December 5 — An diesem Tag in der Geschichte
335 Einträge
Ereignisse
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63 BC
Cicero gives the fourth and final of the Catiline Orations.
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633
Fourth Council of Toledo takes place.
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1082
Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona is assassinated.
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1408
Emir Edigu of Golden Horde reaches Moscow.
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1484
Pope Innocent VIII issues the Summis desiderantes affectibus, a papal bull that deputizes Heinrich Kramer and Jacob Sprenger as inquisitors to root out alleged witchcraft in Germany.
Pope Innocent VIII · Summis desiderantes affectibus · Papal bull · Heinrich Kramer · Jacob Sprenger
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1492
Christopher Columbus becomes the first European to set foot on the island of Hispaniola (now Haiti and the Dominican Republic).
Christopher Columbus · Hispaniola · Haiti · Dominican Republic
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1496
King Manuel I of Portugal issues a decree ordering the expulsion of "heretics" from the country.
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1560
Charles IX becomes king of France.
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1757
Seven Years' War: Battle of Leuthen - Frederick II of Prussia leads Prussian forces to a decisive victory over Austrian forces under Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine.
Seven Years' War · Battle of Leuthen · Frederick II of Prussia · Prussia · Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine
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1766
In London, auctioneer James Christie holds his first sale.
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1775
At Fort Ticonderoga, Henry Knox begins his historic transport of artillery to Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Fort Ticonderoga · Henry Knox · Noble train of artillery · Cambridge, Massachusetts
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1831
Former U.S. President John Quincy Adams takes his seat in the House of Representatives.
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1847
Jefferson Davis is elected to the U.S. Senate.
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1848
California Gold Rush: In a message to the United States Congress, U.S. President James K. Polk confirms that large amounts of gold had been discovered in California.
California Gold Rush · United States Congress · James K. Polk · California
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1865
Chincha Islands War: Peru allies with Chile against Spain.
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1931
Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow was destroyed on orders from Joseph Stalin.
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1932
German-born Swiss physicist Albert Einstein is granted an American visa.
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1933
The Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified.
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1934
Abyssinia Crisis: Italian troops attack Wal Wal in Abyssinia, taking four days to capture the city.
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1936
The Soviet Union adopts a new constitution and the Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic is established as a full Union Republic of the USSR.
Soviet Union · 1936 Soviet Constitution · Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic · Republics of the Soviet Union · Soviet Union
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1941
World War II: In the Battle of Moscow, Georgy Zhukov launches a massive Soviet counter-attack against the German army.
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1941
World War II: Great Britain declares war on Finland, Hungary and Romania.
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1943
World War II: Allied air forces begin attacking Germany's secret weapons bases in Operation Crossbow.
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1952
Great Smog: A cold fog descends upon London, combining with air pollution and killing at least 12,000 in the weeks and months that follow.
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1955
The American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations merge and form the AFL-CIO.
American Federation of Labor · Congress of Industrial Organizations · AFL-CIO
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1955
E. D. Nixon and Rosa Parks lead the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
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1958
Subscriber Trunk Dialling (STD) is inaugurated in the United Kingdom by Queen Elizabeth II when she speaks to the Lord Provost in a call from Bristol to Edinburgh.
Subscriber trunk dialling · Elizabeth II · Lord Provost · Bristol · Edinburgh
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1958
The Preston By-pass, the UK's first stretch of motorway, opens to traffic for the first time. (It is now part of the M6 and M55 motorways.)
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1964
Vietnam War: For his heroism in battle earlier in the year, Captain Roger Donlon is awarded the first Medal of Honor of the war.
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1964
Lloyd J. Old discovered the first linkage between the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) and disease—mouse leukemia—opening the way for the recognition of the importance of the MHC in the immune response.
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1983
Dissolution of the Military Junta in Argentina.
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1995
Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lanka's government announces the conquest of the Tamil stronghold of Jaffna.
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2004
The Civil Partnership Act comes into effect in the United Kingdom, and the first civil partnership is registered there.
Civil Partnership Act 2004 · Civil partnership in the United Kingdom
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2005
The 6.8 Mw Lake Tanganyika earthquake shakes the eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), killing six people.
2005 Lake Tanganyika earthquake · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Mercalli intensity scale
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2006
Commodore Frank Bainimarama overthrows the government in Fiji.
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2013
Militants attack a Defense Ministry compound in Sana'a, Yemen, killing at least 56 people and injuring 200 others.
Berühmte Geburten
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852
Zhu Wen, Chinese emperor (d. 912)
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1377
Jianwen Emperor of China (d. 1402)
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1389
Zbigniew Oleśnicki, Polish cardinal and statesman (d. 1455)
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1443
Pope Julius II (d. 1513)
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1470
Willibald Pirckheimer, German lawyer and author (d. 1530)
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1495
Nicolas Cleynaerts, Flemish philologist and lexicographer (d. 1542)
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1537
Ashikaga Yoshiaki, Japanese shogun (d. 1597)
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1539
Fausto Sozzini, Italian theologian and author (d. 1604)
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1547
Ubbo Emmius, Dutch historian and geographer (d. 1625)
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1556
Anne Cecil, Countess of Oxford, English countess (d. 1588)
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1595
Henry Lawes, English composer (d. 1662)
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1661
Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer, English lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for the Northern Department (d. 1724)
Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer · Secretary of State for the Northern Department
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1666
Francesco Scarlatti, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1741)
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1687
Francesco Geminiani, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1762)
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1697
Giuseppe de Majo, Italian organist and composer (d. 1771)
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1782
Martin Van Buren, American lawyer and politician, 8th President of the United States (d. 1862)
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1784
George Shepherd, English illustrator and painter (d. 1862)
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1803
Fyodor Tyutchev, Russian poet and diplomat (d. 1873)
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1820
Afanasy Fet, Russian poet and author (d. 1892)
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1822
Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz, American philosopher and academic, co-founded Radcliffe College (d. 1907)
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1829
Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière, French-Canadian lawyer and politician, 4th Premier of Quebec (d. 1908)
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1830
Christina Rossetti, English poet and author (d. 1894)
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1839
George Armstrong Custer, American general (d. 1876)
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1841
Marcus Daly, Irish-American businessman (d. 1900)
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1849
Eduard Seler, German anthropologist, ethnohistorian, linguist, and academic (d. 1922)
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1855
Clinton Hart Merriam, American zoologist, ornithologist, entomologist, and ethnographer (d. 1942)
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1859
John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe, English admiral and politician, 2nd Governor-General of New Zealand (d. 1935)
John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe · Governor-General of New Zealand
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1861
Konstantin Korovin, Russian-French painter and set designer (d. 1939)
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1863
Paul Painlevé, French mathematician and politician, 84th Prime Minister of France (d. 1933)
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1866
John Beresford, Irish polo player (d. 1944)
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1866
Traian Demetrescu, Romanian poet and author (d. 1896)
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1867
Antti Aarne, Finnish author and academic (d. 1925)
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1867
Józef Piłsudski, Polish field marshal and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Poland (d. 1935)
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1868
Arnold Sommerfeld, German physicist and academic (d. 1951)
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1869
Ellis Parker Butler, American author and poet (d. 1937)
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1870
Vítězslav Novák, Czech composer and educator (d. 1949)
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1872
Harry Nelson Pillsbury, American chess player (d. 1906)
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1875
Arthur Currie, Canadian general (d. 1933)
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1879
Clyde Vernon Cessna, American pilot and businessman, founded the Cessna Aircraft Corporation (d. 1954)
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1881
René Cresté, French actor and director (d. 1922)
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1886
Rose Wilder Lane, American journalist and author (d. 1968)
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1886
Pieter Oud, Dutch historian, academic, and politician, Minister of Finance of the Netherlands (d. 1968)
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1886
Nikolai Uglanov, Soviet politician (d. 1937)
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1890
David Bomberg, English painter, illustrator, and academic (d. 1957)
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1890
Fritz Lang, Austrian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1976)
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1891
Paul Kogerman, Estonian chemist and academic (d. 1951)
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1894
Charles Robberts Swart, South African lawyer and politician, 1st State President of South Africa (d. 1982)
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1895
Elbert Frank Cox, American mathematician and academic (d. 1969)
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1896
Ann Nolan Clark, American historian, author, and educator (d. 1995)
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1896
Carl Ferdinand Cori, Czech-American biochemist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1984)
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1897
Nunnally Johnson, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1977)
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1897
Gershom Scholem, German-Israeli philosopher and historian (d. 1982)
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1898
Josh Malihabadi, Indian-Pakistani poet and translator (d. 1982)
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1898
Grace Moore, American soprano and actress (d. 1947)
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1900
Jimmy Dimmock, English footballer (d. 1972)
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1901
Walt Disney, American animator, director, producer, and screenwriter, co-founded The Walt Disney Company (d. 1966)
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1901
Milton H. Erickson, American psychiatrist and author (d. 1980)
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1901
Werner Heisenberg, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1976)
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1902
Emeric Pressburger, Hungarian-English director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1988)
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1902
Strom Thurmond, American educator, general, and politician, 103rd Governor of South Carolina (d. 2003)
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1903
Johannes Heesters, Dutch-German actor and singer (d. 2011)
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1903
C. F. Powell, English-Italian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1969)
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1905
Gus Mancuso, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (d. 1984)
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1905
Otto Preminger, Austrian-American actor, director, and producer (d. 1986)
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1905
Francisco Javier Arana, Guatemalan Army colonel and briefly Guatemalan head of state (d.1949)
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1907
Lin Biao, Chinese general and politician, 2nd Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (d. 1971)
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1907
Giuseppe Occhialini, Italian-French physicist and academic (d. 1993)
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1910
Abraham Polonsky, American director and screenwriter (d. 1999)
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1911
Władysław Szpilman, Polish pianist and composer (d. 2000)
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1912
Sonny Boy Williamson II, American singer-songwriter and harmonica player (d. 1965)
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1913
Esther Borja, Cuban soprano and actress (d. 2013)
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1914
Hans Hellmut Kirst, German lieutenant and author (d. 1989)
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1916
Hilary Koprowski, Polish-American virologist and immunologist, created the world's first effective live polio vaccine (d. 2013)
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1916
Walt McPherson, American basketball player and coach (d. 2013)
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1917
Ken Downing, English race car driver (d. 2004)
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1919
Alun Gwynne Jones, Baron Chalfont, English historian and politician
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1921
Alvy Moore, American actor and producer (d. 1997)
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1922
Casey Ribicoff, American philanthropist (d. 2011)
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1924
Robert Sobukwe, South African banker and politician (d. 1978)
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1925
Anastasio Somoza Debayle, Nicaraguan politician, 73rd President of Nicaragua (d. 1980)
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1927
Bhumibol Adulyadej, Thai king (d. 2016)
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1927
W.D. Amaradeva, Sri Lankan musician and composer (d. 2016)
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1929
Madis Kõiv, Estonian physicist, philosopher, and author (d. 2014)
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1931
Ladislav Novák, Czech footballer and manager (d. 2011)
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1932
Alf Dubs, Baron Dubs, British politician
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1932
Sheldon Lee Glashow, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
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1932
Jim Hurtubise, American race car driver (d. 1989)
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1932
Little Richard, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor
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1933
Gennadiy Agapov, Russian race walker (d. 1999)
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1934
Joan Didion, American novelist and screenwriter
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1935
Calvin Trillin, American novelist, humorist, and journalist
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1935
Yury Vlasov, Ukrainian-Russian weightlifter and politician
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1936
James Lee Burke, American journalist, author, and academic
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1940
Tony Crafter, Australian cricket umpire
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1940
Boris Ignatyev, Russian footballer and manager
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1940
Peter Pohl, Swedish author, director, and screenwriter
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1940
Frank Wilson, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2012)
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1942
Bryan Murray, Canadian ice hockey coach (d. 2017)
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1943
Eva Joly, Norwegian-French judge and politician
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1943
Andrew Yeom Soo-jung, South Korean cardinal
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1944
Jeroen Krabbé, Dutch actor, director, and producer
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1945
Serge Chapleau, Canadian cartoonist
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1945
Moshe Katsav, Iranian-Israeli educator and politician, 8th President of Israel
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1946
José Carreras, Spanish tenor and actor
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1946
Sarel van der Merwe, South African race car driver
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1947
Rudy Fernandez, Filipino triathlete
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1947
Bruce Golding, Jamaican lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Jamaica
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1947
Tony Gregory, Irish activist and politician (d. 2009)
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1947
Jim Messina, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
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1947
Jim Plunkett, American football player and radio host
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1947
Kim Simmonds, Welsh blues-rock singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Savoy Brown)
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1947
Don Touhig, Welsh journalist and politician
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1948
Denise Drysdale, Australian television host and actress
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1949
John Altman, English composer and conductor
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1949
David Manning, English civil servant and diplomat, British Ambassador to the United States
David Manning · List of Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to the United States
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1951
Link Byfield, Canadian journalist and author (d. 2015)
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1951
Anne-Mie van Kerckhoven, Belgian painter and illustrator
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1953
Gwen Lister, South African-Namibian journalist, publisher, and activist
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1954
Hanif Kureishi, English author and playwright
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1954
Gary Roenicke, American baseball player and scout
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1955
Miyuki Kawanaka, Japanese singer
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1955
Juha Tiainen, Finnish hammer thrower (d. 2003)
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1956
Klaus Allofs, German footballer and manager
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1956
Adam Thorpe, French-English author, poet, and playwright
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1956
Krystian Zimerman, Polish virtuoso pianist
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1957
Raquel Argandoña, Chilean model, actress, and politician
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1959
Lee Chapman, English footballer
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1959
Oleksandr Yaroslavsky, Ukrainian businessman
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1960
Frans Adelaar, Dutch footballer and manager
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1960
Osvaldo Golijov, Argentinian-American composer and educator
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1960
Jack Russell, American singer-songwriter and producer
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1960
Matthew Taylor, English businessman and politician
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1961
Ralf Dujmovits, German mountaineer
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1961
Laura Flanders, British journalist
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1962
José Cura, Argentinian tenor, conductor, and director
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1962
Pablo Morales, American swimmer and coach
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1962
Nivek Ogre, Canadian singer-songwriter
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1962
Fred Rutten, Dutch footballer and manager
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1963
Doctor Dré, American television and radio host
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1963
Carrie Hamilton, American actress and playwright (d. 2002)
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1963
Alberto Nisman, Argentinian lawyer (d. 2015)
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1964
Martin Vinnicombe, Australian cyclist
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1965
Manish Malhotra, Indian fashion designer
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1965
John Rzeznik, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
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1965
Wayne Smith, Jamaican rapper (d. 2014)
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1965
Valeriy Spitsyn, Russian race walker
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1967
Gary Allan, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1968
Margaret Cho, American comedian, actress, producer, and screenwriter
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1968
Lisa Marie, American model and actress
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1968
Lydia Millet, American novelist
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1968
Falilat Ogunkoya, Nigerian sprinter
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1969
Eric Etebari, American actor, director, and producer
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1969
Morgan J. Freeman, American director, producer, and screenwriter
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1969
Sajid Javid, English banker and politician, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
Sajid Javid · Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
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1969
Lewis Pugh, English swimmer and lawyer
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1969
Ramón Ramírez, Mexican footballer
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1970
Michel'le, American singer-songwriter
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1970
Kevin Haller, Canadian ice hockey player
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1971
Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, German businessman and politician, German Federal Minister of Defence
Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg · Federal Ministry of Defence (Germany)
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1971
Ashia Hansen, American-English triple jumper
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1971
Gabriel Hjertstedt, Swedish golfer
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1972
Cliff Floyd, American baseball player and sportscaster
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1972
Mike Mahoney, American baseball player
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1972
Duane Ross, American hurdler and coach
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1973
Argo Arbeiter, Estonian footballer
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1973
Andrei Krasnopjorov, Estonian footballer
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1973
Mikelangelo Loconte, Italian singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
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1973
Luboš Motl, Czech physicist and academic
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1974
Charlie Batch, American football player and sportscaster
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1974
Ravish Kumar, Indian journalist and author
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1974
Brian Lewis, American sprinter
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1975
Ronnie O'Sullivan, English snooker player and radio host
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1975
Paula Patton, American actress
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1976
Amy Acker, American actress
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1976
Xavier Garbajosa, French rugby player
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1976
Sachiko Kokubu, Japanese actress and model
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1976
Rachel Komisarz, American swimmer and coach
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1977
Peter van der Vlag, Dutch footballer
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1978
Neil Druckmann, American video game designer and author
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1978
Olli Jokinen, Finnish ice hockey player
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1978
Marcelo Zalayeta, Uruguayan footballer
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1979
Matteo Ferrari, Italian footballer
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1979
Niklas Hagman, Finnish ice hockey player
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1979
Gareth McAuley, Northern Irish footballer
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1979
Nick Stahl, American actor and producer
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1980
Ibrahim Maalouf, Lebanese-French trumpet player and composer
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1982
Eddy Curry, American basketball player
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1982
Trai Essex, American football player
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1983
Cooper Cronk, Australian rugby league player
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1985
Shikhar Dhawan, Indian cricketer
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1985
Frankie Muniz, American actor, drummer, and race car driver
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1985
Nico Verdonck, Belgian race car driver
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1985
Danny Wicks, Australian rugby league player
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1986
LeGarrette Blount, American football player
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1986
James Hinchcliffe, Canadian race car driver
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1986
Justin Smoak, American baseball player
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1987
Tommy Fraser, English footballer
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1988
Joanna Rowsell, English cyclist
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1990
Montee Ball, American football player
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1991
Jacopo Sala, Italian footballer
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1992
Ilja Antonov, Estonian footballer
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1993
Ross Barkley, English footballer
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1994
Ondrej Duda, Slovak footballer
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1994
Grant Ward, English footballer
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1995
Danny Levi, New Zealand rugby league player
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1995
Anthony Martial, French footballer
Berühmte Todesfälle
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63 BC
Publius Cornelius Lentulus Sura, Roman politician (b. 114 BC)
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902
Ealhswith, queen consort and wife of Alfred the Great, King of Wessex
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1082
Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona (b. 1053)
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1212
Dirk van Are, bishop and lord of Utrecht
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1244
Joan, Countess of Flanders and Hainault(b. 1199 or 1200)
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1355
John III, Duke of Brabant (b. 1300)
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1560
Francis II of France (b. 1544)
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1570
Johan Friis, Danish politician (b. 1494)
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1624
Gaspard Bauhin, Swiss botanist and physician (b. 1560)
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1654
Jean François Sarrazin, French author and poet (b. 1611)
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1663
Severo Bonini, Italian organist and composer (b. 1582)
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1749
Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye, Canadian commander and explorer (b. 1685)
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1758
Johann Friedrich Fasch, German violinist and composer (b. 1688)
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1770
James Stirling, Scottish mathematician and surveyor (b. 1692)
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1784
Phillis Wheatley, Senegal-born slave, later American poet (b. 1753)
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1791
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian composer and musician (b. 1756)
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1819
Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg-Stolberg, German poet and lawyer (b. 1750)
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1870
Alexandre Dumas, French novelist and playwright (b. 1802)
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1887
Eliza R. Snow, American poet and songwriter (b. 1804)
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1891
Pedro II of Brazil (b. 1825)
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1918
Schalk Willem Burger, South African commander, lawyer, and politician, 6th President of the South African Republic (b. 1852)
Schalk Willem Burger · List of Presidents of the South African Republic
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1925
Władysław Reymont, Polish noelist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867)
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1926
Claude Monet, French painter (b. 1840)
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1931
Vachel Lindsay, American poet (b. 1879)
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1940
Jan Kubelík, Czech violinist and composer (b. 1880)
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1941
Amrita Sher-Gil, Hungarian-Pakistani painter (b. 1913)
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1942
Jock Delves Broughton, English captain (b. 1883)
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1946
Louis Dewis, Belgian-French painter and educator (b. 1872)
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1951
Shoeless Joe Jackson, American baseball player and manager (b. 1887)
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1951
Abanindranath Tagore, Indian painter, author, and academic (b. 1871)
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1953
William Sterling Parsons, American admiral (b. 1901)
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1955
Glenn L. Martin, American pilot and businessman, founded the Glenn L. Martin Company (b. 1886)
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1961
Emil Fuchs, German-American lawyer and businessman (b. 1878)
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1963
Karl Amadeus Hartmann, German composer and educator (b. 1905)
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1963
Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy, Indian-Pakistani lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Pakistan (b. 1892)
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1964
V. Veerasingam, Sri Lankan educator and politician (b. 1892)
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1965
Joseph Erlanger, American physiologist, neuroscientist, and academic Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1874)
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1968
Fred Clark, American actor (b. 1914)
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1969
Claude Dornier, German engineer and businessman, founded Dornier Flugzeugwerke (b. 1884)
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1969
Princess Alice of Battenberg (b. 1885)
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1973
Robert Watson-Watt, Scottish engineer, invented the radar (b. 1892)
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1975
Constance McLaughlin Green, American historian and author (b. 1897)
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1977
Katherine Milhous, American author and illustrator (b. 1894)
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1977
Aleksandr Vasilevsky, Russian marshal and politician, Minister of Defence for the Soviet Union (b. 1895)
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1979
Jesse Pearson, American actor, singer, and screenwriter (b. 1930)
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1983
Robert Aldrich, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1918)
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1984
Cecil M. Harden, American politician (b. 1894)
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1986
Edward Youde, Welsh-Chinese sinologist and diplomat, 26th Governor of Hong Kong (b. 1924)
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1989
John Pritchard, English conductor and director (b. 1921)
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1990
Alfonso A. Ossorio, Filipino-American painter and sculptor (b. 1916)
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1994
Harry Horner, Czech-American director, producer, and production designer (b. 1910)
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1995
L. B. Cole, American illustrator and publisher (b. 1918)
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1995
Charles Evans, English mountaineer, surgeon, and educator (b. 1918)
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1995
Gwen Harwood, Australian poet and playwright (b. 1920)
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1995
Clair Cameron Patterson, American scientist (b. 1922)
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1997
Eugen Cicero, Romanian-German jazz pianist (b. 1940)
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1998
Albert Gore, Sr., American lawyer and politician (b. 1907)
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2001
Franco Rasetti, Italian-American physicist and academic (b. 1901)
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2002
Roone Arledge, American sportscaster and producer (b. 1931)
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2002
Ne Win, Burmese general and politician, 4th President of Burma (b. 1911)
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2005
Edward L. Masry, American lawyer and politician (b. 1932)
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2006
David Bronstein, Ukrainian-Belarusian chess player and theoretician (b. 1924)
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2007
Andrew Imbrie, American composer and academic (b. 1921)
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2007
George Paraskevaides, Greek-Cypriot businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Joannou & Paraskevaides (b. 1916)
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2007
Karlheinz Stockhausen, German composer and academic (b. 1928)
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2008
Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow (b. 1929)
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2008
George Brecht, American chemist and composer (b. 1926)
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2008
Nina Foch, Dutch-American actress (b. 1924)
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2008
Beverly Garland, American actress and businesswoman (b. 1926)
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2008
Anca Parghel, Romanian singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1957)
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2009
William Lederer, American soldier and author (b. 1912)
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2010
Alan Armer, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1922)
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2010
Don Meredith, American football player, sportscaster, and actor (b. 1938)
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2011
Peter Gethin, English race car driver (b. 1940)
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2011
Gennady Logofet, Russian footballer and manager (b. 1942)
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2012
Dave Brubeck, American pianist and composer (b. 1920)
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2012
Elisabeth Murdoch, Australian philanthropist (b. 1909)
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2012
Oscar Niemeyer, Brazilian architect, designed the United Nations Headquarters and Cathedral of Brasília (b. 1907)
Oscar Niemeyer · United Nations Headquarters · Cathedral of Brasília
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2012
Ignatius IV of Antioch, Syrian patriarch (b. 1920)
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2013
Fred Bassetti, American architect and academic, founded Bassetti Architects (b. 1917)
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2013
William B. Edmondson, American lawyer and diplomat, United States Ambassador to South Africa (b. 1927)
William B. Edmondson · United States Ambassador to South Africa
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2013
Nelson Mandela, South African lawyer and politician, 1st President of South Africa, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)
Nelson Mandela · President of South Africa · Nobel Peace Prize
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2014
Ernest C. Brace, American captain and pilot (b. 1931)
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2014
Fabiola, Queen of Belgium (b. 1928)
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2014
Talât Sait Halman, Turkish poet, translator, and historian (b. 1931)
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2014
Jackie Healy-Rae, Irish hurdler and politician (b. 1931)
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2014
Silvio Zavala, Mexican historian and author (b. 1909)
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2015
Vic Eliason, American clergyman and radio host, founded VCY America (b. 1936)
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2015
Tibor Rubin, Hungarian-American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1929)
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2015
Chuck Williams, American businessman and author, founded Williams-Sonoma, Inc. (b. 1915)
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2016
Jayalalithaa, Indian politician, chief minister of Tamil Nadu (b. 1948)