May 22 — An diesem Tag in der Geschichte
307 Einträge
Ereignisse
- 192
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760
Fourteenth recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet.
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853
A Byzantine fleet sacks and destroys the undefended Damietta in Egypt.
- 1176
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1200
King John of England and King Philip II of France sign the Treaty of Le Goulet.
John, King of England · Philip II of France · Treaty of Le Goulet
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1246
Henry Raspe is elected anti-king of the Kingdom of Germany, in opposition to Conrad IV.
Henry Raspe, Landgrave of Thuringia · Anti-king · Kingdom of Germany · Conrad IV of Germany
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1254
Serbian King Stefan Uroš I and the Republic of Venice sign a peace treaty.
Kingdom of Serbia (medieval) · Stefan Uroš I · Republic of Venice
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1370
The Brussels massacre: Several Jews are murdered and the rest of the Jewish community is banished from Brussels.
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1377
Pope Gregory XI issues five papal bulls to denounce the doctrines of English theologian John Wycliffe.
Pope Gregory XI · Papal bull · Doctrine · Theology · John Wycliffe
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1455
Start of the Wars of the Roses: At the First Battle of St Albans, Richard, Duke of York, defeats and captures King Henry VI of England.
Wars of the Roses · First Battle of St Albans · Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York · Henry VI of England
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1570
The first atlas, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, is published with 70 maps.
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1629
Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II and Danish King Christian IV sign the Treaty of Lübeck to end the Danish intervention in the Thirty Years' War.
Holy Roman Emperor · Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor · List of Danish monarchs · Christian IV of Denmark · Treaty of Lübeck
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1762
Sweden and Prussia sign the Treaty of Hamburg.
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1762
Trevi Fountain in Rome is officially completed and inaugurated by Pope Clement XIII.
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1804
The Lewis and Clark Expedition officially began as the Corps of Discovery departed from St. Charles, Missouri.
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1807
A grand jury indicts former Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr on a charge of treason.
Grand jury · Vice President of the United States · Aaron Burr · Treason
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1809
On the second and last day of the Battle of Aspern-Essling (near Vienna, Austria), Napoleon I is repelled by an enemy army for the first time.
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1816
A mob in Littleport, Cambridgeshire, England, riots over high unemployment and rising grain costs, which spreads to Ely the next day.
Littleport, Cambridgeshire · Ely and Littleport riots of 1816 · Ely, Cambridgeshire
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1819
The SS Savannah leaves port at Savannah, Georgia, United States, on a voyage to become the first steamship to cross the Atlantic Ocean.
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1826
HMS Beagle departs on its first voyage.
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1840
The transportation of British convicts to the New South Wales colony is abolished.
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1848
Slavery is abolished in Martinique.
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1849
Future U.S. President Abraham Lincoln is issued a patent for an invention to lift boats, making him the only U.S. President to ever hold a patent.
President of the United States · Abraham Lincoln · Patent · Abraham Lincoln's patent
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1856
Congressman Preston Brooks of South Carolina severely beats Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts with a cane in the hall of the United States Senate for a speech Sumner had made regarding Southerners and slavery.
United States House of Representatives · Preston Brooks · South Carolina · United States Senate · Charles Sumner
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1863
American Civil War: Union forces begin the Siege of Port Hudson which lasts 48 days, the longest siege in U.S. military history.
American Civil War · Union (American Civil War) · Siege of Port Hudson
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1864
American Civil War: After ten weeks, the Union Army's Red River Campaign ends in failure.
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1872
Reconstruction Era: President Ulysses S. Grant signs the Amnesty Act into law, restoring full civil and political rights to all but about 500 Confederate sympathizers.
Reconstruction Era · Ulysses S. Grant · Amnesty Act · Civil and political rights
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1900
The Associated Press is formed in New York City as a non-profit news cooperative.
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1906
The Wright brothers are granted U.S. patent number 821,393 for their "Flying-Machine".
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1915
Lassen Peak erupts with a powerful force, the only volcano other than Mount St. Helens to erupt in the contiguous U.S. during the 20th century.
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1915
Three trains collide in the Quintinshill rail disaster near Gretna Green, Scotland, killing 227 people and injuring 246.
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1926
Chiang Kai-shek replaces communists in Kuomintang China.
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1927
Near Xining, China, a 8.3 quake causes 200,000 deaths in one of the world's most destructive earthquakes.
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1939
World War II: Germany and Italy sign the Pact of Steel.
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1941
During the Anglo-Iraqi War, British troops take Fallujah.
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1942
Mexico enters World War II on the side of the Allies.
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1943
Joseph Stalin disbands the Comintern.
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1947
The Truman Doctrine goes into effect, aiding Turkey & Greece.
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1957
South Africa's government approves racial separation in universities.
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1958
The 1958 riots in Ceylon become a watershed in the race relationship of various ethnic communities of Sri Lanka. The total deaths is estimated at 300, mostly Tamils.
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1960
The Great Chilean earthquake, measuring 9.5 on the moment magnitude scale, hits southern Chile. It is the most powerful earthquake ever recorded.
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1962
Continental Airlines Flight 11 crashes after bombs explode on board.
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1963
Greek left-wing politician Grigoris Lambrakis is shot in an assassination attempt and dies five days later.
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1964
Lyndon B. Johnson launches the Great Society.
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1967
Egypt closes the Straits of Tiran to Israeli shipping.
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1967
The L'Innovation department store in Brussels, Belgium, burns down, resulting in 323 dead or missing and 150 injured, the most devastating fire in Belgian history.
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1968
The nuclear-powered submarine the USS Scorpion sinks with 99 men aboard, 400 miles southwest of the Azores.
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1969
Apollo 10's lunar module flies within 8.4 nautical miles (16 km) of the moon's surface.
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1972
Ceylon adopts a new constitution, becoming a Republic, changes its name to Sri Lanka, and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.
Constitution · Republic · Sri Lanka · Commonwealth of Nations
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1972
Over 400 women in Derry, Northern Ireland attack the offices of Sinn Féin following the shooting by the Irish Republican Army of a young British soldier on leave.
Derry · Northern Ireland · Sinn Féin · Irish Republican Army
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1987
Hashimpura massacre in Meerut, India.
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1987
First ever Rugby World Cup kicks off with New Zealand playing Italy at Eden Park in Auckland, New Zealand.
1987 Rugby World Cup · New Zealand Rugby Union · Italy national rugby union team · Eden Park · Auckland
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1990
North and South Yemen are unified to create the Republic of Yemen.
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1992
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Slovenia join the United Nations.
Bosnia and Herzegovina · Croatia · Slovenia · United Nations
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1994
A worldwide trade embargo goes into effect against Haiti to punish its military rulers for not reinstating the country's ousted elected leader, Jean-Bertrand Aristide.
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1996
The Burmese military regime jails 71 supporters of Aung San Suu Kyi in a bid to block a pro-democracy meeting.
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1998
A U.S. federal judge rules that U.S. Secret Service agents can be compelled to testify before a grand jury concerning the Lewinsky scandal involving President Bill Clinton.
United States Secret Service · Grand jury · Lewinsky scandal · Bill Clinton
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2000
In Sri Lanka, over 150 Tamil rebels are killed over two days of fighting for control in Jaffna.
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2002
Civil Rights Movement: A jury in Birmingham, Alabama, convicts former Ku Klux Klan member Bobby Frank Cherry of the 1963 murders of four girls in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing.
Civil Rights Movement · Birmingham, Alabama · Ku Klux Klan · Bobby Frank Cherry · 1963
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2010
An Air India Express Boeing 737 goes over a cliff and crashes upon landing at Mangalore, India, killing 158 of the 166 people on board. It is the worst crash involving a Boeing 737.
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2011
An EF5 tornado strikes Joplin, Missouri, killing 162 people and wreaking $2.8 billion in damage—the costliest and seventh-deadliest single tornado in U.S. history.
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2012
Tokyo Skytree opens to the public. It is the tallest tower in the world (634 m), and the second tallest man-made structure on Earth, after Burj Khalifa (829.8 m).
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2014
General Prayut Chan-o-cha becomes interim leader of Thailand in a military coup d'état, following six months of political turmoil.
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2014
An explosion occurs in Ürümqi, the capital of China's far-western Xinjiang region, resulting in at least 43 deaths and 91 injuries.
May 2014 Ürümqi attack · Ürümqi · Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
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2015
The Republic of Ireland becomes the first nation in the world to legalize gay marriage in a public referendum.
Republic of Ireland · Irish constitutional referendums, 2015
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2017
22 people are killed at an Ariana Grande concert in the 2017 Manchester Arena bombing.
Berühmte Geburten
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626
Itzam K'an Ahk I, Mayan king (d. 686)
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1408
Annamacharya, Hindu saint (d. 1503)
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1539
Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford (d. 1621)
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1622
Louis de Buade de Frontenac, French soldier and governor (d. 1698)
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1644
Gabriël Grupello, Flemish Baroque sculptor (d. 1730)
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1650
Richard Brakenburgh, Dutch Golden Age painter (d. 1702)
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1694
Daniel Gran, Austrian painter (d. 1757)
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1715
François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis, French cardinal and diplomat (d. 1794)
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1733
Hubert Robert, French painter (d. 1808)
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1752
Louis Legendre, French butcher and politician (d. 1797)
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1762
Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst, English politician (d. 1834)
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1770
Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom (d. 1840)
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1772
Ram Mohan Roy, Indian philosopher and reformer (d. 1833)
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1782
Hirose Tansō, Japanese neo-Confucian scholar, teacher, writer (d. 1856)
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1783
William Sturgeon, English physicist and inventor, invented the electromagnet and electric motor (d. 1850)
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1808
Gérard de Nerval, French poet and translator (d. 1855)
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1811
Giulia Grisi, Italian soprano (d. 1869)
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1811
Henry Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle, English politician (d. 1864)
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1813
Richard Wagner, German composer (d. 1883)
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1814
Amalia Lindegren, Swedish painter (d. 1891)
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1820
Worthington Whittredge, American painter (d. 1910)
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1828
Albrecht von Graefe, German ophthalmologist and academic (d. 1870)
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1831
Henry Vandyke Carter, English anatomist and surgeon (d. 1897)
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1833
Félix Bracquemond, French painter and etcher (d. 1914)
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1833
Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla, Spanish politician; served as Prime Minister of Spain from 1871-73 (d. 1895)
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1837
Guillaume Fouace, French painter (d. 1895)
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1841
Catulle Mendès, French poet, author, and playwright (d. 1909)
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1844
Mary Cassatt, American painter and educator (d. 1926)
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1846
Rita Cetina Gutiérrez, Mexican poet, educator, and activist (d. 1908)
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1848
Fritz von Uhde, German painter and educator (d. 1911)
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1849
Aston Webb, English architect and academic (d. 1930)
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1852
Émile Sauret, French violinist and composer (d. 1920)
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1858
Belmiro de Almeida, Brazilian painter, illustrator, sculptor (d. 1935)
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1859
Arthur Conan Doyle, British writer (d. 1930)
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1859
Tsubouchi Shōyō, Japanese author, playwright, and educator (d. 1935)
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1864
Willy Stöwer, German author and illustrator (d. 1931)
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1868
Augusto Pestana, Brazilian engineer and politician (d. 1934)
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1874
Daniel François Malan, South African clergyman and politician, 5th Prime Minister of South Africa (d. 1959)
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1876
Julius Klinger, Austrian painter and illustrator (d. 1942)
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1879
Warwick Armstrong, Australian cricketer and journalist (d. 1947)
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1879
Jean Cras, French admiral and composer (d. 1932)
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1879
Symon Petliura, Ukrainian statesman and independence leader (d. 1926)
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1880
Francis de Miomandre, French author and translator (d. 1959)
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1885
Giacomo Matteotti, Italian lawyer and politician (d. 1924)
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1885
Soemu Toyoda, Japanese admiral (d. 1957)
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1887
A. W. Sandberg, Danish film director and screenwriter (d. 1938)
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1891
Johannes R. Becher, German politician, novelist, and poet (d. 1958)
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1894
Friedrich Pollock, German sociologist and philosopher (d. 1970)
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1897
Robert Neumann, German and English-speaking author (d. 1975)
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1900
Vina Bovy, Belgian operatic soprano (d. 1983)
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1901
Maurice J. Tobin, American politician, 6th United States Secretary of Labor (d. 1953)
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1902
Al Simmons, American baseball player and coach (d. 1956)
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1904
Uno Lamm, Swedish electrical engineer and inventor (d. 1989)
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1905
Bodo von Borries, German physicist and academic, co-invented the electron microscope (d. 1956)
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1905
Tom Driberg, British politician (d. 1976)
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1907
Hergé, Belgian author and illustrator (d. 1983)
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1907
Laurence Olivier, English actor, director, and producer (d. 1989)
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1908
Horton Smith. American golfer and captain (d. 1963)
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1909
Margaret Mee, English illustrator and educator (d. 1988)
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1912
Herbert C. Brown, English-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004)
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1913
Rafael Gil, Spanish director and screenwriter (d. 1986)
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1913
Dominique Rolin, Belgian author (d. 2012)
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1914
Max Kohnstamm, Dutch historian and diplomat (d. 2010)
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1914
Sun Ra, American pianist, composer, bandleader, poet (d. 1993)
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1917
George Aratani, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 2013)
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1917
Jean-Louis Curtis, French author (d. 1995)
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1919
Paul Vanden Boeynants, Belgian businessman and politician, 55th Prime Minister of Belgium (d. 2001)
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1920
Thomas Gold, Austrian-American astrophysicist and academic (d. 2004)
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1921
George S. Hammond, American scientist (d. 2005)
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1922
Quinn Martin, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1987)
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1924
Charles Aznavour, French-Armenian singer-songwriter and actor
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1925
Jean Tinguely, Swiss painter and sculptor (d. 1991)
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1927
Michael Constantine, American actor
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1927
Peter Matthiessen, American novelist, short story writer, editor, co-founded The Paris Review (d. 2014)
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1927
George Andrew Olah, Hungarian-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2017)
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1928
Serge Doubrovsky, French theorist and author
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1928
John Mackenzie, Scottish director and producer (d. 2011)
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1928
T. Boone Pickens, American businessman
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1928
Hiroshi Sano, Japanese novelist (d. 2013)
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1929
Ahmed Fouad Negm, Egyptian poet (d. 2013)
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1930
Kenny Ball, English jazz trumpet player, vocalist, and bandleader (d. 2013)
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1930
Marisol Escobar, French-American sculptor (d. 2016)
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1930
Harvey Milk, American lieutenant and politician (d. 1978)
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1932
Robert Spitzer, American psychiatrist and academic (d. 2015)
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1933
Chen Jingrun, Chinese mathematician and academic (d. 1996)
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1934
Peter Nero, American pianist and conductor
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1936
George H. Heilmeier, American engineer (d. 2014)
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1937
Facundo Cabral, Argentinian singer-songwriter (d. 2011)
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1938
Richard Benjamin, American actor and director
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1938
Susan Strasberg, American actress (d. 1999)
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1939
Paul Winfield, American actor (d. 2004)
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1940
Kieth Merrill, American filmmaker
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1940
Michael Sarrazin, Canadian actor (d. 2011)
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1940
Bernard Shaw, American journalist
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1940
Mick Tingelhoff American Pro Football Hall of Famer
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1941
Menzies Campbell, Scottish sprinter and politician
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1942
Ted Kaczynski, American academic and mathematician turned anarchist and serial murderer (Unabomber)
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1942
Barbara Parkins, Canadian actress
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1942
Richard Oakes, Native American civil rights activist (d. 1972)
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1943
Betty Williams, Northern Irish peace activist, Nobel Prize laureate
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1944
John Flanagan, Australian fantasy author
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1946
George Best, Northern Irish footballer and manager (d. 2005)
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1946
Michael Green, English physicist and academic
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1946
Howard Kendall, English footballer and manager (d. 2015)
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1946
Andrei Marga, Romanian philosopher, political scientist, politician
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1946
Lyudmila Zhuravleva, Russian-Ukrainian astronomer
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1948
Tomás Sánchez, Cuban painter and engraver
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1948
Nedumudi Venu, Indian actor and screenwriter
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1949
Cheryl Campbell, English actress
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1949
Valentin Inzko, Austrian diplomat
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1950
Alekos Alavanos, Greek lawyer and politician
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1950
Irène Frain, French novelist and journalist
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1950
Bernie Taupin, English singer-songwriter and poet
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1950
Bill Whelan, Irish composer and musician
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1953
Peter Bazalgette, English television producer
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1953
Roger Bellon, French composer
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1953
François Bon, French writer
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1953
Cha Bum-kun, South Korean footballer and manager
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1953
Paul Mariner, English footballer, coach, and manager
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1954
Shuji Nakamura, Japanese-American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate
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1955
Iva Davies, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
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1957
Lisa Murkowski, American lawyer and politician
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1959
Morrissey, English singer-songwriter and performer
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1959
Kwak Jae-yong, South Korean director and screenwriter
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1959
Mehbooba Mufti, Indian politician
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1960
Hideaki Anno, Japanese animator, director, and screenwriter
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1962
Brian Pillman, American football player and wrestler (d. 1997)
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1965
Jay Carney, American journalist, 29th White House Press Secretary
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1966
Johnny Gill, American singer-songwriter and producer
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1966
Wang Xiaoshuai, Chinese director and screenwriter
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1968
Ma Jun, Chinese environmentalist and journalist
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1968
Graham Linehan, Irish comedian, actor, and author
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1969
Cathy McMorris Rodgers, American lawyer and politician
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1970
Naomi Campbell, English model
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1972
Max Brooks, American author and screenwriter
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1972
Joana Preiss, French actress
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1973
Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Danish actor
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1974
Garba Lawal, Nigerian football
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1974
Henrietta Ónodi, Hungarian Olympic gymnast
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1974
Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Ukrainian politician
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1976
Cheyenne Carron, French film director, screenwriter, producer
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1978
Ginnifer Goodwin, American actress
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1978
Katie Price, English television personality & glamour model
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1979
Maggie Q, American actress
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1980
Nazanin Boniadi, Iranian-American actress
-
1980
Lucy Gordon, British actress and model
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1981
Daniel Bryan, American wrestler
-
1981
Bassel Khartabil, Syrian computer programmer and engineer
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1981
Jürgen Melzer, Austrian tennis player
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1982
Apolo Ohno, American speed skater
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1982
Hong Yong-jo, North Korean footballer
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1983
Natasha Kai, American soccer player and Olympic medalist
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1984
Karoline Herfurth, German actress
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1984
Didier Ya Konan, Ivorian footballer
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1984
Dustin Moskovitz, American entrepreneur, co-founder of Facebook
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1985
Tranquillo Barnetta, Swiss footballer
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1985
Tao Okamoto, Japanese model and actress
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1986
Matt Jarvis, English footballer
-
1986
Tatiana Volosozhar, Russian figure skater
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1987
Novak Djokovic, Serbian tennis player
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1987
Arturo Vidal, Chilean footballer
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1991
Joel Obi, Nigerian footballer
-
1991
Suho, South Korean singer (EXO) and actor
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1994
Florian Luger, Austrian male model
-
1999
Camren Bicondova, American actress
Berühmte Todesfälle
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192
Dong Zhuo, Chinese warlord and politician (b. 138)
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337
Constantine the Great, Roman emperor (b. 272)
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748
Empress Genshō of Japan (b. 683)
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1067
Constantine X, Byzantine Emperor (b. 1006)
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1068
Emperor Go-Reizei of Japan (b. 1025)
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1310
Saint Humility, founder of the Vallumbrosan religious order of nuns (b. c. 1226)
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1409
Blanche of England, sister of King Henry V (b. 1392)
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1455
Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset, English commander (b. 1406)
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1455
Thomas Clifford, 8th Baron de Clifford, Lancastrian commander (b. 1414)
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1455
Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland, English commander (b. 1393)
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1457
Rita of Cascia, Italian nun and saint (b. 1381)
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1490
Edmund Grey, 1st Earl of Kent, English administrator, nobleman and magnate (b. 1416)
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1538
John Forest, English friar and martyr (b. 1471)
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1540
Francesco Guicciardini, Italian historian and politician (b. 1483)
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1545
Sher Shah Suri, Indian ruler (b. 1486)
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1553
Giovanni Bernardi, Italian sculptor and engraver (b. 1495)
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1602
Renata of Lorraine (b. 1544)
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1609
Pieter Willemsz. Verhoeff, Dutch captain (b. 1573)
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1666
Gaspar Schott, German physicist and mathematician (b. 1608)
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1667
Pope Alexander VII (b. 1599)
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1745
François-Marie, 1st duc de Broglie, French general (b. 1671)
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1760
Baal Shem Tov, Polish rabbi and author (b. 1700)
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1772
Durastante Natalucci, Italian historian and academic (b. 1687)
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1795
Ewald Friedrich von Hertzberg, Prussian politician, Foreign Minister of Prussia (b. 1725)
Ewald Friedrich von Hertzberg · List of foreign ministers of Prussia
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1851
Mordecai Manuel Noah, American journalist and diplomat (b. 1755)
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1859
Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies (b. 1810)
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1861
Thornsbury Bailey Brown, American soldier (b. 1829)
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1868
Julius Plücker, German mathematician and physicist (b. 1801)
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1885
Victor Hugo, French novelist, poet, and playwright (b. 1802)
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1901
Gaetano Bresci, Italian-American anarchist, assassin of Umberto I of Italy (b. 1869)
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1910
Jules Renard, French author and playwright (b. 1864)
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1932
Augusta, Lady Gregory, Anglo-Irish activist, landlord, and playwright, co-founded the Abbey Theatre (b. 1852)
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1933
Tsengeltiin Jigjidjav, Mongolian politician, 10th Prime Minister of Mongolia (b. 1894)
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1938
William Glackens, American painter and illustrator (b. 1870)
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1939
Ernst Toller, German playwright and author (b. 1893)
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1939
Jiří Mahen, Czech author and playwright (b. 1882)
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1954
Chief Bender, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1884)
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1965
Christopher Stone, English radio host (b. 1882)
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1966
Tom Goddard, English cricketer (b. 1900)
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1967
Langston Hughes, American poet, social activist, novelist, and playwright (b. 1902)
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1972
Cecil Day-Lewis, Anglo-Irish poet and author (b. 1904)
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1972
Margaret Rutherford, English actress (b. 1892)
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1974
Irmgard Flügge-Lotz, German-American mathematician and aerospace engineer (b. 1903)
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1975
Lefty Grove, American baseball player (b. 1900)
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1982
Cevdet Sunay, Turkish general and politician, 5th President of Turkey (b. 1899)
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1983
Albert Claude, Belgian biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
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1985
Wolfgang Reitherman, German-American animator, director, and producer (b. 1909)
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1988
Giorgio Almirante, Italian journalist and politician (b. 1914)
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1989
Steven De Groote, South African pianist and educator (b. 1953)
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1990
Rocky Graziano, American boxer (b. 1922)
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1991
Shripad Amrit Dange, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1899)
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1991
Stan Mortensen, English footballer and manager (b. 1921)
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1992
Zellig Harris, American linguist and academic (b. 1909)
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1993
Mieczysław Horszowski, Polish-American pianist and composer (b. 1892)
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1997
Alziro Bergonzo, Italian architect and painter (b. 1906)
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1997
Alfred Hershey, American biochemist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1908)
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1998
John Derek, American actor, director, and photographer (b. 1926)
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1998
José Enrique Moyal, Israeli physicist and engineer (b. 1910)
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2000
Davie Fulton, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1916)
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2004
Richard Biggs, American actor (b. 1960)
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2004
Mikhail Voronin, Russian gymnast (b. 1945)
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2005
Charilaos Florakis, Greek politician (b. 1914)
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2005
Thurl Ravenscroft, American voice actor and singer (b. 1914)
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2006
Lee Jong-wook, South Korean physician and diplomat (b. 1945)
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2007
Pemba Doma Sherpa, Nepalese mountaineer (b. 1970)
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2008
Robert Asprin, American soldier and author (b. 1946)
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2010
Martin Gardner, American mathematician, cryptographer, and author (b. 1914)
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2011
Joseph Brooks, American director, producer, screenwriter, and composer (b. 1938)
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2012
Muzafar Bhutto, Pakistani politician (b. 1970)
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2012
Wesley A. Brown, American lieutenant and engineer (b. 1927)
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2013
Sigurd Ottovich Schmidt, Russian historian and ethnographer (b. 1922)
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2013
Lee Rigby, British fusilier
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2015
Marques Haynes, American basketball player and coach (b. 1926)
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2015
Vladimir Katriuk, Ukrainian-Canadian SS officer (b. 1921)
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2016
Velimir "Bata" Živojinović, Serbian actor and politician (b. 1933)
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2017
Nicky Hayden, American professional motorcycle racer (b. 1981)