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الأحداث
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254
Pope Stephen I succeeds Pope Lucius I as the 23rd pope.
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907
Zhu Wen forces Emperor Ai into abdicating, ending the Tang dynasty after nearly three hundred years of rule.
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1191
Richard I of England marries Berengaria of Navarre who is crowned Queen consort of England the same day.
Richard I of England · Berengaria of Navarre · List of English consorts
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1328
Antipope Nicholas V, a claimant to the papacy, is consecrated in Rome by the Bishop of Venice.
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1364
Jagiellonian University, the oldest university in Poland, is founded in Kraków, Poland.
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1510
The Prince of Anhua rebellion begins when Zhu Zhifan kills all the officials invited to a banquet and declares his intent on ousting the powerful Ming dynasty eunuch Liu Jin during the reign of the Zhengde Emperor.
Prince of Anhua rebellion · Zhu Zhifan · Ming dynasty · Liu Jin · Zhengde Emperor
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1551
National University of San Marcos, the oldest university in the Americas, is founded in Lima, Peru.
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1588
French Wars of Religion: Henry III of France flees Paris after Henry I, Duke of Guise enters the city and a spontaneous uprising occurs.
French Wars of Religion · Henry III of France · Henry I, Duke of Guise · Day of the Barricades
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1593
London playwright Thomas Kyd is arrested and tortured by the Privy Council for libel.
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1619
Dutch statesman Johan van Oldenbarnevelt is sentenced to death for high treason.
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1689
King William's War: William III of England joins the League of Augsburg starting a war with France.
King William's War · William III of England · League of Augsburg
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1743
Maria Theresa of Austria is crowned Queen of Bohemia after defeating her rival, Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor.
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1780
American Revolutionary War: In the largest defeat of the Continental Army, Charleston, South Carolina is taken by British forces.
American Revolutionary War · Continental Army · Charleston, South Carolina · Siege of Charleston
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1784
The Treaty of Paris signed on September 3, 1783, takes effect on this date.
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1797
War of the First Coalition: Napoleon I of France conquers Venice.
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1821
The first major battle of the Greek War of Independence against the Turks is fought in Valtetsi.
Greek War of Independence · Ottoman Empire · Battle of Valtetsi · Valtetsi
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1846
The Donner Party of pioneers departs Independence, Missouri for California, on what will become a year-long journey of hardship and cannibalism.
Donner Party · Settler · Independence, Missouri · California · Cannibalism
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1862
American Civil War: U.S. federal troops occupy Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
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1863
American Civil War: Battle of Raymond: Two divisions of James B. McPherson's XVII Corps turn the left wing of Confederate General John C. Pemberton's defensive line on Fourteen Mile Creek, opening up the interior of Mississippi to the Union Army during the Vicksburg Campaign.
American Civil War · Battle of Raymond · James B. McPherson · XVII Corps (Union Army) · Confederate States of America
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1864
American Civil War: The Battle of Spotsylvania Court House: Thousands of Union and Confederate soldiers die in "the Bloody Angle".
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1865
American Civil War: The Battle of Palmito Ranch: The first day of the last major land action to take place during the Civil War, resulting in a Confederate victory.
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1870
The Manitoba Act is given the Royal Assent, paving the way for Manitoba to become a province of Canada on July 15.
Manitoba Act · Royal Assent · Manitoba · Province of Canada · July 15
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1881
In North Africa, Tunisia becomes a French protectorate.
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1885
North-West Rebellion: The four-day Battle of Batoche, pitting rebel Métis against the Canadian government, comes to an end with a decisive rebel defeat.
North-West Rebellion · Battle of Batoche · Métis people (Canada)
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1888
In Southeast Asia, the North Borneo Chartered Company's territories become the British protectorate of North Borneo.
North Borneo Chartered Company · British protectorate · North Borneo
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1926
The Italian-built airship Norge becomes the first vessel to fly over the North Pole.
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1932
Ten weeks after his abduction, the infant son of Charles Lindbergh, Charles Jr., is found dead in Hopewell, New Jersey, just a few miles from the Lindberghs' home.
Lindbergh kidnapping · Charles Lindbergh · Hopewell, New Jersey
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1933
The Agricultural Adjustment Act is enacted to restrict agricultural production by paying farmers subsidies.
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1937
The Duke and Duchess of York are crowned as King George VI and Queen Elizabeth of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Westminster Abbey.
George VI · Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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1941
Konrad Zuse presents the Z3, the world's first working programmable, fully automatic computer, in Berlin.
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1942
World War II: Second Battle of Kharkov: In eastern Ukraine, Red Army forces under Marshal Semyon Timoshenko launch a major offensive from the Izium bridgehead, only to be encircled and destroyed by the troops of Army Group South two weeks later.
World War II · Second Battle of Kharkov · Ukraine · Red Army · Semyon Timoshenko
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1942
World War II: The U.S. tanker SS Virginia is torpedoed in the mouth of the Mississippi River by the German submarine U-507.
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1948
Wilhelmina, Queen regnant of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, cedes the throne.
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1949
The Soviet Union lifts its blockade of Berlin.
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1949
The western occupying powers approve the Basic Law for the new German state: the Federal Republic of Germany.
Allied-occupied Germany · Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany · West Germany
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1965
The Soviet spacecraft Luna 5 crashes on the Moon.
Spacecraft · Luna 5 · Moon
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1968
Vietnam War: North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces attack Australian troops defending Fire Support Base Coral.
Vietnam War · People's Army of Vietnam · Viet Cong · 1st Australian Task Force
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1978
In Zaire, rebels occupy the city of Kolwezi, the mining center of the province of Shaba (now known as Katanga); the local government asks the US, France and Belgium to restore order.
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1981
Francis Hughes, Provisional IRA hunger striker, dies in the Maze Prison, Northern Ireland.
Francis Hughes · Provisional IRA · Hunger striker · Maze Prison · Northern Ireland
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1982
During a procession outside the shrine of the Virgin Mary in Fátima, Portugal, security guards overpower Juan María Fernández y Krohn before he can attack Pope John Paul II with a bayonet.
Virgin Mary · Fátima, Portugal · Juan María Fernández y Krohn · Pope John Paul II · Bayonet
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1989
The San Bernardino train disaster kills four people. A week later an underground gasoline pipeline explodes killing two more people.
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1998
Four students are shot at Trisakti University, leading to widespread riots and the fall of Suharto.
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2002
Former US President Jimmy Carter arrives in Cuba for a five-day visit with Fidel Castro, becoming the first President of the United States, in or out of office, to visit the island since Castro's 1959 revolution.
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2003
The Riyadh compound bombings, carried out by al-Qaeda, kill 26 people.
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2006
Mass unrest by the Primeiro Comando da Capital begins in São Paulo (Brazil), leaving at least 150 dead.
May 2006 São Paulo violence · Primeiro Comando da Capital · São Paulo
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2006
Iranian Azeris interpret a cartoon published in an Iranian magazine as insulting, resulting in massive riots throughout the country.
Iranian Azeris · Cartoon · Iran · Iran newspaper cockroach cartoon controversy
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2008
An earthquake (measuring around 8.0 magnitude) occurs in Sichuan, China, killing over 69,000 people.
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2008
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducts the largest-ever raid of a workplace in Postville, Iowa, arresting nearly 400 immigrants for identity theft and document fraud.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · Postville Raid · Postville, Iowa · Immigration to the United States · Identity theft
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2015
A train derailment in Philadelphia kills eight people and injures more than 200.
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2015
Massive Nepal earthquake kills 218 people and injures more than 3500.
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2017
A ransomware attack attacks over 400 thousand computers worldwide, targeting computers of the UK'S National Health Services and Telefónica computers.
المولدات المشهورة
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1325
Rupert II, Elector Palatine (d. 1398)
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1401
Emperor Shōkō of Japan (d. 1428)
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1479
Pompeo Colonna, Catholic cardinal (d. 1532)
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1496
Gustav I of Sweden (d. 1560)
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1590
Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1621)
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1606
Joachim von Sandrart, German art-historian and painter (d. 1688)
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1622
Louis de Buade de Frontenac, French-Canadian soldier and politician, 3rd Governor General of New France (d. 1698)
Louis de Buade de Frontenac · Governor General of New France
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1626
Louis Hennepin, Flemish priest and missionary (d. 1705)
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1670
Augustus II the Strong, Polish king (d. 1733)
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1700
Luigi Vanvitelli, Italian architect and engineer, designed the Palace of Caserta and Royal Palace of Milan (d. 1773)
Luigi Vanvitelli · Palace of Caserta · Royal Palace of Milan
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1725
Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (d. 1785)
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1739
Johann Baptist Wanhal, Czech-Austrian organist and composer (d. 1813)
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1754
Franz Anton Hoffmeister, German composer and publisher (d. 1812)
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1755
Giovanni Battista Viotti, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1824)
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1767
Manuel Godoy, Spanish field marshal and politician, Prime Minister of Spain (d. 1851)
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1774
Ellis Cunliffe Lister, English politician (d. 1853)
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1777
Mary Reibey, Australian businesswoman (d. 1855)
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1803
Justus von Liebig, German chemist and academic (d. 1873)
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1804
Robert Baldwin, Canadian lawyer and politician, 3rd Premier of West Canada (d. 1858)
Robert Baldwin · List of Joint Premiers of the Province of Canada
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1806
Johan Vilhelm Snellman, Finnish philosopher and politician (d. 1881)
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1812
Edward Lear, English poet and illustrator (d. 1888)
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1814
Adolf von Henselt, German pianist and composer (d. 1889)
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1820
Florence Nightingale, Italian-English nurse, social reformer, and statistician (d. 1910)
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1825
Orélie-Antoine de Tounens, French lawyer and explorer (d. 1878)
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1828
Dante Gabriel Rossetti, English poet and painter (d. 1882)
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1829
Pavlos Carrer, Greek composer and educator (d. 1896)
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1839
Tôn Thất Thuyết, Vietnamese mandarin (d. 1913)
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1840
Alejandro Gorostiaga, Chilean colonel (d. 1912)
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1842
Jules Massenet, French composer (d. 1912)
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1845
Gabriel Fauré, French pianist, composer, and educator (d. 1924)
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1850
Henry Cabot Lodge, American historian and politician (d. 1924)
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1850
Frederick Holder, Australian politician, 19th Premier of South Australia (d. 1909)
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1859
William Alden Smith, American lawyer and politician (d. 1932)
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1859
Frank Wilson, English-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Western Australia (d. 1918)
Frank Wilson (Australian politician) · Premier of Western Australia
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1867
Hugh Trumble, Australian cricketer and accountant (d. 1938)
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1869
Carl Schuhmann, German gymnast, wrestler, and weightlifter (d. 1946)
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1872
Anton Korošec, Slovenian priest and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (d. 1940)
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1873
J. E. H. MacDonald, English-Canadian painter (d. 1932)
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1874
Clemens von Pirquet, Austrian pediatrician and immunologist (d. 1929)
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1875
Charles Holden, English architect, designed the Bristol Central Library (d. 1960)
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1880
Lincoln Ellsworth, American explorer (d. 1951)
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1885
Paltiel Daykan, Lithuanian-Israeli lawyer and jurist (d. 1969)
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1886
Ernst A. Lehmann, German captain and pilot (d. 1937)
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1889
Otto Frank, German-Swiss businessman and Holocaust survivor; father of diarist Anne Frank (d. 1980)
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1892
Fritz Kortner, Austrian-German actor and director (d. 1970)
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1895
William Giauque, Canadian-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1982)
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1895
Jiddu Krishnamurti, Indian-American philosopher and author (d. 1986)
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1899
Indra Devi, Latvian yoga instructor (d. 2002)
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1900
Helene Weigel, Austrian-German actress (d. 1971) [1]
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1901
The Duke of Paducah, American country comedian, radio host and banjo player (d. 1986)
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1903
Faith Bennett, British actress and ATA pilot during WWII (d. 1969) [2]
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1903
Wilfrid Hyde-White, English actor (d. 1991)
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1905
Édouard Rinfret, Canadian lawyer and politician, Postmaster General of Canada (d. 1994)
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1907
Leslie Charteris, English author and screenwriter (d. 1993)
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1907
Katharine Hepburn, American actress (d. 2003)
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1908
Nicholas Kaldor, Hungarian-English economist (d. 1986)
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1910
James Dudley, American baseball player, wrestling manager and executive (d. 2004)
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1910
Johan Ferrier, Surinamese educator and politician, 1st President of Suriname (d. 2010)
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1910
Dorothy Hodgkin, English biochemist, crystallographer, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1994)
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1910
Gordon Jenkins, American pianist and composer (d. 1984)
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1911
Charles Biro, American author and illustrator (d. 1972)
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1912
Henry Jonsson, Swedish runner (d. 2001)
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1912
Marshal Royal, American saxophonist and clarinet player (d. 1995)
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1914
Bertus Aafjes, Dutch poet and author (d. 1993)
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1914
Howard K. Smith, American journalist and actor (d. 2002)
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1915
Tony Strobl, American comics artist and animator (d. 1991)
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1916
Albert Murray, American author and critic (d. 2013)
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1918
Mary Kay Ash, American businesswoman, founded Mary Kay Cosmetics (d. 2001)
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1918
Julius Rosenberg, American spy (d. 1953)
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1921
Joseph Beuys, German sculptor and illustrator (d. 1986)
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1921
Farley Mowat, Canadian environmentalist and author (d. 2014)
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1922
Marco Denevi, Argentinian lawyer and author (d. 1998)
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1922
Murray Gershenz, American actor and businessman (d. 2013)
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1922
Bob Goldham, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster (d. 1991)
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1922
Roy Salvadori, English race car driver and manager (d. 2012)
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1924
Maxine Cooper, American actress and photographer (d. 2009)
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1924
Alexander Esenin-Volpin, Russian-American mathematician and poet (d. 2016)
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1924
Tony Hancock, English actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1968)
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1925
Yogi Berra, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2015)
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1926
Viren J. Shah, Indian politician, 21st Governor of West Bengal (d. 2013)
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1928
Burt Bacharach, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
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1929
Sam Nujoma, Namibian politician, 1st President of Namibia
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1930
Jesús Franco, Spanish director and screenwriter (d. 2013)
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1932
Joel Joffe, Baron Joffe, South African-English lawyer and politician (d. 2017)
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1933
Andrei Voznesensky, Russian poet (d. 2010)
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1935
Felipe Alou, Dominican-American baseball player, coach, and manager
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1935
Johnny Bucyk, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
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1936
Guillermo Endara, Panamanian lawyer and politician, 32nd President of Panama (d. 2009)
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1936
Tom Snyder, American journalist and talk show host (d. 2007)
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1936
Frank Stella, American painter and sculptor
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1937
Beryl Burton, English cyclist (d. 1996)
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1937
George Carlin, American comedian, actor, and author (d. 2008)
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1937
Susan Hampshire, English actress
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1937
Miriam Stoppard, English physician and author
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1938
Millie Perkins, American actress
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1939
Cyril Chantler, English pediatrician and academic
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1939
Jalal Dabagh, Kurdish journalist and politician
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1939
Miltiadis Evert, Greek minister and politician, 69th Mayor of Athens (d. 2011)
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1939
Reg Gasnier, Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster (d. 2014)
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1939
Ron Ziegler, American politician, White House Press Secretary (d. 2003)
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1940
Norman Whitfield, American songwriter and producer (d. 2008)
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1941
Ruud de Wolff, Dutch singer member of the duo The Blue Diamonds (d. 2000)
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1942
Ian Dury, English singer-songwriter (d. 2000)
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1942
Michel Fugain, French singer-songwriter
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1942
Billy Swan, American country singer-songwriter
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1942
Dragoljub Velimirović, Serbian chess player and theoretician (d. 2014)
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1944
Chris Patten, English academic and politician, 28th Governor of Hong Kong
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1945
Alan Ball, Jr., English footballer and manager (d. 2007)
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1945
Ian McLagan, English keyboard player and songwriter (Small Faces and Faces) (d. 2014)
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1945
Patrick Ricard, French businessman (d. 2012)
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1946
Daniel Libeskind, American architect, designed the Imperial War Museum North and Jewish Museum
Daniel Libeskind · Imperial War Museum North · Jewish Museum, Berlin
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1947
Michael Ignatieff, Canadian journalist and politician
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1948
Lindsay Crouse, American actress
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1948
Dave Heineman, American captain and politician, 39th Governor of Nebraska
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1948
Steve Winwood, English singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
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1949
Ross Bleckner, American painter
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1950
Bruce Boxleitner, American actor and author
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1950
Gabriel Byrne, Irish actor, director, and producer
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1950
Helena Kennedy, Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws, Scottish lawyer, academic, and politician
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1950
Billy Squier, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1951
George Karl, American basketball player and coach
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1955
Kix Brooks, American country music singer-songwriter and musician (Brooks & Dunn)
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1956
Bernie Federko, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager
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1956
Sergio Marchi, Argentinean-Canadian urban planner and politician, 10th Canadian Minister of International Trade
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1956
Asad Rauf, Pakistani cricketer and umpire
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1957
Ziya Onis, Turkish economist and academic
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1958
Andreas Petroulakis, Greek cartoonist
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1958
Eric Singer, American drummer and songwriter
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1958
Dries van Noten, Belgian fashion designer
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1959
Dave Christian, American ice hockey player
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1959
Ray Gillen, American rock singer-songwriter (d. 1993)
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1959
Ving Rhames, American actor
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1960
Lisa Martin, Australian runner
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1961
Thomas Dooley, German-American soccer player and manager
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1961
Billy Duffy, English rock guitarist and songwriter (The Cult)
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1961
Bruce McCulloch, Canadian actor and comedian
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1962
Emilio Estevez, American actor
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1962
Brett Gurewitz American guitarist and songwriter (Bad Religion)
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1963
Panagiotis Fasoulas, Greek basketball player and politician
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1963
Gavin Hood, South African actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
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1963
Stefano Modena, Italian race car driver
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1963
Vanessa A. Williams, American actress and producer
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1964
Pierre Morel, French director and cinematographer
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1966
Stephen Baldwin, American actor
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1966
Dez Fafara, American metal singer
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1966
Bebel Gilberto, American-Brazilian singer-songwriter
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1967
Mireille Bousquet-Mélou, French mathematician
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1967
Bill Shorten, Australian politician
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1968
Tony Hawk, American skateboarder and actor
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1968
Catherine Tate, English actress and screenwriter
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1969
Kim Fields, American actress
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1970
Mark Foster, English swimmer
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1970
Jim Furyk, American golfer
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1970
Samantha Mathis, American actress
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1970
Mike Weir, Canadian golfer
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1972
Doug Basham, American wrestler
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1973
Mackenzie Astin, American actor
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1973
Lutz Pfannenstiel, German footballer and manager
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1975
Jonah Lomu, New Zealand rugby player (d. 2015)
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1976
Kardinal Offishall, Canadian rap musician and producer
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1977
Graeme Dott, Scottish snooker player and coach
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1978
Malin Åkerman, Swedish-Canadian model, actress, and singer
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1978
Jason Biggs, American actor and comedian
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1978
Aya Ishiguro, Japanese singer and fashion designer
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1980
Keith Bogans, American basketball player
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1980
Felipe Lopez, Puerto Rican baseball player
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1981
Rami Malek, American actor
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1981
Kentaro Sato, Japanese-American composer and conductor
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1981
Dennis Trillo, Filipino actor and singer
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1982
Donnie Nietes, Filipino boxer
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1983
Domhnall Gleeson, Irish actor
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1983
Alina Kabaeva, Russian gymnast and politician
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1983
Yujiro Kushida, Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist
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1983
Charilaos Pappas, Greek footballer
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1983
Virginie Razzano, French tennis player
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1983
Francisco Javier Torres, Mexican footballer
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1985
Paolo Goltz, Argentinian footballer
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1985
Andrew Howe, Italian long jumper and sprinter
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1985
Jeroen Simaeys, Belgian footballer
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1986
Luke Douglas, Australian-Scottish rugby league player
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1986
Jonathan Orozco, Mexican footballer
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1986
Emily VanCamp, Canadian actress
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1987
Kieron Pollard, Trinidadian cricketer
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1988
Marcelo, Brazilian footballer
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1989
Eleftheria Eleftheriou, Greek Cypriot singer, musician, and actress
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1990
Florent Amodio, French figure skater
-
1990
Tobias Strobl, German footballer
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1995
Irina Khromacheva, Russian tennis player
الوفيات المشهورة
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805
Æthelhard, archbishop of Canterbury
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940
Eutychius, patriarch of Alexandria (b. 877)
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1003
Pope Sylvester II (b. 946)
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1012
Pope Sergius IV
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1090
Liutold of Eppenstein, duke of Carinthia (b. c. 1050)
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1161
Fergus of Galloway, ruler of Galloway
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1182
King Valdemar I of Denmark (b. 1131)
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1382
Queen Joanna I of Naples (b. 1327)
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1465
Thomas Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor (b. 1409)
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1490
Joanna, Princess of Portugal (b. 1452)
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1529
Cecily Bonville, 7th Baroness Harington (b. c. 1460)
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1599
Sultan Murad Mirza, Mughal prince (b. 1570)
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1634
George Chapman, English poet and playwright (b. 1559)
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1641
Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1593)
Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford · Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
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1684
Edme Mariotte, French physicist and priest (b. 1620)
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1699
Lucas Achtschellinck, Flemish painter (b. 1626)
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1700
John Dryden, English poet, playwright, and critic (b. 1631)
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1708
Adolphus Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1658)
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1748
Thomas Lowndes, English astronomer and academic (b. 1692)
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1759
Lambert-Sigisbert Adam, French sculptor (b. 1700)
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1784
Abraham Trembley, Swiss zoologist and academic (b. 1710)
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1792
Charles Simon Favart, French playwright and composer (b. 1710)
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1796
Johann Uz, German poet and author (b. 1720)
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1801
Nicholas Repnin, Russian general and politician, Governor-General of Baltic provinces (b. 1734)
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1842
Walenty Wańkowicz, Belarusian-Polish painter (b. 1799)
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1845
János Batsányi, Hungarian poet and academic (b. 1763)
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1856
Jacques Philippe Marie Binet, French mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (b. 1786)
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1859
Sergey Aksakov, Russian author and academic (b. 1791)
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1860
Charles Barry, English architect, designed Upper Brook Street Chapel and the Palace of Westminster (b. 1795)
Charles Barry · Upper Brook Street Chapel, Manchester · Palace of Westminster
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1864
J. E. B. Stuart, American general (b. 1833)
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1867
Friedrich Wilhelm Eduard Gerhard, German archaeologist and academic (b. 1795)
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1878
Anselme Payen, French chemist and academic (b. 1795)
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1876
Georgi Benkovski, Bulgarian activist (b. 1843)
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1884
Bedřich Smetana, Czech composer and educator (b. 1824)
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1907
Joris-Karl Huysmans, French author and critic (b. 1848)
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1916
James Connolly, Scottish-born Irish socialist and rebel leader (b. 1868)
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1925
Amy Lowell, American poet and critic (b. 1874)
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1931
Eugène Ysaÿe, Belgian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1858)
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1935
Józef Piłsudski, Polish field marshal and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1867)
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1944
Max Brand, American journalist and author (b. 1892)
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1944
Arthur Quiller-Couch, English author, poet, and critic (b. 1863)
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1956
Louis Calhern, American actor and singer (b. 1895)
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1957
Alfonso de Portago, Spanish bobsledder and race car driver (b. 1928)
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1957
Erich von Stroheim, Austrian-American actor, director, and producer (b. 1885)
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1963
Richard Girulatis, German footballer and manager (b. 1878)
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1963
Robert Kerr, Irish-Canadian sprinter and coach (b. 1882)
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1966
Felix Steiner, Russian-German SS officer (b. 1896)
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1967
John Masefield, English poet and author (b. 1878)
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1970
Nelly Sachs, German poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)
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1971
Heinie Manush, American baseball player and coach (b. 1901)
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1973
Frances Marion, American screenwriter, novelist and journalist (b. 1888)
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1973
Art Pollard, American race car driver (b. 1927)
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1985
Jean Dubuffet, French painter and sculptor (b. 1901)
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1986
Elisabeth Bergner, German actress (b. 1897)
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1992
Nikos Gatsos, Greek poet and songwriter (b. 1911)
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1992
Robert Reed, American actor (b. 1932)
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1994
Erik Erikson, German-American psychologist and psychoanalyst (b. 1902)
-
1994
John Smith, Scottish-English lawyer and politician, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1938)
John Smith (Labour Party leader) · Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
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1995
Ștefan Kovács, Romanian football player and coach (b. 1920)
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1999
Saul Steinberg, Romanian-American illustrator (b. 1914)
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2000
Adam Petty, American race car driver (b. 1980)
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2001
Perry Como, American singer and television host (b. 1912)
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2001
Alexei Tupolev, Russian engineer, designed the Tupolev Tu-144 (b. 1925)
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2003
Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, French-American diplomat (b. 1933)
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2005
Ömer Kavur, Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1944)
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2005
Martin Lings, English author and scholar (b. 1909)
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2005
Monica Zetterlund, Swedish actress (b. 1937)
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2006
Hussein Maziq, Libyan politician, Prime Minister of Libya (b. 1918)
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2008
Robert Rauschenberg, American painter and illustrator (b. 1925)
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2008
Irena Sendler, Polish nurse and humanitarian (b. 1910)
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2009
Antonio Vega, Spanish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1957)
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2012
Jan Bens, Dutch footballer and coach (b. 1921)
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2012
Eddy Paape, Belgian illustrator (b. 1920)
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2013
Gerd Langguth, German political scientist, author, and academic (b. 1946)
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2014
Cornell Borchers, Lithuanian-German actress and singer (b. 1925)
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2014
Marco Cé, Italian cardinal (b. 1925)
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2014
H. R. Giger, Swiss painter, sculptor, and set designer (b. 1940)
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2014
Sarat Pujari, Indian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1934)
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2014
Lorenzo Zambrano, Mexican businessman and philanthropist (b. 1944)
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2015
Peter Gay, German-American historian, author, and academic (b. 1923)
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2015
William Zinsser American journalist and critic (b. 1922)
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2016
Mike Agostini, Trinidadian sprinter (b. 1935)
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2017
Mauno Koivisto, Finnish banker and politician, 9th President of Finland (b. 1923)