April 7 — An diesem Tag in der Geschichte
413 Einträge
Ereignisse
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529
First draft of the Corpus Juris Civilis (a fundamental work in jurisprudence) is issued by Eastern Roman Emperor Justinian I.
Corpus Juris Civilis · Jurisprudence · Eastern Roman Emperor · Justinian I
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611
Maya king Uneh Chan of Calakmul sacks rival city-state Palenque in southern Mexico.
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1141
Empress Matilda became the first female ruler of England, adopting the title 'Lady of the English'.
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1348
Charles University is founded in Prague.
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1521
Ferdinand Magellan arrives at Cebu.
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1541
Francis Xavier leaves Lisbon on a mission to the Portuguese East Indies.
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1724
Premiere performance of Johann Sebastian Bach's St John Passion BWV 245 at St. Nicholas Church, Leipzig.
Johann Sebastian Bach · St John Passion · Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis · St. Nicholas Church, Leipzig
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1767
End of Burmese-Siamese War (1765-67).
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1776
Captain John Barry and the USS Lexington captures the Edward.
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1788
American pioneers to the Northwest Territory establish Marietta, Ohio as the first permanent American settlement in the Northwest Territory.
American pioneers to the Northwest Territory · Marietta, Ohio · Northwest Territory
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1789
Selim III became Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam.
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1798
The Mississippi Territory is organized from disputed territory claimed by both the United States and Spain. It is expanded in 1804 and again in 1812.
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1805
Lewis and Clark Expedition: The Corps of Discovery breaks camp among the Mandan tribe and resumes its journey West along the Missouri River.
Lewis and Clark Expedition · Corps of Discovery · Mandan · West · Missouri River
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1805
German composer Ludwig van Beethoven premiered his Third Symphony, at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna.
Ludwig van Beethoven · Symphony No. 3 (Beethoven) · Theater an der Wien · Vienna
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1827
John Walker, an English chemist, sells the first friction match that he had invented the previous year.
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1829
Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, commences translation of the Book of Mormon, with Oliver Cowdery as his scribe.
Joseph Smith · Latter Day Saint movement · Book of Mormon · Oliver Cowdery
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1831
Emperor Pedro I of Brazil resigns. He goes to his native Portugal to become King Pedro IV.
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1862
American Civil War: The Union's Army of the Tennessee and the Army of the Ohio defeat the Confederate Army of Mississippi near Shiloh, Tennessee.
American Civil War · Army of the Tennessee · Army of the Ohio · Battle of Shiloh · Army of Mississippi
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1868
Thomas D'Arcy McGee, one of the Canadian Fathers of Confederation is assassinated by a Fenian activist.
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1890
Completion of the first Lake Biwa Canal.
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1906
Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates Naples.
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1906
The Algeciras Conference gives France and Spain control over Morocco.
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1908
H. H. Asquith of the Liberal Party takes office as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, succeeding Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman.
H. H. Asquith · Liberal Party (UK) · Prime Minister of the United Kingdom · Henry Campbell-Bannerman
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1922
The United States Secretary of the Interior leases federal petroleum reserves to private oil companies on excessively generous terms.
United States Secretary of the Interior · Teapot Dome scandal
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1927
The first long-distance public television broadcast (from Washington, D.C., to New York City, displaying the image of Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover).
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1933
Prohibition in the United States is repealed for beer of no more than 3.2% alcohol by weight, eight months before the ratification of the XXI amendment. (Now celebrated as National Beer Day in the United States of America)
Prohibition in the United States · Beer · Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution · National Beer Day (United States) · United States of America
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1939
World War II: Italy invades Albania.
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1940
Booker T. Washington becomes the first African American to be depicted on a United States postage stamp.
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1943
The Holocaust: In Terebovlia, Ukraine, Germans order 1,100 Jews to undress and march through the city to the nearby village of Plebanivka, where they are shot and buried in ditches.
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1943
Ioannis Rallis becomes collaborationist Prime Minister of Greece during the Axis Occupation.
Ioannis Rallis · Collaborationism · Prime Minister of Greece · Axis occupation of Greece
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1945
World War II: The Yamato, one of the two largest battleships ever constructed, is sunk by American aircraft during Operation Ten-Go.
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1945
World War II: Visoko is liberated by the 7th, 9th, and 17th Krajina brigades from the Tenth division of Yugoslav Partisan forces.
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1946
Syria's independence from France is officially recognised.
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1948
The World Health Organization is established by the United Nations.
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1949
The Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific opened on Broadway; it would run for 1,925 performances and win ten Tony Awards.
Rodgers and Hammerstein · South Pacific (musical) · Broadway theatre · Tony Award
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1954
United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower gives his "domino theory" speech during a news conference.
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1955
Winston Churchill resigns as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom amid indications of failing health.
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1964
IBM announces the System/360.
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1964
A bulldozer kills Rev. Bruce W. Klunder, a civil rights activist, during a school segregation protest in Cleveland, Ohio, sparking a riot.
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1968
Motor racing world champion Jim Clark is killed in an accident during a Formula Two race at Hockenheim.
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1969
The Internet's symbolic birth date: Publication of RFC 1.
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1971
President Richard Nixon announces his decision to quicken the pace of Vietnamization.
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1976
Member of Parliament and suspected spy John Stonehouse resigns from the Labour Party (UK) after being arrested for faking his own death.
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1977
German Federal prosecutor Siegfried Buback and his driver are shot by two Red Army Faction members while waiting at a red light.
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1978
Development of the neutron bomb is canceled by President Jimmy Carter.
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1980
During the Iran hostage crisis, the United States severs relations with Iran.
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1983
During STS-6, astronauts Story Musgrave and Don Peterson perform the first Space Shuttle spacewalk.
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1989
Soviet submarine Komsomolets sinks in the Barents Sea off the coast of Norway killing 42 sailors.
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1990
Iran-Contra affair: John Poindexter is found guilty of five charges for his part in the scandal (the conviction is later reversed on appeal).
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1990
A fire breaks out on the passenger ferry Scandinavian Star, killing 159 people.
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1994
Rwandan genocide: Massacres of Tutsis begin in Kigali, Rwanda.
Rwandan genocide · Tutsi · Kigali · Rwanda
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1994
Auburn Calloway attempts to destroy Federal Express Flight 705 in order to allow his family to benefit from his life insurance policy.
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1995
First Chechen War: Russian paramilitary troops begin a massacre of civilians in Samashki, Chechnya.
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1999
The World Trade Organization rules in favor of the United States in its long-running trade dispute with the European Union over bananas.
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2001
Mars Odyssey is launched.
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2003
U.S. troops capture Baghdad; Saddam Hussein's regime falls two days later.
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2009
Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori is sentenced to 25 years in prison for ordering killings and kidnappings by security forces.
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2009
Mass protests begin across Moldova under the belief that results from the parliamentary election are fraudulent.
2009 Moldova civil unrest · Moldova · Moldovan parliamentary election, April 2009
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2017
2017 Stockholm attack happened on Drottninggatan in central Stockholm, Sweden. A stolen truck slams into people at high speed, killing five and injuring fifteen others.
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Berühmte Geburten
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1206
Otto II Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1253)
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1330
John, 3rd Earl of Kent, English nobleman (d. 1352)
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1470
Edward Stafford, 2nd Earl of Wiltshire (d. 1498)
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1506
Francis Xavier, Spanish missionary and saint, co-founded the Society of Jesus (d. 1552)
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1539
Tobias Stimmer, Swiss painter and illustrator (d. 1584)
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1613
Gerrit Dou, Dutch painter (d. 1675)
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1644
François de Neufville, duc de Villeroy, French general (d. 1730)
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1648
John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, English poet and politician, Lord President of the Council (d. 1721)
John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby · Lord President of the Council
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1652
Pope Clement XII (d. 1740)
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1713
Nicola Sala, Italian composer and theorist (d. 1801)
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1718
Hugh Blair, Scottish minister and author (d. 1800)
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1727
Michel Adanson, French botanist, entomologist, and mycologist (d. 1806)
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1763
Domenico Dragonetti, Italian bassist and composer (d. 1846)
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1770
William Wordsworth, English poet (d. 1850)
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1772
Charles Fourier, French philosopher and author (d. 1837)
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1780
William Ellery Channing, American preacher and theologian (d. 1842)
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1803
James Curtiss, American journalist and politician, 11th Mayor of Chicago (d. 1859)
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1803
Flora Tristan, French author and activist (d. 1844)
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1811
Hasan Tahsini, Albanian astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher (d. 1881)
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1848
Randall Davidson, Scottish archbishop (d. 1930)
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1859
Walter Camp, American football player and coach (d. 1925)
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1860
Will Keith Kellogg, American businessman, founded the Kellogg Company (d. 1951)
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1867
Holger Pedersen, Danish linguist and academic (d. 1953)
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1870
Gustav Landauer, Jewish-German theorist and activist (d. 1919)
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1871
Epifanio de los Santos, Filipino jurist, historian, and scholar (d. 1927)
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1873
John McGraw, American baseball player and manager (d. 1934)
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1874
Frederick Carl Frieseke, German-American painter (d. 1939)
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1876
Fay Moulton, American sprinter, football player, coach, and lawyer (d. 1945)
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1882
Bert Ironmonger, Australian cricketer (d. 1971)
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1882
Kurt von Schleicher, German general and politician, 23rd Chancellor of Germany (d. 1934)
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1883
Gino Severini, Italian-French painter and author (d. 1966)
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1884
Clement Smoot, American golfer (d. 1963)
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1886
Ed Lafitte, American baseball player and soldier (d. 1971)
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1889
Gabriela Mistral, Chilean poet and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1957)
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1890
Paul Berth, Danish footballer (d. 1969)
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1890
Marjory Stoneman Douglas, American journalist and activist (d. 1998)
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1891
Ole Kirk Christiansen, Danish businessman, founded the Lego Group (d. 1958)
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1893
Allen Dulles, American lawyer and diplomat, 5th Director of Central Intelligence (d. 1969)
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1895
John Flannagan, American soldier and sculptor (d. 1942)
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1895
Margarete Schön, German actress (d. 1985)
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1896
Frits Peutz, Dutch architect, designed the Glaspaleis (d. 1974)
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1897
Erich Löwenhardt, Polish-German lieutenant and pilot (d. 1918)
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1897
Walter Winchell, American journalist and radio host (d. 1972)
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1899
Robert Casadesus, French pianist and composer (d. 1972)
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1900
Adolf Dymsza, Polish actor (d. 1975)
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1900
Tebbs Lloyd Johnson, English race walker (d. 1984)
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1902
Eduard Eelma, Estonian footballer (d. 1941)
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1903
M. Balasundaram, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician (d. 1965)
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1903
Edwin T. Layton, American admiral (d. 1984)
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1904
Roland Wilson, Australian economist and statistician (d. 1996)
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1908
Percy Faith, Canadian composer, conductor, and bandleader (d. 1976)
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1909
Robert Charroux, French author and critic (d. 1978)
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1909
Pete Zaremba, American hammer thrower (d. 1994)
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1911
Hervé Bazin, French author and poet (d. 1996)
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1913
Louise Currie, American actress (d. 2013)
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1913
Charles Vanik, American soldier, judge, and politician (d. 2007)
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1914
Ralph Flanagan, American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1995)
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1915
Stanley Adams, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1977)
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1915
Billie Holiday, American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 1959)
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1915
Henry Kuttner, American author (d. 1958)
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1916
Anthony Caruso, American actor (d. 2003)
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1917
R. G. Armstrong, American actor and playwright (d. 2012)
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1918
Bobby Doerr, American baseball player and coach
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1919
Roger Lemelin, Canadian author and screenwriter (d. 1992)
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1919
Edoardo Mangiarotti, Italian fencer (d. 2012)
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1920
Ravi Shankar, Indian-American sitar player and composer (d. 2012)
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1921
Feza Gürsey, Turkish mathematician and physicist (d. 1992)
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1922
Mongo Santamaría, Cuban-American drummer (d. 2003)
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1924
Johannes Mario Simmel, Austrian-English author and screenwriter (d. 2009)
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1925
Chaturanan Mishra, Indian trade union leader and politician (d. 2011)
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1925
Jan van Roessel, Dutch footballer (d. 2011)
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1927
Babatunde Olatunji, Nigerian-American drummer, educator, and activist (d. 2003)
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1927
Leonid Shcherbakov, Russian triple jumper
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1928
James Garner, American actor, singer, and producer (d. 2014)
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1928
Alan J. Pakula, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1998)
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1928
James White, Northern Irish author and educator (d. 1999)
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1929
Bob Denard, French soldier (d. 2007)
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1930
Jane Priestman, English interior designer
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1930
Yves Rocher, French businessman, founded the Yves Rocher Company (d. 2009)
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1930
Andrew Sachs, German-English actor and screenwriter (d. 2016)
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1930
Roger Vergé, French chef and restaurateur (d. 2015)
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1931
Donald Barthelme, American short story writer and novelist (d. 1989)
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1931
Daniel Ellsberg, American activist and author
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1932
Cal Smith, American singer and guitarist (d. 2013)
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1933
Wayne Rogers, American actor, investor, and producer (d. 2015)
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1933
Sakıp Sabancı, Turkish businessman and philanthropist (d. 2004)
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1934
Ian Richardson, Scottish-English actor (d. 2007)
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1935
Bobby Bare, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1935
Hodding Carter III, American journalist and politician, Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs
Hodding Carter III · Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs
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1937
Charlie Thomas, American R&B singer
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1938
Jerry Brown, American lawyer and politician, 34th and 39th Governor of California
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1938
Spencer Dryden, American rock drummer (d. 2005)
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1938
Freddie Hubbard, American trumpet player and composer (d. 2008)
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1938
Iris Johansen, American author
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1939
Francis Ford Coppola, American director, producer, and screenwriter
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1939
David Frost, English journalist and game show host (d. 2013)
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1939
Gary Kellgren, American record producer, co-founded Record Plant (d. 1977)
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1939
Brett Whiteley, Australian painter (d. 1992)
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1940
Marju Lauristin, Estonian academic and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of Social Affairs
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1941
James Di Pasquale, American composer
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1941
Peter Fluck, English puppet maker and illustrator
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1941
Gorden Kaye, English actor (d. 2017)
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1943
Mick Abrahams, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1943
Dennis Amiss, English cricketer and manager
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1944
Warner Fusselle, American sportscaster (d. 2012)
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1944
Julia Phillips, Jewish-American film producer and author (d. 2002)
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1944
Gerhard Schröder, German lawyer and politician, 7th Chancellor of Germany
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1944
Bill Stoneman, American baseball player and manager
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1945
Megas, Icelandic singer-songwriter
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1945
Gerry Cottle, English businessman
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1945
Marilyn Friedman, American philosopher and academic
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1945
Martyn Lewis, Welsh journalist and author
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1945
Joël Robuchon, French chef and author
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1945
Werner Schroeter, German director and screenwriter (d. 2010)
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1945
Hans van Hemert, Dutch songwriter and producer
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1946
Zaid Abdul-Aziz, American basketball player
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1946
Colette Besson, French runner and educator (d. 2005)
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1946
Herménégilde Chiasson, Canadian poet, playwright, and politician, 29th Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick
Herménégilde Chiasson · Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick
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1946
Stan Winston, American special effects designer and makeup artist (d. 2008)
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1947
Patricia Bennett, American singer
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1947
Florian Schneider, German singer and drummer
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1947
Michèle Torr, French singer and author
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1949
Mitch Daniels, American academic and politician, 49th Governor of Indiana
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1949
John Oates, American singer-songwriter guitarist, and producer
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1950
Brian J. Doyle, American press secretary
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1951
Bruce Gary, American drummer (d. 2006)
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1951
Janis Ian, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1952
David Baulcombe, English geneticist and academic
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1952
Jane Frederick, American hurdler and heptathlete
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1952
Gilles Valiquette, Canadian actor, singer, and producer
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1952
Dennis Hayden, American actor
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1953
Douglas Kell, English biochemist and academic
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1954
Jackie Chan, Hong Kong martial artist, actor, stuntman, director, producer, and screenwriter
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1954
Tony Dorsett, American football player
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1955
Tim Cochran, American mathematician and academic (d. 2014)
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1955
Gregg Jarrett, American lawyer and journalist
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1956
Annika Billström, Swedish businessman and politician, 16th Mayor of Stockholm
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1956
Christopher Darden, American lawyer and author
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1956
Georg Werthner, Austrian decathlete
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1957
Kim Kap-soo, South Korean actor
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1957
Thelma Walker, British politician
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1958
Brian Haner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1958
Hindrek Kesler, Estonian architect
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1960
Buster Douglas, American boxer and actor
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1960
Sandy Powell, English costume designer
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1961
Thurl Bailey, American basketball player and actor
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1961
Pascal Olmeta, French footballer
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1961
Brigitte van der Burg, Tanzanian-Dutch geographer and politician
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1962
Jon Cruddas, English lawyer and politician
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1962
Andrew Hampsten, American cyclist
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1963
Jaime de Marichalar, Spanish businessman
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1963
Nick Herbert, English businessman and politician, Minister for Policing
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1963
Dave Johnson, American decathlete and educator
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1964
Jace Alexander, American actor and director
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1964
Russell Crowe, New Zealand-Australian actor
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1964
Steve Graves, Canadian ice hockey player
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1965
Bill Bellamy, American comedian, actor, and producer
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1965
Alison Lapper, English painter and photographer
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1965
Nenad Vučinić, Serbian-New Zealand basketball player and coach
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1966
Richard Gomez, Filipino actor and politician
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1966
Gary Wilkinson, English snooker player
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1967
Artemis Gounaki, Greek-German singer-songwriter
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1967
Simone Schilder, Dutch tennis player
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1968
Duncan Armstrong, Australian swimmer and sportscaster
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1968
Jennifer Lynch, American actress, director, producer, and screenwriter
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1968
Vasiliy Sokov, Russian triple jumper
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1969
Ricky Watters, American football player
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1970
Leif Ove Andsnes, Norwegian pianist and educator
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1971
Guillaume Depardieu, French actor (d. 2008)
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1971
Victor Kraatz, German-Canadian figure skater
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1972
Tim Peake, British astronaut
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1973
Marco Delvecchio, Italian footballer
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1973
Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, Dutch lawyer and politician, Dutch Minister of Defence
Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert · List of Ministers of Defence of the Netherlands
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1973
Carole Montillet, French skier
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1973
Christian O'Connell, British radio DJ and presenter
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1973
Brett Tomko, American baseball player
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1975
Karin Dreijer Andersson, Swedish singer-songwriter and producer
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1975
Ronde Barber, American football player and sportscaster
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1975
Tiki Barber, American football player and journalist
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1975
Ronnie Belliard, American baseball player
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1975
John Cooper, American singer-songwriter and bass player
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1975
Simon Woolford, Australian rugby league player
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1976
Kevin Alejandro, American actor and producer
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1976
Martin Buß, German high jumper
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1976
Jessica Lee, English lawyer and politician
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1976
Barbara Jane Reams, American actress
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1978
Jo Appleby, English soprano
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1978
Duncan James, English singer-songwriter and actor
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1978
Lilia Osterloh, American tennis player
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1979
Adrián Beltré, Dominican-American baseball player
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1979
Patrick Crayton, American football player
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1979
Pascal Dupuis, Canadian ice hockey player
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1979
Danny Sandoval, Venezuelan-American baseball player
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1980
Dragan Bogavac, Montenegrin footballer
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1980
Tetsuji Tamayama, Japanese actor
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1981
Hitoe Arakaki, Japanese singer
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1981
Kazuki Watanabe, Japanese songwriter and guitarist (d. 2000)
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1981
Vanessa Olivarez, American singer-songwriter, and actress
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1981
Suzann Pettersen, Norwegian golfer
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1982
Silvana Arias, Peruvian actress
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1982
Sonjay Dutt, American wrestler
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1982
Kelli Young, English singer
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1983
Franck Ribéry, French footballer
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1983
Jon Stead, English footballer
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1983
Jakub Smrž, Czech motorcycle rider
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1983
Janar Talts, Estonian basketball player
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1984
Hiroko Shimabukuro, Japanese singer
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1985
KC Concepcion, Filipino actress and singer
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1985
Humza Yousaf, Scottish politician
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1986
Brooke Brodack, American comedian
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1986
Jack Duarte, Mexican actor, singer, and guitarist (Eme 15)
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1986
Andi Fraggs, English singer-songwriter and producer
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1986
Christian Fuchs, Austrian footballer
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1987
Martín Cáceres, Uruguayan footballer
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1987
Eelco Sintnicolaas, Dutch decathlete
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1987
Jamar Smith, American football player
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1988
Antonio Piccolo, Italian footballer
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1988
Ed Speleers, English actor and producer
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1989
Franco Di Santo, Argentinian footballer
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1989
Mitchell Pearce, Australian rugby league player
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1989
Teddy Riner, French judoka
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1990
Anna Bogomazova, Russian-American kick-boxer, martial artist, and wrestler
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1990
Sorana Cîrstea, Romanian tennis player
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1990
Trent Cotchin, Australian footballer
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1991
Luka Milivojević, Serbian footballer
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1991
Anne-Marie, English singer-songwriter
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1992
Andreea Acatrinei, Romanian gymnast
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1992
Guilherme Negueba, Brazilian footballer
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1993
Ichinojō Takashi, Mongolian sumo wrestler
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1994
Johanna Allik, Estonian figure skater
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1994
Aaron Gray, Australian rugby league player
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1997
Rafaela Gómez, Ecuadorian tennis player
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Berühmte Todesfälle
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AD 30
Jesus Christ of Nazareth, (possible date of the crucifixion)[1][2][3] (b. circa 4 BC)
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821
George the Standard-Bearer, archbishop of Mytilene (b. c. 776)
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924
Berengar I of Italy (b. 845)
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1206
Frederick I, Duke of Lorraine
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1340
Bolesław Jerzy II of Mazovia (b. 1308)
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1498
Charles VIII of France (b. 1470)
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1499
Galeotto I Pico, Duke of Mirandola (b. 1442)
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1501
Minkhaung II, king of Ava (b. 1446)
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1606
Edward Oldcorne, English martyr (b. 1561)
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1614
El Greco, Greek-Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1541)
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1638
Shimazu Tadatsune, Japanese daimyo (b. 1576)
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1651
Lennart Torstensson, Swedish field marshal and engineer (b. 1603)
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1658
Juan Eusebio Nieremberg, Spanish mystic and philosopher (b. 1595)
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1661
Sir William Brereton, 1st Baronet, English commander and politician (b. 1604)
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1663
Francis Cooke, English-American settler (b. 1583)
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1668
William Davenant, English poet and playwright (b. 1606)
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1719
Jean-Baptiste de La Salle, French priest and saint, founded the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools (b. 1651)
Jean-Baptiste de La Salle · Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools
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1739
Dick Turpin, English criminal (b. 1705)
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1747
Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (b. 1676)
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1761
Thomas Bayes, English minister and mathematician (b. 1701)
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1766
Tiberius Hemsterhuis, Dutch philologist and critic (b. 1685)
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1767
Franz Sparry, Austrian composer and director (b. 1715)
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1782
Taksin, Thai king (b. 1734)
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1789
Abdul Hamid I, Ottoman sultan (b. 1725)
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1789
Petrus Camper, Dutch physician, anatomist, and physiologist (b. 1722)
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1801
Noël François de Wailly, French lexicographer and author (b. 1724)
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1804
Toussaint Louverture, Haitian general (b. 1743)
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1811
Garsevan Chavchavadze, Georgian diplomat and politician (b. 1757)
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1823
Jacques Charles, French physicist and mathematician (b. 1746)
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1833
Antoni Radziwiłł, Lithuanian composer and politician (b. 1775)
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1836
William Godwin, English journalist and author (b. 1756)
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1849
Pedro Ignacio de Castro Barros, Argentinian priest and politician (b. 1777)
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1850
William Lisle Bowles, English poet and critic (b. 1762)
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1858
Anton Diabelli, Austrian composer and publisher (b. 1781)
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1868
Thomas D'Arcy McGee, Irish-Canadian journalist, activist, and politician (b. 1825)
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1885
Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold, German physiologist and zoologist (b. 1804)
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1889
Youssef Bey Karam, Lebanese soldier and politician (b. 1823)
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1891
P. T. Barnum, American businessman and politician, co-founded The Barnum & Bailey Circus (b. 1810)
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1917
Spyridon Samaras, Greek composer and playwright (b. 1861)
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1918
David Kolehmainen, Finnish wrestler (b. 1885)
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1918
George E. Ohr, American potter (b. 1857)
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1920
Karl Binding, German lawyer and jurist (b. 1841)
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1928
Alexander Bogdanov, Russian physician, philosopher, and author (b. 1873)
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1932
Grigore Constantinescu, Romanian priest and journalist (b. 1875)
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1938
Suzanne Valadon, French painter (b. 1865)
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1939
Joseph Lyons, Australian educator and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1879)
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1943
Jovan Dučić, Serbian-American poet and diplomat (b. 1871)
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1943
Alexandre Millerand, French lawyer and politician, 12th President of France (b. 1859)
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1947
Henry Ford, American engineer and businessman, founded the Ford Motor Company (b. 1863)
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1949
John Gourlay, Canadian soccer player (b. 1872)
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1950
Walter Huston, Canadian-American actor and singer (b. 1883)
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1955
Theda Bara, American actress (b. 1885)
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1956
Fred Appleby, English runner (b. 1879)
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1960
Henri Guisan, Swiss general (b. 1874)
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1965
Roger Leger, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1919)
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1966
Walt Hansgen, American race car driver (b. 1919)
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1968
Edwin Baker, Canadian co-founder of the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) (b. 1893)
Edwin Baker (CNIB) · Canadian National Institute for the Blind
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1968
Jim Clark, Scottish race car driver (b. 1936)
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1972
Abeid Karume, Tanzanian politician, 1st President of Zanzibar (b. 1905)
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1981
Kit Lambert, English record producer and manager (b. 1935)
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1981
Norman Taurog, American director and screenwriter (b. 1899)
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1982
Harald Ertl, Austrian race car driver and journalist (b. 1948)
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1984
Frank Church, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1924)
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1985
Carl Schmitt, German philosopher and jurist (b. 1888)
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1986
Leonid Kantorovich, Russian mathematician and economist (b. 1912)
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1990
Ronald Evans, American captain, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1933)
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1991
Memduh Ünlütürk, Turkish general (b. 1913)
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1992
Ace Bailey, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1903)
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1992
Antonis Tritsis, Greek high jumper and politician, 71st Mayor of Athens (b. 1937)
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1994
Lee Brilleaux, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1952)
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1994
Albert Guðmundsson, Icelandic footballer, manager, and politician (b. 1923)
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1994
Golo Mann, German historian and author (b. 1909)
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1994
Agathe Uwilingiyimana, Rwandan chemist, academic, and politician, Prime Minister of Rwanda (b. 1953)
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1995
Philip Jebb, English architect and politician (b. 1927)
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1997
Luis Aloma, Cuban-American baseball player (b. 1923)
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1997
Georgy Shonin, Ukrainian-Russian general, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1935)
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1998
Alex Schomburg, Puerto Rican-American painter and illustrator (b. 1905)
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1999
Heinz Lehmann, German-Canadian psychiatrist and academic (b. 1911)
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2001
David Graf, American actor (b. 1950)
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2001
Beatrice Straight, American actress (b. 1914)
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2002
John Agar, American actor (b. 1921)
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2003
Cecile de Brunhoff, French pianist and author (b. 1903)
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2003
David Greene, English-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1921)
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2004
Victor Argo, American actor (b. 1934)
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2004
Konstantinos Kallias, Greek politician (b. 1901)
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2005
Cliff Allison, English race car driver (b. 1932)
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2005
Grigoris Bithikotsis, Greek singer-songwriter (b. 1922)
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2005
Bob Kennedy, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1920)
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2005
Melih Kibar, Turkish composer and educator (b. 1951)
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2007
Johnny Hart, American author and illustrator (b. 1931)
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2007
Barry Nelson, American actor (b. 1917)
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2008
Ludu Daw Amar, Burmese journalist and author (b. 1915)
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2009
Dave Arneson, American game designer, co-created Dungeons & Dragons (b. 1947)
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2011
Pierre Gauvreau, Canadian painter (b. 1922)
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2012
Steven Kanumba Tanzanian actor and director (b. 1984)
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2012
Satsue Mito, Japanese zoologist and academic (b. 1914)
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2012
Ignatius Moses I Daoud, Syrian cardinal (b. 1930)
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2012
David E. Pergrin, American colonel and engineer (b. 1917)
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2012
Bashir Ahmed Qureshi, Pakistani politician (b. 1959)
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2012
Mike Wallace, American television news journalist (b. 1918)
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2013
Marty Blake, American businessman (b. 1927)
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2013
Les Blank, American director and producer (b. 1935)
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2013
Andy Johns, English-American record producer (b. 1950)
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2013
Lilly Pulitzer, American fashion designer (b. 1931)
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2013
Irma Ravinale, Italian composer and educator (b. 1937)
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2013
Mickey Rose, American screenwriter (b. 1935)
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2013
Carl Williams, American boxer (b. 1959)
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2014
George Dureau, American painter and photographer (b. 1930)
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2014
James Alexander Green, American-English mathematician and academic (b. 1926)
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2014
V. K. Murthy, Indian cinematographer (b. 1923)
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2014
Zeituni Onyango, Kenyan-American computer programmer (b. 1952)
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2014
John Shirley-Quirk, English opera singer (b. 1931)
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2014
George Shuffler, American guitarist (b. 1925)
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2014
Josep Maria Subirachs, Spanish sculptor and painter (b. 1927)
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2014
Royce Waltman, American basketball player and coach (b. 1942)
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2015
Tim Babcock, American soldier and politician, 16th Governor of Montana (b. 1919)
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2015
José Capellán, Dominican-American baseball player (b. 1981)
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2015
Stan Freberg, American puppeteer, voice actor, and singer (b. 1926)
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2015
Richard Henyekane, South African footballer (b. 1983)
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2015
Geoffrey Lewis, American actor (b. 1935)
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2016
Blackjack Mulligan, American professional wrestler (b. 1942)
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