July 31 — An diesem Tag in der Geschichte
320 Einträge
Ereignisse
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30 BC
Battle of Alexandria: Mark Antony achieves a minor victory over Octavian's forces, but most of his army subsequently deserts, leading to his suicide.
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781
The oldest recorded eruption of Mount Fuji (Traditional Japanese date: July 6, 781).
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1009
Pope Sergius IV becomes the 142nd pope, succeeding Pope John XVIII.
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1201
Attempted usurpation by John Komnenos the Fat for the throne of Alexios III Angelos.
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1423
Hundred Years' War: Battle of Cravant: The French army is defeated by the English at Cravant on the banks of the river Yonne.
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1451
Jacques Cœur is arrested by order of Charles VII of France.
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1492
The Jews are expelled from Spain when the Alhambra Decree takes effect.
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1498
On his third voyage to the Western Hemisphere, Christopher Columbus becomes the first European to discover the island of Trinidad.
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1588
The Spanish Armada is spotted off the coast of England.
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1618
Maurice, Prince of Orange disbands the waardgelders militia in Utrecht, a pivotal event in the Remonstrant/Counter-Remonstrant tensions.
Maurice, Prince of Orange · Utrecht · Remonstrant · Counter-Remonstrant
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1655
Russo-Polish War (1654-67): The Russian army enters the capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Vilnius, which it holds for six years.
Russo-Polish War (1654-67) · Grand Duchy of Lithuania · Vilnius
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1658
Aurangzeb is proclaimed Mughal emperor of India.
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1703
Daniel Defoe is placed in a pillory for the crime of seditious libel after publishing a politically satirical pamphlet, but is pelted with flowers.
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1712
Action of 31 July 1712 (Great Northern War): Danish and Swedish ships clash in the Baltic Sea; the result is inconclusive.
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1715
Seven days after a Spanish treasure fleet of 12 ships left Havana, Cuba for Spain, 11 of them sink in a storm off the coast of Florida. A few centuries later, treasure is salvaged from these wrecks.
1715 Treasure Fleet · Havana · Cuba · Florida
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1741
Charles Albert of Bavaria invades Upper Austria and Bohemia.
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1763
Odawa Chief Pontiac's forces defeat British troops at the Battle of Bloody Run during Pontiac's War.
Odawa · Pontiac (Ottawa leader) · Battle of Bloody Run · Pontiac's War
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1777
The U.S. Second Continental Congress passes a resolution that the services of Gilbert du Motier "be accepted, and that, in consideration of his zeal, illustrious family and connexions, he have the rank and commission of major-general of the United States."
Second Continental Congress · Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette
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1790
The first U.S. patent is issued, to inventor Samuel Hopkins for a potash process.
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1856
Christchurch, New Zealand is chartered as a city.
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1865
The first narrow-gauge mainline railway in the world opens at Grandchester, Queensland, Australia.
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1874
Dr. Patrick Francis Healy became the first African-American inaugurated as president of a predominantly white university, Georgetown University.
Patrick Francis Healy · African-American · Georgetown University
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1904
Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Hsimucheng: Units of the Imperial Japanese Army defeat units of the Imperial Russian Army in a strategic confrontation.
Russo-Japanese War · Battle of Hsimucheng · Imperial Japanese Army · Imperial Russian Army
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1917
World War I: The Battle of Passchendaele begins near Ypres in West Flanders, Belgium.
World War I · The Battle of Passchendaele · Ypres · West Flanders · Belgium
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1919
German national assembly adopts the Weimar Constitution, which comes into force on August 14.
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1932
The NSDAP (Nazi Party) wins more than 38% of the vote in German elections.
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1938
Bulgaria signs a non-aggression pact with Greece and other states of Balkan Antanti (Turkey, Romania, Yugoslavia).
Bulgaria · Turkey · Romania · Yugoslavia
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1938
Archaeologists discover engraved gold and silver plates from King Darius the Great in Persepolis.
Gold · Silver · Darius I · Persepolis
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1941
The Holocaust: Under instructions from Adolf Hitler, Nazi official Hermann Göring, orders SS General Reinhard Heydrich to "submit to me as soon as possible a general plan of the administrative material and financial measures necessary for carrying out the desired Final Solution of the Jewish question."
The Holocaust · Adolf Hitler · Nazism · Hermann Göring · Schutzstaffel
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1945
Pierre Laval, the fugitive former leader of Vichy France, surrenders to Allied soldiers in Austria.
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1948
At Idlewild Field in New York, New York International Airport (later renamed John F. Kennedy International Airport) is dedicated.
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1948
USS Nevada is sunk by an aerial torpedo after surviving hits from two atomic bombs (as part of post-war tests) and being used for target practice by three other ships.
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1964
Ranger program: Ranger 7 sends back the first close-up photographs of the moon, with images 1,000 times clearer than anything ever seen from earth-bound telescopes.
Ranger program · Ranger 7 · Moon · Telescope
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1970
Black Tot Day: The last day of the officially sanctioned rum ration in the Royal Navy.
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1971
Apollo program: Apollo 15 astronauts become the first to ride in a lunar rover.
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1972
The Troubles: In Operation Motorman, the British Army re-takes the urban no-go areas of Northern Ireland. It is the biggest British military operation since the Suez Crisis of 1956, and the biggest in Ireland since the Irish War of Independence. Later that day, nine civilians are killed by car bombs in the village of Claudy.
The Troubles · Operation Motorman · No-go area · Northern Ireland · Suez Crisis
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1973
A Delta Air Lines jetliner, flight DL 723 crashes while landing in fog at Logan International Airport, Boston, Massachusetts killing 89.
Delta Air Lines · Delta Air Lines Flight 723 · Logan International Airport
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1975
The Troubles: three members of a popular cabaret band and two gunmen are killed during a botched paramilitary attack in Northern Ireland.
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1987
A tornado occurs in Edmonton, Canada.
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1988
Thirty-two people are killed and 1,674 injured when a bridge at the Sultan Abdul Halim ferry terminal collapses in Butterworth, Penang, Malaysia.
Sultan Abdul Halim ferry terminal bridge collapse · Butterworth, Penang · Malaysia
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1991
The United States and Soviet Union both sign the START I Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, the first to reduce (with verification) both countries' stockpiles.
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1992
The nation of Georgia joins the United Nations.
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1992
Thai Airways International Flight 311 crashes into a mountain north of Kathmandu, Nepal killing all 113 people on board.
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1999
Discovery Program: Lunar Prospector: NASA intentionally crashes the spacecraft into the Moon, thus ending its mission to detect frozen water on the moon's surface.
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2006
Fidel Castro hands over power to his brother, Raúl.
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2007
Operation Banner, the presence of the British Army in Northern Ireland, and the longest-running British Army operation ever, comes to an end.
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2012
Michael Phelps breaks the record set in 1964 by Larisa Latynina for the most medals won at the Olympics.
Michael Phelps · Larisa Latynina · List of multiple Olympic medalists
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2014
Gas explosions in the southern Taiwanese city of Kaohsiung kill at least 20 people and injure more than 270.
Berühmte Geburten
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1143
Emperor Nijō of Japan (d. 1165)
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1396
Philip III, Duke of Burgundy (d. 1467)
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1526
Augustus, Elector of Saxony (d. 1586)
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1527
Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1576)
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1595
Philipp Wolfgang, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg (d. 1641)
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1598
Alessandro Algardi, Italian sculptor (d. 1654)
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1686
Charles of France, Duke of Berry (d. 1714)
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1702
Jean Denis Attiret, French missionary and painter (d. 1768)
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1704
Gabriel Cramer, Swiss mathematician and physicist (d. 1752)
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1718
John Canton, English physicist and academic (d. 1772)
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1724
Noël François de Wailly, French lexicographer and author (d. 1801)
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1759
Ignaz Anton von Indermauer, Austrian nobleman and government official (d. 1796)
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1777
Pedro Ignacio de Castro Barros, Argentinian priest and politician (d. 1849)
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1796
Jean-Gaspard Deburau, Czech-French actor and mime (d. 1846)
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1800
Friedrich Wöhler, German chemist and academic (d. 1882)
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1803
John Ericsson, Swedish-American engineer, co-designed the USS Princeton and the Novelty Locomotive (d. 1889)
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1816
George Henry Thomas, American general (d. 1870)
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1826
William S. Clark, American colonel and politician (d. 1886)
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1835
Henri Brisson, French lawyer and politician, 50th Prime Minister of France (d. 1912)
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1835
Paul Du Chaillu, French-American anthropologist and explorer (d. 1903)
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1836
Vasily Sleptsov, Russian author and activist (d. 1878)
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1837
William Quantrill, American captain (d. 1865)
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1839
Ignacio Andrade, Venezuelan general and politician, 25th President of Venezuela (d. 1925)
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1843
Peter Rosegger, Austrian poet and author (d. 1918)
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1847
Ignacio Cervantes, Cuban pianist and composer (d. 1905)
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1854
José Canalejas, Spanish academic and politician, Prime Minister of Spain (d. 1912)
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1856
George Coulthard, Australian cricketer and footballer (d. 1883)
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1858
Richard Dixon Oldham, English seismologist and geologist (d. 1936)
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1860
Mary Vaux Walcott, American painter and illustrator (d. 1940)
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1867
S. S. Kresge, American businessman, founded Kmart (d. 1966)
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1875
Jacques Villon, French painter (d. 1963)
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1880
Premchand, Indian author and playwright (d. 1936)
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1883
Ramón Fonst, Cuban fencer (d. 1959)
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1884
Carl Friedrich Goerdeler, Polish-German economist and politician (d. 1945)
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1886
Salvatore Maranzano, Italian-American mob boss (d. 1931)
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1886
Fred Quimby, American animator and producer (d. 1965)
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1887
Hans Freyer, German sociologist and philosopher (d. 1969)
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1892
Herbert W. Armstrong, American evangelist and publisher, founded Worldwide Church of God (d. 1986)
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1892
Joseph Charbonneau, Canadian archbishop (d. 1959)
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1894
Fred Keenor, Welsh footballer (d. 1972)
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1901
Jean Dubuffet, French painter and sculptor (d. 1985)
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1902
Gubby Allen, Australian-English cricketer and soldier (d. 1989)
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1904
Brett Halliday, American engineer, surveyor, and author (d. 1977)
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1909
Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn, Austrian theorist and author (d. 1999)
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1911
George Liberace, American violinist (d. 1983)
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1912
Bill Brown, Australian cricketer (d. 2008)
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1912
Milton Friedman, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2006)
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1912
Irv Kupcinet, American football player and journalist (d. 2003)
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1913
Bryan Hextall, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1984)
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1914
Paul J. Christiansen, American conductor and composer (d. 1997)
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1914
Louis de Funès, French actor and screenwriter (d. 1983)
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1916
Sibte Hassan, Pakistani journalist, scholar, and activist (d. 1986)
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1916
Billy Hitchcock, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2006)
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1916
Bill Todman, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1979)
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1918
Paul D. Boyer, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
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1918
Hank Jones, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (d. 2010)
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1918
Frank Renouf, New Zealand businessman and financier (d. 1998)
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1919
Hemu Adhikari, Indian cricketer (d. 2003)
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1919
Curt Gowdy, American sportscaster and actor (d. 2006)
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1919
Primo Levi, Italian chemist and author (d. 1987)
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1920
James E. Faust, American religious leader, lawyer, and politician (d. 2007)
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1921
Peter Benenson, English lawyer and activist, founded Amnesty International (d. 2005)
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1921
Donald Malarkey, American sergeant and author
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1921
Whitney Young, American activist (d. 1971)
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1922
Hank Bauer, American baseball player and manager (d. 2007)
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1923
Ahmet Ertegun, Turkish-American songwriter and producer, founded Atlantic Records (d. 2006)
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1923
Stephanie Kwolek, American chemist and engineer, invented Kevlar (d. 2014)
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1924
Jimmy Evert, American tennis player and coach (d. 2015)
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1925
Carmel Quinn, Irish singer, actress and writer
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1925
John Swainson, Canadian-American jurist and politician, 42nd Governor of Michigan (d. 1994)
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1926
Bernard Nathanson, American physician and activist (d. 2011)
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1926
Hilary Putnam, American mathematician, computer scientist, and philosopher (d. 2016)
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1927
Peter Nichols, English author and playwright
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1928
Bill Frenzel, American lieutenant and politician (d. 2014)
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1929
Lynne Reid Banks, English author
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1929
Gilles Carle, Canadian director and screenwriter (d. 2009)
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1929
Don Murray, American actor
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1929
José Santamaría, Uruguayan footballer and manager
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1931
Nick Bollettieri, American tennis player and coach
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1931
Kenny Burrell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1932
Ted Cassidy, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1979)
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1932
John Searle, American philosopher and academic
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1933
Cees Nooteboom, Dutch journalist, author, and poet
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1935
Yvon Deschamps, Canadian comedian, actor, and producer
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1935
Geoffrey Lewis, American actor and screenwriter (d. 2015)
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1939
Steuart Bedford, English pianist and conductor
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1939
Susan Flannery, American actress
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1939
France Nuyen, Vietnamese-French actress
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1941
Amarsinh Chaudhary, Indian politician, 8th Chief Minister of Gujarat (d. 2004)
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1943
William Bennett, American journalist and politician, 3rd United States Secretary of Education
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1943
Lobo, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1944
Geraldine Chaplin, American actress and screenwriter
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1944
Jonathan Dimbleby, English journalist and author
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1944
Sherry Lansing, American film producer
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1944
Robert C. Merton, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
Robert C. Merton · Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
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1944
David Norris, Irish scholar and politician
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1945
William Weld, American lawyer and politician, 68th Governor of Massachusetts
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1946
Gary Lewis, American pop-rock musician
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1947
Karl Green, English bass player and songwriter (Herman's Hermits)
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1947
Richard Griffiths, English actor (d. 2013)
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1947
Mumtaz, Indian actress
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1947
Hubert Védrine, French politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs
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1947
Ian Beck, English children's illustrator and author
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1948
Russell Morris, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1949
Mike Jackson, American basketball player
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1949
Alan Meale, English journalist and politician
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1950
Richard Berry, French actor, director, and screenwriter
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1950
Charlie Williams, English racing motorcyclist
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1951
Evonne Goolagong Cawley, Australian tennis player
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1952
Chris Ahrens, American ice hockey player
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1952
Alan Autry, American football player, actor, and politician, 23rd Mayor of Fresno, California
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1952
Helmuts Balderis, Latvian ice hockey player and coach
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1952
João Barreiros, Portuguese author and critic
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1952
Faye Kellerman, American author
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1953
Ted Baillieu, Australian architect and politician, 46th Premier of Victoria
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1953
Jimmy Cook, South African cricketer and coach
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1953
Hugh McDowell, English cellist
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1954
Derek Smith, Canadian ice hockey player
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1956
Michael Biehn, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
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1956
Bill Callahan, American football player and coach
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1956
Ron Kuby, American lawyer and radio host
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1956
Deval Patrick, American lawyer and politician, 71st Governor of Massachusetts
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1956
Lynne Rae Perkins, American author and illustrator
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1957
Daniel Ash, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1957
Mark Thompson, English business executive
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1958
Bill Berry, American drummer and songwriter
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1958
Mark Cuban, American businessman and television personality
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1958
Suzanne Giraud, French music editor and composer
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1959
Stanley Jordan, American guitarist, pianist, and songwriter
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1959
Andrew Marr, Scottish journalist and author
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1960
Dale Hunter, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
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1960
Malcolm Ross, Scottish guitarist and songwriter
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1961
Frank Gardner, English captain and journalist
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1961
Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, Nigerian banker, royal
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1962
John Chiang, American lawyer and politician, 31st California State Controller
John Chiang (California politician) · California State Controller
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1962
Kevin Greene, American football player and coach
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1962
Wesley Snipes, American actor and producer
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1963
Norman Cook (Fatboy Slim), English DJ and musician
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1963
Fergus Henderson, English chef and author
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1963
Brian Skrudland, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
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1964
Jim Corr, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1964
Urmas Hepner, Estonian footballer and coach
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1965
Scott Brooks, American basketball player and coach
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1965
John Laurinaitis, American wrestler and producer
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1965
Ian Roberts, English-Australian rugby league player and actor
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1965
J. K. Rowling, English author and film producer; created Harry Potter
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1966
Dean Cain, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
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1967
Tony Massenburg, American basketball player
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1967
Tim Wright, Welsh composer
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1968
Saeed-Al-Saffar, Emirati cricketer
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1968
Julian Richards, Welsh director and producer
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1969
Antonio Conte, Italian footballer and manager
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1969
Loren Dean, American actor
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1969
Kenneth D. Schisler, American lawyer and politician
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1970
Ahmad Akbarpour, Iranian author and poet
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1970
Ben Chaplin, English actor
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1970
Andrzej Kobylański, Polish footballer and manager
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1970
Giorgos Sigalas, Greek basketball player, coach, and sportscaster
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1971
Gus Frerotte, American football player and coach
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1973
Nathan Brown, Australian rugby league player and coach
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1974
Leona Naess, American-English singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1974
Jonathan Ogden, American football player
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1975
Randy Flores, American baseball player and coach
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1975
Andrew Hall, South African cricketer
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1975
Gabe Kapler, American baseball player and manager
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1976
Joshua Cain, American guitarist and producer
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1976
Paulo Wanchope, Costa Rican footballer and manager
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1978
Zac Brown, American country singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1978
Will Champion, English drummer and singer
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1978
Nick Sorensen, American football player and sportscaster
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1978
Justin Wilson, English race car driver (d. 2015)
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1979
Jaco Erasmus, South African-Italian rugby player
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1979
J.J. Furmaniak, American baseball player
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1979
Per Krøldrup, Danish footballer
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1979
Carlos Marchena, Spanish footballer
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1979
B.J. Novak, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
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1980
Mikko Hirvonen, Finnish race car driver
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1980
Mils Muliaina, New Zealand rugby player
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1981
Titus Bramble, English footballer
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1981
Vernon Carey, American football player
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1981
Paul Whatuira, New Zealand rugby league player
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1982
Anabel Medina Garrigues, Spanish tennis player
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1982
DeMarcus Ware, American football player
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1985
Daniel Ciofani, Italian footballer
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1985
Rémy Di Gregorio, French cyclist
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1986
Evgeni Malkin, Russian ice hockey player
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1986
Brian Orakpo, American football player
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1987
Michael Bradley, American soccer player
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1988
Alex Glenn, New Zealand rugby league player
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1989
Victoria Azarenka, Belorussian tennis player
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1991
Réka Luca Jani, Hungarian tennis player
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1992
José Fernández, Cuban baseball player (d. 2016)
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1992
Ryan Johansen, Canadian ice hockey player
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1992
Kyle Larson, American race car driver
Berühmte Todesfälle
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54 BC
Aurelia Cotta, Roman mother of Gaius Julius Caesar (b. 120 BC)
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450
Peter Chrysologus, Italian bishop and saint (b. 380)
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910
Feng Xingxi, Chinese warlord
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1098
Hugh of Montgomery, 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury
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1358
Étienne Marcel, French rebel leader (b. 1302)
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1396
William Courtenay, English archbishop and politician, Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom (b. 1342)
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1508
Na'od, Ethiopian emperor
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1556
Ignatius of Loyola, Spanish priest and theologian, founded the Society of Jesus (b. 1491)
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1616
Roger Wilbraham, Solicitor-General for Ireland (b. 1553)
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1638
Sibylla Schwarz, German poet of the Baroque era (b.1621)
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1653
Thomas Dudley, English soldier and politician, 3rd Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony (b. 1576)
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1693
Willem Kalf, Dutch still life painter (b.1619)
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1726
Nicolaus II Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician and theorist (b. 1695)
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1750
John V of Portugal (b. 1689)
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1762
Luis Vicente de Velasco e Isla Spanish sailor and commander (b. 1711)
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1784
Denis Diderot, French philosopher and critic (b. 1713)
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1805
Dheeran Chinnamalai, Indian soldier (b. 1756)
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1864
Louis Christophe François Hachette, French publisher (b. 1800)
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1875
Andrew Johnson, American general and politician, 17th President of the United States (b. 1808)
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1884
Kiến Phúc, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1869)
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1886
Franz Liszt, Hungarian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1811)
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1891
Jean-Baptiste Capronnier, Belgian stained glass painter (b. 1814)
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1913
John Milne, British geologist and mining engineer. (b. 1850)
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1914
Jean Jaurès, French journalist and politician (b. 1859)
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1917
Hedd Wyn, Welsh language poet (b. 1887)
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1917
Francis Ledwidge, Irish soldier and poet (b. 1881)
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1920
Ion Dragoumis, Greek philosopher and diplomat (b. 1878)
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1940
Udham Singh, Indian activist (b. 1899)
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1943
Hedley Verity, English cricketer and soldier (b. 1905)
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1942
Francis Younghusband, British Army Officer, explorer and spiritual writer (b.1863)
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1944
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, French pilot and poet (b. 1900)
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1953
Robert A. Taft, American soldier and politician (b. 1889)
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1954
Onofre Marimón, Argentinian race car driver (b. 1923)
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1958
Eino Kaila, Finnish philosopher and psychologist, attendant of the Vienna circle (b. 1890)
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1964
Jim Reeves, American singer-songwriter (b. 1923)
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1966
Bud Powell, American pianist (b. 1924)
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1968
Jack Pizzey, Australian politician, 29th Premier of Queensland (b. 1911)
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1971
Walter P. Carter, American soldier and activist (b. 1923)
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1972
Paul-Henri Spaak, Belgian lawyer and politician, 40th Prime Minister of Belgium (b. 1899)
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1973
Azumafuji Kin'ichi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 40th Yokozuna (b. 1921)
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1979
Beatrix Lehmann, English actress and director (b. 1903)
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1980
Pascual Jordan, German physicist, author, and academic (b. 1902)
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1981
Omar Torrijos, Panamanian general and politician, Military Leader of Panama (b. 1929)
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1985
Eugene Carson Blake, American religious leader (b. 1906)
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1986
Chiune Sugihara, Japanese diplomat (b. 1900)
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1987
Joseph E. Levine, American film producer (b, 1905)
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1990
Albert Leduc, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1902)
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1992
Leonard Cheshire, English captain and pilot (b. 1917)
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1993
Baudouin, King of Belgium (b. 1930)
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2000
William Keepers Maxwell Jr., American editor, novelist, short story writer, and essayist (b. 1908)
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2001
Francisco da Costa Gomes, Portuguese general and politician, 15th President of Portugal (b. 1914)
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2001
Friedrich Franz, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (b. 1910)
Friedrich Franz, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
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2003
Guido Crepax, Italian author and illustrator (b. 1933)
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2004
Virginia Grey, American actress (b. 1917)
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2005
Wim Duisenberg, Dutch economist and politician, 1st President of the European Central Bank (b. 1935)
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2009
Bobby Robson, English footballer and manager (b. 1933)
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2009
Harry Alan Towers, English-Canadian screenwriter and producer (b. 1920)
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2012
Mollie Hunter, Scottish author and playwright (b. 1922)
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2012
Alfredo Ramos, Brazilian footballer and coach (b. 1924)
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2012
Gore Vidal, American novelist, screenwriter, and critic (b. 1925)
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2012
Tony Sly, Musician, Singer-Songwriter (b. 1970)
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2013
Michael Ansara, Syrian-American actor (b. 1922)
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2013
Michel Donnet, English-Belgian general and pilot (b. 1917)
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2013
John Graves, American captain and author (b. 1920)
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2013
Trevor Storer, English businessman, founded Pukka Pies (b. 1930)
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2014
Warren Bennis, American scholar, author, and academic (b. 1925)
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2014
Nabarun Bhattacharya, Indian journalist and author (b. 1948)
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2014
Jeff Bourne, English footballer (b. 1948)
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2014
Wilfred Feinberg, American lawyer and judge (b. 1920)
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2015
Alan Cheuse, American writer and critic (b. 1940)
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2015
Howard W. Jones, American surgeon and academic (b. 1910)
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2015
Billy Pierce, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1927)
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2015
Roddy Piper, Canadian wrestler and actor (b. 1954)
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2015
Richard Schweiker, American soldier and politician, 14th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services (b. 1926)
Richard Schweiker · United States Secretary of Health and Human Services
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2016
Chiyonofuji Mitsugu, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 58th Yokozuna (b. 1955)
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2016
Seymour Papert, South African mathematician (b. 1928)
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2017
Jeanne Moreau, French actress (b. 1928)