February 18 — في هذا اليوم
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الأحداث
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1229
The Sixth Crusade: Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor signs a ten-year truce with al-Kamil, regaining Jerusalem, Nazareth, and Bethlehem with neither military engagements nor support from the papacy.
Sixth Crusade · Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor · Truce · Al-Kamil · Jerusalem
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1268
The Livonian Order is defeated by Dovmont of Pskov in the Battle of Rakvere.
Livonian Order · Daumantas of Pskov · Pskov · Battle of Wesenberg (1268)
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1332
Amda Seyon I, Emperor of Ethiopia begins his campaigns in the southern Muslim provinces.
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1478
George, Duke of Clarence, convicted of treason against his older brother Edward IV of England, is executed in private at the Tower of London.
George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence · Treason · Edward IV of England · Execution (legal) · Tower of London
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1637
Eighty Years' War: Off the coast of Cornwall, England, a Spanish fleet intercepts an important Anglo-Dutch merchant convoy of 44 vessels escorted by six warships, destroying or capturing 20 of them.
Eighty Years' War · Cornwall · Spanish Empire · Battle off Lizard Point · Kingdom of England
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1745
The city of Surakarta, Central Java is founded on the banks of Bengawan Solo River, and becomes the capital of the Sunanate of Surakarta Hadiningrat.
Surakarta · Central Java · Solo River · Sunanate of Surakarta
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1766
A mutiny by captive Malagasy begins at sea on the slave ship Meermin, leading to the ship's destruction on Cape Agulhas in present-day South Africa and the recapture of the instigators.
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1781
Fourth Anglo-Dutch War: Captain Thomas Shirley opens his expedition against Dutch colonial outposts on the Gold Coast of Africa (present-day Ghana).
Fourth Anglo-Dutch War · Shirley's Gold Coast expedition · Dutch Gold Coast · Gold Coast (British colony) · Ghana
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1791
Congress passes a law admitting the state of Vermont to the Union, effective 4 March, after that state had existed for 14 years as a de facto independent largely unrecognized state.
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1797
French Revolutionary Wars: Sir Ralph Abercromby and a fleet of 18 British warships invade Trinidad.
French Revolutionary Wars · Ralph Abercromby · Kingdom of Great Britain · Invasion of Trinidad (1797) · Trinidad
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1814
Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Montereau.
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1861
In Montgomery, Alabama, Jefferson Davis is inaugurated as the provisional President of the Confederate States of America.
Montgomery, Alabama · Jefferson Davis · Confederate States of America
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1861
With Italian unification almost complete, Victor Emmanuel II of Piedmont, Savoy and Sardinia assumes the title of King of Italy.
Italian unification · Victor Emmanuel II of Italy · Piedmont · Savoy · Sardinia
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1865
American Civil War: Union forces under Major General William T. Sherman set the South Carolina State House on fire during the burning of Columbia.
American Civil War · Union Army · Major General · William T. Sherman · South Carolina State House
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1873
Bulgarian revolutionary leader Vasil Levski is executed by hanging in Sofia by the Ottoman authorities.
Bulgaria · Vasil Levski · Hanging · Sofia · Ottoman Empire
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1878
John Tunstall is murdered by outlaw Jesse Evans, sparking the Lincoln County War in Lincoln County, New Mexico.
John Tunstall · Outlaw · Jesse Evans · Lincoln County War · Lincoln County, New Mexico
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1885
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is published in the United States.
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1900
Second Boer War: Imperial forces suffer their worst single-day loss of life on Bloody Sunday, the first day of the Battle of Paardeberg.
Second Boer War · Bloody Sunday (1900) · Battle of Paardeberg
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1906
Édouard de Laveleye forms the Belgian Olympic Committee in Brussels.
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1911
The first official flight with airmail takes place from Allahabad, United Provinces, British India (now India), when Henri Pequet, a 23-year-old pilot, delivers 6,500 letters to Naini, about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) away.
Airmail · Allahabad · United Provinces of Agra and Oudh · British India · Henri Pequet
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1930
While studying photographs taken in January, Clyde Tombaugh discovers Pluto.
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1930
Elm Farm Ollie becomes the first cow to fly in a fixed-wing aircraft and also the first cow to be milked in an aircraft.
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1932
The Empire of Japan declares a puppet state of Manzhouguo (the obsolete Chinese name for Manchuria) independent from the Republic of China and installed former Chinese Emperor Aisin Gioro Puyi as Chief Executive of the State.
Empire of Japan · Manzhouguo · Manchuria · Republic of China (1912-49) · Emperor of China
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1938
Second Sino-Japanese War: During the Nanking Massacre the Nanking Safety Zone International Committee is renamed "Nanking International Rescue Committee" and the safety zone in place for refugees falls apart.
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1942
World War II: The Imperial Japanese Army begins the systematic extermination of perceived hostile elements among the Chinese in Singapore.
World War II · Imperial Japanese Army · Sook Ching · Chinese in Singapore
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1943
World War II: The Nazis arrest the members of the White Rose movement.
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1943
World War II: Joseph Goebbels delivers his Sportpalast speech.
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1946
Sailors of the Royal Indian Navy mutiny in Bombay harbour, from where the action spreads throughout the Provinces of British India, involving 78 ships, twenty shore establishments and 20,000 sailors
Royal Indian Navy mutiny · Mumbai · Presidencies and provinces of British India
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1947
First Indochina War: The French gain complete control of Hanoi after forcing the Viet Minh to withdraw to mountains.
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1954
The first Church of Scientology is established in Los Angeles.
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1955
Operation Teapot: Teapot test shot "Wasp" is successfully detonated at the Nevada Test Site with a yield of 1.2 kilotons. Wasp is the first of fourteen shots in the Teapot series.
Operation Teapot · Nevada Test Site · Effects of nuclear explosions
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1957
Kenyan rebel leader Dedan Kimathi is executed by the British colonial government.
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1957
Walter James Bolton becomes the last person legally executed in New Zealand.
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1965
The Gambia becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
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1970
The Chicago Seven are found not guilty of conspiring to incite riots at the 1968 Democratic National Convention.
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1972
The California Supreme Court in the case of People v. Anderson, (6 Cal.3d 628) invalidates the state's death penalty and commutes the sentences of all death row inmates to life imprisonment.
California Supreme Court · People v. Anderson · Capital punishment · Death row
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1977
The Space Shuttle Enterprise test vehicle is carried on its maiden "flight" on top of a Boeing 747.
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1983
Thirteen people die and one is seriously injured in the Wah Mee massacre in Seattle. It is said to be the largest robbery-motivated mass-murder in U.S. history.
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1991
The IRA explodes bombs in the early morning at Paddington station and Victoria station in London.
Provisional Irish Republican Army · Paddington station · London Victoria station
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2001
FBI agent Robert Hanssen is arrested for spying for the Soviet Union. He is ultimately convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment.
Federal Bureau of Investigation · Robert Hanssen · Soviet Union
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2001
Seven-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Dale Earnhardt dies in an accident during the Daytona 500.
NASCAR · Sprint Cup Series · Dale Earnhardt · Death of Dale Earnhardt · Daytona 500
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2001
Sampit conflict: Inter-ethnic violence between Dayaks and Madurese breaks out in Sampit, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, ultimately resulting in more than 500 deaths and 100,000 Madurese displaced from their homes.
Sampit conflict · Dayak people · Madura Island · Sampit · Central Kalimantan
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2003
Nearly 200 people die in the Daegu subway fire in South Korea.
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2004
Up to 295 people, including nearly 200 rescue workers, die near Nishapur, Iran when a runaway freight train carrying sulfur, petrol and fertilizer catches fire and explodes.
Nishapur · Sulfur · Petrol · Fertilizer · Nishapur train disaster
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2007
WikiLeaks publishes the first of hundreds of thousands of classified documents disclosed by the soldier now known as Chelsea Manning.
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2013
Armed robbers steal a haul of diamonds worth $50 million during a raid at Brussels Airport in Belgium.
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2014
At least 76 people are killed and hundreds are injured in clashes between riot police and demonstrators in Kiev, Ukraine.
المولدات المشهورة
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259 BC
Qin Shi Huang, Chinese emperor (d. 210 BC)
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1201
Nasir al-Din al-Tusi, Persian scientist and writer (d. 1274)
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1372
Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani, Egyptian jurist and scholar (d. 1448)
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1486
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Indian monk and saint (d. 1534)
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1516
Mary I of England (d. 1558)
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1530
Uesugi Kenshin, Japanese daimyo (d. 1578)
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1543
Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1608)
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1547
Bahāʾ al-dīn al-ʿĀmilī, founder of Isfahan School of Islamic Philosophy (d. 1621)
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1559
Isaac Casaubon, Swiss philologist and scholar (d. 1614)
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1589
Henry Vane the Elder, English politician (d. 1655)
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1589
Maarten Gerritsz Vries, Dutch explorer (d. 1646)
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1602
Per Brahe the Younger, Swedish soldier and politician, Governor-General of Finland (d. 1680)
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1609
Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, English historian and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (d. 1674)
Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon · Chancellor of the Exchequer
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1626
Francesco Redi, Italian physician (d. 1697)
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1632
Giovanni Battista Vitali, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1692)
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1642
Marie Champmeslé, French actress (d. 1698)
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1658
Charles-Irénée Castel de Saint-Pierre, French philosopher and author (d. 1743)
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1732
Johann Christian Kittel, German organist and composer (d. 1809)
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1745
Alessandro Volta, Italian physicist, invented the battery (d. 1827)
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1814
Samuel Fenton Cary, American lawyer and politician (d. 1900)
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1817
Lewis Armistead, American general (d. 1863)
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1838
Ernst Mach, Austrian physicist and philosopher (d. 1916)
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1846
Wilson Barrett, English actor, playwright, and manager (d. 1904)
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1848
Louis Comfort Tiffany, American stained glass artist (d. 1933)
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1849
Alexander Kielland, Norwegian author, playwright, and politician (d. 1906)
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1850
George Henschel, German-English singer-songwriter, pianist, and conductor (d. 1934)
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1855
Jean Jules Jusserand, French historian, author, and diplomat, French Ambassador to the United States (d. 1932)
Jean Jules Jusserand · List of French ambassadors to the United States
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1860
Anders Zorn, Swedish artist (d. 1920)
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1862
Charles M. Schwab, American businessman, co-founded Bethlehem Steel (d. 1939)
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1870
William Laurel Harris, American painter and author (d. 1924)
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1871
Harry Brearley, English inventor (d. 1948)
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1883
Nikos Kazantzakis, Greek philosopher, author, and playwright (d. 1957)
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1885
Henri Laurens, French sculptor and illustrator (d. 1954)
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1893
Maksim Haretski, Belarusian prose writer, journalist and activist (d. 1938)
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1890
Edward Arnold, American actor (d. 1956)
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1890
Adolphe Menjou, American actor (d. 1963)
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1892
Wendell Willkie, American captain, lawyer, and politician (d. 1944)
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1898
Enzo Ferrari, Italian race car driver and businessman, founded Ferrari (d. 1988)
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1898
Luis Muñoz Marín, Puerto Rican poet and politician, 1st Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (d. 1980)
Luis Muñoz Marín · Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
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1899
Arthur Bryant, English historian and journalist (d. 1985)
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1903
Nikolai Podgorny, Ukrainian engineer and politician (d. 1983)
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1905
Queenie Leonard, English actress (d. 2002)
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1906
Hans Asperger, Austrian pediatrician and academic (d. 1980)
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1909
Wallace Stegner, American novelist, short story writer, and essayist (d. 1993)
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1914
Pee Wee King, American singer-songwriter and fiddler (d. 2000)
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1915
Phyllis Calvert, English actress (d. 2002)
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1916
Jean Drapeau, Canadian lawyer and politician, 37th Mayor of Montreal (d. 1999)
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1919
Jack Palance, American boxer and actor (d. 2006)
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1920
Bill Cullen, American game show panelist and host (d. 1990)
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1920
Rolande Falcinelli, French organist, pianist, composer, and pedagogue. (d. 2006)
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1921
Mary Amdur, American toxicologist and public health researcher (d. 1998)
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1921
Oscar Feltsman, Ukrainian-Russian pianist and composer (d. 2013)
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1922
Eric Gairy, Grenadan politician, 1st Prime Minister of Grenada (d. 1997)
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1922
Helen Gurley Brown, American journalist and author (d. 2012)
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1922
Allan Melvin, American actor (d. 2008)
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1922
Joe Tipton, American baseball player and soldier (d. 1994)
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1922
Connie Wisniewski, American baseball player (d. 1995)
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1925
George Kennedy, American actor (d. 2016)
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1925
Halit Kıvanç, Turkish journalist and sportscaster
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1926
A. R. Ammons, American poet and critic (d. 2001)
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1926
Wallace Berman, American painter and illustrator (d. 1976)
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1926
Len Ford, American football player (d. 1972)
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1927
Luis Arroyo, Puerto Rican-American baseball player, manager, and scout (d. 2016)
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1927
Fazal Mahmood, Pakistani cricketer (d. 2005)
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1927
John Warner, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 61st United States Secretary of the Navy
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1928
Rex Mossop, Australian rugby player and sportscaster (d. 2011)
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1929
Len Deighton, English historian and author
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1929
André Mathieu, Canadian pianist and composer (d. 1968)
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1931
Johnny Hart, American cartoonist, co-created The Wizard of Id (d. 2007)
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1931
Toni Morrison, American novelist and editor, Nobel Prize laureate
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1931
Swraj Paul, Baron Paul, Indian-English businessman and philanthropist
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1931
Bob St. Clair, American football player (d. 2015)
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1932
Miloš Forman, Czech-American actor, director, and screenwriter
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1933
Yoko Ono, Japanese-American singer-songwriter
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1933
Bobby Robson, English footballer and manager (d. 2009)
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1933
Mary Ure, Scottish-English actress (d. 1975)
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1934
Skip Battin, American singer-songwriter and bass player (d. 2003)
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1934
Audre Lorde, American poet, essayist, memoirist, and activist (d. 1992)
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1934
Paco Rabanne, Spanish-French fashion designer
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1936
Jean M. Auel, American author
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1938
Peter Dimond, Australian rugby league player
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1938
Manny Mota, Dominican baseball player, coach, and sportscaster
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1938
Sadanoyama Shinmatsu, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 50th Yokozuna
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1938
István Szabó, Hungarian director and screenwriter
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1939
Claude Ake, Nigerian political scientist and academic (d. 1996)
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1939
Bobby Hart, American singer-songwriter
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1939
Marlos Nobre, Brazilian composer
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1940
Fabrizio De André, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1999)
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1941
Herman Santiago, Puerto Rican-American singer-songwriter
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1941
Irma Thomas, American singer
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1943
Graeme Garden, Scottish comedian, actor, and author
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1944
Pat Bowlen, American businessman
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1945
Judy Rankin, American golfer and sportscaster
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1946
Michael Buerk, English journalist
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1947
Dennis DeYoung, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player
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1947
Eliot Engel, American educator and politician
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1948
Sinéad Cusack, Irish actress
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1948
Bruce Francis, Australian cricketer
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1948
Keith Knudsen, American singer-songwriter and drummer (d. 2005)
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1949
Gary Ridgway, American criminal, Green River Killer
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1950
Cristina Ferrare, American model, actress, author, and television host
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1950
John Hughes, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2009)
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1950
Cybill Shepherd, American actress and singer
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1951
Queen Komal of Nepal
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1951
Isabel Preysler, Filipino-Spanish journalist
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1952
Randy Crawford, American jazz and R&B singer
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1952
Maurice Lucas, American basketball player and coach (d. 2010)
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1952
Juice Newton, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1952
Bernard Valcourt, Canadian lawyer and politician
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1953
Robbie Bachman, Canadian rock drummer
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1953
Derek Pellicci, English-Australian drummer
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1954
Charlie Fowler, American mountaineer, author, and photographer (d. 2006)
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1954
Paul Rendall, English rugby player
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1954
John Travolta, American actor and producer
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1955
Cheetah Chrome, American musician
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1955
Miles Tredinnick, English singer-songwriter and playwright
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1956
Ted Gärdestad, Swedish singer-songwriter (d. 1997)
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1956
Bidzina Ivanishvili, Georgian businessman and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Georgia
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1957
Marita Koch, German sprinter
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1957
Vanna White, American model and game show host
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1959
Jayne Atkinson, English-American actress
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1959
James Metzger, American businessman and philanthropist
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1960
Andy Moog, Canadian ice hockey player
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1960
Greta Scacchi, Italian-Australian actress
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1963
Rob Andrew, English rugby player and cricketer
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1964
Matt Dillon, American actor and director
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1964
Paul Hanley, English drummer and songwriter
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1965
Dr. Dre, American rapper, producer, and actor
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1966
Phillip DeFreitas, Dominican-English cricketer
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1967
Roberto Baggio, Italian footballer
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1967
Colin Jackson, Welsh sprinter and hurdler
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1967
John Valentin, American baseball player and coach
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1968
Molly Ringwald, American actress
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1969
Tomaž Humar, Slovenian mountaineer (d. 2009)
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1969
Alexander Mogilny, Russian-American ice hockey player
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1970
Susan Egan, American actress and singer
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1970
James H. Fowler, American political scientist and author
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1970
Raine Maida, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
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1971
Thomas Bjorn, Danish golfer
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1971
Merritt Gant, American guitarist
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1972
Fabian Picardo, Gibraltarian lawyer and politician, 7th Chief Minister of Gibraltar
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1973
Shawn Estes, American baseball player and sportscaster
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1973
Claude Makélélé, French footballer and manager
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1974
Carrie Ann Baade, American painter and academic
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1974
Jamey Carroll, American baseball player
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1974
Radek Černý, Czech footballer
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1974
Ruby Dhalla, Canadian chiropractor and politician
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1974
Julia Butterfly Hill, American environmentalist and author
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1974
Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Russian tennis player
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1974
Jillian Michaels, American fitness trainer and author
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1975
Gary Neville, English footballer and coach
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1976
Leilani Munter, American race car driver and environmentalist
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1976
Chanda Rubin, American tennis player
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1976
Bernadette Sembrano, Filipino journalist
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1977
Ike Barinholtz, American actor and comedian
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1977
Sean Watkins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1977
Chrissie Wellington, English triathlete
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1978
Josip Šimunić, Croatian footballer
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1979
Tinu Yohannan, Indian cricketer
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1980
Aivar Anniste, Estonian footballer
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1980
Nik Antropov, Kazakhstani-Canadian ice hockey player
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1980
Regina Spektor, Russian-American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
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1981
Andrei Kirilenko, Russian basketball player
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1981
Alex Ríos, American baseball player
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1981
Ivan Sproule, Northern Irish footballer
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1981
Larry Sweeney, American wrestler and manager (d. 2011)
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1982
Juelz Santana, American rapper and actor
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1982
Christian Tiffert, German footballer
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1983
Jermaine Jenas, English footballer
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1983
Jason Maxiell, American basketball player
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1984
Carlos Kameni, Cameroonian footballer
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1985
Anton Ferdinand, English footballer
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1985
Lee Boyd Malvo, Jamaican-American murderer
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1985
Jos van Emden, Dutch cyclist
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1986
Robert DeLong, American singer-songwriter
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1986
Marc Torrejón, Spanish footballer
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1987
Cristian Tănase, Romanian footballer
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1988
Changmin, South Korean singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor
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1990
Didi Gregorius, Dutch baseball player
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1990
Cody Hodgson, Canadian ice hockey player
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1991
Sebastian Neumann, German footballer
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1991
Henry Surtees, English race car driver (d. 2009)
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1994
Jake Trbojevic, Australian rugby league player
الوفيات المشهورة
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675
Colmán, bishop of Lindisfarne
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814
Angilbert, Frankish monk and diplomat (b. 760)
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901
Thābit ibn Qurra, Iraqi physician, astronomer, and mathematician (b. 826)
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999
Pope Gregory V (b. 972)
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1139
Yaropolk II of Kiev (b. 1082)
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1218
Berthold V, Duke of Zähringen (b. 1160)
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1225
Hugh Bigod, 3rd Earl of Norfolk (b. 1186)
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1294
Kublai Khan, Mongol emperor (b. 1215)
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1379
Albert II, Duke of Mecklenburg (b. 1318)
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1397
Enguerrand VII, Lord of Coucy (b. 1340)
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1405
Timur, Mongol ruler (b. 1336)
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1455
Fra Angelico, Italian priest and painter (b. 1395)
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1478
George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence (b. 1449)
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1502
Hedwig Jagiellon, Duchess of Bavaria (b. 1457)
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1535
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, German magician, astrologer, and theologian (b. 1486)
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1546
Martin Luther, German priest and theologian, leader of the Protestant Reformation (b. 1483)
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1564
Michelangelo, Italian sculptor and painter (b. 1475)
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1654
Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac, French author (b. 1594)
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1683
Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem, Dutch painter (b. 1620)
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1695
Sir William Phips, governor of Massachusetts (b. 1650)
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1712
Louis, Dauphin of France, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1682)
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1748
Otto Ferdinand von Abensberg und Traun, Austrian field marshal (b. 1677)
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1772
Count Johann Hartwig Ernst von Bernstorff, Danish politician (b. 1712)
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1778
Joseph Marie Terray, French economist and politician, Controller-General of Finances (b. 1715)
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1780
Kristijonas Donelaitis, Lithuanian pastor and poet (b. 1714)
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1788
John Whitehurst, English geologist and clockmaker (b. 1713)
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1803
Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim, German poet and educator (b. 1719)
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1851
Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi, German mathematician and academic (b. 1804)
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1873
Vasil Levski, Bulgarian activist, founded the Internal Revolutionary Organization (b. 1837)
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1880
Nikolay Zinin, Russian organic chemist (b. 1812)
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1893
Serranus Clinton Hastings, American lawyer and politician, 1st Chief Justice of California (b. 1814)
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1902
Charles Lewis Tiffany, American businessman, founded Tiffany & Co. (b. 1812)
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1906
John Batterson Stetson, American businessman, founded the John B. Stetson Company (b. 1830)
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1910
Lucy Stanton, American activist (b. 1831)
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1911
Billy Murdoch, Australian cricketer (b. 1854)
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1915
Frank James, American soldier and criminal (b. 1843)
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1923
Alois Rašín, Czech economist and politician (b. 1867)
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1931
Milan Šufflay, Croatian historian, author, and politician (b. 1879)
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1931
Louis Wolheim, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1880)
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1933
James J. Corbett, American boxer and actor (b. 1866)
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1938
David King Udall, American missionary and politician (b. 1851)
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1942
Albert Payson Terhune, American journalist and author (b. 1872)
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1945
Ivan Chernyakhovsky, Russian general (b. 1906)
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1956
Gustave Charpentier, French composer (b. 1860)
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1957
Dedan Kimathi, Kenyan rebel leader (b. 1920)
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1957
Henry Norris Russell, American astronomer, astrophysicist, and academic (b. 1877)
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1964
Joseph-Armand Bombardier, Canadian inventor and businessman, founded Bombardier Inc. (b. 1907)
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1966
Robert Rossen, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1908)
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1967
J. Robert Oppenheimer, American physicist and academic (b. 1904)
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1969
Dragiša Cvetković, Serbian lawyer and politician, 17th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (b. 1893)
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1973
Frank Costello, Italian-American gangster (b. 1891)
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1976
Wallace Berman, American painter and illustrator (b. 1926)
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1977
Andy Devine, American actor (b. 1905)
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1978
Maggie McNamara, American actress (b. 1928)
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1981
Jack Northrop, American engineer and businessman, founded the Northrop Corporation (b. 1895)
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1982
Ngaio Marsh, New Zealand author (b. 1895)
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1989
Mildred Burke, American wrestler and trainer (b. 1915)
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1990
Richard de Zoysa, Sri Lankan journalist (b. 1958)
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1993
Jacqueline Hill, English actress (b. 1929)
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1995
Eddie Gilbert, American wrestler (b. 1961)
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1995
Bob Stinson, American guitarist (b. 1959)
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1997
Emily Hahn, American journalist and author (b. 1905)
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1998
Harry Caray, American sportscaster (b. 1914)
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2001
Balthus, Polish-Swiss painter and illustrator (b. 1908)
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2001
Dale Earnhardt, American stock car racer and team owner
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2001
Eddie Mathews, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1931)
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2003
Isser Harel, Belarusian-Israeli intelligence officer (b. 1912)
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2006
Bill Cowsill, American singer and guitarist (b. 1948)
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2008
Alain Robbe-Grillet, French director, screenwriter, and novelist (b. 1922)
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2009
Tayeb Salih, Sudanese journalist and author (b. 1929)
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2009
Miika Tenkula, Finnish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1974)
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2010
John Babcock, Canadian soldier (b. 1900)
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2012
George Brizan, Grenadian politician, 9th Prime Minister of Grenada (b. 1942)
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2012
Elizabeth Connell, South African-English soprano (b. 1946)
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2013
Kevin Ayers, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1944)
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2013
Jerry Buss, American chemist and businessman (b. 1933)
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2014
Mavis Gallant, Canadian-French author and playwright (b. 1922)
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2014
Kristof Goddaert, Belgian cyclist (b. 1986)
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2014
Nikhil Baran Sengupta, Indian art director and production designer (b. 1943)
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2014
Maria Franziska von Trapp, Austrian-American singer (b. 1914)
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2015
Cass Ballenger, American lawyer and politician (b. 1926)
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2015
Jerome Kersey, American basketball player and coach (b. 1962)
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2016
Abdul Rashid Khan, Indian singer-songwriter (b. 1908)
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2016
Pantelis Pantelidis, Greek singer (b. 1983)
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2017
Clyde Stubblefield, American drummer (b. 1943)
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2017
Norma McCorvey, American abortion rights activist; Plaintiff, Roe vs. Wade (b. 1947)