January 16 — On This Day
347 entries
Events
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27 BC
Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus is granted the title Augustus by the Roman Senate, marking the beginning of the Roman Empire.
Augustus · Augustus (honorific) · Roman Senate · Roman Empire
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378
General Siyaj K'ak' conquers Tikal, enlarging the domain of King Spearthrower Owl of Teotihuacán.
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550
Gothic War: The Ostrogoths, under King Totila, conquer Rome after a long siege, by bribing the Isaurian garrison.
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929
Emir Abd-ar-Rahman III established the Caliphate of Córdoba.
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1120
The Council of Nablus is held, establishing the earliest surviving written laws of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem.
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1362
A storm tide in the North Sea ravages the East coast of England and destroys the German city of Rungholt on the island of Strand.
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1412
The Medici family is appointed official banker of the Papacy.
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1492
The first grammar of the Spanish language (Gramática de la lengua castellana) is presented to Queen Isabella I.
Grammar · Spanish language · Gramática de la lengua castellana · Isabella I of Castile
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1547
Ivan the Terrible becomes Czar of Russia.
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1556
Philip II becomes King of Spain.
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1572
Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk is tried for treason for his part in the Ridolfi plot to restore Catholicism in England.
Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk · Ridolfi plot · Catholicism
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1605
The first edition of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha (Book One of Don Quixote) by Miguel de Cervantes is published in Madrid, Spain.
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1707
The Scottish Parliament ratifies the Act of Union, paving the way for the creation of Great Britain.
Parliament of Scotland · Acts of Union 1707 · Kingdom of Great Britain
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1780
American Revolutionary War: Battle of Cape St. Vincent.
American Revolutionary War · Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1780)
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1786
Virginia enacts the Statute for Religious Freedom authored by Thomas Jefferson.
Virginia · Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom · Thomas Jefferson
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1809
Peninsular War: The British defeat the French at the Battle of La Coruña.
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1847
John C. Frémont is appointed Governor of the new California Territory.
John C. Frémont · List of Governors of California · California
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1862
Hartley Colliery disaster: Two hundred and four men and boys killed in a mining disaster, prompted a change in UK law which henceforth required all collieries to have at least two independent means of escape.
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1878
Russo-Turkish War (1877-78): Battle of Philippopolis: Captain Aleksandr Burago with a squadron of Russian Imperial army dragoons liberates Plovdiv from Ottoman rule.
Russo-Turkish War (1877-78) · Battle of Philippopolis (1878) · Aleksandr Burago · Squadron (army) · Russian Empire
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1883
The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, establishing the United States Civil Service, is passed.
Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act · United States Civil Service Commission
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1900
The United States Senate accepts the Anglo-German treaty of 1899 in which the United Kingdom renounces its claims to the Samoan islands.
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1909
Ernest Shackleton's expedition finds the magnetic South Pole.
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1919
Temperance movement: The United States ratifies the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, requiring Prohibition in the United States one year after ratification.
Temperance movement in the United States · Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution · Prohibition in the United States
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1920
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Incorporated was founded on the campus of Howard University.
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1920
The League of Nations holds its first council meeting in Paris, France.
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1921
The Marxist Left in Slovakia and the Transcarpathian Ukraine holds its founding congress in Ľubochňa.
Marxist Left in Slovakia and the Transcarpathian Ukraine · Ľubochňa
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1924
Eleftherios Venizelos becomes Prime Minister of Greece for the fourth time.
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1938
Benny Goodman and his band performed in concert at Carnegie Hall in New York City
Benny Goodman · The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert · The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert
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1942
Crash of TWA Flight 3, killing all 22 aboard, including film star Carole Lombard.
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1945
Adolf Hitler moves into his underground bunker, the so-called Führerbunker.
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1964
Hello, Dolly! opened on Broadway, beginning a run of 2,844 performances.
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1969
Czech student Jan Palach commits suicide by self-immolation in Prague, Czechoslovakia, in protest against the Soviets' crushing of the Prague Spring the year before.
Czechs · Jan Palach · Self-immolation · Prague · Soviet Union
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1969
Soviet spacecraft Soyuz 4 and Soyuz 5 perform the first-ever docking of manned spacecraft in orbit, the first-ever transfer of crew from one space vehicle to another, and the only time such a transfer was accomplished with a space walk.
Soyuz 4 · Soyuz 5 · Low Earth orbit · Extravehicular activity
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1970
Buckminster Fuller receives the Gold Medal award from the American Institute of Architects.
Buckminster Fuller · AIA Gold Medal · American Institute of Architects
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1979
The last Iranian Shah flees Iran with his family for good and relocates to Egypt.
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1992
El Salvador officials and rebel leaders sign the Chapultepec Peace Accords in Mexico City, Mexico ending the 12-year Salvadoran Civil War that claimed at least 75,000 lives.
El Salvador · Chapultepec Peace Accords · Mexico City · Salvadoran Civil War
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2001
Congolese President Laurent-Désiré Kabila is assassinated by one of his own bodyguards.
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2001
US President Bill Clinton awards former President Theodore Roosevelt a posthumous Medal of Honor for his service in the Spanish-American War.
Bill Clinton · Theodore Roosevelt · Medal of Honor · Spanish-American War
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2002
The UN Security Council unanimously establishes an arms embargo and the freezing of assets of Osama bin Laden, al-Qaeda, and the remaining members of the Taliban.
United Nations Security Council · Osama bin Laden · Al-Qaeda · Taliban
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2003
The Space Shuttle Columbia takes off for mission STS-107 which would be its final one. Columbia disintegrated 16 days later on re-entry.
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2006
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is sworn in as Liberia's new president. She becomes Africa's first female elected head of state.
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2016
33 out of 126 freed hostages are injured and 23 killed in terrorist attacks in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso on a hotel and a nearby restaurant.
Famous Births
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972
Sheng Zong, emperor of the Liao Dynasty (d. 1031)
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1093
Isaac Komnenos, son of Byzantine emperor Alexios I Komnenos (d. 1152)
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1245
Edmund Crouchback, English politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (d. 1296)
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1362
Robert de Vere, duke of Ireland (d. 1392)
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1409
René of Anjou, king of Naples (d. 1480)
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1477
Johannes Schöner, German astronomer and cartographer (d. 1547)
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1501
Anthony Denny, confidant of Henry VIII of England (d. 1559)
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1516
Bayinnaung, king of Burma (d. 1581)
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1558
Jakobea of Baden, Margravine of Baden by birth, Duchess of Jülich-Cleves-Berg by marriage (d. 1597)
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1616
François de Vendôme, duke of Beaufort (d. 1669)
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1626
Lucas Achtschellinck, Belgian painter and educator (d. 1699)
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1630
Guru Har Rai, Sikh Guru (d. 1661)
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1634
Dorothe Engelbretsdatter, Norwegian author and poet (d. 1716)
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1675
Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon, French soldier and diplomat (d. 1755)
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1691
Peter Scheemakers, Belgian sculptor and educator (d. 1781)
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1728
Niccolò Piccinni, Italian composer and educator (d. 1800)
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1749
Vittorio Alfieri, Italian poet and playwright (d. 1803)
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1757
Richard Goodwin Keats, English admiral and politician, 3rd Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland (d. 1834)
Richard Goodwin Keats · List of lieutenant governors of Newfoundland and Labrador
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1807
Charles Henry Davis, American admiral (d. 1877)
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1815
Henry Halleck, American lawyer, general, and scholar (d. 1872)
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1821
John C. Breckinridge, American general and politician, 14th Vice President of the United States (d. 1875)
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1834
Robert R. Hitt, American lawyer and politician, 13th United States Assistant Secretary of State (d. 1906)
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1836
Francis II of the Two Sicilies (d. 1894)
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1838
Franz Brentano, German philosopher and psychologist (d. 1917)
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1851
William Hall-Jones, English-New Zealand politician, 16th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1936)
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1853
Johnston Forbes-Robertson, English actor and manager (d. 1937)
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1853
Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton, Greek-English general (d. 1947)
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1853
André Michelin, French businessman, co-founded the Michelin Tyre Company (d. 1931)
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1870
Jüri Jaakson, Estonian businessman and politician, State Elder of Estonia (d. 1942)
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1872
Henri Büsser, French organist, composer, and conductor (d. 1973)
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1874
Robert W. Service, English-Canadian poet and author (d. 1958)
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1875
Leonor Michaelis, German biochemist and physician (d. 1949)
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1876
Claude Buckenham, English cricketer and footballer (d. 1937)
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1878
Harry Carey, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1947)
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1880
Samuel Jones, American high jumper (d. 1954)
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1882
Margaret Wilson, American author (d. 1973)
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1885
Zhou Zuoren, Chinese author and translator (d. 1967)
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1888
Osip Brik, Russian avant garde writer and literary critic (d. 1945)
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1892
Homer Burton Adkins, American chemist (d. 1949)
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1893
Daisy Kennedy, Australian-English violinist (d. 1981)
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1894
Irving Mills, American publisher (d. 1985)
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1895
Evripidis Bakirtzis, Greek soldier and politician (d. 1947)
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1895
T. M. Sabaratnam, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician (d. 1966)
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1895
Nat Schachner, American lawyer, chemist, and author (d. 1955)
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1897
Carlos Pellicer, Mexican poet and academic (d. 1977)
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1898
Margaret Booth, American producer and editor (d. 2002)
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1898
Irving Rapper, American film director and producer (d. 1999)
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1900
Kiku Amino, Japanese author and translator (d. 1978) [1]
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1900
Edith Frank, German-Dutch mother of Anne Frank (d. 1945) [2]
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1901
Fulgencio Batista, Cuban colonel and politician, 9th President of Cuba (d. 1973)
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1901
Frank Zamboni, American businessman, founded the Zamboni Company (d. 1988)
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1902
Eric Liddell, Scottish runner, rugby player, and missionary (d. 1945)
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1903
William Grover-Williams, English-French race car driver (d. 1945)
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1905
Ernesto Halffter, Spanish composer and conductor (d. 1989)
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1906
Johannes Brenner, Estonian footballer and pilot (d. 1975)
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1906
Diana Wynyard, English actress (d. 1964)
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1907
Alexander Knox, Canadian-English actor and screenwriter (d. 1995)
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1907
Paul Nitze, American banker and politician, 10th United States Secretary of the Navy (d. 2004)
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1908
Sammy Crooks, English footballer (d. 1981)
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1908
Ethel Merman, American actress and singer (d. 1984)
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1908
Günther Prien, German captain (d. 1941)
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1909
Clement Greenberg, American art critic (d. 1994)
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1910
Dizzy Dean, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 1974)
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1911
Ivan Barrow, Jamaican cricketer (d. 1979)
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1911
Eduardo Frei Montalva, Chilean lawyer and politician, 28th President of Chile (d. 1982)
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1911
Roger Lapébie, French cyclist (d. 1996)
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1914
Roger Wagner, French-American conductor and educator (d. 1992)
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1915
Leslie H. Martinson, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2016)
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1916
Eddie Burns, Australian rugby league player and coach (d. 2004)
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1916
Philip Lucock, English-Australian minister and politician (d. 1996)
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1917
Carl Karcher, American businessman, founded Carl's Jr. (d. 2008)
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1918
Nel Benschop, Dutch poet and educator (d. 2005)
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1918
Allan Ekelund, Swedish director, producer, and production manager (d. 2009)
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1918
Clem Jones, Australian surveyor and politician, 8th Lord Mayor of Brisbane (d. 2007)
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1918
Stirling Silliphant, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1996)
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1919
Jerome Horwitz, American chemist and academic (d. 2012)
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1920
Alberto Crespo, Argentinian race car driver (d. 1991)
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1920
Elliott Reid, American actor and screenwriter (d. 2013)
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1921
Francesco Scavullo, American photographer (d. 2004)
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1923
Gene Feist, American director and playwright, co-founded the Roundabout Theatre Company (d. 2014)
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1923
Anthony Hecht, American poet (d. 2004)
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1923
Keith Shackleton, English painter and television host (d. 2015)
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1924
Katy Jurado, Mexican actress (d. 2002)
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1925
Peter Hirsch, German-English metallurgist and academic
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1925
James Robinson Risner, American general and pilot (d. 2013)
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1928
William Kennedy, American novelist and journalist
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1928
Pilar Lorengar, Spanish soprano and actress (d. 1996)
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1929
Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah, Sri Lankan anthropologist and academic (d. 2014)
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1930
Mary Ann McMorrow, American lawyer and judge (d. 2013)
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1930
Norman Podhoretz, American journalist and author
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1931
John Enderby, English physicist and academic
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1931
Robert L. Park, American physicist and academic
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1931
Johannes Rau, German journalist and politician, 8th Federal President of Germany (d. 2006)
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1932
Victor Ciocâltea, Romanian chess player (d. 1983)
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1932
Dian Fossey, American zoologist and anthropologist (d. 1985)
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1933
Susan Sontag, American novelist, essayist, and critic (d. 2004)
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1934
Bob Bogle, American rock guitarist and bass player (d. 2009)
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1934
Marilyn Horne, American soprano and actress
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1935
A. J. Foyt, American race car driver
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1935
Udo Lattek, German footballer, manager, and sportscaster (d. 2015)
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1936
Michael White, Scottish actor and producer (d. 2016)
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1937
Luiz Bueno, Brazilian race car driver (d. 2011)
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1937
Francis George, American cardinal (d. 2015)
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1938
Marina Vaizey, American journalist and critic
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1939
Ralph Gibson, American photographer
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1941
Christine Truman, English tennis player and sportscaster
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1942
René Angélil, Canadian singer and manager (d. 2016)
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1942
Barbara Lynn, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1943
Gavin Bryars, English bassist and composer
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1943
Ronnie Milsap, American singer and pianist
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1944
Dieter Moebius, Swiss-German keyboard player and producer (d. 2015)
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1944
Jim Stafford, American singer-songwriter and actor
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1944
Jill Tarter, American astronomer and biologist
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1944
Judy Baar Topinka, American journalist and politician (d. 2014)
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1945
Wim Suurbier, Dutch footballer and manager
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1946
Katia Ricciarelli, Italian soprano and actress
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1947
Elaine Murphy, Baroness Murphy, English academic and politician
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1947
Harvey Proctor, English politician
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1947
Laura Schlessinger, American physiologist, talk show host, and author
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1948
John Carpenter, American director, producer, screenwriter, and composer
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1948
Ants Laaneots, Estonian general
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1948
Ruth Reichl, American journalist and critic
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1949
Anne F. Beiler, American businesswoman, founded Auntie Anne's
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1949
R. F. Foster, Irish historian and academic
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1949
Andrew Refshauge, Australian physician and politician, 13th Deputy Premier of New South Wales
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1950
Debbie Allen, American actress, dancer, and choreographer
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1950
Robert Schimmel, American comedian, actor, and producer (d. 2010)
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1952
Fuad II, King of Egypt
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1952
Piercarlo Ghinzani, Italian race car driver and manager
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1952
L. Blaine Hammond, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut
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1952
Julie Anne Peters, American engineer and author
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1953
Robert Jay Mathews, American militant, founded The Order (d. 1984)
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1954
Wolfgang Schmidt, German discus thrower
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1954
Vasili Zhupikov, Russian footballer and coach (d. 2015)
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1955
Jerry M. Linenger, American captain, physician, and astronaut
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1956
Wayne Daniel, Barbadian cricketer
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1957
Jurijs Andrejevs, Latvian footballer and manager
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1957
Ricardo Darín, Argentinian actor, director, and screenwriter
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1957
Mark Pawsey, English businessman and politician
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1958
Andriy Bal, Ukrainian footballer and coach (d. 2014)
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1958
Anatoli Boukreev, Russian mountaineer and explorer (d. 1997)
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1958
Lena Ek, Swedish lawyer and politician, 9th Swedish Minister for the Environment
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1958
Andris Šķēle, Latvian businessman and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Latvia
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1959
Lisa Milroy, Canadian painter and educator
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1959
Sade, Nigerian-English singer-songwriter and producer
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1961
Kenneth Sivertsen, Norwegian guitarist and composer (d. 2006)
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1962
Joel Fitzgibbon, Australian electrician and politician, 51st Australian Minister of Defence
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1962
Maxine Jones, American R&B singer-songwriter and actress
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1964
Gail Graham, Canadian golfer
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1966
Jack McDowell, American baseball player
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1968
Rebecca Stead, American author
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1969
Neil Back, English rugby player and coach
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1969
Marinus Bester, German footballer
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1969
Stevie Jackson, Scottish guitarist and songwriter
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1969
Roy Jones Jr., American boxer
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1970
Ron Villone, American baseball player and coach
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1971
Sergi Bruguera, Spanish tennis player and coach
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1971
Josh Evans, American film producer, screenwriter and actor
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1971
Jonathan Mangum, American actor
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1972
Ruben Bagger, Danish footballer
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1972
Ang Christou, Australian footballer
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1972
Yuri Alekseevich Drozdov, Russian footballer and manager
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1972
Ezra Hendrickson, Vincentian footballer and manager
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1972
Joe Horn, American football player and coach
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1974
Marlon Anderson, American baseball player and sportscaster
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1974
John Hopoate, Tongan-Australian rugby league player and boxer
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1974
Kate Moss, English model and fashion designer
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1976
Viktor Maslov, Russian race car driver
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1976
Martina Moravcová, Slovak swimmer
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1977
Jeff Foster, American basketball player
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1978
Alfredo Amézaga, Mexican baseball player
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1979
Aaliyah, American singer and actress (d. 2001)
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1979
Brenden Morrow, Canadian ice hockey player
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1979
Jason Ward, Canadian ice hockey player
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1980
Lin-Manuel Miranda, American actor, playwright, and composer
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1980
Albert Pujols, Dominican-American baseball player
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1981
Jamie Lundmark, Canadian ice hockey player
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1981
Paul Rofe, Australian cricketer
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1982
Preston, English singer-songwriter
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1982
Tuncay Şanlı, Turkish footballer
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1983
Emanuel Pogatetz, Austrian footballer
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1983
Andriy Rusol, Ukrainian footballer
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1984
Stephan Lichtsteiner, Swiss footballer
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1984
Miroslav Radović, Serbian footballer
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1985
Joe Flacco, American football player
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1985
Jayde Herrick, Australian cricketer
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1985
Gintaras Januševičius, Russian-Lithuanian pianist
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1985
Jonathan Richter, Danish footballer
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1986
Johannes Rahn, German footballer
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1986
Mark Trumbo, American baseball player
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1986
Reto Ziegler, Swiss footballer
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1987
Jake Epstein, Canadian actor
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1987
Charlotte Henshaw, English swimmer
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1988
Nicklas Bendtner, Danish footballer
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1988
Jorge Torres Nilo, Mexican footballer
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1991
Matt Duchene, Canadian ice hockey player
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1993
Hannes Anier, Estonian footballer
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1993
Amandine Hesse, French tennis player
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1995
Mikaela Turik, Australian-Canadian cricketer
Famous Deaths
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654
Gao Jifu, Chinese politician and chancellor (b. 596)
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957
Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Ali al-Madhara'i, Tulunid vizier (b. 871)
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970
Polyeuctus of Constantinople, Byzantine patriarch (b. 956)
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1263
Shinran Shonin, Japanese founder of the Jodo Shinshu branch of Pure Land Buddhism
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1289
Buqa, Mongol minister
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1327
Nikephoros Choumnos, Byzantine monk, scholar, and politician (b. 1250)
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1354
Joanna of Châtillon, duchess of Athens (b. c.1285)
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1373
Humphrey de Bohun, 7th Earl of Hereford (b. 1342)
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1391
Muhammed V of Granada, Nasrid emir (b. 1338)
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1400
John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter, English politician, Lord Great Chamberlain (b. 1352)
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1443
Erasmo of Narni, Italian mercenary (b. 1370)
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1545
George Spalatin, German priest and reformer (b. 1484)
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1547
Johannes Schöner, German astronomer and cartographer (b. 1477)
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1554
Christiern Pedersen, Danish publisher and scholar (b. 1480)
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1585
Edward Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln, English admiral and politician (b. 1512)
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1595
Murad III, Ottoman sultan (b. 1546)
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1659
Charles Annibal Fabrot, French lawyer (b. 1580)
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1710
Higashiyama, Japanese emperor (b. 1675)
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1711
Joseph Vaz, Indian-Sri Lankan priest and saint (b. 1651)
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1747
Barthold Heinrich Brockes, German poet and playwright (b. 1680)
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1748
Arnold Drakenborch, Dutch lawyer and scholar (b. 1684)
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1750
Ivan Trubetskoy, Russian field marshal and politician (b. 1667)
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1752
Francis Blomefield, English historian and author (b. 1705)
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1794
Edward Gibbon, English historian and politician (b. 1737)
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1809
John Moore, Scottish general and politician (b. 1761)
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1817
Alexander J. Dallas, Jamaican-American lawyer and politician, 6th United States Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1759)
Alexander J. Dallas (statesman) · United States Secretary of the Treasury
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1834
Jean Nicolas Pierre Hachette, French mathematician and academic (b. 1769)
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1856
Thaddeus William Harris, American entomologist and botanist (b. 1795)
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1864
Anton Schindler, Austrian secretary and author (b. 1795)
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1865
Edmond François Valentin About, French journalist and author (b. 1828)
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1879
Octave Crémazie, Canadian-French poet and bookseller (b. 1827)
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1886
Amilcare Ponchielli, Italian composer and academic (b. 1834)
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1891
Léo Delibes, French pianist and composer (b. 1836)
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1898
Charles Pelham Villiers, English lawyer and politician (b. 1802)
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1901
Jules Barbier, French poet and playwright (b. 1825)
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1901
Arnold Böcklin, Swiss painter and academic (b. 1827)
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1901
Hiram Rhodes Revels, American soldier, minister, and politician (b. 1822)
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1906
Marshall Field, American businessman and philanthropist, founded Marshall Field's (b. 1834)
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1917
George Dewey, American admiral (b. 1837)
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1919
Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 5th President of Brazil (b. 1848)
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1933
Bekir Sami Kunduh, Turkish politician (b. 1867)
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1936
Albert Fish, American serial killer, rapist and cannibal.
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1938
Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay Indian author and playwright (b. 1876)
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1942
Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (b. 1850)
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1942
Villem Grünthal-Ridala, Estonian poet and linguist (b. 1885)
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1942
Carole Lombard, American actress and comedian (b. 1908)
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1942
Ernst Scheller, German lawyer and politician, Mayor of Marburg (b. 1899)
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1957
Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone, English general and politician, 16th Governor General of Canada (b. 1874)
Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone · Governor General of Canada
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1957
Arturo Toscanini, Italian cellist and conductor (b. 1867)
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1959
Phan Khôi, Vietnamese journalist and author (b. 1887)
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1960
Arthur Darby, English rugby player (b. 1876)
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1961
Max Schöne, German swimmer (b. 1880)
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1962
Frank Hurley, Australian photographer, director, producer, and cinematographer (b. 1885)
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1962
Ivan Meštrović, Croatian sculptor and architect, designed the Monument to the Unknown Hero (b. 1883)
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1967
Robert J. Van de Graaff, American physicist and academic (b. 1901)
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1968
Bob Jones Sr., American evangelist, founded Bob Jones University (b. 1883)
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1968
Panagiotis Poulitsas, Greek archaeologist and judge (b. 1881)
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1969
Vernon Duke, Russian-American composer and songwriter (b. 1903)
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1971
Philippe Thys, Belgian cyclist (b. 1890)
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1972
Teller Ammons, American soldier and politician, 28th Governor of Colorado (b. 1895)
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1972
Ross Bagdasarian, Sr., American singer-songwriter, pianist, producer, and actor, created Alvin and the Chipmunks (b. 1919)
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1973
Edgar Sampson, American musician and composer (b. 1907)
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1975
Israel Abramofsky, Russian-American painter (b. 1888)
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1978
A. V. Kulasingham, Sri Lankan journalist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1890)
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1986
Herbert W. Armstrong, American evangelist, author, and publisher (b. 1892)
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1987
Bertram Wainer, Australian physician and activist (b. 1928)
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1988
Andrija Artuković, Croatian politician, war criminal, and Porajmos perpetrator, 1st Minister of Interior of the Independent State of Croatia (b. 1899)
Andrija Artuković · Porajmos · Minister of Interior of the Independent State of Croatia
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1995
Eric Mottram, English poet and critic (b. 1924)
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1996
Marcia Davenport, American author and critic (b. 1903)
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1996
Kaye Webb, English journalist and publisher (b. 1914)
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1999
Jim McClelland, Australian lawyer, jurist, and politician, 12th Minister for Industry and Science (b. 1915)
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2000
Robert R. Wilson, American physicist and academic (b. 1914)
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2001
Auberon Waugh, English author and journalist (b. 1939)
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2002
Robert Hanbury Brown, English astronomer and physicist (b. 1916)
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2003
Richard Wainwright, English politician (b. 1918)
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2004
Kalevi Sorsa, Finnish politician 34th Prime Minister of Finland (b. 1930)
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2005
Marjorie Williams, American journalist and author (b. 1958)
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2006
Stanley Biber, American soldier and physician (b. 1923)
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2007
Benny Parsons, American race car driver and sportscaster (b. 1941)
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2009
Joe Erskine, American boxer and runner (b. 1930)
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2009
John Mortimer, English lawyer and author (b. 1923)
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2009
Andrew Wyeth, American painter (b. 1917)
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2010
Jyoti Basu, Indian lawyer and politician, 9th Chief Minister of West Bengal (b. 1914)
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2010
Takumi Shibano, Japanese author and translator (b. 1926)
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2012
Joe Bygraves, Jamaican-English boxer (b. 1931)
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2012
Jimmy Castor, American singer-songwriter and saxophonist (b. 1940)
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2012
Sigursteinn Gíslason, Icelandic footballer and manager (b. 1968)
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2012
Lorna Kesterson, American journalist and politician (b. 1925)
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2012
Gustav Leonhardt, Dutch pianist, conductor, and musicologist (b. 1928)
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2013
Wayne D. Anderson, American baseball player and coach (b. 1930)
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2013
André Cassagnes, French technician and toy maker, created the Etch A Sketch (b. 1926)
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2013
Gussie Moran, American tennis player and sportscaster (b. 1923)
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2013
Pauline Phillips, American journalist and radio host, created Dear Abby (b. 1918)
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2013
Glen P. Robinson, American businessman, founded Scientific Atlanta (b. 1923)
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2014
Gary Arlington, American author and illustrator (b. 1938)
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2014
Ruth Duccini, American actress (b. 1918)
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2014
Wiley W. Hilburn, American journalist and academic (b. 1938)
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2014
Dave Madden, Canadian-American actor (b. 1931)
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2014
Hiroo Onoda, Japanese lieutenant (b. 1922)
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2015
Miriam Akavia, Polish-Israeli author and translator (b. 1927)
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2015
Yao Beina, Chinese singer (b. 1981)
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2016
Joannis Avramidis, Greek sculptor (b. 1922)
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2016
Ted Marchibroda, American football player and coach (b. 1931)
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2017
Eugene Cernan, American captain, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1934)