June 27 — An diesem Tag in der Geschichte
307 Einträge
Ereignisse
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1358
The Republic of Ragusa is founded.
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1497
Cornish rebels Michael An Gof and Thomas Flamank are executed at Tyburn, London, England.
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1556
The thirteen Stratford Martyrs are burned at the stake near London for their Protestant beliefs.
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1743
In the Battle of Dettingen, George II becomes the last reigning British monarch to participate in a battle.
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1759
General James Wolfe begins the siege of Quebec.
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1760
Cherokee warriors defeat British forces at the Battle of Echoee near present-day Otto, North Carolina during the Anglo-Cherokee War.
Cherokee · British Empire · Battle of Echoee · Otto, North Carolina · Anglo-Cherokee War
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1806
British forces take Buenos Aires during the first British invasions of the River Plate.
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1844
Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, and his brother Hyrum Smith, are killed by a mob at the Carthage, Illinois jail.
Joseph Smith · Latter Day Saint movement · Hyrum Smith · Death of Joseph Smith · Carthage, Illinois
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1864
Confederate forces defeat Union forces during the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain during the Atlanta Campaign of the American Civil War.
Battle of Kennesaw Mountain · Atlanta Campaign · American Civil War
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1895
The inaugural run of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's Royal Blue from Washington, D.C., to New York City, the first U.S. passenger train to use electric locomotives.
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad · Royal Blue (train) · Railway electrification system
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1898
The first solo circumnavigation of the globe is completed by Joshua Slocum from Briar Island, Nova Scotia.
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1905
During the Russo-Japanese War, sailors start a mutiny aboard the Russian battleship Potemkin.
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1927
Prime Minister of Japan Tanaka Giichi convenes an eleven-day conference to discuss Japan's strategy in China. The Tanaka Memorial, a forged plan for world domination, is later claimed to be a secret report leaked from this conference.
Prime Minister of Japan · Tanaka Giichi · Empire of Japan · Tanaka Memorial
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1941
Romanian authorities launch one of the most violent pogroms in Jewish history in the city of Iași, resulting in the murder of at least 13,266 Jews.
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1941
German troops capture the city of Białystok during Operation Barbarossa.
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1946
In the Canadian Citizenship Act, the Parliament of Canada establishes the definition of Canadian citizenship.
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1950
The United States decides to send troops to fight in the Korean War.
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1952
Guatemala passes Decree 900, ordering the redistribution of uncultivated land.
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1954
The Obninsk Nuclear Power Plant, the Soviet Union's first nuclear power station, opens in Obninsk, near Moscow.
Obninsk Nuclear Power Plant · Soviet Union · Nuclear power station · Obninsk
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1954
The 1954 FIFA World Cup quarterfinal match between Hungary and Brazil, highly anticipated to be exciting, instead turns violent, with three players ejected and further fighting continuing after the game.
1954 FIFA World Cup · Hungary national football team · Brazil national football team · Battle of Berne (1954 FIFA World Cup)
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1957
Hurricane Audrey makes landfall near the Texas-Louisiana border, killing over 400 people, mainly in and around Cameron, Louisiana.
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1971
After only three years in business, rock promoter Bill Graham closes Fillmore East in New York, the "Church of Rock and Roll".
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1973
The President of Uruguay Juan María Bordaberry dissolves Parliament and establishes a dictatorship.
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1974
U.S. president Richard Nixon visits the Soviet Union.
President of the United States · Richard Nixon · Soviet Union
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1976
Air France Flight 139 (Tel Aviv-Athens-Paris) is hijacked en route to Paris by the PLO and redirected to Entebbe, Uganda.
Air France · Operation Entebbe · Tel Aviv · Athens · Palestine Liberation Organization
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1977
France grants independence to Djibouti.
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1980
Aerolinee Itavia Flight 870, also known in Italy as the Ustica disaster, mysteriously explodes in mid-air while en route from Bologna, to Palermo, Italy, killing all 81 on board.
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1981
The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China issues its "Resolution on Certain Questions in the History of Our Party Since the Founding of the People's Republic of China", laying the blame for the Cultural Revolution on Mao Zedong.
Central Committee of the Communist Party of China · Cultural Revolution · Mao Zedong
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1982
Space Shuttle Columbia launched from the Kennedy Space Center on the final research and development flight mission, STS-4.
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1988
The Gare de Lyon rail accident in Paris, France, kills 56 people.
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1991
Slovenia, after declaring independence two days before is invaded by Yugoslav troops, tanks, and aircraft starting the Ten-Day War.
Slovenia · Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia · Ten-Day War
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1994
Members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult release sarin gas in Matsumoto, Japan; Seven people are killed, 660 injured.
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2007
Tony Blair resigns as British Prime Minister, a position he had held since 1997.
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2007
The Brazilian Military Police invades the favelas of Complexo do Alemão in an episode which is remembered as the Complexo do Alemão massacre.
Brazilian Military Police · Favela · Complexo do Alemão · Complexo do Alemão massacre
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2008
In a highly scrutizined election President of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe is re-elected in a landslide after his opponent Morgan Tsvangirai had withdrawn a week earlier, citing violence against his party's supporters.
Zimbabwean presidential election, 2008 · President of Zimbabwe · Robert Mugabe · Morgan Tsvangirai · Movement for Democratic Change - Tsvangirai
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2013
NASA launches the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph, a space probe to observe the Sun.
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2014
At least fourteen people are killed when a Gas Authority of India Limited pipeline explodes in the East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh, India.
Gas Authority of India Limited · 2014 GAIL pipeline explosion · East Godavari · Andhra Pradesh
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2015
A midair explosion from flammable powder at a recreational water park in Taiwan injures at least 510 people with about 183 in serious condition in intensive care.
Berühmte Geburten
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850
Ibrahim II of Ifriqiya, Aghlabid emir (d. 902)
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1040
Ladislaus I, Hungarian king (d. 1095)
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1350
Manuel II Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor (d. 1425)
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1430
Henry Holland, 3rd Duke of Exeter, Lancastrian leader (d. 1475)
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1462
Louis XII, king of France (d. 1515)
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1464
Ernst II of Saxony, Archbishop of Magdeburg (1476-1513) (d. 1513)
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1497
Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. 1546)
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1550
Charles IX, king of France (d. 1574)
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1596
Maximilian, Prince of Dietrichstein (d. 1655)
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1696
William Pepperrell, American merchant and soldier (d. 1759)
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1717
Louis-Guillaume Le Monnier, French botanist and physicist (d. 1799)
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1767
Alexis Bouvard, French astronomer and academic (d. 1843)
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1805
Napoléon Coste, French guitarist and composer (d. 1883)
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1806
Augustus De Morgan, English mathematician and logician (d. 1871)
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1817
Louise von François, German author (d. 1893)
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1828
Bryan O'Loghlen, Irish-Australian politician, 13th Premier of Victoria (d. 1905)
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1838
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, Indian journalist, author, and poet (d. 1894)
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1838
Paul Mauser, German weapon designer, designed the Gewehr 98 (d. 1914)
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1846
Charles Stewart Parnell, Irish politician (d. 1891)
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1850
Jørgen Pedersen Gram, Danish mathematician and academic (d. 1919)
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1850
Lafcadio Hearn, Greek-Japanese historian and author (d. 1904)
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1862
May Irwin, Canadian-American actress and singer (d. 1938)
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1865
John Monash, Australian engineer and general (d. 1931)
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1869
Kate Carew, American illustrator and journalist (d. 1961)
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1869
Emma Goldman, Lithuanian-Canadian philosopher and activist (d. 1940)
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1869
Hans Spemann, German embryologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1941)
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1870
Frank Rattray Lillie, American zoologist and embryologist (d. 1947)
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1872
Heber Doust Curtis, American astronomer (d. 1942)
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1872
Paul Laurence Dunbar, American author, poet, and playwright (d. 1906)
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1880
Helen Keller, American author, academic, and activist (d. 1968)
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1882
Eduard Spranger, German philosopher and academic (d. 1963)
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1884
Gaston Bachelard, French philosopher and poet (d. 1962)
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1885
Pierre Montet, French historian and academic (d. 1966)
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1885
Guilhermina Suggia, Portuguese cellist (d. 1950)
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1886
Charlie Macartney, Australian cricketer and soldier (d. 1958)
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1888
Lewis Bernstein Namier, Polish-English historian and academic (d. 1960)
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1888
Antoinette Perry, American actress and director (d. 1946)
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1892
Paul Colin, French illustrator (d. 1985)
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1899
Juan Trippe, American businessman, founded Pan American World Airways (d. 1981)
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1900
Dixie Brown, British boxer (d. 1957)
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1901
Merle Tuve, American geophysicist and academic (d. 1982)
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1905
Armand Mondou, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1976)
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1906
Catherine Cookson, English author and philanthropist (d. 1998)
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1906
Vernon Watkins, Welsh-American poet and painter (d. 1967)
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1907
John McIntire, American actor (d. 1991)
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1908
João Guimarães Rosa, Brazilian physician and author (d. 1967)
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1911
Marion M. Magruder, American Marine officer, commander of the VMF(N)-533 squadron. (d. 1997)
Marion M. Magruder · United States Marine Corps · VMFA(AW)-533
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1912
E. R. Braithwaite, Guyanese novelist, writer, teacher, and diplomat (d. 2016)
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1913
Elton Britt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1972)
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1913
Philip Guston, American painter and academic (d. 1980)
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1913
Willie Mosconi, American pool player (d. 1993)
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1914
Robert Aickman, English author and activist, co-founded the Inland Waterways Association (d. 1981)
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1914
Helena Benitez, Filipina academic and administrator (d. 2016)
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1914
Margaret Ekpo, Nigerian women's rights activist, social mobilizer and politician (d. 2006)
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1914
Giorgio Almirante, Italian journalist and politician (d. 1988)
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1915
Grace Lee Boggs, American philosopher, author, and activist (d. 2015)
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1915
Aideu Handique, Indian actress (d. 2002)
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1915
John Alexander Moore, American zoologist and academic (d. 2002)
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1916
Robert Normann, Norwegian guitarist (d. 1998)
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1918
Adolph Kiefer, American swimmer (d. 2017)
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1919
Amala Shankar, Indian danseuse
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1920
Fernando Riera, Chilean football player and manager (d. 2010)
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1921
Muriel Pavlow, English actress
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1922
George Walker, American composer
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1923
Jacques Berthier, French organist and composer (d. 1994)
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1923
Elmo Hope, American pianist and composer (d. 1967)
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1924
Bob Appleyard, English cricketer and businessman (d. 2015)
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1925
Leonard Lerman, American geneticist and biologist (d. 2012)
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1925
Doc Pomus, American singer-songwriter (d. 1991)
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1927
Bob Keeshan, American actor and producer (d. 2004)
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1928
James Lincoln Collier, American journalist and author
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1928
Rudy Perpich, American dentist and politician, 34th Governor of Minnesota (d. 1995)
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1929
Dick the Bruiser, American football player and wrestler (d. 1991)
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1929
Peter Maas, American journalist and author (d. 2001)
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1930
Ross Perot, American businessman and politician
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1931
Charles Bronfman, Canadian-American businessman and philanthropist
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1931
Martinus J. G. Veltman, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
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1932
Eddie Kasko, American baseball player and manager
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1932
Anna Moffo, American operatic soprano (d. 2006)
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1932
Hugh Wood, English composer
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1936
Lucille Clifton, American author and poet (d. 2010)
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1937
Joseph P. Allen, American physicist and astronaut
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1937
Otto Herrigel, Namibian lawyer and politician (d. 2013)
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1937
Kirkpatrick Sale, American author and scholar
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1938
Bruce Babbitt, American lawyer and politician, 47th United States Secretary of the Interior
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1938
Shirley Anne Field, English actress
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1938
David Hope, Baron Hope of Craighead, Scottish lieutenant and judge
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1938
Yevgeniy Ivchenko, Ukrainian race walker (d. 1999)
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1938
Konrad Kujau, German illustrator (d. 2000)
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1939
R. D. Burman, Indian singer-songwriter (d. 1994)
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1939
Neil Hawke, Australian cricketer and footballer (d. 2000)
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1940
Ian Lang, Baron Lang of Monkton, Scottish politician, Secretary of State for Scotland
Ian Lang, Baron Lang of Monkton · Secretary of State for Scotland
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1941
Bill Baxley, American lawyer and politician, 24th Lieutenant Governor of Alabama
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1941
James P. Hogan, English-Irish author (d. 2010)
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1941
Krzysztof Kieślowski, Polish director and screenwriter (d. 1996)
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1942
Bruce Johnston, American singer-songwriter and producer
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1942
Frank Mills, Canadian pianist and composer
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1942
Danny Schechter, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2015)
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1943
Ravi Batra, Indian-American economist and academic
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1944
Angela King, English environmentalist and author, co-founded Common Ground
Angela King (environmentalist) · Common Ground (United Kingdom)
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1944
Patrick Sercu, Belgian cyclist
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1945
Joey Covington, American drummer, songwriter, and producer (d. 2013)
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1945
Norma Kamali, American fashion designer
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1948
Camile Baudoin, American guitarist
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1949
Vera Wang, American fashion designer
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1951
Ulf Andersson, Swedish chess player
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1951
Julia Duffy, American actress
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1951
Gilson Lavis, English drummer (Squeeze) and portrait artist
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1951
Mary McAleese, Irish academic and politician, 8th President of Ireland
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1952
Madan Bhandari, Nepalese politician (d. 1993)
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1953
Igor Gräzin, Estonian academic and politician
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1953
Alice McDermott, American novelist
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1954
Richard Ibbotson, English admiral
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1955
Isabelle Adjani, French actress
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1956
Heiner Dopp, German field hockey player and politician
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1957
Gabriella Dorio, Italian runner
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1958
Lisa Germano, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1958
Jeffrey Lee Pierce, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1996)
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1959
Dan Jurgens, American author and illustrator
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1959
Lorrie Morgan, American singer
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1960
Craig Hodges, American basketball player and coach
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1960
Robert King, English harpsichordist and conductor
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1962
Michael Ball, English actor and singer
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1962
Sunanda Pushkar, India-born Canadian businesswoman (d. 2014)
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1963
Wendy Alexander, Scottish politician, Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning
Wendy Alexander · Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning
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1963
Johnny Benson, Jr., American race car driver
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1963
Paul Roos, Australian footballer and coach
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1964
Stephan Brenninkmeijer, Dutch director, producer, and screenwriter
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1964
Chuck Person, American basketball player and coach
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1965
Simon Sebag Montefiore, English journalist, historian, and author
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1965
Óscar Vega, Spanish boxer
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1966
J.J. Abrams, American director, producer, and screenwriter
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1966
Jörg Bergen, German footballer and manager
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1966
Jeff Conine, American baseball player and sportscaster
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1966
Aigars Kalvītis, Latvian politician, businessman, and former Prime Minister of Latvia
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1967
Sylvie Fréchette, Canadian swimmer and coach
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1967
Vasiliy Kaptyukh, Belarusian discus thrower
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1967
Phil Kearns, Australian rugby player and sportscaster
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1968
Kelly Ayotte, American lawyer and politician, New Hampshire Attorney General
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1969
Viktor Petrenko, Ukrainian figure skater
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1970
Régine Cavagnoud, French skier (d. 2001)
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1970
John Eales, Australian rugby player and businessman
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1970
Jim Edmonds, American baseball player and sportscaster
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1971
Jo Frost, English nanny, television personality, and author
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1972
Dawud Wharnsby, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
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1973
Olve Eikemo (Abbath Doom Occulta), Norwegian musician
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1973
George Hincapie, American cyclist
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1973
Simon Archer, English badminton player
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1974
Christian Kane, American singer-songwriter and actor
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1974
Christopher O'Neill, English-American businessman
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1975
Ace Darling, American wrestler
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1975
Bianca Del Rio, American drag queen & comedian
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1975
Sarah Evanetz, Canadian swimmer
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1975
Tobey Maguire, American actor
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1975
Daryle Ward, American baseball player
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1976
Johnny Estrada, American baseball player
-
1976
Leigh Nash, American singer-songwriter
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1977
Arkadiusz Radomski, Polish footballer
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1978
Apparat, German musician
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1980
Hugo Campagnaro, Argentinian footballer
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1980
Jennifer Goodridge, American keyboard player
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1980
Kevin Pietersen, South African-English cricketer
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1980
Craig Terrill, American football player
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1981
Andrew Embley, Australian footballer
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1983
Jim Johnson, American baseball player
-
1983
Dale Steyn, South African cricketer
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1984
Khloé Kardashian, American model, businesswoman, and radio host
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1984
D.J. King, Canadian ice hockey player
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1985
James Hook, Welsh rugby player
-
1985
Svetlana Kuznetsova, Russian tennis player
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1985
Nico Rosberg, German race car driver
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1986
Sam Claflin, British actor
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1986
Drake Bell, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
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1986
Bryan Fletcher, American skier
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1987
India de Beaufort, English actress
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1987
Ed Westwick, English actor
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1988
Stefani Bismpikou, Greek gymnast
-
1988
Matthew Spiranovic, Australian footballer
-
1988
Kate Ziegler, American swimmer
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1989
Hana Birnerová, Czech tennis player
-
1989
Matthew Lewis, English actor
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1992
Karthika Nair, Indian film actress
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1993
Johanna Talihärm, Estonian biathlete
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1994
Anita Husarić, Bosnian tennis player
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1996
Lauren Jauregui, Cuban-American singer
Berühmte Todesfälle
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992
Conan I of Rennes, Duke of Brittany
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1162
Odo II, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1118)
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1194
King Sancho VI of Navarre (b. 1132)
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1296
Floris V, Count of Holland (b. 1254)
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1458
Alfonso V of Aragon (b. 1396)
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1497
Michael An Gof, rebel leader
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1497
Thomas Flamank, rebel leader
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1574
Giorgio Vasari, Italian historian, painter, and architect (b. 1511)
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1601
Henry Norris, 1st Baron Norreys (b. 1525)
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1603
Jan Dymitr Solikowski, Polish archbishop (b. 1539)
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1627
John Hayward, English historian, journalist, and politician (b. 1564)
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1636
Date Masamune, Japanese strongman (b. 1567)
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1654
Johannes Valentinus Andreae, German theologian (b. 1586)
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1655
Eleonora Gonzaga, Holy Roman Empress (b. 1598)
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1672
Roger Twysden, English historian and politician (b. 1597)
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1720
Guillaume Amfrye de Chaulieu, French poet and author (b. 1639)
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1794
Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg (b. 1711)
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1794
Philippe de Noailles, French general (b. 1715)
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1827
Johann Gottfried Eichhorn, German theologian and academic (b. 1754)
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1829
James Smithson, English chemist and mineralogist (b. 1765)
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1831
Sophie Germain, French mathematician and physicist (b. 1776)
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1839
Ranjit Singh, founder of the Sikh Empire (b. 1780)
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1844
Hyrum Smith, American religious leader (b. 1800)
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1844
Joseph Smith, American religious leader, founded the Latter Day Saint movement (b. 1805)
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1878
Sidney Breese, American jurist and politician (b. 1800)
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1896
John Berryman, English soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1825)
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1905
Harold Mahony, Scottish-Irish tennis player (b. 1867)
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1907
Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz, American educator, co-founded Radcliffe College (b. 1822)
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1911
Victor Surridge, English motorcycle racer (b. 1882)
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1912
George Bonnor, Australian cricketer (b. 1855)
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1917
Karl Allmenröder, German soldier and pilot (b. 1896)
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1919
Peter Sturholdt, American boxer (b. 1885)
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1920
Adolphe-Basile Routhier, Canadian lawyer and judge (b. 1839)
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1934
Francesco Buhagiar, Maltese politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1876)
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1935
Eugene Augustin Lauste, French-American inventor (b. 1857)
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1944
Milan Hodža, Czech journalist and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia (b. 1878)
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1946
Wanda Gág, American author and illustrator (b. 1893)
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1949
Frank Smythe, English botanist and mountaineer (b. 1900)
-
1950
Milada Horáková, Czech politician, victim of judicial murder (b. 1901)
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1952
Max Dehn, German-American mathematician and academic (b. 1878)
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1957
Hermann Buhl, Austrian soldier and mountaineer (b. 1924)
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1960
Lottie Dod, English tennis player, golfer, and archer (b. 1871)
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1962
Paul Viiding, Estonian author, poet, and critic (b. 1904)
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1967
Jaan Lattik, Estonian pastor and politician, 9th Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia (b. 1878)
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1970
Daniel Kinsey, American hurdler and scholar (b. 1902)
-
1975
G.I. Taylor, English mathematician and physicist (b. 1886)
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1986
George Nepia, New Zealand rugby player and referee (b. 1905)
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1987
Billy Snedden, Australian lawyer and politician, 17th Attorney-General for Australia (b. 1926)
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1989
A. J. Ayer, English philosopher and academic (b. 1910)
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1991
Milton Subotsky, American-English screenwriter and producer (b. 1921)
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1996
Albert R. Broccoli, American film producer (b. 1909)
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1998
Gilles Rocheleau, Canadian businessman and politician (b. 1935)
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1999
Georgios Papadopoulos, Greek colonel and politician, 169th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1919)
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2000
Pierre Pflimlin, French lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1907)
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2001
Tove Jansson, Finnish author, illustrator, and painter (b. 1914)
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2001
Jack Lemmon, American actor (b. 1925)
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2001
Joan Sims, English actress (b. 1930)
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2002
John Entwistle, English singer-songwriter, bass guitarist, and producer (b. 1944)
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2002
Robert L. J. Long, American admiral (b. 1920)
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2003
David Newman, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1937)
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2004
George Patton IV, American general (b. 1923)
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2004
Darrell Russell, American race car driver (b. 1968)
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2005
Shelby Foote, American historian and author (b. 1917)
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2005
Ray Holmes, English lieutenant and pilot (b. 1914)
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2005
John T. Walton, American businessman, co-founded the Children's Scholarship Fund (b. 1946)
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2006
Ángel Maturino Reséndiz, Mexican serial killer (b. 1959)
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2007
William Hutt, Canadian actor (b. 1920)
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2008
Sam Manekshaw, Indian field marshal (b. 1914)
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2009
Gale Storm, American actress (b. 1922)
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2010
Corey Allen, American film and television actor, writer, director, and producer (b. 1934)
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2011
Mike Doyle, English footballer (b. 1946)
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2012
Stan Cox, English runner (b. 1918)
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2012
Rosemary Dobson, Australian poet and illustrator (b. 1920)
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2013
Stefano Borgonovo, Italian footballer (b. 1964)
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2013
Bill Robertson, American businessman and politician (b. 1938)
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2013
Ian Scott, English-New Zealand painter (b. 1945)
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2014
Edmond Blanchard, Canadian jurist and politician (b. 1954)
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2014
Allen Grossman, American poet, critic, and academic (b. 1932)
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2014
Leslie Manigat, Haitian educator and politician, 43rd President of Haiti (b. 1930)
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2014
Rachid Solh, Lebanese politician, 48th Prime Minister of Lebanon (b. 1926)
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2015
Zvi Elpeleg, Polish-Israeli diplomat, author, and academic (b. 1926)
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2015
Knut Helle, Norwegian historian and professor (b. 1930)
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2015
Chris Squire, English musician (bass guitarist), singer and songwriter, member of the rock band Yes (b. 1948)
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2016
Bud Spencer, Italian swimmer, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1929)