November 23 — في هذا اليوم
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الأحداث
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534 BC
Thespis of Icaria becomes the first recorded actor to portray a character onstage.
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1248
Conquest of Seville by Christian troops under King Ferdinand III of Castile.
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1499
Pretender to the throne Perkin Warbeck is hanged for reportedly attempting to escape from the Tower of London. He had invaded England in 1497, claiming to be the lost son of King Edward IV of England.
Perkin Warbeck · Tower of London · 1497 · Edward IV of England
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1510
First campaign of the Ottoman Empire against the Kingdom of Imereti (modern western Georgia). Ottoman armies sack the capital Kutaisi and burn Gelati Monastery.
Ottoman Empire · Kingdom of Imereti · Kutaisi · Gelati Monastery
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1531
The Second War of Kappel results in the dissolution of the Protestant alliance in Switzerland.
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1644
John Milton publishes Areopagitica, a pamphlet decrying censorship.
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1733
The start of the 1733 slave insurrection on St. John in what was then the Danish West Indies.
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1808
French and Poles defeat the Spanish at Battle of Tudela.
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1810
Sarah Booth debuts at the Royal Opera House.
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1863
American Civil War: Battle of Chattanooga begins: Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant reinforce troops at Chattanooga, Tennessee, and counter-attack Confederate troops.
American Civil War · Third Battle of Chattanooga · United States · Ulysses S. Grant · Chattanooga, Tennessee
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1867
The Manchester Martyrs are hanged in Manchester, England, for killing a police officer while freeing two Irish nationalists from custody.
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1876
Corrupt Tammany Hall leader William Magear Tweed (better known as Boss Tweed) is delivered to authorities in New York City after being captured in Spain.
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1889
The first jukebox goes into operation at the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco.
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1890
King William III of the Netherlands dies without a male heir and a special law is passed to allow his daughter Princess Wilhelmina to succeed him.
William III of the Netherlands · Wilhelmina of the Netherlands
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1910
Johan Alfred Ander becomes the last person to be executed in Sweden.
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1914
Mexican Revolution: The last of U.S. forces withdraw from Veracruz, occupied seven months earlier in response to the Tampico Affair.
Mexican Revolution · United States occupation of Veracruz · Tampico Affair
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1918
Heber J. Grant succeeds Joseph F. Smith as the seventh president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Heber J. Grant · Joseph F. Smith · President of the Church (LDS Church) · The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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1924
Edwin Hubble's discovery, that the Andromeda "nebula" is actually another island galaxy far outside of our own Milky Way, is first published in The New York Times.
Edwin Hubble · Andromeda Galaxy · Galaxy · Milky Way · The New York Times
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1934
An Anglo-Ethiopian boundary commission in the Ogaden discovers an Italian garrison at Walwal, well within Ethiopian territory. This leads to the Abyssinia Crisis.
Ogaden · Walwal · Ethiopia · Abyssinia Crisis
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1936
Life magazine is reborn as a photo magazine and enjoys instant success.
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1939
World War II: HMS Rawalpindi is sunk by the German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau.
World War II · HMS Rawalpindi · Battleship · German battleship Scharnhorst · German battleship Gneisenau
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1940
World War II: Romania becomes a signatory of the Tripartite Pact, officially joining the Axis powers.
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1943
World War II: The Deutsche Opernhaus on Bismarckstraße in the Berlin neighborhood of Charlottenburg is destroyed. It will eventually be rebuilt in 1961 and be called the Deutsche Oper Berlin.
Deutsche Opernhaus · Charlottenburg · 1961 · Deutsche Oper Berlin
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1943
World War II: Tarawa and Makin atolls fall to American forces.
Tarawa · Makin Atoll · Atolls
- 1946
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1953
Pilot Felix Moncla and Lieutenant Robert Wilson disappear while in pursuit of a mysterious craft over Lake Superior.
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1955
The Cocos Islands are transferred from the control of the United Kingdom to that of Australia.
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1959
French President Charles de Gaulle declares in a speech in Strasbourg his vision for "Europe, from the Atlantic to the Urals".
President of France · Charles de Gaulle · Strasbourg · European integration
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1963
The BBC broadcasts the first episode of An Unearthly Child (starring William Hartnell), the first story from the first series of Doctor Who, which is now the world's longest running science fiction drama.
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1971
Representatives of the People's Republic of China attend the United Nations, including the United Nations Security Council, for the first time.
China and the United Nations · United Nations · United Nations Security Council
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1972
The Soviet Union makes its final attempt at successfully launching the N1 rocket.
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1974
Sixty Ethiopian politicians, aristocrats, military officers, and other persons are executed by the provisional military government.
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1976
Apneist Jacques Mayol is the first man to reach a depth of 100 m undersea without breathing equipment.
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1978
Cyclone kills about 1000 people in eastern Sri Lanka.
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1978
The Geneva Frequency Plan of 1975 goes into effect, realigning many of Europe's longwave and mediumwave broadcasting frequencies.
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1980
The 6.9 Mw Irpinia earthquake shakes southern Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), killing 2,483-4,900, and injuring 7,700-8,934.
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1981
Iran-Contra affair: Ronald Reagan signs the top secret National Security Decision Directive 17 (NSDD-17), giving the Central Intelligence Agency the authority to recruit and support Contra rebels in Nicaragua.
Iran-Contra affair · Ronald Reagan · Central Intelligence Agency · Contras · Nicaragua
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1985
Gunmen hijack EgyptAir Flight 648 en route from Athens to Cairo. When the plane lands in Malta, Egyptian commandos storm the aircraft, but 60 people die in the raid.
Aircraft hijacking · EgyptAir Flight 648 · Athens · Cairo · Malta
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1992
The first smartphone, the IBM Simon, is introduced at COMDEX in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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1993
Rachel Whiteread wins both the £20,000 Turner Prize award for best British modern artist and the £40,000 K Foundation art award for the worst artist of the year.
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1996
Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 is hijacked, then crashes into the Indian Ocean off the coast of Comoros after running out of fuel, killing 125.
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2001
The Convention on Cybercrime is signed in Budapest, Hungary.
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2003
Rose Revolution: Georgian president Eduard Shevardnadze resigns following weeks of mass protests over flawed elections.
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2004
The Holy Trinity Cathedral of Tbilisi, the largest religious building in Georgia, is consecrated.
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2005
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is elected president of Liberia and becomes the first woman to lead an African country.
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf · Liberian general election, 2005 · President of Liberia
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2006
A series of bombings kills at least 215 people and injures 257 others in Sadr City, making it the second deadliest sectarian attack since the beginning of the Iraq War in 2003.
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2007
MS Explorer, a cruise liner carrying 154 people, sinks in the Antarctic Ocean south of Argentina after hitting an iceberg near the South Shetland Islands. There are no fatalities.
MS Explorer (1969) · Argentina · Iceberg · South Shetland Islands
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2009
The Maguindanao massacre occurs in Ampatuan, Maguindanao, Philippines.
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2010
Bombardment of Yeonpyeong: North Korean artillery attack kills two civilians and two marines on Yeonpyeong Island, South Korea.
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2011
Arab Spring: After 11 months of protests in Yemen, Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh signs a deal to transfer power to the vice president, in exchange for legal immunity.
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2015
Blue Origin's New Shepard space vehicle became the first rocket to successfully fly to space and then return to Earth for a controlled, vertical landing.
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المولدات المشهورة
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870
Alexander, Byzantine emperor (d. 913)
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912
Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 973)
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1190
Pope Clement IV (d. 1268)
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1221
Alfonso X of Castile (d. 1284)
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1402
Jean de Dunois, French soldier (d. 1468)
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1417
William FitzAlan, 16th Earl of Arundel, English politician (d. 1487)
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1496
Clément Marot, French poet (d. 1544)
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1508
Francis, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, youngest son of Henry the Middle (d. 1549)
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1553
Prospero Alpini, Italian physician and botanist (d. 1617)
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1616
John Wallis, English mathematician (d. 1703)
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1632
Jean Mabillon, French monk and scholar (d. 1707)
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1641
Anthonie Heinsius, Dutch lawyer and politician (d. 1720)
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1687
Jean Baptiste Senaillé, French violinist and composer (d. 1730)
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1705
Thomas Birch, English historian and author (d. 1766)
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1715
Pierre Charles Le Monnier, French astronomer and author (d. 1799)
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1719
Spranger Barry, Irish actor (d. 1777)
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1749
Edward Rutledge, American captain and politician, 39th Governor of South Carolina (d. 1800)
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1760
François-Noël Babeuf, French journalist and activist (d. 1797)
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1781
Theodor Valentin Volkmar, German lawyer and politician, 1st Mayor of Marburg (d. 1847)
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1785
Jan Roothaan, Dutch priest, 21st Superior-General of the Society of Jesus (d. 1853)
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1803
Theodore Dwight Weld, American author and activist (d. 1895)
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1804
Franklin Pierce, American general, lawyer, and politician, 14th President of the United States (d. 1869)
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1820
Isaac Todhunter, English mathematician and author (d. 1884)
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1837
Johannes Diderik van der Waals, Dutch physicist and thermodynamicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1923)
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1838
Stephanos Skouloudis, Greek banker and politician, 97th Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1928)
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1858
Albert Ranft, Swedish actor and director (d. 1938)
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1860
Hjalmar Branting, Swedish journalist and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Sweden, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1925)
Hjalmar Branting · Prime Minister of Sweden · Nobel Peace Prize
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1864
Henry Bourne Joy, American businessman (d. 1936)
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1868
Mary Brewster Hazelton, American painter (d. 1953)
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1869
Valdemar Poulsen, Danish engineer (d. 1942)
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1871
William Watt, Australian accountant and politician, 24th Premier of Victoria (d. 1946)
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1875
Anatoly Lunacharsky, Russian journalist and politician (d. 1933)
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1876
Manuel de Falla, Spanish pianist and composer (d. 1946)
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1878
Frank Pick, English lawyer and businessman (d. 1941)
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1883
José Clemente Orozco, Mexican painter (d. 1949)
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1886
Eduards Smiļģis, Latvian actor and director (d. 1966)
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1887
Boris Karloff, English actor (d. 1969)
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1887
Henry Moseley, English physicist and chemist (d. 1915)
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1888
Harpo Marx, American actor and singer (d. 1964)
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1889
Harry Sunderland, Australian-English journalist and businessman (d. 1964)
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1890
El Lissitzky, Russian photographer and architect (d. 1941)
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1892
Erté, Russian-French illustrator and designer (d. 1990)
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1896
Klement Gottwald, Czechoslovak politician, President of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic (d. 1953)
Klement Gottwald · List of Presidents of Czechoslovakia · Czechoslovak Socialist Republic
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1896
Tsunenohana Kan'ichi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 31st Yokozuna (d. 1960)
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1897
Nirad C. Chaudhuri, Bangladeshi−English historian, author, and critic (d. 1999)
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1897
Karl Gebhardt, German physician and war criminal (d. 1948)
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1899
Manuel dos Reis Machado, Brazilian martial artist and educator (d. 1974)
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1902
Aaron Bank, American colonel (d. 2004)
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1902
Victor Jory, Canadian-American actor (d. 1982)
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1905
K. Alvapillai, Sri Lankan civil servant (d. 1979)
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1906
Betti Alver, Estonian author and poet (d. 1989)
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1907
Lars Leksell, Swedish physician and neurosurgeon (d. 1986)
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1907
Run Run Shaw, Chinese-Hong Kong businessman and philanthropist, founded Shaw Brothers Studio and TVB (d. 2014)
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1908
Nelson S. Bond, American author and playwright (d. 2006)
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1909
Nigel Tranter, Scottish historian and author (d. 2000)
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1912
George O'Hanlon, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1989)
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1914
Donald Nixon, American businessman (d. 1987)
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1914
Wilson Tucker, American projectionist and author (d. 2006)
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1915
John Dehner, American actor (d. 1992)
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1915
Marc Simont, French-American illustrator (d. 2013)
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1915
Anne Burns, British aeronautical engineer and glider pilot (d. 2001)
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1916
Michael Gough, Malaysian-English actor (d. 2011)
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1916
P. K. Page, English-Canadian author and poet (d. 2010)
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1920
Paul Celan, Romanian-French poet and translator (d. 1970)
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1921
Fred Buscaglione, Italian singer and actor (d. 1960)
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1922
Manuel Fraga Iribarne, Spanish politician, 3rd President of the Xunta of Galicia (d. 2012)
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1922
Võ Văn Kiệt, Vietnamese soldier and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Vietnam (d. 2008)
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1923
Daniel Brewster, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (d. 2007)
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1923
Billy Haughton, American harness racer and trainer (d. 1986)
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1923
Julien J. LeBourgeois, American admiral (d. 2012)
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1923
Gloria Whelan, American author and poet
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1924
Irvin J. Borowsky, American publisher and philanthropist (d. 2014)
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1924
Josephine D'Angelo, American baseball player and educator (d. 2013)
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1924
Paula Raymond, American model and actress (d. 2003)
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1924
Colin Turnbull, English-American anthropologist and author (d. 1994)
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1925
José Napoleón Duarte, Salvadoran engineer and politician, President of El Salvador (d. 1990)
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1925
Johnny Mandel, American composer and conductor
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1925
Elaine Horseman, English author and educator (d. 1999)
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1926
Sathya Sai Baba, Indian guru and philosopher (d. 2011)
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1926
R. L. Burnside, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2005)
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1927
John Cole, Irish-English journalist and author (d. 2013)
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1927
Guy Davenport, American author and scholar (d. 2005)
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1927
Angelo Sodano, Italian cardinal
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1928
Jerry Bock, American composer (d. 2010)
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1928
John Coleman, Australian rules footballer and coach (d. 1973)
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1928
Elmarie Wendel, American actress and singer
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1929
Hal Lindsey, American evangelist and author
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1929
Gloria Lynne, American singer (d. 2013)
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1930
Geeta Dutt, Indian singer and actress (d. 1972)
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1930
Robert Easton, American actor (d. 2011)
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1930
Jack McKeon, American baseball player and manager
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1932
Michel David-Weill, French-American banker
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1932
Kunie Tanaka, Japanese actor
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1933
Krzysztof Penderecki, Polish composer and conductor
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1933
Ali Shariati, Iranian sociologist and activist (d. 1977)
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1934
Lew Hoad, Australian tennis player (d. 1994)
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1934
Robert Towne, American actor, director, and screenwriter
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1935
Ken Eastwood, Australian cricketer
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1935
Vladislav Volkov, Russian engineer and astronaut (d. 1971)
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1936
Robert Barnard, English author, critic, and educator (d. 2013)
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1936
Steve Landesberg, American actor and screenwriter (d. 2010)
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1936
Mats Traat, Estonian poet and author
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1937
Graham Hearne, English lawyer and businessman
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1938
Patrick Kelly, English archbishop
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1939
Betty Everett, American singer and pianist (d. 2001)
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1940
Luis Tiant, Cuban-American baseball player and coach
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1941
Alan Mullery, English footballer and manager
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1941
Franco Nero, Italian actor and producer
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1942
Susan Anspach, American actress
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1943
Andrew Goodman, American activist (d. 1964)
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1943
Sue Nicholls, English actress
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1943
David Nolan, American activist and politician (d. 2010)
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1943
Petar Skansi, Croatian basketball player and coach
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1944
Joe Eszterhas, Hungarian-American screenwriter and producer
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1944
Peter Lindbergh, German-French photographer and director
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1944
James Toback, American actor, director, and screenwriter
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1945
Assi Dayan, Israeli actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2014)
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1945
Jim Doyle, American lawyer and politician, 44th Governor of Wisconsin
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1945
Keith Hampshire, English-Canadian singer-songwriter and radio host
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1945
Jerry Harris, American sculptor
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1945
Dennis Nilsen, Scottish serial killer
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1945
Tony Pond, English race car driver (d. 2002)
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1946
Giorgos Koudas, Greek footballer and manager
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1946
Diana Quick, English actress
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1946
Bobby Rush, American activist and politician
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1947
Jean-Pierre Foucault, French radio and television host
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1948
Bruce Vilanch, American actor and screenwriter
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1948
Frank Worthington, English footballer and manager
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1949
Alan Paul, American singer-songwriter and actor
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1949
Sandra Stevens, English singer (Brotherhood of Man)
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1950
Nrisingha Prasad Bhaduri, Indian indologist, author, and academic
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1950
Carlos Eire, Cuban-born American author and academic
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1950
Charles Schumer, American lawyer and politician
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1951
Maik Galakos, Greek footballer and manager
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1952
Bill Troiano, American tuba player and educator
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1953
Rick Bayless, American chef and author
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1953
Francis Cabrel, French singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1953
Johan de Meij, Dutch trombonist, composer, and conductor
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1953
Martin Kent, Australian cricketer
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1953
Volodymyr Sabodan, Ukrainian metropolitan (d. 2014)
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1954
Pete Allen, English clarinet player and saxophonist
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1954
Glenn Brummer, American baseball player
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1954
Bruce Hornsby, American singer-songwriter and pianist
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1954
Aavo Pikkuus, Estonian cyclist
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1955
Steven Brust, American singer-songwriter, drummer, and author (Cats Laughing)
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1955
Ludovico Einaudi, Italian pianist and composer
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1955
Dinos Kouis, Greek footballer and coach
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1955
Mary Landrieu, American politician
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1956
Bruce Edgar, New Zealand cricketer
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1956
Shane Gould, Australian swimmer and coach
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1958
Martin Snedden, New Zealand cricketer and lawyer
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1959
Maxwell Caulfield, English-American actor
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1960
Robin Roberts, American sportscaster and journalist
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1961
Keith Ablow, American psychiatrist and author
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1961
Nicolas Bacri, French composer
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1961
Merv Hughes, Australian cricketer
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1961
John Schnatter, American businessman, founded Papa John's Pizza
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1961
Peter Stanford, English journalist and author
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1962
Lance King, American singer-songwriter and producer
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1962
Nicolás Maduro, Venezuelan union leader and politician, President of Venezuela
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1963
Gwynne Shotwell, American businesswoman, President and Chief Operating Officer of SpaceX
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1964
Frank Rutherford, Bahamian triple jumper
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1965
Jennifer Michael Hecht, American historian, author, and poet
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1966
Vincent Cassel, French actor and producer
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1966
Kevin Gallacher, Scottish footballer and sportscaster
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1966
Jerry Kelly, American golfer
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1967
Gary Kirsten, South African cricketer and coach
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1967
Salli Richardson, American actress, director, and producer
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1968
Robert Denmark, English runner and coach
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1968
Hamid Hassani, Iranian lexicographer, linguist, and academic
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1968
Anthony Sullivan, English rugby league and union player
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1968
Kirsty Young, Scottish journalist
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1969
Olivier Beretta, Monégasque racing driver
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1969
Mike Lünsmann, German footballer
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1969
Robin Padilla, Filipino actor, martial artist, and screenwriter
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1969
Jonathan Seet, Singaporean-Canadian singer-songwriter and producer
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1970
Zoë Ball, English radio and television host
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1970
Oded Fehr, Israeli-American actor
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1970
Danny Hoch, American actor and screenwriter
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1970
Karsten Müller, German chess player and author
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1971
Khaled Al-Muwallid, Saudi Arabian footballer
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1971
Lisa Arch, American actress
-
1971
Vin Baker, American basketball player and coach
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1971
Chris Hardwick, American comedian, actor, producer, and television host
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1974
Juventud Guerrera, Mexican wrestler and sportscaster
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1974
Saku Koivu, Finnish ice hockey player
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1974
Malik Rose, American basketball player and sportscaster
-
1974
Jamie Sharper, American football player
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1976
Cüneyt Çakır, Turkish footballer and referee
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1976
Page Kennedy, American actor and rapper
-
1976
Tony Renna, American race car driver (d. 2003)
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1976
Murat Salar, German-Turkish footballer and manager
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1976
Kohei Suwama, Japanese wrestler
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1977
Myriam Boileau, Canadian diver
-
1977
Adam Eaton, American baseball player
-
1977
David Lucas, English footballer
-
1978
Ali Güneş, German-Turkish footballer
-
1978
Tommy Marth, American saxophonist (d. 2012)
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1978
Alison Mosshart, American singer-songwriter
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1978
Kayvan Novak, English actor, director, and screenwriter
-
1979
Kelly Brook, English model and actress
-
1979
Nihat Kahveci, Turkish footballer and manager
-
1980
Ishmael Beah, Sierra Leonean child soldier and American author
-
1980
David Britz, American nanotechnologist and engineer
-
1980
Jonathan Papelbon, American baseball player
-
1982
Colby Armstrong, Canadian ice hockey player
-
1982
Dallas Johnson, Australian rugby league player
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1982
Igor Kuzmin, Estonian rower
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1982
Asafa Powell, Jamaican sprinter
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1983
Nasser Al-Shamrani, Saudi Arabian footballer
-
1983
Fatih Yiğituşağı, Turkish footballer
-
1983
Kevin Clancy, Scottish football referee
-
1984
Amruta Khanvilkar, Indian actress and dancer
-
1985
Viktor Ahn, South Korean speed skater
-
1985
Mike Tolbert, American football player
-
1987
Nicklas Bäckström, Swedish ice hockey player
-
1987
Ossi Kanervo, Finnish figure skater
-
1988
Sebastian Nachreiner, German footballer
-
1990
Shaun Hutchinson, English footballer
-
1990
Eddy Kim, South Korean singer-songwriter and guitarist
-
1990
Alena Leonova, Russian figure skater
-
1991
Ahmed Shehzad, Pakistani cricketer
-
1992
Miley Cyrus, American singer-songwriter and actress
-
1992
Gabriel Landeskog, Swedish ice hockey player
-
1994
Wes Burns, Welsh footballer
-
1995
Kelly Rosen, Estonian footballer
-
1996
Anna Yanovskaya, Russian ice dancer
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الوفيات المشهورة
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386
Jin Feidi, emperor of the Jin Dynasty (b. 342)
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947
Berthold, Duke of Bavaria (b. 900)
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955
Eadred, English king (b. 923)
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1161
Adam, Abbot of Ebrach
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1183
William Fitz Robert, 2nd Earl of Gloucester (b. 1116)
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1407
Louis I, Duke of Orléans (b. 1372)
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1457
Ladislaus the Posthumous, Hungarian king (b. 1440)
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1464
Blessed Margaret of Savoy (b. 1390)
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1499
Perkin Warbeck, pretender to the English throne (b. c. 1474)
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1503
Bona of Savoy (b. 1449)
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1503
Margaret of York (b. 1446)
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1572
Bronzino, Italian painter and poet (b. 1503)
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1585
Thomas Tallis, English composer (b. c.1505)
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1616
Richard Hakluyt, English priest and author (b. 1552)
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1682
Claude Lorrain, French-Italian painter and engraver (b. 1604)
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1763
Friedrich Heinrich von Seckendorff, German field marshal and diplomat (b. 1673)
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1769
Constantine Mavrocordatos, Greek prince (b. 1711)
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1803
Roger Newdigate, English politician (b. 1719)
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1804
Richard Graves, English minister and author (b. 1715)
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1804
Ivan Mane Jarnović, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1747)
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1807
Jean-François Rewbell, French lawyer and politician (b. 1747)
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1814
Elbridge Gerry, American merchant and politician, 5th Vice President of the United States of America (b. 1744)
Elbridge Gerry · Vice President of the United States of America
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1833
Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, French general and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1762)
Jean-Baptiste Jourdan · Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs (France)
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1890
William III of the Netherlands (b. 1817)
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1899
Thomas Henry Ismay, English businessman, founded White Star Line (b. 1837)
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1905
John Burdon-Sanderson, English physiologist and academic (b. 1828)
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1910
Hawley Harvey Crippen, American physician and murderer (b. 1862)
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1927
Miguel Pro, Mexican priest and martyr (b. 1891)
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1934
Giovanni Brunero, Italian cyclist (b. 1895)
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1937
Jagadish Chandra Bose, Bangladeshi-Indian physicist, biologist, botanist, and archaeologist (b. 1858)
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1937
George Albert Boulenger, Belgian-English zoologist and botanist (b. 1858)
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1937
Miklós Kovács Hungarian-Slovene cantor and poet (b. 1857)
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1948
Hack Wilson, American baseball player (b. 1900)
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1958
Nikolaos Georgantas, Greek discus thrower (b. 1880)
-
1958
Johnston McCulley, American author and screenwriter (b. 1883)
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1966
Seán T. O'Kelly, Irish politician, 2nd President of Ireland (b. 1882)
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1970
Yusof bin Ishak, Singaporean journalist and politician, 1st President of Singapore (b. 1910)
-
1972
Marie Wilson, American actress (b. 1916)
-
1973
Sessue Hayakawa, Japanese actor, director, and producer (b. 1889)
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1974
notable victims of the Massacre of the Sixty: Abiye Abebe, Ethiopian general and politician (b. 1918) Aman Andom, Ethiopian general and politician, President of Ethiopia (b. 1924) Aklilu Habte-Wold, Ethiopian politician, Prime Minister of Ethiopia (b. 1912) Asrate Kassa, Ethiopian commander (b. 1922) Endelkachew Makonnen, Ethiopian politician, Prime Minister of Ethiopia (b. 1927)
Massacre of the Sixty · Abiye Abebe · Aman Andom · List of Presidents of Ethiopia · Aklilu Habte-Wold
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1974
Cornelius Ryan, Irish-American journalist and author (b. 1920)
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1976
André Malraux, French theorist and author (b. 1901)
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1979
Merle Oberon, Indian-American actress and singer (b. 1911)
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1979
Judee Sill, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1944)
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1982
Grady Nutt, American minister and author (b. 1934)
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1983
Juhan Muks, Estonian painter (b. 1899)
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1983
Waheed Murad, Pakistani actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1938)
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1984
Leonard Baker, American historian and author (b. 1931)
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1990
Roald Dahl, British novelist, poet, and screenwriter (b. 1916)
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1990
Bo Díaz, Venezuelan baseball player (b. 1953)
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1991
Klaus Kinski, German-American actor and director (b. 1926)
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1992
Roy Acuff, American singer-songwriter and fiddler (b. 1903)
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1992
Jean-François Thiriart, Belgian politician (b. 1922)
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1994
Art Barr, American wrestler (b. 1966)
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1994
Irwin Kostal, American songwriter, screenwriter, and publisher (b. 1911)
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1995
Louis Malle, French-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1932)
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1995
Junior Walker, American singer and saxophonist (b. 1931)
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1996
Mohamed Amin, Kenyan photographer and journalist (b. 1943)
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1996
Art Porter, Jr., American saxophonist and songwriter (b. 1961)
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1997
Jorge Mas Canosa, Cuban-American businessman (b. 1939)
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2000
Brian Rawlinson, English actor and playwright (b. 1931)
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2001
Bo Belinsky, American baseball player (b. 1936)
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2001
Mary Whitehouse, English educator and activist (b. 1910)
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2002
Roberto Matta, Chilean-Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1911)
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2004
Pete Franklin, American radio host (b. 1928)
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2005
Constance Cummings, American-English actress (b. 1910)
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2005
Frank Gatski, American football player and soldier (b. 1919)
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2006
Jesús Blancornelas, Mexican journalist, co-founded Zeta Magazine (b. 1936)
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2006
Nick Clarke, English journalist (b. 1948)
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2006
Betty Comden, American actress, singer, and screenwriter (b. 1917)
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2006
Alexander Litvinenko, Russian spy and defector (b. 1962)
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2006
Philippe Noiret, French actor (b. 1930)
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2006
Anita O'Day, American singer (b. 1919)
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2006
Willie Pep, American boxer and referee (b. 1922)
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2007
Joe Kennedy, American baseball player (b. 1979)
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2007
Óscar Carmelo Sánchez, Bolivian footballer and manager (b. 1971)
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2007
Robert Vesco, American-Cuban financier (b. 1935)
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2007
Pat Walsh, New Zealand rugby union player (b. 1936)
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2009
José Arraño Acevedo, Chilean journalist and historian (b. 1921)
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2010
Nassos Daphnis, Greek-American painter and sculptor (b. 1914)
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2010
Joyce Howard, English-American actress (b. 1922)
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2011
Jim Rathmann, American race car driver (b. 1928)
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2012
José Luis Borau, Spanish actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1929)
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2012
Chuck Diering, American baseball player (b. 1923)
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2012
Larry Hagman, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1931)
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2012
Diana Isaac, English-New Zealand businesswoman and philanthropist (b. 1921)
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2013
Connie Broden, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1932)
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2013
Jay Leggett, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1963)
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2013
Peter B. Lewis, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1933)
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2013
Wayne Mills, American singer-songwriter (b. 1969)
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2013
Costanzo Preve, Italian philosopher and theorist (b. 1943)
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2014
Marion Barry, American lawyer and politician, 2nd Mayor of the District of Columbia (b. 1936)
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2014
Dorothy Cheney, American tennis player (b. 1916)
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2014
Metropolitan Mikhail of Asyut (b. 1921)
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2014
Murray Oliver, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1937)
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2014
Clive Palmer, English banjo player (b. 1943)
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2014
Pat Quinn, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1943)
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2015
Jamiluddin Aali, Pakistani poet, playwright, and critic (b. 1925)
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2015
Manmeet Bhullar, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1980)
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2015
Dan Fante, American author and playwright (b. 1944)
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2015
Douglass North, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1920)
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2015
Jim Sochor, American football player and coach (b. 1938)
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2016
Rita Barberá Nolla, Spanish politician (b. 1948)
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2016
Ralph Branca, American baseball player (b. 1926)
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2016
Andrew Sachs, German-born British actor (b. 1930)
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