March 29 — An diesem Tag in der Geschichte
346 Einträge
Ereignisse
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502
King Gundobad issues a new legal code (Lex Burgundionum) at Lyon that makes Gallo-Romans and Burgundians subject to the same laws.
Gundobad · Lex Burgundionum · Lyon · Gallo-Roman culture · Burgundians
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845
Paris is sacked by Viking raiders, probably under Ragnar Lodbrok, who collects a huge ransom in exchange for leaving.
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1430
The Ottoman Empire under Murad II captures Thessalonica from the Republic of Venice.
Ottoman Empire · Murad II · Siege of Thessalonica (1422-1430) · Thessalonica · Republic of Venice
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1461
Wars of the Roses: Battle of Towton: Edward of York defeats Queen Margaret to become King Edward IV of England.
Wars of the Roses · Battle of Towton · Edward IV of England · Margaret of Anjou · Edward IV of England
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1500
Cesare Borgia is given the title of Captain General and Gonfalonier by his father Rodrigo Borgia after returning from his conquests in the Romagna.
Cesare Borgia · Captain General of the Church · Gonfalonier of the Church · Rodrigo Borgia · Romagna
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1549
The city of Salvador da Bahia, the first capital of Brazil, is founded.
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1632
Treaty of Saint-Germain is signed returning Quebec to French control after the English had seized it in 1629.
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1792
King Gustav III of Sweden dies after being shot in the back at a midnight masquerade ball at Stockholm's Royal Opera 13 days earlier. He is succeeded by Gustav IV Adolf.
Gustav III of Sweden · Masquerade ball · Stockholm · Royal Swedish Opera · Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden
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1806
Construction is authorized of the Great National Pike, better known as the Cumberland Road, becoming the first United States federal highway.
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1809
King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden abdicates after a coup d'état. At the Diet of Porvoo, Finland's four Estates pledge allegiance to Alexander I of Russia, commencing the secession of the Grand Duchy of Finland from Sweden.
Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden · Abdication · Coup d'état · Diet of Porvoo · Riksdag of the Estates
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1831
Great Bosnian uprising: Bosniaks rebel against Turkey.
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1847
Mexican-American War: United States forces led by General Winfield Scott take Veracruz after a siege.
Mexican-American War · Winfield Scott · Veracruz (city) · Siege of Veracruz
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1849
The United Kingdom annexes the Punjab.
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1857
Sepoy Mangal Pandey of the 34th Regiment, Bengal Native Infantry mutinies against the East India Company's rule in India and inspires the protracted Indian Rebellion of 1857, also known as the Sepoy Mutiny.
Sepoy · Mangal Pandey · Regiment · Bengal Native Infantry · East India Company
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1865
American Civil War: Federal forces under Major General Philip Sheridan move to flank Confederate forces under Robert E. Lee as the Appomattox Campaign begins.
American Civil War · Philip Sheridan · Robert E. Lee · Appomattox Campaign
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1867
Queen Victoria gives Royal Assent to the British North America Act which establishes the Dominion of Canada on July 1.
Queen Victoria · Royal Assent · British North America Act · Dominion of Canada · July 1
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1871
Royal Albert Hall is opened by Queen Victoria.
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1879
Anglo-Zulu War: Battle of Kambula: British forces defeat 20,000 Zulus.
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1882
The Knights of Columbus are established.
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1886
John Pemberton brews the first batch of Coca-Cola in a backyard in Atlanta.
- 1911
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1927
Sunbeam 1000hp breaks the land speed record at Daytona Beach, Florida.[1]
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1930
Heinrich Brüning is appointed German Reichskanzler.
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1936
In Germany, Adolf Hitler receives 99% of the votes in a referendum to ratify Germany's illegal remilitarization and reoccupation of the Rhineland, receiving 44.5 million votes out of 45.5 million registered voters.
Adolf Hitler · Referendum · Remilitarization of the Rhineland
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1941
The North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement goes into effect at 03:00 local time.
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1941
World War II: British Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy forces defeat those of the Italian Regia Marina off the Peloponnesian coast of Greece in the Battle of Cape Matapan.
World War II · Royal Navy · Royal Australian Navy · Regia Marina · Peloponnese
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1942
The Bombing of Lübeck in World War II is the first major success for the RAF Bomber Command against Germany and a German city.
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1945
World War II: Last day of V-1 flying bomb attacks on England.
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1945
World War II: The German 4th Army is almost destroyed by the Soviet Red Army.
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1946
Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, one of Mexico's leading universities, is founded.
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1947
Malagasy Uprising against French colonial rule in Madagascar.
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1951
Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage.
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1957
The New York, Ontario and Western Railway makes its final run, the first major U.S. railroad to be abandoned in its entirety.
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1961
The Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, allowing residents of Washington, D.C., to vote in presidential elections.
Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution · Washington, D.C.
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1962
Arturo Frondizi, the president of Argentina, is overthrown in a military coup by Argentina's armed forces, ending an 11½ day constitutional crisis.
Arturo Frondizi · Argentina · Coup d'état · Armed forces of Argentina
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1971
My Lai Massacre: Lieutenant William Calley is convicted of premeditated murder and sentenced to life in prison.
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1973
Vietnam War: The last United States combat soldiers leave South Vietnam.
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1973
Operation Barrel Roll, a covert American bombing campaign in Laos to stop communist infiltration of South Vietnam, ends.
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1974
NASA's Mariner 10 becomes the first space probe to fly by Mercury.
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1974
Terracotta Army was discovered in Shaanxi province, China.
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1982
The Canada Act 1982 receives the Royal Assent from Queen Elizabeth II, setting the stage for the Queen of Canada to proclaim the Constitution Act, 1982.
Canada Act 1982 · Royal Assent · Elizabeth II · Monarchy of Canada · Constitution Act, 1982
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1984
The Baltimore Colts load its possessions onto fifteen Mayflower moving trucks in the early morning hours and transfer its operations to Indianapolis.
Indianapolis Colts · Mayflower Transit · Baltimore Colts relocation to Indianapolis · Indianapolis
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1990
The Czechoslovak parliament is unable to reach an agreement on what to call the country after the fall of Communism, sparking the so-called Hyphen War.
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1993
Catherine Callbeck becomes premier of Prince Edward Island and the first woman to be elected in a general election as premier of a Canadian province.
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1999
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above the 10,000 mark (10,006.78) for the first time, during the height of the dot-com bubble.
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1999
A magnitude 6.8 earthquake in India strikes the Chamoli district in Uttar Pradesh, killing 103.
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2002
In reaction to the Passover massacre two days prior, Israel launches Operation Defensive Shield against Palestinian militants, its largest military operation in the West Bank since the 1967 Six-Day War.
Passover massacre · Israel · Operation Defensive Shield · Palestinian political violence · West Bank
- 2004
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2010
Two suicide bombers hit the Moscow Metro system at the peak of the morning rush hour, killing 40.
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2013
At least 36 people are killed when a 16-floor building collapses in the commercial capital Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
2013 Dar es Salaam building collapse · Dar es Salaam · Tanzania
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2014
The first same-sex marriages in England and Wales are performed.
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2017
The United Kingdom invokes Article 50, beginning the formal process of Brexit.
United Kingdom invocation of Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union · Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union · Brexit
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Berühmte Geburten
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1001
Sokkate, king of the Pagan dynasty of Burma (d. 1044)
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1187
Arthur I, Duke of Brittany (d. 1203)
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1373
Marie d'Alençon, French princess (d. 1417)
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1517
Carlo Carafa, Italian cardinal (d. 1561)
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1553
Vitsentzos Kornaros, Greek poet and playwright (d. 1614)
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1561
Santorio Santorio, Italian biologist (d. 1636)
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1584
Ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Lord Fairfax of Cameron, English general and politician (d. 1648)
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1602
John Lightfoot, English priest, scholar, and academic (d. 1675)
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1620
Edward Digges, English barrister and colonist
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1629
Alexis of Russia, Tsar of Russia (d. 1676)
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1713
John Ponsonby, Irish politician (d. 1789)
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1735
Johann Karl August Musäus, German author (d. 1787)
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1747
Johann Wilhelm Hässler, German pianist and composer (d. 1822)
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1769
Nicolas Jean-de-Dieu Soult, French general and politician, 12th Prime Minister of France (d. 1851)
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1780
Jørgen Jørgensen, Danish adventurer (d. 1841)
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1790
John Tyler, American lawyer and politician, 10th President of the United States (d. 1862)
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1799
Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1869)
Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby · Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
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1802
Johann Moritz Rugendas, German landscape painter of Spanish America (d. 1858)
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1816
10th Dalai Lama (d. 1837)
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1824
Ludwig Büchner, German physiologist, physician, and philosopher (d. 1899)
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1826
Wilhelm Liebknecht, German journalist and politician (d. 1900)
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1862
Adolfo Müller-Ury, Swiss-American painter (d. 1947)
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1867
Cy Young, American baseball player and manager (d. 1955)
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1869
Aleš Hrdlička, Czech-American anthropologist and scholar (d. 1943)
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1869
Sir Edwin Lutyens, British architect (d. 1944)
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1870
Pavlos Melas, French-Greek captain (d. 1904)
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1871
Tom Hayward, English cricketer (d. 1939)
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1873
Tullio Levi-Civita, Jewish-Italian mathematician and academic (d. 1941)
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1874
Lou Henry Hoover, American wife of Herbert Hoover, 33rd First Lady of the United States (d. 1944)
Lou Henry Hoover · Herbert Hoover · First Lady of the United States
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1876
Friedrich Traun, German sprinter and tennis player (d. 1908)
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1884
Ed Archibald, Canadian pole vaulter (d. 1965)
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1885
Dezső Kosztolányi, Hungarian author and poet (d. 1936)
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1888
Enea Bossi, Sr., Italian-American engineer, designed the Budd BB-1 Pioneer and Bossi-Bonomi Pedaliante (d. 1963)
Enea Bossi, Sr. · Budd BB-1 Pioneer · Bossi-Bonomi Pedaliante
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1889
Warner Baxter, American actor (d. 1951)
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1889
Howard Lindsay, American producer, playwright, librettist, director and actor (d. 1968)
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1891
Yvan Goll, French-German poet and playwright (d. 1950)
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1891
Alfred Neubauer, Austrian race car driver and manager (d. 1980)
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1892
József Mindszenty, Hungarian cardinal (d. 1975)
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1893
Astrid Holm, Danish actress (d. 1961)
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1895
Ernst Jünger, German philosopher and author (d. 1998)
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1896
Wilhelm Ackermann, German mathematician (d. 1962)
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1899
Lavrentiy Beria, Georgian-Russian general and politician (d. 1953)
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1900
Bill Aston, English race car driver (d. 1974)
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1900
John McEwen, Australian farmer and politician, 18th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1980)
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1902
Marcel Aymé, French author, playwright, and screenwriter (d. 1967)
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1902
Don Miller, American football player and coach (d. 1979)
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1902
William Walton, English composer (d. 1983)
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1903
Douglas Harkness, Canadian colonel and politician, 14th Canadian Minister of National Defence (d. 1999)
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1906
James Bausch, American decathlete and football player (d. 1974)
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1907
Braguinha, Brazilian singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2006)
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1908
Arthur O'Connell, American actor (d. 1981)
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1908
Dennis O'Keefe, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1968)
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1909
Moon Mullican, American country and western singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1967)
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1912
Hanna Reitsch, Polish-German soldier and pilot (d. 1979)
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1914
Phil Foster, American actor (d. 1985)
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1914
Chapman Pincher, Indian-English historian, journalist, and author (d. 2014)
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1916
Peter Geach, English philosopher and academic (d. 2013)
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1916
Eugene McCarthy, American poet and politician (d. 2005)
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1917
Tommy Holmes, American baseball player (d. 2008)
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1918
Pearl Bailey, American actress and singer (d. 1990)
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1918
Lê Văn Thiêm, Vietnamese mathematician and academic (d. 1991)
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1918
Sam Walton, American businessman, founded Walmart and Sam's Club (d. 1992)
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1919
Eileen Heckart, American actress (d. 2001)
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1920
John M. Belk, American businessman and politician (d. 2007)
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1920
Clarke Fraser, American-Canadian geneticist and academic (d. 2014)
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1920
Pierre Moinot, French author (d. 2007)
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1920
Theodore Trautwein, American lawyer and judge (d. 2000)
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1921
Sam Loxton, Australian cricketer, footballer, and politician (d. 2011)
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1923
Geoff Duke, English-Manx motorcycle racer (d. 2015)
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1923
Betty Binns Fletcher, American lawyer and judge (d. 2012)
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1923
Bob Haymes, American singer-songwriter, and actor (d. 1989)
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1926
Moshe Sanbar, Hungarian-Israeli banker and economist (d. 2012)
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1927
John McLaughlin, American journalist and producer (d. 2016)
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1927
John Vane, English pharmacologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004)
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1928
Romesh Bhandari, Pakistani-Indian politician, 13th Foreign Secretary of India (d. 2013)
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1928
Keith Botsford, Belgian-American journalist, author, and academic
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1928
Vincent Gigante, American boxer and mobster (d. 2005)
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1929
Sheila Kitzinger, English activist, author, and academic (d. 2015)
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1929
Richard Lewontin, American biologist, geneticist, and academic
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1929
Lennart Meri, Estonian director and politician, 2nd President of Estonia (d. 2006)
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1930
Anerood Jugnauth, Mauritian lawyer and politician, 4th President of Mauritius
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1931
Ștefan Andrei, Romanian politician, 87th Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 2014)
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1931
Sopubek Begaliev, Kyrgyzstani economist and politician (d. 2002)
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1931
Aleksei Gubarev, Russian general, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2015)
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1931
Norman Tebbit, English journalist and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
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1933
Jacques Brault, Canadian poet and academic
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1934
Shahryar Khan, Indian-Pakistani politician and diplomat, 20th Foreign Secretary of Pakistan
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1936
Richard Rodney Bennett, English-American composer and educator (d. 2012)
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1936
Mogens Camre, Danish politician
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1936
John A. Durkin, American lawyer and politician (d. 2012)
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1936
Judith Guest, American author and screenwriter
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1936
Joseph P. Teasdale, American lawyer and politician, 48th Governor of Missouri (d. 2014)
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1937
Roberto Chabet, Filipino painter and sculptor (d. 2013)
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1937
Smarck Michel, Haitian businessman and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Haiti (d. 2012)
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1937
Gordon Milne, English footballer
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1938
Bert de Vries, Dutch politician
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1939
Roland Arnall, French-American businessman and diplomat, 63rd United States Ambassador to the Netherlands (d. 2008)
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1939
Terence Hill, Italian actor, director, and producer
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1939
Hanumant Singh, Indian cricketer (d. 2006)
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1940
Ray Davis, American bass singer (d. 2005)
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1940
Astrud Gilberto, Brazilian singer-songwriter
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1940
John Suchet, English journalist and game show host
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1941
Joseph Hooton Taylor, Jr., American astrophysicist and astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate
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1942
Bob Lurtsema, American football player
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1943
Vangelis, Greek keyboard player and songwriter
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1943
Chad Allan, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1943
Eric Idle, English actor and comedian
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1943
John Major, English banker and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
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1944
Terry Jacks, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
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1944
Denny McLain, American baseball player and sportscaster
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1944
Lynne Segal, Australian/British feminist academic and activist
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1945
Walt Frazier, American basketball player and sportscaster
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1945
Speedy Keen, English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (d. 2002)
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1946
Billy Thorpe, English-Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 2007)
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1946
Segun Bucknor, Nigerian musician and journalist (d. 2017)
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1947
Inge Bödding, German sprinter
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1947
Robert Gordon, American singer and actor
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1947
Bobby Kimball, American singer-songwriter
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1948
Bud Cort, American actor, director, and screenwriter
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1948
Piet Souer, Dutch record producer, songwriter and arranger
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1949
Michael Brecker, American saxophonist and composer (d. 2007)
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1949
Pauline Marois, Canadian social worker and politician, 30th Premier of Quebec
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1949
Keith Simpson, English historian and politician
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1951
William Clarke, American harmonica player (d. 1996)
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1951
Geoff Howarth, New Zealand cricketer
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1952
Rainer Bonhof, German footballer
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1952
Russell Fairfax, Australian rugby player and coach
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1952
John Hendricks, American businessman, founded Discovery Communications
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1952
Teófilo Stevenson, Cuban boxer and engineer (d. 2012)
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1953
Tõnis Palts, Estonian politician, 39th Mayor of Tallinn
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1955
Earl Campbell, American football player
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1955
Brendan Gleeson, Irish actor
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1955
Marina Sirtis, British-American actress
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1956
Patty Donahue, American singer (The Waitresses) (d. 1996)
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1957
Elizabeth Hand, American author
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1957
Christopher Lambert, American-born French actor
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1958
Pedro Bial, Brazilian journalist and producer
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1958
Travis Childers, American businessman and politician
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1958
Nouriel Roubini, Turkish-American economist and academic
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1958
Victor Salva, American director, producer, and screenwriter
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1958
Marc Silvestri, American publisher, founded Top Cow Productions
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1959
Barry Blanchard, Canadian mountaineer
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1959
Perry Farrell, American singer-songwriter
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1959
Brad McCrimmon, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2011)
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1960
Wayne Pearce, Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster
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1961
Gary Brabham, English-Australian race car driver
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1961
Mike Kingery, American baseball player
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1961
Amy Sedaris, American actress and comedian
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1961
Michael Winterbottom, English director and producer
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1962
Billy Beane, American baseball player and manager
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1962
Ted Failon, Filipino journalist and politician
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1962
Kirk Triplett, American golfer
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1964
Catherine Cortez Masto, American attorney and politician
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1964
Jill Goodacre, American model and actress
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1964
Elle Macpherson, Australian model and actress
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1964
Ming Tsai, American chef and television host
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1965
Emilios T. Harlaftis, Greek astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic (d. 2005)
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1965
William Oefelein, American commander, pilot, and astronaut
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1965
Voula Patoulidou, Greek hurdler, long jumper, and politician
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1966
Jeroen Dijsselbloem, Dutch politician
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1966
Eric Gunderson, American baseball player
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1966
Sigrid Kirchmann, Austrian high jumper
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1967
Michel Hazanavicius, French director, producer, and screenwriter
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1967
Brian Jordan, American baseball player and sportscaster
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1968
Lucy Lawless, New Zealand actress
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1969
Kim Batten, American hurdler
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1969
Shinichi Mochizuki, Japanese mathematician
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1969
Jimmy Spencer, American football player and coach
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1971
Robert Gibbs, American political adviser, 28th White House Press Secretary
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1971
Lara Logan, South African television and radio journalist and war correspondent
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1971
Hidetoshi Nishijima, Japanese actor
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1972
Rui Costa, Portuguese footballer
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1972
Piet-Hein Geeris, Dutch field hockey player
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1972
Alex Ochoa, Cuban-American baseball player and coach
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1972
Priti Patel, English politician
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1973
Marc Overmars, Dutch footballer and coach
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1973
Sebastiano Siviglia, Italian footballer
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1973
Steve Smith, English high jumper
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1974
Miguel Gómez, Colombian-American photographer and educator
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1976
Igor Astarloa, Spanish cyclist
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1976
Jennifer Capriati, American tennis player
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1978
Aaron Persico, New Zealand-Italian rugby player
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1980
Bill Demong, American skier
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1980
Bruno Silva, Uruguayan footballer
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1981
Jlloyd Samuel, Trinidadian footballer
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1983
Darius Draudvila, Lithuanian decathlete
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1984
Juan Mónaco, Argentinian tennis player
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1985
Fernando Amorebieta, Venezuelan footballer
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1985
Maxim Lapierre, Canadian ice hockey player
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1985
Mickey Pimentel, American football player
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1986
Sylvan Ebanks-Blake, English footballer
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1986
Ivan Ukhov, Russian high jumper
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1987
Gianluca Freddi, Italian footballer
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1987
Dimitri Payet, French footballer
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1987
Romain Hamouma, French footballer
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1988
Esther Cremer, German runner
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1988
Jesús Molina, Mexican footballer
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1988
Jürgen Zopp, Estonian tennis player
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1989
James Tomkins, English footballer
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1990
Carlos Peña (Mexican footballer), Mexican footballer
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1990
Teemu Pukki, Finnish footballer
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1990
Lyle Taylor, English footballer
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1991
Fabio Borini, Italian footballer
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1991
N'Golo Kante, French footballer
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1993
Thorgan Hazard, Belgian footballer
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Berühmte Todesfälle
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87 BC
Emperor Wu of Han of China (b. 156 BC)
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AD 57
Emperor Guangwu of Han (b. 5 BC)
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500
Gwynllyw, Welsh king and religious figure
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1058
Pope Stephen IX (b. 1020)
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1075
Ottokar I of Styria, German noble
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1368
Emperor Go-Murakami of Japan (b. 1328)
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1461
Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland, English politician (b. 1421)
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1461
Lionel de Welles, 6th Baron Welles
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1467
Matthew Palaiologos Asen, Byzantine aristocrat and official
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1578
Louis I, Cardinal of Guise (b. 1527)
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1578
Arthur Champernowne, English admiral and politician (b. 1524)
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1628
Tobias Matthew, English archbishop and academic (b. 1546)
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1629
Jacob de Gheyn II, Dutch painter and engraver (b. 1565)
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1692
Nicolaus Bruhns, Danish-German organist, violinist, and composer (b. 1665)
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1703
George Frederick II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, (b. 1678)
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1751
Thomas Coram, English captain and philanthropist, founded Foundling Hospital (b. 1668)
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1772
Emanuel Swedenborg, Swedish astronomer, philosopher, and theologian (b. 1688)
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1788
Charles Wesley, English missionary and poet (b. 1707)
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1792
Gustav III of Sweden (b. 1746)
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1800
Marc René, marquis de Montalembert, French general and engineer (b. 1714)
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1803
Gottfried van Swieten, Dutch-Austrian librarian and diplomat (b. 1733)
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1826
Johann Heinrich Voss, German poet, translator, and academic (b. 1751)
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1829
Cornelio Saavedra, Argentinian general and politician (b. 1759)
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1848
John Jacob Astor, German-American businessman (b. 1763)
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1855
Henri Druey, Swiss politician, 2nd President of the Swiss Confederation (b. 1799)
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1873
Francesco Zantedeschi, Italian priest and physicist (b. 1797)
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1877
Inazuma Raigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 7th Yokozuna (b. 1802)
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1888
Charles-Valentin Alkan, French pianist and composer (b. 1813)
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1891
John Plankinton, American businessman and industrialist, also noted for philanthropy (b. 1820)
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1891
Georges Seurat, French painter (b. 1859)
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1900
Cyrus K. Holliday, American businessman (b. 1826)
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1905
William Plankinton, American businessman, industrialist and banker (b. 1843)
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1906
Slava Raškaj, Croatian painter (b. 1878)
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1911
Alexandre Guilmant, French organist and composer (b. 1837)
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1912
Henry Robertson Bowers, Scottish lieutenant and explorer (b. 1883)
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1912
Robert Falcon Scott, English lieutenant and explorer (b. 1868)
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1912
Edward Adrian Wilson, English physician and explorer (b. 1872)
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1924
Charles Villiers Stanford, Irish composer and conductor (b. 1852)
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1934
Otto Hermann Kahn, German-American banker and philanthropist (b. 1867)
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1937
Karol Szymanowski, Polish pianist and composer (b. 1882)
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1940
Alexander Obolensky, Russian-English rugby player and soldier (b. 1916)
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1948
Harry Price, English parapsychologist and author (b. 1881)
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1957
Joyce Cary, Anglo-Irish novelist (b. 1888)
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1959
Barthélemy Boganda, African priest and politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Central African Republic (b. 1910)
Barthélemy Boganda · List of heads of state of the Central African Republic and Central African Empire
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1963
Gaspard Fauteux, Canadian dentist and politician, 19th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1898)
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1963
August Rei, Estonian soldier, journalist, and politician, 12th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1886)
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1970
Anna Louise Strong, American journalist and author (b. 1885)
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1971
Dhirendranath Datta, Pakistani lawyer and politician (b. 1886)
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1972
J. Arthur Rank, 1st Baron Rank, English businessman, founded Rank Organisation (b. 1888)
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1980
Mantovani, Italian-English conductor and composer (b. 1905)
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1981
Eric Williams, Trinidadian historian and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago (b. 1911)
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1982
Walter Hallstein, German academic and politician, 1st President of the European Commission (b. 1901)
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1982
Carl Orff, German composer and educator (b. 1895)
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1982
Nathan Farragut Twining, American general (b. 1897)
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1985
Luther Terry, American physician and academic, 9th Surgeon General of the United States (b. 1911)
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1988
Maurice Blackburn, Canadian composer and conductor (b. 1914)
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1988
Ted Kluszewski, American baseball player and coach (b. 1924)
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1991
Guy Bourdin, French photographer (b. 1928)
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1992
Paul Henreid, American actor (b. 1908)
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1994
Bill Travers, English actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1922)
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1995
Mort Meskin, American illustrator (b. 1916)
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1995
Terry Moore, American baseball player and coach (b. 1912)
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1996
Frank Daniel, Czech-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1926)
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1996
Bill Goldsworthy, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1944)
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1997
Hans-Walter Eigenbrodt, German footballer and coach (b. 1935)
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1999
Gyula Zsengellér, Hungarian footballer (b. 1915)
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1999
Joe Williams, American jazz singer (b. 1918)
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2001
Helge Ingstad, Norwegian lawyer, academic, and explorer (b. 1899)
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2001
John Lewis, American pianist and composer (b. 1920)
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2003
Carlo Urbani, Italian physician and microbiologist (b. 1956)
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2004
Joel Feinberg, American philosopher and academic (b. 1926)
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2005
Miltos Sachtouris, Greek poet and author (b. 1919)
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2006
Salvador Elizondo, Mexican author and poet (b. 1932)
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2007
Larry L'Estrange, English rugby player and soldier (b. 1934)
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2009
Vladimir Fedotov, Russian footballer and manager (b. 1943)
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2009
Andy Hallett, American actor and singer (b. 1975)
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2011
Ângelo de Sousa, Portuguese painter and sculptor (b. 1938)
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2011
Iakovos Kambanelis, Greek author, poet, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1921)
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2012
Pap Cheyassin Secka, Gambian lawyer and politician (b. 1942)
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2012
Bill Jenkins, American race car driver and engineer (b. 1930)
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2013
Reginald Gray, Irish-French painter (b. 1930)
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2013
Brian Huggins, English-Canadian journalist and actor (b. 1931)
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2013
Liu Kang, Chinese footballer and manager (b. 1961)
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2013
Ralph Klein, Canadian journalist and politician, 12th Premier of Alberta (b. 1942)
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2013
Art Phillips, Canadian businessman and politician, 32nd Mayor of Vancouver (b. 1930)
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2014
Marc Platt, American actor and dancer (b. 1913)
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2015
William Delafield Cook, Australian-English painter (b. 1926)
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2015
Gerry Hardstaff, English cricketer (b. 1940)
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2016
Patty Duke, American actress (b. 1946)
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