Sunday 22nd of September 1776 (-) — America's first spy Nathan Hale is executed by hanging
Thursday 18th of November 1886 (-) — 21st President of the United States Chester Arthur dies of a cerebral hemorrhage
Saturday 6th of February 1897 (+) — Mobster and head of the Mafia hit squad Murder, Inc Louis Buchalter is born
Wednesday 13th of December 1899 (+) — Murderer Everett Applegate is born
Saturday 27th of October 1923 (+) — Pop artist Roy Lichtenstein is born
Wednesday 3rd of June 1925 (+) — Actor Tony Curtis is born
Wednesday 22nd of August 1928 (x) — Serial killer, child rapist and cannibal Albert Fish is arrested for petty larceny
Tuesday 12th of April 1932 (+) — Falsetto singer and ukulele player Tiny Tim is born
Wednesday 23rd of February 1938 (+) — Cult film director Paul Morrissey is born
Thursday 25th of April 1940 (+) — Actor Al Pacino is born
Saturday 8th of October 1949 (+) — Actress Sigourney Weaver is born
Sunday 13th of November 1955 (+) — Actress and television host Whoopi Goldberg is born
Monday 31st of May 1965 (+) — Actress and child star Brooke Shields is born
Wednesday 30th of August 1967 (-) — Abstract expressionist painter Ad Reinhardt dies of a heart attack
Sunday 22nd of October 1978 (x) — Musician Sid Vicious attempts to commit suicide by slitting his wrist with a smashed light bulb
Vicious was subsequently hospitalized at Bellevue Hospital where he also tried killing himself by jumping from a window as well as shouting "I want to be with my Nancy" or other similar words, but got pulled back by hospital staff.
Friday 27th of November 1981 (-) — Singer, diseuse and actress Lotte Lenya dies of cancer
Monday 24th of August 1981 (x) — Murderer Mark David Chapman is sentenced to 20-years-to-life
Wednesday 23rd of April 1986 (-) — Film director Otto Preminger dies of lung cancer and Alzheimer's disease
Saturday 2nd of June 1990 (-) — Film and stage actor Rex Harrison dies of pancreatic cancer
Friday 3rd of May 1991 (-) — Writer Jerzy Kosiński commits suicide by ingesting a lethal amount of alcohol and drugs and wrapping a plastic bag around his head and suffocating to death
Kosiński suffered from multiple illnesses towards the end of his life and he was under attack from journalists who accused him of plagiarism. By his late 50s he was suffering from an irregular heartbeat as well as severe physical and nervous exhaustion. His parting note read: "I am going to put myself to sleep now for a bit longer than usual. Call it Eternity."
Wednesday 12th of August 1992 (-) — Composer, music theorist and artist John Cage dies of a stroke
Thursday 2nd of January 1992 (-) — Victim of Joel Rifkin aka The Long Island Ripper Maryann Holloman is strangled and cut to pieces by Joel Rifkin aka The Long Island Ripper
Holloman’s body was placed in an oil drum found in Coney Island Creek on 2 July 1992.
Friday 2nd of April 1993 (-) — Victim of Joel Rifkin aka The Long Island Ripper Lauren Marquez is strangled and her neck broken by Joel Rifkin aka The Long Island Ripper
Marquez' body was found in June hidden by brush in a location Rifkin pinpointed for the police in a confession after his arrest.
Saturday 12th of February 1994 (-) — Minimal artist Donald Judd dies of Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
Sunday 28th of September 2003 (-) — Film director Elia Kazan dies of natural causes
Monday 12th of November 2007 (-) — Writer Ira Levin dies of a heart attack
Tuesday 7th of September 2010 (x) — The Criminal Court denies parole to Murderer Mark David Chapman
Tuesday 28th of September 2010 (-) — Film director Arthur Penn dies of congestive heart failure
Wednesday 19th of November 2014 (-) — Film and theatre director Mike Nichols dies of a heart attack
Thursday 27th of April 2017 (-) — Performance artist Vito Acconci dies of a stroke
Wednesday 26th of April 2017 (-) — Film director Jonathan Demme dies of esophageal cancer and heart disease
Sunday 13th of May 2018 (-) — Avant-garde composer and guitarist Glenn Branca dies of throat cancer
Tuesday 22nd of May 2018 (-) — Writer Philip Roth dies of congestive heart failure
Tuesday 11th of May 2021 (-) — Post-minimalist sculptor Richard Nonas dies of arteriosclerosis
Monday 18th of July 2022 (-) — Pop artist Claes Oldenburg dies of natural causes
Tuesday 25th of April 2023 (-) — Singer, songwriter, musician and activist Harry Belafonte dies of congestive heart failure
Wednesday 24th of January 2024 (-) — Minimal artist Carl Andre dies of undisclosed causes
