June 25 — An diesem Tag in der Geschichte
364 Einträge
Ereignisse
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524
The Franks are defeated by the Burgundians in the Battle of Vézeronce.
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841
In the Battle of Fontenay-en-Puisaye, forces led by Charles the Bald and Louis the German defeat the armies of Lothair I of Italy and Pepin II of Aquitaine.
Battle of Fontenoy (841) · Charles the Bald · Louis the German · Lothair I · Pepin II of Aquitaine
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1530
At the Diet of Augsburg the Augsburg Confession is presented to the Holy Roman Emperor by the Lutheran princes and Electors of Germany.
Diet of Augsburg · Augsburg Confession · Holy Roman Emperor · Lutheran · Prince-elector
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1658
Spanish forces fail to retake Jamaica at the Battle of Rio Nuevo during the Anglo-Spanish War.
Spanish Empire · Jamaica · Battle of Rio Nuevo · Anglo-Spanish War (1654-60)
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1678
Venetian Elena Cornaro Piscopia is the first woman awarded a doctorate of philosophy when she graduates from the University of Padua.
Republic of Venice · Elena Cornaro Piscopia · Doctor of Philosophy · University of Padua
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1741
Maria Theresa of Austria is crowned Queen of Hungary.
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1786
Gavriil Pribylov discovers St. George Island of the Pribilof Islands in the Bering Sea.
Gavriil Pribylov · St. George Island (Alaska) · Pribilof Islands · Bering Sea
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1788
Virginia becomes the tenth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
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1876
Battle of the Little Bighorn and the death of Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer.
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1900
The Taoist monk Wang Yuanlu discovers the Dunhuang manuscripts, a cache of ancient texts that are of great historical and religious significance, in the Mogao Caves of Dunhuang, China.
Taoism · Wang Yuanlu · Dunhuang manuscripts · Mogao Caves · Dunhuang
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1906
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania millionaire Harry Thaw shoots and kills prominent architect Stanford White.
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1910
The United States Congress passes the Mann Act, which prohibits interstate transport of females for “immoral purposes”; the ambiguous language would be used to selectively prosecute people for years to come.
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1910
Igor Stravinsky's ballet The Firebird is premiered in Paris, bringing him to prominence as a composer.
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1913
American Civil War veterans begin arriving at the Great Reunion of 1913.
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1923
Capt. Lowell H. Smith and Lt. John P. Richter perform the first ever aerial refueling in a DH.4B biplane
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1935
Diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Colombia are established.
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1938
Dr. Douglas Hyde is inaugurated as the first President of Ireland.
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1940
World War II: France officially surrenders to Germany at 01:35.
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1943
The Holocaust: Jews in the Częstochowa Ghetto in Poland stage an uprising against the Nazis.
The Holocaust · Częstochowa Ghetto · Częstochowa Ghetto Uprising
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1943
The left-wing German Jewish exile Arthur Goldstein murdered in Auschwitz.
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1944
World War II: The Battle of Tali-Ihantala, the largest battle ever fought in the Nordic countries, begins.
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1944
World War II: United States Navy and British Royal Navy ships bombard Cherbourg to support United States Army units engaged in the Battle of Cherbourg.
Bombardment of Cherbourg · United States Army · Battle of Cherbourg
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1944
The final page of the comic Krazy Kat is published, exactly two months after its author George Herriman died.
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1947
The Diary of a Young Girl (better known as The Diary of Anne Frank) is published.
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1948
The Berlin airlift begins.
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1950
The Korean War begins with the invasion of South Korea by North Korea.
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1960
Two cryptographers working for the United States National Security Agency left for vacation to Mexico, and from there defected to the Soviet Union.
Cryptography · National Security Agency · Martin and Mitchell defection
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1975
Mozambique achieves independence.
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1975
Prime Minister Indira Gandhi declares a state of internal emergency in India.
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1976
Missouri Governor Kit Bond issues an executive order rescinding the Extermination Order, formally apologizing on behalf of the state of Missouri for the suffering it had caused to members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Missouri · Kit Bond · Missouri Executive Order 44 · The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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1978
The rainbow flag representing gay pride is flown for the first time during the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade.
Rainbow flag (LGBT movement) · Gay pride · San Francisco Pride
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1981
Microsoft is restructured to become an incorporated business in its home state of Washington.
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1984
American singer Prince releases his most successful studio album Purple Rain.
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1991
Croatia and Slovenia declare their independence by referendum from Yugoslavia.
Croatia · Slovenia · Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
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1993
Kim Campbell is sworn in as the first female Prime Minister of Canada.
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1996
The Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia kills 19 U.S. servicemen.
Khobar Towers bombing · Saudi Arabia · Military of the United States
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1997
An unmanned Progress spacecraft collides with the Russian space station Mir.
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1998
In Clinton v. City of New York, the United States Supreme Court decides that the Line Item Veto Act of 1996 is unconstitutional.
Clinton v. City of New York · United States Supreme Court · Line Item Veto Act of 1996 · United States Constitution
Berühmte Geburten
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1242
Beatrice of England (d. 1275)
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1328
William de Montagu, 2nd Earl of Salisbury, English commander (d. 1397)
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1373
Joanna II of Naples (d. 1435)
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1441
Federico I Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua (d. 1484)
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1484
Bartholomeus V. Welser, German banker (d. 1561)
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1526
Elisabeth Parr, Marchioness of Northampton (d. 1565)
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1560
Wilhelm Fabry, German surgeon (d. 1634)
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1568
Gunilla Bielke, Queen of Sweden (d. 1597)
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1612
John Albert Vasa, Polish cardinal (d. 1634)
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1709
Francesco Araja, Italian composer (d. 1762)
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1715
Joseph Foullon de Doué, French soldier and politician, Controller-General of Finances (d. 1789)
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1755
Natalia Alexeievna of Russia (d. 1776)
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1799
David Douglas, Scottish-English botanist and explorer (d. 1834)
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1814
Gabriel Auguste Daubrée, French geologist and engineer (d. 1896)
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1825
James Farnell, Australian politician, 8th Premier of New South Wales (d. 1888)
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1852
Antoni Gaudí, Spanish architect, designed the Park Güell (d. 1926)
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1858
Georges Courteline, French author and playwright (d. 1929)
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1860
Gustave Charpentier, French composer and conductor (d. 1956)
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1863
Émile Francqui, Belgian soldier and diplomat (d. 1935)
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1864
Walther Nernst, German chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1941)
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1874
Rose O'Neill, American cartoonist, illustrator, artist, and writer (d. 1944)
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1884
Géza Gyóni, Hungarian soldier and poet (d. 1917)
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1884
Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, German-French art collector and historian (d. 1979)
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1886
Henry H. Arnold, American general (d. 1950)
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1887
George Abbott, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1995)
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1887
Frigyes Karinthy, Hungarian author, poet, and journalist (d. 1938)
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1892
Shirō Ishii, Japanese microbiologist and general (d. 1959)
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1894
Hermann Oberth, Romanian-German physicist and engineer (d. 1989)
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1898
Kay Sage, American painter and poet (d. 1963)
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1900
Marta Abba, Italian actress (d. 1988)
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1900
Zinaida Aksentyeva, Ukrainian/Soviet astronomer (d. 1969)
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1900
Georgia Hale, American silent film actress and real estate investor (d. 1985)
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1900
Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, English admiral and politician, 44th Governor-General of India (d. 1979)
Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma · Governor-General of India
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1901
Harold Roe Bartle, American businessman and politician, 47th Mayor of Kansas City (d. 1974)
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1902
Yasuhito, Prince Chichibu of Japan (d. 1953)
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1903
George Orwell, British novelist, essayist, and critic (d. 1950)
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1903
Anne Revere, American actress (d. 1990)
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1905
Rupert Wildt, German-American astronomer and academic (d. 1976)
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1907
J. Hans D. Jensen, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1973)
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1908
Willard Van Orman Quine, American philosopher and academic (d. 2000)
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1911
William Howard Stein, American chemist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1980)
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1912
William T. Cahill, American lawyer and politician, 46th Governor of New Jersey (d. 1996)
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1913
Cyril Fletcher, English actor and screenwriter (d. 2005)
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1915
Kashmir Singh Katoch, Indian military advisor
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1915
Whipper Billy Watson, Canadian-American wrestler and trainer (d. 1990)
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1917
Nils Karlsson, Swedish skier (d. 2012)
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1917
Claude Seignolle, French author
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1918
P. H. Newby, English soldier and author (d. 1997)
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1920
Lassie Lou Ahern, American actress
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1921
Celia Franca, English-Canadian ballerina and choreographer, founded the National Ballet of Canada (d. 2007)
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1922
Johnny Smith, American guitarist and songwriter (d. 2013)
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1923
Sam Francis, American soldier and painter (d. 1994)
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1923
Dorothy Gilman, American author (d. 2012)
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1924
Sidney Lumet, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2011)
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1924
Dimitar Isakov, Bulgarian football player
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1924
Madan Mohan, Iraqi-Indian composer and director (d. 1975)
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1924
William J. Castagna, American lawyer and judge
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1925
Clifton Chenier, American singer-songwriter and accordion player (d. 1987)
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1925
June Lockhart, American actress
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1925
Clay Evans, American Baptist pastor
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1925
Robert Venturi, American architect and academic
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1925
Salihu Ibrahim, Nigerian Army Officer
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1926
Margaret Anstee, English diplomat (d. 2016)
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1926
Ingeborg Bachmann, Austrian author and poet (d. 1973)
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1926
Kep Enderby, Australian lawyer, judge, and politician, 23rd Attorney-General for Australia (d. 2015)
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1926
Virginia Patton, American actress
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1926
Stig Sollander, Swedish Alpine skier
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1927
Antal Róka, Hungarian runner (d. 1970)
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1927
Chuck Smith, American pastor, founded the Calvary Chapel (d. 2013)
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1927
Arnold Wolfendale, English astronomer and academic
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1928
Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov, Russian-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2017)
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1928
Michel Brault, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2013)
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1928
Peyo, Belgian author and illustrator, created The Smurfs (d. 1992)
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1928
Bill Russo, American pianist and composer (d. 2003)
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1928
Alex Toth, American animator and screenwriter (d. 2006)
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1929
Eric Carle, American author and illustrator
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1929
Francesco Marchisano, Italian cardinal (d. 2014)
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1931
V. P. Singh, Indian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of India (d. 2008)
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1932
Peter Blake, English painter and illustrator
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1932
Tim Parnell, English racing driver (d. 2017)
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1932
George Sluizer, French-Dutch director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2014)
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1933
Álvaro Siza Vieira, Portuguese architect, designed the Porto School of Architecture
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1934
Jean Geissinger, American baseball player (d. 2014)
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1934
Jack W. Hayford, American minister and author
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1934
Beatriz Sheridan, Mexican actress and director (d. 2006)
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1935
Ray Butt, English television producer and director (d. 2013)
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1935
Larry Kramer, American author, playwright, and activist, co-founded Gay Men's Health Crisis
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1935
Tony Lanfranchi, English race car driver (d. 2004)
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1935
Charles Sheffield, English-American mathematician, physicist, and author (d. 2002)
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1936
B. J. Habibie, Indonesian engineer and politician, 3rd President of Indonesia
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1936
Bert Hölldobler, German biologist and entomologist
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1937
Eddie Floyd, American R&B/soul singer-songwriter
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1937
Derek Foster, Baron Foster of Bishop Auckland, English politician
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1937
Doreen Wells, English ballerina and actress
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1939
Allen Fox, American tennis player and coach
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1940
Judy Amoore, Australian runner
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1940
Mary Beth Peil, American actress and singer
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1940
A. J. Quinnell, English-Maltese author (d. 2005)
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1940
Clint Warwick, English bass player (d. 2004)
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1941
Denys Arcand, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter
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1941
John Albert Raven, Scottish academic and ecologist
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1942
Nikiforos Diamandouros, Greek academic and politician
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1942
Willis Reed, American basketball player, coach, and manager
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1942
Michel Tremblay, Canadian author and playwright
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1944
Robert Charlebois, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
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1944
Gary David Goldberg, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2013)
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1945
Carly Simon, American singer-songwriter
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1945
Harry Womack, American singer (d. 1974)
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1946
Roméo Dallaire, Dutch-Canadian general and politician
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1946
Allen Lanier, American guitarist and songwriter (d. 2013)
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1946
Ian McDonald, English guitarist and saxophonist
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1947
John Hilton, English table tennis player
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1947
John Powell, American discus thrower
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1949
Richard Clarke, Irish archbishop
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1949
Patrick Tambay, French race car driver
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1949
Yoon Joo-sang, South Korean actor
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1950
Marcello Toninelli, Italian author and screenwriter
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1951
Eva Bayer-Fluckiger, Swiss mathematician and academic
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1952
Péter Erdő, Hungarian cardinal
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1952
Tim Finn, New Zealand singer-songwriter
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1952
Martin Gerschwitz, German singer-songwriter and keyboard player
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1952
Alan Green, Northern Irish sportscaster
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1952
Kristina Abelli Elander, Swedish artist
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1953
Olivier Ameisen, French-American cardiologist and educator (d. 2013)
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1953
Ian Davis, Australian cricketer
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1954
Mario Lessard, Canadian ice hockey player
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1954
David Paich, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
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1954
Lina Romay, Spanish actress (d. 2012)
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1954
Daryush Shokof, Iranian director, producer, and screenwriter
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1954
Sonia Sotomayor, American lawyer and judge
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1955
Vic Marks, English cricketer and sportscaster
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1956
Anthony Bourdain, American chef and author
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1956
Frank Paschek, German long jumper
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1956
Boris Trajkovski, Macedonian politician, 2nd President of the Republic of Macedonia (d. 2004)
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1956
Craig Young, Australian rugby player and coach
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1957
Greg Millen, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
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1959
Lutz Dombrowski, German long jumper and educator
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1959
Jari Puikkonen, Finnish ski jumper
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1959
Bobbie Vaile, Australian astrophysicist and astronomer (d. 1996)
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1960
Alastair Bruce of Crionaich, English-Scottish journalist and author
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1960
Brian Hayward, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
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1960
Craig Johnston, South African-Australian footballer and photographer
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1960
Laurent Rodriguez, French rugby player
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1961
Timur Bekmambetov, Kazakh director, producer, and screenwriter
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1961
Ricky Gervais, English comedian, actor, director, producer and singer
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1963
Doug Gilmour, Canadian ice hockey player and manager
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1963
George Michael, English singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2016)
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1963
Mike Stanley, American baseball player
-
1964
Dell Curry, American basketball player and coach
-
1964
Phil Emery, Australian cricketer
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1964
Johnny Herbert, English race car driver and sportscaster
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1964
John McCrea, American singer-songwriter and musician (Cake)
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1964
Greg Raymer, American poker player and lawyer
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1966
Dikembe Mutombo, Congolese-American basketball player
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1968
Adrian Garvey, Zimbabwean-South African rugby player
-
1968
Vaios Karagiannis, Greek footballer and manager
-
1969
Hunter Foster, American actor and singer
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1969
Zim Zum, American guitarist and songwriter
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1970
Ariel Gore, American journalist and author
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1970
Roope Latvala, Finnish guitarist
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1970
Erki Nool, Estonian decathlete and politician
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1970
Aaron Sele, American baseball player and scout
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1971
Karen Darke, English cyclist and author
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1971
Jason Gallian, Australian-English cricketer and educator
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1971
Rod Kafer, Australian rugby player and sportscaster
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1971
Neil Lennon, Northern Irish-Scottish footballer and manager
-
1971
Michael Tucker, American baseball player
-
1972
Carlos Delgado, Puerto Rican-American baseball player and coach
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1972
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, Libyan engineer and politician
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1973
René Corbet, Canadian ice hockey player
-
1973
Milan Hnilička, Czech ice hockey player
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1973
Jamie Redknapp, English footballer and coach
-
1974
Nisha Ganatra, Canadian director, prouder, and screenwriter
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1974
Glen Metropolit, Canadian ice hockey player
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1975
Kiur Aarma, Estonian journalist and producer
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1975
Linda Cardellini, American actress
-
1975
Albert Costa, Spanish tennis player and coach
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1975
Vladimir Kramnik, Russian chess player
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1975
Michele Merkin, American model and television host
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1976
José Cancela, Uruguayan footballer
-
1976
Iestyn Harris, Welsh rugby player and coach
-
1976
Carlos Nieto, Argentinian-Italian rugby player
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1977
Layla El, English wrestler, model, and dancer
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1977
Lola Ponce, Argentinian-Italian singer-songwriter and actress
-
1978
Aramis Ramírez, Dominican-American baseball player
-
1978
Luke Scott, American baseball player
-
1978
Marcus Stroud, American football player
-
1979
Marko Albert, Estonian swimmer and triathlete
-
1979
Richard Hughes, Scottish footballer
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1981
Simon Ammann, Swiss ski jumper
-
1983
Todd Cooper, English swimmer
-
1983
Marc Janko, Austrian footballer
-
1984
Lauren Bush, American model and fashion designer
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1985
Daniel Bard, American baseball player
-
1985
Karim Matmour, Algerian footballer
-
1986
Charlie Davies, American soccer player
-
1986
Aya Matsuura, Japanese singer and actress
-
1986
Seda Tokatlıoğlu, Turkish volleyball player
-
1987
Brian Canter, American bull rider
-
1988
Jhonas Enroth, Swedish ice hockey player
-
1988
Miguel Layún, Mexican footballer
-
1989
Jack Cork, English footballer
-
1989
Edgar Morais, Portuguese actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
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1989
Rafael Morais, Portuguese actor, director, and screenwriter
-
1990
Andi Eigenmann, Filipino actress
-
1991
Liisi Rist, Estonian cyclist
-
1991
Anna Zaja, German tennis player
-
1996
Pietro Fittipaldi, Brazilian-American racing driver
-
1996
Sione Mata'utia, Australian rugby league player
-
1998
Kyle Chalmers, Australian swimmer
-
2006
Mckenna Grace, American actress
Berühmte Todesfälle
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635
Gao Zu, Chinese emperor (b. 566)
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841
Gerard of Auvergne, Frankish nobleman
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841
Ricwin of Nantes, Frankish nobleman
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891
Sunderolt, archbishop of Mainz
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931
An Chonghui, general of Later Tang
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1014
Æthelstan Ætheling, eldest son of Æthelred the Unready
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1134
Niels, king of Denmark (b. 1064)
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1218
Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester, French politician, Lord High Steward (b. 1160)
Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester · Lord High Steward
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1291
Eleanor of Provence (b. 1223)
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1337
Frederick III of Sicily (b. 1272)
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1483
Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers, English courtier and translator(b. 1440)
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1483
Richard Grey, half brother of Edward V of England (b. 1458)
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1522
Franchinus Gaffurius, Italian composer and theorist (b. 1451)
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1533
Mary Tudor, Queen of France (b. 1496)
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1579
Hatano Hideharu, Japanese warlord (b. 1541)
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1593
Michele Mercati, Italian physician and archaeologist (b. 1541)
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1634
John Marston, English poet and playwright (b. 1576)
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1638
Juan Pérez de Montalbán, Spanish author, poet, and playwright (b. 1602)
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1665
Sigismund Francis, Archduke of Austria (b. 1630)
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1669
François de Vendôme, Duke of Beaufort (b. 1616)
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1671
Giovanni Battista Riccioli, Italian priest and astronomer (b. 1598)
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1673
Charles de Batz-Castelmore d'Artagnan, French captain (b. 1611)
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1686
Simon Ushakov, Russian painter and educator (b. 1626)
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1715
Jean-Baptiste du Casse, French admiral and politician (b. 1646)
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1767
Georg Philipp Telemann, German composer and theorist (b. 1681)
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1798
Thomas Sandby, English cartographer, painter, and architect (b. 1721)
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1822
E. T. A. Hoffmann, German composer, critic, and jurist (b. 1776)
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1838
François-Nicolas-Benoît Haxo, French general and engineer (b. 1774)
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1861
Abdülmecid I, Ottoman sultan (b. 1823)
-
1866
Alexander von Nordmann, Finnish biologist and paleontologist (b. 1803)
-
1868
Carlo Matteucci, Italian physicist and neurophysiologist (b. 1811)
-
1870
David Heaton, American lawyer and politician (b. 1823)
-
1875
Antoine-Louis Barye, French sculptor (b. 1796)
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1876
James Calhoun, American lieutenant (b. 1845)
-
1876
Boston Custer, American civilian army contractor (b. 1848)
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1876
George Armstrong Custer, American general (b. 1839)
-
1876
Thomas Custer, American officer, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1845)
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1876
Myles Keogh, Irish-American officer (b. 1840)
-
1882
François Jouffroy, French sculptor (b. 1806)
-
1884
Hans Rott, Austrian organist and composer (b. 1858)
-
1886
Jean-Louis Beaudry, Canadian businessman and politician, 11th Mayor of Montreal (b. 1809)
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1894
Marie François Sadi Carnot, French engineer and politician, 5th President of France (b. 1837)
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1906
Stanford White, American architect, designed the Washington Square Arch (b. 1853)
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1912
Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Dutch-British painter (b. 1836)
-
1916
Thomas Eakins, American painter, photographer, and sculptor (b. 1844)
-
1917
Géza Gyóni, Hungarian soldier and poet (b. 1884)
-
1918
Jake Beckley, American baseball player and coach (b. 1867)
-
1922
Satyendranath Dutta, Indian poet and author (b. 1882)
-
1937
Colin Clive, British actor (b. 1900)
-
1939
Richard Seaman, English race car driver (b. 1913)
-
1943
Arthur Goldstein, German Jewish left-wing activist (c. 1887)
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1944
Dénes Berinkey, Hungarian jurist and politician, 18th Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1871)
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1944
Lucha Reyes, Mexican singer and actress (b. 1906)
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1947
Jimmy Doyle, American boxer (b. 1924)
-
1948
William C. Lee, American general (b. 1895)
-
1949
Buck Freeman, American baseball player (b. 1871)
-
1949
James Steen, American water polo player (b. 1876)
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1950
Maurice O'Sullivan, Irish police officer and author (b. 1904)
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1958
Alfred Noyes, English author, poet, and playwright (b. 1880)
-
1959
Charles Starkweather, American spree killer (b. 1938)
-
1960
Tommy Corcoran, American baseball player and manager (b. 1869)
-
1968
Tony Hancock, English comedian and actor (b. 1924)
-
1971
John Boyd Orr, 1st Baron Boyd-Orr, Scottish physician, biologist, and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1880)
-
1972
Jan Matulka, Czech-American painter and illustrator (b. 1890)
-
1974
Cornelius Lanczos, Hungarian mathematician and physicist (b. 1893)
-
1976
Johnny Mercer, American singer-songwriter, co-founded Capitol Records (b. 1909)
-
1977
Olave Baden-Powell, British Girl Guiding and Girl Scouting leader (b. 1889)
-
1977
Endre Szervánszky, Hungarian pianist and composer (b. 1911)
-
1979
Dave Fleischer, American animator, director, and producer (b. 1894)
-
1979
Philippe Halsman, Latvian-American photographer (b. 1906)
-
1981
Felipe Cossío del Pomar, Peruvian painter and political activist (b. 1888)
-
1983
Alberto Ginastera, Argentinian pianist and composer (b. 1916)
-
1984
Michel Foucault, French historian and philosopher (b. 1926)
-
1987
Boudleaux Bryant, American songwriter (b. 1920)
-
1988
Hillel Slovak, Israeli-American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1962)
-
1990
Ronald Gene Simmons, American sergeant and murderer (b. 1940)
-
1992
Jerome Brown, American football player (b. 1965)
-
1995
Ernest Walton, Irish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)
-
1996
Arthur Snelling, English civil servant and diplomat, British Ambassador to South Africa (b. 1914)
Arthur Snelling · List of High Commissioners of the United Kingdom to South Africa
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1997
Jacques Cousteau, French oceanographer and explorer (b. 1910)
-
2002
Jean Corbeil, Canadian politician, 29th Canadian Minister of Labour (b. 1934)
-
2003
Lester Maddox, American businessman and politician, 75th Governor of Georgia (b. 1915)
-
2004
Morton W. Coutts, New Zealand inventor (b. 1904)
-
2005
John Fiedler, American actor and voice artist (b. 1925)
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2005
Kâzım Koyuncu, Turkish singer-songwriter and activist (b. 1971)
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2006
Jaap Penraat, Dutch-American humanitarian (b. 1918)
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2007
J. Fred Duckett, American journalist and educator (b. 1933)
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2007
Jeeva, Indian director, cinematographer, and screenwriter (b. 1963)
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2008
Lyall Watson, South African anthropologist and ethologist (b. 1939)
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2009
Farrah Fawcett, American actress and producer (b. 1947)
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2009
Michael Jackson, American singer-songwriter, producer, dancer, and actor (b. 1958)
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2009
Sky Saxon, American singer-songwriter (b. 1937)
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2010
Alan Plater, English playwright and screenwriter (b. 1935)
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2010
Richard B. Sellars, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1915)
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2011
Annie Easley, American computer scientist and mathematician (b. 1933)
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2011
Goff Richards, English composer and conductor (b. 1944)
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2011
Margaret Tyzack, English actress (b. 1931)
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2012
Shigemitsu Dandō, Japanese academic and jurist (b. 1913)
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2012
Campbell Gillies, Scottish jockey (b. 1990)
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2012
George Randolph Hearst, Jr., American businessman (b. 1927)
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2012
Lucella MacLean, American baseball player (b. 1921)
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2012
Edgar Ross, American boxer (b. 1949)
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2013
George Burditt, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1923)
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2013
Catherine Gibson, Scottish swimmer (b. 1931)
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2013
Robert E. Gilka, American photographer and journalist (b. 1916)
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2013
Harry Parker, American rower and coach (b. 1935)
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2013
Mildred Ladner Thompson, American journalist (b. 1918)
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2013
Green Wix Unthank, American soldier and judge (b. 1923)
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2014
Nigel Calder, English journalist, author, and screenwriter (b. 1931)
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2014
Ana María Matute, Spanish author and academic (b. 1925)
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2014
Paul Patterson, American neuroscientist and academic (b. 1943)
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2014
Ivan Plyushch, Ukrainian agronomist and politician (b. 1941)
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2015
Patrick Macnee, English actor (b. 1922)
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2015
Alejandro Romay, Argentinian businessman (b. 1927)
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2015
Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni, Egyptian-Armenian patriarch (b. 1940)