January 28 — On This Day
315 entries
Events
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661
The Rashidun Caliphate is effectively ended with the assassination of Ali, the last caliph.
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814
Charlemagne dies of pleurisy in Aachen as the first Holy Roman Emperor. He is succeeded by his son Louis the Pious as king of the Frankish Empire.
Charlemagne · Pleurisy · Aachen · Holy Roman Emperor · Louis the Pious
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946
Caliph Al-Mustakfi is blinded and deposed by Emir Mu'izz al-Dawla, ruler of the Buyid Empire. He is succeeded by Al-Muti as caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate.
Al-Mustakfi · Mu'izz al-Dawla · Buyid dynasty · Al-Muti · Abbasid Caliphate
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1069
Robert de Comines, the Earl of Northumbria, is killed while attempting to subdue rebels in Durham, England. This leads to the Harrying of the North by William the Conqueror.
Robert de Comines · Earl of Northumbria · Durham, England · Harrying of the North · William the Conqueror
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1077
Walk to Canossa: The excommunication of Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor is lifted.
Walk to Canossa · Excommunication · Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor
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1393
King Charles VI of France is nearly killed when several dancers' costumes catch fire during a masquerade ball.
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1521
The Diet of Worms begins, lasting until May 25.
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1547
Henry VIII dies. His nine-year-old son, Edward VI, becomes king.
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1573
Articles of the Warsaw Confederation are signed, sanctioning freedom of religion in Poland.
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1624
Sir Thomas Warner founds the first British colony in the Caribbean, on the island of Saint Kitts.
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1724
The Russian Academy of Sciences is founded in St. Petersburg by Peter the Great, and implemented by Senate decree. It is called the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences until 1917.
Russian Academy of Sciences · St. Petersburg · Peter the Great
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1754
Sir Horace Walpole coins the word serendipity in a letter to a friend.
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1813
Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice is first published in the United Kingdom.
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1820
A Russian expedition led by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen and Mikhail Petrovich Lazarev discovers the Antarctic continent, approaching the Antarctic coast.
Russian Empire · Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen · Mikhail Petrovich Lazarev · Antarctic
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1846
The Battle of Aliwal, India, is won by British troops commanded by Sir Harry Smith.
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1851
Northwestern University becomes the first chartered university in Illinois.
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1855
A locomotive on the Panama Canal Railway runs from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean for the first time.
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1871
Franco-Prussian War: The Siege of Paris ends in French defeat and an armistice.
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1878
Yale Daily News becomes the first daily college newspaper in the United States.
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1896
Walter Arnold of East Peckham, Kent, becomes the first person to be convicted of speeding. He was fined one shilling, plus costs, for speeding at 8 mph (13 km/h), thereby exceeding the contemporary speed limit of 2 mph (3.2 km/h).
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1902
The Carnegie Institution of Washington is founded in Washington, D.C. with a $10 million gift from Andrew Carnegie.
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1908
Members of the Portuguese Republican Party fail in their attempted coup d'état against the administrative dictatorship of Prime Minister João Franco.
Portuguese Republican Party · Municipal Library Elevator Coup · João Franco
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1909
United States troops leave Cuba with the exception of Guantanamo Bay Naval Base after being there since the Spanish-American War.
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1915
An act of the U.S. Congress creates the United States Coast Guard as a branch of the United States Armed Forces.
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1918
Finnish Civil War: The Red Guard rebels seize control of the capital, Helsinki; members of the Senate of Finland go underground.
Finnish Civil War · Red Guards (Finland) · Helsinki · Senate of Finland
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1920
Foundation of the Spanish Legion.
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1922
Knickerbocker Storm, Washington D.C.'s biggest snowfall, causes the city's greatest loss of life when the roof of the Knickerbocker Theatre collapses.
Knickerbocker Storm · Knickerbocker Theatre (Washington, D.C.)
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1932
Japanese forces attack Shanghai.
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1933
The name Pakistan is coined by Choudhry Rahmat Ali Khan and is accepted by Indian Muslims who then thereby adopted it further for the Pakistan Movement seeking independence.
Pakistan · Neologism · Choudhry Rahmat Ali · Indian Muslims · Pakistan Movement
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1938
The World Land Speed Record on a public road is broken by Rudolf Caracciola in the Mercedes-Benz W195 at a speed of 432.7 kilometres per hour (268.9 mph).
World Land Speed Record · Public road · Rudolf Caracciola · Mercedes-Benz W195
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1941
Franco-Thai War: Final air battle of the conflict. A Japanese-mediated armistice goes into effect later in the day.
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1945
World War II: Supplies begin to reach the Republic of China over the newly reopened Burma Road.
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1956
Elvis Presley makes his first American television appearance.
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1958
The Lego company patents the design of its Lego bricks, still compatible with bricks produced today.
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1960
The National Football League announced expansion teams for Dallas to start in the 1960 NFL season and Minneapolis-St. Paul for 1961 NFL season.
National Football League · Dallas Cowboys · Minnesota Vikings
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1964
An unarmed United States Air Force T-39 Sabreliner on a training mission is shot down over Erfurt, East Germany, by a Soviet MiG-19.
United States Air Force · T-39 Sabreliner · 1964 T-39 shootdown incident · Erfurt · East Germany
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1965
The current design of the Flag of Canada is chosen by an act of Parliament.
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1977
The first day of the Great Lakes Blizzard of 1977 which dumps 10 feet (3.0 m) of snow in one day in Upstate New York, with Buffalo, Syracuse, Watertown, and surrounding areas are most affected.
Great Lakes Blizzard of 1977 · Upstate New York · Buffalo, New York · Syracuse, New York · Watertown, New York
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1980
USCGC Blackthorn collides with the tanker Capricorn while leaving Tampa, Florida and capsizes, killing 23 Coast Guard crewmembers.
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1981
Ronald Reagan lifts remaining domestic petroleum price and allocation controls in the United States helping to end the 1979 energy crisis and begin the 1980s oil glut.
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1982
US Army general James L. Dozier is rescued by Italian anti-terrorism forces from captivity by the Red Brigades.
United States Army · James L. Dozier · Terrorism · Red Brigades
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1984
Tropical Storm Domoina makes landfall in southern Mozambique, eventually causing 214 deaths and some of the most severe flooding so far recorded in the region.
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1985
Supergroup USA for Africa (United Support of Artists for Africa) records the hit single We Are the World, to help raise funds for Ethiopian famine relief.
USA for Africa · We Are the World · Ethiopia · Famine relief
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1986
Space Shuttle program: STS-51-L mission: Space Shuttle Challenger explodes after liftoff, killing all seven astronauts on board.
Space Shuttle program · STS-51-L · Space Shuttle Challenger · Space Shuttle Challenger disaster
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1988
In R v Morgentaler the Supreme Court of Canada strikes down all anti-abortion laws.
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2002
TAME Flight 120, a Boeing 727-100 crashes in the Andes mountains in southern Colombia, killing 92.
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2006
The roof of one of the buildings at the Katowice International Fair in Poland, collapses due to the weight of snow, killing 65 and injuring more than 170 others.
Katowice International Fair · Katowice Trade Hall roof collapse
Famous Births
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676
Toneri, Japanese prince (d. 735)
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1312
Joan II, queen of Navarre (d. 1349)
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1406
Guy XIV de Laval, French noble (d. 1486)
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1457
Henry VII, king of England (d. 1509)
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1533
Paul Luther, German scientist (d. 1593)
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1540
Ludolph van Ceulen, German-Dutch mathematician and academic (d. 1610)
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1582
John Barclay, French-Scottish poet and author (d. 1621)
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1600
Clement IX, pope of the Catholic Church (d. 1669)
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1608
Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Italian physiologist and physicist (d. 1679)
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1611
Johannes Hevelius, Polish astronomer and politician (d. 1687)
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1622
Adrien Auzout, French astronomer and instrument maker (d. 1691)
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1693
Gregor Werner, Austrian composer (d. 1766)
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1701
Charles Marie de La Condamine, French mathematician and geographer (d. 1774)
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1706
John Baskerville, English printer and typographer (d. 1775)
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1712
Tokugawa Ieshige, Japanese shogun (d. 1761)
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1717
Mustafa III, Ottoman sultan (d. 1774)
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1719
Johann Elias Schlegel, German poet and critic (d. 1749)
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1719
Christian Felix Weiße, German poet and playwright (d. 1802)
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1755
Samuel Thomas von Sömmerring, Polish-German physician, anthropologist, and paleontologist (d. 1830)
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1784
George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, Scottish politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1860)
George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen · Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
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1797
Charles Gray Round, English lawyer and politician (d. 1867)
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1818
George S. Boutwell, American lawyer and politician, 28th United States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 1905)
George S. Boutwell · United States Secretary of the Treasury
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1822
Alexander Mackenzie, Scottish-Canadian soldier, journalist, and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1892)
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1833
Charles George Gordon, English general and politician (d. 1885)
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1841
Henry Morton Stanley, Welsh-American explorer and journalist (d. 1904)
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1843
Mihkel Veske, Estonian poet and linguist (d. 1890)
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1853
José Martí, Cuban journalist, poet, and theorist (d. 1895)
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1853
Vladimir Solovyov, Russian philosopher, poet, and critic (d. 1900)
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1855
William Seward Burroughs I, American businessman, founded the Burroughs Corporation (d. 1898)
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1858
Tannatt William Edgeworth David, Welsh-Australian geologist and explorer (d. 1934)
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1861
Julián Felipe, Filipino composer and educator (d. 1944)
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1863
Ernest William Christmas, Australian-American painter (d. 1918)
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1864
Charles Williams Nash, American businessman, founded Nash Motors (d. 1948)
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1865
Lala Lajpat Rai, Indian author and politician (d. 1928)
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1865
Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg, Finnish lawyer, judge, and politician, 1st President of Finland (d. 1952)
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1873
Colette, French novelist and journalist (d. 1954)
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1873
Monty Noble, Australian cricketer (d. 1940)
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1874
Alex Smith, Scottish golfer (d. 1930)
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1875
Julián Carrillo, Mexican violinist, composer, and conductor (d. 1965)
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1878
Walter Kollo, German composer and conductor (d. 1940)
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1880
Herbert Strudwick, English cricketer and coach (d. 1970)
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1884
Auguste Piccard, Swiss physicist and explorer (d. 1962)
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1885
Vahan Terian, Armenian poet and activist (d. 1920)
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1886
Marthe Bibesco, Romanian-French author and poet (d. 1973)
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1886
Hidetsugu Yagi, Japanese engineer and academic (d. 1976)
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1887
Arthur Rubinstein, Polish-American pianist and educator (d. 1982)
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1897
Valentin Kataev, Russian author and playwright (d. 1986)
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1900
Alice Neel, American painter (d. 1984)
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1903
Aleksander Kamiński, Polish author and educator (d. 1978)
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1906
Markos Vafiadis, Greek general and politician (d. 1992)
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1908
Paul Misraki, Turkish-French composer and historian (d. 1998)
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1909
John Thomson, Scottish footballer (d. 1931)
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1910
John Banner, Austrian actor (d. 1973)
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1911
Johan van Hulst, Dutch politician, academic and author, Yad Vashem recipient
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1912
Jackson Pollock, American painter (d. 1956)
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1918
Harry Corbett, English puppeteer, actor, and screenwriter (d. 1989)
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1918
Trevor Skeet, New Zealand-English lawyer and politician (d. 2004)
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1919
Gabby Gabreski, American colonel and pilot (d. 2002)
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1921
Vytautas Norkus, Lithuanian-American basketball player (d. 2014)
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1922
Anna Gordy Gaye, American songwriter and producer, co-founded Anna Records (d. 2014)
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1922
Robert W. Holley, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1993)
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1924
Marcel Broodthaers, Belgian painter and poet (d. 1976)
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1925
Raja Ramanna, Indian physicist and politician (d. 2004)
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1926
Jimmy Bryan, American race car driver (d. 1960)
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1927
Per Oscarsson, Swedish actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2010)
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1927
Ronnie Scott, English saxophonist (d. 1996)
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1927
Hiroshi Teshigahara, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2001)
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1927
Vera Williams, American author and illustrator (d. 2015)
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1929
Acker Bilk, English singer and clarinet player (d. 2014)
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1929
Nikolai Parshin, Russian footballer and manager (d. 2012)
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1929
Claes Oldenburg, Swedish-American sculptor and illustrator
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1929
Edith M. Flanigen, American chemist
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1930
Kurt Biedenkopf, German academic and politician, 54th President of the German Bundesrat
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1930
Roy Clarke, English screenwriter, comedian and soldier
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1933
Jack Hill, American director and screenwriter
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1934
Juan Manuel Bordeu, Argentinian race car driver (d. 1990)
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1935
David Lodge, English author and critic
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1936
Alan Alda, American actor, director, and writer
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1937
Karel Čáslavský, Czech historian and television host (d. 2013)
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1938
Tomas Lindahl, Swedish-English biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
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1938
Leonid Zhabotinsky, Ukrainian weightlifter and coach (d. 2016)
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1939
John M. Fabian, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut
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1940
Carlos Slim, Mexican businessman and philanthropist, founded Grupo Carso
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1942
Sjoukje Dijkstra, Dutch figure skater
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1942
Erkki Pohjanheimo, Finnish director and producer
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1943
Dick Taylor, English guitarist and songwriter
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1944
Rosalía Mera, Spanish businesswoman, co-founded Inditex and Zara (d. 2013)
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1944
John Tavener, English composer (d. 2013)
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1945
Frank Doubleday, American actor
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1945
Maxwell Fuller, Australian chess player (d. 2013)
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1945
Marthe Keller, Swiss actress and director
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1945
John Perkins, American author and activist
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1947
Jeanne Shaheen, American educator and politician, 78th Governor of New Hampshire
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1948
Bob Moses, American drummer
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1948
Charles Taylor, Liberian politician, 22nd President of Liberia
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1949
Mike Moore, New Zealand union leader and politician, 34th Prime Minister of New Zealand
Mike Moore (New Zealand politician) · Prime Minister of New Zealand
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1949
Gregg Popovich, American basketball player and coach
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1950
Barbi Benton, American actress, singer and model
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1950
Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, Bahraini king
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1950
David C. Hilmers, American colonel, physician, and astronaut
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1950
Naila Kabeer, Bangladeshi-English economist and academic
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1951
Brian Bilbray, American politician
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1951
Leonid Kadeniuk, Ukrainian general, pilot, and astronaut
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1951
Billy Bass Nelson, American R&B/funk bass player
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1952
Richard Glatzer, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2015)
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1953
Colin Campbell, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
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1953
Chris Carter, English DJ and producer
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1954
Peter Lampe, German theologian and historian
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1954
Bruno Metsu, French footballer and manager (d. 2013)
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1954
Rick Warren, American pastor and author
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1955
Vinod Khosla, Indian-American businessman, co-founded Sun Microsystems
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1955
Nicolas Sarkozy, French lawyer and politician, 23rd President of France
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1956
Richard Danielpour, American composer and educator
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1956
Peter Schilling, German singer-songwriter
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1957
Mark Napier, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
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1957
Nick Price, Zimbabwean-South African golfer
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1957
Frank Skinner, English comedian, actor, and author
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1959
Frank Darabont, American director and producer
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1960
Loren Legarda, Filipino journalist and politician
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1961
Arnaldur Indriðason, Icelandic author
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1961
Normand Rochefort, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
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1962
Sam Phillips, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1964
David Lawrence, English cricketer
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1964
Juergen Teller, German-English photographer
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1966
Seiji Mizushima, Japanese director and producer
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1967
Billy Brownless, Australian footballer and sportscaster
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1968
Sarah McLachlan, Canadian singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
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1969
Giorgio Lamberti, Italian swimmer
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1969
Mo Rocca, American comedian and television journalist
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1969
Linda Sánchez, American lawyer and politician
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1972
Mark Regan, English rugby player
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1972
Nicky Southall, English footballer and manager
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1972
Léon van Bon, Dutch cyclist
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1974
Tony Delk, American basketball player and coach
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1974
Jermaine Dye, American baseball player
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1974
Ramsey Nasr, Dutch author and poet
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1974
Magglio Ordóñez, Venezuelan baseball player and politician
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1975
Pedro Pinto, Portuguese-American journalist
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1975
Junior Spivey, American baseball player and coach
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1976
Sireli Bobo, Fijian rugby player
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1976
Mark Madsen, American basketball player and coach
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1976
Rick Ross, American rapper and producer
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1976
Miltiadis Sapanis, Greek footballer
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1977
Sandis Buškevics, Latvian basketball player and coach
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1977
Daunte Culpepper, American football player
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1977
Joey Fatone, American singer, dancer, and television personality
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1977
Takuma Sato, Japanese race car driver
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1978
Gianluigi Buffon, Italian footballer
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1978
Jamie Carragher, English footballer and sportscaster
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1978
Papa Bouba Diop, Senegalese footballer
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1980
Nick Carter, American singer-songwriter and actor
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1980
Yasuhito Endō, Japanese footballer
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1980
Michael Hastings, American journalist and author (d. 2013)
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1981
Elijah Wood, American actor and producer
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1984
Ben Clucas, English race car driver
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1984
Stephen Gostkowski, American Football player
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1984
Andre Iguodala, American Basketball player
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1984
Anne Panter, English field hockey player
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1985
Daniel Carcillo, Canadian ice hockey player
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1985
Lauris Dārziņš, Latvian ice hockey player
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1985
Arnold Mvuemba, French footballer
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1985
Libby Trickett, Australian swimmer
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1986
Jessica Ennis-Hill, English heptathlete and hurdler
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1986
Nathan Outteridge, Australian sailor
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1986
Asad Shafiq, Pakistani cricketer
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1988
Paul Henry, English footballer
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1988
Seiya Sanada, Japanese wrestler
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1989
Siem de Jong, Dutch footballer
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1991
Jordan Kahu, Australian rugby league player
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1991
Carl Klingberg, Swedish ice hockey player
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1992
Sergio Araujo, Argentinian footballer
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1992
Andrei Savchenko, Russian footballer
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1993
Richmond Boakye, Ghanaian footballer
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1993
Mitch Cornish, Australian rugby league player
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1998
Ariel Winter, American actress
Famous Deaths
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592
Guntram, French king (b. 532)
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814
Charlemagne, Holy Roman emperor (b. 742)
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919
Zhou Dewei, Chinese general
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929
Gao Jixing, founder of Chinese Jingnan (b. 858)
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947
Jing Yanguang, Chinese general (b. 892)
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1061
Spytihněv II, Duke of Bohemia (b. 1031)
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1256
William II, Count of Holland, King of Germany (b. 1227)
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1271
Isabella of Aragon, Queen of France (b. 1247)
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1290
Dervorguilla of Galloway, Scottish noble, mother of king John Balliol of Scotland (b. c. 1210)
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1443
Robert le Maçon, French diplomat (b. 1365)
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1547
Henry VIII, king of England (b. 1491)
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1613
Thomas Bodley, English diplomat and scholar, founded the Bodleian Library (b. 1545)
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1621
Pope Paul V (b. 1550)
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1666
Tommaso Dingli, Maltese architect and sculptor (b. 1591)
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1672
Pierre Séguier, French politician, Lord Chancellor of France (b. 1588)
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1681
Richard Allestree, English priest and academic (b. 1619)
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1687
Johannes Hevelius, Polish astronomer and politician (b. 1611)
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1688
Ferdinand Verbiest, Flemish Jesuit missionary in China (b. 1623)
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1697
Sir John Fenwick, 3rd Baronet, English general and politician (b. 1645)
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1754
Ludvig Holberg, Norwegian-Danish historian and philosopher (b. 1684)
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1832
Augustin Daniel Belliard, French general (b. 1769)
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1859
F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1782)
F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich · Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
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1864
Émile Clapeyron, French physicist and engineer (b. 1799)
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1903
Augusta Holmès, French pianist and composer (b. 1847)
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1912
Gustave de Molinari, Belgian economist and theorist (b. 1819)
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1918
John McCrae, Canadian soldier, physician, and author (b. 1872)
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1921
Mustafa Suphi, Turkish journalist and politician (b. 1883)
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1930
Emmy Destinn, Czech soprano and poet (b. 1878)
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1935
Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov, Russian composer and conductor (b. 1859)
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1937
Anastasios Metaxas, Greek architect and target shooter (b. 1862)
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1938
Bernd Rosemeyer, German race car driver (b. 1909)
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1939
W. B. Yeats, Irish poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
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1942
Edward Siegler, American gymnast and triathlete (b. 1881)
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1945
Roza Shanina, Russian sergeant and sniper (b. 1924)
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1947
Reynaldo Hahn, Venezuelan-French composer, conductor, and critic (b. 1875)
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1948
Hans Aumeier, German SS officer (b. 1906)
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1949
Jean-Pierre Wimille, French race car driver (b. 1908)
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1950
Nikolai Luzin, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1883)
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1953
James Scullin, Australian journalist and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1876)
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1953
Neyzen Tevfik, Turkish philosopher and poet (b. 1879)
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1959
Walter Beall, American baseball player (b. 1899)
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1960
Zora Neale Hurston, American novelist, short story writer, and folklorist (b. 1891)
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1963
Gustave Garrigou, French cyclist (b. 1884)
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1965
Tich Freeman, English cricketer (b. 1888)
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1965
Maxime Weygand, Belgian-French general (b. 1867)
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1971
Donald Winnicott, English paediatrician and psychoanalyst (b. 1896)
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1973
John Banner, Austrian actor (b. 1910)
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1976
Marcel Broodthaers, Belgian painter and poet (b. 1924)
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1978
Ward Moore, American author (b. 1903)
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1983
Frank Forde, Australian educator and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1890)
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1986
crew of Space Shuttle Challenger Gregory Jarvis, American captain, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1944) Christa McAuliffe, American educator and astronaut (b. 1948) Ronald McNair, American physicist and astronaut (b. 1950) Ellison Onizuka, American engineer and astronaut (b. 1946) Judith Resnik, American colonel, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1949) Dick Scobee, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1939) Michael J. Smith, American captain, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1945)
Space Shuttle Challenger · Gregory Jarvis · Christa McAuliffe · Ronald McNair · Ellison Onizuka
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1988
Klaus Fuchs, German physicist and politician (b. 1911)
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1989
Choekyi Gyaltsen, 10th Panchen Lama (b. 1938)
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1993
Helen Sawyer Hogg, Canadian astronomer and academic (b. 1905)
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1996
Joseph Brodsky, Russian-American poet and essayist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1940)
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1996
Burne Hogarth, American cartoonist and author (b. 1911)
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1996
Jerry Siegel, American author and illustrator, co-created Superman (b. 1914)
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1998
Shotaro Ishinomori, Japanese author and illustrator (b. 1938)
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1999
Valery Gavrilin, Russian composer (b. 1939)
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2001
Ranko Marinković, Croatian author and playwright (b. 1913)
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2002
Gustaaf Deloor, Belgian cyclist and soldier (b. 1913)
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2002
Astrid Lindgren, Swedish author and screenwriter (b. 1907)
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2002
Ayşe Nur Zarakolu, Turkish author and activist (b. 1946)
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2003
Mieke Pullen, Dutch runner (b. 1957)
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2004
Lloyd M. Bucher, American captain (b. 1927)
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2004
Mel Pritchard, English drummer (b. 1948)
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2005
Jim Capaldi, English singer-songwriter and drummer (b. 1944)
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2007
Carlo Clerici, Swiss cyclist (b. 1929)
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2007
Robert Drinan, American priest, lawyer, and politician (b. 1920)
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2007
Yelena Romanova, Russian runner (b. 1963)
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2007
Karel Svoboda, Czech composer (b. 1938)
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2009
Billy Powell, American keyboard player and songwriter (b. 1952)
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2012
Roman Juszkiewicz, Polish astronomer and astrophysicist (b. 1952)
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2012
Don Starkell, Canadian adventurer and author (b. 1932)
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2013
Florentino Fernández, Cuban-American boxer and coach (b. 1936)
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2013
Hattie N. Harrison, American educator and politician (b. 1928)
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2013
Oldřich Kulhánek, Czech painter, illustrator, and stage designer (b. 1940)
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2014
John Cacavas, American composer and conductor (b. 1930)
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2014
Harry Gamble, American football player, coach, and manager (b. 1930)
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2014
Dwight Gustafson, American composer and conductor (b. 1930)
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2014
Nigel Jenkins, Welsh poet, journalist, and geographer (b. 1949)
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2014
Jorge Obeid, Argentinian engineer and politician, Governor of Santa Fe (b. 1947)
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2015
Suraj Abdurrahman, Nigerian general, architect, and engineer (b. 1954)
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2015
Yves Chauvin, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1930)
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2015
Lionel Gilbert, Australian historian, author, and academic (b. 1924)
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2016
Signe Toly Anderson, American singer (b. 1941)
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2016
Paul Kantner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1941)
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2016
Franklin Gene Bissell, American football player and coach (b. 1926)
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2016
Buddy Cianci, American lawyer and politician, 32nd Mayor of Providence (b. 1941)
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2016
Bob Tizard, New Zealand lawyer and politician, 6th Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1924)
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2017
Alexander Chancellor, British journalist (b. 1940)
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2017
Geoff Nicholls, British musician (b. 1948)