September 27th
Holidays and Festivals
French Community Holiday (Belgium)
World Tourism Day
Ancestor Appreciation Day
Gold Star Mother's Day
World Heart Day
Crush a Can Day
Meskel (Ethiopian Orthodox Church)
Balsamine (Impatiens) Day - French Republican Calendar, sixth day in the Month of Vendémiaire.
Feast Day of St Adheritus
Feast of Mashíyyat (Will) – Bahá'í Faith, First day of the eleventh month of the Bahá'í calendar.
Feast of Saint Vincent de Paul (Roman Catholic)
* Galway International Oyster Festival Ireland - Last full weekend in Sept (2-3)
* Ibiza Closing Parties Ibiza, Spain - Last 3 weeks of Sept (19-21)
Toast of The Day
"May our house always be too small to hold all our friends."
- Myrtle Reed (September 27th, 1874 – August 17th , 1911), an American author and poet.
Drink of The Day
Sombrero
1 Part Kahlua
Fill With Cream
Add Tequila for a Tequilla Sombrero
- In celebration of IndepenDence Recognition Day in Mexico
Wine of The Day
Xumek (2008) Oak Aged
Style - Malbec
San Juan
$25
Beer of The Day
Palo Santo Marron
Brewer - Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, Milton DE, USA
Style - American Brown Ale
ABV - 12%
Joke of The Day
SIGNS YOU HIRED THE WRONG MAGICIAN FOR YOUR KID'S PARTY
10. Before he starts he tells you "by court order, I must maintain a distance of twenty feet from your kids"
9. He saws a gummie bear in half, then puts it back together.
8. He insists that his magic won't work with his pants on.
7. He makes a bird appear for the kids by simply raising his middle finger.
6. He replaces pulling a rabbit out of his hat with pulling the "big snake" out of his pants.
5. He closes his eyes, then claims to be invisible.
4. His first trick: The Amazing Disappearing Bottle of Jagermeister
3. He begins by saying his first trick "relies on the magic of sweet love."
2. His biggest trick? Converting a sixer of PBR into "liquid gold"
1. Before every trick, he says "For this one I'm going to need to borrow another bra."
Quote of The Day
“Let no man thirst for good beer.”
- Sam Adams (September 27th 1722 – October 2nd 1803), an American statesman.
September Observances
AKC Responsible Dog Ownership Month
All American Breakfast Month
Apple Month
Atrial Fibrillation Month
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Month
Baby Safety Month
Backpack Safety America Month
Be Kind to Editors and Writers Month
Better Breakfast Month
Bourbon Heritage Month
Bumbershoot Festival (Seattle, Washington, USA)
Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
Childrens' Good Manners Month
Chili Peppers and Figs Month
Classical Music Month
College Savings Month
Craniofacial Acceptance Month
Eat Chicken Month
Fall Hat Month
Go Wild During California Wild Rice Month
Great American Low-Cholesterol, Low-fat Pizza Bake Month
Gynecologic Cancer Awareness Month
Happy Cat Month
Healthy Aging Month
Healthy Aging Month
Hunger Action Month
International Guide Dogs Month
International People Skills Month
International Self-Awareness Month
International Square Dancing Month
International Strategic Thinking Month
Library Card Sign-Up Month
Little League Month
Menopause Awareness Month
Million Minute Family Challenge (September-December)
Mold Awareness Month
National 5-A-Day Month
National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month
National Biscuit Month
National Blueberry Popsicle Month
National Campus Safety Month
National Chicken Month
National Child Awareness Month
National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month
National Cholesterol Education Month
National Civics Awareness Month
National Coupon Month
National Courtesy Month
National DNA, Geonomics & Stem Cell Education Month
National Food Safety Education Month
National Fruit and Veggies Month (Also June)
National Head Lice Prevention Month
National Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15-October 15)
National Home Furnishings Month
National Honey Month
National Infant Mortality Awareness Month
National Mushroom Month
National Organic Harvest Month
National Osteopathic Medicine Month
National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month (ovarian.org)
National Pediculosis (Head Lice) Prevention Month
National Piano Month
National Potato Month
National Preparedness Month
National Prime Beef Month
National Prosper Where You Are Planted Month
National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
National Recovery Month
National Rice Month
National Sickle Cell Month
National Skin Care Awareness Month
National Wilderness Month
One-on-One Month
Passion Fruit and Peach Month
Peas and Radish Month
Pediatric Cancer Awareness Month
Pleasure Your Mate Month
Reunion Planning Month
Save The Koala Month
Sea Cadet Month
Self Improvement Month
Shameless Promotion Month
Southern Gospel Music Month
Sports and Home Eye Health and Safety Month
Subliminal Communications Month
United Planet Month
Update Your Resume Month
Virtual AKC Responsible Dog Ownership Days
Whole Grains Month
Women's Friendship Month
World Animal Remembrance Month
World Leukemia, Lymphoma And Myeloma Awareness Month
Observances this Week
Build A Better Image Week, Third Full Week of SeptemberNational Clean Hands Week, Third Full Week of September
National Farm & Ranch Safety and Health Week, Third Full Week of September
National Indoor Plant Week, Third Full Week of September
National Rehabilitation Awareness Week, Third Full Week of September
Pollution Prevention Week, Third Full Week of September
Prostate Cancer Awareness Week, Third Full Week of September
Child Passenger Safety Week, Last Week in September
Deaf Awareness Week, Last Week in September
Adult Immunization Awareness Week, Last Week in September
Prostate Cancer Awareness Week, Last Week in September
Banned Books Week, Last Week in September
National Dog Week, Last Week in September
National Keep Kids Creative Week, Last Week in September
Remember to Register to Vote Week, Last Week in September
International Women's E-Commerce Days, Last Week in September
National Forest Week (Canada), Last Week in September * CLICK HERE
Historical Events on September 27th
70 Walls of upper city of Jerusalem battered down by Romans
489 Odoacer attacks Theodoric at the Battle of Verona, and is defeated again.
1066 William the Conqueror troops set sail for England
1290 Earthquake in Gulf of Chili China, reportedly kills 100,000
1312 Duke John II of Brabant ends Charter of Kortenberg
1331 The Battle of Plowce between the Kingdom of Poland and the Teutonic Order is fought.
1509 Storm ravages Flemish/Dutch/Friese coast, 1000s killed
1540 The Society of Jesus (the Jesuits) receives its charter from Pope Paul III, founded by Ignatius Loyola.
1590 Pope Urban VII dies 13 days after being chosen as the Pope, making his reign the shortest papacy in history.
1605 The armies of Sweden are utterly defeated by the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the Battle of Kircholm.
1669 The Venetians surrender the fortress of Candia to the Ottomans, thus ending the 21-year long Siege of Candia.
1694 Hurricane hits Carlisle Bay Barbados; 27 Brit ships sink & 3,000 die
1777 English General William Howe occupies Philadelphia during American Revolution. Lancaster, Pennsylvania is the capital of the United States, for one day.
1779 John Adams negotiates Revolutionary War peace terms with Britain
1787 Constitution submitted to states for ratification
1794 French troops conquer Crèvecoeur
1821 Mexico gains its independence from Spain.
1821 Revolutionary forces occupy Mexico City as Spanish withdraw
1822 Jean-François Champollion announces that he has deciphered the Rosetta stone.
1825 The Stockton and Darlington Railway opens, and begins operation of the world's first service of locomotive-hauled passenger trains.
1830 Dutch army leaves Brussels, after 100s killed
1833 Charles Darwin rides horse to Santa Fe
1834 Charles Darwin returns to Valparaiso
1852 George L Aiken's "Uncle Tom's Cabin," premieres in Troy, NY
1854 The steamship SS Arctic sinks with 300 people on board. This marks the first great disaster in the Atlantic Ocean.
1855 George F Bristow's "Rip Van Winkle," 2nd American opera, opens in NYC
1863 Jo Shelby's cavalry in action at Moffat's Station, Arkansas
1864 Battle at Pilot Knob (Ft Davidson), Missouri: 1700 killed/injured
1864 Centralia Massacre (Missouri), 24 unarmed Union soldiers captured and executed by "Bloody Bill" Anderson,Frank
1864 Jesse James' gang surprise attack train, 150 killed
1877 John Mercer Langston named minister of Haiti
1881 Chicago Cubs beat Troy 10-8 before record small "crowd" of 12
1892 Book matches are patented by Diamond Match Company
1894 Aqueduct racetrack opens in NY
1900 Victory Theater (Republic, Belasco) opens at 207 W 42nd St NYC
1903 Wreck of the Old 97, a train crash made famous by the song of the same name.
1905 1st published blues composition forms sale, WC Handy Memphis Blues
1905 Boston's Bill Dinneen no-hits Chic White Sox, 2-0
1905 The physics journal Annalen der Physik published Albert Einstein's paper "Does the Inertia of a Body Depend Upon Its Energy Content?", introducing the equation E=mc².
1908 The first production of the Ford Model T automobile was built at the Piquette Plant in Detroit, Michigan.
1909 29th US Mens Tennis, W A Larned beats W J Clothier (61 62 57 16 61)
1910 1st test flight of a twin-engined airplane (France)
1912 W C Handy publishes "Memphis Blues" 1st Blues Song, 1912
1914 Cleveland 2nd baseman Nap Lajoie collects his 3,000th hit
1916 1st Native American Day celebrated, honoring American Indians
1916 Emperor Lidj Jasu of Ethiopia flees
1916 Iyasu is proclaimed deposed as ruler of Ethiopia in a palace coup in favor of his aunt Zauditu.
1917 Broadhurst Theater opens at 235 W 44th St NYC
1917 EHC soccer team forms in Hoensbroek Neth
1919 Babe Ruth's 29th HR is 1st of year in Wash (1st in every park in league in one season)
1919 British troops withdraw from Archangelsk
1919 Democratic National Committee voted to allow female members
1919 Pitcher Bob Shawkey sets then Yank record with 15 strike-outs
1921 Yanks beat Indians 21-7 in Polo Grounds
1922 King Constantine I of Greece abdicates his throne in favor of his eldest son, King George II.
1923 Italian troops leave occupied Korfu
1923 NY Yankee Lou Gehrig hits 1st of his 493 HRs
1924 Giants clinch their 4th straight pennant, beating Phils 5-1
1928 The Republic of China is recognised by the United States.
1930 Bobby Jones wins the 34th U.S. Amateur Championship to complete the Grand Slam of golf. The old structure of the grand slam was the U.S. Open, British Open, U.S. Amateur, and British Amateur.
1930 Cub's Hack Wilson's 2 HRs give him NL record 56 HRs
1930 White Sox 1st baseman Bud Clancy didn't handle ball at all in a 9 inning game vs St Louis Browns
1931 Closest NL batting race ends Chick Hafey (.3488) beats Bill Terry's
1931 Lou Gehrig completes his 6th straight season, playing in every game (.3486) Jim Bottomley (.3481)
1935 Chicago Cubs win 21st consecutive game & clinch NL pennant
1936 1st baseman Walter Alston plays in his only major league game
1936 Franco troops conquer Toledo
1936 Netherlands leave Gold Standard/devaluate guilder
1937 1st Santa Claus Training School opens (Albion NY)
1937 Balinese Tiger declared extinct.
1938 British ocean liner "Queen Elizabeth," launches at Clydebank Scotland
1938 Jewish lawyers forbidden to practice in Germany
1938 League of Nations declares Japan the aggressor against China
1938 Ocean liner Queen Elizabeth launched at Glasgow
1939 Warsaw Poland, surrenders to Germans after 19 days of resistance
1939 White Sox host 1st "day-night" doubleheader, lose to Cleve, 5-2 & 7-5
1940 55 German aircrafts shot down above England
1940 Black leaders protest discrimination in US armed forces
1940 Floyd Giebells, 1st game, 2-0 pennant clinching beating Bob Feller
1940 Nazi-Germany, Italy & Japan sign 10 year formal alliance (Axis), The Tripartite Pact.
1940 Yankees, lose to A's & eliminated from pennant for 1st time since 1935
1941 1st WW II liberty ship, freighter Patrick Henry, launched
1941 Foundation of EAM (National Liberation Front) in Greece.
1941 The SS Patrick Henry is launched becoming the first of more than 2,700 Liberty ships.
1942 Heavy German assault in Stalingrad
1942 Last day of the September Matanikau action on Guadalcanal as United States Marine Corps troops barely escape after being surrounded by Japanese forces near the Matanikau River.
1942 NY Giants beat Wash Redskins 14-7 without making a 1st down
1942 Reinhard Heydrich, "butcher of Prague," appointed SS-general
1942 St Louis Cards win NL pennant on last day of season
1943 Anti-fascism opposition begins in Naples
1943 Dutch opposition newspaper "The Slogan" publishes KZ-Lower letter
1944 Helmond & Oss Neth liberated
1944 The Kassel Mission results in the largest loss by a USAAF group on any mission in World War II.
1946 King George II of Greece returns from exile
1947 "Sweethearts" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 288 performances
1948 "Carib Song" opens at Adelphi Theater NYC for 36 performances
1949 The first Plenary Session of the National People's Congress approves the design of the Flag of the People's Republic of China.
1950 Dr Ralph Bunche receives Nobel Peace Prize
1950 Ezzard Charles beats Joe Louis in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1950 Heavyweight champ Ezzard Charles defeats Joe Louis in 15 in Yankee Stadium, Bronx NY.
1951 Persian troops occupies oil refinery at Abadan
1953 Bert Bechichar, Baltimore Colts, kicks a 56-yard field goal
1953 KCMO (now KCTV) TV channel 5 in Kansas City, MO (CBS) begins
1953 KNOE TV channel 8 in Monroe-West Monroe, LA (CBS) begins broadcasting
1953 KOLO TV channel 8 in Reno, NV (ABC/CBS) begins broadcasting
1953 KQTV TV channel 2 in Saint Joseph, MO (ABC) begins broadcasting
1953 St Louis Browns play last game in Sportsman's Park, losing 100th game
1953 Typhoon destroys 1/3 of Nagoya Japan
1953 WHBQ TV channel 13 in Memphis, TN (ABC) begins broadcasting
1953 WMAZ TV channel 13 in Macon, GA (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting
1953 WTOK TV channel 11 in Meridian, MS (ABC/CBS) begins broadcasting
1954 1st African American Supreme Court page is CV Bush
1954 School integration begins in Wash DC & Baltimore Md public schools
1954 The nationwide debut of Tonight! (The Tonight Show) hosted by Steve Allen on NBC.
1956 USAF Captain Milburn G. Apt becomes the first man to exceed Mach 3 while flying the Bell X-2. Shortly thereafter, the craft goes out of control and Captain Apt is killed.
1957 Giants rent Seals Stadium until Candlestick is built
1959 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Opie Turner Golf Open
1959 Braves & Dodgers finish in a tie (86-68)
1959 Nearly 5000 people die on the main Japanese island of Honshu as the result of a typhoon.
1959 Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev concludes his US visit
1960 Europe's 1st "moving pavement," (travelator), opens at Bank station
1961 Sandy Koufax sets NL strikeout season record at 269
1961 Sierre Leone becomes 100th member of the United Nations.
1962 Military uprising under Col Abdullah as-Sallal North Yemen
1962 US sells Israel, Hawk anti-aircraft missiles
1963 At 10:59 AM census clock, records US population at 190,000,000
1963 Lee Harvey Oswald visits Cubans consulate in Mexico
1964 Despite 3 HRs by Johnny Callison, Phils are 14-8 losers to Braves
1964 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Visalia Ladies' Golf Open
1964 Phillies 7th straight loses sends them into 2nd place
1964 The British TSR-2 aircraft XR219 made its maiden flight from Boscombe Down in Wiltshire.
1964 The Warren Commission releases its report, concluding that Lee Harvey Oswald, acting alone, assassinated President John F. Kennedy.
1967 Phillies Jim Bunning ties NL record of 5, 1-0 losses in a year
1967 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1968 "Hair" opens in London
1968 Cardinal's super pitcher Bob Gibson's 13th shutout of year
1968 France refuses UK entry into common market
1968 The stage musical Hair opened at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London, where it played 1,998 performances until its closure was forced by the roof's collapsing in July 1973.
1970 Ken Boswell sets 2nd baseman record of 85 games without an error
1971 USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
1972 1st game at Nassau Coliseum, Rangers beat Islanders 6-4 (exhibition)
1973 Nolan Ryan strikes out 16 in 11 innings, for record 383 of season
1973 Soyuz 12 carries 2 cosmonauts into Earth orbit (2 days)
1973 USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
1974 Rome, 4th bishop synod
1974 Austrian National Gallery buys W de Kooning's "Woman V" for $850,000
1975 Government De Uyl recalls Dutch ambassador from Spain
1977 Phillies clinch 2nd straight NL East Division title
1977 The 300 metre tall CKVR-TV transmission tower in Barrie, Ontario, Canada is hit by a light aircraft in a fog, causing it to collapse. All aboard the aircraft are killed.
1978 USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
1978 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1979 Congress' final approval to create Dept of Education
1979 Elton John, sick with flu, collapse on Hollywood Universal Ampitheater
1979 The United States Department of Education receives final approval from the U.S. Congress to become the 13th US Cabinet agency.
1979 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1980 Marvin Hagler defeats Alan Minter to claim boxing's world Middleweight championship in London. They have to be escorted away by police after a riot forms.
1980 WHOT (Bkln NY pirate radio station) begins on 1620 AM & 92.5 FM
1981 "Day in Hollywood, A Night..," closes at John Golden NY after 588 perf
1982 Cards clinching NL East title
1982 Filming begins on "Never Say Never Again"
1982 Jan Wolkers awarded but refuses Constantine Huygens-prize
1982 John Palmer becomes news anchor of Today Show
1983 Richard Stallman announces the GNU project to develop a free Unix-like operating system.
1983 South Africa worker's union leader Curnick Ndlovu freed after 19 years
1983 Tim Raines is 1st since Ty Cobb to steal 70 & drive in 70 runs
1985 8 killed as roof collapses in Brussel's supermarket
1985 Hurricane Gloria's 130 MPH wind hits Atlantic coast
1986 Clifford Lee Burton of Metallica dies in tour bus accident.
1986 Senate joins House of Reps voting for sweeping tax reforms
1987 27th Ryder Cup, Europe beats US, 15-13 at Muirfield Village GC (Ohio)
1987 Jan Stephens wins LPGA Konica San Jose Golf Classic
1987 NFL players' strike
1987 Phil Niekro final appearance & is pounded for 5 runs in 3 innings
1988 Grand jury evidence shows Tawana Brawley fabricated rape story
1988 Senate votes for major federal tax code changes
1988 The National League for Democracy, led by Aung San Suu Kyi is founded.
1989 Oakland wins AL West & SF wins NL West title
1989 Sony purchases Columbia Pictures for $3.4 billion cash
1990 Dee Dee Ramone arrested on marijuana possession
1990 Deposed emir of Kuwait address UN General Assembly
1990 Gunman holds 33 people (killing 1) hostage in Berkeley Calif
1990 Senate Judiciary committee approves Souter's Supreme Court
1990 Tour de France champion Greg LeMond visits White House
1990 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1991 "Princesses" premieres on CBS TV
1991 1st scheduled NHL exhibition game in St Petersburg Fla, is cancelled due to poor ice conditions (NY Islanders vs Boston Bruins)
1991 President Bush decides to end full-time B-52 bombers alert
1992 ASPCA stops Santeria ceremony in Bronx halts sacrifice of 42 animals
1992 LA Dodgers for 1st time in history clinch last place
1992 Military transport plane crashes in Lagos, Nigeria killing 163
1992 Nancy Scranton wins Los Coyotes LPGA Golf Classic
1992 Pittsburgh Pirates win their 3rd straight NL East title
1992 Seattle's Randy Johnson ties AL record for lefties with 18 strike outs
1993 Actor Daniel Day Lewis pleads guilty to speeding charges
1993 The Sukhumi massacre takes place in Abkhazia.
1995 The Government of the United States unveils the first of its redesigned bank notes with the $100 bill featuring a larger portrait of Benjamin Franklin slightly off-center.
1996 Balt Oriole Roberto Alomar spits in face of umpire John Hirschbeck
1996 In Afghanistan, the Taliban capture the capital city Kabul after driving out President Burhanuddin Rabbani and executing former leader Mohammad Najibullah.
1996 The Julie N. tanker skip crashes into the Million Dollar Bridge in Portland, Maine spilling thousands of gallons of oil.
1997 Communications are suddenly lost with the Mars Pathfinder space probe.
1998 Core States Betsy King Golf Classic
1998 Google is launched.
2002 Timor-Leste (East Timor) joins the United Nations.
2003 Actress Halle Berry announces her separation from second husband, R&B singer Eric Benet
2003 Smart 1 satellite is launched.
2005 Atlanta Braves clinch their 14th straight division title thanks to Philadelphia's loss to the New York Mets
2008 CNSA astronaut Zhai Zhigang becomes the first Chinese person to perform a spacewalk while flying on Shenzhou 7.
2012 The 2004 Japanese discovery of the 133th element has been confirmed
2012 The Mars Curiosity rover discovers what evidence of a fast-moving streambed-in Mars
2012 UN publicly releases documents from China and Japan detailing their contesting claims for the Senkoku Islands
2013 7 people are killed in mosque bombings in Baghdad, Iraq
2013 19 people are killed and 45 are injured in a bus bombing in Peshawar, Pakistan
2013 60 people are killed after a building collapses in Mumbai, India
2013 At least 22 people are killed after a refugee ship capsizes off the island of Java
2014 57 people are killed after Mount Ontake erupts in Japan
2014 Hawthorn Football Club defeats the Sydney Swans in the 2014 AFL Grand Final 137-74
2015 A "Supermoon" coincides with a lunar eclipse creating a "Blood Moon" over much of the earth
2015 "Junts per Si" pro-independence alliance win parliamentary majority in Catalonia
Born on September 27th
823 Ermentrude of Orléans, consort of Charles the Bald (d. 869)
1275 John II of Brabant (d. 1312)
1389 Cosimo de Medici, Ruler of Florence, Patron of the arts (d. 1464)
1544 Takenaka Shigeharu, Japanese samurai (d. 1579)
1600 John Galle, Flemish engraver/printer, baptised
1601 Louis XIII, King of France (1610-43) (d. 1643)
1627 Jacques-Benigne Bossuet, French bishop and writer (Louis XIV court preacher) (d. 1704)
1637 Hieronymus Gradenthaler, composer
1643 Solomon Stoddard, American Puritan clergyman
1657 Sophia, regent of Russia (1682-89)
1677 Giovanni Carlo Maria Clari, composer
1696 St. Alphonsus Liguori, Italian theologist, founder of the Redemptionist order (d. 1787)
1719 Abraham Gotthelf Kästner, German mathematician (d. 1800)
1722 Samuel Adams, American revolutionary leader (Lt Gov-Mass, 1789-94) (d. 1803)
1729 Michael Denis, Austrian poet, bibliographer and lepidopterist (d. 1800)
1772 Martha Jefferson Randolph, daughter of Thomas Jefferson (d. 1836)
1776 Maria E J Versfelt, actress/mistress (General Moreau & Marshal Ney)
1783 Agustin I de Iturbide, emperor of Mexico (1822-23)
1786 Jose Mariano Elizaga, composer
1792 George Cruikshank, London, caricaturist (Oliver Twist)
1803 Samuel Francis DuPont, American Admiral (Union Navy) (d. 1865)
1805 George Müller, Prussian orphanage builder (d. 1898)
1809 Raphael Semmes, Rear Admiral (Confederate Navy), died in 1877
1817 Hiram R Revels, Fayetteville NC, 1st black US senator
1818 Adolph Wilhelm Hermann Kolbe, German chemist (d. 1884)
1821 Henri Frederic Amiel, Swiss writer (Grains de Mil) (d. 1881)
1824 William "Bull" Nelson, American Civil War general (Union volunteers) (d. 1862)
1830 William Babcock Hazen, American Civil War general (Union volunteers) (d. 1887)
1835 John Murray Corse, Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1893 [or 4/27]
1838 Antony E J Modderman, Dutch minister of Justice (1879-83)
1840 Alfred Thayer Mahan, US, naval officer (Influence of Sea Power)
1840 Thomas Nast, German-born political cartoonist (d. 1902)
1842 Alphonse Francois Renard, Belgian geologist (d. 1903)
1843 Gaston Tarry, French mathematician (d. 1913)
1858 Giuseppe Peano, Italian mathematician, founder of symbolic logic
1858 Porsteinn Erlingsson, Iceland, poet (Pyrnar)
1861 Corinne Roosevelt Robinson, sister of US President Theodore Roosevelt (d. 1933)
1862 Louis Botha, Greytown South Africa, 1st PM of South Africa (1910-19)
1864 Alexander Cohen, Dutch anarchist/author
1864 Andrej Hlinka, Slovak politician and Catholic Priest (d. 1938)
1866 Eurosia Fabris, Italian Catholic Blessed (d. 1932)
1866 Tryggve Andersen, Norwegian writer (Fra Cancelliraadens Dage)
1867 Rosa Lewis, society caterer/owner (Cavandish Hotel-England)
1871 Grazia Deledda, Italian writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1936)
1879 Cyril M Scott, English pianist, composer, author (Heroic Suite) (d. 1970)
1879 Hans Hahn, Austrian mathematician (d. 1934)
1881 Ernest Samuel Williams, composer
1881 Johanna "Annie" Bakker, Dutch revue-artist, singer, actress
1881 William J Clothier, 1st pres of tennis hall of fame/(US Open-1906)
1885 Harry Blackstone, Sr., American magician (d. 1965)
1887 Anton Roemer, Dutch actor (Potasch & Perlemoer, Boefje)
1892 John Mylong, Austria, actor (Robot Monsters)
1893 Joannes DM Cornelissen, Dutch historian (Hooft & Tacitus)
1894 Lothar von Richthofen, German pilot (d. 1922)
1894 Olive Tell, American actress (d. 1951)
1895 Woolf Barnato, British racing driver (d. 1948)
1896 George Bender, Cleveland, (Rep/Sen-R-Oh)
1896 Sam Ervin, American politician (Sen-D-NC), Watergate committee chairman (d. 1985)
1898 Vincent (Miller) Youmans, American composer and producer (Tea for Two) (d. 1946)
1902 Miguel Aleman Valdes, Mexican attorney/president (1946-52)
1904 Edvard Kocbek, Slovenian poet, author and politician (d. 1981)
1905 Ernest Baier, Germany, figure skater (Olympic-gold-1936)
1905 Vjekoslav Kaleb, Yugoslavia, writer (Splendor of the Fabric)
1906 Jim Thompson, American author (d. 1977)
1906 William Empson, British poet (Milton's God) (d. 1984)
1907 Bernard Miles, British actor (In Which We Serve, Mermaid Theatre)
1907 Bhagat Singh, Indian freedom fighter (d. 1931)
1907 Maurice Blanchot, French philosopher (d. 2003)
1908 Shiv Verma, soldier
1909 Jean Berger, composer
1910 Donald Lindsay, headmaster (Malvern College)
1910 Eve March, CA, actress (Curse of the Cat People)
1910 Giles William Playfair, writer
1911 John Harvey, actor (d. 1982)
1911 Marcey Jacobson, American photographer (d. 2009)
1911 Peter Muir Doig, politician
1912 Gerben Wagenaar, resistance fighter/Dutch Communist MP
1912 Mary Grierson, Bangor, Wales, botanical artist, (d. 2012)
1912 Tauno Marttinen, composer
1913 Albert Ellis, American psychologist (d. 2007)
1916 Frank Handlen, American artist
1916 S. Yizhar (aka Yizhar Smilansky), Israeli author (d. 2006)
1916 Samuel S Stratton, (Rep-D-NY, 1959)
1917 Louis Auchincloss, American novelist (Watchfires), lawyer (d. 2010)
1917 William T. Orr, American television producer (d. 2002)
1918 Jame McCallion, Glasgow Scotland, actor (Mi Taylor-National Velvet)
1918 Lord Shepherd
1918 Martin Ryle, English radio astronomer (1972-82), Nobel laureate (d. 1984)
1919 Charles H Percy. American politician (Sen-R-Ill)
1919 Earl of Clanwilliam
1919 James H. Wilkinson, American mathematician (d. 1986)
1919 Johnny Pesky, American baseball player, (d. 2012)
1920 J K Gill, president (Saatchi & Saatchi)
1920 Jayne Meadows, American actress
1920 William Conrad, American actor (Bullwinkle Show, Cannon)
1921 D E Nineham, theologian
1921 Milton Subotsky, American TV and film producer (d. 1991)
1922 Arthur Penn, American director (Miracle Worker, Bonnie & Clyde)
1922 Carl Ballantine, American actor (McHale's Navy)
1922 James Wilson, composer
1923 Mary McCarty, Winfield Ks, actress/singer (Starch-Trapper John MD)
1924 Bernard Waber, American author
1924 Bud Powell, American jazz pianist (d. 1966)
1924 Fred Singer, American scientist
1924 Josef Skvorecky, Czechoslovakian writer and publisher (End of the Nylon Age, The Cowards) (d. 2012)
1925 Viscount Rothermere, English press magnate (Daily Mail, Evening News)
1926 Jayne Meadows, Wu Chang China, Mrs Steve Allen, actr (Dark Delusion)
1927 Boris Porena, composer
1927 Eli van der Merwe Louw, S Afr minister of Transport/Manpower
1927 Patrick O'Neal, actor (King Rat, Night of the Iguana)
1927 Red Robert Chudnick Rodney, jazz trumpeter
1927 Romano Scarpa, Italian comic book artist
1927 Steve Stavro, Canadian businessman (d. 2006)
1928 Earring George Mayweather, blues Harmonica Player
1928 G H Martin, British keeper of Public Records
1928 Margaret Rule, consultant (Mary Rose Trust)
1929 Barbara Murray, English actress
1929 Sada Thompson, Des Moines Ia, actress (Family, Pursuit of Happiness)
1930 Igor Kipnis, Berlin Germany, harpsichordist/professor (Fairfield)
1930 Roger Birch, Chief Constable (Sussex)
1931 Freddy Quinn, Austrian singer
1931 Gerald Warner, deputy secretary (Cabinet Office)
1932 Geoff Bent, English footballer (d. 1958)
1932 Mario Bertoncini, composer
1932 Michael Colvin, Canadian singer
1932 Oliver E. Williamson, American economist
1932 Peter Holmes, CEO (Shell Transport & Trading Company
1932 Roger C. Carmel, American actor (Harry Mudd-Star Trek, In-Laws) (d. 1986)
1932 Yash Chopra, Indian director (d. 2012)
1933 Greg Morris, American actor (d. 1996)
1933 Kathleen Nolan, St Louis Mo, actress (Real McCoys, Janie, Broadside)
1933 Rodney Cotterill, Danish-English physicist (d. 2007)
1933 Will Sampson, American actor (d. 1987)
1934 Barbara Howar, Nashville, reporter (Wash Post, Entertainment Tonight)
1934 Claude Jarman Jr., American actor (Rio Grande, Inside Straight)
1934 DAER Peake, CEO (Kleinwort Benson Group)
1934 Dick Schaap, American sports reporter and author (Bo Knows Bo, Instant Replay) (d. 2001)
1934 Greg Morris, Cleveland Ohio, actor (Mission Impossible, Vega$)
1934 Wilford Brimley, American actor (Gus-Our House, Cocoon)
1935 Jerome Shipp, US, basketball (Olympic-gold-1964)
1936 Don Cornelius, American television host (Soul Train) (d. 2012)
1936 Gordon Honeycombe, British playwright, broadcaster
1936 Yuri Nikolayevich Stepanov, Russian cosmonaut
1938 Alexander Graham, Lord Mayor of London
1939 Carol Lynn Pearson, American poet and writer
1939 Ioannis Banias, Greek politician
1939 Jim Ross Lightfoot, (Rep-R-Iowa, 1985)
1939 Kathy Whitworth, American golfer (7 time LPGA Player of Year)
1939 Nicholas Haslam, interior designer
1940 Benoni Beheyt, Belgian cyclist
1940 Josephine Barstow, opera singer
1941 Gay Kayler Ashcroft, Australian country music singer
1941 Peter Bonetti, English footballer
1941 Roger J J Claessen, Belgian soccer star
1941 Serge Ménard, Québécois politician
1942 Alvin Stardust, English singer
1942 Baroness Blackstone
1942 Dith Pran, Cambodian-born photojournalist (d. 2008)
1943 Amedeo, 5th Duke of Aosta, Italian aristocrat
1943 Anna Gael (Gyarmarthy), Budapest Hungary, Lady Weymouth
1943 Bob Curiano, rock bassist (Mink Deville)
1943 Randy Bachman, Canadian musician (Bachman-Turner Overdrive)
1943 Steve Boone, NC, rock vocalist/bassist (Lovin' Spoonful)
1944 IDG Garnett, British Vice-Admiral
1945 Bob Spiers, British television director (d. 2008)
1945 Jack Goldstein, Canadian-born artist (d. 2003)
1945 Kay Ryan, American poet
1945 Max Boyce, Welsh comedian
1945 Misha Dichter, Shanghai China, pianist (Tchaikowsy 2nd prize-1966)
1946 Peter H Kostmayer, (Rep-D-PA, 1977-81, 83)
1946 Robin Nedwell, English comedy actor (d. 1999)
1946 Ronald Fox, senior partner (Fox Williams)
1946 T.C. Cannon, Kiowa-Caddo artist (d. 1978)
1947 A Martinez, American actor (Whiz Kids, LA Law, Santa Barbara)
1947 Barbara Dickson, Scottish singer
1947 Denis Lawson, Scottish actor (Return of Jedi, Born Kicking, Chain)
1947 Jacques Wallage, sociologist/Dutch undersecretary of Education
1947 Liz Torres, American actress and singer (Mahalia Sanchez-John Larroquette Show)
1947 Meat Loaf (Marvin Lee Aday), American singer (Bat Out of Hell)
1948 Barbara Dickson, singer
1948 Duncan Fletcher, Rhodesia and Zimbabwe cricketer and coach
1948 John K. Reed, American coral biologist
1948 Les Chapman, English footballer and football manager
1948 Michael Houlihan, director (Horniman Museum & Gardens)
1948 Michele Dotrice, English actress
1948 Tom Braidwood, Canadian actor
1949 Graham Richardson, Australian politician
1949 Jahn Teigen, Norwegian singer
1949 Mike Schmidt, American baseball player, 3rd baseman (Phillies)
1949 Robb Weller, TV host (Entertainment Tonight, Home Show)
1950 Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Japanese actor (Lt A J Shimamura-Nash Bridges)
1951 Jim Shooter, American comic book writer
1951 Michel Rivard, Québécois singer and composer (Beau Dommage)
1951 Paul Craig, British law professor
1952 André Viger, French Canadian marathoner
1952 Del Russel, Pasadena California, actor (Richard-Arnie)
1952 Didier Dubois, French mathematician
1952 Doemitri Dorin Prunariu, Romania, cosmonaut (Soyuz 40)
1953 Benjamin Gene Brown, SF California, 4X400 runner (Olympic-gold-1976)
1953 Claudio Gentile, Italian footballer
1953 Diane Julie Abbott, British politician
1953 Greg Ham, Australia, rock saxophonist/flutist (Men At Work)
1953 Heather Watts, LA California, ballerina (Dancing on My Grave)
1953 Mata Amritanandamayi, Indian religious leader
1953 Robbie Shakespeare, Jamaica, reggae bassist (Sly & Robbie-DJ Riot)
1954 Ray Hadley, Australian radio broadcaster
1957 Bill Athey, cricketer (England batsman in 23 Tests 1980-88)
1957 Richard Vagg, Australian baseball infielder (Olympics-1996)
1958 Shaun Cassidy, American singer and actor (Hardy Boys, Breaking Away)
1959 Beth Heiden, American speed skater, 3000m (Olympic-bronze-1980)
1960 Barron Lerner, American physician and historian
1960 Jean-Marc Barr, French-American actor and director
1960 Nick della Casa, British/Brazillian/Argentine cameraman (Emmy Award)
1961 Andy Lau, Hong Kong actor and singer
1961 Christopher J Perry, Edenton NC, PGA golfer (1987 Kemper Open-2nd)
1961 Irvine Welsh, Scottish writer
1962 Dennis Paulson, San Gabriel CA, PGA golfer (1994 Freeport-McMoRan-4th)
1962 Gavin Larsen, cricketer (NZ medium-pace all-rounder)
1963 Caren Metschuck, German DR, 100m butterfly swimmer (Olympic-gold-1980)
1964 Stephan Jenkins, American singer (Third Eye Blind)
1965 Alexis Stewart, American radio personality
1965 Bernard Lord, Premier of New Brunswick
1965 Peter MacKay, Canadian political leader
1965 Ricky Fuji, Japanese professional wrestler
1965 Steve Kerr, American basketball player, NBA guard (Chicago Bulls)
1966 Lorenzo Cherubini, Italian singer (Jovanotti)
1966 Stephanie D Wilson, Boston Mass, astronaut
1967 Jason Dungjen, Detroit Mich, pairs skater (& Kyoko Ina)
1967 Uche Okechukwu, Nigerian international soccer player
1968 Mark Bradtke, Adelaide SA Aus, basketball center (Olympics-88, 92, 96)
1968 Patrick Muldoon, American actor
1968 Rob Moore, NFL wide receiver (NY Jets, Arizona Cardinals)
1968 Scott Conover, NFL tackle (Detroit Lions)
1969 Laura Wilson, Utica NY, cross country skier (Olympics-1994)
1969 Lester Holmes, NFL guard (Philadelphia Eagles)
1969 Robert Jones, NFL linebacker (Dallas Cowboys)
1969 Sofia Milos, American actress
1970 Dwayne Davis, WLAF safety (Frankfurt Galaxy)
1970 Mark Caldero, Oklahoma City, vocalist (Color Me Badd-I Want to Sex You Up)
1970 Tamara Taylor, American actress(Bones)
1970 Yoshiharu Habu, Japanese professional shogi player
1971 Alonzo Spellman, NFL defensive end (Chic Bears)
1971 Amanda Detmer, American actress
1971 Erik Smit, Dutch soccer player (FC Utrecht)
1971 Li Yapeng, Chinese actor
1971 Patrick Muldoon, CA, actor (Austin-Days of Our Lives, Melrose Place)
1971 Ron Florine, NFL/WLAF tackle (KC Chiefs, Scotland Claymores)
1972 Clara Hughes, Canadian cyclist (Olympics-2 bronze-96)
1972 Craig L. Rice, American Politician
1972 Gwyneth Paltrow, American actress (Pallbearer, Emma, Hard Eight)
1972 Laurie Shepard, Cordele, GA, female pitcher (Colo Silver Bullets)
1972 Malachy Loye, cricketer (Northamptonshire & England "A" batsman)
1972 Sylvia Crawley, American basketball player
1973 Chris Demakes, American singer/guitarist (Less Than Jake)
1973 Larry McSeed, CFL linebacker (Montreal Alouettes)
1973 Tina Nicholson, WNBA guard (Cleveland Rockers)
1974 Edward Thomas, CFL linebacker (Montreal Alouettes)
1974 Lina Gaviria, Miss Universe-Colombia (1996)
1975 Ed Gray, NBA guard (Atlanta Hawks)
1975 Tajama Abraham, WNBA center (Sacramento Monarchs)
1975 Thanos Petrelis, Greek singer
1976 Dean Butterworth, English musician
1976 Francesco Totti, Italian footballer
1976 Jason Phillips, American baseball player
1976 Matt Harding, American video game developer
1977 Andrus Värnik, Estonian javelin thrower
1978 Brad Arnold, American singer (3 Doors Down)
1978 Jon Rauch, American baseball player, pitcher
1979 Christian Jones, Australian racing driver
1979 Jon Garland, American baseball player
1979 La'Myia Good, American singer and actress
1979 Steve Simpson, Australian rugby league footballer
1979 Zita Görög, Hungarian actress and model
1980 Asashoryu, Mongolian sumo wrestler
1981 Brendon McCullum, New Zealand cricketer
1981 Cytherea, American adult actress
1981 Lakshmipathy Balaji, Indian cricketer
1981 Sophie Crumb, American comics artist
1982 Anna Camp, American actress
1982 Darrent Williams, American football player (d. 2007)
1982 Lil Wayne, American rapper
1982 Zero Kazama, Japanese-American gameshow host
1983 Jeon Hye Bin, Korean actress
1983 Shermon Tang, Hong Kong actress
1983 Travis MacRae, Canadian singer-songwriter
1984 Avril Lavigne, Canadian singer-songwriter
1984 Davide Capello, Italian footballer
1984 John Lannan, American baseball player
1984 Paul Bevan, Australian rules footballer
1985 Massimo Bertocchi, Canadian decathlete
1986 Ricardo Risatti, Argentine racing driver
1986 Vin Mazzaro, American baseball player
1989 Park Tae-Hwan, South Korean swimmer
1990 Kylee Lin, American beauty pageant winner
1991 Adam Chicksen, English Football Player
1992 Jake Burbage, American actor
1995 Lina Leandersson, Swedish actress
1996 Daeg Faerch, Danish-born Canadian actor
1996 Iman bint Al Abdullah II, princess of Jordan
Died on Sptember 27th
1249 Count Raymond VII of Toulouse (b. 1197)
1259 Ezzeline III da Romano, gentleman of Verona/"cruel monster"
1304 John de Warenne, 7th Earl of Surrey, English soldier (b. 1231)
1404 William of Wykeham, English Bishop of Winchester, chancellor (b. 1320)
1557 Emperor Go-Nara of Japan (b. 1497)
1566 Marcus A Vida (Marcus Hieronymus), Italian humanist, poet, bishop
1590 Urban VII (Giambattista Castagna), Italian Pope (1590) (b. 1521)
1612 Piotr Skarga, Polish theology/PM (Sanctity of Life)
1615 Arbella Stuart, English noblewoman (b. 1575)
1617 Johan Earnest count of Nassau-Siegen, dies
1641 Francois van d'aerssen, mister of Sommelsdijk/diplomat
1651 Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria (b. 1573)
1660 Vincent de Paul, French saint, Vincentian Cong founder (b. 1580)
1674 Robert Arnauld d'andilly, French literary/financier/translator
1674 Thomas Traherne, English poet/mystic (Roman Forgeries)
1700 Innocent XII (Antonio Pignatelli), Pope (1691-1700) (b. 1615)
1719 George Smalridge, English Bishop of Bristol (b. 1662)
1730 Laurence Eusden, English poet (b. 1688)
1735 Peter Artedi, Swedish naturalist (b. 1705)
1737 John Sidney, 6th Earl of Leicester, English privy councillor (b. 1680)
1742 Hugh Boulter, Irish Archbishop of Armagh (b. 1672)
1783 Étienne Bézout, French mathematician (b. 1730)
1784 Boniface Stoecki, composer, dies at 38
1808 Gaetano B Vestris, ballerina, dies at 79
1821 Luis (Philippus) Brion, Curacaos admiral/supreme commander
1831 Henry van Wine, archivist/founder General Rijksarchief
1831 Joannis Capodistrias, Greek governor of Troezen, murdered
1832 Karl Christian Friedrich Krause, German philosopher (b. 1781)
1838 Bernard Courtois, French chemist (b. 1777)
1844 Charles Nodier, French writer (History du chien the Brisquet)
1868 Alexander Walewski, French earl/duke/diplomat/Foreign minister
1870 Henry TP Comstock, Canadian silver prospector
1876 Braxton Bragg, American Confederate general (b. 1817)
1891 Ivan Goncharov, Russian author (b. 1812)
1911 Auguste Michel-Lévy, French geologist (b. 1844)
1915 Conrad T van Deventer, Dutch jurist/MP (liberal)
1915 Kaspar C E Ritter von Zumbusch, German/Austrian sculptor
1915 Remy de Gourmont, French poet (b. 1858)
1916 Emile A G Verhaeren, Belgian writer (Les Heures du Soir)
1917 Edgar Degas, French painter (b. 1834)
1919 Adelina (Adela JM) Patti, Italian soprano (Lucio)
1919 Robert Gleeson, cricketer (one Test for South Africa 1895-96)
1921 Engelbert Humperdinck, German opera composer (Schneewittchen) (b. 1854)
1935 Alan Gray, composer
1940 Julius Wagner-Jauregg, Austrian neuroscientist, Nobel laureate (b. 1857)
1940 Walter Benjamin, German philosopher, literature critic, writer (b. 1892)
1942 Douglas Munro, only US Coast Guard with WW II-Med of Honor
1943 Waclaw Gieburowski, composer
1944 Aimee Semple McPherson, American evangelist, faith healer (b. 1890)
1944 Aristide Maillol, Fr sculptor/graphic artist, dies in car crash
1948 Frank Cellier, actor (Spider, Quiet Wedding, Big Blockade)
1953 Jules-Marie Canneel, Flemish painter/caricaturist
1955 Henri Liebrecht, Belgian stagewriter/journalist
1956 Babe Didrikson Zaharias, American athlete, javelin (Oly-gold-32) (b. 1911)
1956 Gerald Raphael Finzi, English composer (b. 1901)
1956 Milburn Apt, in X-2 rocket plane reaches 3370 kph, dies in crash
1956 William Edward Boeing, American aviation pioneer (b. 1881)
1960 Sylvia Pankhurst, English suffragette, feminist, daughter of Emmeline (b. 1882)
1961 Hilda Doolittle, US poetess (Bid Me to Live)
1962 Francisco Brochado da Rocha, PM of Brazil (1962)
1965 Clara Bow, American actress (b. 1905)
1965 Harry Reser, orchestra leader (Sammy Kaye Show)
1965 Sir William Stanier, British railway engineer (b. 1876)
1967 Felix F Yussupov, Russian monarch
1969 Violet Farebrother, actress (Downhill, Easy Virtue)
1972 Rory Storm, lead singer (Rory Storm & Hurricane), commits suicide
1972 S. R. Ranganathan, Indian mathematician (b. 1892)
1974 Silvio Frondizi, Argentine lawyer, assassinated by the Triple A(b. 1907)
1975 Jack Lang, Australian politician (b. 1876)
1975 Mark Frechette, actor (Zabriskie Point, Uomini Contro)
1979 Gracie Fields, British comedian, actress (Queen of Hearts) (b. 1898)
1979 Jimmy McCulloch, Scottish guitarist (Wings), dies of a drug overdose (b. 1953)
1981 Coenraad van Emde Boas, Dutch sexologist
1981 Robert Montgomery, American actor, director (Robert Montgomery Presents) (b. 1904)
1982 Saad Sayd (Abu Walid), Palestinian commandant in Lebanon
1983 Tino Rossi, singer/actor (Destins, Belle Menuniere)
1984 John Facenda, sportscaster (NFL Action)
1985 Lloyd Nolan, American actor (Dr Chegley-Julia) (b. 1902)
1986 Cliff Burton, American bassist (Metallica), dies in bus crash (b. 1962)
1988 William V Shannon, US ambassador to Ireland (1977-81)
1991 Huib Orizand, Dutch actor (Paul Vlanderen)
1991 Jan Hart, director (Friends of Curacao)
1991 Oona Chaplin, daughter of Eugene O'Neill, 4th wife of Charles (b. 1926)
1992 Keith Prentice, US actor (Boys in the Band)
1992 Ray Gill, actor (Prelude to a Kiss)
1992 Wim Van Exter, founder Unity Profession Central (1944)
1993 Andrei Solovyiov, Russian photographer, dies in battle
1993 James H Doolittle, American air force general (Tokyo 1942) (b. 1896)
1994 Gerald Bledsoe, DJ (Soul Alive, WWRL)
1994 Guiseppe Martelli, physicist
1994 Ruth Niehaus
1995 Alison "Night Bird" Steele, DJ (WNEW-FM, WXRK-FM)
1995 Christopher Shaw, composer pianist/critic
1996 Mohammad Najibullah, President of Afghanistan (1986-90), executed (b. 1947)
1997 Walter Trampler, American violist (b. 1915)
1998 Doak Walker, American football player (b. 1927)
1998 Narita Bryan, Japanese racehorse (b. 1991)
2003 Donald O'Connor, American actor (b. 1925)
2004 John E. Mack, American psychiatrist and author (b. 1929)
2005 Ronald Golias, Brazilian comedian (b. 1929)
2007 Kenji Nagai, Japanese photojournalist (b. 1957)
2008 Mahendra Kapoor, Indian singer (b. 1934)
2009 Ivan Dykhovichnyy, Russian film director and screenwriter (b. 1947)
2009 William Safire, American Columnist (b. 1929)
2010 Balaji Sadasivan, Singaporean politician and neurosurgeon (b. 1955)
2010 George Blanda, American football player (b. 1927)
2011 Johnny "Country" Mathis, American country singer (b. 1933)
2012 Eddie Bert, American bebop jazz trombonist
2012 R. B. Greaves, American singer
2013 Gates Brown, American MLB player
2013 Jay Robinson, American actor,
2014 James A Traficant Jr, American politician
2015 Frank Tyson, English cricketer ("Typhoon Tyson" pace bowler)
2015 John Guillermin, British film director (The Towering Inferno)