October 7 — An diesem Tag in der Geschichte
362 Einträge
Ereignisse
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3761 BC
The epoch reference date epoch (origin) of the modern Hebrew calendar (Proleptic Julian calendar).
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1403
Battle of Modon: Genoese fleet under Jean Le Maingre (Marshal Boucicaut) is defeated by the Republic of Venice at Modon in the Peloponnese.
Battle of Modon (1403) · Republic of Genoa · Jean Le Maingre · Marshal of France · Republic of Venice
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1406
French troops comprising 1,000 men at arms landed on Jersey and fought a battle against 3,000 defenders.
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1477
Uppsala University is inaugurated after receiving its corporate rights from Pope Sixtus IV in February the same year.
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1513
Battle of La Motta: Spanish troops under Ramón de Cardona defeat the Venetians.
Battle of La Motta (1513) · Ramón de Cardona · Republic of Venice
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1542
Explorer Cabrillo discovers Santa Catalina Island off of the California coast.
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1571
The Battle of Lepanto is fought, and the Ottoman Navy suffers its first defeat.
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1582
Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar, this day is skipped in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
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1691
The English royal charter for the Province of Massachusetts Bay is issued.
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1763
King George III of the United Kingdom issues the Royal Proclamation of 1763, closing aboriginal lands in North America north and west of the Alleghenies to white settlements.
George III of the United Kingdom · Royal Proclamation of 1763 · Alleghenies
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1777
American Revolutionary War: The Americans defeat the British in the Second Battle of Saratoga, also known as the Battle of Bemis Heights.
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1780
American Revolutionary War: Battle of Kings Mountain: American Patriot militia defeat Loyalist irregulars led by British major Patrick Ferguson in South Carolina.
Battle of Kings Mountain · Patriot (American Revolution) · Militia · Loyalist (American Revolution) · Irregular military
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1800
French corsair Robert Surcouf, commander of the 18-gun ship La Confiance, captures the British 38-gun Kent inspiring the traditional French song Le Trente-et-un du mois d'août.
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1826
The Granite Railway begins operations as the first chartered railway in the U.S.
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1828
Morea expedition: The city of Patras, Greece, is liberated by the French expeditionary force in the Peloponnese under General Maison.
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1840
Willem II becomes King of the Netherlands.
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1862
Royal Columbian Hospital (RCH) opens as the first hospital in the Colony of British Columbia
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1864
American Civil War: Bahia incident: USS Wachusett illegally captures the CSS Florida Confederate raider while in port in Bahia, Brazil in violation of Brazilian neutrality.
American Civil War · Bahia incident · USS Wachusett (1861) · CSS Florida (cruiser) · Salvador, Bahia
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1868
Cornell University holds opening day ceremonies; initial student enrollment is 412, the highest at any American university to that date.
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1870
Franco-Prussian War: Siege of Paris: Léon Gambetta flees Paris in a hot-air balloon.
Franco-Prussian War · Siege of Paris (1870-71) · Léon Gambetta
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1879
Germany and Austria-Hungary sign the "Twofold Covenant" and create the Dual Alliance.
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1912
The Helsinki Stock Exchange sees its first transaction.
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1916
Georgia Tech defeats Cumberland University 222-0 in the most lopsided college football game in American history.
Georgia Institute of Technology · Cumberland University · 1916 Cumberland vs. Georgia Tech football game
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1918
The Regency Council of the Kingdom of Poland declares independence from the German Empire and forms the Republic of Poland.
Regency Council (Poland) · Kingdom of Poland (1916-18) · German Empire · Second Polish Republic
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1919
KLM, the flag carrier of the Netherlands, is founded. It is the oldest airline still operating under its original name.
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1924
Andreas Michalakopoulos becomes Prime Minister of Greece for a short period of time.
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1929
Photius II becomes Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople.
Photius II of Constantinople · Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
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1933
Air France is inaugurated, after being formed by a merger of five French airlines.
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1940
World War II: The McCollum memo proposes bringing the United States into the war in Europe by provoking the Japanese to attack the United States.
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1942
World War II: The October Matanikau action on Guadalcanal begins as United States Marine Corps forces attack Imperial Japanese Army units along the Matanikau River.
Actions along the Matanikau · Guadalcanal · United States Marine Corps · Imperial Japanese Army · Matanikau River
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1944
World War II: During an uprising at Birkenau concentration camp, Jewish prisoners burn down Crematorium IV.
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1949
The communist German Democratic Republic (East Germany) is formed.
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1950
Mother Teresa establishes the Missionaries of Charity.
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1958
President of Pakistan Iskander Mirza, with the support of General Ayub Khan and the army, suspends the 1956 constitution, imposes martial law, and cancels the elections scheduled for January 1959.
President of Pakistan · Iskander Mirza · Ayub Khan (general) · Martial law
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1958
The U.S. manned space-flight project is renamed Project Mercury.
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1959
U.S.S.R. probe Luna 3 transmits the first ever photographs of the far side of the Moon.
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1963
John F. Kennedy signs the ratification of the Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
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1977
The adoption of the Fourth Soviet Constitution.
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1985
The Mameyes landslide kills almost 200 people in Puerto Rico.
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1987
Sikh nationalists declares the independence of Khalistan from India; it is not internationally recognized.
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1988
An Iñupiat hunter discovers three gray whales trapped under the ice in Barrow, Alaska, US; the situation becomes a multinational effort to free the whales.
Iñupiat · Gray whale · Barrow, Alaska · Operation Breakthrough
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1991
Croatian War of Independence: Bombing of Banski dvori in Zagreb, Croatia.
Croatian War of Independence · Bombing of Banski dvori · Zagreb
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1993
The flood of '93 ends at St. Louis, Missouri, 103 days after it began, as the Mississippi River falls below flood stage.
Great Flood of 1993 · St. Louis, Missouri · Mississippi River
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1996
Fox News Channel begins broadcasting.
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1998
Matthew Shepard, a gay student at the University of Wyoming, is found tied to a fence after being savagely beaten by two young adults in Laramie, Wyoming.
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2001
The Global War on Terrorism begins as a result of the September 11 attacks. The U.S. invasion of Afghanistan initiates with an air assault and covert operations on the ground.
Global War on Terrorism · September 11 attacks · War in Afghanistan (2001-2014)
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2003
The governor of California, Gray Davis, is recalled in favor of Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Gray Davis · California gubernatorial recall election · Arnold Schwarzenegger
- 2008
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2016
In the wake of Hurricane Matthew, the death toll rises to 800.
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Berühmte Geburten
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13 BC
Drusus Julius Caesar, Roman politician (d. 23 AD)
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1301
Grand Prince Aleksandr Mikhailovich of Tver (d. 1339)
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1409
Elizabeth of Luxembourg (d. 1442)
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1471
Frederick I of Denmark (d. 1533)
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1474
Bernhard III, Margrave of Baden-Baden (d. 1536)
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1482
Ernest, Margrave of Baden-Durlach (d. 1553)
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1573
William Laud, English archbishop and academic (d. 1645)
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1576
John Marston, English poet and playwright (d. 1634)
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1586
Isaac Massa, Dutch diplomat (d. 1643)
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1589
Archduchess Maria Maddalena of Austria (d. 1631)
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1591
Pierre Le Muet, French architect (d. 1669)
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1597
Captain John Underhill, English settler and soldier (d. 1672)
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1635
Roger de Piles, French painter (d. 1709)
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1713
Granville Elliott, English general (d. 1759)
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1728
Caesar Rodney, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 4th Governor of Delaware (d. 1784)
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1744
Sergey Vyazmitinov, Russian general and politician, War Governor of Saint Petersburg (d. 1819)
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1746
William Billings, American composer and educator (d. 1800)
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1748
Charles XIII of Sweden (d. 1818)
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1769
Solomon Sibley, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, 1st Mayor of Detroit (d. 1846)
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1786
Louis-Joseph Papineau, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 1871)
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1798
Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume, French instrument maker and businessman (d. 1875)
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1821
Richard H. Anderson, American general (d. 1879)
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1832
Charles Crozat Converse, American lawyer and composer (d. 1918)
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1835
Felix Draeseke, German composer and educator (d. 1913)
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1836
Henri Elzéar Taschereau, Canadian scholar and jurist, 4th Chief Justice of Canada (d. 1911)
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1841
Nicholas I of Montenegro (d. 1921)
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1849
James Whitcomb Riley, American poet and author (d. 1916)
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1860
Leonidas Paraskevopoulos, Greek general and politician (d. 1936)
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1866
Wlodimir Ledóchowski, Polish-Austrian religious leader, 26th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (d. 1942)
Wlodimir Ledóchowski · Superior General of the Society of Jesus
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1870
Uncle Dave Macon, American old-time country banjo player, singer-songwriter, and comedian (d. 1952)
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1876
Louis Tancred, South African cricketer (d. 1934)
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1879
Joe Hill, Swedish-born American labor activist and poet (d. 1915)
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1881
Mikhail Drozdovsky, Ukrainian-Russian general (d. 1918)
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1884
Harold Geiger, American lieutenant and pilot (d. 1927)
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1885
Niels Bohr, Danish physicist and philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1962)
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1885
Claud Ashton Jones, American admiral, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1948)
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1887
Jack Russell, English cricketer and coach (d. 1961)
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1888
Henry A. Wallace, American lawyer and politician, 33rd Vice President of the United States (d. 1965)
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1889
Robert Z. Leonard, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1968)
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1892
Dwain Esper, American director and producer (d. 1982)
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1893
Alice Dalgliesh, Trinidadian-American author and publisher (d. 1979)
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1894
Del Lord, Canadian-American actor and director (d. 1970)
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1895
Maurice Grevisse, Belgian linguist and author (d. 1980)
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1896
Paulino Alcántara, Spanish Filipino football player and manager (d. 1964)
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1897
Elijah Muhammad, American religious leader (d. 1975)
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1897
Thakin Mya, Burmese lawyer and politician (d. 1947)
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1900
Heinrich Himmler, German commander and politician (d. 1945)
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1904
Armando Castellazzi, Italian footballer and coach (d. 1968)
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1905
Andy Devine, American actor (d. 1977)
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1907
Helen MacInnes, Scottish-American librarian and author (d. 1985)
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1909
Anni Blomqvist, Finnish author (d. 1990)
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1909
Shura Cherkassky, Ukrainian-American pianist and educator (d. 1995)
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1909
Erastus Corning 2nd, American soldier and politician, 72nd Mayor of Albany (d. 1983)
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1910
Henry Plumer McIlhenny, American art collector and philanthropist (d. 1986)
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1911
Vaughn Monroe, American singer, trumpet player, and bandleader (d. 1973)
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1912
Fernando Belaúnde Terry, Peruvian architect and politician, 85th President of Peru (d. 2002)
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1912
Peter Walker, English race car driver (d. 1984)
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1913
Simon Carmiggelt, Dutch journalist and author (d. 1987)
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1913
Raimond Valgre, Estonian pianist, guitarist, and composer (d. 1949)
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1914
Sarah Churchill, English actress (d. 1982)
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1914
Alfred Drake, American actor and singer (d. 1992)
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1914
Herman Keiser, American golfer (d. 2003)
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1917
June Allyson, American actress (d. 2006)
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1918
Harry V. Jaffa, American historian, philosopher, and academic (d. 2015)
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1919
Henriette Avram, American computer scientist and academic (d. 2006)
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1919
Zelman Cowen, Australian academic and politician, 19th Governor-General of Australia (d. 2011)
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1919
Georges Duby, French historian and author (d. 1996)
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1920
Georg Leber, German soldier and politician, German Federal Minister of Defence (d. 2012)
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1920
Jack Rowley, English footballer and manager (d. 1998)
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1921
Raymond Goethals, Belgian footballer and coach (d. 2004)
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1922
Grady Hatton, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2013)
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1922
William Zinsser, American journalist and critic (d. 2015)
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1923
Irma Grese, German SS officer (d. 1945)
Irma Grese · SS
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1923
Břetislav Pojar, Czech animator and director (d. 2012)
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1923
Jean-Paul Riopelle, Canadian painter and sculptor (d. 2002)
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1927
Al Martino, American singer and actor (d. 2009)
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1927
R. D. Laing, Scottish psychiatrist and author (d. 1989)
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1929
Graeme Ferguson, Canadian director and producer, co-founded the IMAX Corporation
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1929
Mariano Gagnon, American Catholic priest and author (d. 2017)
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1929
Robert Westall, English journalist and author (d. 1993)
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1930
Curtis Crider, American race car driver (d. 2012)
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1931
Cotton Fitzsimmons, American basketball player and coach (d. 2004)
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1931
Tommy Lewis, American football player and coach (d. 2014)
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1931
R. Sivagurunathan, Sri Lankan journalist, lawyer, and academic (d. 2003)
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1931
Desmond Tutu, South African archbishop and activist, Nobel Prize laureate
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1932
Joannes Gijsen, Dutch bishop (d. 2013)
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1933
Harold Dunaway, American race car driver and pilot (d. 2012)
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1934
Amiri Baraka, American poet, playwright, and academic (d. 2014)
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1934
Ulrike Meinhof, German far-left terrorist, co-founder of the Red Army Faction, journalist (d. 1976)
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1934
Julian Thompson, English general and historian
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1935
Thomas Keneally, Australian novelist, playwright, and essayist
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1936
Michael Hurll, English director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012)
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1937
Christopher Booker, English journalist and author
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1937
Chet Powers, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Quicksilver Messenger Service) (d. 1994)
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1937
Maria Szyszkowska, Polish academic and politician
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1938
Ann Jones, English tennis player and sportscaster
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1939
John Hopcroft, American computer scientist and author
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1939
Clive James, Australian television host, author, and critic
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1939
Harry Kroto, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2016)
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1939
Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya, Congolese cardinal
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1939
Bill Snyder, American football player and coach
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1940
Bruce Vento, American educator and politician (d. 2000)
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1942
Joy Behar, American talk show host, comedian and television personality
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1943
José Cardenal, Cuban baseball player and coach
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1943
Oliver North, American colonel, journalist, and author
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1944
Judee Sill, American singer-songwriter and musician (d. 1979)
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1944
Donald Tsang, Chinese civil servant and politician, 2nd Chief Executive of Hong Kong
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1945
Kevin Godley, English singer-songwriter and director
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1945
David Wallace, Scottish physicist and academic
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1946
John Brass, Australian rugby player and coach
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1946
Catharine MacKinnon, American lawyer, activist, and author
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1947
Chris Bambridge, Australian footballer and referee
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1948
Diane Ackerman, American poet and essayist
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1948
John F. B. Mitchell, English climatologist and author
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1948
Stephen Rucker, American composer
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1949
Dave Hope, American bass player and priest
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1950
Dick Jauron, American football player and coach
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1950
Jakaya Kikwete, Tanzanian colonel, economist, and politician, 4th President of Tanzania
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1951
John Mellencamp, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
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1952
Vladimir Putin, Russian colonel and politician, 4th President of Russia
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1952
Jacques Richard, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2002)
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1952
Graham Yallop, Australian cricketer
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1953
Linda Griffiths, Canadian actress and playwright (d. 2014)
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1953
Margus Lepa, Estonian journalist and actor
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1953
Tico Torres, American drummer
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1955
Ralph Johnson, American computer scientist and author
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1955
Bill Henson, Australian photographer
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1955
Yo-Yo Ma, French-American cellist and educator
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1956
Steve Bainbridge, English rugby player
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1956
Mike Shipley, Australian-English sound engineer and producer (d. 2013)
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1956
Brian Sutter, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
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1957
Joey Marquez, Filipino basketball player, actor, and politician
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1957
Michael W. Smith, American singer-songwriter and actor
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1957
Jayne Torvill, English figure skater
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1959
Dylan Baker, American actor
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1959
Simon Cowell, English businessman and producer, created The X Factor and Britain's Got Talent
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1959
Lourdes Flores, Peruvian lawyer and politician
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1959
Jean-Marc Fournier, Canadian lawyer and politician
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1959
Brazo de Oro, Mexican wrestler (d. 2017)
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1960
Kevin Boyle, American historian and author
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1961
Brian Mannix, Australian singer-songwriter
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1961
Tony Sparano, American football player and coach
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1962
Dave Bronconnier, Canadian businessman and politician, 35th Mayor of Calgary
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1962
William Johnson, German-English cricketer
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1964
Sam Brown, English singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer
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1964
Dan Savage, American LGBT rights activist, journalist and television producer
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1964
Paul Stewart, English footballer
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1965
Genji Hashimoto, Japanese race car driver
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1965
Kumiko Watanabe, Japanese voice actress
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1966
Sherman Alexie, American novelist, short story writer, poet, and filmmaker
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1966
Marco Beltrami, Italian-American composer and conductor
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1966
Janet Shaw, Australian cyclist and author (d. 2012)
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1967
Michelle Alexander, American law professor, author and activist
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1967
Peter Baker, English golfer
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1967
Toni Braxton, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
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1967
Luke Haines, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player
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1968
Thom Yorke, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1969
Bobbie Brown, American model and actress
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1969
Malia Hosaka, American wrestler
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1969
Per Mathisen, Norwegian bass player and composer
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1969
Maria Whittaker, English model, actress, and singer
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1971
Daniel Boucher, Canadian singer and actor
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1972
Marlou Aquino, Filipino basketball player
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1972
Ben Younger, American director, producer, and screenwriter
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1973
Dida, Brazilian footballer
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1973
Priest Holmes, American football player
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1973
Sami Hyypiä, Finnish footballer and manager
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1973
Grigol Mgaloblishvili, Georgian politician and diplomat, 7th Prime Minister of Georgia
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1974
Rune Glifberg, Danish skateboarder
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1974
Charlotte Perrelli, Swedish singer
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1975
Giorgos Karadimos, Greek singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1975
Damian Kulash, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1975
Tim Minchin, English-Australian comedian, actor, and singer
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1976
Marc Coma, Spanish motorcycle racer
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1976
Taylor Hicks, American singer-songwriter
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1976
Gilberto Silva, Brazilian footballer
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1976
Santiago Solari, Argentinian footballer and manager
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1976
Charles Woodson, American football player
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1978
Alison Balsom, English trumpet player and educator
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1978
Alesha Dixon, English singer-songwriter and dancer
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1978
Zaheer Khan, Indian cricketer
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1979
Simona Amânar, Romanian gymnast
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1979
Aaron Ashmore, Canadian actor
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1979
Shawn Ashmore, Canadian actor
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1982
Madjid Bougherra, Algerian footballer
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1982
Jermain Defoe, English footballer
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1982
Robby Ginepri, American tennis player
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1982
Li Yundi, Chinese pianist
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1982
Lockett Pundt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1983
Archie Bland, English journalist and author
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1983
Dwayne Bravo, Trinidadian cricketer
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1983
Flying Lotus, American rapper, DJ, and producer
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1983
Scottie Upshall, Canadian ice hockey player
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1984
Salman Butt, Pakistani cricketer
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1984
Toma Ikuta, Japanese actor and singer
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1984
Simon Poulsen, Danish footballer
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1984
Zachary Wyatt, American soldier and politician
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1985
Evan Longoria, American baseball player
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1986
Chase Daniel, American football player
-
1986
Lee Nguyen, American soccer player
-
1986
Gunnar Nielsen, Faroese footballer
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1986
Bree Olson, American porn actress and producer
-
1986
Amy Satterthwaite, New Zealand cricketer
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1987
Jeremy Brockie, New Zealand footballer
-
1987
Aiden English, American wrestler
-
1987
Sam Querrey, American tennis player
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1988
Diego da Silva Costa, Brazilian footballer
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1988
Lauren Mayberry, Scottish singer-songwriter
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1989
Trent Merrin, Australian rugby league player
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1990
Sebastián Coates, Uruguayan footballer
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1991
Lay, Chinese singer-songwriter
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1992
Mookie Betts, American baseball player
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1995
Lyndon Dykes, Australian professional soccer player
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1995
Lloyd Jones, English professional footballer
-
1995
Bram van Vlerken, Dutch professional football player
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1995
Mathias Dyngeland, Norwegian footballer
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1998
Trent Alexander-Arnold, English professional footballer
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Berühmte Todesfälle
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336
Pope Mark
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858
Montoku, Japanese emperor (b. 826)
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929
Charles the Simple, French king (b. 879)
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950
Li, Chinese empress consort
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951
Shi Zong, emperor of the Liao Dynasty (b. 919)
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951
Xiao, Chinese Khitan empress dowager
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951
Zhen, Chinese Khitan empress consort
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1242
Juntoku, Japanese emperor (b. 1197)
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1259
Ezzelino III da Romano, Italian ruler
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1363
Eleanor de Bohun, Countess of Ormonde (b. 1304)
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1368
Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence, Belgian-English politician (b. 1338)
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1461
Jean Poton de Xaintrailles, follower of Joan of Arc (b. c. 1390)
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1468
Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta, lord of Rimini (b. 1417)
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1553
Cristóbal de Morales, Spanish composer (b. 1500)
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1571
Sufi Ali Pasha, Ottoman soldier and politician, Ottoman Governor of Egypt
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1571
Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg, Danish queen consort of Christian III of Denmark (b. 1511)
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1577
George Gascoigne, English soldier, courtier, and poet (b. 1535)
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1612
Giovanni Battista Guarini, Italian poet, playwright, and diplomat (b. 1538)
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1620
Stanisław Żółkiewski, Polish-Lithuanian commander (b. 1547)
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1637
Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy (b. 1587)
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1651
Jacques Sirmond, French scholar (b. 1559)
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1653
Fausto Poli, Italian cardinal (b. 1581)
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1708
Guru Gobind Singh, Indian 10th Sikh guru (b. 1666)
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1772
John Woolman, American preacher and abolitionist (b. 1720)
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1787
Henry Muhlenberg, German-American pastor and missionary (b. 1711)
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1792
George Mason, American lawyer and politician (b. 1725)
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1793
Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire, English politician, President of the Board of Trade (b. 1718)
Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire · President of the Board of Trade
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1796
Thomas Reid, Scottish mathematician and philosopher (b. 1710)
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1849
Edgar Allan Poe, American short story witer, poet, and critic (b. 1809)
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1884
Bernard Petitjean, French Roman Catholic missionary to Japan (b. 1829)
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1894
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., American physician, author, and poet (b. 1809)
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1903
Rudolf Lipschitz, German mathematician and academic (b. 1832)
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1904
Isabella Bird, English historian and explorer (b. 1831)
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1906
Honoré Beaugrand, Canadian journalist and politician, 18th Mayor of Montreal (b. 1848)
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1911
John Hughlings Jackson, English neurologist and physician (b. 1835)
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1919
Alfred Deakin, Australian lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1856)
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1925
Christy Mathewson, American baseball player and manager (b. 1880)
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1926
Emil Kraepelin, German psychologist and academic (b. 1856)
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1933
Alexander Peacock, Australian politician, 20th Premier of Victoria (b. 1861)
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1939
Harvey Williams Cushing, American neurosurgeon and academic (b. 1869)
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1943
Radclyffe Hall, English author and poet (b. 1880)
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1944
Helmut Lent, German colonel and pilot (b. 1918)
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1950
Willis Haviland Carrier, American engineer (b. 1876)
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1951
Anton Philips, Dutch businessman, co-founded Philips (b. 1874)
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1956
Clarence Birdseye, American businessman, founded Birds Eye (b. 1886)
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1959
Mario Lanza, American tenor and actor (b. 1921)
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1966
Grigoris Asikis, Greek singer-songwriter (b. 1890)
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1967
Norman Angell, English journalist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1872)
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1969
Léon Scieur, Belgian cyclist (b. 1888)
-
1970
Alphonse-Marie Parent, Canadian priest and academic (b. 1906)
-
1983
George O. Abell, American astronomer, professor at UCLA, science popularizer, and skeptic (b. 1927)
-
1985
Cemal Reşit Rey, Turkish pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1904)
-
1990
Beatrice Hutton, Australian architect (b. 1893)
-
1991
Harry W. Brown, American colonel and pilot (b. 1921)
-
1991
Leo Durocher, American baseball player and manager (b. 1905)
-
1991
Darren Millane, Australian footballer (b. 1965)
-
1992
Allan Bloom, American philosopher and educator (b. 1930)
-
1992
Babu Karam Singh Bal, Indian businessman and politician (b.1927)
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1993
Cyril Cusack, South African-born Irish actor (b. 1910)
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1994
Niels Kaj Jerne, Danish-English physician and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
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1995
Ivan Hutchinson, Australian film critic and author (b. 1928)
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1995
Olga Taussky-Todd, Austrian-Czech-American mathematician, attendant of the Vienna Circle (b. 1906)
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1996
Lou Lichtveld, Surinamese-Dutch author, playwright, and politician (b. 1903)
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1998
Cees de Vreugd, Dutch strongman and weightlifter (b. 1952)
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2001
Herblock, American cartoonist and author (b. 1909)
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2001
Christopher Adams, English-American wrestler and trainer (b. 1955)
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2001
Roger Gaudry, Canadian chemist and businessman (b. 1913)
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2002
Pierangelo Bertoli, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1942)
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2003
Izzy Asper, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1932)
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2003
Arthur Berger, American composer and educator (b. 1912)
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2004
Tony Lanfranchi, English race car driver (b. 1935)
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2006
Julen Goikoetxea, Spanish cyclist (b. 1985)
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2006
Anna Politkovskaya, American-Russian journalist and activist (b. 1958)
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2007
Norifumi Abe, Japanese motorcycle racer (b. 1975)
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2007
George E. Sangmeister, American lawyer and politician (b. 1931)
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2009
Irving Penn, American photographer (b. 1917)
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2010
T Lavitz, American keyboard player, composer, and producer (b. 1956)
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2010
Milka Planinc, Croatian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (b. 1924)
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2011
Ramiz Alia, Albanian politician, 1st President of Albania (b. 1925)
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2011
Andrew Laszlo, Hungarian-American cinematographer (b. 1926)
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2012
Mervyn M. Dymally, Trinidadian-American politician, 41st Lieutenant Governor of California (b. 1926)
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2012
Ivo Michiels, Belgian-French author and poet (b. 1923)
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2012
Wiley Reed, American-Australian singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1944)
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2013
Mick Buckley, English footballer (b. 1953)
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2013
Patrice Chéreau, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1944)
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2013
David E. Jeremiah, American admiral (b. 1934)
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2013
Leandro Mendoza, Filipino police officer and politician, 36th Executive Secretary of the Philippines (b. 1946)
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2013
Joe Rogers, American lawyer and politician, 45th Lieutenant Governor of Colorado (b. 1964)
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2014
Nika Kiladze, Georgian footballer (b. 1988)
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2014
Siegfried Lenz, Polish-German author and playwright (b. 1926)
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2014
Iva Withers, Canadian-American actress and singer (b. 1917)
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2015
Harry Gallatin, American basketball player and coach (b. 1927)
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2015
Hossein Hamadani, Iranian general (b. 1951)
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2015
W. R. Mitchell, English journalist and author (b. 1928)
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2015
Jurelang Zedkaia, Marshallese politician, 5th President of the Marshall Islands (b. 1950)
Jurelang Zedkaia · List of Presidents of the Marshall Islands
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2016
Ross Higgins, Australian actor, comedian (b. 1930)
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