 7 points in a game
1989 Investor group led by George W Bush & Edward W Rose purchases controlling interest of Texas Rangers
1989 In Egypt, a 4,400-year-old mummy is found nearby the Pyramid of Cheops.
1990 1st free elections in German Democratic Republic, Conservatives beat Communists
1990 32-day lockout by baseball owners ends
1990 A Tampa little leaguer, dies, after being struck by a pitch
1990 Colleen Walker wins Circle K Tucson LPGA Golf Open
1990 Largest Art robbery in the history (Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston), where 12 paintings, collectively worth around $300 million are stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, Massachusetts.
1990 Loyola Marymount beats Michigan Wolverines 149-115, highest NCAA score
1991 Apple computer head Steve Jobs weds Laurene Powell
1991 Mike Tyson beats Razor Ruddock in the 7th round
1991 Philadelphia '76ers retire Wilt Chamberlain's #13 jersey
1991 Reggie Miller (Indiana) ends NBA free throw streak of 52 games
1992 "4 Baboons Adoring the Sun" opens at Beaumont Theater NYC for 38 performances
1992 Donna Summer gets a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame
1992 Leona Helmsley sentence to 4 years for tax evasion
1992 Zimbabwe beat England by 9 runs in World Cup at Albury
1992 White South Africans vote overwhelmingly in favour, in a national referendum, to end the racist policy of Apartheid.
1993 "Sisters Rosensweig" opens at Barrymore Theater NYC for 556 performances
1993 Amsterdam stock exchange hits record ƒ12.2 billion
1993 Eddie Murphy marries Nicole Mitchell in NYC
1993 Sri Lanka beat England in Test match by 5 wickets
1994 South Africa Goldstone committee reveals existence of secret police
1994 Space shuttle STS-62 (Columbia 16), lands
1994 Zsa Zsa Gabor files for bankruptcy
1995 Michael Jordan announces he is ending his 17 month NBA retirement
1995 STS 67 (Endeavour 8) lands after 16½ days
1995 Spanish princess Elena (31) weds Jaime de Marichalar y Saenez Tejada
1996 50,000 swimmers raise 15 million for charity during BT's Swimathon '96
1996 A nightclub fire in Quezon City, Philippines kills 162.
1997 The tail of a Russian Antonov An-24 charter plane breaks off while en-route to Turkey causing the plane to crash and killing all 50 on board and leading to the grounding of all An-24s.
2002 Operation Anaconda ends (started on March 2) after killing 500 Taliban and al Qaeda fighters with 11 allied troop fatalities.
2003 British Sign Language is recognised as an official British language.
2003 FBI agents raid the corporate headquarters of HealthSouth Corporation in Birmingham, Alabama on suspicion of massive corporate fraud led by the company's top executives
2005 Terri Schiavo's feeding tube is removed at the request of her husband
2012 Superleague Greece football match between Olympiacos and Panathinaikos is abandoned after fans set fire to Athens' Olympic Stadium
2012 Joachim Gauck elected President of the Federal republic of Germany by the Federal Assembly
2013 98 people are killed and 248 are injured across Iraq from a series of bombings and shootings
2013 Car bombing kills 10 people and injures 20 in Mogadishu, Somalia
2013 Explosions kill 25 people at a bus park in Kano, Nigeri
2014 Phil Jackson signs a five-year contract to be president of the New York Knicks
2014 Russia and Crimea sign an accession treaty
2014 Transnistria formally requests to join the Russian Federation
2014 US closes the Syrian embassy in Washington & expels all Syrian diplomats
Born on March 18th
1380 Liduina van Schiedam Dutch "Christ's bride"/saint
1395 John Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter, English military leader (d. 1447)
1483 Raphael painter (Sistine Madonna)
1496 Mary Tudor, daughter of Henry VII of England and queen consort of Louis XII of France (d. 1533)
1548 Cornelis Ketel Dutch portrait painter/poet
1555 François, Duke of Anjou (d. 1584)
1556 François-Hercule de Valois French duke of Anjou/Brabant
1578 Adam Elsheimer German painter/cartoonist/etcher, baptized
1590 Manuel de Faria e Sousa, Portuguese historian and poet (d. 1649)
1602 Jacques de Billy, French mathematician (d. 1679)
1603 Simon Bradstreet, Massachusetts Bay colonist (d. 1693)
1609 Frederick III king of Denmark & Norway (1648-70), absolutist
1634 Marie-Madeleine Pioche de la Vergne, comtesse de la Fayette, French writer (d. 1693)
1640 Philippe de la Hire, French mathematician and astronomer (d. 1719)
1644 Gottfried Wegner composer
1657 Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, Italian composer (d. 1743)
1679 Matthew Decker, English merchant and writer (d. 1759)
1685 Ralph Ersine, Scottish minister (d. 1752)
1690 Christian Goldbach, Prussian mathematician (d. 1764) (Goldbach position)
1701 Niclas Sahlgren, Swedish merchant and philanthropist (d. 1776)
1734 Joseph Schmitt composer
1756 Johann Christoph Vogel composer
1765 David H Chassé Dutch baron/General (fought Napoleon at Waterloo)
1780 Milos Obrenovic, Leader of The Second Serbian Uprising and Prince of Serbia (d. 1860)
1781 Gustave Vogt composer
1782 John Caldwell Calhoun, 7th Vice President of the United States (d. 1850)
Abbeville SC, Andrew Jackson's Vice President (1829-37)
1809 Gabriel de la Concepción Valdés [Placido], Cuban poet
1813 Christian Friedrich Hebbel, German writer (d. 1864)
1814 Jacob Bunn, Illinois industrialist, financier, and friend of Abraham Lincoln (d. 1897).
1823 Antoine Eugène Alfred Chanzy, French general (d. 1883)
1828 William Randal Cremer, English politician and pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1908)
1829 William Robertson Boggs Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1911
1830 Numa D Fustel de Coulanges French historian/sociologist
1837 [Stephen] Grover Cleveland Caldwell NJ, 22nd & 24th President (1885-1889, 1893-1897)
1837 Grover Cleveland, 22nd and 24th President of the United States (d. 1908)
1838 Jan B Stobbaerts Flemish painter
1838 Sir Randal Cremer Britain, trade unionist, pacifist (Nobel 1903)
1839 Francis Fessenden Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1906
1840 William Cosmo Monkhouse, English poet and critic (d. 1901)
1842 Stéphane Mallarmé French poet (L'Après-midi d'un faune) (d. 1898)
1843 Jules Vandenpeereboom premier of Belgium (1899)
1844 Nicolai Andreevich Rimski-Korsakov, Tikhvin Russia, composer (Flight of the Bumble Bee, Scheherazade)(d. 1908)
1848 Nathaniel Herreshoff, American naval architect - America Cup yacht designer
1848 Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, daughter of Queen Victoria (d. 1939)
1858 Rudolph C K Diesel, German inventor and engineer (d. 1913) (Diesel motor)
1864 Karl M Lybeck Finnish/Swedish language poet (Samlade Arbeten)
1866 Dumitru Kiriac-Georgescu composer
1866 John Loudon Dutch minister of Foreign Affairs (1913-18)
1867 Michael G de Boer historian (Harbor of Amsterdam)
1869 [Arthur] Neville Chamberlain, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1940)
(C, 1937-40)
1872 Frank Hoyt Losey composer
1872 Anna Held, Polish actress and singer (d. 1918)
1874 Nikolai Berdyaev, Russian philosopher (d. 1948)
1877 Clem Hill, Australian cricketer (all-time great Australian batsman)(d. 1945)
1877 Edgar Cayce, American psychic (d. 1945)
1880 Christopher K H de Nerée tot Babberich cartoonist
1881 Oliver Seibert hall of fame hockey player (elected 1963)
1881 Paul Le Flem composer
1882 Gian Francesco Malipiero, Italian composer (d. 1973)
1884 Bernard Cronin, Australian author and journalist (d. 1968)
1886 Edward Everett Horton Brooklyn NY, American actor and narrator (Bullwinkle Show)(d. 1970)
1886 Kurt Koffka Germany, Gestalt psychologist
1886 Marianne [Goudeket-]Philips Dutch author (Between Heaven & Earth)
1888 Joseph Csaky Hungarian/French sculptor
1889 F Rijkens oldest living person in Netherlands
1890 Gerardus van der Leeuw Dutch religion historian/minister of Education
1891 Alice Cullen, Scottish Politician (d. 1969)
1892 Robert P Tristram Coffin poet/reporter (WWII)
1893 Wilfred Owen, British anti-war poet (Anthem for Doomed Youth)(d. 1918)
1893 Costante Girardengo, Italian cyclist (d. 1978)
1893 Jean Goldkette, Greek-born jazz musician (d. 1962)
1897 Betty Compson actress (Big City, Docks Of New York)
1898 Otto Jochum composer
1898 Jake Swirbul, American aircraft manufacturer (d. 1960)
1899 Lavrenti Beria chief of Soviet secret police under Stalin
19-- Geoffrey Owens actor (Elvin-Cosby Show)
19-- Jeff LaBar rocker (Cinderella-Heartbreak Station)
19-- Margueritte Ray actress (To Sleep With Anger)
1901 Piotr Perkowski composer
1901 William H. Johnson, African-American artist of the Harlem Renaissance (d. 1970)
1904 Srecko Kosovel, Slovenian poet (d. 1926)
1905 John Kirkpatrick New York NY, pianist (Concord Sonata)
1905 Mollie Parnis New York NY, fashion designer (Mollie Roberts Collection)
1905 Robert Donat Withington Manchester England, actor (Goodbye Mr Chips, Citadel)(d. 1958)
1905 Thomas Townsend Brown, American scientist (d. 1985)
1906 Roy L Johnson US Admiral (WWII-Pacific Ocean)
1907 Eleanor L "Betty" Compton US actress (Here Comes Trouble)
1907 John Zachary Young, British biologist (d. 1997)
1908 Louis Gaste songwriter
1909 Ernest Gallo, American winemaker (d. 2007)
1910 Chiang Ching-huo son of Chinese President Chiang Kai-shek
1911 Smiley Burnette, American singer and songwriter (d. 1967)
Summum IL, (Charlie-Petticoat Junction)
1913 Margaret Hesse princess of Hesse/Rhine
1913 Rene Clement, Bordeaux France, French film director and screenwriter (d. 1996) (Is Paris Burning)
1913 William Hutchinson Murray mountaineer/author
1913 Reinhard Hardegen, German U-Boat commander
1913 Werner Mölders, German WWII fighter pilot (d. 1941)
1914 Cesar Guerra Peixe composer
1914 James Pack naval officer museum curator
1915 Richard Thomas Condon, American novelist (d. 1996)
1916 Louis Toebosch composer
1917 Frederika of Hanover, queen of the Hellenes (d. 1981)
1918 Al Benton, American baseball player (d. 1968)
1918 Bob Broeg, American sports writer (d. 2005)
1919 Laila Schou Nilsen Norway, downhill skier (Olympics-gold-1936)
1919 Len Johnson cricketer (Australian fast bowler played Test in 1948)
1919 Christopher Challis, British cinematographer
1920 Eric Halsall sheepdog trial commentator
1920 John Paul II [Karol Wojtyla], Poland, Pope (1978- )
1922 Egon Bahr German journalist/politician
1922 Fred Shuttlesworth, American civil rights movement leader
1923 Andy Granatelli, American motorsports entrepreneur
1924 Madhussudan Rege cricketer (15 runs in only Test India vs West Indies 1948-49)
1925 Peter Graves Minneapolis MN, actor (James Phelps-Mission Impossible)
1926 Dick Littlefield, American baseball player (d. 1997)
1926 Peter Graves, American actor (d. 2010)
1927 George Plimpton, New York NY, American sports writer and actor (d. 2003)(Paper Lion)
1927 John Harold Kander, American songwriter and composer (Cabaret, Funny Lady, Kramer vs Kramer)
1928 Fidel V Ramos 12th President of the Philippines
1928 William R Boggs Georgia, Brigadier General/chief of engineers under Bragg
1928 Julia Mullock, Princess of Korea
1928 Miguel Poblet, Spanish cyclist
1929 Christa Wolf German novelist (Divided Heaven)
1929 Ctirad Kohoutek composer
1929 Kai Winding rocker
1929 John Macurdy, American bass
1930 Maurice Peress New York NY, conductor (Kansas City Philharmonic 1974-80)
1930 Pat Halcox, British musician
1931 Howard Coble (Representative-Republican-NC, 1985- )
1931 John Fraser, Scottish-born stage, film and television actor
1931 John Mollo, British costume designer
1932 F[rederik] W[illem] de Klerk President South Africa (1989-94)
1932 John Updike, Shillington PA, American author/poet/novelist (d. 2009) (A Month of Sundays, Brazil, The Centaur, Rabbit Run)
1933 Unita Blackwell 1st black mayor in Mississippi
1934 Pavle Despalj composer
1934 Roy Chapman, English footballer and manager (d. 1983)
1935 Ole Barndorff-Nielsen, Danish mathematician
1936 Hans Peter Bleuel writer (Sex and Society in Nazi Germany)
1936 Robert Lee Smith US singer (Tams, You Lied to Your Daddy)
1936 Tony Nash England, bobsled (Olympics-gold-1964)
1936 Frederik Willem de Klerk, President of South Africa, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
1937 Mark Donohue, American race car driver (d. 1975) (1972 Indianapolis 500)
1937 Robin Wright race horse trainer
1937 Rudi Altig, German cyclist
1938 Carl Gottlieb, American screenwriter, actor, and comedian (Ken Berry Wow Show)
1938 Charley Pride, Sledge MS, American country singer (Just Between You And Me, Sweet Country)
1938 Shashi Kapoor, Calcutta India, actor (Shalimar, Heat & Dust)
1938 Timo Mäkinen, Finnish race car driver
1939 Travis Pritchett, rocker (Travis & Bob)
1939 Giannis Markopoulos, Greek composer
1939 Kenny Lynch, British entertainer
1939 Ron Atkinson, English former footballer and manager
1940 Kathy Hutchinson race horse trainer
1941 Wilson Pickett, Prattville AL, American R&B singer (d. 2006)(Funky Broadway)
1941 Wolfgang Bauer writer
1941 John W. Derr, American politician
1942 Ann Packer England, 800 meter runner (Olympics-gold-1964)
1942 Albert Van Vlierberghe, Belgian cyclist (d. 1991)
1943 Kevin Dobson, Jackson Heights NY, American actor (Kojak, Knots Landing, Shannon)
1943 Toula Grivas, Greek actress
1944 Amnon Lipkin-Shahak, Israeli military leader and politician
1944 Dick Smith, Australian Adventurer and Businessman
1945 Aleksey Vakhonin USSR, bantam weight (Olympics-gold-1964)
1945 Eric Woolfson Glasgow Scotland, composer/musician (Alan Parsons Project, Woolfson Entertainment Group)
1945 Hiroh Kikai, Japanese photographer
1945 Joy Fielding, Canadian novelist and actress
1945 Michael Reagan, American radio host and adopted son of Ronald Reagan - or -
1946 Michael Reagan, American radio host and adopted son of Ronald Reagan 1946 Martyn Griffiths, British racing driver
1946 Michel Leclère, French racing driver
1947 Barry Wilson England, rock drummer (Procol Harum-Whiter Shade of Pale)
1947 David Lloyd cricketer (England opener, 214 vs India 1974)
1947 Robert Harrison rocker (Procol Harum-Whiter Shade of Pale)
1947 Steven H Schiff (Representative-Republican-NM)
1947 B.J. Wilson, English drummer (d. 1990)
1947 Heather Ryan, American model and Playmate of the Month
1947 Patrick Barlow, English actor, comedian and playwright
1947 Patrick Chesnais, French actor
1947 Roger Kenneth Evans, English politician
1948 Eknath Solkar cricketer (India 1969-77, brilliant short-leg fielder)
1948 Brian Lloyd, Welsh footballer
1948 Guy Lapointe, Canadian ice hockey player
1948 Lockwood Phillips, American radio host
1949 Alex "Hurricane" Higgins Irish snooker player (2X world-champion)
1949 Starr Danias New York NY, ballerina (Turning Point)
1949 Hannu Siitonen, Finnish athlete
1949 Åse Kleveland, Norwegian singer and politician
1950 Brad Dourif Huntington WV, actor (Ragtime, Eyes of Laura Mars, Fatal Beauty)
1950 James Conlon New York NY, conductor (Cincinnati May Festival-1979)
1950 John Hartman Falls Church VA, American rock drummer (Doobie Brothers-Taking it to the Streets)
1950 Eiji Okuda, Japanese actor and film director
1950 Larry Perkins, Australian racing driver
1950 Rodney Milburn, American athlete (d. 1997)
1951 Ben Cohen, American co-founder of Ben & Jerry's ice cream
1951 Bill Frisell, American jazz musician
1952 Mike Webster, American football player (d. 2002)
1952 Will Durst, American political satirist
1953 Helmer C Koetje Dutch 2nd chamber member (CDA)
1953 Jamie West-Oram rocker (Fixx)
1953 Margaret L Augustine Buffalo NY, project manager (Biosphere 2)
1953 Nicholas Wisdom cricketer (son of comic Norman, 2 games Sussex 1974)
1954 James F Reilly II Mount Home AFB ID, PhD/astronaut (STS 89)
1955 Graham Porter cricketer (1 day international for Australia 1979)
1955 Francis G. Slay, Mayor of St. Louis, Mo.
1956 "The Model" Rick Martel [Richard Vignault], wrestler (WWF/AWA)
1956 Ingamar Stenmark Sweden, Swedish skier - slalom (Olympics-2 gold-1980)
1956 Deborah Jeane Palfrey, escort agency operator (d. 2008)
1957 Christer Fuglesang Stockholm Sweden, Swedish ESA astronaut and physicist(Mir backup)
1957 Melvin Gentry vocalist/guitarist (Midnight Star-No Parking)
1957 Christer Fuglesang,
1957 György Pazdera, Hungarian bassist (Pokolgép)
1958 Andreas Wenzel Liechtenstein, skier (Olympics-silver-1980)
1959 Irene Cara Bronx New York NY, actress/singer (Fame, DC Cab, Certain Fury)
1959 Luc Besson, French producer, writer, and director
1960 Claudia Udy Albuquerque NM, actress (Out of Control, Nightforce)
1960 Guy Carbonneau Sept-Iles Québec Canada, NHL center (Dallas Stars)
1960 Patricia Farinelli Los Angeles CA, playmate (December, 1981)
1960 Richard Biggs Columbus OH, actor (Marcus-Days of Our Lives)
1960 Guy Carbonneau, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1960 James MacPherson, Scottish actor
1960 James Plaskett, British professional chess player
1960 Richard Biggs, American actor (d. 2004)
1961 Kevan James cricketer (all-rounder 4 wickets/4 balls & ton vs India 1996)
1961 Mark Van Thillo Wilrijk Belgium, co-captain (Biosphere 2)
1961 Todd Nelson Dalles OR, tennis star
1962 Thomas Ian Griffith, American actor (Vampires, Catlin-Another World)
1962 Trevor Franklin cricketer (opened for New Zealand mid-80's)
1962 Brian Fisher, American baseball player
1962 Etsushi Toyokawa, Japanese actor
1962 Irene Cara, American actress and singer
1962 James McMurtry, American folk singer and songwriter
1962 Mike Rowe, American television personality
1963 Vanessa L Williams, Tarrytown NY, 1st black Miss America (1984)/singer (Colors of the Wind)/actress (Eraser)
1963 Jeff LaBar, American guitarist
1963 Keith Brown, English cricketer
1964 Bonnie Blair, Champaign IL, speed skater (Olympics-5 gold/bronze-88, 92, 94)
1964 Christina Ferguson Phoenix AZ, playmate (April 1983)
1964 Alex Caffi, Italian racecar driver
1964 Courtney Pine, British jazz saxophonist
1964 Paul Elliott, English footballer
1964 Rozalla, Zambian singer
1965 Geronimo Berroa Santo Domingo Dominican Republic, outfielder (Oakland A's)
1965 Jeff Labarr rocker (Cinderella-Heartbreak Station)
1965 Birgit Clarius, German heptathlete
1965 Yoriko Douguchi, Japanese actress
1966 Jerry Cantrell US rock guitarist (Alice in Chains-Dirt)
1966 Daniel S. Nevins, American rabbi
1967 Andre Rison NFL wide receiver (Cleveland Browns, Kansas City Chiefs)
1967 Derrick Graham NFL tackle (Green Bay Packers, Car Panthers, Seat Seahawks)
1967 Ken Edenfield, American baseball player
1967 Miki Berenyi, English singer (Lush)
1968 Joseph Ouellet hockey forward (Team France 1998)
1968 Pat Terrell NFL strong safety (Carolina Panthers, Green Bay Packers)
1968 Eudes, duc d'Angoulême, French prince
1968 Paul Marsden, British politician
1968 Shinichiro Miki, Japanese voice actor
1969 Michael Dumas NFL free safety (San Diego Chargers, Jacksonville Jaguars)
1969 Shaun Udal, English cricketer (Hants off-spinner, England tourist to Australia 1994-95)
1969 Sheila Taormina 4X200 meter freestyle swimmer (Olympics-gold-96)
1969 Andy Cutting, English folk musician and composer
1969 J. David Shapiro, American screenwriter, actor and director
1969 Vassily Ivanchuk, Ukrainian chess player
1970 Michael Rapaport actor (Zak-Zebrahead)
1970 Queen Latifah [Dana Owens] Newark NJ, rap singer/actress (Khadijah James-Living Single)
1970 Sarah Thorsett Winona MN, 1.5k runner
1971 Mariaan de Swardt Johannesburg, tennis star (1996 3rd round Australia)
1972 Anja Möllenbeck, German discus thrower
1972 Dane Cook, American comedian and actor
1972 Nathan Quarry, American mixed martial arts fighter
1973 Marlon Kerner NFL cornerback (Buffalo Bills)
1973 Rob Johnson NFL quarterback (Jacksonville Jaguars)
1973 Luci Christian, American voice actress
1973 Max Barry, Australian author
1974 Petra Kamstra Rotterdam Holland, tennis star (1995 Surabaya doubles)
1974 Tina Krizan Maribor Slovenia, tennis star (1995 Surabaya doubles)
1974 Torrian Gray safety (Minnesota Vikings)
1974 Laure Savasta, French basketball player
1975 Claude N'Goran Adzope Ivory Coast, tennis pro
1975 Kimmo Timonen, Finnishhockey defenseman (Team Finland Olympics-Bronze-1998)
1975 Brian Griese, American football player
1975 Rodleen Getsic, American musician and civil servant
1975 Sutton Foster, American actress, singer, and dancer
1975 Tomas Žvirgždauskas, Lithuanian footballer
1976 Giovanna Antonelli, Brazilian actress
1976 Jovan Kirovski, American soccer player
1976 Mike Quackenbush, American wrestler
1976 Scott Podsednik, American baseball player
1976 Tomokazu Ohka, Japanese baseball player
1977 Danny Murphy, English footballer
1977 Devin Lima, American singer
1977 Fernando Rodney, Dominican baseball player
1977 Terrmel Sledge, American baseball player
1977 Willy Sagnol, French footballer
1977 Zdeno Chára, Slovak ice hockey player
1978 Dionne Bainbridge Brisbane Queensland Australia, New Zealand 200 meter swimmer (Olympics-96)
1978 Brooke Hanson, Australian swimmer
1978 Jan Bulis, Czech ice hockey player
1978 Jonas Wallerstedt, Swedish footballer
1978 Khalilah Adams, American actress
1978 Yoshie Takeshita, Japanese volleyball player
1979 Adam Levine, American singer (Maroon 5)
1979 Anthony Maher, American soccer player
1979 Brandon Lee, American adult actor
1979 Danneel Harris, American actress
1979 Dramane Coulibaly, Malian footballer
1980 Alexei Yagudin, Russian figure skater
1980 Sebastien Frey, French footballer
1980 Sophia Myles, English actress
1981 Doug Warren, American Soccer Player
1981 Jang Nara, Korean singer and actress
1981 Kasib Powell, American basketball player
1981 Tora Berger, Norwegian biathlete
1982 Chad Cordero, American baseball player
1982 Pedro Mantorras, Angolan footballer
1982 Timo Glock, German Formula 1 driver
1983 Andy Sonnanstine, American baseball player
1983 Tomasz Stolpa, Polish footballer
1984 Gary Roberts, English footballer (Huddersfield Town)
1984 Vonzell Solomon, American singer
1985 Gennaro Esposito, Italian footballer
1985 Marvin Humes, member of boyband JLS
1985 Vince Lia, Australian footballer
1986 Abdennour Cherif El Ouazzani, Algerian footballer
1986 Bia Figueiredo, Brazilian racing driver
1986 Kaloyan Ivanov, Bulgarian basketball player
1986 Lykke Li, Swedish singer
1987 Cesare Rickler, Italian footballer
1987 Gabriel Mercado, Argentinian footballer
1987 Mauro Zárate, Argentinian footballer
1987 Rebecca Soni, American swimmer
1991 Constantinos Hilas, Greek director and actor
1996 The son of woman in coma raped by John Horace
1996 Madeline Carroll, American actress
Died on March 18th
235 Marcus Aurelius Alexander Syrian emperor of Rome (222-235), murdered
978 Edward the Martyr, King of Anglo-Saxons (975-78)/st, murdered
1227 Honorius III [Cencio Savelli], Pope (1216-27), dies (b. 1148)
1314 Jacques DeMolay, Frankish noble, the 23rd and last Grand Master of the Knights Templar (b. 1244)
1493 John of Lannoy Flemish Governor/viceroy of Netherlands/Zealand
1582 Jean Jaurequi Basque murderer of Willem of Orange, lynched
1583 King Magnus of Livonia (b. 1540)
1584 Ivan IV the terrible, Russian tsar (1547-84) (b. 1530)
1675 Arthur Chichester, 1st Earl of Donegall, Irish soldier (b. 1606)
1689 John Dixwell, English judge (b. 1607)
1690 Charles duke of Lutherans
1696 Robert Charnock, English conspirator
1715 William Fraser, 12th Lord Saltoun. Scottish patriot politician and landowner. (b. 1654)
1745 Robert Walpole 1st Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1676) (1722-42)
1746 Anna Leopoldovna, regent of Russia (b. 1718)
1768 Lawrence Sterne, Irish writer (b. 1713)(Sentimental Journey France & Italy)
1781 Anne Robert Turgot, French statesman (b. 1727)
1799 John Randall composer
1816 Johann Paul Schulthesius composer
1817 Johann Jakob Walder composer
1823 Jean-Baptiste Sebastien Breval, French composer (b. 1753)
1835 Christian Gunther von Bernstorff, Danish-Prussian statesman and diplomat (b. 1769)
1870 Joaquin y Garbayo Gaztambide composer
1871 Augustus De Morgan, Indian-born British mathematician and logician (b. 1806)
1875 Ferdinand Laub composer
1876 F Freiligrath writer
1882 Morgan Earp brother of Wyatt Earp, shot and killed while playing billiards in Tombstone
1886 Leopold Zunz German intellect (Synagogue Poetry)
1889 William Henry Monk composer
1898 Matilda Joslyn Gage, American suffragist (b. 1826)
1899 Douglas Strutt Galton English engineer (rails, trains)
1899 Svetolik Rankovic Serbian writer (Crushed Ideals)
1900 António Nobre Portuguese poet (Só [Lonely])
1907 Marcellin Berthelot, French chemist and politician (b. 1827)
1913 George I king of Greece (1861-1913), assassinated by Schinas (b. 1845)
1917 William Shalders South African cricket batsman (12 Tests 1895-1907)
1918 Willem Coenen composer
1918 Henry Janeway Hardenbergh, American architect (b. 1847)
1924 John Frederick Bridge composer
1928 Paul van Ostaijen Flemish writer (Outlawed)
1933 Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi, Italian prince, mountaineer and explorer (Ruwenzori) (b. 1873)
1936 Egon Friedell Austrian journalist (Kleine Portratgalerie)
1936 Eleftherios Venizelos, Former Prime minister of Greece (b. 1864)
1938 Cyril Rootham composer
1939 Henry Simpson Lunn, English humanitarian and religious leader (b. 1859)
1941 Henri Cornet, French cyclist (b. 1884)
1944 Benjamin Delmonte theater director/actor
1945 William Grover-Williams, British racing driver (b. 1903)
1947 William C. Durant, American automobile pioneer (b. 1861)
1954 Walter Mead cricketer (one Test for England 1899)
1956 Friedrich Panzer German germanist (Hilde-Gudrun)
1956 Louis Bromfield writer
1962 Walter W. Bacon, American politician (b. 1880)
1963 Wanda Hawley, American actress (b. 1895)
1964 Norbert Wiener US mathematician (cybernetics)
1964 Sigfrid Edström, Swedish sports official (b. 1870)
1965 Farouk I last King of Egypt (1936-52) (b. 1920)
1965 Jack Quinlan, American sports broadcaster (b. 1927)
1967 Jimmy Blaine singer (Stop the Music)
1968 Manuel Gomez Carillo composer
1969 Barbara Bates, American film actress (b. 1925)(Kathy-It's a Great Life)
1971 George Wood England cricket wicketkeeper (v South Africa 1924)
1973 Lauritz L H Melchior, Danish-born American opera singer - baritone (b. 1890) actor (Luxury Liner), dies at 82
1974 David C Imboden actor (King of Kings)
1975 Alain Grandbois, Quebec poet (b. 1900)
1976 James McCartney father of Paul McCartney
1976 Robert de Roos composer, dies at 69
1976 Giuseppe Genco Russo, Sicilian mafioso (b. 1893)
1977 Marien Ngouabi President of Congo-Brazzaville, murdered (b. 1938)
1977 José Carlos Pace, Brazilian racing driver (b. 1944)
1978 Faith Baldwin US author (They Who Love)
1978 Peggy Wood, American actress (b. 1892)(One Life to Live, Mama)
1978 Leigh Brackett, American author (b. 1915)
1980 Erich Fromm, German psychologist and philosopher - psychoanalyst (b. 1900)
1980 Herman Griffith cricketer (13 Tests for West Indies, 44 wickets)
1982 Georg G Lampe Dutch painter/director (Free Academy)
1983 Umberto of Piemonte King Umberto II of Italy (1946) (b. 1904)
1983 Kenneth E. Boulding, English economist (b. 1910)
1984 Charlie Lau White Sox coach/renowned hitting instructor
1984 Paul Frances Webster lyricist
1984 Charlie Lau, American baseball player (b. 1933)
1985 Jack Miller orchestra leader (Kate Smith Evening Hour)
1986 Bernard Malamud, American writer (b. 1914)(Fixer, Natural)
1987 Bil Baird puppeteer (Jack Paar Show)
1988 Billy Butterfield, American jazz trumpeter (b. 1917)
1989 Piet Kruiver Dutch soccer player
1989 William Challee actor (Desperate, Moonchild)
1990 Robin Harris, American actor and comedian (b. 1953)(House Party, Mo' Better Blues)
1991 Jack McCoy Radio/TV personality
1991 Vilma Banky actress (Eagle, Son of Sheik, Rebel)
1992 Cornelis B Vaandrager [C Vaan], poet (Giant of Rotterdam)
1993 Kenneth Boulding, American economist and activist (b. 1910)
1995 Charles Drain singer
1995 Frederic Ramsey Jr folklorist/author
1995 Heinrich Sutermeister Swiss composer (Raskolnikov)
1995 Robin Jacques, British children's book illustrator (b. 1920)
1996 Alepoude Odysseus Elytis llis poet
1996 Hawkes Jessie Jacquetta Priestley archaeologist
1996 Odysseas Elytis, Greek poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
1997 Raped comatose woman who bore a child 1 year earlier
1997 Willem de Kooning (abstract artist)
1999 Elizabeth Huckaby, American educator (b. 1905)
2000 Eberhard Bethge, German theologian (b. 1909)
2001 John Phillips, American musician (The Mamas & the Papas) (b. 1935)
2002 Gösta Winbergh, Swedish tenor (b. 1943)
2002 R. A. Lafferty, American science fiction writer (b. 1914)
2003 Adam Osborne, British computer pioneer (b. 1939)
2003 Karl Kling, German race car driver (b. 1910)
2004 Harrison McCain, Canadian businessman (b. 1927)
2006 Bill Beutel, American journalist (b. 1930)
2006 Dan Gibson, Canadian photographer (b. 1922)
2006 Michael Attwell, British actor (b. 1943)
2007 Bob Woolmer, South African cricketer (b. 1948)
2008 Andrew Britton, British-born American novelist (b. 1981)
2008 Anthony Minghella, British film director (b. 1954)
2009 Natasha Richardson, English actress (b. 1963)
2009 Omid Reza Mir Sayafi, Iranian blogger
2010 Fess Parker, American actor (b. 1924)
2011 Jet (Terence) Harris, English rock bassist (Drifters)
2012 George Tupou V, King of Tonga
2013 Muhammad Mahmood Alam, Pakistani general and fighter ace
2016 Joe Santos, American actor (Rockford files)
2016 Jan Nemec, Czech film director (Diamonds of the Night)