October 28 — An diesem Tag in der Geschichte
379 Einträge
Ereignisse
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AD 97
Emperor Nerva is forced by the Praetorian Guard to adopt general Marcus Ulpius Trajanus as his heir and successor.
Nerva · Praetorian Guard · Adoption in ancient Rome · Trajan
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306
Maxentius is proclaimed Roman emperor.
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312
Battle of the Milvian Bridge: Constantine I defeats Maxentius, becoming the sole Roman emperor in the West.
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969
Byzantine general Michael Bourtzes seizes one of Antioch's main wall towers, which he defends against repeated attacks for three days until the reinforcements led by the stratopedarches Peter arrive and secure the city for the Byzantines.
Byzantine · Michael Bourtzes · Antioch · Stratopedarches · Peter (stratopedarches)
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1061
Empress Agnes, acting as regent for her son, brings about the election of bishop Cadalus, the antipope Honorius II.
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1344
The lower town of Smyrna is captured by Crusaders.
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1420
Beijing is officially designated the capital of the Ming dynasty on the same year that the Forbidden City, the seat of government, is completed.
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1449
Christian I is crowned king of Denmark.
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1453
Ladislaus the Posthumous is crowned king of Bohemia in Prague.
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1492
Christopher Columbus lands in Cuba on his first voyage to the New World.
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1516
Battle of Yaunis Khan: Turkish forces under the Grand Vizier Sinan Pasha defeat the Mamluks near Gaza.
Battle of Yaunis Khan · Military of the Ottoman Empire · Grand Vizier Sinan Pasha · Mamluk · Gaza City
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1531
Battle of Amba Sel: Imam Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi again defeats the army of Lebna Dengel, Emperor of Ethiopia. The southern part of Ethiopia falls under Imam Ahmad's control.
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1538
The first university in the New World (in present-day Dominican Republic), the Universidad Santo Tomás de Aquino, is established.
University · New World · Dominican Republic · Universidad Santo Tomás de Aquino
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1628
French Wars of Religion: The Siege of La Rochelle, which had lasted for 14 months, ends with the surrender of the Huguenots.
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1636
A vote of the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony establishes the first college in what would become the United States, today known as Harvard University.
Great and General Court · Massachusetts Bay Colony · College · Harvard University
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1664
The Duke of York and Albany's Maritime Regiment of Foot, later to be known as the Royal Marines, is established.
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1707
The 1707 Hōei earthquake causes more than 5,000 deaths in Honshu, Shikoku and Kyūshū, Japan.
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1726
The novel Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift is published.
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1775
American Revolutionary War: A British proclamation forbids residents from leaving Boston.
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1776
American Revolutionary War: Battle of White Plains: British Army forces arrive at White Plains, attack and capture Chatterton Hill from the Americans.
Battle of White Plains · White Plains, New York · Continental Army
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1834
The Pinjarra massacre occurred in the Swan River Colony at present-day Pinjarra, Western Australia. An estimated 30 Noongar people were killed by British colonists.
Pinjarra massacre · Swan River Colony · Pinjarra, Western Australia
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1835
The United Tribes of New Zealand is established with the signature of the Declaration of Independence.
United Tribes of New Zealand · Declaration of the Independence of New Zealand
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1864
American Civil War: The Battle of Fair Oaks & Darbytown Road (also known as the Second Battle of Fair Oaks) ends: Union forces under General Ulysses S. Grant withdraw from Fair Oaks, Virginia, after failing to breach the Confederate defenses around Richmond, Virginia.
American Civil War · Battle of Fair Oaks & Darbytown Road · Union Army · Ulysses S. Grant · Fair Oaks, Henrico County, Virginia
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1886
In New York Harbor, President Grover Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty. The first ticker tape parade takes place in New York City when office workers spontaneously throw ticker tape into the streets as the statue is dedicated.
New York Harbor · Grover Cleveland · Statue of Liberty · Ticker tape parade · Ticker tape
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1891
The Mino-Owari earthquake, the largest inland earthquake in Japan's history, strikes Aichi Prefecture.
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1893
Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Pathétique, receives its première performance in St. Petersburg, only nine days before the composer's death.
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · Symphony No. 6 (Tchaikovsky) · St. Petersburg
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1904
Panama and Uruguay establish diplomatic links.
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1918
World War I: Czechoslovakia declares independence from Austria-Hungary marking the beginning of an independent Czechoslovak state, after 300 years.
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1918
A new Polish government in western Galicia is established, triggering the Polish-Ukrainian War.
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1919
The U.S. Congress passes the Volstead Act over President Woodrow Wilson's veto, paving the way for Prohibition to begin the following January.
United States Congress · Volstead Act · Woodrow Wilson · Prohibition in the United States
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1922
Italian fascists led by Benito Mussolini march on Rome and take over the Italian government.
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1928
Declaration of the Youth Pledge in Indonesia, the first time Indonesia Raya, now the national anthem, was sung.
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1929
Black Monday, a day in the Wall Street Crash of 1929, which also saw major stock market upheaval.
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1940
World War II: Greece rejects Italy's ultimatum. The Greco-Italian War begins. Italy invades Greece through Albania, marking Greece's entry into World War II.
World War II · Ohi Day · Greco-Italian War · Italy · Greece
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1942
The Alaska Highway (Alcan Highway) is completed through Canada to Fairbanks, Alaska.
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1948
Swiss chemist Paul Müller is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of the insecticidal properties of DDT.
Paul Hermann Müller · Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine · DDT
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1949
An Air France Lockheed Constellation crashes in the Azores killing all people on board, including the French former middleweight world champion boxer Marcel Cerdan and French violinist Ginette Neveu
Air France · Lockheed L-749 Constellation · 1949 Air France Lockheed Constellation crash · Marcel Cerdan · Ginette Neveu
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1956
Elvis Presley receives a polio vaccination on national TV. This single event is credited with raising immunization levels in the United States from 0.6% to over 80% in just six months.
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1958
John XXIII is elected Pope.
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1962
End of Cuban Missile Crisis: Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev orders the removal of Soviet missiles from Cuba.
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1964
Vietnam War: U.S. officials deny any involvement in bombing North Vietnam.
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1965
Nostra aetate, the "Declaration on the Relation of the Church with Non-Christian Religions" of the Second Vatican Council, is promulgated by Pope Paul VI; it absolves the Jews of responsibility for the death of Jesus, reversing Innocent III's 760-year-old declaration.
Nostra aetate · Second Vatican Council · Pope Paul VI · Jewish deicide · Pope Innocent III
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1971
Britain launches the satellite Prospero into low Earth orbit atop a Black Arrow carrier rocket from Launch Area 5B at Woomera, South Australia, the only British satellite to date launched by a British rocket.
Satellite · Prospero (satellite) · Low Earth orbit · Black Arrow · Carrier rocket
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1982
The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party wins elections, leading to the first Socialist government in Spain after death of Franco; Felipe González becomes Prime Minister-elect.
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party · Francisco Franco · Felipe González
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1990
The Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic holds the first multiparty legislature election in the country's history.
Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic · Supreme Council of the Republic of Georgia
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1995
289 people are killed and 265 injured in Baku Metro fire, the deadliest subway disaster in history.
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2005
Plame affair: Lewis Libby, Vice-president Dick Cheney's chief of staff, is indicted in the Valerie Plame case. Libby resigns later that day.
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2006
The funeral service takes place for those executed at Bykivnia forest, outside Kiev, Ukraine. 817 Ukrainian civilians (out of some 100,000) executed by Bolsheviks at Bykivnia in 1930s/1940s are reburied.
Bykivnia · Kiev · Ukraine · Bolsheviks
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2007
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner becomes the first woman elected President of Argentina.
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2009
The 28 October 2009 Peshawar bombing kills 117 and wounds 213.
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2009
NASA successfully launches the Ares I-X mission, the only rocket launch for its later-cancelled Constellation program.
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2013
Five people are killed and 38 are injured after a car crashes into barriers just outside the Forbidden City in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China.
2013 Tiananmen Square attack · Forbidden City · Tiananmen Square
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2014
An unmanned Antares rocket carrying NASA's Cygnus CRS Orb-3 resupply mission to the International Space Station explodes seconds after taking off from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport in Virginia.
Antares (rocket) · NASA · Cygnus CRS Orb-3 · International Space Station · Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport
Berühmte Geburten
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1016
Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1056)
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1401
Thomas St Clere, English landowner (d. 1435)
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1466
Erasmus, Dutch philosopher (d. 1536)
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1479
John Gage, English courtier (d. 1556)
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1510
Francis Borgia, 4th Duke of Gandía, Spanish priest and saint, 3rd Superior General of the Society of Jesus (d. 1572)
Francis Borgia, 4th Duke of Gandía · Superior General of the Society of Jesus
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1550
Stanislaus Kostka, Polish saint (d. 1568)
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1585
Cornelius Jansen, Dutch bishop and theologian (d. 1638)
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1599
Marie of the Incarnation, foundress of the Ursuline Monastery in Quebec (d. 1672)
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1610
Jacob Kettler, German noble (d. 1682)
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1690
Peter Tordenskjold, Norwegian admiral (d. 1720)
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1693
Šimon Brixi, Czech composer (d. 1735)
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1696
Maurice de Saxe, French general (d. 1750)
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1703
Antoine Deparcieux, French mathematician and engineer (d. 1768)
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1718
Ignacije Szentmartony, Croatian priest, mathematician, astronomer, and explorer (d. 1793)
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1733
Franz Ignaz von Beecke, German composer (d. 1803)
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1754
John Laurens, American soldier (d. 1782)
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1767
Marie of Hesse-Kassel (d. 1852)
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1793
Eliphalet Remington, American businessman, founded Remington Arms (d. 1861)
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1804
Pierre François Verhulst, Belgian mathematician and theorist (d. 1849)
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1815
Ľudovít Štúr, Slovak philologist and politician (d. 1856)
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1816
Malwida von Meysenbug, German writer (d. 1903)
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1837
Tokugawa Yoshinobu, Japanese shogun (d. 1913)
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1839
Edward P. Allen, American captain, lawyer, and politician (d. 1909)
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1845
Zygmunt Florenty Wróblewski, Polish physicist and chemist (d. 1888)
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1846
Auguste Escoffier, French chef and author (d. 1935)
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1854
Jean-Marie Guyau, French philosopher and poet (d. 1888)
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1860
Kanō Jigorō, Japanese martial artist (d. 1938)
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1864
Adolfo Camarillo, Mexican-American rancher and philanthropist (d. 1958)
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1867
Sister Nivedita, Irish-Indian nurse, author, and educator (d. 1911)
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1875
Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor, Turkish-Canadian journalist (d. 1966)
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1877
Joe Adams, American baseball player and manager (d. 1952)
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1879
Channing H. Cox, American lawyer and politician, 49th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1968)
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1880
Wilhelm Anderson, Belarusian-Estonian astrophysicist and astronomer (d. 1940)
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1880
Billy Wedlock, English footballer (d. 1965)
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1881
Vin Coutie, Australian footballer (d. 1951)
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1884
William Douglas Cook, New Zealand horticulturalist, founded Eastwoodhill Arboretum (d. 1967)
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1885
Velimir Khlebnikov, Russian poet and playwright (d. 1922)
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1886
Noel Macklin, English soldier and engineer (d. 1946)
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1888
Christopher Vane, 10th Baron Barnard, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Durham (d. 1964)
Christopher Vane, 10th Baron Barnard · Lord Lieutenant of Durham
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1889
Juliette Béliveau, Canadian actress and singer (d. 1975)
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1892
Dink Johnson, American pianist, drummer, and clarinet player (d. 1954)
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1893
Christopher Kelk Ingold, British chemist (d. 1970)
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1896
Howard Hanson, American composer, conductor, and educator (d. 1981)
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1897
Edith Head, American costume designer (d. 1981)
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1901
Eileen Shanahan, Irish poet (d. 1979)
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1902
Elsa Lanchester, English-American actress and singer (d. 1986)
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1903
John Chamberlain, American historian, journalist, and critic (d. 1995)
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1903
Evelyn Waugh, English journalist, author, and critic (d. 1966)
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1904
George Dangerfield, English-American historian, journalist, and author (d. 1986)
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1905
Tatyana Pavlovna Ehrenfest, Dutch mathematician (d. 1984)
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1907
John Hewitt, Irish poet, playwright, and critic (d. 1987)
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1908
Arturo Frondizi, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 32nd President of Argentina (d. 1995)
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1909
Francis Bacon, Irish painter and illustrator (d. 1992)
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1912
Richard Doll, English physiologist and epidemiologist (d. 2005)
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1914
Glenn Robert Davis, American lieutenant and politician (d. 1988)
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1914
Jonas Salk, American biologist and physician (d. 1995)
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1914
Richard Laurence Millington Synge, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1994)
Richard Laurence Millington Synge · Nobel Prize in Chemistry
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1916
Pearl Hackney, English actress (d. 2009)
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1917
Jack Soo, American actor and singer (d. 1979)
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1919
Walt Hansgen, American race car driver (d. 1966)
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1919
Hans Klenk, German race car driver (d. 2009)
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1921
Azumafuji Kin'ichi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 40th Yokozuna (d. 1973)
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1922
Gershon Kingsley, German-American pianist, composer, and conductor
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1922
Simon Muzenda, Zimbabwe politician, 1st Vice President of Zimbabwe (d. 2003)
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1922
Butch van Breda Kolff, American basketball player and coach (d. 2007)
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1923
John Connell, American actor (d. 2015)
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1924
Antonio Creus, Spanish race car driver and motorcycle racer (d. 1996)
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1924
Peddibhotla Suryakantam, Telugu actress (d. 1994)
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1925
Ian Hamilton Finlay, Bahamian-Scottish poet, sculptor, and gardener (d. 2006)
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1926
Bowie Kuhn, American lawyer and businessman (d. 2007)
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1927
Cleo Laine, English singer and actress
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1928
Ion Mihai Pacepa, Romanian general
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1928
William Rodgers, Baron Rodgers of Quarry Bank, English politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
William Rodgers, Baron Rodgers of Quarry Bank · Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
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1929
Marcel Bozzuffi, French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1988)
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1929
Virginia Held, American philosopher, author, and academic
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1929
John Hollander, American poet, critic, and educator (d. 2013)
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1929
Joan Plowright, English actress
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1930
Bernie Ecclestone, English businessman
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1931
Harold Battiste, American saxophonist, pianist, and composer (d. 2015)
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1932
Spyros Kyprianou, Cypriot lawyer and politician, 2nd President of Cyprus (d. 2002)
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1932
Suzy Parker, American model and actress (d. 2003)
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1933
Garrincha, Brazilian footballer (d. 1983)
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1933
Michael Noakes, English painter and illustrator
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1935
Alan Clarke, English director and screenwriter (d. 1990)
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1936
Charlie Daniels, American singer-songwriter, fiddle-player and guitarist
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1936
Ted Hawkins, American soul-blues singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1995)
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1937
Graham Bond, English keyboard player, singer, and saxophonist (d. 1974)
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1937
Lenny Wilkens, American basketball player and coach
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1938
Keigo Abe, Japanese martial artist and coach
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1938
Kenneth Best, Liberian journalist, founded The Daily Observer
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1938
Howard Blake, English composer and conductor
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1938
Dave Budd, American basketball player
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1938
Gary Cowan, Canadian golfer
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1938
David Dimbleby, English journalist
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1938
Anne Perry, English author
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1939
Jane Alexander, American actress and producer
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1939
Andy Bey, American singer and pianist
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1939
Miroslav Cerar, Slovenian gymnast and lawyer
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1939
Curtis Lee, American singer-songwriter (d. 2015)
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1940
Susan Harris, American screenwriter and producer
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1941
Hank Marvin, English singer and guitarist (The Shadows)
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1942
Terence Donovan, English-Australian actor
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1942
Abdelkader Fréha, Algerian footballer (d. 2012)
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1942
Kees Verkerk, Dutch speed skater
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1942
Gillian Lovegrove, English computer scientist and academic
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1943
Jimmy McRae, Scottish race car driver
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1943
Karalyn Patterson, English psychologist and academic
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1944
Gerry Anderson, Irish radio and television host (d. 2014)
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1944
Coluche, French comedian and actor (d. 1986)
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1944
Dennis Franz, American actor
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1944
Anton Schlecker, German businessman, founded the Schlecker Company
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1945
Sandy Berger, American lawyer and politician, 19th United States National Security Advisor (d. 2015)
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1945
Elton Dean, English saxophonist and keyboard player (d. 2006)
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1945
Wayne Fontana, English pop-rock singer (The Mindbenders)
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1945
Don Iverson, American golfer
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1946
John Hewson, Australian economist and politician
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1946
Wim Jansen, Dutch footballer and manager
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1946
Sharon Thesen, Canadian poet and academic
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1948
Telma Hopkins, American singer and actress
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1949
Caitlyn Jenner, American decathlete and actress
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1950
Sihem Bensedrine, Tunisian journalist and activist
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1950
Ludo Delcroix, Belgian cyclist
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1951
Peter Hitchens, English journalist and author
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1951
Joe R. Lansdale, American martial artist and author
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1952
Tuck Andress, American jazz guitarist (Tuck & Patti)
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1952
Annie Potts, American actress
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1953
Pierre Boivin, Canadian businessman
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1953
Desmond Child, American songwriter and producer
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1955
Ronnie Bass, American football player and sportscaster
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1955
Bill Gates, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Microsoft
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1955
Digby Jones, Baron Jones of Birmingham, English businessman, lawyer, and politician, Minister of State for Trade
Digby Jones, Baron Jones of Birmingham · Minister of State for Trade
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1955
Indra Nooyi, Indian-American businesswoman
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1955
Gary Lavergne, American author
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1956
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iranian engineer and politician, 6th President of Iran
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1956
Dave Wyndorf, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Monster Magnet)
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1956
Volker Zotz, Austrian philosopher, scholar, and author
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1957
Marian Bell, English economist and academic
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1957
Stephen Morris, English drummer
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1957
Zach Wamp, American businessman and politician
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1958
Concha García Campoy, Spanish journalist (d. 2013)
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1958
Ashok Chavan, Indian businessman and politician, 16th Chief Minister of Maharashtra
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1958
William Reid, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1959
James Keelaghan, Canadian singer-songwriter and producer
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1959
Toshio Masuda, Japanese composer
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1959
Randy Wittman, American basketball player and coach
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1960
Landon Curt Noll, American computer scientist and mathematician
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1962
Erik Thorstvedt, Norwegian footballer and manager
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1962
Daphne Zuniga, American actress
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1963
Lauren Holly, American actress
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1963
Sheryl Underwood, American comedian, actress, and talk show host
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1964
Andrew Bridgen, English soldier and politician
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1964
Peter Coyne, Australian rugby league player
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1965
Jami Gertz, American actress
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1965
David Warburton, English composer, businessman, and politician
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1965
Miyako Yoshida, Japanese ballerina
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1966
Steve Atwater, American football player
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1966
Matt Drudge, American blogger and activist, founded the Drudge Report
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1966
Andy Richter, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
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1966
Aris Spiliotopoulos, Greek politician, Greek Minister of Education and Religious Affairs
Aris Spiliotopoulos · Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs (Greece)
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1967
Kevin Macdonald, Scottish director, producer, and screenwriter
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1967
Julia Roberts, American actress and producer
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1967
John Romero, American video game designer, co-founded Id Software
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1968
Chris Broussard, American journalist and sportscaster
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1968
Marc Lièvremont, French rugby player and coach
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1968
Mayumi Ozaki, Japanese wrestler
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1969
Javier Grillo-Marxuach, Puerto Rican-American screenwriter and producer
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1969
Ben Harper, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1969
Noriyoshi Omichi, Japanese baseball player and coach
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1970
Greg Eagles, American voice actor and producer
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1970
Alan Peter Cayetano, Filipino politician and Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines
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1971
Roxana Briban, Romanian soprano and actress (d. 2010)
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1971
Caroline Dinenage, English businesswoman and politician
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1972
Terrell Davis, American football player and sportscaster
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1972
Brad Paisley, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
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1973
Montel Vontavious Porter, American wrestler and actor
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1973
Aleksandar Stanojević, Serbian footballer and manager
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1974
Braden Looper, American baseball player
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1974
Vicente Moreno, Spanish footballer and manager
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1974
Joaquin Phoenix, American actor and producer
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1974
Dejan Stefanović, Serbian footballer and coach
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1974
Dayanara Torres, Puerto Rican actress and singer, Miss Universe 1993
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1976
Keiron Cunningham, British rugby league player and coach
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1976
Martin Lepa, Estonian footballer
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1976
Simone Loria, Italian footballer
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1978
Justin Guarini, American singer-songwriter and actor
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1979
Natina Reed, American rapper and actress (d. 2012)
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1979
Martin Škoula, Czech ice hockey player
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1979
Olcay Çetinkaya, Turkish footballer
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1979
Jawed Karim, co founder of YouTube and one of main designers or PayPal
Jawed Karim · YouTube · PayPal
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1980
Christy Hemme, American wrestler and ring announcer
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1980
Agnes Obel, Danish singer-songwriter and pianist
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1980
Alan Smith, English footballer and coach
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1981
Solomon Andargachew, Ethiopian footballer
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1981
Milan Baroš, Czech footballer
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1981
Shane Gore, English footballer
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1981
Nate McLouth, American baseball player
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1981
Nick Montgomery, English-Scottish footballer
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1982
Jeremy Bonderman, American baseball player
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1982
Enver Jääger, Estonian footballer
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1982
Anthony Lerew, American baseball player
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1982
Hironori Saruta, Japanese footballer
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1982
Matt Smith, English actor and director
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1983
Jarrett Jack, American basketball player
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1983
Kayo Noro, Japanese singer and actress
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1983
Joe Thomas, English actor and screenwriter
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1984
Bryn Evans, New Zealand rugby player
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1984
Obafemi Martins, Nigerian footballer
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1984
Finn Wittrock, American actor
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1985
Tyrone Barnett, English footballer
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1986
Anthony Griffith, English footballer
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1986
Aki Toyosaki, Japanese voice actress and singer
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1987
Frank Ocean, American singer-songwriter
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1988
Edd Gould, English cartoonist and animator (d. 2012)
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1988
Jamie xx, English musician, DJ, record producer and remixer
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1989
Camille Muffat, French swimmer (d. 2015)
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1991
Lucy Bronze, English footballer
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1992
Maria Sergejeva, Estonian figure skater
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1995
Glen Kamara, Finnish footballer
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1996
Jasmine Jessica Anthony, American actress
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1996
Jack Eichel, American ice hockey player
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1996
Una Raymond-Hoey, Irish cricketer
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1997
Taylor Fritz, American tennis player
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1998
Nolan Gould, American actor
Berühmte Todesfälle
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312
Maxentius, Roman emperor (b. 278)
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457
Ibas of Edessa, Syrian bishop
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816
Beggo, count of Toulouse and Paris
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875
Remigius of Lyon, Frankish archbishop
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1138
King Bolesław III Wrymouth of Poland
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1225
Jien, Japanese monk, historian, and poet (b. 1155)
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1266
Saint Arsenije I Sremac
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1310
Ecumenical Patriarch Athanasius I of Constantinople (b. 1230)
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1312
Elizabeth of Carinthia, Queen of Germany (b. 1262)
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1412
Margaret I of Denmark (b. 1353)
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1468
Bianca Maria Visconti, Duchess of Milan (b. 1425)
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1568
Ashikaga Yoshihide, Japanese shogun (b. 1539)
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1592
Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq, Flemish diplomat
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1594
Ōkubo Tadayo, Japanese general (b. 1532)
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1627
Jahangir, Mughal Emperor of India (b. 1569)
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1639
Stefano Landi, Italian composer and educator (b. 1587)
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1646
William Dobson, English painter (b. 1610)
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1661
Agustín Moreto y Cavana, Spanish priest and playwright (b. 1618)
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1676
Jean Desmarets, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1595)
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1703
John Wallis, English mathematician and cryptographer (b. 1616)
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1704
John Locke, English physician and philosopher (b. 1632)
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1708
Prince George of Denmark (b. 1653)
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1716
Stephen Fox, English politician (b. 1627)
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1740
Anna of Russia (b. 1693)
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1754
Friedrich von Hagedorn, German poet (b. 1708)
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1755
Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, French composer (b. 1689)
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1763
Heinrich von Brühl, German general and politician (b. 1700)
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1768
Michel Blavet, French flute player and composer (b. 1700)
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1787
Johann Karl August Musäus, German author (b. 1735)
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1792
Paul Möhring, German physician, botanist, and zoologist (b. 1710)
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1792
John Smeaton, English engineer, designed the Coldstream Bridge and Perth Bridge (b. 1724)
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1800
Artemas Ward, American general and politician (b. 1727)
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1806
Charlotte Turner Smith, English poet and author (b. 1749)
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1818
Abigail Adams, American writer and second First Lady of the United States (b. 1744)
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1841
Johan August Arfwedson, Swedish chemist and academic (b. 1792)
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1857
Louis-Eugène Cavaignac, French general and politician, 26th Prime Minister of France (b. 1802)
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1877
Robert Swinhoe, English ornithologist and entomologist (b. 1835)
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1879
Marie Roch Louis Reybaud, French economist and politician (b. 1799)
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1899
Ottmar Mergenthaler, German-American engineer, invented the Linotype machine (b. 1854)
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1900
Max Müller, German philologist and orientalist (b. 1823)
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1914
Richard Heuberger, Austrian composer and critic (b. 1850)
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1916
Cleveland Abbe, American meteorologist and academic (b. 1838)
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1916
Oswald Boelcke, German WWI flying ace (b. 1891)
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1917
Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein (b. 1831)
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1917
Dimitrios Votsis, Greek lawyer and politician (b. 1841)
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1918
Ulisse Dini, Italian mathematician and politician (b. 1845)
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1929
Bernhard von Bülow, German soldier and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1849)
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1936
Newton Moore, Australian soldier and politician, 8th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1870)
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1939
Alice Brady, American actress (b. 1892)
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1945
Kesago Nakajima, Japanese general (b. 1881)
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1952
Billy Hughes, English-Australian politician, 7th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1862)
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1957
Ernst Gräfenberg, German-American physician and gynecologist (b. 1881)
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1959
Camilo Cienfuegos, Cuban soldier (b. 1932)
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1963
Mart Saar, Estonian organist and composer (b. 1882)
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1965
Thomas Graham Brown, Scottish mountaineer and physiologist (b. 1882)
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1969
Constance Dowling, American model and actress (b. 1920)
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1970
Baby Huey, American singer-songwriter (b. 1944)
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1973
Taha Hussein, Egyptian historian, author, and academic (b. 1889)
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1973
Sergio Tofano, Italian actor, director, and playwright (b. 1883)
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1975
Georges Carpentier, French boxer and actor (b. 1894)
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1975
Oliver Nelson, American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer (b. 1932)
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1978
Rukmani Devi, Sri Lankan singer and actress (b. 1923)
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1983
Otto Messmer, American animator and screenwriter (b. 1892)
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1986
John Braine, English author (b. 1922)
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1987
André Masson, French soldier and painter (b. 1896)
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1989
Henry Hall, English bandleader, composer, and actor (b. 1898)
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1990
Erich Göstl, Austrian SS officer (b. 1925)
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1993
Yuri Lotman, Russian-Estonian historian and scholar (b. 1922)
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1997
Paul Jarrico, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1915)
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1998
Ted Hughes, English poet and playwright (b. 1930)
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1999
Antonios Katinaris, Greek singer-songwriter (b. 1931)
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2000
Andújar Cedeño, Dominican baseball player (b. 1969)
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2001
Gerard Hengeveld, Dutch pianist, composer, and educator (b. 1910)
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2002
Margaret Booth, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1898)
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2002
Erling Persson, Swedish businessman, founded H&M (b. 1917)
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2004
Eugene K. Bird, American colonel and author, US Commandant of Spandau Prison (b. 1926)
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2005
Bob Broeg, American soldier and journalist (b. 1918)
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2005
Raymond Hains, French photographer (b. 1926)
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2005
Tony Jackson, American basketball player (b. 1942)
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2005
Fernando Quejas, Cape Verdean-Portuguese singer-songwriter (b. 1922)
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2005
Richard Smalley, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1943)
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2005
Ljuba Tadić, Serbian actor and screenwriter (b. 1929)
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2006
Red Auerbach, American basketball player and coach (b. 1917)
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2006
Trevor Berbick, Jamaican-Canadian boxer (b. 1954)
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2006
Marijohn Wilkin, American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1920)
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2007
Takao Fujinami, Japanese lawyer and politician (b. 1932)
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2007
Porter Wagoner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1927)
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2009
Taylor Mitchell, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1990)
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2010
Liang Congjie, Chinese historian and activist, founded Friends of Nature (b. 1932)
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2010
James MacArthur, American actor (b. 1937)
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2010
Jonathan Motzfeldt, Greenlandic politician, 1st Prime Minister of Greenland (b. 1938)
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2010
Ehud Netzer, Israeli archaeologist, architect, and educator (b. 1934)
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2011
Tom Addington, English soldier (b. 1919)
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2012
Gordon Bilney, Australian dentist and politician (b. 1939)
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2012
John Cheffers, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1936)
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2012
Jack Dellal, English businessman (b. 1923)
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2013
Tetsuharu Kawakami, Japanese baseball player and manager (b. 1920)
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2013
Tadeusz Mazowiecki, Polish journalist and politician, Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1927)
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2013
Aleksandar Tijanić, Serbian journalist (b. 1949)
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2013
Rajendra Yadav, Indian author (b. 1929)
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2014
Galway Kinnell, American poet and academic (b. 1927)
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2014
Michael Sata, Zambian police officer and politician, 5th President of Zambia (b. 1937)