What Happened in 2010 — Events, Births & Deaths

A suicide car bomber detonates at a volleyball tournament in Lakki Marwat, Pakistan, killing 105 and injuring 100 more.

The Burj Khalifa, the current tallest building in the world, officially opens in Dubai.

Gunmen from an offshoot of the Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda attack a bus carrying the Togo national football team on its way to the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations, killing three people and injuring another nine.

An earthquake in Haiti occurs, killing between 220,000 and 300,000 people and destroying much of the capital Port-au-Prince.

Yemen declares an open war against the terrorist group al-Qaeda.

Rioting begins between Muslim and Christian groups in Jos, Nigeria, results in at least 200 deaths.

Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409 crashes into the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Na'ameh, Lebanon, killing 90.

The 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis ends when Porfirio Lobo Sosa becomes the new President of Honduras.

Apple announces the iPad.

Over 2 miles (3.2 km) of road are buried after a storm in the Hindu Kush mountains of Afghanistan triggers a series of avalanches, killing at least 172 people and trapping over 2,000 others.

A bomb explodes in the city of Pune, Maharashtra, India, killing 17 and injuring 60 more.

WikiLeaks publishes the first of hundreds of thousands of classified documents disclosed by the soldier now known as Chelsea Manning.

In Madeira Island, Portugal, heavy rain causes floods and mudslides, resulting in at least 43 deaths, in the worst disaster in the history of the archipelago.

Unknown criminals pour more than 2+1⁄2 million liters of diesel oil and other hydrocarbons into the river Lambro, in northern Italy, sparking an environmental disaster.

An earthquake measuring 8.8 on the moment magnitude scale strikes central parts of Chile leaving over 500 victims, and thousands injured. The quake triggers a tsunami which strikes Hawaii shortly after.

Headlined by Hulk Hogan and Ric Flair, TNA Wrestling moves its flagship program, TNA Impact!, to Monday night. This effort to go "big time live" failed but is notable in the history of professional wrestling television.

Economist and businessman Sebastián Piñera is sworn in as President of Chile. Aftershocks of the 2010 Pichilemu earthquakes hit central Chile during the ceremony.

The Kasubi Tombs, Uganda's only cultural World Heritage Site, are destroyed in a fire.

Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland begins eruptions that would last for three months, heavily disrupting air travel in Europe.

The Affordable Care Act becomes law in the United States.

The South Korean Navy corvette Cheonan is torpedoed, killing 46 sailors. After an international investigation, the President of the United Nations Security Council blames North Korea.

Two suicide bombers hit the Moscow Metro system at the peak of the morning rush hour, killing 40.

Apple Inc. released the first generation iPad, a tablet computer.

A magnitude 7.2 earthquake hits south of the Mexico-USA border, killing at least two and damaging buildings across the two countries.

Up to 50 people are killed and another 100 injured in two militant suicide bombings and attacks in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan: the first on an Awami National Party rally in Timergara; the second on the U.S. Consulate in Peshawar.

Twenty-nine coal miners are killed in an explosion at the Upper Big Branch Mine in West Virginia.

Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-131 to resupply the International Space Station.

Maoist rebels kill 76 CRPF officers in Dantewada district, India.

U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev sign the New START Treaty.

Polish Air Force Tu-154M crashes near Smolensk, Russia, killing 96 people, including Polish President Lech Kaczyński, his wife, and dozens of other senior officials and dignitaries.

Merano derailment: A rail accident in South Tyrol kills nine people and injures a further 28.

The Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explodes in the Gulf of Mexico, killing eleven workers and beginning an oil spill that lasted six months.

The controversial Kharkiv Pact (Russian Ukrainian Naval Base for Gas Treaty) is signed in Kharkiv, Ukraine, by Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych and Russian president Dmitry Medvedev; it was unilaterally terminated by Russia on March 31, 2014.

Faisal Shahzad attempts to detonate a car bomb in Times Square, but the bomb fails to go off.

Mass protests in Greece erupt in response to austerity measures imposed by the government as a result of the Greek government-debt crisis.

In just 36 minutes, the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunges nearly 1,000 points in what is known as the 2010 Flash Crash.

David Cameron takes office as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom as the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats form the country's first coalition government since the Second World War.

Afriqiyah Airways Flight 771 crashes on final approach to Tripoli International Airport in Tripoli, Libya, killing 103 out of the 104 people on board.

Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on the STS-132 mission to deliver the first shuttle-launched Russian ISS component — Rassvet. This was originally slated to be the final launch of Atlantis, before Congress approved STS-135.

Jessica Watson becomes the youngest person to sail, non-stop and unassisted around the world solo.

Pamir Airways Flight 112 crashes in Afghanistan's Shakardara District, killing 44.

The Royal Thai Armed Forces concludes its crackdown on protests by forcing the surrender of United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship leaders.

JAXA, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, launches the solar-sail spacecraft IKAROS aboard an H-IIA rocket. The vessel would make a Venus flyby late in the year.

Air India Express Flight 812, a Boeing 737 crashes over a cliff upon landing at Mangalore, India, killing 158 of 166 people on board, becoming the deadliest crash involving a Boeing 737 until the crash of Lion Air Flight 610.

Inter Milan beat Bayern Munich 2–0 in the UEFA Champions League final in Madrid, Spain to become the first, and so far only, Italian team to win the historic treble (Serie A, Coppa Italia, Champions League).

In West Bengal, India, the Jnaneswari Express train derailment and subsequent collision kills 148 passengers.

Israeli Shayetet 13 commandos board the Gaza Freedom Flotilla while still in international waters trying to break the ongoing blockade of the Gaza Strip; nine Turkish citizens on the flotilla were killed in the ensuing violent affray.

Twelve people are killed and eleven others injured in a spree shooting in Cumbria, England, before the perpetrator takes his own life.

Falcon 9 Flight 1 is the maiden flight of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, which launches from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 40.

At least 40 people are killed and more than 70 wounded in a suicide bombing at a wedding party in Arghandab, Kandahar.

The first FIFA World Cup held on African soil kicks off in South Africa.

A capsule of the Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa, containing particles of the asteroid 25143 Itokawa, returns to Earth by landing in the Australian Outback.

Bhutan becomes the first country to institute a total ban on tobacco.

At Wimbledon, John Isner of the United States defeats Nicolas Mahut of France, in the longest match in professional tennis history.

Julia Gillard assumes office as the first female Prime Minister of Australia.

The Islamist militia group Al-Shabaab carries out multiple suicide bombings in Kampala, Uganda, killing 74 people and injuring 85 others.

In Johannesburg, Spain defeat the Netherlands 1–0 after extra time to win their first FIFA World Cup title.

U.S. President Barack Obama signs the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.

The English-Irish boy band One Direction were formed while auditioning for the 2010 series of the British singing competition The X Factor.

WikiLeaks publishes classified documents about the War in Afghanistan, one of the largest leaks in U.S. military history.

Airblue Flight 202 crashes into the Margalla Hills north of Islamabad, Pakistan, killing all 152 people aboard. It is the deadliest aviation accident in Pakistan history and the first involving an Airbus A321.

An overloaded passenger ferry capsizes on the Kasai River in Bandundu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, resulting in at least 80 deaths.

Widespread rioting erupts in Karachi, Pakistan, after the assassination of a local politician, leaving at least 85 dead and at least 17 billion Pakistani rupees (US$200 million) in damage.

The Copiapó mining accident occurs, trapping 33 Chilean miners approximately 2,300 ft (700 m) below the ground for 69 days.

Ten members of International Assistance Mission Nuristan Eye Camp team are killed by persons unknown in Kuran wa Munjan District of Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan.

Flash floods across a large part of Jammu and Kashmir, India, damages 71 towns and kills at least 255 people.

China Floods: A mudslide in Zhugqu County, Gansu, China, kills more than 1,400 people.

AIRES Flight 8250 crashes at Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport in San Andrés, San Andrés y Providencia, Colombia, killing two people.

Operation Iraqi Freedom ends, with the last of the United States brigade combat teams crossing the border to Kuwait.

The Manila hostage crisis occurs near the Quirino Grandstand in Manila, Philippines, killing 9 people including the perpetrator while injuring 9 others.

In San Fernando, Tamaulipas, Mexico, 72 illegal immigrants are killed by Los Zetas and eventually found dead by Mexican authorities.

Henan Airlines Flight 8387 crashes at Yichun Lindu Airport in Yichun, Heilongjiang, China, killing 44 out of the 96 people on board.

Agni Air Flight 101 crashes near Shikharpur, Makwanpur, Nepal, killing all 14 people on board.

A Filair Let L-410 Turbolet crashes on approach to Bandundu Airport, killing 20.

Israel-Palestinian conflict: the 2010 Israeli-Palestinian peace talks are launched by the United States.

After taking off from Dubai International Airport, UPS Airlines Flight 6 develops an in-flight fire in the cargo hold and crashes near Nad Al Sheba, killing both crew members on board.

A Chinese fishing trawler collides with two Japanese Coast Guard patrol boats in disputed waters near the Senkaku Islands.

The leaking oil well in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill is sealed.

Teresa Lewis becomes the first woman to be executed by the U.S. state of Virginia since 1912, and the first woman in the state to be executed by lethal injection.

The Philippine Bar exam bombing occurs near the De La Salle University in Taft Avenue, Manila injuring 47 people.

The Ajka plant accident in Hungary releases a million cubic metres of liquid alumina sludge, killing nine, injuring 122, and severely contaminating two major rivers.

Instagram, a mainstream photo-sharing application, is founded.

The Netherlands Antilles are dissolved as a country.

The Finnish Yle TV2 channel's Ajankohtainen kakkonen current affairs program airs controversial Homoilta episode (literally "gay night"), which leads to the resignation of almost 50,000 Finns from the Evangelical Lutheran Church.

The mining accident in Copiapó, Chile ends as all 33 trapped miners arrive at the surface after a record 69 days underground.

A magnitude 7.8 earthquake strikes off Indonesia's Mentawai Islands, triggering a tsunami that kills at least 400 people.

Aero Caribbean Flight 883 crashes into Guasimal, Sancti Spíritus; all 68 passengers and crew are killed.

Qantas Flight 32, an Airbus A380, suffers an uncontained engine failure over Indonesia shortly after taking off from Singapore, crippling the jet. The crew manage to safely return to Singapore, saving all 469 passengers and crew.

JS Air Flight 201 crashes after takeoff from Jinnah International Airport in Karachi, Pakistan, killing all 21 aboard.

A fire in a high-rise apartment building in Shanghai, China kills 58 people.

The first of four explosions takes place at the Pike River Mine in New Zealand. Twenty-nine people are killed in the nation's worst mining disaster since 1914.

During the Cambodian water festival, a stampede in Koh Pich, Phnom Penh, kills 347 people.

Bombardment of Yeonpyeong: North Korean artillery attack kills two civilians and two marines on Yeonpyeong Island, South Korea.

With the second launch of the Falcon 9, and the first launch of the Dragon, SpaceX becomes the first private company to successfully launch, orbit and recover a spacecraft.

The Japanese solar-sail spacecraft IKAROS passes the planet Venus at a distance of about 80,800 km (50,200 mi).

A boat carrying 90 asylum seekers crashes into rocks off the coast of Christmas Island, Australia, killing 48 people.

Mohamed Bouazizi sets himself on fire. This act became the catalyst for the Tunisian Revolution and the wider Arab Spring.

The repeal of the Don't ask, don't tell policy, the 17-year-old policy banning homosexuals serving openly in the United States military, is signed into law by President Barack Obama.

Tornadoes touch down in midwestern and southern United States, including Washington County, Arkansas; Greater St. Louis, Sunset Hills, Missouri, Illinois, and Oklahoma, with a few tornadoes in the early hours. A total of 36 tornadoes touched down, resulting in the deaths of nine people and $113 million in damages.

Sophia Reid-Gantzert, Canadian actress and dancer

Tanitoluwa Adewumi, Nigerian-American chess player

Johan Ferrier, Surinamese educator and politician, 1st President of Suriname (born 1910)

Tsutomu Yamaguchi, Japanese engineer (born 1916)

Willie Mitchell, American singer-songwriter, trumpet player, and producer (born 1928)

Kenneth Noland, American painter (born 1924)

Antonio Fontán, Spanish journalist and academic (born 1923)

Bill McLaren, Scottish rugby player and sportscaster (born 1923)

Paul Quarrington, Canadian author, playwright, guitarist, and composer (born 1953)

Louis R. Harlan, American historian and author (born 1922)

Jean Simmons, English-American actress (born 1929)

Pernell Roberts, American actor (born 1928)

Louis Auchincloss, American novelist and essayist (born 1917)

Dick McGuire, American basketball player and coach (born 1926)

Kostas Axelos, Greek-French philosopher and author (born 1924)

Brendan Burke, Canadian ice hockey player and activist (born 1988)

Harry Schwarz, South African lawyer, anti-apartheid leader, and diplomat, 13th South Africa Ambassador to United States (born 1924)

Franco Ballerini, Italian cyclist and coach (born 1964)

Walter Frederick Morrison, American businessman, invented the Frisbee (born 1920)

Fred Schaus, American basketball player and coach (born 1925)

Charles Wilson, American lieutenant and politician (born 1933)

Doug Fieger, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1952)

Dick Francis, Welsh jockey and author (born 1920)

Linnart Mäll, Estonian historian, orientalist, and translator (born 1938)

Jeanne M. Holm, American general (born 1921)

Alexander Haig, American general and politician, 59th United States Secretary of State (born 1924)

Orlando Zapata, Cuban plumber and activist (born 1967)

Dawn Brancheau, senior animal trainer at SeaWorld (born 1969)

Ihsan Dogramaci, Turkish pediatrician and academic (born 1915)

Jun Seba, also known as "Nujabes", Japanese record producer, DJ, composer and arranger (born 1974)

Nanaji Deshmukh, Indian educator and activist (born 1916)

Kristian Digby, English television host and director (born 1977)

Winston Churchill, English journalist and politician (born 1940)

Keith Alexander, English footballer and manager (born 1956)

Michael Foot, English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Employment (born 1913)

Charles B. Pierce, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1938)

Richard Stapley, British actor and writer (born 1923)

Endurance Idahor, Nigerian footballer (born 1984)

Willie Davis, American baseball player and manager (born 1940)

Doris Haddock, American activist and politician (born 1910)

Wilfy Rebimbus, Indian singer (born 1942)

Henry Wittenberg, American wrestler (born 1918)

Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy, Egyptian scholar and academic (born 1928)

Corey Haim, Canadian actor (born 1971)

Hans van Mierlo, Dutch politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands (born 1931)

Miguel Delibes, Spanish journalist and author (born 1920)

Jean Ferrat, French singer-songwriter (born 1930)

Peter Graves, American actor (born 1926)

Ksenija Pajčin, Serbian singer, dancer and model (born 1977)

Alex Chilton, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1950)

Sid Fleischman, American author and screenwriter (born 1920)

Fess Parker, American actor and businessman (born 1924)

James Black, Scottish biologist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1924)

Özhan Canaydın, Turkish basketball player and businessman (born 1943)

Dick Giordano, American illustrator (born 1932)

Jaime Escalante, Bolivian-American educator (born 1930)

John Forsythe, American actor (born 1918)

Tzannis Tzannetakis, Greek soldier and politician, 175th Prime Minister of Greece (born 1927)

Chris Kanyon, American wrestler (born 1970)

Casualties in the 2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash included:

Dixie Carter, American actress and singer (born 1939)

Jack Herer, American author and activist (born 1939)

Michael Pataki, American actor and director (born 1938)

Dorothy Height, American educator and activist (born 1912)

Gustav Lorentzen, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1947)

Juan Antonio Samaranch, Spanish businessman, seventh President of the International Olympic Committee (born 1920)

Kanagaratnam Sriskandan, Sri Lankan-English engineer and civil servant (born 1930)

Richard Barrett, American lawyer and activist (born 1943)

Mariam A. Aleem, Egyptian graphic designer and academic (born 1930)

Urs Felber, Swiss engineer and businessman (born 1942)

Helen Wagner, American actress (born 1918)

Giulietta Simionato, Italian soprano (born 1910)

Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, Nigerian academic and politician, 13th President of Nigeria (born 1951)

Robin Roberts, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (born 1926)

Adele Mara, American actress, singer and dancer (born 1923)

Wally Hickel, American politician, Governor of Alaska and Secretary of the Interior (born 1919)

Lena Horne, American singer, actress, and activist (born 1917)

Frank Frazetta, American illustrator and painter (born 1928)

Doris Eaton Travis, American dancer and vaudevillian (born 1904)

Frank J. Dodd, American businessman and politician, president of the New Jersey Senate (born 1938)

Besian Idrizaj, Austrian footballer (born 1987)

Loris Kessel, Swiss race car driver (born 1950)

Yvonne Loriod, French pianist, composer, and educator (born 1924)

Walasse Ting, Chinese-American painter and poet (born 1929)

Martin Gardner, American mathematician, cryptographer, and author (born 1914)

José Lima, Dominican-American baseball player (born 1972)

Simon Monjack, English director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1970)

Gary Coleman, American actor (born 1968)

Kazuo Ohno, Japanese dancer (born 1906)

Andrei Voznesensky, Russian poet (born 1933)

Rue McClanahan, American actress (born 1934)

Denise Narcisse-Mair, Canadian musician (born 1940)

Al Williamson, American illustrator (born 1931)

Jimmy Dean, American singer and businessman, founded Jimmy Dean Foods (born 1928)

Marc Bazin, Haitian lawyer and politician, 49th President of Haiti (born 1932)

Manute Bol, Sudanese-American basketball player and activist (born 1962)

Anthony Quinton, Baron Quinton, English philosopher and academic (born 1925)

Carlos Monsiváis, Mexican writer, journalist and political activist (born 1938)

Roberto Rosato, Italian footballer (born 1943)

Harry B. Whittington, English palaeontologist and academic (born 1916)

Russell Ash, English author (born 1946)

Irwin Barker, Canadian actor and screenwriter (born 1956)

İlhan Selçuk, Turkish lawyer, journalist, and author (born 1925)

Alan Plater, English playwright and screenwriter (born 1935)

Corey Allen, American film and television actor, writer, director, and producer (born 1934)

Don Coryell, American football player and coach (born 1924)

Bob Probert, Canadian ice hockey player and radio host (born 1965)

Harvey Fuqua, American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1929)

Kenny Guinn, American banker and politician, 27th Governor of Nevada (born 1936)

Daniel Schorr, American journalist and author (born 1916)

Charles E. Wicks, American chemist and academic (born 1925)

Lolita Lebrón, Puerto Rican-American activist (born 1919)

Isaac Bonewits, American Druid, author, and activist; founded Ár nDraíocht Féin (born 1949)

Herman Leonard, American photographer (born 1923)

Dimitrios Ioannidis, Greek general (born 1923)

Francesco Cossiga, Italian lawyer and politician, 8th President of Italy (born 1928)

Satoshi Kon, Japanese director and screenwriter (born 1963)

Anton Geesink, Dutch martial artist (born 1934)

Luna Vachon, Canadian-American wrestler and manager (born 1962)

J. C. Bailey, American wrestler (born 1983)

Alain Corneau, French director and screenwriter (born 1943)

Myrtle Edwards, Australian cricketer and softball player (born 1921)

Francisco Varallo, Argentine footballer (born 1910)

Hedley Beare, Australian author and academic (born 1932)

Boris Chetkov, Russian painter (born 1926)

Amar Garibović, Serbian skier (born 1991)

William H. Goetzmann, American historian and author (born 1930)

John Kluge, German-American businessman (born 1914)

Glenn Shadix, American actor (born 1952)

Claude Chabrol, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1930)

Giulio Zignoli, Italian footballer (born 1946)

Malcolm Douglas, Australian hunter and television host (born 1941)

Gennady Yanayev, Russian engineer and politician, Vice President of the Soviet Union (born 1937)

Terry Newton, English rugby player (born 1978)

Gloria Stuart, American actress (born 1910)

Tony Curtis, American actor (born 1925)

Greg Giraldo, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (born 1965)

Kwa Geok Choo, Singaporean lawyer and scholar (born 1920)

Ben Mondor, Canadian-American businessman (born 1925)

Abraham Sarmiento, Filipino lawyer and jurist (born 1921)

Norman Wisdom, English actor, comedian, and singer-songwriter (born 1915)

Milka Planinc, Croatian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (born 1924)

Frank Bourgholtzer, American journalist (born 1919)

Eileen Crofton, British physician and author (born 1919)

Richard C. Miller, American photographer (born 1912)

Mildred Fay Jefferson, American physician and activist (born 1926)

Johnny Sheffield, American actor (born 1931)

Liang Congjie, Chinese historian and activist, founded Friends of Nature (born 1932)

James MacArthur, American actor (born 1937)

Jonathan Motzfeldt, Greenlandic politician, 1st Prime Minister of Greenland (born 1938)

Ehud Netzer, Israeli archaeologist, architect, and educator (born 1934)

Harry Mulisch, Dutch author, poet, and playwright (born 1927)

Ted Sorensen, American lawyer, 8th White House Counsel (born 1928)

Shannon Tavarez, American actress (born 1999)

Jerry Bock, American composer (born 1928)

Viktor Chernomyrdin, Russian politician and diplomat, 30th Prime Minister of Russia (born 1938)

Sparky Anderson, American baseball player and manager (born 1934)

Robert Lipshutz, American soldier and lawyer, 17th White House Counsel (born 1921)

Dino De Laurentiis, Italian-American actor, producer, and production manager (born 1919)

Marie Osborne Yeats, American actress and costume designer (born 1911)

Henryk Górecki, Polish composer (born 1933)

Luis García Berlanga, Spanish director and screenwriter (born 1921)

Allan Sandage, American astronomer and cosmologist (born 1926)

Wes Santee, American runner (born 1932)

Larry Evans, American chess player and journalist (born 1932)

Ed Kirkpatrick, American baseball player (born 1944)

Freddy Beras-Goico, Dominican comedian and television host (born 1940)

Brian G. Marsden, English-American astronomer and academic (born 1937)

Chalmers Johnson, American author and scholar (born 1931)

Norris Church Mailer, American author (born 1949)

David Nolan, American activist and politician (born 1943)

Margaret Taylor-Burroughs, American painter and author, co-founded the DuSable Museum of African American History (born 1917)

Jean Cione, American baseball player (born 1928)

Frank Fenner, Australian virologist and microbiologist (born 1914)

Nassos Daphnis, Greek-American painter and sculptor (born 1914)

Joyce Howard, English-American actress (born 1922)

Leroy Drumm, American songwriter (born 1936)

Abdumalik Bahori, Azerbaijani poet and author (born 1927)

King Curtis Iaukea, American wrestler (born 1937)

Mark Dailey, American-Canadian journalist and actor (born 1953)

Elizabeth Edwards, American lawyer and author (born 1949)

Kari Tapio, Finnish singer (born 1945)

Dick Hoerner, American football player (born 1922)

Tom Walkinshaw, Scottish race car driver, founded Tom Walkinshaw Racing (born 1946)

Blake Edwards, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1922)

Bob Feller, American baseball player and sportscaster (born 1918)

Eugene Victor Wolfenstein, American psychoanalyst and theorist (born 1940)

Melvin E. Biddle, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1923)

Ayinde Barrister, Nigerian fuji musician (born 1948)

Phil Cavarretta, American baseball player and manager (born 1916)

Jacqueline de Romilly, French philologist, author, and scholar (born 1913)

Anthony Howard, English journalist and author (born 1934)

K. P. Ratnam, Sri Lankan academic and politician (born 1914)

Enzo Bearzot, Italian footballer and manager (born 1927)

Fred Foy, American soldier and announcer (born 1921)

Fred Hargesheimer, American soldier and pilot (born 1916)

K. Karunakaran, Indian lawyer and politician, 7th Chief Minister of Kerala (born 1918)

Raymond Impanis, Belgian cyclist (born 1925)

Per Oscarsson, Swedish actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1927)