أكتوبر 18 — في هذا اليوم
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الأحداث
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320
Pappus of Alexandria, Greek philosopher, observes an eclipse of the Sun and writes a commentary on The Great Astronomer (Almagest).
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614
King Chlothar II promulgates the Edict of Paris (Edictum Chlotacharii), a sort of Frankish Magna Carta that defend the rights of the Frankish nobles while it excludes Jews from all civil employment in the Frankish Kingdom.
Chlothar II · Edict of Paris · Magna Carta · Franks · Antisemitism
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629
Dagobert I is crowned King of the Franks.
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1009
The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a Christian church in Jerusalem, is completely destroyed by the Fatimid caliph Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, who hacks the Church's foundations down to bedrock.
Church of the Holy Sepulchre · Jerusalem · Fatimid caliph · Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah · Bedrock
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1016
The Danes defeat the English in the Battle of Assandun.
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1081
The Normans defeat the Byzantine Empire in the Battle of Dyrrhachium.
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1356
Basel earthquake, the most significant historic seismological event north of the Alps, destroys the town of Basel, Switzerland.
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1540
Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto's forces destroy the fortified town of Mabila in present-day Alabama, killing Tuskaloosa.
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1561
In Japan the fourth Battle of Kawanakajima was fought between the forces of Uesugi Kenshin and Takeda Shingen; resulting in a draw.
Japan · Battle of Kawanakajima · Uesugi Kenshin · Takeda Shingen
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1565
Ships belonging to the Matsura clan of Japan fail to capture the Portuguese trading carrack in the Battle of Fukuda Bay, the first recorded naval battle between Japan and the West.
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1599
Michael the Brave, Prince of Wallachia, defeats the Army of Andrew Báthory in the Battle of Șelimbăr, leading to the first recorded unification of the Romanian people.
Michael the Brave · Wallachia · Andrew Báthory · Battle of Șelimbăr
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1648
Boston Shoemakers form first American labor organization.
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1748
Signing of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle ends the War of the Austrian Succession.
Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (1748) · War of the Austrian Succession
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1775
African-American poet Phillis Wheatley is freed from slavery.
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1775
American Revolutionary War: The Burning of Falmouth (now Portland, Maine).
American Revolutionary War · Burning of Falmouth · Portland, Maine
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1779
American Revolutionary War: The Franco-American Siege of Savannah is lifted.
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1797
Treaty of Campo Formio is signed between France and Austria
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1851
Herman Melville's Moby-Dick is first published as The Whale by Richard Bentley of London.
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1860
The Second Opium War finally ends at the Convention of Peking with the ratification of the Treaty of Tientsin, an unequal treaty.
Second Opium War · Convention of Peking · Treaty of Tientsin · Unequal treaty
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1867
United States takes possession of Alaska after purchasing it from Russia for $7.2 million. Celebrated annually in the state as Alaska Day.
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1898
The United States takes possession of Puerto Rico from Spain.
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1912
First Balkan War: King Peter I of Serbia issues a declaration "To the Serbian People", as his country joins the war.
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1914
The Schoenstatt Movement is founded in Germany.
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1921
The Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic is formed as part of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.
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1922
The British Broadcasting Company (later Corporation) is founded by a consortium, to establish a nationwide network of radio transmitters to provide a national broadcasting service.
British Broadcasting Company · Consortium · Radio transmitter · Broadcasting
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1929
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council overrules the Supreme Court of Canada in Edwards v. Canada when it declares that women are considered "Persons" under Canadian law.
Judicial Committee of the Privy Council · Supreme Court of Canada · Edwards v Canada (AG) · Canadian law
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1944
World War II: Soviet Union begins the liberation of Czechoslovakia from Nazi Germany.
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1944
World War II: The state funeral of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel takes place in Ulm, Germany.
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1945
The USSR's nuclear program receives plans for the United States plutonium bomb from Klaus Fuchs at the Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Soviet Union · Nuclear weapon · Klaus Fuchs · Los Alamos National Laboratory
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1945
A group of the Venezuelan Armed Forces, led by Mario Vargas, Marcos Pérez Jiménez and Carlos Delgado Chalbaud, stages a coup d'état against president Isaías Medina Angarita, who is overthrown by the end of the day.
Venezuela · Marcos Pérez Jiménez · Carlos Delgado Chalbaud · 1945 Venezuelan coup d'état · Isaías Medina Angarita
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1945
Argentine military officer and politician Juan Perón marries actress Eva Duarte.
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1951
The Studio for Electronic Music was established at the West German Broadcasting facility in Cologne, Germany, making the first modern music studio.
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1954
Texas Instruments announces the first transistor radio.
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1963
Félicette, a black and white female Parisian stray cat becomes the first cat launched into space.
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1967
The Soviet probe Venera 4 reaches Venus and becomes the first spacecraft to measure the atmosphere of another planet.
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1977
German Autumn: a set of events revolving around the kidnapping of Hanns Martin Schleyer and the hijacking of a Lufthansa flight by the Red Army Faction (RAF) comes to an end when Schleyer is murdered and various RAF members allegedly commit suicide.
German Autumn · Hanns Martin Schleyer · Aircraft hijacking · Lufthansa · Red Army Faction
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1979
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) begins allowing people to have home satellite earth stations without a federal government license.
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) · Satellite television
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1991
The Supreme Council of Azerbaijan adopts a declaration of independence from the Soviet Union.
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2003
Bolivian gas conflict: Bolivian President Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada, is forced to resign and leave Bolivia.
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2007
Karachi bombing: A suicide attack on a motorcade carrying former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto kills 139 and wounds 450 more. Bhutto herself was uninjured.
2007 Karachi bombing · Prime Minister of Pakistan · Benazir Bhutto
المولدات المشهورة
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1127
Emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan (d. 1192)
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1130
Zhu Xi, Chinese philosopher (d. 1200)
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1405
Pope Pius II (d. 1464)
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1444
John de Mowbray, 4th Duke of Norfolk (d. 1476)
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1482
Philipp III, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg (d. 1538)
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1517
Manuel da Nóbrega, Portuguese-Brazilian priest and missionary (d. 1570)
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1523
Anna Jagiellon, daughter of Sigismund I of Poland (d. 1596)
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1536
William Lambarde, English antiquarian and politician (d. 1601)
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1547
Justus Lipsius, Belgian philologist and scholar (d. 1606)
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1553
Luca Marenzio, Italian composer (d. 1599)
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1569
Giambattista Marino, Italian poet (d. 1625)
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1587
Lady Mary Wroth, English poet (d. 1651)
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1596
Edward Winslow, American Pilgrim leader (d. 1655)
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1616
Nicholas Culpeper, English botanist (d. 1654)
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1630
Henry Powle, English politician (d. 1692)
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1634
Luca Giordano, Italian painter and illustrator (d. 1705)
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1653
Abraham van Riebeeck, South African-Dutch merchant and politician, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (d. 1713)
Abraham van Riebeeck · Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies
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1662
Matthew Henry, Welsh minister and scholar (d. 1714)
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1663
Prince Eugene of Savoy (d. 1736)
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1668
John George IV, Elector of Saxony (d. 1694)
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1701
Charles le Beau, French historian and author (d. 1778)
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1706
Baldassare Galuppi, Italian harpsichord player and composer (d. 1785)
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1741
Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, French general and author (d. 1803)
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1777
Heinrich von Kleist, German author and poet (d. 1811)
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1785
Thomas Love Peacock, English author and poet (d. 1866)
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1792
Lucas Alamán, Mexican politician and historian (d. 1853)
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1804
Mongkut, Thai king (d. 1868)
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1818
Francis Dutton, German-Australian politician, 7th Premier of South Australia (d. 1877)
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1822
Midhat Pasha, Ottoman civil servant and politician, 238th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (d. 1883)
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1831
Frederick III, German Emperor (d. 1888)
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1836
Frederick August Otto Schwarz, American businessman, founded FAO Schwarz (d. 1911)
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1850
Basil Hall Chamberlain, English-Swiss historian, author, and academic (d. 1935)
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1854
Billy Murdoch, Australian cricketer (d. 1911)
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1859
Henri Bergson, French philosopher and theologian, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1941)
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1862
Mehmet Esat Bülkat, Ottoman general (d. 1952)
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1865
Arie de Jong, Dutch linguist and author (d. 1957)
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1865
Logan Pearsall Smith, American-English author and critic (d. 1946)
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1868
Ernst Didring, Swedish author (d. 1931)
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1870
D. T. Suzuki, Japanese author and scholar (d. 1966)
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1872
Mikhail Kuzmin, Russian poet and author (d. 1936)
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1873
Ivanoe Bonomi, Italian lawyer and politician, 25th Prime Minister of Italy (d. 1951)
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1874
Christine Murrell, English medical doctor, first female member of the British Medical Association's Central Council (d. 1933)
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1875
Len Braund, English cricketer, coach, and umpire (d. 1955)
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1878
James Truslow Adams, American historian and author (d. 1949)
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1880
Ze'ev Jabotinsky, Ukrainian-Russian general, journalist, and theorist (d. 1940)
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1881
Max Gerson, German-born American physician (d. 1959)
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1882
Lucien Petit-Breton, French cyclist (d. 1917)
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1887
Takashi Sakai, Japanese general and politician, Governor of Hong Kong (d. 1946)
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1888
Paul Vermoyal, French actor (d. 1925)
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1893
Sidney Holland, New Zealand lieutenant and politician, 25th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1961)
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1893
George Ohsawa, Japanese philosopher and academic (d. 1966)
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1894
H. L. Davis, American author and poet (d. 1960)
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1894
Tibor Déry, Hungarian author and translator (d. 1977)
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1897
Isabel Briggs Myers, American theorist and author (d. 1980)
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1898
Lotte Lenya, Austrian singer and actress (d. 1981)
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1900
Sarah Bavly, Dutch-Israeli nutritionist, author and educator (d. 1993)
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1900
Evelyn Berckman, American author, known for her detective and Gothic horror novels (d. 1978)
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1902
Miriam Hopkins, American actress (d. 1972)
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1902
Pascual Jordan, German physicist and theorist (d. 1980)
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1903
Lina Radke, German runner and coach (d. 1983)
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1904
A. J. Liebling, American journalist and author (d. 1963)
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1904
Haim Shirman, Ukrainian-Israeli scholar and academic (d. 1981)
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1905
Jan Gies, Dutch activist (d. 1993)
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1905
Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Ivorian union leader and politician, 1st President of Côte d'Ivoire (d. 1993)
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1906
James Brooks, American painter and educator (d. 1992)
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1909
Norberto Bobbio, Italian philosopher and theorist (d. 2004)
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1914
Raymond Lambert, Swiss mountaineer (d. 1997)
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1915
Victor Sen Yung, American actor (d. 1980)
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1918
Molly Geertsema, Dutch lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 1991)
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1918
Konstantinos Mitsotakis, Greek lawyer and politician, 178th Prime Minister of Greece (d. 2017)
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1918
Bobby Troup, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (d. 1999)
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1919
Ric Nordman, Canadian captain and politician (d. 1996)
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1919
Anita O'Day, American singer (d. 2006)
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1919
Pierre Trudeau, Canadian lawyer, academic, and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Canada (d. 2000)
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1919
Camilla Williams, American soprano and educator (d. 2012)
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1920
Melina Mercouri, Greek actress, singer, and politician, 9th Greek Minister of Culture (d. 1994)
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1921
Jerry Cooke, Ukrainian-American photographer and journalist (d. 2005)
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1921
Jesse Helms, American soldier, journalist, and politician (d. 2008)
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1921
Beatrice Helen Worsley, Mexican-Canadian computer scientist and academic (d. 1972)
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1923
Jessie Mae Hemphill, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2008)
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1924
Buddy MacMaster, Canadian singer-songwriter and fiddler (d. 2014)
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1925
Ramiz Alia, Albanian politician, 1st President of Albania (d. 2011)
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1926
Chuck Berry, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2017)
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1926
Klaus Kinski, German-American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1991)
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1927
Marv Rotblatt, American baseball player (d. 2013)
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1927
George C. Scott, American actor and director (d. 1999)
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1928
Keith Jackson, American sportscaster and actor
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1928
Maurice El Mediouni, Algerian pianist and composer
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1928
Dick Taverne, English lawyer and politician
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1929
Violeta Chamorro, Nicaraguan publisher and politician, President of Nicaragua
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1929
Hillard Elkins, American producer and manager (d. 2010)
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1929
Kees Fens, Dutch author and critic (d. 2008)
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1930
Flora Fraser, 21st Lady Saltoun, Scottish politician
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1930
Esther Hautzig, Lithuanian-American author (d. 2009)
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1931
Chris Albertson, Icelandic-American historian, journalist, and producer
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1931
Roger Climpson, English-Australian journalist
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1931
Ien Dales, Dutch civil servant and politician, Dutch Minister of the Interior (d. 1994)
Ien Dales · Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations (Netherlands)
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1932
Vytautas Landsbergis, Lithuanian musicologist and politician
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1933
Forrest Gregg, American football player and coach
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1933
Irwin M. Jacobs, American electrical engineer, businessman, and entrepreneur
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1933
Ludovico Scarfiotti, Italian race car driver (d. 1968)
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1934
Inger Stevens, Swedish-American actress (d. 1970)
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1935
Peter Boyle, American actor (d. 2006)
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1936
Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino, Cuban cardinal
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1938
Ronnie Bright, American R&B and doo-wop singer (d. 2015)
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1938
Robert Dove, American lawyer and politician
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1938
Dawn Wells, American model and actress, Miss Nevada 1959
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1939
Flavio Cotti, Swiss lawyer and politician, 82nd President of the Swiss Confederation
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1939
Mike Ditka, American football player, coach, and sportscaster
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1939
Lee Harvey Oswald, American assassin of John F. Kennedy (d. 1963)
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1939
Jan Erik Vold, Norwegian poet, author, and translator
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1940
Cynthia Weil, American songwriter
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1940
Talitha Getty, actress and model of Dutch extraction (d. 1971)
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1941
Timothy Bell, Baron Bell, English businessman
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1941
Martha Burk, American psychologist and author
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1942
Gianfranco Ravasi, Italian cardinal and scholar
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1943
Christine Charbonneau, Canadian singer-songwriter (d. 2014)
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1943
Birthe Rønn Hornbech, Danish police officer and politician, Danish Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs
Birthe Rønn Hornbech · List of Ministers for Ecclesiastical Affairs of Denmark
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1945
Huell Howser, American television host and actor (d. 2013)
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1945
Chris Shays, American politician
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1946
James Robert Baker, American author and screenwriter (d. 1997)
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1946
Frank Beamer, American football player and coach
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1946
Dafydd Elis-Thomas, Welsh academic and politician
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1946
Howard Shore, Canadian composer, conductor, and producer
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1947
Paul Chuckle, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter
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1947
Job Cohen, Dutch scholar and politician, Mayor of Amsterdam
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1947
Laura Nyro, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1997)
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1947
Gary Sullivan, Australian rugby league player
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1947
Luc Jouret, Belgian religious cult leader in Switzerland (d. 1994)
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1948
Hans Köchler, Austrian philosopher, author, and academic
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1948
Ntozake Shange, American author, poet, and playwright
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1949
Joe Egan, Scottish singer-songwriter
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1949
George Hendrick, American baseball player and coach
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1949
Gary Richrath, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (d. 2015)
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1950
Wendy Wasserstein, American playwright and author (d. 2006)
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1951
Mike Antonovich, American ice hockey player and coach
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1951
Pam Dawber, American actress and producer
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1951
Terry McMillan, American author and screenwriter
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1951
David Normington, English civil servant and politician
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1951
Nic Potter, English bass player and songwriter (d. 2013)
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1952
Roy Dias, Sri Lankan cricketer and coach
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1952
Paul Geroski, American-English economist and academic (d. 2005)
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1952
Chuck Lorre, American director, producer, and screenwriter
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1952
Patrick Morrow, Canadian mountaineer and photographer
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1952
Bảo Ninh, Vietnamese soldier and author
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1952
Allen Ripley, American baseball player (d. 2014)
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1952
Jerry Royster, American baseball player, coach, and manager
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1953
Vickie Winans, American gospel music singer-songwriter and music producer
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1954
Nick Houghton, English general
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1954
Arliss Howard, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
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1955
Jean-Pierre Hautier, Belgian journalist and television host (d. 2012)
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1955
Vanessa Briscoe Hay, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player
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1955
Timmy Mallett, English radio and television host
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1955
Stu Mead, American painter and illustrator
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1955
David Twohy, American director, producer, and screenwriter
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1955
Rita Verdonk, Dutch journalist and politician, Dutch Minister of Justice
Rita Verdonk · Ministry of Security and Justice (Netherlands)
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1955
Denis Watson, Zimbabwean golfer
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1955
Mark Welland, English physicist and academic
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1956
Craig Bartlett, American animator, producer, screenwriter, and voice actor
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1956
Martina Navratilova, Czech-American tennis player and coach
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1956
Jim Talent, American lawyer and politician
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1957
Jon Lindstrom, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
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1957
Catherine Ringer, French singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
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1958
Thomas Hearns, American boxer
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1958
Megumi Ishii, Japanese actress and politician
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1958
Kjell Samuelsson, Swedish ice hockey player and coach
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1959
Kirby Chambliss, American pilot
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1959
Mauricio Funes, Salvadoran politician, former President of El Salvador
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1959
Milcho Manchevski, Macedonian-American director and screenwriter
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1959
John Nord, American wrestler
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1960
Erin Moran, American actress (d. 2017)
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1960
Jean-Claude Van Damme, Belgian martial artist, actor, and producer, and screenwriter
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1961
Wynton Marsalis, American trumpet player, composer, and educator
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1961
Rick Moody, American author and composer
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1961
Gladstone Small, Barbadian-English cricketer
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1962
Min Ko Naing, Burmese activist
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1962
Vincent Spano, American actor, director, and producer
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1963
Sigvart Dagsland, Norwegian singer, pianist and composer
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1964
Dan Lilker, American singer-songwriter and bass player
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1964
Charles Stross, English journalist, author, and programmer
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1965
Curtis Stigers, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1965
Zakir Naik, an Indian Islamic preacher; founder and president of the Islamic Research Foundation (IRF)
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1966
Dave Price, American journalist and game show host
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1967
Eric Stuart, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and voice actor
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1968
Rhod Gilbert, Welsh comedian
-
1968
Stuart Law, Australian cricketer and coach
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1968
Michael Stich, German tennis player and sportscaster
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1969
Volker Neumüller, German talent manager
-
1969
Nelson Vivas, Argentinian footballer, coach, and manager
-
1970
Doug Mirabelli, American baseball player and coach
-
1970
Mike Starink, Dutch television host and actor
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1971
Nick O'Hern, Australian golfer
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1972
Mark Morrison, West German-born British hip hop and R&B musician
-
1972
Mika Ninagawa, Japanese photographer and director
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1972
Alex Tagliani, Canadian race car driver
-
1973
Stephen Allan, Australian golfer
-
1973
James Foley, American photographer and journalist (d. 2014)
-
1973
Michalis Kapsis, Greek footballer
-
1973
Rachel Nichols, American journalist and sportscaster
-
1973
Sarah Winckless, English rower
-
1974
Robbie Savage, Welsh footballer and sportscaster
-
1974
Peter Svensson, Swedish guitarist and songwriter
-
1974
Zhou Xun, Chinese actress and singer
-
1974
Amish Tripathi, Indian author
-
1975
Alex Cora, Puerto Rican-American baseball player and sportscaster
-
1975
Josh Sawyer, American video game designer
-
1977
Flavia Colgan, Brazilian-American journalist
-
1977
Ryan Nelsen, New Zealand-American soccer player and coach
-
1977
David Vuillemin, French motorcycle racer
-
1978
Kunal Kapoor, Indian actor
-
1978
Mike Tindall, English rugby player
-
1978
Kenji Wu, Taiwanese singer-songwriter and actor
-
1979
Damon Scott, British entertainer
-
1979
Jaroslav Drobný, Czech footballer
-
1979
Hikaru Kawamura, Japanese model
-
1979
Ne-Yo, American singer, songwriter, record producer, dancer, and actor
-
1980
Josh Gracin, American country music singer and former member of the United States Marine Corps
-
1980
Birsen Yavuz, Turkish sprinter and hurdler
-
1981
Nathan Hauritz, Australian cricketer
-
1981
Tina Hergold, Slovenian tennis player
-
1981
Greg Warren, American football player
-
1982
Thierry Amiel, French singer-songwriter
-
1982
Michael Dingsdag, Dutch footballer
-
1982
Mark Sampson, Welsh footballer and manager
-
1982
Simon Gotch, American wrestler
-
1983
Dante, Brazilian footballer
-
1984
Robert Harting, German discus thrower
-
1984
Freida Pinto, Indian actress and model
-
1984
Esperanza Spalding, American singer-songwriter and bassist
-
1984
Lindsey Vonn, American skier
-
1984
Milo Yiannopoulos, British journalist and public speaker
-
1985
Yoenis Céspedes, Cuban baseball player
-
1985
Andrew Garcia, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
-
1986
Wilma Elles, German actress and fashion designer
-
1987
Zac Efron, American actor and singer
-
1987
Freja Beha Erichsen, Danish model
-
1988
Tessa Schram, Dutch director and actress
-
1989
Laci Green, American YouTube personality, video blogger, sex educator, and activist
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1989
Riisa Naka, Japanese model and actress
-
1990
Bristol Palin, American public speaker and reality television personality
-
1990
Brittney Griner, American professional basketball player
-
1990
Drew Crawford, American basketball player
-
1991
Roly Bonevacia, Dutch footballer
-
1993
Ivan Cavaleiro, Portuguese professional footballer
-
1991
Tyler Posey, American actor and musician
-
1994
Pascal Wehrlein, German-Mauritian Formula One driver
الوفيات المشهورة
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AD 31
Lucius Aelius Sejanus, Roman politician (b. 20 BC)
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325
Emperor Ming of Jin (b. 299)
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707
Pope John VII (b. 650)
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1035
Sancho III of Pamplona (b. 992)
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1081
Nikephoros Palaiologos, Byzantine general
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1101
Hugh I, Count of Vermandois (b. 1053)
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1141
Leopold, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1108)
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1214
John de Gray, bishop of Norwich
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1366
Petrus Torkilsson, Archbishop of Uppsala
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1382
James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormond, Irish politician, Lord Justice of Ireland (b. 1331)
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1417
Pope Gregory XII (b. 1326)
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1442
Infante João of Portugal (b. 1400)
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1480
Uhwudong, Korean dancer and poet (b. 1440)
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1503
Pope Pius III (b. 1439)
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1508
Patrick Hepburn, 1st Earl of Bothwell, Lord High Admiral of Scotland
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1511
Philippe de Commines, French-speaking Fleming in the courts of Burgundy and France (b. 1447)
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1526
Lucas Vázquez de Ayllón, Spanish explorer (b. 1475)
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1541
Margaret Tudor, queen of James IV of Scotland (born 1489)
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1545
John Taverner, English organist and composer (b. 1490)
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1558
Mary of Hungary (b. 1505)
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1561
Yamamoto Kansuke, Japanese samurai (b. 1501)
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1564
Johannes Acronius Frisius, Dutch physician and mathematician (b. 1520)
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1570
Manuel da Nóbrega, Portuguese-Brazilian priest and missionary (b. 1517)
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1604
Igram van Achelen, Dutch lawyer and politician (b. 1528)
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1646
Isaac Jogues, French priest, missionary, and martyr (b. 1607)
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1667
Fasilides, Ethiopian emperor (b. 1603)
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1678
Jacob Jordaens, Belgian painter illustrator (b. 1593)
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1739
António José da Silva, Brazilian-Portuguese playwright (b. 1705)
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1744
Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (b. 1660)
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1770
John Manners, Marquess of Granby, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Derbyshire (b. 1721)
John Manners, Marquess of Granby · Lord Lieutenant of Derbyshire
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1775
Christian August Crusius, German philosopher and theologian (b. 1715)
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1817
Etienne Nicolas Méhul, French pianist and composer (b. 1763)
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1865
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, English soldier and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1784)
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston · Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
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1871
Charles Babbage, English mathematician and engineer, invented the mechanical computer (b. 1791)
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1876
Francis Preston Blair, American journalist (b. 1791)
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1886
Philipp Franz von Siebold, German physician and botanist (b. 1796)
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1889
Antonio Meucci, Italian-American engineer (b. 1808)
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1892
William W. Chapman, American lawyer and politician (b. 1808)
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1893
Charles Gounod, French composer and educator (b. 1818)
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1908
Nozu Michitsura, Japanese field marshal (b. 1840)
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1911
Alfred Binet, French psychologist and author (b. 1857)
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1921
Ludwig III of Bavaria (b. 1845)
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1931
Thomas Edison, American engineer and businessman, invented the light bulb and phonograph (b. 1847)
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1933
Christine Murrell, English medical doctor, first female member of the British Medical Association's Central Council (b. 1874)
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1934
Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Spanish pathologist, histologist, and neuroscientist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
Santiago Ramón y Cajal · Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
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1935
Gaston Lachaise, French-American sculptor (b. 1882)
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1941
Manuel Teixeira Gomes, Portuguese lawyer and politician, 7th President of Portugal (b. 1860)
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1942
Mikhail Nesterov, Russian painter (b. 1862)
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1947
Michiaki Kamada, Japanese admiral (b. 1890)
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1948
Philip Collier, Australian politician, 14th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1873)
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1948
Walther von Brauchitsch, German field marshal (b. 1881)
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1956
Yoshio Markino, Japanese painter and author (b. 1869)
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1959
Boughera El Ouafi, Algerian-French runner (b. 1898)
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1961
Tsuru Aoki, Japanese-American actress (b. 1892)
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1962
Iván Petrovich, Serbian-German actor and singer (b. 1894)
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1965
Henry Travers, Irish-American actor (b. 1874)
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1966
Elizabeth Arden, Canadian-American businesswoman, founded Elizabeth Arden, Inc. (b. 1878)
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1966
S. S. Kresge, American businessman, founded Kmart (b. 1867)
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1973
Margaret Caroline Anderson, American publisher, founded The Little Review (b. 1886)
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1973
Walt Kelly, American illustrator and animator (b. 1913)
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1973
Leo Strauss, German-American political scientist, philosopher, and academic (b. 1899)
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1975
K. C. Douglas, American rural blues singer (b. 1913)
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1975
Al Lettieri, American actor (b. 1928)
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1975
Graham Haberfield, English actor (b. 1941)
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1976
Viswanatha Satyanarayana, Indian poet and author (b. 1895)
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1977
Andreas Baader, German militant (b. 1943)
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1977
Gudrun Ensslin, German militant leader, founded the Red Army Faction (b. 1940)
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1978
Ramón Mercader, Spanish journalist, assassin of Leon Trotsky (b. 1914)
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1980
Edwin Way Teale, American photographer and author (b. 1899)
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1982
Dwain Esper, American director and producer (b. 1892)
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1982
Pierre Mendès France, French lawyer and politician, 143rd Prime Minister of France (b. 1907)
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1982
John Robarts, Canadian lawyer and politician, 17th Premier of Ontario (b. 1917)
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1982
Bess Truman, American wife of Harry S. Truman, 40th First Lady of the United States (b. 1885)
Bess Truman · Harry S. Truman · List of First Ladies of the United States
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1983
Diego Abad de Santillán, Spanish economist and author (b. 1897)
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1983
Willie Jones, American baseball player (b. 1925)
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1984
Henri Michaux, French painter and poet (b. 1899)
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1984
Jon-Erik Hexum, American actor (b. 1957).
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1987
Adriaan Ditvoorst, Dutch director and screenwriter (b. 1940)
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1988
Frederick Ashton, Ecuadorian dancer and choreographer (b. 1904)
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2000
Julie London, American singer and actress (b. 1926)
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2000
Gwen Verdon, American actress and dancer (b. 1925)
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2003
Preston Smith, American businessman and politician, 40th Governor of Texas (b. 1912)
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2003
Manuel Vázquez Montalbán, Spanish journalist, author, and critic (b. 1939)
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2005
Johnny Haynes, English-Scottish footballer (b. 1934)
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2005
Bill King, American sportscaster (b. 1927)
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2006
Mario Francesco Pompedda, Italian cardinal (b. 1929)
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2006
Anna Russell, English-Canadian singer and actress (b. 1911)
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2006
Laurie Taitt, Guyanese-English hurdler (b. 1934)
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2007
Alan Coren, English journalist and author (b. 1938)
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2007
William J. Crowe, American admiral and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom (b. 1925)
William J. Crowe · United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom
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2007
Vincent DeDomenico, American businessman, founded the Napa Valley Wine Train (b. 1915)
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2007
Lucky Dube, South African singer-songwriter and keyboard player (b. 1964)
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2008
Dee Dee Warwick, American singer (b. 1945)
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2009
Adriaan Kortlandt, Dutch ethologist and biologist (b. 1918)
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2009
Nancy Spero, American painter and academic (b. 1926)
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2010
Marion Brown, American saxophonist and musicologist (b. 1931)
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2012
Brain Damage, American wrestler (b. 1977)
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2012
Sylvia Kristel, Dutch model and actress (b. 1952)
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2012
Slater Martin, American basketball player and coach (b. 1925)
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2012
George Mattos, American pole vaulter (b. 1929)
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2012
Albert Lee Ueltschi, American pilot and businessman, founded FlightSafety International (b. 1917)
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2012
David S. Ware, American saxophonist and composer (b. 1949)
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2013
Tom Foley, American lawyer and politician, 57th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1929)
Tom Foley · Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
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2013
Bum Phillips, American football player and coach (b. 1923)
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2013
Allan Stanley, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1926)
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2013
Bill Young, American sergeant and politician (b. 1930)
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2014
Mariano Lebrón Saviñón, Dominican author and academic (b. 1922)
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2014
Edward Regan, American academic and politician (b. 1930)
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2014
Sidney Shapiro, American-Chinese author and translator (b. 1915)
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2015
Robert Dickerson, Australian painter (b. 1924)
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2015
Gamal El-Ghitani, Egyptian journalist and author (b. 1945)
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2015
Robert W. Farquhar, American engineer (b. 1932)
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2015
Frank Watkins, American bass player (b. 1968)
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2015
Paul West, English-American author, poet, and academic (b. 1930)