Deaths
- 1162 – Odo II, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1118)
- 1458 – Alfonso V of Aragon (b. 1396)
- 1574 – Giorgio Vasari, Italian painter, architect, and writer (b. 1511)
- 1603 – Jan Dymitr Solikowski, Polish archbishop and diplomat (b. 1539)
- 1627 – John Hayward, English historian (b. 1564)
- 1636 – Date Masamune, Japanese strongman, founder of Sendai (b. 1567)
- 1655 – Eleonore Gonzaga, Roman wife of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1598)
- 1672 – Roger Twysden, English antiquarian (b. 1597)
- 1720 – Guillaume Amfrye de Chaulieu, French poet (b. 1639)
- 1773 – Mentewab, Ethiopian wife of Bakaffa (b. 1706)
- 1794 – Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg (b. 1711)
- 1794 – Anne d'Arpajon, French noblewoman (b. 1729)
- 1794 – Philippe de Noailles, French nobleman (b. 1715)
- 1825 – Domenico Vantini, Italian painter (b. 1765)
- 1827 – Johann Gottfried Eichhorn, German theologian (b. 1754)
- 1829 – James Smithson, English scientist and philanthropist (b. 1765)
- 1831 – Sophie Germain, French mathematician (b. 1776)
- 1839 – Ranjit Singh, 1st Maharaja of the Sikh Empire (b. 1780)
- 1844 – Hyrum Smith, American religious leader (b. 1800)
- 1844 – Joseph Smith, American religious leader, founder of Latter Day Saint movement (b. 1805)
- 1896 – John Berryman, English soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross (b. 1825)
- 1905 – Harold Mahony, Irish tennis player (b. 1867)
- 1907 – Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz, American educator, co-founder of Radcliffe College (b. 1822)
- 1912 – George Bonnor, Australian cricketer (b. 1855)
- 1917 – Karl Allmenröder, German flying ace (b. 1896)
- 1919 – Peter Sturholdt, American boxer (b. 1885)
- 1935 – Eugene Augustin Lauste, French inventor (b. 1857)
- 1944 – Milan Hodža, Slovak politician (b. 1878)
- 1949 – Frank Smythe, English mountaineer (b. 1900)
- 1952 – Max Dehn, German mathematician (b. 1878)
- 1957 – Hermann Buhl, Austrian mountaineer (b. 1924)
- 1958 – Ragna Wettergreen, Norwegian actress (b. 1864)
- 1960 – Lottie Dod, English tennis player (b. 1871)
- 1962 – Paul Viiding, Estonian poet (b. 1904)
- 1970 – Daniel Kinsey, American hurdler (b. 1902)
- 1986 – George Nepia, New Zealand rugby player (b. 1905)
- 1987 – Billy Snedden, Australian politician (b. 1926)
- 1989 – Alfred Jules Ayer, English philosopher (b. 1910)
- 1991 – Klaas Bruinsma, Dutch drug lord (b. 1953)
- 1991 – Milton Subotsky, American screenwriter (b. 1921)
- 1994 – Tai Solarin, Nigerian educator and activist (b. 1922)
- 1996 – Albert R. Broccoli, American film producer (b. 1909)
- 1998 – Gilles Rocheleau, French-Canadian politician (b. 1935)
- 1999 – Georgios Papadopoulos, Greek dictator (b. 1919)
- 2000 – Molly Bish, American murder victim (b. 1983)
- 2000 – Pierre Pflimlin, French politician (b. 1907)
- 2001 – Tove Jansson, Finnish author (b. 1914)
- 2001 – Jack Lemmon, American actor (b. 1925)
- 2002 – John Entwistle, English singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (The Who) (b. 1944)
- 2002 – Robert L. J. Long, American admiral (b. 1920)
- 2003 – David Newman, American director, writer, and producer (b. 1937)
- 2004 – George Patton IV, American general (b. 1923)
- 2004 – Darrell Russell, American race car driver (b. 1968)
- 2005 – Shelby Foote, American author and historian (b. 1917)
- 2005 – Frank Harte, Irish singer and song collector (b. 1933)
- 2005 – Domino Harvey, English bounty hunter (b. 1969)
- 2005 – Ray Holmes, English fighter pilot (b. 1914)
- 2005 – John T. Walton, American businessman, co-founded the Children's Scholarship Fund (b. 1946)
- 2006 – Ángel Maturino Reséndiz, Mexican serial killer (b. 1959)
- 2007 – Patrick Allotey, Ghanaian footballer (b. 1979)
- 2007 – William Hutt, Canadian actor (b. 1920)
- 2007 – Dragutin Tadijanović, Croatian poet (b. 1905)
- 2008 – Sam Manekshaw, Indian field marshal (b. 1914)
- 2008 – Michael Turner, American illustrator (b. 1971)
- 2009 – Fayette Pinkney, American singer (The Three Degrees) (b. 1948)
- 2009 – Gale Storm, American actress and singer (b. 1922)
- 2011 – Mike Doyle, English footballer (b. 1946)
- 2012 – Stan Cox, English athlete (b. 1918)
- 2012 – Rosemary Dobson, Australian poet and illustrator (b. 1920)
- 2012 – Jesse Glover, American martial artist (b. 1924)
- 2012 – Don Grady, American actor, singer, and composer (b. 1944)
- 2012 – Eddie Jones, American football executive (b. 1938)
- 2012 – Jerónimo Tomás Abreu Herrera, Dominican bishop (b. 1930)
- 2012 – Iurie Miterev, Moldovan footballer (b. 1975)
- 2012 – Constantinos Triaridis, Greek politician, (b. 1937)
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“There is the guilt all soldiers feel for having broken the taboo against killing, a guilt as old as war itself. Add to this the soldiers sense of shame for having fought in actions that resulted, indirectly or directly, in the deaths of civilians. Then pile on top of that an attitude of social opprobrium, an attitude that made the fighting man feel personally morally responsible for the war, and you get your proverbial walking time bomb.”
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What we do is not beautiful
hurts no one makes no one desperate
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