April 15 — في هذا اليوم
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الأحداث
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769
The Lateran Council condemned the Council of Hieria and anathematized its iconoclastic rulings.
Lateran Council (769) · Council of Hieria · Anathema · Iconoclasm
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1071
Bari, the last Byzantine possession in southern Italy, is surrendered to Robert Guiscard.
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1395
Timur defeats Tokhtamysh of the Golden Horde at the Battle of the Terek River. The Golden Horde capital city, Sarai, is razed to the ground and Timur installs a puppet ruler on the throne.
Timur · Tokhtamysh · Battle of the Terek River · Sarai (city)
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1450
Battle of Formigny: Toward the end of the Hundred Years' War, the French attack and nearly annihilate English forces, ending English domination in Northern France.
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1632
Battle of Rain: Swedes under Gustavus Adolphus defeat the Holy Roman Empire during the Thirty Years' War.
Battle of Rain · Sweden · Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden · Holy Roman Empire · Thirty Years' War
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1642
Irish Confederate Wars: A Confederate Irish militia is routed in the Battle of Kilrush when it attempts to halt the progress of a Royalist Army.
Irish Confederate Wars · Confederate Ireland · Battle of Kilrush · Royalist
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1715
The Pocotaligo Massacre triggers the start of the Yamasee War in colonial South Carolina.
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1736
Foundation of the Kingdom of Corsica
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1738
Serse, an Italian opera by George Frideric Handel receives its premiere performance in London, England.
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1755
Samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language is published in London.
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1783
Preliminary articles of peace ending the American Revolutionary War (or American War of Independence) are ratified.
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1817
Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet and Laurent Clerc founded the American School for the Deaf, the first American school for deaf students, in Hartford, Connecticut.
Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet · Laurent Clerc · American School for the Deaf · Hartford, Connecticut
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1861
President Abraham Lincoln calls for 75,000 Volunteers to quell the insurrection that soon became the American Civil War.
Abraham Lincoln · President Lincoln's 75,000 Volunteers · American Civil War
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1865
President Abraham Lincoln dies after being shot the previous evening by actor John Wilkes Booth. Vice President Andrew Johnson becomes President upon Lincoln's death.
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1892
The General Electric Company is formed.
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1896
Closing ceremony of the Games of the I Olympiad in Athens, Greece.
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1900
Philippine-American War: Filipino guerrillas launch a surprise attack on U.S. infantry and begin a four-day siege of Catubig, Philippines.
Philippine-American War · Filipino people · Siege of Catubig · Catubig, Northern Samar · Philippines
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1907
Triangle Fraternity is founded at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Triangle Fraternity · University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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1912
The British passenger liner RMS Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic at 2:20 a.m., two hours and forty minutes after hitting an iceberg. Only 710 of 2,227 passengers and crew on board survive.
RMS Titanic · Sinking of the RMS Titanic · Atlantic Ocean · Iceberg
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1920
Two security guards are murdered during a robbery in South Braintree, Massachusetts. Anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti would be convicted of and executed for the crime, amid much controversy.
South Braintree, Massachusetts · Anarchism · Sacco and Vanzetti
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1922
U.S. Senator John B. Kendrick of Wyoming introduces a resolution calling for an investigation of a secret land deal, which leads to the discovery of the Teapot Dome scandal.
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1923
Insulin becomes generally available for use by people with diabetes.
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1924
Rand McNally publishes its first road atlas.
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1936
First day of the Arab revolt in Mandatory Palestine.
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1941
In the Belfast Blitz, two-hundred bombers of the German Luftwaffe attack Belfast, killing around one thousand people.
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1942
The George Cross is awarded "to the island fortress of Malta: Its people and defenders" by King George VI.
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1945
Bergen-Belsen concentration camp is liberated.
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1947
Jackie Robinson debuts for the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking baseball's color line.
Jackie Robinson · History of the Brooklyn Dodgers · Baseball color line
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1955
McDonald's restaurant dates its founding to the opening of a franchised restaurant by Ray Kroc, in Des Plaines, Illinois
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1960
At Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina, Ella Baker leads a conference that results in the creation of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, one of the principal organizations of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s.
Shaw University · Raleigh, North Carolina · Ella Baker · Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee · Civil Rights Movement
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1969
The EC-121 shootdown incident: North Korea shoots down a United States Navy aircraft over the Sea of Japan, killing all 31 on board.
EC-121 shootdown incident · North Korea · United States Navy · Sea of Japan
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1970
During the Cambodian Civil War, massacres of the Vietnamese minority results in 800 bodies flowing down the Mekong river into South Vietnam.
Cambodian Civil War · Vietnamese Cambodians · Mekong · South Vietnam
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1986
The United States launches Operation El Dorado Canyon, its bombing raids against Libyan targets in response to a bombing in West Germany that killed two U.S. servicemen.
Operation El Dorado Canyon · History of Libya under Muammar Gaddafi
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1989
Hillsborough disaster: A human crush occurs at Hillsborough Stadium, home of Sheffield Wednesday, in the FA Cup Semi-final, resulting in the deaths of 96 Liverpool fans.
Hillsborough disaster · Hillsborough Stadium · Sheffield Wednesday F.C. · Liverpool F.C.
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1989
Upon Hu Yaobang's death, the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 begin in China.
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2013
Two bombs explode near the finish line at the Boston Marathon in Boston, Massachusetts, killing three people and injuring 264 others.
Boston Marathon bombings · 2013 Boston Marathon · Boston · Massachusetts
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2014
In the worst massacre of the South Sudanese Civil War, at least 200 civilians were gunned down after seeking refuge in houses of worship as well as hospitals.
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المولدات المشهورة
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68 BC
Gaius Maecenas, Roman politician (d. 8 BC)
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1282
Frederick IV, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1329)
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1367
Henry IV of England (d. 1413)
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1442
John Paston, English noble (d. 1479)
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1452
Leonardo da Vinci, Italian painter, sculptor, and architect (d. 1519)
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1469
Guru Nanak, the first Sikh guru (d. 1539)
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1552
Pietro Cataldi, Italian mathematician and astronomer (d. 1626)
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1563
Guru Arjan Dev, fifth Sikh leader (d. 1606)
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1588
Claudius Salmasius, French author and scholar (d. 1653)
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1592
Francesco Maria Brancaccio, Catholic cardinal (d. 1675)
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1641
Robert Sibbald, Scottish physician and geographer (d. 1722)
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1642
Suleiman II, Ottoman sultan (d. 1691)
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1646
Christian V of Denmark (d. 1699)
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1684
Catherine I of Russia (d. 1727)
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1688
Johann Friedrich Fasch, German violinist and composer (d. 1758)
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1707
Leonhard Euler, Swiss mathematician and physicist (d. 1783)
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1710
William Cullen, Scottish physician and chemist (d. 1790)
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1741
Charles Willson Peale, American painter and soldier (d. 1827)
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1771
Nicolas Chopin, French-Polish educator (d. 1844)
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1772
Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, French biologist and zoologist (d. 1844)
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1793
Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve, German astronomer and academic (d. 1864)
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1800
James Clark Ross, English captain and explorer (d. 1862)
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1808
William Champ, English-Australian politician, 1st Premier of Tasmania (d. 1892)
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1809
Hermann Grassmann, German linguist and mathematician (d. 1877)
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1817
William Crowther, Dutch-Australian politician, 14th Premier of Tasmania (d. 1885)
William Crowther (Australian politician) · Premier of Tasmania
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1828
Jean Danjou, French captain (d. 1863)
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1832
Wilhelm Busch, German poet, painter, and illustrator (d. 1908)
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1841
Joseph E. Seagram, Canadian businessman and politician, founded the Seagram Company Ltd (d. 1919)
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1843
Henry James, American novelist, short writer, and critic (d. 1916)
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1856
Jean Moréas, Greek poet and critic (d. 1910)
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1858
Émile Durkheim, French sociologist, psychologist, and philosopher (d. 1917)
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1861
Bliss Carman, Canadian-British poet and playwright (d. 1929)
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1874
George Harrison Shull, American botanist and geneticist (d. 1954)
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1874
Johannes Stark, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1957)
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1875
James J. Jeffries, American boxer and promoter (d. 1953)
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1877
Georg Kolbe, German sculptor (d. 1947)
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1878
Robert Walser, Swiss author and playwright (d. 1956)
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1879
Melville Henry Cane, American lawyer and poet (d. 1980)
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1883
Stanley Bruce, Australian captain and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1967)
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1885
Tadeusz Kutrzeba, Polish general (d. 1947)
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1886
Nikolay Gumilyov, Russian poet and critic (d. 1921)
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1887
William Forgan Smith, Scottish-Australian politician, 24th Premier of Queensland (d. 1953)
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1888
Maximilian Kronberger, German poet and author (d. 1904)
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1889
Thomas Hart Benton, American painter and educator (d. 1975)
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1889
A. Philip Randolph, American activist (d. 1979)
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1890
Percy Shaw, English businessman, invented the cat's eye (d. 1976)
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1892
Theo Osterkamp, German general and pilot (d. 1975)
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1892
Corrie ten Boom, Dutch-American clocksmith Nazi resister, and author (d. 1983)
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1894
Nikita Khrushchev, Russian general and politician, 7th Premier of the Soviet Union (d. 1971)
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1894
Bessie Smith, African-American singer and actress (d. 1937)
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1895
Clark McConachy, New Zealand snooker player (d. 1980)
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1896
Nikolay Semyonov, Russian physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1986)
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1898
Harry Edward, Guyanese-English sprinter (d. 1973)
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1901
Joe Davis, English snooker player (d. 1978)
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1901
Ajoy Mukherjee, Indian politician, Chief Minister of West Bengal (d. 1986)
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1901
René Pleven, French businessman and politician, Prime Minister of France (d. 1993)
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1902
Fernando Pessa, Portuguese journalist (d. 2002)
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1903
John Williams, English-American actor (d. 1983)
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1904
Arshile Gorky, Armenian-American painter and illustrator (d. 1948)
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1907
Nikolaas Tinbergen, Dutch-English ethologist and ornithologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1988)
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1908
eden ahbez, Scottish-American songwriter and recording artist (d. 1995)
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1908
Lita Grey, American actress (d. 1995)
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1910
Sulo Bärlund, Finnish shot putter (d. 1986)
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1910
Miguel Najdorf, Polish-Argentinian chess player and theoretician (d. 1997)
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1912
William Congdon, American-Italian painter and sculptor (d. 1998)
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1912
Kim Il-sung, North Korean general and politician, 1st Supreme Leader of North Korea (d. 1994)
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1915
Elizabeth Catlett, African-American sculptor and illustrator (d. 2012)
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1916
Alfred S. Bloomingdale, American businessman (d. 1982)
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1916
Helene Hanff, American author and screenwriter (d. 1997)
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1917
Hans Conried, American actor (d. 1982)
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1917
James Kee, American lawyer and politician (d. 1989)
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1918
Hans Billian, German film director, screenwriter, and actor (d. 2007)
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1919
Alberto Breccia, Uruguayan-Argentinian author and illustrator (d. 1993)
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1920
Godfrey Stafford, English-South African physicist and academic (d. 2013)
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1920
Thomas Szasz, Hungarian-American psychiatrist and academic (d. 2012)
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1920
Richard von Weizsäcker, German soldier and politician, 6th President of Germany (d. 2015)
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1921
Georgy Beregovoy, Ukrainian-Russian general, pilot, and astronaut (d. 1995)
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1921
Angelo DiGeorge, American physician and endocrinologist (d. 2009)
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1922
Michael Ansara, Syrian-American actor (d. 2013)
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1922
Hasrat Jaipuri, Indian poet and songwriter (d. 1999)
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1922
Harold Washington, American lawyer and politician, 51st Mayor of Chicago (d. 1987)
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1922
Graham Whitehead, English racing driver (d. 1981)
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1923
Artur Alliksaar, Estonian poet and author (d. 1966)
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1923
Robert DePugh, American activist, founded the Minutemen (an anti-Communist organization) (d. 2009)
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1924
M. Canagaratnam, Sri Lankan politician (d. 1980)
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1924
Neville Marriner, English violinist and conductor (d. 2016)
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1925
George Shuffler, American guitarist (d. 2014)
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1927
Robert Mills, American physicist and academic (d. 1999)
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1929
Gérald Beaudoin, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 2008)
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1929
Adrian Cadbury, English rower and businessman (d. 2015)
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1930
Georges Descrières, French actor (d. 2013)
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1930
Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, Icelandic educator and politician, 4th President of Iceland
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1931
Kenneth Bloomfield, Northern Irish civil servant
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1931
Tomas Tranströmer, Swedish poet, translator, and psychologist Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2015)
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1933
Roy Clark, American musician and television personality
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1933
David Hamilton, English-French photographer and director (d. 2016)
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1933
Elizabeth Montgomery, American actress and producer (d. 1995)
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1935
Stavros Paravas, Greek actor and producer (d. 2008)
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1936
Raymond Poulidor, French cyclist
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1937
Bob Luman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1978)
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1938
Claudia Cardinale, Italian actress
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1938
Hso Khan Pha, Burmese-Canadian geologist and politician (d. 2016)
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1939
Marty Wilde, English singer-songwriter and actor
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1940
Jeffrey Archer, English author, playwright, and politician
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1940
Penelope Coelen, South African actress, model, beauty queen and 1958 Miss World
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1940
Willie Davis, American baseball player and actor (d. 2010)
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1940
Robert Lacroix, Canadian economist and academic
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1941
Howard Berman, American lawyer and politician
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1942
Francis X. DiLorenzo, American bishop
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1942
Walt Hazzard, American basketball player and coach (d. 2011)
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1942
Kenneth Lay, American businessman (d. 2006)
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1942
Tim Lankester, English economist and academic
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1943
Pınar Kür, Turkish author, playwright, and academic
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1943
Robert Lefkowitz, American physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate
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1943
Veronica Linklater, Baroness Linklater, English politician
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1943
Hugh Thompson, Jr., American soldier and pilot (d. 2006)
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1944
Dzhokhar Dudayev, Russian-Chechen general and politician, 1st President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (d. 1996)
Dzhokhar Dudayev · President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria
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1944
Dave Edmunds, Welsh singer, guitarist, and producer
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1946
John Lloyd, Scottish journalist and author
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1946
Pete Rouse, American politician, White House Chief of Staff
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1947
Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, American screenwriter and producer
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1947
Martin Broughton, English businessman
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1947
Lois Chiles, American model and actress
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1947
Jeffrey DeMunn, American actor
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1947
David Omand, English civil servant and academic
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1947
Cristina Husmark Pehrsson, Swedish nurse and politician, Swedish Minister for Social Security
Cristina Husmark Pehrsson · Ministry of Health and Social Affairs (Sweden)
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1947
Woolly Wolstenholme, English singer and keyboard player (d. 2010)
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1948
Christopher Brown, English historian, curator, and academic
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1948
Michael Kamen, American composer and conductor (d. 2003)
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1949
Alla Pugacheva, Russian singer-songwriter and actress
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1949
Craig Zadan, American director, producer, and screenwriter
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1950
Josiane Balasko, French actress, director, and screenwriter
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1950
Amy Wright, American actress
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1950
Karel Kroupa, Czech football player
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1951
Heloise, American journalist and author
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1951
John L. Phillips, American captain and astronaut
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1951
Stuart Prebble, English journalist and producer
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1951
Marsha Ivins, American engineer and astronaut
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1952
Kym Gyngell, Australian actor, comedian, and screenwriter
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1952
Brian Muir, English sculptor and set designer
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1952
Avital Ronell, Czech-American philosopher and academic
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1955
Dodi Fayed, Egyptian film producer (d. 1997)
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1956
Michael Cooper, American basketball player and coach
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1957
Evelyn Ashford, American runner and coach
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1958
Keith Acton, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
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1958
John Bracewell, New Zealand cricketer
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1958
Memos Ioannou, Greek basketball player and coach
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1958
Benjamin Zephaniah, English actor, author, poet, and playwright
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1959
Fruit Chan, Chinese director, producer, and screenwriter
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1959
Kevin Lowe, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager
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1959
Emma Thompson, English actress, comedian, author, activist and screenwriter
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1960
Pierre Aubry, Canadian ice hockey player
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1960
Susanne Bier, Danish director and screenwriter
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1960
Pedro Delgado, Spanish cyclist and sportscaster
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1960
Tony Jones, English snooker player
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1961
Neil Carmichael, English academic and politician
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1961
Carol W. Greider, American molecular biologist
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1961
Dawn Wright, American geographer and oceanographer
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1962
Nawal El Moutawakel, Moroccan athlete and politician
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1962
Tom Kane, American voice actor
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1963
Alex Crawford, Nigerian-South African journalist
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1963
Manzoor Elahi, Pakistani cricketer
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1963
Bobby Pepper, American journalist
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1963
Manoj Prabhakar, Indian cricketer and sportscaster
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1964
Andre Joubert, South African rugby player
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1965
Kevin Stevens, American ice hockey player
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1966
Samantha Fox, English singer-songwriter and actress
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1966
Mott Green, American businessman (d. 2013)
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1967
Frankie Poullain, Scottish bass player and songwriter
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1967
Dara Torres, American swimmer and journalist
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1968
Ben Clarke, English rugby player and coach
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1968
Brahim Lahlafi, Moroccan-French runner
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1968
Ed O'Brien, English guitarist
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1969
Jeromy Burnitz, American baseball player
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1969
Kaisa Roose, Estonian pianist and conductor
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1969
Jimmy Waite, Canadian-German ice hockey player and coach
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1970
Chris Huffins, American decathlete and coach
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1971
Philippe Carbonneau, French rugby player
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1971
Jason Sehorn, American football player
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1971
Josia Thugwane, South African runner
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1971
Karl Turner, English lawyer and politician
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1972
Arturo Gatti, Italian-Canadian boxer (d. 2009)
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1972
Lou Romano, American animator and voice actor
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1974
Kim Min-kyo, South Korean actor and director
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1974
Danny Pino, American actor and screenwriter
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1974
Mike Quinn, American football player
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1974
Douglas Spain, American actor, director, and producer
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1974
Tim Thomas, American ice hockey player
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1975
Sarah Teichmann, German-American biophysicist and immunologist
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1976
Jason Bonsignore, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
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1976
Darius Regelskis, Lithuanian footballer
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1976
Kęstutis Šeštokas, Lithuanian basketball player
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1976
Steve Williams, English rower
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1977
Sudarsan Pattnaik, Indian sculptor
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1977
Brian Pothier, American ice hockey player
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1977
Jamie Wall, English racing driver
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1978
Milton Bradley, American baseball player
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1978
Tim Corcoran, American baseball player
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1978
Luis Fonsi, Puerto Rican-American singer-songwriter and dancer
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1979
David Brand, Australian politician, 19th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1912)
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1980
James Foster, English cricketer
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1980
Raül López, Spanish basketball player
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1980
Willie Mason, New Zealand-Australian rugby league player
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1980
Aida Mollenkamp, American chef and author
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1980
Billy Yates, American football player
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1981
Andrés D'Alessandro, Argentinian footballer
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1982
Michael Aubrey, American baseball player
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1982
Anthony Green, American singer-songwriter
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1982
Seth Rogen, Canadian-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
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1983
Alice Braga, Brazilian actress
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1983
Matt Cardle, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1983
Dudu Cearense, Brazilian footballer
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1983
Andreas Fransson, Swedish skier (d. 2014)
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1983
Ilya Kovalchuk, Russian ice hockey player
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1983
Martin Pedersen, Danish cyclist
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1984
Antonio Cromartie, American football player
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1984
Cam Janssen, American ice hockey player
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1984
Daniel Paille, Canadian ice hockey player
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1985
Ryan Hamilton, Canadian ice hockey player
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1986
Tom Heaton, English footballer
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1986
Sylvain Marveaux, French footballer
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1988
Blake Ayshford, Australian rugby league player
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1988
Steven Defour, Belgian footballer
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1988
Chris Tillman, American baseball pitcher
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1990
Emma Watson, English actress
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1991
Daiki Arioka, Japanese idol, singer, and actor
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1991
Javier Fernández López, Spanish figure skater
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1997
Maisie Williams, English actress
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1999
Denis Shapovalov, Canadian tennis player
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الوفيات المشهورة
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628
Suiko, emperor of Japan (b. 554)
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943
Liu Bin, emperor of Southern Han (b. 920)
- 956
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1053
Godwin, Earl of Wessex (b. 1001)
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1136
Richard Fitz Gilbert de Clare (b. 1094)
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1220
Adolf of Altena, German archbishop (b. 1157)
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1237
Richard Poore, English ecclesiastic
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1415
Manuel Chrysoloras, Greek philosopher and translator (b. 1355)
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1446
Filippo Brunelleschi, Italian sculptor and architect (b. 1377)
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1502
John IV of Chalon-Arlay, Prince of Orange (b. 1443)
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1558
Roxelana, wife of Suleiman the Magnificent (b. c. 1500)
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1610
Robert Persons, English Jesuit priest, insurrectionist, and author (b. 1546)
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1632
George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore, English politician, English Secretary of State (b. 1580)
George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore · Secretary of State (England)
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1652
Patriarch Joseph of Moscow, Russian patriarch
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1659
Simon Dach, German poet and hymnwriter (b. 1605)
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1719
Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon, French wife of Louis XIV of France (b. 1635)
Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon · Louis XIV of France
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1754
Jacopo Riccati, Italian mathematician and academic (b. 1676)
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1761
Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll, Scottish lawyer and politician, Lord President of the Court of Session (b. 1682)
Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll · Lord President of the Court of Session
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1761
William Oldys, English historian and author (b. 1696)
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1764
Peder Horrebow, Danish astronomer and mathematician (b. 1679)
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1765
Mikhail Lomonosov, Russian chemist and physicist (b. 1711)
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1788
Giuseppe Bonno, Austrian composer (b. 1711)
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1793
Ignacije Szentmartony, Croatian priest, mathematician, and astronomer (b. 1718)
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1854
Arthur Aikin, English chemist and mineralogist (b. 1773)
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1861
Sylvester Jordan, Austrian-German lawyer and politician (b. 1792)
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1865
Abraham Lincoln, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 16th President of the United States (b. 1809)
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1888
Matthew Arnold, English poet and critic (b. 1822)
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1889
Father Damien, Belgian priest and saint (b. 1840)
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1898
Te Keepa Te Rangihiwinui, New Zealand commander and politician
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1912
Victims of the RMS Titanic disaster Thomas Andrews, Irish businessman and shipbuilder (b. 1873) John Jacob Astor IV, American colonel, businessman, and author (b. 1864) Archibald Butt, American general and journalist (b. 1865) Jacques Futrelle, American journalist and author (b. 1875) Benjamin Guggenheim, American businessman (b. 1865) Henry B. Harris, American producer and manager (b. 1866) Wallace Hartley, English violinist and bandleader (b. 1878) James Paul Moody, English sailor and sixth officer (b. 1887) William McMaster Murdoch, Scottish sailor and first officer (b. 1873) Jack Phillips, English telegraphist (b. 1887) Edward Smith, English captain (b. 1850) William Thomas Stead, English journalist (b. 1849) Ida Straus, German-American businesswoman (b. 1849) Isidor Straus, German-American businessman and politician (b. 1845) John Thayer, American cricketer (b. 1862) Henry Tingle Wilde, English chief officer (b. 1872)
Sinking of the RMS Titanic · Thomas Andrews (shipbuilder) · John Jacob Astor IV · Archibald Butt · Jacques Futrelle
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1917
János Murkovics, Slovene author, poet, and educator (b. 1839)
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1927
Gaston Leroux, French journalist and author (b. 1868)
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1938
César Vallejo, Peruvian journalist, poet, and playwright (b. 1892)
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1942
Robert Musil, Austrian-Swiss author and playwright (b. 1880)
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1943
Aristarkh Lentulov, Russian painter and set designer (b. 1882)
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1944
Nikolai Fyodorovich Vatutin, Russian general (b. 1901)
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1945
Hermann Florstedt, German SS officer (b. 1895)
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1948
Radola Gajda, Montenegrin-Czech general and politician (b. 1892)
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1949
Wallace Beery, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1885)
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1962
Clara Blandick, American actress (b. 1880)
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1962
Arsenio Lacson, Filipino journalist and politician, Mayor of Manila (b. 1912)
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1963
Edward Greeves, Jr., Australian footballer (b. 1903)
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1966
Habibullah Bahar Chowdhury, Bengali politician, writer, journalist, first health minister of East Pakistan
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1967
Totò, Italian comedian (b. 1898)
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1971
Gurgen Boryan, Armenian poet and playwright (b. 1915)
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1971
Friedebert Tuglas, Estonian author and critic (b. 1886)
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1980
Raymond Bailey, American actor and soldier (b. 1904)
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1980
Jean-Paul Sartre, French philosopher and author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1905)
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1984
Tommy Cooper, Welsh comedian and magician (b. 1921)
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1986
Jean Genet, French novelist, poet, and playwright (b. 1910)
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1988
Kenneth Williams, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1926)
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1989
Hu Yaobang, Chinese soldier and politician (b. 1915)
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1990
Greta Garbo, Swedish-American actress (b. 1905)
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1993
Leslie Charteris, English author and screenwriter (b. 1907)
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1993
John Tuzo Wilson, Canadian geophysicist and geologist (b. 1908)
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1998
William Congdon, American-Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1912)
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1998
Pol Pot, Cambodian general and politician, 29th Prime Minister of Cambodia (b. 1925)
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1999
Harvey Postlethwaite, English engineer (b. 1944)
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2000
Edward Gorey, American poet and illustrator (b. 1925)
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2001
Joey Ramone, American singer-songwriter (b. 1951)
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2002
Damon Knight, American author and critic (b. 1922)
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2002
Byron White, American football player, lawyer, and jurist, 4th United States Deputy Attorney General (b. 1917)
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2004
Mitsuteru Yokoyama, Japanese illustrator (b. 1934)
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2007
Brant Parker, American illustrator (b. 1920)
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2008
Krister Stendahl, Swedish bishop, theologian, and scholar (b. 1921)
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2009
Clement Freud, German-English journalist, academic, and politician (b. 1924)
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2009
László Tisza, Hungarian-American physicist and academic (b. 1907)
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2009
Salih Neftçi, Turkish economist and author (b. 1947)
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2010
Jack Herer, American author and activist (b. 1939)
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2010
Michael Pataki, American actor and director (b. 1938)
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2011
Vittorio Arrigoni, Italian journalist, author, and activist (b. 1975)
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2012
Paul Bogart, American director and producer (b. 1919)
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2012
Dwayne Schintzius, American basketball player (b. 1968)
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2013
Benjamin Fain, Ukrainian-Israeli physicist and academic (b. 1930)
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2013
Richard LeParmentier, American-English actor and screenwriter (b. 1946)
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2013
Jean-François Paillard, French conductor (b. 1928)
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2014
John Houbolt, American engineer and academic (b. 1919)
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2014
Eliseo Verón, Argentinian sociologist and academic (b. 1935)
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2015
Jonathan Crombie, Canadian-American actor and screenwriter (b. 1966)
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2015
Surya Bahadur Thapa, Nepalese politician, 24th Prime Minister of Nepal (b. 1928)
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2017
Clifton James, American actor (b. 1920)
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2017
Emma Morano, Italian supercentenarian, last person verified born in the 19th century (b. 1899)
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