January 19 — On This Day
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Events
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379
Emperor Gratian elevates Flavius Theodosius at Sirmium to Augustus, and gives him authority over all the eastern provinces of the Roman Empire.
Gratian · Theodosius I · Sirmium · Augustus (honorific) · Roman Empire
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639
Clovis II, king of Neustria and Burgundy, is crowned.
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649
Conquest of Kucha: The forces of Kucha surrender after a forty-day siege led by Tang dynasty general Ashina She'er, establishing Tang control over the northern Tarim Basin in Xinjiang.
Conquest of Kucha · Siege · Tang dynasty · Tarim Basin · Xinjiang
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1419
Hundred Years' War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England, completing his reconquest of Normandy.
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1511
Mirandola surrenders to the French.
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1520
Sten Sture the Younger, the Regent of Sweden, is mortally wounded at the Battle of Bogesund.
Sten Sture the Younger · Regent of Sweden · Battle of Bogesund
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1607
San Agustin Church in Manila is officially completed; it is the oldest church still standing in the Philippines.
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1661
Thomas Venner is hanged, drawn and quartered in London.
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1764
John Wilkes is expelled from the British House of Commons for seditious libel.
John Wilkes · House of Commons of the United Kingdom · Seditious libel
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1788
The second group of ships of the First Fleet arrive at Botany Bay.
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1795
The Batavian Republic is proclaimed in the Netherlands, bringing to an end the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands.
Batavian Republic · Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
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1806
Britain occupies the Dutch Cape Colony after the Battle of Blaauwberg.
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1812
Peninsular War: After a ten-day siege, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, orders British soldiers of the Light and third divisions to storm Ciudad Rodrigo.
Peninsular War · Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington · Ciudad Rodrigo
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1817
An army of 5,423 soldiers, led by General José de San Martín, crosses the Andes from Argentina to liberate Chile and then Peru.
José de San Martín · Crossing of the Andes · Argentina · Chile · Peru
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1829
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust: The First Part of the Tragedy receives its premiere performance.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe · Faust: The First Part of the Tragedy
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1839
The British East India Company captures Aden.
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1853
Giuseppe Verdi's opera Il trovatore receives its premiere performance in Rome.
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1861
American Civil War: Georgia joins South Carolina, Florida, Mississippi, and Alabama in declaring secession from the United States.
American Civil War · Georgia (U.S. state) · South Carolina · Florida · Mississippi
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1862
American Civil War: Battle of Mill Springs: The Confederacy suffers its first significant defeat in the conflict.
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1871
Franco-Prussian War: In the Siege of Paris, Prussia wins the Battle of St. Quentin. Meanwhile, the French attempt to break the siege in the Battle of Buzenval will end unsuccessfully the following day.
Franco-Prussian War · Siege of Paris (1870-71) · Kingdom of Prussia · Battle of St. Quentin (1871) · Battle of Buzenval (1871)
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1883
The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires, built by Thomas Edison, begins service at Roselle, New Jersey.
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1899
Anglo-Egyptian Sudan is formed.
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1915
Georges Claude patents the neon discharge tube for use in advertising.
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1915
World War I: German zeppelins bomb the towns of Great Yarmouth and King's Lynn in the United Kingdom killing at least 20 people, in the first major aerial bombardment of a civilian target.
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1917
Seventy-three people are killed and 400 injured in an explosion in a munitions plant in London.
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1920
The United States Senate votes against joining the League of Nations.
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1937
Howard Hughes sets a new air record by flying from Los Angeles to New York City in 7 hours, 28 minutes, 25 seconds.
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1940
You Nazty Spy!, the very first Hollywood film of any kind to satirize Adolf Hitler and the Nazis premieres, starring The Three Stooges, with Moe Howard as the character "Moe Hailstone" satirizing Hitler.
You Nazty Spy! · Adolf Hitler · The Three Stooges · Moe Howard
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1941
World War II: The Greek Triton (Y-5) sinks the Italian submarine Neghelli in Otranto.
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1942
World War II: The Japanese conquest of Burma begins.
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1945
World War II: Soviet forces liberate the Łódź Ghetto. Of more than 200,000 inhabitants in 1940, less than 900 had survived the Nazi occupation.
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1946
General Douglas MacArthur establishes the International Military Tribunal for the Far East in Tokyo to try Japanese war criminals.
Douglas MacArthur · International Military Tribunal for the Far East · War crime
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1953
Almost 72% of all television sets in the United States are tuned into I Love Lucy to watch Lucy give birth.
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1960
Japan and the United States sign the US-Japan Mutual Security Treaty
Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between the United States and Japan
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1969
Student Jan Palach dies after setting himself on fire three days earlier in Prague's Wenceslas Square to protest about the invasion of Czechoslovakia by the Soviet Union in 1968. His funeral turns into another major protest.
Jan Palach · Prague · Wenceslas Square · Czechoslovakia · Soviet Union
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1974
China gain control over all the Paracel Islands after a military engagement between the naval forces of the People's Republic of China and Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam)
Paracel Islands · Battle of the Paracel Islands · South Vietnam
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1977
President Gerald Ford pardons Iva Toguri D'Aquino (a.k.a. "Tokyo Rose").
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1978
The last Volkswagen Beetle made in Germany leaves VW's plant in Emden. Beetle production in Latin America continues until 2003.
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1981
Iran hostage crisis: United States and Iranian officials sign an agreement to release 52 American hostages after 14 months of captivity.
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1983
Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie is arrested in Bolivia.
Nazi · Klaus Barbie · Bolivia
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1983
The Apple Lisa, the first commercial personal computer from Apple Inc. to have a graphical user interface and a computer mouse, is announced.
Apple Lisa · Personal computer · Apple Inc. · Graphical user interface · Computer mouse
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1986
The first IBM PC computer virus is released into the wild. A boot sector virus dubbed (c)Brain, it was created by the Farooq Alvi Brothers in Lahore, Pakistan, reportedly to deter unauthorized copying of the software they had written.
IBM PC · Computer virus · Brain (computer virus) · Lahore · Pakistan
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1993
Czech Republic and Slovakia join the United Nations.
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1995
After being struck by lightning the crew of Bristow Flight 56C are forced to ditch. All 18 aboard are later rescued.
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1996
The barge North Cape oil spill occurs as an engine fire forces the tugboat Scandia ashore on Moonstone Beach in South Kingstown, Rhode Island.
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1997
Yasser Arafat returns to Hebron after more than 30 years and joins celebrations over the handover of the last Israeli-controlled West Bank city.
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1999
British Aerospace agrees to acquire the defence subsidiary of the General Electric Company plc, forming BAE Systems in November 1999.
British Aerospace · General Electric Company plc · BAE Systems
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2007
Turkish-Armenian Journalist Hrant Dink is assassinated in front of his newspaper's Istanbul office by 17-year-old Turkish ultra-nationalist Ogün Samast.
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2012
The Hong Kong-based file-sharing website Megaupload is shut down by the FBI.
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2014
A bomb attack on an army convoy in the city of Bannu kills at least 26 soldiers and injures 38 others.
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Famous Births
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398
Pulcheria, Byzantine empress and saint (d. 453)
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840
Michael III, Byzantine emperor (d. 867)
- 1200
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1544
Francis II of France (d. 1560)
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1617
Lucas Faydherbe, Flemish sculptor and architect (d. 1697)
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1628
Charles Stanley, 8th Earl of Derby, English noble (d. 1672)
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1676
John Weldon, English organist and composer (d. 1736)
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1721
Jean-Philippe Baratier, German scholar and author (d. 1740)
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1736
James Watt, Scottish-English chemist and engineer (d. 1819)
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1737
Giuseppe Millico, Italian soprano, composer, and educator (d. 1802)
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1739
Joseph Bonomi the Elder, Italian architect, designed Longford Hall and Barrells Hall (d. 1808)
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1752
James Morris III, American captain (d. 1820)
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1757
Countess Augusta Reuss of Ebersdorf (d. 1831)
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1788
Pavel Kiselyov, Russian general and politician (d. 1874)
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1790
Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom, Swedish poet and academic (d. 1855)
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1798
Auguste Comte, French economist, sociologist, and philosopher (d. 1857)
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1807
Robert E. Lee, American general and academic (d. 1870)
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1808
Lysander Spooner, American philosopher and author (d. 1887)
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1809
Edgar Allan Poe, American short story witer, poet, and critic (d. 1849)
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1810
Talhaiarn, Welsh poet and architect (d.1869)
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1813
Henry Bessemer, English engineer and businessman (d. 1898)
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1832
Ferdinand Laub, Czech violinist and composer (d. 1875)
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1833
Alfred Clebsch, German mathematician and academic (d. 1872)
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1839
Paul Cézanne, French painter (d. 1906)
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1848
Arturo Graf, Italian poet, of German ancestry (d. 1913).
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1848
John Fitzwilliam Stairs, Canadian businessman and politician (d. 1904)
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1848
Matthew Webb, English swimmer and diver (d. 1883)
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1851
Jacobus Kapteyn, Dutch astronomer and academic (d. 1922)
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1863
Werner Sombart, German economist and sociologist (d. 1941)
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1871
Dame Gruev, Bulgarian educator and activist, co-founded the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (d. 1906)
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1874
Hitachiyama Taniemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 19th Yokozuna (d. 1922)
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1876
Wakashima Gonshirō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 21st Yokozuna (d. 1943)
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1876
Dragotin Kette, Slovenian poet and author (d. 1899)
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1878
Herbert Chapman, English footballer and manager (d. 1934)
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1879
Boris Savinkov, Russian soldier and author (d. 1925)
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1883
Hermann Abendroth, German conductor (d. 1956)
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1887
Alexander Woollcott, American actor, playwright, and critic (d. 1943)
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1889
Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Swiss painter and sculptor (d. 1943)
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1892
Ólafur Thors, Icelandic lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Iceland (d. 1964)
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1893
Magda Tagliaferro, Brazilian pianist and educator (d. 1986)
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1903
Boris Blacher, German composer and playwright (d. 1975)
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1905
Stanley Hawes, English-Australian director and producer (d. 1991)
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1907
Briggs Cunningham, American race car driver, sailor, and businessman (d. 2003)
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1908
Ish Kabibble, American comedian and cornet player (d. 1994)
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1908
Aleksandr Gennadievich Kurosh, Russian mathematician and theorist (d. 1971)
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1911
Choor Singh, Indian-Singaporean lawyer and judge (d. 2009)
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1912
Leonid Kantorovich, Russian mathematician and economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1986)
Leonid Kantorovich · Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
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1913
Rex Ingamells, Australian author and poet (d. 1955)
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1913
Rudolf Wanderone, American professional pocket billiards player (d. 1996)
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1914
Lester Flatt, American bluegrass singer-songwriter, guitarist, and mandolin player (d. 1979)
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1918
John H. Johnson, American publisher, founded the Johnson Publishing Company (d. 2005)
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1920
Bernard Dunstan, English painter and educator
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1920
Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, Peruvian politician and diplomat, 135th Prime Minister of Peru
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1921
Patricia Highsmith, American novelist and short story writer (d. 1995)
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1922
Arthur Morris, Australian cricketer and journalist (d. 2015)
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1923
Jean Stapleton, American actress and singer (d. 2013)
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1924
Nicholas Colasanto, American actor and director (d. 1985)
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1924
Jean-François Revel, French philosopher (d. 2006)
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1925
Nina Bawden, English author (d. 2012)
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1926
Hans Massaquoi, German-American journalist and author (d. 2013)
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1926
Fritz Weaver, American actor (d. 2016)
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1930
Tippi Hedren, American model, actress, and animal rights-welfare activist
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1930
John Waite, South African cricketer (d. 2011)
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1931
Robert MacNeil, Canadian-American journalist and author
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1932
Russ Hamilton, English singer-songwriter (d. 2008)
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1932
Richard Lester, American-English director, producer, and screenwriter
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1932
Harry Lonsdale, American chemist, businessman, and politician (d. 2014)
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1933
George Coyne, American priest, astronomer, and theologian
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1935
Johnny O'Keefe, Australian singer-songwriter (d. 1978)
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1936
Ziaur Rahman, Bangladeshi general and politician, 7th President of Bangladesh (d. 1981)
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1936
Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, American singer, harmonica player, and drummer (d. 2011)
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1936
Fred J. Lincoln, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2013)
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1937
John Lions, Australian computer scientist and academic (d. 1998)
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1939
Phil Everly, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Everly Brothers) (d. 2014)
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1940
Paolo Borsellino, Italian lawyer and judge (d. 1992)
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1940
Mike Reid, English comedian, actor, and author (d. 2007)
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1941
Colin Gunton, English theologian and academic (d. 2003)
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1941
Pat Patterson, Canadian wrestler, trainer, and referee
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1942
Michael Crawford, English actor and singer
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1942
Paul-Eerik Rummo, Estonian poet and politician
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1943
Larry Clark, American director, producer, and screenwriter
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1943
Janis Joplin, American singer-songwriter (d. 1970)
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1943
Princess Margriet of the Netherlands
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1944
Shelley Fabares, American actress and singer
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1944
Thom Mayne, American architect and academic, designed the San Francisco Federal Building and Phare Tower
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1944
Dan Reeves, American football player and coach
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1945
Trevor Williams, English singer-songwriter and bass player
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1946
Julian Barnes, English novelist, short story writer, essayist, and critic
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1946
Dolly Parton, American singer-songwriter and actress
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1947
Frank Aarebrot, Norwegian political scientist and academic
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1947
Paula Deen, American chef and author
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1947
Rod Evans, English singer-songwriter
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1948
Nancy Lynch, American computer scientist and academic
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1948
Frank McKenna, Canadian politician and diplomat, 27th Premier of New Brunswick
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1948
Mal Reilly, English rugby league player and coach
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1949
Arend Langenberg, Dutch voice actor and radio host (d. 2012)
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1949
Robert Palmer, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2003)
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1950
Sébastien Dhavernas, Canadian actor
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1950
Jon Matlack, American baseball player and coach
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1952
Dewey Bunnell, British-American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1952
Nadiuska, German television actress
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1952
Bruce Jay Nelson, American computer scientist (d. 1999)
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1952
Michel Plante, Canadian ice hockey left winger
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1952
Beau Weaver, American male voice actor
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1953
Desi Arnaz, Jr., American actor and singer
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1953
Richard Legendre, Canadian tennis player and politician
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1953
Wayne Schimmelbusch, Australian footballer and coach
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1954
Katey Sagal, American actress and singer
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1954
Cindy Sherman, American photographer and director
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1954
Clifford Tabin, American geneticist and academic
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1955
Tony Mansfield, English singer-songwriter and producer
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1955
Paul Rodriguez, Mexican-American comedian and actor
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1956
Carman, American singer-songwriter, actor, and television host
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1956
Susan Solomon, American atmospheric chemist
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1957
Ottis Anderson, American football player and sportscaster
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1957
Roger Ashton-Griffiths, English actor, screenwriter and film director
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1957
Kenneth McClintock, Puerto Rican public servant and politician, 22nd Secretary of State of Puerto Rico
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1958
Thomas Kinkade, American painter (d. 2012)
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1959
Danese Cooper, American computer scientist and programmer
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1959
Jeff Pilson, American bass player, songwriter, and actor
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1961
William Ragsdale, American actor
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1961
Wayne Hemingway, English fashion designer, co-founded Red or Dead
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1962
Hans Daams, Dutch cyclist
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1962
Chris Sabo, American baseball player and coach
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1962
Jeff Van Gundy, American basketball player and coach
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1963
Michael Adams, American basketball player and coach
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1963
Martin Bashir, English journalist
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1963
John Bercow, English politician, Speaker of the House of Commons
John Bercow · Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom)
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1964
Janine Antoni, Bahamian sculptor and photographer
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1964
Ricardo Arjona, Guatemalan singer-songwriter and basketball player
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1966
Floris Jan Bovelander, Dutch field hockey player
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1966
Yukiko Duke, Swedish journalist and translator
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1966
Sylvain Côté, Canadian ice hockey player
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1966
Stefan Edberg, Swedish tennis player and coach
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1966
Lena Philipsson, Swedish singer-songwriter
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1968
Whitfield Crane, American singer-songwriter
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1969
Edwidge Danticat, Haitian-American novelist and short story writer.
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1969
Luc Longley, Australian basketball player and coach
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1969
Predrag Mijatović, Montenegrin footballer and manager
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1969
Junior Seau, American football player (d. 2012)
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1969
Casey Sherman, American journalist and author
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1969
Steve Staunton, Irish footballer and manager
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1970
Steffen Freund, German footballer and manager
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1970
Kathleen Smet, Belgian triathlete
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1970
Udo Suzuki, Japanese comedian and singer
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1971
Phil Nevin, American baseball player
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1971
Shawn Wayans, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
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1971
John Wozniak, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1972
Jon Fisher, American businessman and author
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1972
Ron Killings, American wrestler and rapper
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1972
Troy Wilson, Australian footballer and race car driver
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1972
Sergei Zjukin, Estonian chess player and coach
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1972
Yoon Hae-young, South Korean actress
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1972
Tyrone Wheatley, American football player and college football coach
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1973
Antero Manninen, Finnish cellist
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1973
Yevgeny Sadovyi, Russian swimmer and coach
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1974
Dainius Adomaitis, Lithuanian basketball player and coach
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1974
Frank Caliendo, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter
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1974
Ian Laperrière, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
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1974
Jaime Moreno, Bolivian footballer and manager
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1975
Natalie Cook, Australian volleyball player
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1975
Noah Georgeson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
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1975
Zdeňka Málková, Czech tennis player
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1976
Natale Gonnella, Italian footballer
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1976
Tarso Marques, Brazilian race car driver
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1977
Benjamin Ayres, Canadian actor, director, and photographer
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1979
Wiley, English rapper and producer
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1979
Svetlana Khorkina, Russian gymnast and sportscaster
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1979
Josu Sarriegi, Spanish footballer
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1980
Jenson Button, English race car driver
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1980
Pasha Kovalev, Russian-American dancer and choreographer
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1980
Luke Macfarlane, Canadian-American actor and singer
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1980
Arvydas Macijauskas, Lithuanian basketball player
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1980
Michael Vandort, Sri Lankan cricketer
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1981
Paolo Bugia, Filipino basketball player
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1981
Asier del Horno, Spanish footballer
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1981
Lucho González, Argentinian footballer
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1982
Mike Komisarek, American ice hockey player
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1982
Jodie Sweetin, American actress and singer
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1982
Shane Tronc, Australian rugby league player
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1982
Kim Yoo-suk, South Korean pole vaulter
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1983
Hikaru Utada, American-Japanese singer-songwriter and producer
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1984
Fabio Catacchini, Italian footballer
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1984
Karun Chandhok, Indian race car driver
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1984
Jimmy Kébé, Malian footballer
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1984
Thomas Vanek, Austrian ice hockey player
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1985
Jake Allen, American football player
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1985
Pascal Behrenbruch, German decathlete
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1985
Benny Feilhaber, American soccer player
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1985
Esteban Guerrieri, Argentinian race car driver
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1985
Rika Ishikawa, Japanese singer and actress
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1985
Elliott Ward, English footballer
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1985
Aleksandr Yevgenyevich Nikulin, Russian footballer
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1986
Claudio Marchisio, Italian footballer
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1986
Oleksandr Miroshnychenko, Ukrainian footballer
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1986
Moussa Sow, Senegalese footballer
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1987
Edgar Manucharyan, Armenian footballer
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1987
Angus Monfries, Australian footballer
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1988
JaVale McGee, American basketball player
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1988
Tyler Breeze, Canadian wrestler
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1990
Tatiana Búa, Argentine tennis player
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1990
Kerry-Anne Tomlinson, New Zealand cricketer
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1991
Corinna Harrer, German runner
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1991
Petra Martić, Croatian tennis player
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1992
Shawn Johnson, American gymnast
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1992
Logan Lerman, American actor
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1993
Erick Torres Padilla, Mexican footballer
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1994
Matthias Ginter, German footballer
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Famous Deaths
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520
John of Cappadocia, patriarch of Constantinople
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639
Dagobert I, Frankish king (b. 603)
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914
García I, king of León
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1003
Kilian of Cologne, Irish abbot
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1302
Al-Hakim I, caliph of Cairo
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1401
Robert Bealknap, British justice
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1526
Isabella of Austria, Danish queen (b. 1501)
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1547
Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, English poet (b. 1516)
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1565
Diego Laynez, Spanish Jesuit theologian (b. 1512)
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1571
Paris Bordone, Venetian painter (b. 1495)
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1576
Hans Sachs, German poet and playwright (b. 1494)
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1636
Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger, Flemish painter (b.1561)
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1661
Thomas Venner, English rebel leader (b. 1599)
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1729
William Congreve, English playwright and poet (b. 1670)
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1755
Jean-Pierre Christin, French physicist, mathematician, and astronomer (b. 1683)
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1757
Thomas Ruddiman, Scottish scholar and academic (b. 1674)
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1766
Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni, Italian-French architect and painter (b. 1695)
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1785
Jonathan Toup, English scholar and critic (b. 1713)
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1833
Ferdinand Hérold, French pianist and composer (b. 1791)
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1847
Charles Bent, American soldier and politician, 1st Governor of New Mexico (b. 1799)
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1847
Athanasios Christopoulos, Greek poet (b. 1772)
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1851
Esteban Echeverría, Argentinian poet and author (b. 1805)
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1853
Karl Faber, German historian and academic (b. 1773)
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1865
Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, French philosopher and politician (b. 1809)
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1869
Carl Reichenbach, German chemist and philosopher (b. 1788)
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1874
August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, German poet and scholar (b. 1798)
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1878
Henri Victor Regnault French physicist and chemist (b. 1810)
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1905
Debendranath Tagore, Indian philosopher and author (b. 1817)
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1906
Bartolomé Mitre, Argentinian historian and politician, 6th President of Argentina (b. 1821)
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1908
Roberto Bompiani, Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1821)
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1929
Liang Qichao, Chinese journalist, philosopher, and scholar (b. 1873)
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1930
Frank P. Ramsey, British mathematician, philosopher and economist (b. 1903)
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1938
Branislav Nušić, Serbian author, playwright, and journalist (b. 1864)
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1945
Gustave Mesny, French general (b. 1886)
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1948
Tony Garnier, French architect and urban planner, designed the Stade de Gerland (b. 1869)
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1954
Theodor Kaluza, German mathematician and physicist (b. 1885)
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1957
József Dudás, Romanian-Hungarian activist and politician (b. 1912)
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1963
Clement Smoot, American golfer (b. 1884)
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1964
Firmin Lambot, Belgian cyclist (b. 1886)
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1965
Arnold Luhaäär, Estonian weightlifter (b. 1905)
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1968
Ray Harroun, American race car driver and engineer (b. 1879)
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1972
Michael Rabin, American violinist (b. 1936)
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1973
Max Adrian, Irish-English actor (b. 1903)
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1975
Thomas Hart Benton, American painter and educator (b. 1889)
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1976
Hidetsugu Yagi, Japanese engineer and academic (b. 1886)
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1979
Moritz Jahn, German novelist and poet (b. 1884)
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1980
William O. Douglas, American lawyer and jurist (b. 1898)
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1981
Francesca Woodman, American photographer (b. 1958)
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1982
Elis Regina, Brazilian soprano (b. 1945)
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1984
Max Bentley, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1920)
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1987
Lawrence Kohlberg, American psychologist and academic (b. 1927)
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1990
Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, Indian guru and mystic (b. 1931)
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1990
Alberto Semprini, English pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1908)
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1990
Herbert Wehner, German politician, 6th Minister of Intra-German Relations (b. 1906)
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1991
Marcel Chaput, Canadian biochemist and journalist (b. 1918)
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1995
Gene MacLellan, Canadian singer-songwriter (b. 1938)
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1996
Don Simpson, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1943)
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1997
James Dickey, American poet and novelist (b. 1923)
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1998
Carl Perkins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1932)
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1999
Ivan Francescato, Italian rugby player (b. 1967)
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2000
Amatu'l-Bahá Rúhíyyih Khánum, Bahá’í Hand of the Cause of God and wife of Shoghi Effendi (b. 1910)
Rúhíyyih Khanum · Bahá’í Faith · Hands of the Cause · Shoghi Effendi
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2000
Bettino Craxi, Italian lawyer and politician, 45th Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1934)
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2000
Hedy Lamarr, Austrian-American actress, singer, and mathematician (b. 1913)
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2001
Dario Vittori, Italian-Argentinian actor and producer (b. 1921)
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2003
Milton Flores, Honduran footballer (b. 1974)
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2003
Françoise Giroud, French journalist, screenwriter, and politician, French Minister of Culture (b. 1916)
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2004
Harry E. Claiborne, American lawyer and judge (b. 1917)
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2004
David Hookes, Australian cricketer and coach (b. 1955)
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2005
K. Sello Duiker, South African author and screenwriter (b. 1974)
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2006
Anthony Franciosa, American actor (b. 1928)
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2006
Wilson Pickett, American singer-songwriter (b. 1941)
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2006
Awn Alsharif Qasim, Sudanese author and scholar (b. 1933)
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2006
Geoff Rabone, New Zealand cricketer and pilot (b. 1921)
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2007
Hrant Dink, Turkish journalist and activist (b. 1954)
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2007
Denny Doherty, Canadian singer-songwriter (b. 1940)
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2007
Murat Nasyrov, Russian singer-songwriter (b. 1969)
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2008
Suzanne Pleshette, American actress (b. 1937)
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2008
John Stewart, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1939)
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2008
Don Wittman, Canadian sportscaster (b. 1936)
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2010
Ida Mae Martinez, American wrestler (b. 1931)
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2010
Bill McLaren, Scottish rugby player and sportscaster (b. 1923)
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2012
Peter Åslin, Swedish ice hockey player (b. 1962)
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2012
Sarah Burke, Canadian skier (b. 1982)
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2012
Peter de Francia, French-English painter and illustrator (b. 1921)
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2012
Gene Methvin, American pilot and journalist (b. 1934)
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2012
Winston Riley, Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1943)
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2012
Rudi van Dantzig, Dutch ballet dancer and choreographer (b. 1933)
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2013
Milt Bolling, American baseball player and scout (b. 1930)
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2013
Taihō Kōki, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 48th Yokozuna (b. 1940)
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2013
Stan Musial, American baseball player and manager (b. 1920)
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2013
Frank Pooler, American conductor and composer (b. 1926)
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2013
Earl Weaver, American baseball player and manager (b. 1930)
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2013
Toktamış Ateş, Turkish academician, political commentator, columnist and writer (b. 1944)
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2014
Azaria Alon, Ukrainian-Israeli environmentalist, co-founded the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel (b. 1918)
Azaria Alon · Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel
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2014
Christopher Chataway, English runner, journalist, and politician (b. 1931)
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2014
Steven Fromholz, American singer-songwriter, producer, and poet (b. 1945)
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2014
Al Lerner, American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1919)
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2014
Ben Starr, American playwright, screenwriter, and producer (b. 1921)
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2014
Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah, Sri Lankan-American anthropologist and academic (b. 1929)
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2015
Justin Capră, Romanian engineer and academic (b. 1933)
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2015
Michel Guimond, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1953)
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2015
Ward Swingle, American-French singer-songwriter and conductor (b. 1927)
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2016
Robert M. Carter, English paleontologist and geologist (b. 1942)
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2016
Richard Levins, American ecologist and geneticist (b. 1930)
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2016
Ettore Scola, Italian director and screenwriter (b. 1931)
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2016
Sheila Sim, English actress (b. 1922)
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2017
Miguel Ferrer, American actor (b. 1955)
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