May 6 — An diesem Tag in der Geschichte
318 Einträge
Ereignisse
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1527
Spanish and German troops sack Rome; some consider this the end of the Renaissance. 147 Swiss Guards, including their commander, die fighting the forces of Charles V in order to allow Pope Clement VII to escape into Castel Sant'Angelo.
Sack of Rome (1527) · Renaissance · Swiss Guards · Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor · Pope Clement VII
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1536
The Siege of Cuzco commences, in which Incan forces attempt to retake the city of Cuzco from the Spanish.
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1536
King Henry VIII orders English-language Bibles be placed in every church. In 1539 the Great Bible would be provided for this purpose.
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1542
Francis Xavier reaches Old Goa, the capital of Portuguese India at the time.
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1659
English Restoration: A faction of the British Army removes Richard Cromwell as Lord Protector of the Commonwealth and reinstalls the Rump Parliament.
Restoration (England) · Wallingford House party · British Army · Richard Cromwell · Lord Protector
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1682
Louis XIV of France moves his court to the Palace of Versailles.
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1757
Battle of Prague: A Prussian army fights an Austrian army in Prague during the Seven Years' War.
Battle of Prague (1757) · Prussian army · Prague · Seven Years' War
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1757
The end of Konbaung-Hanthawaddy War, and the end of Burmese Civil War (1740-1757).
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1757
English poet Christopher Smart is admitted into St Luke's Hospital for Lunatics in London, beginning his six-year confinement to mental asylums.
Christopher Smart · St Luke's Hospital for Lunatics · Christopher Smart's asylum confinement · Psychiatric hospital
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1782
Construction begins on the Grand Palace, the royal residence of the King of Siam in Bangkok, at the command of King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke.
Grand Palace · Monarchy of Thailand · Bangkok · Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke
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1801
Captain Thomas Cochrane in the 14-gun HMS Speedy captures the 32-gun Spanish frigate El Gamo.
Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald · HMS Speedy (1782) · Action of 6 May 1801 · Spanish frigate El Gamo
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1835
James Gordon Bennett, Sr. publishes the first issue of the New York Herald.
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1840
The Penny Black postage stamp becomes valid for use in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
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1857
The British East India Company disbands the 34th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry whose sepoy Mangal Pandey had earlier revolted against the British and is considered to be the First Martyr in the War of Indian Independence.
British East India Company · Bengal Native Infantry · Sepoy · Mangal Pandey · War of Independence of 1857
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1861
American Civil War: Arkansas secedes from the Union.
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1863
American Civil War: The Battle of Chancellorsville ends with the defeat of the Army of the Potomac by Confederate troops.
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1877
Chief Crazy Horse of the Oglala Lakota surrenders to United States troops in Nebraska.
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1882
Thomas Henry Burke and Lord Frederick Cavendish are stabbed to death by Fenian assassins in Phoenix Park, Dublin.
Thomas Henry Burke (civil servant) · Lord Frederick Cavendish · Fenian · Phoenix Park Murders
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1882
The United States Congress passes the Chinese Exclusion Act.
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1889
The Eiffel Tower is officially opened to the public at the Universal Exposition in Paris.
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1902
Macario Sakay establishes the Tagalog Republic with himself as President.
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1906
The Russian Constitution of 1906 is adopted (on April 23rd by the Julian calendar).
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1910
George V becomes King of the United Kingdom upon the death of his father, Edward VII.
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1915
Babe Ruth, then a pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, hits his first major league home run.
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1916
Twenty-one Lebanese nationalists are executed in Martyrs' Square, Beirut by Djemal Pasha.
- 1916
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1933
The Deutsche Studentenschaft attacked Magnus Hirschfeld's Institut für Sexualwissenschaft, later burning many of its books.
Deutsche Studentenschaft · Magnus Hirschfeld · Institut für Sexualwissenschaft
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1935
New Deal: Executive Order 7034 creates the Works Progress Administration.
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1937
Hindenburg disaster: The German zeppelin Hindenburg catches fire and is destroyed within a minute while attempting to dock at Lakehurst, New Jersey. Thirty-six people are killed.
Hindenburg disaster · Nazi Germany · Zeppelin · Lakehurst, New Jersey
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1940
John Steinbeck is awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his novel The Grapes of Wrath.
John Steinbeck · Pulitzer Prize for Fiction · The Grapes of Wrath
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1941
At California's March Field, Bob Hope performs his first USO show.
California · March Field · Bob Hope · United Service Organizations
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1941
The first flight of the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt.
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1942
World War II: On Corregidor, the last American forces in the Philippines surrender to the Japanese.
World War II · Corregidor · Philippines · Battle of Corregidor
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1945
World War II: Axis Sally delivers her last propaganda broadcast to Allied troops.
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1945
World War II: The Prague Offensive, the last major battle of the Eastern Front, begins.
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1949
EDSAC, the first practical electronic digital stored-program computer, runs its first operation.
Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator · Von Neumann architecture
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1954
Roger Bannister becomes the first person to run the mile in under four minutes.
Roger Bannister · Middle distance track event · Four-minute mile
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1960
More than 20 million viewers watch the first televised royal wedding when Princess Margaret marries Anthony Armstrong-Jones at Westminster Abbey.
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon · Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon · Westminster Abbey
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1966
Myra Hindley and Ian Brady are sentenced to life imprisonment for the Moors murders in England.
Myra Hindley · Ian Brady · Life imprisonment (England and Wales) · Moors murders
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1972
Deniz Gezmiş, Yusuf Aslan and Hüseyin İnan are executed in Ankara after being convicted of attempting to overthrow the Constitutional order.
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1975
During a lull in fighting, 100,000 Armenians gather in Beirut to commemorate 60th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.
60th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide commemorations in Beirut · Armenian Genocide
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1976
The 6.5 Mw Friuli earthquake affected Northern Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), leaving 900-978 dead and 1,700-2,400 injured.
1976 Friuli earthquake · Northern Italy · Mercalli intensity scale
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1983
The Hitler Diaries are revealed as a hoax after being examined by experts.
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1984
103 Korean Martyrs are canonized by Pope John Paul II in Seoul.
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1994
Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and French President François Mitterrand officiate at the opening of the Channel Tunnel.
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1996
The body of former CIA director William Colby is found washed up on a riverbank in southern Maryland, eight days after he disappeared.
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1997
The Bank of England is given independence from political control, the most significant change in the bank's 300-year history.
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1998
Kerry Wood strikes out 20 Houston Astros to tie the major league record held by Roger Clemens. He threw a one-hitter and did not walk a batter in his fifth career start.
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1999
The first elections to the devolved Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly are held.
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2001
During a trip to Syria, Pope John Paul II becomes the first pope to enter a mosque.
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2002
Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn is assassinated following a radio-interview at the Mediapark in Hilversum.
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2010
In just 36 minutes DOW Jones plunged nearly a 1000 points in what is known as the 2010 Flash Crash.
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2013
Three women missing for more than a decade are found alive in the U.S. city of Cleveland, Ohio.
Berühmte Geburten
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973
Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1024)
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1405
George Kastrioti, better known as Skanderbeg, Albanian national hero (d. 1468)
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1464
Sophia Jagiellon, Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Polish princess (d. 1512)
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1493
Girolamo Seripando, Italian theologian and cardinal (d. 1563)
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1501
Marcellus II, pope of the Catholic Church (d. 1555)
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1574
Innocent X, pope of the Catholic Church (d. 1655)
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1580
Charles Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat, French noble (d. 1637)
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1635
Johann Joachim Becher, German physician and alchemist (d. 1682)
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1668
Alain-René Lesage, French author and playwright (d. 1747)
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1680
Jean-Baptiste Stuck, Italian-French cellist and composer (d. 1755)
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1713
Charles Batteux, French philosopher and academic (d. 1780)
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1714
Anton Raaff, German tenor (d. 1797)
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1742
Jean Senebier, Swiss pastor and physiologist (d. 1809)
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1758
André Masséna, French general (d. 1817)
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1758
Maximilien Robespierre, French lawyer and politician (d. 1794)
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1769
Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1824)
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1769
Jean Nicolas Pierre Hachette, French mathematician and academic (d. 1834)
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1781
Karl Christian Friedrich Krause, German philosopher and author (d. 1832)
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1797
Joseph Brackett, American religious leader and composer (d. 1882)
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1800
Roman Sanguszko, Polish general (d. 1881)
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1827
Hermann Raster, German-American journalist and politician (d. 1891)
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1836
Max Eyth, German engineer and author (d. 1906)
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1843
Grove Karl Gilbert, American geologist and academic (d. 1918)
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1848
Henry Edward Armstrong, English chemist and academic (d. 1937)
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1851
Aristide Bruant, French singer and actor (d. 1925)
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1856
Sigmund Freud, Austrian neurologist and psychoanalyst (d. 1939)
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1856
Robert Peary, American admiral and explorer (d. 1920)
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1861
Motilal Nehru, Indian lawyer and politician, President of the Indian National Congress (d. 1931)
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1868
Gaston Leroux, French journalist and author (d. 1927)
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1869
Junnosuke Inoue, Japanese businessman and central banker, 8th and 11th Governor of the Bank of Japan (d. 1932)
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1870
Walter Rutherford, Scottish golfer (d. 1936)
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1871
Victor Grignard, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1935)
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1871
Christian Morgenstern, German author and poet (d. 1914)
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1872
Willem de Sitter, Dutch mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (d. 1934)
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1872
Djemal Pasha, Ottoman general (d. 1922)
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1879
Bedřich Hrozný, Czech orientalist and linguist (d. 1952)
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1879
Hendrik van Heuckelum, Dutch footballer (d. 1929)
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1880
Winifred Brunton, English-South African painter and illustrator (d. 1959)
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1880
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, German-Swiss painter (d. 1938)
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1883
Alberto Collo, Italian actor (d. 1955)
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1895
Júlio César de Mello e Souza, Brazilian mathematician and author (d. 1974)
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1895
Fidél Pálffy, Hungarian soldier and politician, Hungarian Minister of Agriculture (d. 1946)
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1895
Rudolph Valentino, Italian actor (d. 1926)
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1896
Rolf Maximilian Sievert, Swedish physicist and academic (d. 1966)
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1897
Paul Alverdes, German author and poet (d. 1979)
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1898
Konrad Henlein, Czech soldier and politician (d. 1945)
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1902
Harry Golden, Ukrainian-American journalist and author (d. 1981)
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1902
Max Ophüls, German-American director and screenwriter (d. 1957)
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1903
Toots Shor, American businessman, founded Toots Shor's Restaurant (d. 1977)
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1904
Moshé Feldenkrais, Ukrainian-Israeli physicist and academic (d. 1984)
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1904
Catherine Lacey, English actress (d. 1979)
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1904
Harry Martinson, Swedish novelist, essayist, and poet Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1978)
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1905
Philip N. Krasne, American lawyer and producer (d. 1999)
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1906
André Weil, French mathematician and academic (d. 1998)
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1907
Weeb Ewbank, American football player and coach (d. 1998)
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1911
Guy des Cars, French journalist and author (d. 1993)
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1913
Carmen Cavallaro, American pianist (d. 1989)
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1913
Stewart Granger, English-American actor (d. 1993)
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1915
Orson Welles, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1985)
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1915
Theodore H. White, American historian, journalist, and author (d. 1986)
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1916
Robert H. Dicke, American physicist and astronomer (d. 1997)
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1917
Kal Mann, American songwriter (d. 2001)
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1918
Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, emir of Abu Dhabi and first president of the United Arab Emirates (d. 2004)
Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan · Abu Dhabi · United Arab Emirates
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1919
André Guelfi, French race car driver (d. 2016)
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1920
Ross Hunter, American actor and producer (d. 1996)
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1920
Kamisese Mara, Fijian politician, 1st Prime Minister of Fiji (d. 2004)
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1920
Marguerite Piazza, American soprano and actress (d. 2012)
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1921
Erich Fried, Austrian-German author, poet, and translator (d. 1988)
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1922
Camille Laurin, Canadian psychiatrist and politician, 7th Deputy Premier of Quebec (d. 1999)
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1923
Harry Watson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2002)
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1924
Nestor Basterretxea, Spanish painter and sculptor (d. 2014)
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1924
Patricia Kennedy Lawford, American socialite, activist, and author (d. 2006)
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1924
Denny Wright, English guitarist, composer, and producer (d. 1992)
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1926
Gilles Grégoire, Canadian politician, co-founded the Parti Québécois (d. 2006)
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1929
Rosemary Cramp, English archaeologist and academic
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1929
Paul Lauterbur, American chemist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2007)
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1929
John Taylor, English bishop and theologian (d. 2016)
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1930
Sonia Rykiel, French fashion designer (d. 2016)
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1931
Willie Mays, American baseball player and coach
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1932
Ahmet Haxhiu, Kosovan activist (d. 1994)
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1932
Alexander Thynn, 7th Marquess of Bath, English lieutenant and politician
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1934
Richard Shelby, American lawyer and politician
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1937
Rubin Carter, American-Canadian boxer (d. 2014)
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1938
Jean Garon, Canadian economist, lawyer, and politician (d. 2014)
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1939
Eddie C. Campbell, American singer and guitarist
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1939
Chet Allen, American child actor (d. 1984)
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1942
Ariel Dorfman, Argentinian author, playwright, and academic
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1943
Andreas Baader, German terrorist, co-founded the Red Army Faction (d. 1977)
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1943
Milton William Cooper, American theorist and author (d. 2001)
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1943
Wolfgang Reinhardt, German pole vaulter (d. 2011)
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1943
James Turrell, American sculptor and illustrator
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1944
Anton Furst, English-American production designer and art director (d. 1991)
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1944
Masanori Murakami, Japanese baseball player and coach
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1945
Jimmie Dale Gilmore, American country singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor, and producer
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1945
Bob Seger, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1947
Alan Dale, New Zealand actor
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1947
Martha Nussbaum, American philosopher and author
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1947
Ljubomir Vračarević, Serbian martial artist, founded Real Aikido (d. 2013)
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1948
Frankie Librán, Puerto Rican-American baseball player (d. 2013)
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1950
Jeffery Deaver, American journalist and author
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1951
Samuel Doe, Liberian sergeant and politician, 21st President of Liberia (d. 1990)
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1952
Gerrit Zalm, Dutch economist and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands
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1953
Alexander Akimov, Ukrainian Chernobyl worker (d. 1986)
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1953
Tony Blair, British politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
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1953
Michelle Courchesne, Canadian urban planner and politician, Deputy Premier of Quebec
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1953
Ülle Rajasalu, Estonian politician
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1953
Graeme Souness, Scottish footballer and manager
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1953
Lynn Whitfield, American actress and producer
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1954
Tom Abernethy, American basketball player
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1954
Dora Bakoyannis, Greek politician, 120th Greek Minister for Foreign Affairs
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1954
Angela Hernández Nuñez, Dominican author and poet
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1954
Ain Lutsepp, Estonian actor and politician
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1955
Nicholas Alexander, 7th Earl of Caledon, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Armagh
Nicholas Alexander, 7th Earl of Caledon · Lord Lieutenant of Armagh
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1955
Tom Bergeron, American television host
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1955
John Hutton, Baron Hutton of Furness, English academic and politician, Secretary of State for Defence
John Hutton, Baron Hutton of Furness · Secretary of State for Defence
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1956
Lakis Lazopoulos, Greek actor and screenwriter
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1956
Roland Wieser, German race walker and coach
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1958
Randall Stout, American architect, designed the Taubman Museum of Art (d. 2014)
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1959
Andreas Busse, German runner
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1959
Charles Hendry, English politician
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1960
Lyudmila Andonova, Bulgarian high jumper
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1960
Keith Dowding, English political scientist, philosopher, and academic
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1960
Roma Downey, Irish-American actress and producer
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1960
John Flansburgh, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1960
Aleksei Lotman, Estonian biologist and politician
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1960
Anne Parillaud, French actress
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1961
Oleksandr Apaychev, Ukrainian decathlete and coach
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1961
George Clooney, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
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1961
Tom Hunter, Scottish businessman and philanthropist
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1961
Gina Riley, Australian actress, producer, and screenwriter
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1961
Frans Timmermans, Dutch politician and diplomat, First Vice President of the European Commission
Frans Timmermans · Vice-President of the European Commission
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1962
Tom Brake, English politician
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1962
Brad Izzard, Australian rugby league player
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1963
Alessandra Ferri, Italian ballerina
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1965
Leslie Hope, Canadian actress, director, producer, and screenwriter
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1968
Worku Bikila, Ethiopian runner
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1968
Lætitia Sadier, French singer and keyboard player
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1969
Jim Magilton, Northern Irish footballer and manager
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1970
Roland Kun, Nauruan politician
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1971
Chris Shiflett, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1972
Martin Brodeur, Canadian ice hockey player
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1972
Naoko Takahashi, Japanese runner
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1974
Bernard Barmasai, Kenyan runner
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1974
Daniela Bártová, Czech pole vaulter and gymnast
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1975
Alan Richardson, English cricketer and coach
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1976
Dean Chandler, English footballer
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1977
Christophe Brandt, Belgian cyclist
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1977
Marc Chouinard, Canadian ice hockey player
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1977
Mark Eaton, American ice hockey player and coach
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1977
Chantelle Newbery, Australian diver
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1978
John Abraham, American football player
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1978
Fredrick Federley, Swedish journalist and politician
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1978
Aleksandr Fyodorov, Russian bodybuilder
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1979
Gerd Kanter, Estonian discus thrower
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1979
Jan Erik Mikalsen, Norwegian composer
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1980
Brooke Bennett, American swimmer
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1980
Ricardo Oliveira, Brazilian footballer
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1980
Matthew Whiley, English cricketer
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1982
Jason Witten, American Footballer
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1983
Dani Alves, Brazilian footballer
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1983
Ingrid Jonach, Australian author
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1983
Gabourey Sidibe, American actress
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1983
Trinley Thaye Dorje, Tibetan religious leader, the 17th Karmapa Lama
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1983
Fredrik Sjöström, Swedish ice hockey player
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1984
Anton Babchuk, Ukrainian ice hockey player
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1984
Juan Pablo Carrizo, Argentinian footballer
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1985
Chris Paul, American basketball player
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1986
Goran Dragic, Slovenian basketball player
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1987
Dries Mertens, Belgian footballer
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1989
Dominika Cibulková, Slovakian tennis player
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1989
Jesse Hughes, Canadian DJ and producer
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1990
José Altuve, Venezuelan baseball player
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1992
Brendan Gallagher, Canadian ice hockey player
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1992
Byun Baekhyun, South Korean musician and actor
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1993
Gustavo Gómez, Paraguayan footballer
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1994
Mateo Kovačić, Austrian-Croatian footballer
Berühmte Todesfälle
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698
Eadberht, bishop of Lindisfarne
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850
Ninmyō, Japanese emperor (b. 808)
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932
Qian Liu, Chinese warlord and king (b. 852)
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1002
Ealdwulf, Archbishop of York, Abbot of Peterborough and Bishop of Worcester
Ealdwulf (archbishop of York) · Archbishop of York · Abbot of Peterborough · Bishop of Worcester
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1187
Ruben III, Prince of Armenia (b. 1145)
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1236
Roger of Wendover, Benedictine monk and chronicler
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1471
Edmund Beaufort, English commander (b. 1438)
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1471
Thomas Tresham, Speaker of the House of Commons
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1475
Dieric Bouts, Flemish painter (b. 1415)
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1483
Queen Jeonghui, Korean regent (b. 1418)
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1502
James Tyrrell, English knight (b. 1450)
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1527
Charles III, Duke of Bourbon, Count of Montpensier and Dauphin of Auvergne (b.1490)
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1540
Juan Luís Vives, Spanish scholar (b. 1492)
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1596
Giaches de Wert, Flemish-Italian composer (b. 1535)
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1631
Sir Robert Cotton, 1st Baronet, of Connington, English historian and politician, founded the Cotton library (b. 1570)
Sir Robert Cotton, 1st Baronet, of Connington · Cotton library
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1638
Cornelius Jansen, Dutch-French bishop and theologian (b. 1585)
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1708
François de Laval, French-Canadian bishop (b. 1623)
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1757
Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1683)
Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton · Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
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1757
Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin, Prussian field marshal (b. 1684)
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1782
Christine Kirch, German astronomer and academic (b. 1696)
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1840
Francisco de Paula Santander, Colombian general and politician, 4th President of the Republic of the New Granada (b. 1792)
Francisco de Paula Santander · President of the Republic of the New Granada
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1859
Alexander von Humboldt, German geographer and explorer (b. 1769)
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1862
Henry David Thoreau, American essayist, poet, and philosopher (b. 1817)
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1877
Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Swedish-Finnish poet and hymn-writer (b. 1804)
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1882
Thomas Henry Burke, Irish civil servant (b. 1829)
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1882
Lord Frederick Cavendish, British politician, Chief Secretary for Ireland (b. 1836)
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1902
Bret Harte, American author and poet (b. 1836)
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1905
Robert Herbert, English-Australian politician, 1st Premier of Queensland (b. 1831)
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1907
Emanuele Luigi Galizia, Maltese architect and civil engineer (b. 1830)
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1910
Edward VII of the United Kingdom (b. 1841)
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1919
L. Frank Baum, American novelist (b. 1856)
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1939
Konstantin Somov, Russian-French painter and illustrator (b. 1869)
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1949
Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian-French poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
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1951
Élie Cartan, French mathematician and physicist (b. 1869)
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1952
Maria Montessori, Italian-Dutch physician and educator (b. 1870)
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1959
Maria Dulęba, Polish actress (b. 1881)
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1959
Ragnar Nurkse, Estonian-American economist and academic (b. 1907)
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1961
Lucian Blaga, Romanian poet, playwright, and philosopher (b. 1895)
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1963
Theodore von Kármán, Hungarian-American mathematician, physicist, and engineer (b. 1881)
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1963
Ted Weems, American violinist, trombonist, and bandleader (b. 1901)
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1963
Monty Woolley, American raconteur, actor, and director (b. 1888)
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1967
Zhou Zuoren, Chinese author and translator (b. 1885)
-
1970
Alexander Rodzyanko, Russian general (b. 1879)
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1973
Ernest MacMillan, Canadian conductor and composer (b. 1893)
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1975
József Mindszenty, Hungarian cardinal (b. 1892)
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1980
María Luisa Bombal, Chilean writer (b. 1910)
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1983
Ezra Jack Keats, American author and illustrator (b. 1916)
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1983
Kai Winding, Danish-American trombonist and composer (b. 1922)
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1984
Mary Cain, American journalist and politician (b. 1904)
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1984
Bonner Pink, English politician (b. 1912)
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1987
William J. Casey, American politician, 13th Director of Central Intelligence (b. 1913)
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1989
Earl Blaik, American football player and coach (b. 1897)
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1990
Charles Farrell, American actor (b. 1901)
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1991
Wilfrid Hyde-White, English actor (b. 1903)
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1992
Marlene Dietrich, German-American actress and singer (b. 1901)
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1995
Noel Brotherston, Northern Irish footballer (b. 1956)
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2000
Gordon McClymont, Australian ecologist and academic (b. 1920)
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2002
Murray Adaskin, Canadian violinist, composer, conductor, and educator (b. 1906)
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2002
Otis Blackwell, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1932)
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2002
Pim Fortuyn, Dutch sociologist, academic, and politician (b. 1948)
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2002
Bjørn Johansen, Norwegian saxophonist (b. 1940)
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2003
Art Houtteman, American baseball player and journalist (b. 1927)
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2004
Virginia Capers, American actress and singer (b. 1925)
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2004
Philip Kapleau, American monk and educator (b. 1912)
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2004
Barney Kessel, American guitarist and composer (b. 1923)
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2006
Grant McLennan, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1958)
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2006
Lorne Saxberg, Canadian journalist (b. 1958)
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2007
Enéas Carneiro, Brazilian physician and politician (b. 1938)
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2007
Curtis Harrington, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1926)
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2009
Kevin Grubb, American race car driver (b. 1978)
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2010
Robin Roberts, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (b. 1926)
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2012
James R. Browning, American lieutenant, lawyer, and judge (b. 1918)
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2012
James Isaac, American director and producer (b. 1960)
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2012
Jean Laplanche, French psychoanalyst and author (b. 1924)
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2013
Giulio Andreotti, Italian journalist and politician, 41st Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1919)
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2013
Severo Aparicio Quispe, Peruvian bishop (b. 1923)
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2013
Michelangelo Spensieri, Italian-Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1949)
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2014
Wil Albeda, Dutch economist and politician, Dutch Minister of Social Affairs (b. 1925)
Wil Albeda · Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment (Netherlands)
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2014
William H. Dana, American pilot, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1930)
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2014
Jimmy Ellis, American boxer (b. 1940)
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2014
Billy Harrell, American baseball player and scout (b. 1928)
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2014
Antony Hopkins, English pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1921)
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2014
Maria Lassnig, Austrian painter and academic (b. 1919)
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2014
Farley Mowat, Canadian environmentalist and author (b. 1921)
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2015
Novera Ahmed, Bangladeshi sculptor (b. 1930)
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2015
Denise McCluggage, American race car driver and journalist (b. 1927)
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2015
Jim Wright, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 56th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1922)
Jim Wright · Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
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2016
Patrick Ekeng, Cameroonian footballer (b. 1990)
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2016
Reg Grundy, Australian businessman (b. 1923)