November 20 — في هذا اليوم
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الأحداث
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284
Diocletian is chosen as Roman emperor.
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762
During the An Shi Rebellion, the Tang dynasty, with the help of Huihe tribe, recaptures Luoyang from the rebels.
An Shi Rebellion · Tang dynasty · Uyghur Khaganate · Luoyang
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1194
Palermo is conquered by Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor.
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1407
A truce between John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy and Louis of Valois, Duke of Orléans is agreed upon under the auspices of John, Duke of Berry. Orléans would be assassinated three days later by Burgundy.
John the Fearless · Duke of Burgundy · Louis of Valois, Duke of Orléans · John, Duke of Berry
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1695
Zumbi, the last of the leaders of Quilombo dos Palmares in early Brazil, is executed by the forces of Portuguese bandeirante Domingos Jorge Velho.
Zumbi · Palmares (quilombo) · Brazil · Bandeirante · Domingos Jorge Velho
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1739
Start of the Battle of Porto Bello between British and Spanish forces during the War of Jenkins' Ear.
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1776
American Revolutionary War: British forces land at the Palisades and then attack Fort Lee. The Continental Army starts to retreat across New Jersey.
American Revolutionary War · The Palisades (Hudson River) · Battle of Fort Lee · Continental Army · New Jersey
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1789
New Jersey becomes the first U.S. state to ratify the Bill of Rights.
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1805
Beethoven's only opera, Fidelio, premieres in Vienna.
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1820
An 80-ton sperm whale attacks the Essex (a whaling ship from Nantucket, Massachusetts) 2,000 miles from the western coast of South America. (Herman Melville's 1851 novel Moby-Dick is in part inspired by this story.)
Sperm whale · Essex (1799 whaleship) · Whaling · Nantucket, Massachusetts · Herman Melville
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1845
Anglo-French blockade of the Río de la Plata: Battle of Vuelta de Obligado.
Anglo-French blockade of the Río de la Plata · Battle of Vuelta de Obligado
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1861
American Civil War: A secession ordinance is filed by Kentucky's Confederate government.
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1910
Mexican Revolution: Francisco I. Madero issues the Plan de San Luis Potosí, denouncing Mexican President Porfirio Díaz, calling for a revolution to overthrow the government of Mexico, effectively starting the Mexican Revolution.
Mexican Revolution · Francisco I. Madero · Plan of San Luis Potosí · Porfirio Díaz · Revolution
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1917
World War I: Battle of Cambrai begins: British forces make early progress in an attack on German positions but are later pushed back.
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1936
José Antonio Primo de Rivera, founder of the Falange, is killed by a republican execution squad.
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1940
World War II: Hungary becomes a signatory of the Tripartite Pact, officially joining the Axis powers.
World War II · Kingdom of Hungary · Tripartite Pact · Axis powers
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1943
World War II: Battle of Tarawa (Operation Galvanic) begins: United States Marines land on Tarawa Atoll in the Gilbert Islands and suffer heavy fire from Japanese shore guns and machine guns.
Battle of Tarawa · Operation Galvanic · United States Marines · Tarawa Atoll · Gilbert Islands
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1945
Nuremberg trials: Trials against 24 Nazi war criminals start at the Palace of Justice at Nuremberg.
Nuremberg trials · Nazism · War crime · Palace of Justice, Nuremberg · Nuremberg
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1947
The Princess Elizabeth marries Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, who becomes the Duke of Edinburgh, at Westminster Abbey in London.
Elizabeth II · Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh · Duke of Edinburgh · Westminster Abbey
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1959
The Declaration of the Rights of the Child is adopted by the United Nations.
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1962
Cuban Missile Crisis ends: In response to the Soviet Union agreeing to remove its missiles from Cuba, U.S. President John F. Kennedy ends the quarantine of the Caribbean nation.
Cuban Missile Crisis · Soviet Union · Cuba · John F. Kennedy
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1968
A total of 78 miners are killed in an explosion at the Consolidated Coal Company’s No. 9 mine in Farmington, West Virginia in the Farmington Mine disaster
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1969
Vietnam War: The Plain Dealer publishes explicit photographs of dead villagers from the My Lai Massacre in Vietnam.
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1969
Occupation of Alcatraz: Native American activists seize control of Alcatraz Island until being ousted by the U.S. Government on June 11, 1971.
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1974
The United States Department of Justice files its final anti-trust suit against AT&T Corporation. This suit later leads to the breakup of AT&T and its Bell System.
United States Department of Justice · AT&T Corporation · Bell System
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1977
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat becomes the first Arab leader to officially visit Israel, when he meets Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin and speaks before the Knesset in Jerusalem, seeking a permanent peace settlement.
Egypt · Anwar Sadat · Arab · Israel · Menachem Begin
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1979
Grand Mosque seizure: About 200 Sunni Muslims revolt in Saudi Arabia at the site of the Kaaba in Mecca during the pilgrimage and take about 6000 hostages. The Saudi government receives help from Pakistani special forces to put down the uprising.
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1980
Lake Peigneur drains into an underlying salt deposit. A misplaced Texaco oil probe had been drilled into the Diamond Crystal Salt Mine, causing water to flow down into the mine, eroding the edges of the hole.
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1985
Microsoft Windows 1.0 is released.
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1989
Velvet Revolution: The number of protesters assembled in Prague, Czechoslovakia swells from 200,000 the day before to an estimated half-million.
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1990
Andrei Chikatilo, one of the Soviet Union's most prolific serial killers, is arrested; he eventually confesses to 56 killings.
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1991
An Azerbaijani MI-8 helicopter carrying 19 peacekeeping mission team with officials and journalists from Russia, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan is shot down by Armenian military forces in Khojavend District of Azerbaijan.
Azerbaijan · Mil Mi-8 · Kazakhstan · Azerbaijan · 1991 Azerbaijani Mil Mi-8 shootdown
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1992
In England, a fire breaks out in Windsor Castle, badly damaging the castle and causing over £50 million worth of damage.
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1993
Savings and loan crisis: The United States Senate Ethics Committee issues a stern censure of California senator Alan Cranston for his "dealings" with savings-and-loan executive Charles Keating.
Savings and loan crisis · United States Senate Ethics Committee · California · Alan Cranston · Charles Keating
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1994
The Angolan government and UNITA rebels sign the Lusaka Protocol in Zambia, ending 19 years of civil war. (Localized fighting resumes the next year.)
Angola · UNITA · Lusaka Protocol · Zambia · Civil war
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1996
A fire breaks out in an office building in Hong Kong, killing 41 people and injuring 81.
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1998
A court in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan declares accused terrorist Osama bin Laden "a man without a sin" in regard to the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania.
Taliban · Afghanistan · Osama bin Laden · 1998 U.S. embassy bombings · Kenya
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1998
The first module of the International Space Station, Zarya, is launched.
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2003
After the November 15 bombings, a second day of the 2003 Istanbul bombings occurs in Istanbul, Turkey, destroying the Turkish head office of HSBC Bank AS and the British consulate.
November 15 · 2003 Istanbul bombings · Istanbul · HSBC Bank (Turkey)
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2015
Following a hostage siege, at least 19 people are killed in Bamako, Mali.
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المولدات المشهورة
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270
Maximinus II, Roman emperor (d. 313)
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939
Emperor Taizong of Song (d. 997)
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1545
Ernst Ludwig, Duke of Pomerania (d. 1592)
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1570
Giovanni Battista Agucchi, Italian churchman, diplomat and writer (d. 1632)
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1602
Otto von Guericke, German physicist and politician (d. 1686)
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1620
Avvakum, Russian priest and saint (d. 1682)
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1625
Paulus Potter, Dutch painter (d. 1654)
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1660
Daniel Ernst Jablonski, Czech-German theologian and reformer (d. 1741)
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1750
Tipu Sultan, Indian ruler (d. 1799)
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1761
Pope Pius VIII (d. 1830)
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1765
Thomas Fremantle, English admiral and politician (d. 1819)
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1781
Karl Friedrich Eichhorn, German captain and jurist (d. 1854)
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1813
Franc Miklošič, Slovenian linguist and philologist (d. 1891)
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1839
Christian Wilberg, German painter and illustrator (d. 1882)
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1841
Victor D'Hondt, Belgian mathematician, lawyer, and jurist (d. 1901)
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1841
Wilfrid Laurier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1919)
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1858
Selma Lagerlöf, Swedish author and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1940)
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1866
Kenesaw Mountain Landis, American lawyer and judge (d. 1944)
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1869
Clark Griffith, American baseball player and manager (d. 1955)
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1874
James Michael Curley, American lawyer, politician, 53rd Governor of Massachusetts, and criminal (d. 1958)
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1877
Herbert Pitman, English sailor (d. 1961)
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1880
George McBride, American baseball player and manager (d. 1973)
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1881
Arthur Marshall, American pianist and composer (d. 1968)
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1882
Andy Coakley, American baseball player and coach (d. 1963)
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1884
Norman Thomas, American minister and politician (d. 1968)
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1885
Olive Dennis, American engineer (d. 1957)
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1886
Bray Hammond, American historian and author (d. 1968)
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1886
Robert Hunter, American golfer (d. 1971)
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1886
Karl von Frisch, Austrian-German ethologist and zoologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1982)
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1889
Edwin Hubble, American astronomer and cosmologist (d. 1953)
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1892
James Collip, Canadian biochemist and academic, co-discovered insulin (d. 1965)
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1900
Florieda Batson, American hurdler, captain of the United States team at the 1922 Women's Olympics (d. 1996)
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1900
Helen Bradley, English painter (d. 1979)
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1900
Chester Gould, American cartoonist and author, created Dick Tracy (d. 1985)
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1903
Alexandra Danilova, Russian-American ballerina and choreographer (d. 1997)
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1905
Minoo Masani, Indian lawyer and politician (d. 1998)
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1907
Fran Allison, American entertainer (d. 1989)
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1907
Henri-Georges Clouzot, French director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1977)
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1908
Alistair Cooke, British-born American journalist and author (d. 2004)
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1910
Willem Jacob van Stockum, Dutch mathematician, pilot, and academic (d. 1944)
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1913
Judy Canova, American actress and comedian (d. 1983)
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1913
Kostas Choumis, Greek footballer (d. 1981)
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1914
Emilio Pucci, Italian fashion designer and politician (d. 1992)
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1915
Kon Ichikawa, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2008)
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1916
Michael J. Ingelido, American general (d. 2015)
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1916
Evelyn Keyes, American actress (d. 2008)
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1917
Robert Byrd, American lawyer and politician (d. 2010)
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1917
Bobby Locke, South African golfer (d. 1987)
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1918
Corita Kent, American nun, illustrator, and educator (d. 1986)
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1919
Lucilla Andrews, Egyptian-Scottish nurse and author (d. 2006)
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1919
Alan Brown, English race car driver (d. 2004)
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1919
Phyllis Thaxter, American actress (d. 2012)
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1921
Jim Garrison, American lawyer and judge (d. 1992)
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1923
Danny Dayton, American actor and director (d. 1999)
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1923
Nadine Gordimer, South African novelist, short story writer, and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2014)
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1924
Benoit Mandelbrot, Polish-American mathematician and economist (d. 2010)
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1924
Henk Vredeling, Dutch agronomist and politician, Dutch Minister of Defence (d. 2007)
Henk Vredeling · List of Ministers of Defence of the Netherlands
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1925
Kaye Ballard, American actress and singer
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1925
George Barris, American engineer and car designer (d. 2015)
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1925
June Christy, American singer (d. 1990)
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1925
Robert F. Kennedy, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 64th United States Attorney General (d. 1968)
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1925
Maya Plisetskaya, Russian-Lithuanian ballerina, choreographer, actress, and director (d. 2015)
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1926
John Gardner, English soldier and author (d. 2007)
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1926
Terry Hall, English ventriloquist and actor (d. 2007)
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1926
Tôn Thất Đính, Vietnamese general (d. 2013)
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1927
Ed Freeman, American soldier and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2008)
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1927
Estelle Parsons, American actress and director
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1928
Aleksey Batalov, Russian actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2017)
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1928
Franklin Cover, American actor (d. 2006)
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1929
Penelope Hobhouse, Irish gardener, author, and educator
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1929
Don January, American golfer and architect
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1930
Bernard Horsfall, English-Scottish actor (d. 2013)
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1930
Curly Putman, American country music songwriter (d. 2016)
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1932
Richard Dawson, English-American actor and game show host (d. 2012)
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1935
Imre Makovecz, Hungarian architect (d. 2011)
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1936
Don DeLillo, American novelist, essayist, and playwright
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1936
Charles R. Larson, American admiral (d. 2014)
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1937
Rhys Isaac, South African-Australian historian and author (d. 2010)
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1937
Ruth Laredo, American pianist and educator (d. 2005)
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1937
Eero Mäntyranta, Finnish skier (d. 2013)
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1937
Viktoriya Tokareva, Russian author and screenwriter
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1939
Dick Smothers, American actor and comedian
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1940
Helma Sanders-Brahms, German director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2014)
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1940
Ediz Hun, Turkish actor and politician
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1941
Haseena Moin, Pakistani screenwriter and playwright
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1942
Joe Biden, American lawyer and politician, 47th Vice President of the United States
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1942
Bob Einstein, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
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1942
Norman Greenbaum, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1942
Meredith Monk, American composer and choreographer
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1944
Louie Dampier, American basketball player and coach
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1944
Donald DiFrancesco, American lawyer and politician, 51st Governor of New Jersey
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1944
Mike Vernon, English record producer, founded Blue Horizon
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1945
Paul Langford, English historian and academic
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1945
Rick Monday, American baseball player and sportscaster
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1946
Duane Allman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1971)
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1946
Greg Cook, American football player and sportscaster (d. 2012)
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1946
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow
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1946
Judy Woodruff, American journalist and educator
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1946
Samuel E. Wright, American actor, voice actor and singer
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1947
Joe Walsh, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor
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1947
Peter Mellor, English goalkeeper
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1948
John R. Bolton, American lawyer and diplomat, 25th United States Ambassador to the United Nations
John R. Bolton · United States Ambassador to the United Nations
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1948
Park Chul-soo, South Korean director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2013)
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1948
Barbara Hendricks, American-Swedish soprano and actress
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1948
Richard Masur, American actor and director
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1948
Gunnar Nilsson, Swedish race car driver (d. 1978)
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1949
Jeff Dowd, American film producer and activist
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1949
Thelma Drake, American politician
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1951
Rodger Bumpass, American actor and singer
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1951
David Walters, American businessman and politician, 24th Governor of Oklahoma
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1952
John Van Boxmeer, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
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1954
Berit Andnor, Swedish politician, Swedish Minister of Social Affairs
Berit Andnor · Minister for Health and Social Affairs (Sweden)
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1954
Frank Marino, Canadian guitarist and singer-songwriter
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1956
Gareth Chilcott, English rugby player
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1956
Bo Derek, American actress and producer
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1956
Mark Gastineau, American football player and boxer
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1956
Natasha Vlassenko, Russian-Australian pianist and educator
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1957
Stefan Bellof, German race car driver (d. 1985)
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1957
Mike Craven, English footballer
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1957
John Eriksen, Danish footballer (d. 2002)
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1958
Rickson Gracie, Brazilian mixed martial artist and choreographer
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1959
Orlando Figes, English historian and academic
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1959
James McGovern, American lawyer and politician
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1959
Sean Young, American actress and dancer
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1960
Marc Labrèche, Canadian actor
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1961
Jim Brickman, American singer-songwriter and pianist
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1961
Tim Harvey, English race car driver and sportscaster
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1961
Larry Karaszewski, American director, producer, and screenwriter
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1961
Dave Watson, English footballer and manager
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1963
Tim Gavin, Australian rugby player
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1963
Timothy Gowers, English mathematician and academic
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1963
Ming-Na Wen, Macanese-American actress
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1964
Boris Dežulović, Croatian journalist and author
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1964
Sophie Fillières, French director and screenwriter
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1964
Doug Ford, Jr., Canadian businessman and politician
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1964
John MacLean, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
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1964
Mark Taylor, English footballer and physiotherapist
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1965
Jimmy Vasser, American race car driver
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1966
Jill Thompson, American author and illustrator
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1966
Kevin Gilbert, American singer-songwriter and musician (d. 1996)
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1967
Chris Childs, American basketball player
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1967
Tarique Rahman, Bangladeshi businessman and politician
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1967
Martin Walkyier, Singer and songwriter
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1968
Tommy Asinga, Surinamese runner and veterinarian
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1968
Robin Canup, American astrophysicist and astronomer
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1968
Jeff Tarango, American tennis player
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1969
Chris Harris, New Zealand cricketer
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1969
Dabo Swinney, American football player and coach
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1969
Callie Thorne, American actress and producer
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1969
Meredith Whitney, American financial anaylst
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1970
Matt Blunt, American lieutenant and politician, 54th Governor of Missouri
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1970
Delia Gonzalez, American boxer
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1970
Geoffrey Keezer, American pianist and educator
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1970
Sabrina Lloyd, American actress
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1971
Joey Galloway, American football player and sportscaster
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1971
Joel McHale, American comedian, actor, and producer
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1971
Dion Nash, New Zealand cricketer
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1971
Marco Oppedisano, American guitarist and composer
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1972
Sheema Kalbasi, Iranian poet and activist
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1973
Angelica Bridges, American actress and singer
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1973
Neil Hodgson, English motorcycle racer and sportscaster
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1973
Amani Alhakim, Syrian actress and voice actress
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1974
Taavi Veskimägi, Estonian businessman and politician
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1975
Dierks Bentley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1975
Ryan Bowen, American basketball player and coach
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1975
J. D. Drew, American baseball player
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1975
Davey Havok, American singer-songwriter
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1976
Laura Harris, Canadian actress
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1977
Rudy Charles, American wrestling referee
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1977
Daniel Svensson, Swedish drummer and producer
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1977
Josh Turner, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
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1978
Freya Lim, Taiwanese-Malaysian singer and radio host
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1978
Nadine Velazquez, American actress and model
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1979
Maree Bowden, New Zealand netball player
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1979
Joseph Hallman, American composer and academic
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1979
Jacob Pitts, American actor
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1980
James Chambers, English footballer
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1980
Eiko Koike, Japanese actress
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1981
Carlos Boozer, American basketball player
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1981
Sam Fuld, American baseball player
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1981
İbrahim Toraman, Turkish footballer
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1981
Kimberley Walsh, English singer-songwriter and actress
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1981
Andrea Riseborough, English actress
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1983
Future, American rapper
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1984
Tashard Choice, American football player
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1984
Jeremy Jordan, American actor
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1984
Ferdinando Monfardini, Italian race car driver
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1984
Justin Hoyte, English footballer
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1985
Juan Cruz Álvarez, Argentinian race car driver
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1986
Ashley Fink, American actress and singer
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1986
Özer Hurmacı, Turkish footballer
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1986
Oliver Sykes, English singer-songwriter
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1988
Dušan Tadić, Serbian footballer
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1988
Max Pacioretty, American ice hockey player
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1989
Agon Mehmeti, Swedish footballer
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1989
Sergei Polunin, Ukrainian ballet dancer
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1990
Mark Christian, Manx cyclist
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1991
Anthony Knockaert, French footballer
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1991
Tim Simona, New Zealand rugby league player
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1992
Maiha Ishimura, Japanese singer and actress
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1992
Gaku Matsuda, Japanese actor
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1993
Junior Paulo, New Zealand rugby league player
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1993
Sumire Satō, Japanese singer and actress
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1994
Andrew Dawber, English footballer
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2000
Connie Talbot, English singer-songwriter
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الوفيات المشهورة
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284
Numerian, Roman emperor
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763
Domnall Midi, High King of Ireland
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811
Li Fan, Chinese politician (b. 754)
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855
Theoktistos, Byzantine courtier
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869
Edmund the Martyr, English king (b. 841)
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923
Jing Xiang, Chinese strategist
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923
Li Zhen, official of Later Liang
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927
Xu Wen, Chinese general (b. 862)
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996
Richard I, Duke of Normandy (b. 933)
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1008
Geoffrey I, Duke of Brittany, (b. 980)
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1022
Bernward of Hildesheim, German bishop and saint (b. 960)
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1314
Albert II, Margrave of Meissen (b. 1240)
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1316
John I of France (b. 1316)
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1400
Elizabeth of Moravia, Margravine of Meissen (b. 1355)
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1437
Thomas Langley, English bishop and politician, Lord Chancellor of England (b. 1363)
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1480
Eleanor of Scotland, Scottish princess (b. 1433)
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1518
Marmaduke Constable, English courtier and soldier (b. 1458)
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1518
Pierre de la Rue, Belgian singer and composer (b. 1452)
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1559
Lady Frances Brandon, English noblewoman and claimant to the throne of England (b. 1517)
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1591
Christopher Hatton, English academic and politician, Lord Chancellor of England (b. 1540)
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1606
(burial date) John Lyly, English writer (b. 1553)
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1612
John Harington, English courtier and author (b. 1561)
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1615
Gervase Helwys, English murderer (b. 1561)
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1651
Mikołaj Potocki, Polish soldier (b. 1595)
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1662
Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria (b. 1614)
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1695
Zumbi, Brazilian king (b. 1655)
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1704
Charles Plumier, French botanist and painter (b. 1646)
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1737
Caroline of Ansbach (b. 1683)
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1742
Melchior de Polignac, French cardinal and poet (b. 1661)
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1758
Johan Helmich Roman, Swedish violinist and composer (b. 1694)
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1764
Christian Goldbach, Prussian mathematician and theorist (b. 1690)
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1778
Francesco Cetti, Italian priest, zoologist, and mathematician (b. 1726)
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1856
Farkas Bolyai, Romanian-Hungarian mathematician and academic (b. 1775)
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1864
Albert Newsam, American painter and illustrator (b. 1809)
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1886
William Bliss Baker, American painter (b. 1859)
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1894
Anton Rubinstein, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1829)
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1898
Sir John Fowler, 1st Baronet, English engineer (b. 1817)
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1903
Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat, French race car driver (b. 1867)
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1908
Georgy Voronoy, Ukrainian mathematician and academic (b. 1868)
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1910
Leo Tolstoy, Russian author and playwright (b. 1828)
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1918
John Bauer, Swedish painter and illustrator (b.1882)
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1925
Alexandra of Denmark (b. 1844)
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1934
Willem de Sitter, Dutch mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (b. 1872)
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1936
Buenaventura Durruti, Spanish mechanic and activist (b. 1896)
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1936
José Antonio Primo de Rivera, Spanish lawyer and politician (b. 1903)
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1938
Maud of Wales (b. 1869)
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1941
Elmar Muuk, Estonian linguist and author (b. 1901)
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1945
Percy Perrin, English cricketer (b. 1876)
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1945
Francis William Aston, English chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1877)
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1950
Francesco Cilea, Italian composer (b. 1866)
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1951
Thomas Quinlan, English businessman (b. 1881)
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1954
Clyde Vernon Cessna, American pilot and engineer, founded the Cessna Aircraft Corporation (b. 1879)
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1957
Mstislav Dobuzhinsky, Russian-American painter and illustrator (b. 1875)
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1965
Johannes Kaiv, Estonian soldier and diplomat (b. 1897)
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1973
Allan Sherman, American actor, comedian, and producer (b. 1924)
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1976
Trofim Lysenko, Ukrainian-Russian biologist and agronomist (b. 1898)
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1978
Giorgio de Chirico, Greek-Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1888)
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1978
Vasilisk Gnedov, Russian soldier and poet (b. 1890)
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1980
John McEwen, Australian lawyer and politician, 18th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1900)
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1983
Marcel Dalio, French actor and playwright (b. 1900)
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1984
Kristian Djurhuus, Faroese politician, 2nd Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (b. 1895)
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1984
Faiz Ahmad Faiz, Pakistani journalist and poet (b. 1911)
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1992
Raul Renter, Estonian economist and chess player (b. 1920)
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1994
Jānis Krūmiņš, Latvian basketball player (b. 1930)
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1995
Sergei Grinkov, Russian figure skater (b. 1967)
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1995
Robie Macauley, American editor, novelist and critic (b. 1919)
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1997
Dick Littlefield, American baseball player (b. 1926)
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1997
Robert Palmer, American saxophonist, producer, and author (b. 1945)
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1998
Galina Starovoytova, Russian ethnographer and politician (b. 1946)
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1999
Amintore Fanfani, Italian journalist and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1908)
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2000
Mike Muuss, American computer programmer, created Ping (b. 1958)
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2000
Kalle Päätalo, Finnish author (b. 1919)
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2003
David Dacko, African educator and politician, 1st President of the Central African Republic (b. 1930)
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2003
Eugene Kleiner, American businessman, co-founded Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (b. 1923)
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2005
Manouchehr Atashi, Iranian journalist and poet (b. 1931)
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2005
Chris Whitley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1960)
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2006
Robert Altman, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1925)
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2006
Zoia Ceaușescu, Romanian mathematician and academic (b. 1950)
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2006
Donald Hamilton, American author (b. 1916)
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2006
Andre Waters, American football player and coach (b. 1962)
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2007
Ian Smith, Rhodesian lieutenant and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Rhodesia (b. 1919)
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2008
Bennie Gonzales, American architect, designed the Heard Museum (b. 1924)
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2008
Sven Inge, Swedish painter (b. 1935)
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2010
Roxana Briban, Romanian soprano and actress (b. 1971)
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2010
Chalmers Johnson, American author and scholar (b. 1931)
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2010
Rob Lytle, American football player (b. 1954)
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2010
Danny McDevitt, American baseball player (b. 1932)
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2012
Kaspars Astašenko, Latvian ice hockey player (b. 1975)
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2012
David C. Copley, American publisher and philanthropist (b. 1952)
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2012
William Grut, Swedish pentathlete (b. 1914)
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2012
David O'Brien Martin, American soldier and politician (b. 1944)
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2013
Peter Griffiths, English lawyer and politician (b. 1928)
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2013
Dieter Hildebrandt, Polish-German actor and screenwriter (b. 1927)
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2013
Frank Lauterbur, American football player and coach (b. 1925)
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2013
Oleg Minko, Ukrainian painter and educator (b. 1938)
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2013
Klaus Praefcke, German chemist and academic (b. 1933)
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2014
Arthur Butterworth, English composer and conductor (b. 1923)
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2014
Ray Farabee, American lawyer and politician (b. 1932)
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2014
Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, 18th Duchess of Alba (b. 1926)
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2014
Jimmy Heung, Hong Kong director and producer (b. 1950)
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2014
Samuel Klein, Polish-Brazilian businessman and philanthropist, founded Casas Bahia (b. 1923)
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2015
Peter Dimmock, English sportscaster and producer (b. 1920)
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2015
Keith Michell, Australian actor (b. 1926)
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2015
Carlos Oroza, Spanish poet (b. 1923)
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2015
Jim Perry, American-Canadian singer and game show host (b. 1933)
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2015
Kitanoumi Toshimitsu, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 55th Yokozuna (b. 1953)
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2016
Konstantinos Stephanopoulos, Greek statesman (b. 1926)
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2016
William Trevor Irish novelist, playwright, and short story writer (b. 1928)
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