December 24 — An diesem Tag in der Geschichte
378 Einträge
Ereignisse
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502
Chinese emperor Xiao Yan names Xiao Tong his heir designate.
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640
Pope John IV is elected.
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759
Tang dynasty poet Du Fu departs for Chengdu, where he is hosted by fellow poet Pei Di.
Tang dynasty · Du Fu · Du Fu · Pei Di
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1144
The capital of the crusader County of Edessa falls to Imad ad-Din Zengi, the atabeg of Mosul and Aleppo.
Crusades · County of Edessa · Siege of Edessa · Imad ad-Din Zengi · Atabeg
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1294
Pope Boniface VIII is elected, replacing St. Celestine V, who had resigned.
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1500
A joint Venetian-Spanish fleet captures the Castle of St. George on the island of Cephalonia.
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1777
Kiritimati, also called Christmas Island, is discovered by James Cook.
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1800
The Plot of the rue Saint-Nicaise fails to kill Napoleon Bonaparte.
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1814
Representatives of Britain and the United States sign the Treaty of Ghent, ending the War of 1812.
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1818
The first performance of "Silent Night" takes place in the church of St. Nikolaus in Oberndorf, Austria.
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1826
The Eggnog Riot at the United States Military Academy begins that night, wrapping up the following morning.
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1846
British acquired Labuan from the Sultanate of Brunei for Great Britain.
Crown Colony of Labuan · Sultanate of Brunei · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
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1851
Library of Congress burns.
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1865
The Ku Klux Klan is formed.
- 1871
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1906
Radio: Reginald Fessenden transmits the first radio broadcast; consisting of a poetry reading, a violin solo, and a speech.
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1911
Lackawanna Cut-Off railway line opens in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
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1913
The Italian Hall disaster in Calumet, Michigan results in the deaths of 73 Christmas party participants (including 59 children) when someone falsely yells "fire".
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1914
World War I: The "Christmas truce" begins.
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1924
Albania becomes a republic.
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1929
Assassination attempt on Argentine President Hipólito Yrigoyen.
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1939
World War II: Pope Pius XII makes a Christmas Eve appeal for peace.
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1941
World War II: Kuching is conquered by Japanese forces.
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1941
World War II: Benghazi is conquered by British forces.
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1942
World War II: French monarchist, Fernand Bonnier de La Chapelle, assassinates Vichy French Admiral François Darlan in Algiers, Algeria.
Fernand Bonnier de La Chapelle · Vichy · François Darlan · Algiers · Algeria
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1943
World War II: U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower is named Supreme Allied Commander for the Invasion of Normandy.
Dwight D. Eisenhower · Supreme Allied Commander · Invasion of Normandy
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1945
Five of nine children become missing after their home in Fayetteville, West Virginia, is burned down.
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1951
Libya becomes independent from Italy. Idris I is proclaimed King of Libya.
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1953
Tangiwai disaster: In New Zealand's North Island, at Tangiwai, a railway bridge is damaged by a lahar and collapses beneath a passenger train, killing 151 people.
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1964
Vietnam War: Viet Cong operatives bomb the Brinks Hotel in Saigon, South Vietnam to demonstrate they can strike an American installation in the heavily guarded capital.
Vietnam War · Viet Cong · 1964 Brinks Hotel bombing · Ho Chi Minh City · South Vietnam
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1966
A Canadair CL-44 chartered by the United States military crashes into a small village in South Vietnam, killing 129.
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1968
Apollo program: The crew of Apollo 8 enters into orbit around the Moon, becoming the first humans to do so. They performed ten lunar orbits and broadcast live TV pictures.
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1969
The oil company Phillips Petroleum made the first oil discovery in the Norwegian sector of North Sea.
- 1969
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1973
District of Columbia Home Rule Act is passed, allowing residents of Washington, D.C. to elect their own local government.
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1974
Cyclone Tracy devastates Darwin, Australia.
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1980
Witnesses report the first of several sightings of unexplained lights near RAF Woodbridge, in Rendlesham Forest, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, an incident called "Britain's Roswell".
Rendlesham Forest incident · RAF Woodbridge · Rendlesham Forest · Suffolk · Roswell UFO incident
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1994
Air France Flight 8969 is hijacked on the ground at Houari Boumediene Airport, Algiers, Algeria. Over the course of three days three passengers are killed, as are all four terrorists.
Air France Flight 8969 · Houari Boumediene Airport · Algiers, Algeria
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1997
The Sid El-Antri massacre in Algeria kills between 50 and 100 people.
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1999
Indian Airlines Flight 814 is hijacked in Indian airspace between Kathmandu, Nepal, and Delhi, India. The aircraft landed at Kandahar in Afghanistan. The incident ended on December 31 with the release of 190 survivors (one passenger is killed).
Indian Airlines Flight 814 · Kathmandu · Nepal · Delhi · Kandahar
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2003
The Spanish police thwart an attempt by ETA to detonate 50 kg of explosives at 3:55 p.m. inside Madrid's busy Chamartín Station.
ETA (separatist group) · Explosive material · Madrid · Madrid Chamartín railway station
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2005
Chad-Sudan relations: Chad declares a state of war against Sudan following a December 18 attack on Adré, which left about 100 people dead.
Chad-Sudan relations · Chad · Declaration of war · Sudan · December 18
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2008
Lord's Resistance Army, a Ugandan rebel group, begins a series of attacks on Democratic Republic of the Congo, massacring more than 400.
Lord's Resistance Army · Uganda · 2008 Christmas massacres · Democratic Republic of the Congo
Berühmte Geburten
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3 BC
Galba, Roman emperor (d. 69)
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1166
John, King of England (d. 1216)
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1389
John V, Duke of Brittany (d. 1442)
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1474
Bartolomeo degli Organi, Italian musician (d. 1539)
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1475
Thomas Murner, German poet and translator (d. 1537)
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1508
Pietro Carnesecchi, Italian scholar (d. 1567)
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1520
Martha Leijonhufvud, Swedish noble (d. 1584)
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1537
Willem IV van den Bergh, Stadtholder of Guelders and Zutphen (d. 1586)
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1549
Kaspar Ulenberg, German theologian (d. 1617)
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1588
Constance of Austria (d. 1631)
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1596
Leonaert Bramer, Dutch painter (d. 1674)
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1597
Honoré II, Prince of Monaco (d. 1662)
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1625
Johann Rudolph Ahle, German organist, composer, and theorist (d. 1673)
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1635
Mariana of Austria (d. 1696)
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1679
Domenico Sarro, Italian composer and educator (d. 1744)
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1698
William Warburton, English bishop (d. 1779)
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1726
Johann Hartmann, Danish composer (d. 1793)
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1731
Julie Bondeli, Swiss salonist and lady of letters (d. 1778)
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1754
George Crabbe, English priest, surgeon, and poet (d. 1832)
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1761
Selim III, Ottoman sultan (d. 1808)
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1761
Jean-Louis Pons, French astronomer (d. 1831)
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1798
Adam Mickiewicz, Polish poet and playwright (d. 1855)
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1809
Kit Carson, American general (d. 1868)
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1810
Wilhelm Marstrand, Danish painter and illustrator (d. 1873)
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1812
Karl Eduard Zachariae von Lingenthal, German lawyer and jurist (d. 1894)
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1818
James Prescott Joule, English physicist and brewer (d. 1889)
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1822
Matthew Arnold, English poet and critic (d. 1888)
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1827
Alexander von Oettingen, German theologian and statistician (d. 1905)
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1837
Empress Elisabeth of Austria (d. 1898)
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1843
Lydia Koidula, Estonian poet and playwright (d. 1886)
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1845
George I of Greece (d. 1913)
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1865
Szymon Askenazy, Polish historian, educator, and diplomat, founded the Askenazy school (d. 1935)
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1867
Tevfik Fikret, Turkish poet and educator (d. 1915)
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1867
Kantarō Suzuki, Japanese admiral and politician, 42nd Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1948)
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1868
Emanuel Lasker, German chess player, mathematician, and philosopher (d. 1941)
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1869
Henriette Roland Holst, Dutch poet, playwright, and politician (d. 1952)
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1872
Frederick Semple, American golfer and tennis player (d. 1927)
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1875
Émile Wegelin, French rower (d. 1962)
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1877
Sigrid Schauman, Finnish painter and critic (d. 1979)
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1879
Émile Nelligan, Canadian poet (d. 1941)
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1879
Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (d. 1952)
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1880
Johnny Gruelle, American author and illustrator (d. 1939)
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1881
Charles Wakefield Cadman, American composer and critic (d. 1946)
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1882
Hans Rebane, Estonian journalist and politician, 8th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 1961)
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1883
Stefan Jaracz, Polish actor and producer (d. 1945)
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1885
Paul Manship, American sculptor (d. 1966)
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1887
Louis Jouvet, French actor and producer (d. 1951)
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1888
Michael Curtiz, Hungarian-American actor, director, and producer (d. 1962)
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1891
Feodor Stepanovich Rojankovsky, Russian illustrator and painter (d. 1970)
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1892
Ruth Chatterton, American actress (d. 1961)
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1893
Harry Warren, American pianist and composer (d. 1981)
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1894
Georges Guynemer, French captain and pilot (d. 1917)
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1894
Jack Thayer, American businessman (d. 1945)
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1895
E. Roland Harriman, American financier and philanthropist (d. 1978)
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1895
Noel Streatfeild, English author (d. 1986)
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1895
Marguerite Williams, American geologist (d. 1991)
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1897
Ville Pörhölä, Finnish shot putter and discus thrower (d. 1964)
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1897
Väinö Sipilä, Finnish runner (d. 1987)
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1898
Baby Dodds, American drummer (d. 1959)
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1900
Joey Smallwood, Canadian journalist and politician, 1st Premier of Newfoundland (d. 1991)
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1900
Hawayo Takata, Japanese-American teacher and master practitioner of Reiki (d. 1980)
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1903
Joseph Cornell, American sculptor and director (d. 1972)
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1903
Ernst Krenkel, Polish-Russian geographer and explorer (d. 1971)
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1903
Ava Helen Pauling, American humanitarian and activist (d. 1981)
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1904
Joseph M. Juran, Romanian-American engineer and businessman (d. 2008)
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1905
Howard Hughes, American businessman, engineer, and pilot (d. 1976)
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1906
Franz Waxman, German-American composer and conductor (d. 1967)
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1907
I. F. Stone, American journalist and author (d. 1989)
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1910
Ellen Braumüller, German javelin thrower and triathlete (d. 1991)
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1910
Fritz Leiber, American author and poet (d. 1992)
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1910
Max Miedinger, Swiss typeface designer, created Helvetica (d. 1980)
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1913
Ad Reinhardt, American painter and academic (d. 1967)
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1914
Ralph Marterie, Italian-American trumpet player and bandleader (d. 1978)
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1914
Herbert Reinecker, German author and screenwriter (d. 2007)
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1919
Qateel Shifai, Pakistani poet and songwriter (d. 2001)
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1919
Pierre Soulages, French artist
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1920
Franco Lucentini, Italian author and screenwriter (d. 2002)
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1920
Yevgeniya Rudneva, Ukrainian-Russian lieutenant and navigator (d. 1944)
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1921
Bill Dudley, American football player (d. 2010)
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1922
Ava Gardner, American actress (d. 1990)
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1923
George Patton IV, American general (d. 2004)
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1924
Lee Dorsey, American singer-songwriter (d. 1986)
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1924
Abdirizak Haji Hussein, Somalian soldier and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Somalia (d. 2014)
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1924
Mohammed Rafi, Indian singer (d. 1980)
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1924
Norman Rossington, English actor (d. 1999)
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1927
Mary Higgins Clark, American author
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1928
Lev Vlassenko, Georgian-Australian pianist and educator (d. 1996)
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1929
Lennart Skoglund, Swedish footballer (d. 1975)
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1929
Philip Ziegler, English historian and author
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1930
Robert Joffrey, American dancer and choreographer (d. 1988)
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1930
John J. Kelley, American runner (d. 2011)
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1931
Ray Bryant, American pianist and composer (d. 2011)
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1931
Mauricio Kagel, Argentinian-German composer and scholar (d. 2008)
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1932
Colin Cowdrey, Indian-English cricketer (d. 2000)
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1932
On Kawara, Japanese-American painter (d. 2014)
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1934
John Critchinson, English pianist and composer
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1934
Stjepan Mesić, Croatian lawyer and politician, 2nd President of Croatia
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1936
Ivan Lawrence, English lawyer and politician
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1937
Félix Miélli Venerando, Brazilian footballer and manager (d. 2012)
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1937
John Taylor, Baron Kilclooney, Northern Irish politician, Irish Minister of Home Affairs
John Taylor, Baron Kilclooney · Minister of Home Affairs (Northern Ireland)
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1938
Bobby Henrich, American baseball player
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1938
Valentim Loureiro, Portuguese soldier and politician
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1940
Janet Carroll, American actress and singer (d. 2012)
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1941
Mike Hazlewood, English singer-songwriter (d. 2001)
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1942
Indra Bania, Indian actor, director, and playwright (d. 2015)
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1942
Jonathan Borofsky, American sculptor and painter
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1942
Đoàn Viết Hoạt, Vietnamese journalist, educator, and activist
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1943
Tarja Halonen, Finnish lawyer and politician, 11th President of Finland
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1943
Suzy Menkes, English journalist and critic
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1944
Barry Elliot, English actor and screenwriter
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1944
Mike Curb, American businessman and politician, 42nd Lieutenant Governor of California
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1944
Oswald Gracias, Indian cardinal
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1944
Daniel Johnson, Jr., Canadian lawyer and politician, 25th Premier of Quebec
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1944
Erhard Keller, German speed skater
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1944
Bob Shaw, Australian golfer
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1944
Woody Shaw, American trumpeter (d. 1989)
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1945
Lemmy, English hard rock singer-songwriter and bass player (d. 2015)
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1945
Steve Smith, Canadian-American actor and comedian
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1946
Jan Akkerman, Dutch rock guitarist and songwriter
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1946
Jeff Sessions, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 44th Attorney General of Alabama
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1947
Kevin Sheedy, Australian footballer and coach
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1948
Stan Bowles, English footballer and sportscaster
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1948
Frank Oliver, New Zealand rugby player and coach
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1949
Warwick Brown, Australian race car driver
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1949
Randy Neugebauer, American accountant and politician
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1950
Dana Gioia, American poet and critic
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1950
Hiroshi Ikushima, Japanese businessman and academic
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1950
Libby Larsen, American composer
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1951
John D'Acquisto, American baseball player
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1951
Nick Kent, English-French journalist and author
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1953
Timothy Carhart, American actor
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1954
Yves Debay, Congolese-French commander and journalist (d. 2013)
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1954
José María Figueres, Costa Rican businessman and politician, President of Costa Rica
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1954
Helen Jones, English lawyer and politician
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1954
Dale Brown Emeagwali, American microbiologist and cancer researcher
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1955
Scott Fischer, American mountaineer and guide (d. 1996)
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1955
Clarence Gilyard, American actor and educator
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1957
Hamid Karzai, Afghan politician, 12th President of Afghanistan
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1957
Diane Tell, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1958
Munetaka Higuchi, Japanese drummer and producer (d. 2008)
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1958
Paul Pressey, American basketball player and coach
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1958
Gene Sperling, American economist
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1959
Chris Blackhurst, English journalist
-
1959
Lee Daniels, American director and producer
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1960
Glenn McQueen, Canadian-American animator (d. 2002)
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1960
Carol Vorderman, English television host
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1961
Ilham Aliyev, Azerbaijani businessman and politician, 4th President of Azerbaijan
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1961
Mary Barra, American businesswoman, current CEO and chairwoman of General Motors
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1961
Eriko Kitagawa, Japanese director and screenwriter
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1961
Darren Wharton, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player
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1961
Wade Williams, American actor
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1961
Jay Wright, American basketball player and coach
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1962
Kate Spade, American fashion designer, co-founded Kate Spade New York
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1963
Caroline Aherne, English actress, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2016)
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1963
Jay Bilas, American basketball player and sportscaster
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1963
Timo Jutila, Finnish ice hockey player and sportscaster
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1963
Mary Ramsey, American singer-songwriter and violinist
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1963
Neil Turbin, American singer-songwriter
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1964
Mark Valley, American actor
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1965
Millard Powers, American bass player, songwriter, and producer
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1966
Diedrich Bader, American actor
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1967
Mikhail Shchennikov, Russian race walker
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1967
Pernilla Wahlgren, Swedish singer and actress
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1968
Doyle Bramhall II, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1968
Marleen Renders, Belgian runner
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1969
Brad Anderson, American wrestler
-
1969
Milan Blagojevic, Australian footballer and manager
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1969
Pernille Fischer Christensen, Danish director and screenwriter
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1969
Taro Goto, Japanese soccer player
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1969
Leavander Johnson, American boxer (d. 2005)
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1969
Ryuji Kato, Japanese soccer player
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1969
Nick Love, English director and screenwriter
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1969
Clinton McKinnon, American saxophonist and keyboard player
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1969
Ed Miliband, English academic and politician, Minister for the Cabinet Office
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1969
Mark Millar, Scottish author
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1969
Luis Musrri, Chilean footballer and manager
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1969
Oleg Skripochka, Russian astronaut and engineer
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1969
Gintaras Staučė, Lithuanian footballer and manager
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1969
Michael Zucchet, American economist and politician
-
1970
Adam Haslett, American author and academic
-
1970
Amaury Nolasco, Puerto Rican-American actor
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1971
Geoff Allott, New Zealand cricketer
-
1971
Sascha Fischer, German rugby player
-
1971
Ricky Martin, Puerto Rican-American singer-songwriter and actor
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1972
Álvaro Mesén, Costa Rican footballer
-
1972
Klaus Schnellenkamp, Chilean businessman and author
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1973
Liu Dong, Chinese-Spanish runner
-
1973
Paul Foot, English comedian
-
1973
Stephenie Meyer, American author and film producer
-
1973
Ali Salem Tamek, Moroccan activist
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1974
Thure Lindhardt, Danish actor
-
1974
Paal Nilssen-Love, Norwegian drummer and composer
-
1974
Marcelo Salas, Chilean footballer
-
1974
Ryan Seacrest, American radio host and television personality, and producer
-
1974
J.D. Walsh, American actor, director, and producer
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1976
Linda Ferga, French hurdler
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1977
Michael Raymond-James, American actor
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1978
Yıldıray Baştürk, German-Turkish footballer
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1978
Warren Tredrea, Australian footballer and sportscaster
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1979
Chris Hero, American wrestler and trainer
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1980
Maarja Liis-Ilus, Estonian pop musician
-
1980
Stephen Appiah, Ghanaian footballer
-
1980
Tomas Kalnoky, Czech-American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1981
Dima Bilan, Russian singer-songwriter and actor
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1984
Isaac De Gois, Australian rugby league player
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1985
Alexey Dmitriev, German ice hockey player
-
1985
David Ragan, American race car driver
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1986
Tim Elliott, American mixed martial artist
-
1986
Kyrylo Fesenko, Ukrainian basketball player
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1987
Jane Summersett, American ice dancer
-
1988
Stefanos Athanasiadis, Greek footballer
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1988
Emre Özkan, Turkish footballer
-
1988
Simon Zenke, Nigerian footballer
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1990
Brigetta Barrett, American high jumper
-
1990
Marcus Jordan, American basketball player
-
1990
Ryo Miyake, Japanese fencer
-
1991
Lara Michel, Swiss tennis player
-
1991
Wasim Tareen, Pakistani footballer
-
1991
Louis Tomlinson, English singer-songwriter
-
1994
Fa'amanu Brown, New Zealand rugby league player
-
1994
Miguel Castro, Dominican baseball player
Berühmte Todesfälle
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427
Archbishop Sisinnius I of Constantinople
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903
Hedwiga, duchess of Saxony
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950
Shi Hongzhao, Chinese general
-
950
Wang Zhang, Chinese official
-
950
Yang Bin, Chinese chancellor
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1193
Roger III of Sicily (b. 1175)
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1257
John I, Count of Hainaut (b. 1218)
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1263
Hōjō Tokiyori, regent of Japan (b. 1227)
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1281
Henry V of Luxembourg (b. 1216)
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1449
Walter Bower, Scottish chronicler (b. 1385)
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1453
John Dunstaple, English composer (b. 1390)
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1456
Đurađ Branković, Despot of Serbia (b. 1377)
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1473
John Cantius, Polish scholar and theologian (b. 1390)
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1524
Vasco da Gama, Portuguese explorer and politician, Governor of Portuguese India (b. 1469)
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1541
Andreas Karlstadt, Christian theologian and reformer (born 1486)
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1635
Hester Jonas, German nurse (b. 1570)
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1660
Mary, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (b. 1631)
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1707
Noël Coypel, French painter and educator (b. 1628)
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1813
Empress Go-Sakuramachi of Japan (b. 1740)
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1844
Friedrich Bernhard Westphal, Danish-German painter (b. 1803)
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1863
William Makepeace Thackeray, English author and poet (b. 1811)
-
1865
Charles Lock Eastlake, English painter and historian (b. 1793)
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1868
Adolphe d'Archiac, French paleontologist and geologist (b. 1802)
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1872
William John Macquorn Rankine, Scottish physicist and engineer (b. 1820)
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1873
Johns Hopkins, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1795)
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1889
Jan Jakob Lodewijk ten Kate, Dutch pastor and poet (b. 1819)
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1898
Charbel Makhluf, Lebanese priest and saint (b. 1828)
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1914
John Muir, Scottish-American geologist, botanist, and author, founded Sierra Club (b. 1838)
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1920
Stephen Mosher Wood, American lieutenant and politician (b. 1832)
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1926
Wesley Coe, American shot putter, hammer thrower, and discus thrower (b. 1879)
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1931
Flying Hawk, American warrior, educator and historian (b. 1854)
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1935
Alban Berg, Austrian composer and educator (b. 1885)
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1938
Bruno Taut, German architect and urban planner (b. 1880)
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1941
Siegfried Alkan, German composer (b. 1858)
-
1942
François Darlan, French admiral and politician, 122nd Prime Minister of France (b. 1881)
-
1947
Charles Gondouin, French rugby player and tug of war competitor (b. 1875)
-
1957
Norma Talmadge, American actress and producer (b. 1893)
-
1961
Robert Hillyer, American poet and academic (b. 1895)
-
1962
Wilhelm Ackermann, German mathematician (b. 1896)
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1962
Eveline Adelheid von Maydell, German illustrator (b. 1890)
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1964
Claudia Jones, Trinidad-British journalist and activist (b. 1915)
-
1965
John Black, English businessman (b. 1895)
-
1965
William M. Branham, American minister and theologian (b. 1906)
-
1967
Burt Baskin, American businessman, co-founded Baskin-Robbins (b. 1913)
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1969
Stanisław Błeszyński, Polish-German entomologist and lepidopterist (b. 1927)
-
1969
Cortelia Clark, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1907)
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1969
Olivia FitzRoy, English soldier and author (b. 1921)
-
1969
Alfred B. Skar, Norwegian journalist and politician (b. 1896)
-
1971
Maria Koepcke, German-Peruvian ornithologist and zoologist (b. 1924)
-
1972
Gisela Richter, English-American archaeologist and historian (b. 1882)
-
1973
Fritz Gause, German historian and author (b. 1893)
-
1975
Bernard Herrmann, American composer and conductor (b. 1911)
-
1977
Samael Aun Weor, Colombian author and educator (b. 1917)
-
1980
Karl Dönitz, German admiral and politician, President of Germany (b. 1891)
-
1982
Louis Aragon, French author and poet (b. 1897)
-
1984
Peter Lawford, English-American actor (b. 1923)
-
1985
Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith, American lawyer (b. 1904)
-
1985
Camille Tourville, Canadian-American wrestler and manager (b. 1927)
-
1986
Gardner Fox, American author (b. 1911)
-
1987
Joop den Uyl, Dutch journalist, economist, and politician, 45th Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1919)
-
1987
M. G. Ramachandran, Sri Lankan-Indian actor, producer, and politician, 5th Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (b. 1917)
-
1988
Jainendra Kumar, Indian author (b. 1905)
-
1990
Thorbjørn Egner, Norwegian playwright and songwriter (b. 1922)
-
1991
Virginia Sorensen, American author (b. 1912)
-
1992
Peyo, Belgian cartoonist, created The Smurfs (b. 1928)
-
1992
Bobby LaKind, American singer-songwriter and conga player (b. 1945)
-
1993
Norman Vincent Peale, American minister and author (b. 1898)
-
1994
John Boswell, American historian, author, and academic (b. 1947)
-
1994
Rossano Brazzi, Italian actor (b. 1916)
-
1997
James Komack, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1930)
-
1997
Toshiro Mifune, Chinese-Japanese actor and producer (b. 1920)
-
1997
Pierre Péladeau, Canadian businessman, founded Quebecor (b. 1925)
-
1998
Syl Apps, Canadian ice hockey player and pole vaulter (b. 1915)
-
1999
Bill Bowerman, American runner, coach, and businessman, co-founded Nike, Inc. (b. 1911)
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1999
Maurice Couve de Murville, French soldier and politician, 152nd Prime Minister of France (b. 1907)
Maurice Couve de Murville · List of Prime Ministers of France
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1999
João Figueiredo, Brazilian general and politician, 30th President of Brazil (b. 1918)
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2000
John Cooper, English businessman, co-founded the Cooper Car Company (b. 1923)
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2002
Kjell Aukrust, Norwegian author and poet (b. 1920)
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2002
Jake Thackray, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1938)
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2004
Johnny Oates, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1946)
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2006
Braguinha, Brazilian singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1907)
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2006
Kenneth Sivertsen, Norwegian guitarist and composer (b. 1961)
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2006
Frank Stanton, American businessman (b. 1908)
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2007
Nicholas Pumfrey, English lawyer and judge (b. 1951)
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2007
George Warrington, American businessman (b. 1952)
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2008
Ralph Harris, British journalist (b. 1921)
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2008
Harold Pinter, English playwright, screenwriter, director, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1930)
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2009
Marcus Bakker, Dutch journalist and politician (b. 1923)
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2009
Rafael Caldera, Venezuelan lawyer and politician, 65th President of Venezuela (b. 1916)
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2009
George Michael, American sportscaster (b. 1939)
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2009
Gero von Wilpert, German author and academic (b. 1933)
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2010
Elisabeth Beresford, French-English journalist and author (b. 1926)
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2010
Frans de Munck, Dutch footballer and manager (b. 1922)
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2010
Orestes Quércia, Brazilian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 28th Governor of São Paulo State (b. 1938)
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2010
Eino Tamberg, Estonian composer and educator (b. 1930)
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2011
Johannes Heesters, Dutch-German entertainer (b. 1903)
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2012
Richard Rodney Bennett, English-American composer and academic (b. 1936)
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2012
Charles Durning, American soldier and actor (b. 1923)
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2012
Jack Klugman, American actor (b. 1922)
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2012
Dennis O'Driscoll, Irish poet and critic (b. 1954)
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2013
Frédéric Back, German-Canadian director, animator, and screenwriter (b. 1924)
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2013
Ian Barbour, Chinese-American author and scholar (b. 1923)
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2013
John M. Goldman, English haematologist and oncologist (b. 1938)
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2013
Allan McKeown, English-American screenwriter and producer (b. 1946)
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2014
Buddy DeFranco, American clarinet player (b. 1923)
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2014
Edward Greenspan, Canadian lawyer and author (b. 1944)
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2014
Herbert Harris, American lawyer and politician (b. 1926)
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2014
Krzysztof Krauze, Polish director and screenwriter (b. 1953)
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2015
Turid Birkeland, Norwegian businesswoman and politician, Norwegian Minister of Culture (b. 1962)
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2015
Letty Jimenez Magsanoc, Filipino journalist (b. 1941)
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2015
Adriana Olguín, Chilean lawyer and politician, Chilean Minister of Justice (b. 1911)
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2016
Rick Parfitt, British musician (b. 1948)
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2016
Liz Smith, English actress (b. 1921)
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2016
Richard Adams, English author (b. 1920)