June 28 — An diesem Tag in der Geschichte
352 Einträge
Ereignisse
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1098
Fighters of the First Crusade defeat Kerbogha of Mosul.
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1360
Muhammed VI becomes the tenth Nasrid king of Granada after killing his brother-in-law Ismail II.
Muhammed VI, Sultan of Granada · Nasrid dynasty · Emirate of Granada · Ismail II, Sultan of Granada
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1461
Edward IV is crowned King of England.
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1519
Charles V is elected Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.
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1635
Guadeloupe becomes a French colony.
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1651
The Battle of Berestechko between Poland and Ukraine starts.
Battle of Berestechko · Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth · Crimean Khanate
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1709
Peter the Great defeats Charles XII of Sweden at the Battle of Poltava.
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1745
A New England colonial army captures the French fortifications at Louisbourg (New Style).
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1776
The Battle of Sullivan's Island ends with the American victory in the American Revolutionary War leading to the commemoration of Carolina Day.
Battle of Sullivan's Island · American Revolutionary War · Carolina Day
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1776
Thomas Hickey, Continental Army private and bodyguard to General George Washington, is hanged for mutiny and sedition.
Thomas Hickey (soldier) · Continental Army · George Washington · Mutiny · Sedition
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1778
The American Continentals engage the British in the Battle of Monmouth Courthouse resulting in standstill and British withdrawal under cover of darkness.
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1807
Second British invasion of the Río de la Plata; John Whitelocke lands at Ensenada on an attempt to recapture Buenos Aires and is defeated by the locals.
British invasions of the River Plate · John Whitelocke · Ensenada, Buenos Aires Province · Buenos Aires
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1838
Coronation of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
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1841
The Paris Opera Ballet premieres Giselle in the Salle Le Peletier.
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1846
Adolphe Sax patents the saxophone.
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1855
Sigma Chi fraternity is founded in North America.
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1859
The first conformation dog show is held in Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
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1865
The Army of the Potomac is disbanded.
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1880
Australian bushranger Ned Kelly is captured at Glenrowan.
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1881
The Austro-Serbian Alliance of 1881 is secretly signed.
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1882
The Anglo-French Convention of 1882 marks the territorial boundaries between Guinea and Sierra Leone.
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1894
Labor Day becomes an official US holiday.
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1895
El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua form the Greater Republic of Central America.
El Salvador · Honduras · Nicaragua · Greater Republic of Central America
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1895
The United States Court of Private Land Claims rules James Reavis' claim to Barony of Arizona is "wholly fictitious and fraudulent."
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1896
An explosion in the Newton Coal Company's Twin Shaft Mine in Pittston, Pennsylvania results in a massive cave-in that kills 58 miners.
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1902
The U.S. Congress passes the Spooner Act, authorizing President Theodore Roosevelt to acquire rights from Colombia for the Panama Canal.
United States Congress · Spooner Act · Theodore Roosevelt · Panama Canal
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1904
The SS Norge runs aground and sinks.
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1914
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie are assassinated in Sarajevo; this is the casus belli of World War I.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria · Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg · Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria · Casus belli
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1919
The Treaty of Versailles is signed, ending the state of war between Germany and the Allies of World War I.
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1921
Serbian King Alexander I proclaims the new constitution of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, known thereafter as the Vidovdan Constitution.
Alexander I of Serbia · Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes · Vidovdan Constitution
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1922
The Irish Civil War begins with the shelling of the Four Courts in Dublin by Free State forces.
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1926
Mercedes-Benz is formed by Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz merging their two companies.
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1936
The Japanese puppet state of Mengjiang is formed in northern China.
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1940
Romania cedes Bessarabia (current-day Moldova) to the Soviet Union after facing an ultimatum.
Romania · Bessarabia · Moldova · Soviet Union · Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina
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1942
World War II: Nazi Germany starts its strategic summer offensive against the Soviet Union, codenamed Case Blue.
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1945
Poland's Soviet-allied Provisional Government of National Unity is formed over a month after V-E Day.
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1948
The Tito-Stalin Split results in the expulsion of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia from the Cominform.
Tito-Stalin Split · League of Communists of Yugoslavia · Cominform
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1948
Boxer Dick Turpin beats Vince Hawkins at Villa Park in Birmingham to become the first black British boxing champion in the modern era.
Dick Turpin (boxer) · Vince Hawkins · Villa Park · Birmingham
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1950
Korean War: Seoul is captured by North Korean troops.
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1950
Korean War: Suspected communist sympathizers (between as many as 100,000 to 200,000) are executed in the Bodo League massacre.
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1950
Korean War: Packed with its own refugees fleeing Seoul and leaving their 5th Division stranded, South Korean forces blow up the Hangang Bridge to in attempt to slow North Korea's offensive.
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1950
Korean War: North Korean Army conducts Seoul National University Hospital massacre.
North Korean Army · Seoul National University Hospital massacre
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1956
in Poznań, workers from HCP factory go to the streets, sparking one of the first major protests against communist government both in Poland and Europe.
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1964
Malcolm X forms the Organization of Afro-American Unity.
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1969
Stonewall riots begin in New York City, marking the start of the Gay Rights Movement.
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1973
Elections are held for the Northern Ireland Assembly, which will lead to power-sharing between unionists and nationalists in Northern Ireland for the first time.
Northern Ireland Assembly (1973) · Unionism in Ireland · Irish nationalism · Northern Ireland
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1976
The Angolan court sentences US and UK mercenaries to death sentences and prison terms in the Luanda Trial.
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1978
The United States Supreme Court, in Regents of the University of California v. Bakke bars quota systems in college admissions.
Supreme Court of the United States · Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
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1981
A powerful bomb explodes in Tehran, killing 73 officials of the Islamic Republican Party.
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1987
For the first time in military history, a civilian population is targeted for chemical attack when Iraqi warplanes bombed the Iranian town of Sardasht.
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1989
On the 600th anniversary of the Battle of Kosovo, Slobodan Milošević delivers the Gazimestan speech at the site of the historic battle.
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1997
Holyfield-Tyson II: Mike Tyson is disqualified in the third round for biting a piece off Evander Holyfield's ear.
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2001
Slobodan Milošević is extradited to the ICTY in The Hague to stand trial.
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2004
Sovereign power is handed to the interim government of Iraq by the Coalition Provisional Authority, ending the U.S.-led rule of that nation.
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2009
Honduran president Manuel Zelaya is ousted by a local military coup following a failed request to hold a referendum to rewrite the Honduran Constitution. This was the start of the 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis.
Honduras · Manuel Zelaya · 2009 Honduran coup d'état · Honduran fourth ballot box referendum · Honduran Constitution
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2016
A terrorist attack in Turkey's Istanbul Atatürk Airport kills 42 people and injures more than 230 others.
2016 Istanbul Atatürk Airport attack · Istanbul Atatürk Airport
Berühmte Geburten
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751
Carloman I, king of the Franks (d. 771)
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1243
Emperor Go-Fukakusa of Japan (d. 1304)
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1444
Charlotte, Queen of Cyprus (d. 1487)
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1476
Pope Paul IV (d. 1559)
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1490
Albert of Mainz, German archbishop (d. 1545)
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1491
Henry VIII of England (d. 1547)
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1503
Giovanni della Casa, Italian author and poet (d. 1556)
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1547
Cristofano Malvezzi, Italian organist and composer (d. 1599)
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1557
Philip Howard, 20th Earl of Arundel, English nobleman (d. 1595)
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1560
Giovanni Paolo Lascaris, Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller (d. 1657)
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1573
Henry Danvers, 1st Earl of Danby, English noble (d. 1644)
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1577
Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish painter and diplomat (d. 1640)
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1582
William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele, English politician (d. 1662)
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1604
Heinrich Albert, German composer and poet (d. 1651)
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1641
Marie Casimire Louise de La Grange d'Arquien, consort to King John III Sobieski (d. 1716)
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1653
Muhammad Azam Shah, Mughal emperor (d. 1707)
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1703
John Wesley, English cleric and theologian (d. 1791)
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1712
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Swiss philosopher and polymath (d. 1778)
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1719
Étienne François, duc de Choiseul, French general and politician, Prime Minister of France (d. 1785)
Étienne François, duc de Choiseul · List of Prime Ministers of France
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1734
Jean-Jacques Beauvarlet-Charpentier, French organist and composer (d. 1794)
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1742
William Hooper, American physician, lawyer, and politician (d. 1790)
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1824
Paul Broca, French physician, anatomist, and anthropologist (d. 1880)
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1831
Joseph Joachim, Austrian violinist, composer, and conductor (d. 1907)
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1836
Emmanuel Rhoides, Greek journalist and author (d. 1904)
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1844
John Boyle O'Reilly, Irish-born poet, journalist and fiction writer (d. 1890)
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1852
Charles Cruft, English showman, founded Crufts Dog Show (d. 1938)
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1867
Luigi Pirandello, Italian dramatist, novelist, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1936)
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1873
Alexis Carrel, French surgeon and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1944)
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1875
Henri Lebesgue, French mathematician and academic (d. 1941)
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1879
Wilhelm Steinkopf, German chemist (d. 1949)
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1883
Pierre Laval, French soldier and politician, 101st Prime Minister of France (d. 1945)
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1884
Lamina Sankoh, Sierra Leonean banker and politician (d. 1964)
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1888
George Challenor, Barbadian cricketer (d. 1947)
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1888
Stefi Geyer, Hungarian violinist and educator (d. 1956)
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1891
Esther Forbes, American historian and author (d. 1968)
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1891
Carl Andrew Spaatz, American general (d. 1974)
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1893
August Zamoyski, Polish-French sculptor (d. 1970)
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1894
Francis Hunter, American tennis player (d. 1981)
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1902
Richard Rodgers, American playwright and composer (d. 1979)
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1906
Maria Goeppert-Mayer, Polish-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1972)
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1906
Mazie Ford, American supercentenarian
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1907
Jimmy Mundy, American saxophonist and composer (d. 1983)
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1909
Eric Ambler, English author and screenwriter (d. 1998)
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1912
Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker, German physicist and philosopher (d. 2007)
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1913
Franz Antel, Austrian director and producer (d. 2007)
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1913
George Lloyd, English soldier and composer (d. 1998)
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1913
Walter Oesau, German colonel and pilot (d. 1944)
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1914
Aribert Heim, Austrian SS physician and Nazi war criminal (d. 1992)
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1918
William Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw, Scottish-English politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1999)
William Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw · Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
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1919
Joseph P. Lordi, American government official (d. 1983)
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1920
A. E. Hotchner, American author and playwright
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1920
Clarissa Eden, Spouse of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
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1921
P. V. Narasimha Rao, Indian lawyer and politician, 9th Prime Minister of India (d. 2004)
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1922
Lloyd La Beach, Panamanian sprinter and long jumper (d. 1999)
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1923
Pete Candoli, American trumpet player (d. 2008)
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1923
Adolfo Schwelm Cruz, Argentinian race car driver (d. 2012)
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1923
Gaye Stewart, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2010)
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1924
Roy Austen-Smith, Royal Air Force officer
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1926
George Booth, American cartoonist
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1926
Mel Brooks, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
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1926
Robert Ledley, American academic and inventor (d. 2012)
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1927
Correlli Barnett, English historian and author
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1927
Frank Sherwood Rowland, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2012)
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1928
Hans Blix, Swedish politician and diplomat, 33rd Swedish Minister of Foreign Affairs
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1928
Harold Evans, English-American historian and journalist
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1928
Peter Heine, South African cricketer (d. 2005)
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1928
Cyril Smith, English politician (d. 2010)
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1929
Alfred Miodowicz, Polish politician
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1930
William C. Campbell, Irish-American biologist and parasitologist, Nobel Prize laureate
William C. Campbell (scientist) · Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
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1930
Itamar Franco, Brazilian engineer and politician, 33rd President of Brazil (d. 2011)
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1930
Jack Gold, English director and producer (d. 2015)
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1931
Hans Alfredson, Swedish actor, director, and screenwriter
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1931
Junior Johnson, American race car driver
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1931
Lucien Victor, Belgian cyclist (d. 1995)
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1932
Pat Morita, American actor (d. 2005)
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1933
Gusty Spence, Northern Irish loyalist and politician (d. 2011)
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1934
Robert Carswell, Baron Carswell, Northern Irish lawyer and judge, Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland
Robert Carswell, Baron Carswell · Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland
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1934
Roy Gilchrist, Jamaican cricketer (d. 2001)
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1934
Bette Greene, American journalist and author
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1934
Carl Levin, American lawyer and politician
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1934
Georges Wolinski, Tunisian-French journalist and cartoonist (d. 2015)
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1935
John Inman, English actor (d. 2007)
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1936
Chuck Howley, American football player
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1937
George Knudson, Canadian golfer (d. 1989)
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1937
Fernand Labrie, Canadian endocrinologist and academic
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1937
Ron Luciano, American baseball player and umpire (d. 1995)
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1938
John Byner, American actor and comedian
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1938
Leon Panetta, American lawyer and politician, 23rd United States Secretary of Defense
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1938
S. Sivamaharajah, Sri Lankan Tamil newspaper publisher and politician (d. 2006)
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1939
Klaus Schmiegel, German chemist
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1940
Karpal Singh, Malaysian lawyer and politician (d. 2014)
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1940
Muhammad Yunus, Bangladeshi economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
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1941
Al Downing, American baseball player and sportscaster
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1941
Joseph Goguen, American computer scientist and academic, developed the OBJ language (d. 2006)
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1941
David Johnston, Canadian academic, lawyer, and politician, 28th Governor-General of Canada
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1942
Chris Hani, South African politician (d. 1993)
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1942
Hans-Joachim Walde, German decathlete (d. 2013)
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1943
Jens Birkemose, Danish painter
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1943
Donald Johanson, American paleontologist and academic
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1943
Klaus von Klitzing, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
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1945
Ken Buchanan, Scottish boxer
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1945
David Knights, English bass player and producer (Procol Harum)
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1945
Raul Seixas, Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 1989)
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1945
Türkan Şoray, Turkish actress, director, and screenwriter
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1946
Robert Asprin, American soldier and author (d. 2008)
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1946
Bruce Davison, American actor and director
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1946
David Duckham, English rugby player
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1946
Robert Xavier Rodríguez, American classical composer
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1946
Jaime Guzmán, Chilean lawyer and politician (d. 1991)
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1946
Gilda Radner, American actress and comedian (d. 1989)
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1947
Mark Helprin, American novelist and journalist
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1947
Laura Tyson, American economist and academic
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1948
Kathy Bates, American actress
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1948
Sergei Bodrov, Russian-American director, producer, and screenwriter
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1948
Deborah Moggach, English author and screenwriter
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1948
Daniel Wegner, Canadian-American psychologist and academic (d. 2013)
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1949
Don Baylor, American baseball player and coach
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1950
Philip Fowke, English pianist and educator
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1950
Mauricio Rojas, Chilean-Swedish economist and politician
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1950
Chris Speier, American baseball player and coach
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1951
Mick Cronin, Australian rugby league player and coach
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1951
Mark Shand, English conservationist and author (d. 2014)
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1951
Lalla Ward, English actress and author
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1952
Enis Batur, Turkish poet and author
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1952
Pietro Mennea, Italian sprinter and politician (d. 2013)
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1952
Jean-Christophe Rufin, French physician and author
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1954
A. A. Gill, Scottish author and critic (d. 2016)
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1954
Alice Krige, South African actress
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1956
Amira Hass, Israeli journalist and author
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1956
Noel Mugavin, Australian footballer and coach
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1957
Lance Nethery, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
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1957
Georgi Parvanov, Bulgarian historian and politician, 4th President of Bulgaria
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1957
Mike Skinner, American race car driver
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1957
Jim Spanarkel, American basketball player and sportscaster
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1958
Donna Edwards, American lawyer and politician
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1958
Félix Gray, Tunisian-French singer-songwriter
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1959
Clint Boon, English singer and keyboard player
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1959
John Shelley, British illustrator
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1960
John Elway, American football player and manager
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1960
Roland Melanson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
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1961
Jeff Malone, American basketball player and coach
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1962
Anișoara Cușmir-Stanciu, Romanian long jumper
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1962
Artur Hajzer, Polish mountaineer (d. 2013)
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1962
Ann-Louise Skoglund, Swedish hurdler
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1963
Peter Baynham, Welsh actor, producer, and screenwriter
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1963
Charlie Clouser, American keyboard player, songwriter, and producer
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1964
Mark Grace, American baseball player and sportscaster
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1964
Bernie McCahill, New Zealand rugby player
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1964
Dan Stains, Australian rugby league player and coach
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1964
Steve Williamson, English saxophonist and composer
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1965
Jessica Hecht, American actress
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1965
Tiaan Strauss, South African rugby player
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1966
Peeter Allik, Estonian painter and illustrator
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1966
Bobby Bare Jr., American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1966
John Cusack, American actor and screenwriter
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1966
Mary Stuart Masterson, American actress
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1967
Leona Aglukkaq, Canadian politician, 7th Canadian Minister of Health
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1967
Gil Bellows, Canadian actor and producer
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1967
Zhong Huandi, Chinese runner
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1967
Lars Riedel, German discus thrower
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1968
Chayanne, Puerto Rican-American singer-songwriter and actor
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1969
Tichina Arnold, American actress and singer
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1969
Fabrizio Mori, Italian hurdler
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1970
Mushtaq Ahmed, Pakistani cricketer and coach
-
1970
Tom Merritt, American journalist
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1970
Mike White, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
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1971
Lorenzo Amoruso, Italian footballer
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1971
Fabien Barthez, French footballer
-
1971
Bobby Hurley, American basketball player and coach
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1971
Ron Mahay, American baseball player and scout
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1971
Elon Musk, South African-born American businessman
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1972
Ngô Bảo Châu, Vietnamese-French mathematician and academic
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1972
Christopher Leslie, English politician, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
Chris Leslie (politician) · Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
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1972
Alessandro Nivola, American actor
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1973
Adrián Annus, Hungarian hammer thrower
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1973
Corey Koskie, Canadian baseball player
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1975
Jon Nödtveidt, Swedish singer-songwriter, and guitarist (d. 2006)
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1976
Shinobu Asagoe, Japanese tennis player
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1977
Chris Spurling, American baseball player
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1977
Mark Stoermer, American bass player, songwriter, and producer (The Killers)
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1977
Harun Tekin, Turkish singer and guitarist
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1978
Simon Larose, Canadian tennis player
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1979
Randy McMichael, American football player
-
1979
Neil Shanahan, Irish race car driver (d. 1999)
-
1979
Florian Zeller, French author and playwright
-
1980
Jevgeni Novikov, Estonian footballer
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1981
Savage, New Zealand rapper
-
1981
Michael Crafter, Australian singer-songwriter
-
1981
Guillermo Martínez, Cuban javelin thrower
-
1981
Brandon Phillips, American baseball player
-
1982
Ibrahim Camejo, Cuban long jumper
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1985
Phil Bardsley, English footballer
-
1985
Colt Hynes, American baseball player
-
1986
Kellie Pickler, American singer-songwriter
-
1987
Sonata Tamošaitytė, Lithuanian hurdler
-
1987
Terrence Williams, American basketball player
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1989
Jason Clark, Australian rugby league player
-
1989
Andrew Fifita, Australian rugby league player
-
1989
David Fifita, Australian rugby league player
-
1989
Julia Zlobina, Russian-Azerbaijani figure skater
-
1989
Nicole Rottmann, Austrian tennis player
-
1991
Seohyun, South Korean singer, dancer, and actress
-
1991
Kevin De Bruyne, Belgian footballer
-
1991
Kang Min-hyuk, South Korean singer, drummer, and actor
-
1992
Oscar Hiljemark, Swedish footballer
-
1993
Bradley Beal, American basketball player
-
1996
Donna Vekić, Croatian tennis player
-
1999
Markéta Vondroušová, Czech tennis player
-
2002
Marta Kostyuk, Ukrainian tennis player
Berühmte Todesfälle
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202
Yuan Shao, Chinese warlord
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548
Theodora I, Byzantine wife of Justinian I (b. 500)
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572
Alboin, Lombard king (b. 530)
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683
Leo II, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 611)
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767
Pope Paul I (b. 700)
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928
Louis the Blind, Roman emperor (b. 880)
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1061
Floris I, Count of Holland (b. 1020)
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1175
Andrey Bogolyubsky, Russian saint (b. 1111)
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1189
Matilda of England, Duchess of Saxony (b. 1156)
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1194
Emperor Xiaozong of Song (b. 1127)
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1385
Andronikos IV Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor (b. 1348)
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1497
James Tuchet, 7th Baron Audley (b. c. 1463)
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1575
Yonekura Shigetsugu, Japanese samurai
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1586
Primož Trubar, Slovenian author and reformer (b. 1508)
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1598
Abraham Ortelius, Flemish cartographer and geographer (b. 1527)
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1607
Domenico Fontana, Italian architect (b. 1543)
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1716
George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire (b. 1665)
George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland · Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire
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1798
John Henry Colclough, Irish revolutionary (b. ca. 1769)
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1813
Gerhard von Scharnhorst, Prussian general and politician, Prussian Minister of War (b. 1755)
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1834
Joseph Bové, Russian architect, designed the Triumphal Arch of Moscow (b. 1784)
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1836
James Madison, American academic and politician, 4th President of the United States (b. 1751)
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1880
Texas Jack Omohundro, American soldier and hunter (b. 1846)
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1881
Jules Armand Dufaure, French politician, 33rd Prime Minister of France (b. 1798)
-
1889
Maria Mitchell, American astronomer and academic (b. 1818)
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1892
Alexandros Rizos Rangavis, Greek poet and politician, Greek Foreign Minister (b. 1810)
Alexandros Rizos Rangavis · List of foreign ministers of Greece
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1913
Manuel Ferraz de Campos Sales, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 4th President of Brazil (b. 1841)
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1914
Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg (b. 1868)
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1914
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria (b. 1863)
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1915
Victor Trumper, Australian cricketer (b. 1877)
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1917
Ștefan Luchian, Romanian painter and educator (b. 1868)
-
1922
Velimir Khlebnikov, Russian poet and playwright (b. 1885)
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1929
Edward Carpenter, English poet and philosopher (b. 1844)
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1936
Alexander Berkman, American author and activist (d. 1870)
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1939
Douglas H. Johnston, Governor of the Chickasaw Nation (b. 1856)
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1944
Friedrich Dollmann, German general (b. 1882)
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1945
Yunus Nadi Abalıoğlu, Turkish journalist (d. 1879)
-
1960
Jake Swirbul, American businessman, co-founded the Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation (b. 1898)
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1962
Mickey Cochrane, American baseball player and manager (b. 1903)
-
1962
Cy Morgan, American baseball player (b. 1878)
-
1965
Red Nichols, American cornet player, bandleader, and composer (b. 1905)
-
1966
Mehmet Fuat Köprülü, Turkish historian and politician, 21st Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1890)
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1971
Franz Stangl, Austrian SS officer (b. 1908)
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1975
Constantinos Apostolou Doxiadis, Greek architect (b. 1913)
-
1975
Rod Serling, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1924)
-
1978
Clifford Dupont, English-Rhodesian lawyer and politician, 1st President of Rhodesia (b. 1905)
-
1980
José Iturbi, Spanish pianist and conductor (b. 1895)
-
1981
Terry Fox, Canadian runner and activist (b. 1958)
-
1983
Alf Francis, German-English motor racing mechanic and racing car constructor (b. 1918)
-
1984
Yigael Yadin, Israeli archaeologist, general, and politician (b. 1917)
-
1985
Lynd Ward, American author and illustrator (b. 1905)
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1989
Joris Ivens, Dutch journalist, director, and producer (b. 1898)
-
1992
Guy Nève, Belgian race car driver (b. 1955)
-
1992
Mikhail Tal, Latvian chess player (b. 1936)
-
1995
Petri Walli, Finnish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1969)
-
2000
Jane Birdwood, Baroness Birdwood, Canadian-English publisher and politician (b. 1913)
-
2000
Nils Poppe, Swedish actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1908)
-
2001
Mortimer J. Adler, American philosopher and author (b. 1902)
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2003
Joan Lowery Nixon, American journalist and author (b. 1927)
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2004
Anthony Buckeridge, English author (b. 1912)
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2005
Brenda Howard, American activist (b. 1946)
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2005
Michael P. Murphy, American lieutenant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1976)
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2006
Jim Baen, American publisher, founded Baen Books (b. 1943)
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2006
Peter Rawlinson, Baron Rawlinson of Ewell, English lawyer and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales (b. 1919)
Peter Rawlinson, Baron Rawlinson of Ewell · Attorney General for England and Wales
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2006
George Unwin, English pilot and commander (b. 1913)
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2007
Eugene B. Fluckey, American admiral, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1913)
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2007
Kiichi Miyazawa, Japanese lawyer and politician, 78th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1919)
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2009
A. K. Lohithadas, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1955)
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2009
Billy Mays American TV Personality (b. 1958)
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2010
Robert Byrd, American lawyer and politician (b. 1917)
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2012
Richard Isay, American psychiatrist and author (b. 1934)
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2012
Leontine T. Kelly, American bishop (b. 1920)
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2012
Robert Sabatier, French author and poet (b. 1923)
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2012
Doris Sams, American baseball player (b. 1927)
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2013
Ted Hood, American sailor and architect (b. 1927)
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2013
Tamás Katona, Hungarian historian and politician (b. 1932)
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2013
Kenneth Minogue, New Zealand-Australian political scientist and academic (b. 1930)
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2013
F. D. Reeve, American author and academic (b. 1928)
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2013
David Rubitsky, American sergeant (b. 1917)
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2014
Seymour Barab, American cellist and composer (b. 1921)
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2014
Jim Brosnan, American baseball player (b. 1929)
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2014
On Kawara, Japanese painter (b. 1933)
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2015
Jack Carter, American actor and comedian (b. 1922)
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2015
Jope Seniloli, Fijian politician, Vice-President of Fiji (b. 1939)
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2015
Wally Stanowski, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1919)
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2016
Pat Summitt, American women's college basketball head coach (b. 1952)
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2016
Buddy Ryan, American football coach (b. 1931)