What happened on September 8? There are more than 359 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 September 8
September 8 is the 252nd day of the year 2024. There are 114 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday. This day falls under the 36th week of the year 2024.
On this day in Tazewell, Virginia 24651 sunrise will occur at 07:01 AM and sunset will occur at 07:45 PM (local time).
The zodiac sign of a person born on this day is Virgo. The modern birthstone for this month is Sapphire while the mystical birthstone is Agate.
According to the Chinese calendar, there are 143 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year (January 29, 2025).
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Historical Events For September 8
- 70Roman forces under Titus sack Jerusalem.
- 1264The Statute of Kalisz, guaranteeing Jews safety and personal liberties and giving battei din jurisdiction over Jewish matters, is promulgated by Boleslaus the Pious, Duke of Greater Poland.
- 1331Stephen Uroš IV Dušan declares himself king of Serbia
- 1380Battle of Kulikovo – Russian forces defeat a mixed army of Tatars and Mongols, stopping their advance.
- 1449Battle of Tumu Fortress – Mongolians capture the Chinese emperor.
- 1504Michelangelo’s David is unveiled in Florence.
- 1514Battle of Orsha – in one of the biggest battles of the century, Lithuanians and Poles defeat the Russian army.
- 1551The foundation day in Vitória, Brazil
- 1565The Knights of Malta lift the Turkish siege of Malta that began on May 18.
- 1727A barn fire during a puppet show in the village of Burwell in Cambridgeshire, England kills 78 people, many of whom are children.
- 1755French and Indian War: Battle of Lake George.
- 1756French and Indian War: Kittanning Expedition.
- 1761Marriage of King George III of the United Kingdom to Duchess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
- 1793French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Hondschoote.
- 1796French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Bassano – French forces defeat Austrian troops at Bassano del Grappa.
- 1810The Tonquin sets sail from New York Harbor with 33 employees of John Jacob Astor’s newly created Pacific Fur Company on board. After a six-month journey around the tip of South America, the ship arrives at the mouth of the Columbia River and Astor’s men establish the fur-trading town of Astoria, Oregon.
- 1831William IV and Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
- 1860The Steamship Lady Elgin sinks on Lake Michigan, with the loss of around 300 lives.
- 1863American Civil War: Second Battle of Sabine Pass – on the Texas-Louisiana border at the mouth of the Sabine River, a small Confederate force thwarts a Union invasion of Texas.
- 1888In England the first six Football League matches are played.
- 1888In London, the body of Jack the Ripper’s second murder victim, Annie Chapman, is found.
- 1892The Pledge of Allegiance is first recited.
- 1900Galveston Hurricane of 1900: a powerful hurricane hits Galveston, Texas killing about 8,000 people.
- 1914World War I: Private Thomas Highgate becomes the first British soldier to be executed for desertion during the war.
- 192116-year-old Margaret Gorman wins the Atlantic City Pageant’s Golden Mermaid trophy; pageant officials later dubbed her the first Miss America.
- 1923Honda Point Disaster: nine US Navy destroyers run aground off the California coast. Seven are lost, and twenty-three sailors killed.
- 1926Germany is admitted to the League of Nations.
- 19303M begins marketing Scotch transparent tape.
- 1934Off the New Jersey coast, a fire aboard the passenger liner SS Morro Castle kills 135 people.
- 1935US Senator from Louisiana, Huey Long, nicknamed “Kingfish”, is fatally shot in the Louisiana capitol building.
- 1941World War II: Siege of Leningrad begins. German forces begin a siege against the Soviet Union’s second-largest city, Leningrad.
- 1943World War II: The O.B.S. (German General Headquarters for the Mediterranean zone) in Frascati is bombed by USAAF.
- 1943World War II: United States General Dwight D. Eisenhower publicly announces the Allied armistice with Italy.
- 1944World War II: London is hit by a V2 rocket for the first time.
- 1944World War II: Menton is liberated from Germany.
- 1945Cold War: United States troops arrive to partition the southern part of Korea in response to Soviet troops occupying the northern part of the peninsula a month earlier.
- 1951Treaty of San Francisco: In San Francisco, California, 48 nations sign a peace treaty with Japan in formal recognition of the end of the Pacific War.
- 1952The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation makes its first televised broadcast on the second escape of the Boyd Gang.
- 1954The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) is established.
- 1959The Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) is established.
- 1960In Huntsville, Alabama, US President Dwight D. Eisenhower formally dedicates the Marshall Space Flight Center (NASA had already activated the facility on July 1).
- 1962Last run of the famous Pines Express over the Somerset and Dorset Railway line (UK) fittingly using the last steam locomotive built by British Railways, 9F locomotive 92220 Evening Star.
- 1962Newly independent Algeria, by referendum, adopts a constitution.
- 1965Pakistan Navy raids Indian coasts without any resistance in Operation Dwarka, Pakistan celebrates Victory Day annually.
- 1966The Severn Bridge is officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II.
- 1966The first Star Trek series premieres on NBC.
- 1967The formal end of steam traction in the North East of England by British Railways.
- 1971In Washington, D.C., the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is inaugurated, with the opening feature being the premiere of Leonard Bernstein’s Mass.
- 1974Watergate Scandal: US President Gerald Ford pardons former President Richard Nixon for any crimes Nixon may have committed while in office.
- 1975Gays in the military: US Air Force Tech Sergeant Leonard Matlovich, a decorated veteran of the Vietnam War, appears in his Air Force uniform on the cover of Time magazine with the headline “I Am A Homosexual”. He is given a general discharge, which was later upgraded to honorable.
- 1988Yellowstone National Park is closed for the first time in U.S. history due to ongoing fires.
- 1991The Republic of Macedonia becomes independent.
- 1994USAir Flight 427, on approach to Pittsburgh International Airport, suddenly crashes in clear weather killing all 132 aboard; resulting in the most extensive aviation investigation in world history and altering manufacturing practices in the industry.
- 2004NASA’s unmanned spacecraft Genesis crash-lands when its parachute fails to open.
- 2005Two EMERCOM Il-76 aircraft land at a disaster aid staging area at Little Rock Air Force Base; the first time Russia has flown such a mission to North America.
Who Were Born On September 8?
- 801Ansgar, German Christian archbishop (d. 865)
- 828Ali al-Hadi, Shia Imam (d. 868)
- 1157King Richard I of England (d. 1199)
- 1209King Sancho II of Portugal (d. 1248)
- 1271Charles Martel of Anjou, son of Charles II of Naples (d. 1295)
- 1380Saint Bernardino of Siena, Italian Franciscan missionary (d. 1444)
- 1474Ludovico Ariosto, Italian poet (d. 1533)
- 1515Alfonso Salmeron, Spanish Jesuit biblical scholar (d. 1585)
- 1588Marin Mersenne, French mathematician (d. 1648)
- 1611Johann Friedrich Gronovius, German classical scholar (d. 1671)
- 1621Louis II de Bourbon, Prince de Condé, French general (d. 1686)
- 1633Ferdinand IV of Germany (d. 1654)
- 1672Nicolas de Grigny, French organist and composer (d. 1703)
- 1698François Francoeur, French composer and violinist (d. 1787)
- 1742Ozias Humphrey, English artist (d. 1810)
- 1749Gabrielle de Polastron, duchesse de Polignac, French aristocrat (d. 1793)
- 1749Marie-Louise, princesse de Lamballe, Italian-born French aristocrat (d. 1792)
- 1750Tanikaze Kajinosuke, Jamapese sumo wrestler, the 4th Yokozuna (d. 1795)
- 1767August von Schlegel, German poet (d. 1845)
- 1774Anne Catherine Emmerich, Roman Catholic mystic, stigmatic, visionary (d. 1824)
- 1779Mustafa IV, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1808)
- 1783Nicolai Frederik Severin Grundtvig, Danish writer and philosopher (d. 1872)
- 1804Eduard Mörike, German poet (d. 1875)
- 1814Charles-Étienne Brasseur de Bourbourg, French writer and historian (d. 1874)
- 1815Giuseppina Strepponi, Italian operatic soprano, 2nd wife of Giuseppe Verdi (d. 1897)
- 1824Jaime Nunó, Spanish composer (d. 1908)
- 1828Clarence Cook, American writer and art critic (d. 1900)
- 1828Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, American Civil War soldier (d. 1914)
- 1830Frédéric Mistral, French poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1914)
- 1831Wilhelm Raabe, German novelist (d. 1910)
- 1841Antonín Dvořák, Czech composer (d. 1904)
- 1841Charles J. Guiteau, American assassin of James A. Garfield (d. 1882)
- 1846Catchick Paul Chater, Hong Kong businessman(d. 1926)
- 1851John Jenkins, American-born Premier of South Australia (d. 1923)
- 1852Emperor Gwangmu of Korea (d. 1919)
- 1857Georg Michaelis, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1936)
- 1873Alfred Jarry, French playwright (d. 1907)
- 1873David O. McKay, ninth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1970)
- 1881Harry Hillman, American athlete (d. 1945)
- 1884Théodore Pilette, Belgian racing driver (d. 1921)
- 1886Ninon Vallin, French operatic soprano (d. 1961)
- 1886Siegfried Sassoon, English poet (d. 1967)
- 1887George, Crown Prince of Serbia (d. 1972)
- 1889Robert Alphonso Taft, American politician (d. 1953)
- 1894John Samuel Bourque, Quebec politician (d. 1974)
- 1894Willem Pijper, Dutch composer and critic (d. 1947)
- 1895Sara García, Mexican actress (d. 1980)
- 1896Howard Dietz, American lyricist and librettist (d. 1983)
- 1897Jimmie Rodgers, American singer and composer (d. 1933)
- 1900Claude Pepper, American politician (d. 1989)
- 1900Tilly Devine, Australian crime figure and madam (d. 1970)
- 1901Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd, South African politician (d. 1966)
- 1903Jane Arbor, British writer (d. 1994)
- 1904Tzavalas Karousos, Greek actor (d. 1969)
- 1905Henry Wilcoxon, British film actor (d. 1984)
- 1905Ivy Bean, English internet celebrity (d. 2010)
- 1906Andrei Kirilenko, Soviet statesman and Party activist (d. 1990)
- 1907William Wentworth, Australian politician (d. 2003)
- 1910Jean-Louis Barrault, French actor and director (d. 1994)
- 1914Demetrios I, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (d. 1991)
- 1914Sir Denys Lasdun, English architect (d. 2001)
- 1915Frank Cady, American actor
- 1915Frank Pullen, English businessman and racehorse owner (d. 1992)
- 1917Jan Sedivka, Czech-Australian violinist (d. 2009)
- 1918Derek Harold Richard Barton, British chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)
- 1919Gianni Brera, Italian journalist and writer (d. 1992)
- 1921Harry Secombe, Welsh entertainer (d. 2001)
- 1922Lyndon LaRouche, American politician
- 1922Sid Caesar, American comedian
- 1923Rasul Gamzatov, Avar poet (d. 2003)
- 1924Grace Metalious, American novelist (d. 1964)
- 1924Jean-Paul Cloutier, Quebec politician
- 1924Marie-Claire Kirkland, Quebec politician
- 1924Mimi Parent, Canadian painter (d. 2005)
- 1925Jacqueline Ceballos, American feminist and activist
- 1925Peter Sellers, English actor (d. 1980)
- 1927Harlan Howard, American country music songwriter (d. 2002)
- 1929Christoph von Dohnanyi, German conductor
- 1929Roger Byrne, English footballer (d. 1958)
- 1930Mario Adorf, Swiss-born German actor
- 1930Nguyen Cao Ky, South Vietnamese politician (d. 2011)
- 1930Robert W. Firestone, American clinical psychologist, author and visual artist.
- 1931John Garrett, British politician (d. 2007)
- 1932Patsy Cline, American singer (d. 1963)
- 1933Asha Bhosle, Indian singer
- 1933Eric Salzman, American composer
- 1933Michael Frayn, British playwright
- 1933Paul M. Fleiss, American pediatrician; father of Heidi Fleiss
- 1934Peter Maxwell Davies, British composer
- 1934Rodrigue Biron, Canadian politician
- 1937Barbara Frum, Canadian news anchor (d. 1992)
- 1938Kenichi Horie, Japanese adventurer
- 1938Sam Nunn, American politician
- 1939Carsten Keller, German field hockey player
- 1939Guitar Shorty, American musician
- 1940Jack Prelutsky, American author
- 1940Quentin L. Cook, LDS apostle
- 1941Bernie Sanders, American politician
- 1942Brian Cole, American musician (The Association) (d. 1972)
- 1943Adelaide C. Eckardt, American politician
- 1944Terry Jenner, Australian cricketer
- 1945Jon Scieszka, American author
- 1945Rogie Vachon, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1945Ron “Pigpen” McKernan, American musician (Grateful Dead) (d. 1973)
- 1946L. C. Greenwood, American football player
- 1946Ronnie Burns, Australian rock singer and guitarist
- 1947Ann Beattie, American writer
- 1947Benjamin Orr, American bassist and singer (The Cars) (d. 2000)
- 1947Halldor Asgrimsson, former Prime Minister of Iceland
- 1947Valery Afanassiev, Russian pianist
- 1948Great Kabuki, Japanese professional wrestler
- 1948Jean-Pierre Monseré, Belgian cyclist (d. 1971)
- 1950Mike Simpson, American politician
- 1950Zachary Richard, American singer and songwriter
- 1951Dezső Ránki, Hungarian pianist
- 1951Nikos Karvelas, Greek composer
- 1951Tim (d. 1996) and Tom Gullikson, American tennis player brothers
- 1953Pascal Greggory, French actor
- 1954Anne Diamond, English television presenter
- 1954Giorgos Toussas, Greek politician
- 1954Mark Foley, American politician
- 1954Mark Lindsay Chapman, English film and television actor
- 1954Michael Shermer, American science writer
- 1955Julian Richings, English-born Canadian actor
- 1955Terry Tempest Williams, American author and environmentalist
- 1956Frank Tovey, British musician (d. 2002)
- 1956Maurice Cheeks, American basketball player and coach
- 1956Mick Brown, American drummer (Dokken)
- 1956Stefan Johansson, Swedish Formula One driver
- 1957Heather Thomas, American actress
- 1958Michael Lardie, American musician
- 1958Mitsuru Miyamoto, Japanese voice actor
- 1959Carmen Campagne, Canadian singer and children’s entertainer
- 1959Daler Nazarov, Tajik composer and actor
- 1960Aguri Suzuki, Japanese racing driver
- 1960Aimee Mann, American musician
- 1960David Steele, English musician
- 1960Stefano Casiraghi, Italian businessman; husband of Princess Caroline of Monaco (d. 1990)
- 1961Paul Zanetti, Australian political cartoonist
- 1962Christopher Klim, American novelist
- 1962Jay Ziskrout, American punk bassist ex-Bad Religion
- 1962Sergio Casal, Spanish tennis player
- 1962Thomas Kretschmann, German actor
- 1963Alexandros Alexiou, Greek footballer
- 1963Brad Silberling, American television and film director
- 1963Hitoshi Matsumoto, Japanese comedian
- 1964Joachim Nielsen, Norwegian musician (d. 2000)
- 1964Michael Johns, American business executive
- 1964Scott Levy, American professional wrestler
- 1965Darlene Zschech, Australian Christian Singer
- 1966Carola, Swedish singer
- 1966Peter Furler, Australian musician (Newsboys)
- 1967Kimberly Peirce, American film director
- 1968Ray Wilson, Scottish musician
- 1969Chris Powell, English footballer
- 1969Gary Speed, Welsh footballer
- 1969Lars Bohinen, Norwegian footballer
- 1969Oswaldo Ibarra, Ecuadorian footballer
- 1970Andy Ward, Irish rugby player
- 1970Brad Cain, American professional wrestler
- 1970Latrell Sprewell, American basketball player
- 1970Neko Case, American musician
- 1970Paul DiPietro, Canadian-born Swiss ice hockey player
- 1970Yuji Nishizawa, Japanese hijacker
- 1971Brooke Burke, American model
- 1971Daniel Petrov, Bulgarian boxer
- 1971David Arquette, American actor
- 1971Dustin O'Halloran, American pianist and composer
- 1971Khalid Gonçalves, American actor
- 1971Lachlan Murdoch, Australian media executive
- 1971Martin Freeman, English actor
- 1971Pierre Sévigny, French-Canadian ice hockey player
- 1972Giovanni Frezza, Italian actor
- 1972Lisa Kennedy, American television personality
- 1972Markus Babbel, German footballer
- 1972Os du Randt, South African rugby player
- 1972Phil Laak, Irish-born American professional poker player
- 1972Tomokazu Seki, Japanese voice actor
- 1973Khamis Al-Owairan, Saudi Arabian footballer
- 1973Troy Sanders, American bassist Mastodon
- 1974Braulio Luna, Mexican footballer
- 1974Marios Agathokleous, Greek-Cypriot footballer
- 1974Tanaz Eshaghian, Iranian-born American documentarian
- 1975Chris Latham, Australian rugby player
- 1975Elena Likhovtseva, Russian tennis player
- 1975Larenz Tate, American actor
- 1975Lee Eul-Yong, South Korean footballer
- 1975Richard Hughes, English musician (Keane)
- 1976Brendan Kelly, American musician (The Lawrence Arms)
- 1976Gerald Drummond and Jervis Drummond, Costa Rican footballers
- 1976Sarah Kucserka, American screenwriter
- 1976Sjeng Schalken, Dutch tennis player
- 1977Jay McKee, Canadian hockey player
- 1977Nate Corddry, American actor
- 1978Angela Rawlings, Canadian-American author and performer
- 1978Emanuele Ferraro, Italian footballer
- 1978Gerard Autet, Spanish footballer
- 1978Gil Meche, American baseball player
- 1979Pink, American singer
- 1980Slim Thug, American rapper
- 1980Teruyuki Moniwa, Japanese footballer
- 1981Jonathan Taylor Thomas, American actor
- 1981Morten Gamst Pedersen, Norwegian footballer
- 1982Travis Daniels, American football player
- 1983Chris Judd, Australian rules footballer
- 1983Diego Benaglio, Swiss footballer
- 1983Lewis Roberts-Thompson, Australian rules footballer
- 1983Wali Lundy, American football player
- 1983Will Blalock, American basketball player
- 1984Bobby Parnell, American baseball player
- 1984Peter Whittingham, English footballer
- 1984Tiago Treichel, Brazilian footballer
- 1984Vitaly Petrov, Russian racing driver
- 1985Yendi Phillips, Jamaican beauty pageant contestant
- 1986João Moutinho, Portuguese footballer
- 1986Matt Grothe, American football player
- 1987Alexandre Bilodeau, Canadian freestyle skier
- 1987Danielle Frenkel, Israeli high jumper
- 1987Wiz Khalifa, American hip-hop artist
- 1988Arrelious Benn, American football player
- 1988Caitlin Hill, Australian internet personality
- 1988Chantal Jones, American fashion model
- 1988Gustav Schäfer, German drummer (Tokio Hotel)
- 1989Avicii (also known as Tim Berg), Swedish DJ and Producer
- 1989Gylfi Sigurdsson, Icelandic footballer
- 1990Matt Barkley, American football player
- 1996Krystal Reyes, Filipina actress
- 1997Kimberlea Berg, English actress
Who Died On September 8?
- 394Arbogast, Frankish general
- 701Pope Sergius I
- 780Leo IV the Khazar, Byzantine Emperor (b. 750)
- 1100Antipope Clement III (b. c.1029)
- 1134King Alfonso I of Aragon and Navarre (b. c.1073)
- 1397Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester (b. 1355)
- 1425King Charles III of Navarre (b. 1361)
- 1539John Stokesley, English churchman
- 1560Amy Robsart, English noblewoman (b. 1532)
- 1601John Shakespeare, father of William Shakespeare (b. 1530)
- 1603George Carey, 2nd Baron Hunsdon, English politician (b. 1547)
- 1613Carlo Gesualdo, Italian composer (b. 1566)
- 1637Robert Fludd, English mystic (b. 1574)
- 1644Francis Quarles, English poet (b. 1592)
- 1644John Coke, English politician (b. 1563)
- 1645Francisco de Quevedo, Spanish writer (b. 1580)
- 1656Joseph Hall, English bishop and writer (b. 1574)
- 1675Amalia of Solms-Braunfels, countess of Solms-Braunfels (b. 1602)
- 1682Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish writer (b. 1606)
- 1721Michael Brokoff, Czech sculptor (b. 1686)
- 1739Yuri Troubetzkoy, Governor of Belgorod (b. 1668)
- 1755Ephraim Williams, American philanthropist (b. 1715)
- 1761Bernard Forest de Bélidor, French engineer (b. 1698)
- 1780Enoch Poor, American Continental Army general (b. 1736)
- 1784Ann Lee, American religious leader (b. 1736)
- 1811Peter Simon Pallas, German zoologist (b. 1741)
- 1831John Aitken, Scottish-born music publisher (b. 1745)
- 1853Frédéric Ozanam, founder of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul (b. 1813)
- 1882Joseph Liouville, French mathematician (b. 1809)
- 1888Annie Chapman, widely believed to be the second victim of Jack the Ripper (b. 1841)
- 1894Hermann von Helmholtz, German physician (b. 1821)
- 1909Vere St. Leger Goold, Irish tennis player and murderer, who suicided on Devil’s Island (b. 1853)
- 1916Friedrich Baumfelder, German composer, conductor, and pianist (b. 1836)
- 1933King Faisal I of Iraq (b. 1883)
- 1935Carl Weiss, American doctor, assassin of Huey Long (b. 1906)
- 1943Julius Fučík, Czech journalist (executed) (b. 1903)
- 1944Jan van Gilse, Dutch composer and conductor (b.1881)
- 1948Thomas Mofolo, Lesotho writer (b. 1876)
- 1949Richard Strauss, German composer (b. 1864)
- 1954André Derain, French artist, sculptor (b. 1880)
- 1965Dorothy Dandridge, American actress (b. 1922)
- 1965Hermann Staudinger, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881)
- 1969Alexandra David-Néel, French explorer and writer (b. 1868)
- 1969Bud Collyer, American television game show host (b. 1908)
- 1970Percy Spencer, inventor of the microwave oven, (b. 1894)
- 1974Wolfgang Windgassen, German operatic tenor (b. 1914)
- 1977Zero Mostel, American actor (b. 1915)
- 1980Willard Libby, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1908)
- 1981Hideki Yukawa, Japanese physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1907)
- 1981Roy Wilkins, American civil rights activist (b. 1901)
- 1983Antonin Magne, French cyclist (b. 1904)
- 1985John Franklin Enders, American scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1887)
- 1991Alex North, American composer (b. 1910)
- 1991Brad Davis, American actor (b. 1949)
- 1995Erich Kunz, Austrian operatic bass-baritone (b. 1909)
- 1999Moondog, American composer, musician and poet (b. 1916)
- 2001Bill Ricker, Canadian founder of fisheries science (b. 1908)
- 2002Laurie Williams, West Indian cricketer (b. 1968)
- 2002Rulon Jeffs, American religious leader (b. 1909)
- 2003Jaclyn Linetsky, Canadian voice actress (b. 1986)
- 2003Leni Riefenstahl, German film director (b. 1902)
- 2004Frank Thomas, American animator (b. 1913)
- 2005Donald Horne, Australian journalist, social critic (b. 1921)
- 2005Noel Cantwell, Irish cricketer and footballer (b. 1932)
- 2006Erk Russell, American football coach (b. 1923)
- 2006Frank Middlemass, actor (b. 1919)
- 2006Hilda Bernstein, English-born South African author, artist, and activist (b. 1915)
- 2006Peter Brock, Australian racecar driver (b. 1945)
- 2007Ramón Cardemil, Chilean huaso (b. 1917)
- 2007Vincent Serventy, Australian ornithologist and conservationist (b. 1916)
- 2008Ahn Jae-hwan, South Korean actor (b. 1972)
- 2008Evan Tanner, UFC Champion (b. 1971)
- 2008Ralph Plaisted, American polar explorer, member of a team that made the first confirmed surface conquest of the North Pole (b. 1927)
- 2009Aage Bohr, Danish physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1922)
- 2009Mike Bongiorno, Italian television host (b. 1924)
- 2009Ray Barrett, Australian film and television actor (b. 1927)
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