August 22 — في هذا اليوم
355 مشاركات
الأحداث
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392
Arbogast has Eugenius elected Western Roman Emperor.
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851
Battle of Jengland: Erispoe defeats Charles the Bald near the Breton town of Jengland.
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1138
Battle of the Standard between Scotland and England.
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1485
The Battle of Bosworth Field, the death of Richard III and the end of the House of Plantagenet.
Battle of Bosworth Field · Richard III of England · House of Plantagenet
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1559
Bartolomé Carranza, Spanish archbishop, is arrested for heresy.
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1639
Madras (now Chennai), India, is founded by the British East India Company on a sliver of land bought from local Nayak rulers.
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1642
Charles I raises his standard in Nottingham, which marks the beginning of the English Civil War.
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1654
Jacob Barsimson arrives in New Amsterdam. He is the first known Jewish immigrant to America.
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1711
Britain's Quebec Expedition loses eight ships and almost nine hundred soldiers, sailors and women to rocks at Pointe-aux-Anglais.
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1717
Spanish troops land on Sardinia.
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1770
James Cook names and lands on Possession Island, and claims the east coast of Australia for Britain as New South Wales.
James Cook · Possession Island (Queensland) · New South Wales
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1777
British forces abandon the Siege of Fort Stanwix after hearing rumors of Continental Army reinforcements.
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1780
James Cook's ship HMS Resolution returns to England (Cook having been killed on Hawaii during the voyage).
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1791
Beginning of the Haitian Slave Revolution in Saint-Domingue, Haiti.
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1798
French troops land at Kilcummin, County Mayo, Ireland to aid the rebellion.
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1827
José de la Mar becomes President of Peru.
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1831
Nat Turner's slave rebellion commences just after midnight in Southampton County, Virginia, leading to the deaths of about 60 whites and approximately 250 blacks.
Nat Turner's slave rebellion · Southampton County, Virginia · African American
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1846
The Second Federal Republic of Mexico is established.
- 1849
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1851
The first America's Cup is won by the yacht America.
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1864
Twelve nations sign the First Geneva Convention.
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1875
The Treaty of Saint Petersburg between Japan and Russia is ratified, providing for the exchange of Sakhalin for the Kuril Islands.
Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1875) · Sakhalin · Kuril Islands
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1894
Mahatma Gandhi forms the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) in order to fight discrimination against Indian traders in Natal.
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1902
Cadillac Motor Company is founded.
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1902
Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to make a public appearance in an automobile.
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1910
Korea is annexed by Japan with the signing of the Japan-Korea Treaty of 1910, beginning a period of Japanese rule of Korea that lasted until the end of World War II.
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1914
German troops execute 384 inhabitants of Tamines, Belgium.
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1922
Michael Collins, Commander-in-chief of the Irish Free State Army, is shot dead in an ambush during the Irish Civil War.
Michael Collins (Irish leader) · Commander-in-chief · Irish Free State · Irish Civil War
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1934
Bill Woodfull of Australia becomes the only cricket captain to twice regain The Ashes.
Bill Woodfull · Australia national cricket team · Cricket · The Ashes
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1941
World War II: German troops begin the Siege of Leningrad.
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1942
Brazil declares war on Germany, Japan & Italy.
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1944
World War II: Holocaust of Kedros in Crete by German forces
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1949
The Queen Charlotte earthquake is Canada's strongest since the 1700 Cascadia earthquake
1949 Queen Charlotte Islands earthquake · 1700 Cascadia earthquake
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1950
Althea Gibson becomes the first black competitor in international tennis.
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1953
The penal colony on Devil's Island is permanently closed.
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1962
The OAS attempts to assassinate French president Charles de Gaulle.
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1963
X-15 Flight 91 reaches the highest altitude of the X-15 program (107.96 km (67.08 mi) (354,200 feet)).
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1966
Labor movements NFWA and AWOC merge to become the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee (UFWOC), predecessor of the United Farm Workers.
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1968
Pope Paul VI arrives in Bogotá, Colombia. It is the first visit of a pope to Latin America.
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1971
J. Edgar Hoover and John Mitchell announce the arrest of 20 of the Camden 28.
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1972
Rhodesia is expelled by the IOC for its racist policies.
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1973
The Congress of Chile votes in favour of a resolution condemning President Salvador Allende's government and demands that he resign or else be unseated through force and new elections.
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1978
The Sandinista National Liberation Front (FLSN) occupies national palace in Nicaragua.
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1978
The District of Columbia Voting Rights Amendment is passed by the U.S. Congress. The proposed amendment would have provided the District of Columbia with full voting representation in the Congress, the Electoral College, and regarding amending the U.S. Constitution. The proposed amendment failed to be ratified by enough states (ratified by 16, needed 38) and so did not become part of the Constitution.
District of Columbia Voting Rights Amendment · United States Congress · Washington, D.C. · Electoral College (United States) · Article Five of the United States Constitution
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1985
British Airtours Flight 28M suffers an engine fire during takeoff at Manchester Airport. The pilots abort but due to inefficient evacuation procedures 55 people are killed, mostly from smoke inhalation.
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1989
Nolan Ryan strikes out Rickey Henderson to become the first Major League Baseball pitcher to record 5,000 strikeouts.
Nolan Ryan · Rickey Henderson · Major League Baseball · Pitcher · Strikeout
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1992
FBI sniper Lon Horiuchi shoots and kills Vicki Weaver during an 11-day siege at her home at Ruby Ridge, Idaho.
Federal Bureau of Investigation · Sniper · Lon Horiuchi · Ruby Ridge, Idaho
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2003
Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore is suspended after refusing to comply with a federal court order to remove a rock inscribed with the Ten Commandments from the lobby of the Alabama Supreme Court building.
Alabama · Chief Justice · Roy Moore · Ten Commandments · Alabama Supreme Court
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2004
Versions of The Scream and Madonna, two paintings by Edvard Munch, are stolen at gunpoint from a museum in Oslo, Norway.
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2006
Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise Flight 612 crashes near the Russian border over eastern Ukraine, killing all 170 people on board.
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2006
Grigori Perelman is awarded the Fields Medal for his proof of the Poincaré conjecture in mathematics but refuses to accept the medal.
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2007
The Texas Rangers defeat the Baltimore Orioles 30-3, the most runs scored by a team in modern Major League Baseball history.
Texas Rangers (baseball) · Baltimore Orioles · Major League Baseball
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2012
Ethnic clashes over grazing rights for cattle in Kenya's Tana River District result in more than 52 deaths.
2012-13 Tana River District clashes · Grazing rights · Tana River District
المولدات المشهورة
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1412
Frederick II, Elector of Saxony (d. 1464)
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1570
Franz von Dietrichstein, Roman Catholic archbishop and cardinal (d. 1636)
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1599
Agatha Marie of Hanau, German noblewoman (d. 1636)
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1601
Georges de Scudéry, French author, poet, and playwright (d. 1667)
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1624
Jean Regnault de Segrais, French author and poet (d. 1701)
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1647
Denis Papin, French physicist and mathematician, developed pressure cooking (d. 1712)
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1679
Pierre Guérin de Tencin, French cardinal (d. 1758)
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1760
Pope Leo XII (d. 1829)
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1764
Charles Percier, French architect and interior designer (d. 1838)
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1771
Henry Maudslay, English engineer (d. 1831)
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1773
Aimé Bonpland, French botanist and explorer (d. 1858)
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1778
James Kirke Paulding, American poet, playwright, and politician, 11th United States Secretary of the Navy (d. 1860)
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1788
Thomas Tredgold, English engineer and author (d. 1829)
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1800
William S. Harney, American general (d. 1889)
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1800
Samuel David Luzzatto, Italian poet and scholar (d. 1865)
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1827
Ezra Butler Eddy, Canadian businessman and politician (d. 1906)
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1834
Samuel Pierpont Langley, American physicist and astronomer (d. 1906)
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1836
Archibald Willard, American soldier and painter (d. 1918)
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1844
George W. De Long, American Naval officer and explorer (d. 1881)
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1845
William Lewis Douglas, American businessman and politician, 42nd Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1924)
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1847
John Forrest, Australian politician, 1st Premier of Western Australia (d. 1918)
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1848
Melville Elijah Stone, American publisher, founded the Chicago Daily News (d. 1929)
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1854
Milan I of Serbia (d. 1901)
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1857
Ned Hanlon, American baseball player and manager (d. 1937)
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1860
Paul Gottlieb Nipkow, Polish-German technician and inventor, created the Nipkow disk (d. 1940)
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1860
Alfred Ploetz, German physician, biologist, and eugenicist (d. 1940)
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1862
Claude Debussy, French pianist and composer (d. 1918)
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1867
Maximilian Bircher-Benner, Swiss physician and nutritionist (d. 1939)
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1867
Charles Francis Jenkins, American inventor (d. 1934)
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1868
Willis R. Whitney, American chemist (d. 1958)
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1873
Alexander Bogdanov, Russian physician and philosopher (d. 1928)
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1874
Max Scheler, German philosopher and author (d. 1928)
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1880
Gorch Fock, German author and poet (d. 1916)
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1880
George Herriman, American cartoonist (d. 1944)
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1882
Raymonde de Laroche, French pilot (d. 1919)
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1887
Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk, German jurist and politician, German Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 1977)
Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk · Minister for Foreign Affairs (Germany)
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1890
Cecil Kellaway, South African actor (d. 1973)
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1891
Henry Bachtold, Australian soldier and railway engineer (d. 1983)
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1891
Jacques Lipchitz, Lithuanian-Italian sculptor (d. 1973)
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1893
Wilfred Kitching, English 7th General of The Salvation Army (d. 1977)
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1893
Dorothy Parker, American poet, short story writer, critic, and satirist (d. 1967)
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1893
Ernest H. Volwiler, American chemist (d. 1992)
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1895
László Almásy, Hungarian captain, pilot, and explorer (d. 1951)
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1895
Paul Comtois, Canadian lawyer and politician, 21st Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (d. 1966)
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1896
Laurence McKinley Gould, American geologist, educator, and polar explorer (d. 1995)
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1897
Bill Woodfull, Australian cricketer and educator (d. 1965)
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1898
Alexander Calder, American artist (d. 1976)
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1900
Lisy Fischer, Swiss-born pianist and child prodigy (d. 1999)
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1902
Thomas Pelly, American lawyer and politician (d. 1973)
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1902
Leni Riefenstahl, German actress, film director and propagandist (d. 2003)
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1902
Edward Rowe Snow, American historian and author (d. 1982)
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1903
Jerry Iger, American cartoonist, co-founded Eisner & Iger (d. 1990)
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1904
Deng Xiaoping, Chinese soldier and politician, 1st Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (d. 1997)
Deng Xiaoping · Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China
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1908
Henri Cartier-Bresson, French photographer and painter (d. 2004)
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1908
Erwin Thiesies, German rugby player and coach (d. 1993)
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1909
Julius J. Epstein, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2000)
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1909
Mel Hein, American football player and coach (d. 1992)
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1913
Leonard Pagliero, English businessman and pilot (d. 2008)
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1913
Bruno Pontecorvo, Italian physicist and academic (d. 1993)
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1914
Jack Dunphy, American author and playwright (d. 1992)
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1914
Connie B. Gay, American businessman, co-founded the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum (d. 1989)
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1915
David Dellinger, American activist (d. 2004)
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1915
James Hillier, Canadian-American scientist, co-designed the electron microscope (d. 2007)
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1915
Edward Szczepanik, Polish economist and politician, 15th Prime Minister of the Polish Republic in Exile (d. 2005)
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1917
John Lee Hooker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2001)
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1918
Mary McGrory, American journalist and author (d. 2004)
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1920
Ray Bradbury, American science fiction writer and screenwriter (d. 2012)
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1920
Denton Cooley, American soldier and surgeon (d. 2016)
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1921
Dinos Dimopoulos, Greek director and screenwriter (d. 2003)
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1921
Tony Pawson, English cricketer, footballer, and journalist (d. 2012)
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1922
Roberto Aizenberg, Argentine painter and sculptor (d. 1996)
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1922
Theoni V. Aldredge, Greek-American costume designer (d. 2011)
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1924
James Kirkwood, Jr., American playwright and author (d. 1989)
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1924
Harishankar Parsai, Indian writer, satirist and humorist (d. 1995)
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1925
Honor Blackman, English actress and republican
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1926
Bob Flanigan, American pop singer (The Four Freshmen) (d. 2011)
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1928
Tinga Seisay, Sierra Leonean academic and diplomat
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1928
Karlheinz Stockhausen, German composer and academic (d. 2007)
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1929
Valery Alekseyev, Russian anthropologist and author (d. 1991)
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1929
Ulrich Wegener, German police officer and general
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1930
Gylmar dos Santos Neves, Brazilian footballer (d. 2013)
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1932
Gerald P. Carr, American engineer, colonel, and astronaut
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1933
Sylva Koscina, Italian actress (d. 1994)
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1934
Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr., American general and engineer (d. 2012)
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1935
Annie Proulx, American novelist, short story writer, and journalist
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1936
Chuck Brown, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 2012)
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1936
John Callaway, American journalist and producer (d. 2009)
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1936
Dale Hawkins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2010)
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1936
Werner Stengel, German roller coaster designer and engineer, designed the maverick roller coaster
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1938
Jean Berkey, American businesswoman and politician (d. 2013)
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1939
Valerie Harper, American actress
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1939
Fred Milano, American doo-wop singer (Dion and the Belmonts) (d. 2012)
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1939
Carl Yastrzemski, American baseball player
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1940
Bill McCartney, American football player and coach, founded Promise Keepers
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1941
Bill Parcells, American football player and coach
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1942
Uğur Mumcu, Turkish journalist and author (d. 1993)
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1943
Alun Michael, Welsh police commissioner and politician, inaugural First Minister of Wales
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1943
Masatoshi Shima, Japanese computer scientist and engineer, co-designed the Intel 4004
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1944
Roger Cashmore, English physicist and academic
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1945
David Chase, American director, producer, and screenwriter
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1945
Ron Dante, American singer-songwriter and producer
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1947
Donna Jean Godchaux, American singer-songwriter (The Grateful Dead)
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1947
Cindy Williams, American actress and producer
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1948
David Marks, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1949
Doug Bair, American baseball player and coach
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1949
Diana Nyad, American swimmer and author
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1950
Ray Burris, American baseball player and coach
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1950
Scooter Libby, American lawyer and politician, Chief of Staff to the Vice President of the United States
Scooter Libby · Chief of Staff to the Vice President of the United States
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1952
Peter Laughner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1977)
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1953
Paul Ellering, American weightlifter, wrestler, and manager
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1955
Chiranjeevi, Indian film actor, producer and politician
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1956
Paul Molitor, American baseball player and coach
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1956
Peter Taylor, Australian cricketer
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1957
Steve Davis, English snooker player, sportscaster, and author
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1957
Holly Dunn, American country music singer-songwriter (d. 2016)
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1958
Colm Feore, American-Canadian actor
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1958
Stevie Ray, American semi-retired wrestler
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1958
Vernon Reid, English-born American guitarist and songwriter (Living Colour)
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1959
Juan Croucier, Cuban-American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer
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1959
Pia Gjellerup, Danish lawyer and politician, Danish Minister of Finance
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1959
Mark Williams, English actor
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1960
Holger Gehrke, German footballer and manager
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1960
Collin Raye, American country music singer
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1961
Andrés Calamaro, Argentine singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
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1961
Iain Coucher, English businessman
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1961
Roland Orzabal, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
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1961
Debbi Peterson, American singer-songwriter and drummer
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1963
Tori Amos, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
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1963
James DeBarge, American R&B/soul singer
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1963
Terry Catledge, American basketball player
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1964
Diane Setterfield, English author and educator
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1964
Mats Wilander, Swedish-American tennis player and coach
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1965
Wendy Botha, South African-Australian surfer
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1966
GZA, American rapper and producer
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1966
Rob Witschge, Dutch footballer and manager
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1967
Ty Burrell, American actor and comedian
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1967
Alfred Gough, American screenwriter and producer
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1967
Layne Staley, American singer-songwriter (d. 2002)
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1968
Casper Christensen, Danish comedian, actor, and screenwriter
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1968
Paul Colman, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1968
Aleksandr Mostovoi, Russian footballer
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1968
Elisabeth Murdoch, Australian businesswoman
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1968
Horst Skoff, Austrian tennis player (d. 2008)
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1970
Giada De Laurentiis, Italian-American chef and author
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1970
Charlie Connelly, English author and broadcaster
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1971
Craig Finn, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1972
Okkert Brits, South African pole vaulter
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1972
Paul Doucette, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and drummer
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1972
Steve Kline, American baseball player and coach
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1972
Max Wilson, German-Brazilian race car driver
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1973
Howie Dorough, American singer-songwriter and dancer
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1973
Kristen Wiig, American actress, comedian, and screenwriter
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1973
Eurelijus Žukauskas, Lithuanian basketball player
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1974
Cory Gardner, American politician
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1974
Agustín Pichot, Argentinian rugby player
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1975
Clint Bolton, Australian footballer
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1975
Rodrigo Santoro, Brazilian actor
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1976
Marius Bezykornovas, Lithuanian footballer
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1976
Bryn Davies, American bassist, cellist, and pianist
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1976
Laurent Hernu, French decathlete
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1976
Randy Wolf, American baseball player
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1977
Heiðar Helguson, Icelandic footballer
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1977
Keren Cytter, Israeli visual artist and writer
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1978
James Corden, English actor, comedian, writer, and television presenter
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1978
Ioannis Gagaloudis, Greek basketball player
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1979
Matt Walters, American football player
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1980
Roland Benschneider, German footballer
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1980
Nicolas Macrozonaris, Canadian sprinter
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1980
Seiko Yamamoto, Japanese wrestler
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1981
Alex Holmes, American football player
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1981
Jang Hyun-kyu, South Korean footballer (d. 2012)
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1981
Christina Obergföll, German athlete
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1983
Theo Bos, Dutch cyclist
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1983
Jahri Evans, American football player
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1984
Lee Camp, English footballer
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1984
Lawrence Quaye, Ghanaian-Qatari footballer
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1985
Luke Russert, American journalist
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1985
Jey Uso, Samoan-American wrestler
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1985
Jimmy Uso, Samoan-American wrestler
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1986
Stephen Ireland, Irish footballer
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1986
Adrian Neville, English wrestler
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1986
Tokushōryū Makoto, Japanese sumo wrestler
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1987
Leonardo Moracci, Italian footballer
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1987
Apollo Crews, American wrestler
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1989
Giacomo Bonaventura, Italian footballer
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1990
Randall Cobb, American football player
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1990
Drew Hutchison, American baseball player
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1990
Robbie Rochow, Australian rugby league player
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1991
Federico Macheda, Italian footballer
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1991
Brayden Schenn, Canadian ice hockey player
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1992
Ema Burgić Bucko, Bosnian tennis player
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1993
Rajinder Singh Sandhu, Punjabi Poet/Writer
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1994
Olli Määttä, Finnish ice hockey player
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1995
Dua Lipa, English singer-songwriter
الوفيات المشهورة
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408
Stilicho, Roman general (b. 359)
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1155
Emperor Konoe of Japan (b. 1139)
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1241
Pope Gregory IX, (b. 1143)
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1280
Pope Nicholas III (b. 1216)
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1304
John II, Count of Holland (b. 1247)
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1338
William II, Duke of Athens (b. 1312)
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1350
Philip VI of France (b. 1293)
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1358
Isabella of France (b. 1295)
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1456
Vladislav II of Wallachia
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1485
Richard III of England (b. 1452)
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1485
James Harrington, Yorkist knight
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1485
John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk (b. 1430)
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1485
Richard Ratcliffe, supporter of Richard III
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1485
William Brandon, supporter of Henry VII (b. 1426)
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1532
William Warham, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1450)
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1545
Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English politician and husband of Mary Tudor (b. c. 1484)
Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk · Mary Tudor, Queen of France
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1553
John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland, English admiral and politician, Lord President of the Council (b. 1504)
John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland · Lord President of the Council
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1572
Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland, English leader of the Rising of the North (b. 1528)
Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland · Rising of the North
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1584
Jan Kochanowski, Polish poet and playwright (b. 1530)
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1599
Luca Marenzio, Italian singer-songwriter (b. 1553)
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1607
Bartholomew Gosnold, English lawyer and explorer, founded the London Company (b. 1572)
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1652
Jacob De la Gardie, Estonian-Swedish soldier and politician, Lord High Constable of Sweden (b. 1583)
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1664
Maria Cunitz, Polish astronomer and author (b. 1610)
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1680
John George II, Elector of Saxony (b. 1613)
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1681
Philippe Delano, Dutch Plymouth Colony settler (b. 1602)
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1701
John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1628)
John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath · Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
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1711
Louis François, duc de Boufflers, French general (b. 1644)
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1752
William Whiston, English mathematician, historian, and theologian (b. 1667)
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1793
Louis de Noailles, French general (b. 1713)
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1797
Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser, French-Austrian field marshal (b. 1724)
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1806
Jean-Honoré Fragonard, French painter and illustrator (b. 1732)
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1818
Warren Hastings, English lawyer and politician, 1st Governor-General of Bengal (b. 1732)
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1828
Franz Joseph Gall, Austrian neuroanatomist and physiologist (b. 1758)
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1850
Nikolaus Lenau, Romanian-Austrian poet and author (b. 1802)
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1861
Xianfeng, Emperor of China (b. 1831)
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1888
Ágoston Trefort, Hungarian jurist and politician, Hungarian Minister of Education (b. 1817)
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1891
Jan Neruda, Czech journalist, author, and poet (b. 1834)
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1903
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, English academic and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1830)
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury · Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
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1904
Kate Chopin, American novelist and poet (b. 1850)
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1909
Henry Radcliffe Crocker, English dermatologist and author (b. 1846)
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1914
Giacomo Radini-Tedeschi, Italian bishop and academic (b. 1859)
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1918
Korbinian Brodmann, German neurologist and academic (b. 1868)
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1920
Anders Zorn, Swedish artist (b. 1860)
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1922
Michael Collins, Irish rebel, counter-intelligence and military tactician, and politician; 2nd Irish Minister of Finance (b. 1890)
Michael Collins (Irish leader) · Minister for Finance (Ireland)
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1926
Charles William Eliot, American academic (b. 1834)
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1933
Alexandros Kontoulis, Greek general and diplomat (b. 1858)
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1940
Oliver Lodge, English physicist and academic (b. 1851)
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1940
Gerald Strickland, 1st Baron Strickland, Maltese lawyer and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1861)
Gerald Strickland, 1st Baron Strickland · Prime Minister of Malta
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1942
Michel Fokine, Russian dancer and choreographer (b. 1880)
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1946
Döme Sztójay, Hungarian general and politician, 35th Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1883)
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1950
Kirk Bryan, American geologist and academic (b. 1888)
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1951
Jack Bickell, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1884)
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1953
Jim Tabor, American baseball player (b. 1916)
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1958
Roger Martin du Gard, French novelist and paleographer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881)
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1960
Johannes Sikkar, Estonian soldier and politician, Prime Minister of Estonia in exile (b. 1897)
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1963
William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield, English businessman and philanthropist, founded Morris Motors (b. 1877)
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1967
Gregory Goodwin Pincus, American biologist and academic, co-created the birth-control pill (b. 1903)
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1970
Vladimir Propp, Russian philologist and scholar (b. 1895)
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1974
Jacob Bronowski, Polish-English mathematician, biologist, and author (b. 1908)
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1976
Gina Bachauer, Greek pianist and composer (b. 1913)
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1976
Juscelino Kubitschek, Brazilian physician and politician, 21st President of Brazil (b. 1902)
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1977
Sebastian Cabot, English actor (b. 1918)
-
1977
Chunseong, Korean monk, philosopher and writer (b. 1891)
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1978
Jomo Kenyatta, Kenyan journalist and politician, 1st President of Kenya (b. 1894)
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1979
James T. Farrell, American novelist, short-story writer, and poet (b. 1904)
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1980
James Smith McDonnell, American pilot, engineer, and businessman, founded McDonnell Aircraft (b. 1899)
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1981
Vicente Manansala, Filipino painter (b. 1910)
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1985
Charles Gibson (historian), Historian of Mexico and its Indians, President of the American Historical Association (b. 1920)
Charles Gibson (historian) · American Historical Association
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1986
Celâl Bayar, Turkish lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Turkey (b. 1883)
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1987
Joseph P. Lash, American author and journalist (b. 1909)
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1989
Robert Grondelaers, Belgian cyclist (b. 1933)
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1989
Huey P. Newton, American activist, co-founded the Black Panther Party (b. 1942)
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1991
Colleen Dewhurst, Canadian-American actress (b. 1924)
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1991
Boris Pugo, Russian soldier and politician, Soviet Minister of Interior (b. 1937)
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1994
Gilles Groulx, Canadian director and screenwriter (b. 1931)
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1994
Allan Houser, American sculptor and painter (b. 1914)
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1995
Johnny Carey, Irish footballer and manager (b. 1919)
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1996
Erwin Komenda, Austrian car designer and engineer (b. 1904)
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2003
Arnold Gerschwiler, Swiss figure skater and coach (b. 1914)
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2004
Konstantin Aseev, Russian chess player and trainer (b. 1960)
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2004
Angus Bethune, Australian soldier and politician, 33rd Premier of Tasmania (b. 1908)
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2004
Daniel Petrie, Canadian director and producer (b. 1920)
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2005
Luc Ferrari, French-Italian director and composer (b. 1929)
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2005
Ernest Kirkendall, American chemist and metallurgist (b. 1914)
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2007
Grace Paley, American short story writer and poet (b. 1922)
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2008
Gladys Powers, English-Canadian soldier (b. 1899)
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2009
Elmer Kelton, American journalist and author (b. 1926)
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2010
Stjepan Bobek, Croatian footballer and manager (b. 1923)
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2011
Nick Ashford, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1942)
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2011
Jack Layton, Canadian academic and politician (b. 1950)
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2011
Casey Ribicoff, American philanthropist (b. 1922)
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2012
Nina Bawden, English author (b. 1925)
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2012
Paul Shan Kuo-hsi, Chinese cardinal (b. 1923)
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2012
Jeffrey Stone, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1926)
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2013
Paul Poberezny, American pilot and businessman, founded the Experimental Aircraft Association (b. 1921)
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2013
Andrea Servi, Italian footballer (b. 1984)
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2014
U. R. Ananthamurthy, Indian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1932)
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2014
Emmanuel Kriaras, Greek lexicographer and philologist (b. 1906)
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2014
Pete Ladygo, American football player and coach (b. 1928)
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2014
Noella Leduc, American baseball player (b. 1933)
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2014
John Sperling, American businessman, founded the University of Phoenix (b. 1921)
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2014
John S. Waugh, American chemist and academic (b. 1929)
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2015
Arthur Morris, Australian cricketer and journalist (b. 1922)
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2015
Ieng Thirith, Cambodian academic and politician (b. 1932)
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2015
Eric Thompson, English race car driver and book dealer (b. 1919)
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2016
S. R. Nathan, 6th President of Singapore (b. 1924)
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2016
Toots Thielemans, Belgian and American jazz musician (b. 1922)
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2017
Michael J. C. Gordon, British Computer scientist (b. 1948)