August 28 — في هذا اليوم
378 مشاركات
الأحداث
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475
The Roman general Orestes forces western Roman Emperor Julius Nepos to flee his capital city, Ravenna.
Roman Empire · Orestes (father of Romulus Augustulus) · Roman Emperors · Julius Nepos · Capital city
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489
Theodoric, king of the Ostrogoths, defeats Odoacer at the Battle of Isonzo, forcing his way into Italy.
Theodoric the Great · Ostrogoths · Odoacer · Battle of Isonzo (489)
- 632
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663
Silla-Tang armies crush the Baekje restoration attempt and force Yamato Japan to withdraw from Korea in the Battle of Baekgang.
Silla · Tang dynasty · Baekje · Yamato period · Battle of Baekgang
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1189
Third Crusade: The Crusaders begin the Siege of Acre under Guy of Lusignan.
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1521
The Ottoman Turks occupy Belgrade.
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1524
The Kaqchikel Maya rebel against their former Spanish allies during the Spanish conquest of Guatemala.
Kaqchikel people · Maya civilization · Spanish conquest of Guatemala
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1542
Turkish-Portuguese War (1538-57): Battle of Wofla: The Portuguese are scattered, their leader Christovão da Gama is captured and later executed.
Ottoman-Portuguese conflicts (1538-59) · Battle of Wofla · Christovão da Gama
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1565
Pedro Menéndez de Avilés sights land near St. Augustine, Florida and founds the oldest continuously occupied European-established city in the continental United States.
Pedro Menéndez de Avilés · St. Augustine, Florida · Continental United States
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1609
Henry Hudson discovers Delaware Bay.
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1619
Election of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor.
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1640
Second Bishop's War: King Charles I's English army loses to a Scottish Covenanter force at the Battle of Newburn.
Bishops' Wars · Charles I of England · Covenanter · Battle of Newburn
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1648
The Siege of Colchester ends when Royalists Forces surrender to the Parliamentary Forces after eleven weeks, during the Second English Civil War.
- 1709
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1789
William Herschel discovers a new moon of Saturn: Enceladus.
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1810
Battle of Grand Port: The French accept the surrender of a British Navy fleet.
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1830
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's new Tom Thumb steam locomotive races a horse-drawn car, presaging steam's role in US railroads.
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1833
The Slavery Abolition Act 1833 receives royal assent, abolishing slavery through most of the British Empire.
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1845
The first issue of Scientific American magazine is published.
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1849
After a month-long siege, Venice, which had declared itself independent as the Republic of San Marco, surrenders to Austria.
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1859
The Carrington event is the strongest geomagnetic storm on record to strike the Earth. Electrical telegraph service is widely disrupted.
Solar storm of 1859 · Geomagnetic storm · Electrical telegraph
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1861
American Civil War: Union forces attack Cape Hatteras, North Carolina in the Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries which lasts for two days.
American Civil War · Union (American Civil War) · Cape Hatteras · North Carolina · Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries
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1862
American Civil War: Second Battle of Bull Run, also known as the Battle of Second Manassas. The battle ends on August 30.
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1867
The United States takes possession of the (at this point unoccupied) Midway Atoll.
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1879
Cetshwayo, last king of the Zulus, is captured by the British.
Cetshwayo · Zulu people · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
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1898
Caleb Bradham's beverage "Brad's Drink" is renamed "Pepsi-Cola".
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1901
Silliman University is founded in the Philippines. It is the first American private school in the country.
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1909
A group of mid-level Greek Army officers launches the Goudi coup, seeking wide-ranging reforms.
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1913
Queen Wilhelmina opens the Peace Palace in The Hague.
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1914
World War I: The Royal Navy defeats the German fleet in the Battle of Heligoland Bight.
World War I · Royal Navy · German Empire · Battle of Heligoland Bight (1914)
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1914
World War I: German troops take the city of Namur in Belgium.
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1916
World War I: Germany declares war on Romania.
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1916
World War I: Italy declares war on Germany.
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1917
Ten Suffragettes are arrested while picketing the White House.
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1924
The Georgian opposition stages the August Uprising against the Soviet Union.
Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic · August Uprising · Soviet Union
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1931
France and the Soviet Union sign a treaty of non-aggression.
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1937
Toyota Motors becomes an independent company.
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1943
Denmark in World War II: German authorities demand that Danish authorities crack down on acts of resistance. The next day, martial law is imposed on Denmark.
- 1944
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1955
Black teenager Emmett Till is brutally murdered in Mississippi, galvanizing the nascent Civil Rights Movement.
African Americans · Emmett Till · Mississippi · Civil Rights Movement
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1957
U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond begins a filibuster to prevent the Senate from voting on Civil Rights Act of 1957; he stopped speaking 24 hours and 18 minutes later, the longest filibuster ever conducted by a single Senator.
United States Senate · Strom Thurmond · Filibuster · Civil Rights Act of 1957
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1963
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom: The Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. gives his I Have a Dream speech
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom · Martin Luther King, Jr. · I Have a Dream
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1964
The Philadelphia race riot begins.
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1968
Rioting takes place in Chicago during the Democratic National Convention, triggering a brutal police crackdown.
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1988
Ramstein air show disaster: Three aircraft of the Frecce Tricolori demonstration team collide and the wreckage falls into the crowd. Seventy-five are killed and 346 seriously injured.
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1990
Iraq declares Kuwait to be its newest province.
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1990
An F5 tornado strikes the Illinois cities of Plainfield and Joliet, killing 29 people.
1990 Plainfield tornado · Illinois · Plainfield, Illinois · Joliet, Illinois
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1993
The Galileo spacecraft discovers a moon, later named Dactyl, around 243 Ida, the first known asteroid moon.
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1998
Pakistan's National Assembly passes a constitutional amendment to make the "Qur'an and Sunnah" the "supreme law" but the bill is defeated in the Senate.
Pakistan · National Assembly of Pakistan · Constitution of Pakistan · Qur'an · Sunnah
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1998
Second Congo War: Loyalist troops backed by Angolan and Zimbabwean forces repulse the RCD and Rwandan offensive on Kinshasa.
Second Congo War · Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo · Angola · Zimbabwean · Rally for Congolese Democracy
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المولدات المشهورة
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932
Richard I, duke of Normandy (d. 996)
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1023
Go-Reizei, emperor of Japan (d. 1068)
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1366
Jean Le Maingre, marshal of France (d. 1421)
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1476
Kanō Motonobu, Japanese painter (d. 1559)
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1481
Francisco de Sá de Miranda, Portuguese poet (d. 1558)
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1582
Taichang, emperor of China (d. 1620)
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1591
John Christian of Brieg, duke of Brzeg (d. 1639)
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1592
George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, English courtier and politician (d. 1628)
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1612
Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn, Dutch linguist and scholar (d. 1653)
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1667
Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow (d. 1721)
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1691
Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (d. 1750)
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1714
Duke Anthony Ulrich of Brunswick (d. 1774)
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1728
John Stark, American general (d. 1822)
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1739
Agostino Accorimboni, Italian composer (d. 1818)
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1749
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German novelist, poet, playwright, and diplomat (d. 1832)
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1774
Elizabeth Ann Seton, American nun and saint, co-founded the Sisters of Charity Federation in the Vincentian-Setonian Tradition (d. 1821)
Elizabeth Ann Seton · Sisters of Charity Federation in the Vincentian-Setonian Tradition
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1801
Antoine Augustin Cournot, French mathematician and philosopher (d. 1877)
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1814
Sheridan Le Fanu, Irish author (d. 1873)
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1816
Charles Sladen, English-Australian politician, 6th Premier of Victoria (d. 1884)
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1822
Graham Berry, English-Australian politician, 11th Premier of Victoria (d. 1904)
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1827
Grand Duchess Catherine Mikhailovna of Russia (d. 1894)
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1833
Edward Burne-Jones English artist of the Pre-Raphaelite movement (d. 1898)
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1837
Francis, Duke of Teck (d. 1900)
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1840
Alexander Cameron Sim, Scottish-Japanese pharmacist and businessman, founded Kobe Regatta & Athletic Club (d. 1900)
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1853
Vladimir Shukhov, Russian architect and engineer, designed the Adziogol Lighthouse (d. 1939)
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1859
Matilda Howell, American archer (d. 1938)
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1859
Vittorio Sella, Italian mountaineer and photographer (d. 1943)
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1867
Umberto Giordano, Italian composer and academic (d. 1948)
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1878
George Whipple, American physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1976)
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1884
Peter Fraser, Scottish-New Zealand journalist and politician, 24th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1950)
Peter Fraser (New Zealand politician) · Prime Minister of New Zealand
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1885
Vance Palmer, Australian author, playwright, and critic (d. 1959)
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1887
August Kippasto, Estonian-Australian wrestler and poet (d. 1973)
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1887
István Kühár, Slovenian priest and politician (d. 1922)
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1888
Evadne Price, Australian actress, astrologer, and author (d. 1985)
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1891
Benno Schotz, Estonian-Scottish sculptor and engineer (d. 1984)
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1894
Karl Böhm, Austrian conductor and director (d. 1981)
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1896
Firaq Gorakhpuri, Indian author, poet, and critic (d. 1982)
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1898
Charlie Grimm, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster (d. 1983)
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1899
Charles Boyer, French-American actor, singer, and producer (d. 1978)
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1899
Andrei Platonov, Russian author and poet (d. 1951)
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1899
James Wong Howe, Chinese American cinematographer (d. 1976)
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1903
Bruno Bettelheim, Austrian-American psychologist and author (d. 1990)
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1904
Secondo Campini, Italian-American engineer (d. 1980)
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1904
Leho Laurine, Estonian chess player (d. 1998)
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1905
Cyril Walters, Welsh-English cricketer (d. 1992)
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1906
John Betjeman, English poet and academic (d. 1984)
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1908
Roger Tory Peterson, American ornithologist and author (d. 1996)
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1910
Morris Graves, American painter and academic (d. 2001)
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1910
Tjalling Koopmans, Dutch-American mathematician and economist Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1985)
Tjalling Koopmans · Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
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1911
Joseph Luns, Dutch politician and diplomat, 5th Secretary General of NATO (d. 2002)
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1913
Robertson Davies, Canadian journalist, author, and playwright (d. 1995)
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1913
Jack Dreyfus, American businessman, founded the Dreyfus Corporation (d. 2009)
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1913
Lindsay Hassett, Australian cricketer and sportscaster (d. 1993)
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1913
Robert Irving, English conductor and director (d. 1991)
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1913
Terence Reese, English bridge player and author (d. 1996)
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1913
Richard Tucker, American tenor and actor (d. 1975)
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1915
Max Robertson, Bengal-born English sportscaster and author (d. 2009)
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1915
Tasha Tudor, American author and illustrator (d. 2008)
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1916
Hélène Baillargeon, Canadian singer and actress (d. 1997)
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1916
C. Wright Mills American sociologist and author (d. 1962)
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1916
Jack Vance, American author (d. 2013)
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1917
Jack Kirby, American author and illustrator (d. 1994)
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1918
L. B. Cole, American illustrator and publisher (d. 1995)
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1919
Godfrey Hounsfield, English biophysicist and engineer Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004)
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1921
John Herbert Chapman, Canadian physicist and engineer (d. 1979)
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1921
Fernando Fernán Gómez, Spanish actor, director, and playwright (d. 2007)
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1921
Nancy Kulp, American actress and soldier (d. 1991)
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1921
Lidia Gueiler Tejada, the first female President of Bolivia (d. 2011)
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1924
Janet Frame, New Zealand author and poet (d. 2004)
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1924
Tony MacGibbon, New Zealand cricketer and engineer (d. 2010)
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1924
Peggy Ryan, American actress and dancer (d. 2004)
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1924
Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, Ukrainian-American rabbi and author (d. 2014)
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1925
Billy Grammer, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2011)
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1925
Donald O'Connor, American actor, singer, and dancer (d. 2003)
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1925
Philip Purser, English author and critic
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1928
F. William Free, American businessman (d. 2003)
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1928
Vilayat Khan, Indian sitar player and composer (d. 2004)
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1929
István Kertész, Hungarian conductor (d. 1973)
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1929
Roxie Roker, American actress (d. 1995)
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1930
Ben Gazzara, American actor (d. 2012)
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1930
Windsor Davies, British actor.
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1931
Tito Capobianco, Argentinian director and producer
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1931
Cristina Deutekom, Dutch soprano and actress (d. 2014)
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1931
Ola L. Mize, American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2014)
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1931
John Shirley-Quirk, English actor, singer, and educator (d. 2014)
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1931
Roger Williams, English hepatologist and academic
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1932
Andy Bathgate, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (d. 2016)
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1932
Yakir Aharonov, Israeli academic and educator
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1933
Philip French, English journalist, critic, and producer (d. 2015)
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1933
Patrick Kalilombe, Malawian bishop and theologian (d. 2012)
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1935
Melvin Charney, Canadian sculptor and architect (d. 2012)
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1935
Gilles Rocheleau, Canadian businessman and politician (d. 1998)
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1936
Don Denkinger, American baseball player and umpire
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1935
Warren M. Washington, American atmospheric scientist
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1938
Maurizio Costanzo, Italian journalist and academic
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1938
Paul Martin, Canadian lawyer and politician, 21st Prime Minister of Canada
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1938
Bengt Fahlström, Swedish journalist
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1939
John Kingman, English mathematician and academic
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1940
William Cohen, American lawyer and politician, 20th United States Secretary of Defense
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1940
Roger Pingeon, French cyclist
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1941
Michael Craig-Martin, Irish painter and illustrator
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1941
Toomas Leius, Estonian tennis player and coach
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1941
John Stanley Marshall, English drummer
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1941
Paul Plishka, American opera singer
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1942
Wendy Davies, Welsh historian and academic
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1942
Sterling Morrison, American singer and guitarist (d. 1995)
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1942
Jorge Urosa, Venezuelan cardinal
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1943
Surayud Chulanont, Thai general and politician, 24th Prime Minister of Thailand
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1943
Robert Greenwald, American director and producer
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1943
Shuja Khanzada, Pakistani colonel and politician (d. 2015)
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1943
Lou Piniella, American baseball player and manager
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1943
David Soul, American actor and singer
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1943
Jihad Al-Atrash, Lebanese actor and voice actor
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1944
Marianne Heemskerk, Dutch swimmer
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1945
Bob Segarini, American-Canadian singer-songwriter
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1947
Emlyn Hughes, English footballer (d. 2004)
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1947
Liza Wang, Hong Kong actress and singer
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1948
Vonda N. McIntyre, American author
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1948
Murray Parker, New Zealand cricketer and educator
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1948
Heather Reisman, Canadian publisher and businesswoman
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1948
Danny Seraphine, American drummer and producer
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1948
Elizabeth Wilmshurst, English academic and jurist
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1949
Hugh Cornwell, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1949
Svetislav Pešić, Serbian basketball player and coach
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1950
Ron Guidry, American baseball player and coach
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1950
Tony Husband, English cartoonist
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1951
Colin McAdam, Scottish footballer (d. 2013)
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1951
Wayne Osmond, American singer-songwriter and actor
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1951
Keiichi Suzuki, Japanese singer-songwriter
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1952
Jacques Chagnon, Canadian educator and politician
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1952
Rita Dove, American poet and essayist
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1952
Wendelin Wiedeking, German businessman
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1953
Ditmar Jakobs, German footballer
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1953
Tõnu Kaljuste, Estonian conductor and journalist
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1954
Katharine Abraham, American feminist economist
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1954
George M. Church, American geneticist, chemist, and engineer
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1954
John Dorahy, Australian rugby player and coach
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1954
Ravi Kanbur, Indian-English economist and academic
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1956
Luis Guzmán, Puerto Rican-American actor and producer
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1956
Steve Whiteman, American singer-songwriter
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1957
Greg Clark, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
Greg Clark · Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
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1957
Ivo Josipović, Croatian lawyer, jurist, and politician, 3rd President of Croatia
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1957
Daniel Stern, American actor and director
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1957
Ai Weiwei, Chinese sculptor and activist
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1958
Scott Hamilton, American figure skater
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1959
Brian Thompson, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
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1961
Kim Appleby, English singer-songwriter and actress
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1961
Cliff Benson, American football player
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1961
Jennifer Coolidge, American actress
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1961
Ian Pont, English cricketer and coach
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1962
Paul Allen, English footballer
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1962
Craig Anton, American actor and screenwriter
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1962
David Fincher, American director and producer
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1963
Regina Jacobs, American runner
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1963
Maria Gheorghiu, Romanian folk singer-songwriter
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1964
Lee Janzen, American golfer
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1964
Kaj Leo Johannesen, Faroese footballer and politician, 12th Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands
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1965
Dan Crowley, Australian rugby player
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1965
Sonia Kruger, Australian television host and actress
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1965
Satoshi Tajiri, Japanese video game developer; created Pokémon
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1965
Shania Twain, Canadian singer-songwriter
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1966
Priya Dutt, Indian social worker and politician
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1967
Jamie Osborne, English jockey and trainer
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1968
Billy Boyd, Scottish actor and singer
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1969
Jack Black, American actor and comedian
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1969
Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook and Founder of Leanin.org
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1969
Mary McCartney, English photographer and activist
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1969
Jason Priestley, Canadian actor, director, and producer
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1969
Pierre Turgeon, Canadian-American ice hockey player
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1970
Melina Aslanidou, German-Greek singer-songwriter
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1970
Rick Recht, American singer-songwriter
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1971
Shane Andrews, American baseball player
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1971
Todd Eldredge, American figure skater and coach
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1971
Janet Evans, American swimmer
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1971
Raúl Márquez, Mexican-American boxer and sportscaster
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1972
Ravindu Shah, Kenyan cricketer
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1972
Jay Witasick, American baseball player and coach
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1974
Johan Andersson, Swedish game designer and programmer
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1974
Takahito Eguchi, Japanese pianist and composer
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1974
Carsten Jancker, German footballer and manager
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1975
Jamie Cureton, English footballer
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1975
Gareth Farrelly, Irish footballer and manager
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1975
Hamish McLachlan, Australian television personality
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1975
Royce Willis, New Zealand rugby player
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1976
Federico Magallanes, Uruguayan footballer
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1978
Jess Margera, American drummer
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1979
Shaila Dúrcal, Spanish singer-songwriter
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1979
Robert Hoyzer, German footballer and referee
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1979
Kristen Hughes, Australian netball player
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1979
Markus Pröll, German footballer
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1979
Ruth Riley, American basketball player
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1980
Antony Hämäläinen, Finnish singer-songwriter
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1980
Jaakko Ojaniemi, Finnish decathlete
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1980
Carly Pope, Canadian actress and producer
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1980
Jonathan Reynolds, English lawyer and politician
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1981
Matt Alrich, American lacrosse player
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1981
Kezia Dugdale, Scottish politician
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1981
Martin Erat, Czech ice hockey player
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1981
Daniel Gygax, Swiss footballer
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1981
Raphael Matos, Brazilian race car driver
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1981
Jake Owen, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1981
Ahmed Talbi, Moroccan footballer
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1981
Agata Wróbel, Polish weightlifter
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1982
Anderson Silva de França, Brazilian footballer
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1982
Kevin McNaughton, Scottish footballer
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1982
Thiago Motta, Brazilian-Italian footballer
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1982
LeAnn Rimes, American singer-songwriter and actress
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1983
Ashley Hansen, Australian footballer
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1983
Lasith Malinga, Sri Lankan cricketer
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1983
Luke McAlister, New Zealand rugby player
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1983
Lilli Schwarzkopf, German heptathlete
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1986
Jeff Green, American basketball player
-
1986
Armie Hammer, American actor
-
1986
Tommy Hanson, American baseball player (d. 2015)
-
1986
Simon Mannering, New Zealand rugby league player
-
1986
Gilad Shalit, Israeli soldier and hostage
-
1986
Florence Welch, English singer-songwriter
-
1987
Caleb Moore, American snowmobile racer (d. 2013)
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1989
César Azpilicueta, Spanish footballer
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1989
Valtteri Bottas, Finnish race car driver
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1989
Jo Kwon, South Korean singer and dancer
-
1989
Cassadee Pope, American singer-songwriter
-
1990
Bojan Krkić, Spanish footballer
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1991
Felicio Brown Forbes, German footballer
-
1992
Gabriela Drăgoi, Romanian gymnast
-
1992
Bismack Biyombo, Congolese basketball player
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1992
Max Collins, American-Filipino actress and model
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1993
Jakub Sokolík, Czech footballer
-
1994
Bobby Andonov, Australian singer
-
1994
Manon Arcangioli, French tennis player
-
1994
Junior Malanda, Belgian footballer (d. 2015)
-
2003
Quvenzhané Wallis, American actress
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الوفيات المشهورة
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388
Magnus Maximus, Roman emperor (b. 335)
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430
Augustine of Hippo, Algerian bishop, theologian, and saint (b. 354)
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476
Orestes, Roman general and politician
- 632
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770
Kōken, emperor of Japan (b. 718)
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876
Louis the German, Frankish king (b. 804)
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919
He Gui, Chinese general (b. 858)
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1055
Xing Zong, Chinese emperor (b. 1016)
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1149
Mu'in ad-Din Unur, Turkish ruler and regent
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1231
Eleanor of Portugal, Queen of Denmark
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1341
Levon IV, king of Armenia (b. 1309)
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1406
John de Sutton V, Baron Sutton of Dudley (b. 1380)
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1481
Afonso V, king of Portugal (b. 1432)
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1540
Federico II Gonzaga, duke of Mantua (b. 1500)
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1609
Francis Vere, English governor and general
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1645
Hugo Grotius, Dutch playwright, philosopher, and jurist (b. 1583)
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1648
George Lisle, English general (b. 1610)
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1648
Charles Lucas, English general (b. 1613)
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1654
Axel Oxenstierna, Swedish lawyer and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Sweden (b. 1583)
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1665
Elisabetta Sirani, Italian painter (b. 1638)
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1678
John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1602)
John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton · Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
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1735
Edwin Stead, English landowner and cricketer (b. 1701)
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1757
David Hartley, English psychologist and philosopher (b. 1705)
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1784
Junípero Serra, Spanish priest and missionary (b. 1713)
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1793
Adam Philippe, Comte de Custine, French general (b. 1740)
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1805
Alexander Carlyle, Scottish church leader and author (b. 1722)
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1818
Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, American fur trader, founded Chicago (b. 1750)
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1820
Andrew Ellicott, American surveyor and urban planner (b. 1754)
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1839
William Smith, English geologist and engineer (b. 1769)
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1888
Julius Krohn, Finnish poet and journalist (b. 1835)
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1891
Robert Caldwell, English missionary and linguist (b. 1814)
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1900
Henry Sidgwick, English economist and philosopher (b. 1838)
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1903
Frederick Law Olmsted, American journalist and architect, co-designed Central Park (b. 1822)
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1919
Adolf Schmal, Austrian fencer and cyclist (b. 1872)
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1934
Edgeworth David, Welsh-Australian geologist and explorer (b. 1858)
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1937
George Prendergast, Australian politician, 28th Premier of Victoria (b. 1854)
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1943
Georg Hellat, Estonian architect (b. 1870)
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1943
Boris III of Bulgaria (b. 1894)
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1955
Emmett Till, American murder victim (b. 1941)
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1959
Bohuslav Martinů, Czech-American composer and educator (b. 1890)
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1965
Giulio Racah, Italian-Israeli physicist and mathematician (b. 1909)
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1968
Dimitris Pikionis, Greek architect and academic (b. 1887)
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1971
Reuvein Margolies, Israeli author and scholar (b. 1889)
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1972
Prince William of Gloucester (b. 1941)
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1975
Fritz Wotruba, Austrian sculptor (b. 1907)
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1978
Bruce Catton, American historian and journalist (b. 1899)
-
1978
Robert Shaw, English actor (b. 1927)
-
1981
Béla Guttmann, Hungarian footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1900)
-
1982
Geoff Chubb, South African cricketer (b. 1911)
-
1984
Muhammad Naguib, Egyptian general and politician, 1st President of Egypt (b. 1901)
-
1985
Ruth Gordon, American actress and screenwriter (b. 1896)
-
1986
Russell Lee, American photographer and journalist (b. 1903)
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1987
John Huston, Irish actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1906)
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1988
Jean Marchand, Canadian union leader and politician, 43rd Secretary of State for Canada (b. 1918)
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1988
Max Shulman, American author and screenwriter (b. 1919)
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1989
John Steptoe, American author and illustrator (b. 1950)
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1990
Willy Vandersteen, Belgian author and illustrator (b. 1913)
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1991
Alekos Sakellarios, Greek director and screenwriter (b. 1913)
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1993
William Stafford, American poet and academic (b. 1914)
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1995
Earl W. Bascom, American rodeo performer and painter (b. 1906)
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1995
Michael Ende, German scientist and author (b. 1929)
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1995
Carl Giles, English cartoonist (b. 1916)
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2005
Jacques Dufilho, French actor (b. 1914)
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2005
Esther Szekeres, Hungarian-Australian mathematician and academic (b. 1910)
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2005
George Szekeres, Hungarian-Australian mathematician and academic (b. 1911)
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2006
Heino Lipp, Estonian shot putter and discus thrower (b. 1922)
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2006
Benoît Sauvageau, Canadian educator and politician (b. 1963)
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2006
Melvin Schwartz, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1932)
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2007
Arthur Jones, American businessman, founded Nautilus, Inc. and MedX Corporation (b. 1926)
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2007
Hilly Kristal, American businessman, founded CBGB (b. 1932)
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2007
Paul MacCready, American engineer and businessman, founded AeroVironment (b. 1925)
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2007
Francisco Umbral, Spanish journalist and author (b. 1935)
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2007
Miyoshi Umeki, Japanese-American actress (b. 1929)
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2008
Phil Hill, American race car driver (b. 1927)
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2009
Adam Goldstein, American drummer, DJ, and producer (b. 1973)
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2010
William P. Foster, American bandleader and educator (b. 1919)
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2011
Bernie Gallacher, English footballer (b. 1967)
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2012
Rhodes Boyson, English educator and politician (b. 1925)
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2012
Shulamith Firestone, Canadian-American activist and author (b. 1945)
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2012
Dick McBride, American author, poet, and playwright (b. 1928)
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2012
Saul Merin, Polish-Israeli ophthalmologist and academic (b. 1933)
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2012
Ramón Sota, Spanish golfer (b. 1938)
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2013
John Bellany, Scottish painter and academic (b. 1942)
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2013
Lorella Cedroni, Italian political scientist and philosopher (b. 1961)
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2013
Edmund B. Fitzgerald, American businessman (b. 1926)
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2013
Frank Pulli, American baseball player and umpire (b. 1935)
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2013
Barry Stobart, English footballer (b. 1938)
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2013
Rafael Díaz Ycaza, Ecuadorian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1925)
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2014
Glenn Cornick, English bass guitarist (b. 1947)
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2014
Hal Finney, American cryptographer and programmer (b. 1956)
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2014
John Anthony Walker, American soldier and spy (b. 1937)
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2015
Al Arbour, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1932)
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2015
Mark Krasniqi, Kosovan ethnographer, poet, and translator (b. 1920)
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2015
Nelson Shanks, American painter and educator (b. 1937)
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2016
Juan Gabriel, Mexican singer and songwriter (b. 1950)
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2016
Mr. Fuji, American professional wrestler and manager (b. 1934)
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