2015 Event The remains of Richard III, King of England from 1483 to 1485, are escorted in a royal funeral procession; the remains were discovered in Leicester in 2012 and will be reburied at the Leicester Cathedral 2013 Event Following an elaborate two-day state funeral, national independence hero of Vietnam, General Vo Nguyen Giap, is buried 2013 Event In Lagos, a funeral processional greets the body of Nigerian Chinua Achebe, author of the novel, 'Things Fall Apart' 2013 Event Venezuela holds a funeral for former President Hugo Chavez; following the funeral, they swear in Vice President Nicolas Maduro as Interim President 2013 Event County Wicklow, Ireland holds funeral services for Irish mountaineer, Ian McKeever, who was killed by lightning on Mount Kilimanjaro 2012 Event Ghana's state funeral, held in Accra for President John Atta Mills, attracts tens of thousands 2011 Event The funeral for the final heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Otto von Habsburg, occurs in Vienna, attended by monarchs and members of the political elite 2010 Event A funeral for 65 Shia Muslim suicide attack victims in Quetta, Pakistan attracts thousands 2001 Death Charlotte Coleman, actress, Four Weddings and a Funeral, dies at 33 1997 Event Princess Diana's funeral 1995 Event 10,000s South Africans attend state funeral of Joe Slovo 1994 Event 1 million Greeks attend Melina Mercouri's funeral 1992 Event Emperor Haile Selassie, Ras Tafari Makonnen, of Ethiopia's, funeral 1991 Event Indonesian army shoots on funeral possession: 270-520 die 1990 Event Howard Stern holds a mock funeral for rival John DeBella 1989 Event Funeral for Imre Nagg, leader of Hungarian uprising in 1956 1988 Event North-Ireland Protestant fires on Catholic funeral, 3 killed 1986 Event Funeral services held for Swedish Prime Minister Olaf Palme 1985 Event Funeral services held for Konstantin Chernenko (Moscow) 1984 Event Funeral for S Nakagawa and burial half his ashes next to N Senzaki 1984 Event Funeral for S Nakagawa and burial of half of his ashes 1983 Death Mary Renault [Challans], British author (Funeral games), dies at 78 1982 Event Funeral services held in Moscow's Red Square for Leonid I Brezhnev 1981 Event Anwar Sadat's funeral service is held in Cairo 1981 Event President Reagan greeted predecessors Jimmy Carter, Gerald R Ford and Richard Nixon before sending them to Egypt for Anwar Sadat's funeral 1979 Event Earl of Mountbatten funeral held in Burma 1978 Event Funeral services held for Pope John Paul I 1978 Event Funeral of Pope Paul VI 1973 Event Funeral for LC William Nolde, last U.S. soldier killed in Vietnam War 1973 Death L C William Nolde, last U.S. soldier killed in Vietnam, funeral 1972 Event Aretha Franklin sings at Mahalia Jackson's funeral 1971 Birthday Luke Wilson, born in Dallas, Texas, actor, films include, 'Blades of Glory', 'You Kill Me', 'Blonde Ambition', 'Henry Poole is Here', 'Death at a Funeral' 1971 Birthday Amber Smith, born in Tampa, Florida, actress in Faithful, Funeral, Mirror Has 2 Faces 1965 Event State funeral of Winston Churchill 1964 Event During services held for Sam Cooke fans caused damage to Funeral Home 1962 Event Funeral for Queen Wilhelmina of Holland (New Kerk, Delft) 1960 Birthday Hugh Grant, born in London, England, 4 Weddings and a Funeral, 9 Months 1949 Event Indian owner Bill Veeck holds funeral services to bury 1948 pennant 1948 Birthday Mario Viegas, actor, The Jew, Divine Comedy, Funeral of Patrao 1929 Birthday Elspet Gray, Lady Rix, actress, 4 Weddings and a Funeral, Solo, Tenko 1925 Event No baseball games played in NL due to Charles Ebbets' funeral 1921 Event Funeral of last German Emperoress, Augusta Victoria 1920 Event Red Sox-Indians game postponed in Boston to allow Indian players to attend Ray Chapman's funeral in Cleveland 1910 Event Funeral for Britain's King Edward VII 1905 Birthday Mary Renault, Mary Challens, writer, King Must Die, Funeral Games 1902 Event Anti-Jewish rioters attack funeral procession of Rabbi Joseph (New York City) 1901 Event 11 baseball games canceled due to funeral of President William McKinley 1880 Death Ole Bull, famous violinist, virtuoso, compared to Niccolo Paganini, co-founder, Den Nationale Scene theater, dies of cancer, at home on Lysoen island, extensive funeral procession had 15 steamers, other vessels, transporting his body 1865 Event Abraham Lincoln's funeral train leaves Washington 1852 Event State funeral of duke of Wellington (London) 1829 Event Britain abolished "suttee" in India, widow burning herself to death on her husband's funeral pyre 1696 Event Revolt of undertakers after funeral reforms (Amsterdam)
