January 7 — On This Day
330 entries
Events
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1131
Canute Lavard was murdered at Haraldsted, Denmark by his cousin, Magnus I of Sweden.
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1325
Alfonso IV becomes King of Portugal.
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1558
France takes Calais, the last continental possession of England.
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1566
Pope Pius V is elected.
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1608
Fire destroys Jamestown, Virginia.
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1610
Galileo Galilei makes his first observation of the four Galilean moons: Ganymede, Callisto, Io and Europa, although he is not able to distinguish the last two until the following day.
Galileo Galilei · Galilean moons · Ganymede (moon) · Callisto (moon) · Io (moon)
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1782
The first American commercial bank, the Bank of North America, opens.
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1785
Frenchman Jean-Pierre Blanchard and American John Jeffries travel from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in a gas balloon.
Jean-Pierre Blanchard · John Jeffries · Dover · Calais · Balloon
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1835
HMS Beagle drops anchor off the Chonos Archipelago.
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1894
William Kennedy Dickson receives a patent for motion picture film.
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1904
The distress signal "CQD" is established only to be replaced two years later by "SOS".
Distress signal · CQD · SOS
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1919
Montenegrin guerrilla fighters rebel against the planned annexation of Montenegro by Serbia, but fail.
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1920
The New York State Assembly refuses to seat five duly elected Socialist assemblymen.
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1922
Dáil Éireann ratifies the Anglo-Irish Treaty by a 64-57 vote.
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1927
The first transatlantic telephone service is established from New York City to London.
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1931
Guy Menzies flies the first solo non-stop trans-Tasman flight (from Australia to New Zealand) in 11 hours and 45 minutes, crash-landing on New Zealand's west coast.
Guy Menzies · Trans-Tasman · Australia · New Zealand · Westland District
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1935
Benito Mussolini and French Foreign minister Pierre Laval sign the Franco-Italian Agreement.
Benito Mussolini · Foreign minister · Pierre Laval · Franco-Italian Agreement
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1940
Winter War: The Finnish 9th Division stop and completely destroy the numerically superior Soviet forces on the Raate-Suomussalmi road.
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1942
World War II: The siege of the Bataan Peninsula begins.
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1945
World War II: British General Bernard Montgomery holds a press conference in which he claims credit for victory in the Battle of the Bulge.
United Kingdom · Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein · Battle of the Bulge
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1948
Kentucky Air National Guard pilot Thomas Mantell crashes while in pursuit of a supposed UFO.
Kentucky Air National Guard · Mantell UFO incident · Unidentified flying object
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1954
Georgetown-IBM experiment: The first public demonstration of a machine translation system, is held in New York at the head office of IBM.
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1955
Contralto Marian Anderson becomes the first person of color to perform at the Metropolitan Opera in Giuseppe Verdi's Un ballo in maschera.
Marian Anderson · Metropolitan Opera · Giuseppe Verdi · Un ballo in maschera
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1959
The United States recognizes the new Cuban government of Fidel Castro.
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1968
Surveyor Program: Surveyor 7, the last spacecraft in the Surveyor series, lifts off from launch complex 36A, Cape Canaveral.
Surveyor Program · Surveyor 7 · Spaceport Florida Launch Complex 36 · Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
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1973
Mark Essex fatally shoots ten people and wounds 13 others at Howard Johnson's Hotel in New Orleans, Louisiana, before being shot to death by police officers.
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1979
Third Indochina War: Cambodian-Vietnamese War: Phnom Penh falls to the advancing Vietnamese troops, driving out Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge.
Sino-Vietnamese War · Cambodian-Vietnamese War · Phnom Penh · Vietnam · Pol Pot
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1980
U.S. President Jimmy Carter authorizes legislation giving $1.5 billion in loans to bail out the Chrysler Corporation.
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1984
Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
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1985
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency launches Sakigake, Japan's first interplanetary spacecraft and the first deep space probe to be launched by any country other than the United States or the Soviet Union.
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency · Sakigake · Robotic spacecraft · Space probe
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1991
Roger Lafontant, former leader of the Tonton Macoute in Haiti under François Duvalier, attempts a coup d'état, which ends in his arrest.
Roger Lafontant · Tonton Macoute · Haiti · François Duvalier · Coup d'état
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1992
The Jeep Grand Cherokee is introduced at the Detroit Auto Show.
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1993
The Fourth Republic of Ghana is inaugurated with Jerry Rawlings as President.
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1993
Bosnian War: The Bosnian Army executes a surprise attack at the village of Kravica in Srebrenica.
Bosnian War · Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina · Kravica attack (1993) · Srebrenica
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1999
The Senate trial in the impeachment of U.S. President Bill Clinton begins.
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2012
A hot air balloon crashes near Carterton, New Zealand, killing all 11 people on board.
Hot air balloon · 2012 Carterton hot air balloon crash · Carterton, New Zealand
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2015
Two gunmen commit mass murder at the offices of Charlie Hebdo in Paris, shooting twelve people execution style, and wounding eleven others.
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2015
A car bomb explodes outside a police college in the Yemeni capital Sana'a with at least 38 people reported dead and more than 63 injured.
Famous Births
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889
Li Bian, emperor of Southern Tang (d. 943)
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1355
Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester, English politician, Lord High Constable of England (d. 1397)
Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester · Lord High Constable of England
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1502
Pope Gregory XIII (d. 1585)
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1535
Edward Stafford, 3rd Baron Stafford, English Baron (d. 1603)
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1634
Adam Krieger, German organist and composer (d. 1666)
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1647
William Louis, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1677)
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1685
Jonas Alströmer, Swedish agronomist and businessman (d. 1761)
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1706
Johann Heinrich Zedler, German publisher (d. 1751)
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1713
Giovanni Battista Locatelli, Italian director and manager (d. 1785)
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1718
Israel Putnam, American general (d. 1790)
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1746
George Elphinstone, 1st Viscount Keith, Scottish admiral and politician (d. 1823)
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1768
Joseph Bonaparte, Italian king (d. 1844)
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1786
John Catron, American lawyer and jurist (d. 1865)
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1800
Millard Fillmore, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 13th President of the United States (d. 1874)
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1827
Sandford Fleming, Scottish-Canadian engineer, created Universal Standard Time (d. 1915)
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1831
Heinrich von Stephan, German postman, founded the Universal Postal Union (d. 1897)
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1832
James Munro, Scottish-Australian publisher and politician, 15th Premier of Victoria (d. 1908)
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1834
Johann Philipp Reis, German physicist and academic, invented the Reis telephone (d. 1874)
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1837
Thomas Henry Ismay, English businessman, founded the White Star Line Shipping Company (d. 1899)
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1844
Bernadette Soubirous, French nun and saint (d. 1879)
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1850
Joseph James Fletcher, Australian biologist (d. 1926)
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1858
Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, Belarusian lexicographer and journalist (d. 1922)
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1860
Emanuil Manolov, Bulgarian composer (d. 1902)
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1864
Seo Jae-pil, South Korean-American journalist and activist (d. 1951)
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1870
Gordon Hewart, 1st Viscount Hewart, English judge and politician, 7th Lord Chief Justice of England (d. 1943)
Gordon Hewart, 1st Viscount Hewart · Lord Chief Justice of England
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1871
Émile Borel, French mathematician and politician (d. 1956)
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1873
Charles Péguy, French poet and journalist (d. 1914)
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1873
Adolph Zukor, Hungarian-American film producer, co-founded Paramount Pictures (d. 1976)
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1875
Gustav Flatow, German gymnast (d. 1945)
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1876
William Hurlstone, English pianist and composer (d. 1906)
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1877
William Clarence Matthews, American baseball player, coach, and lawyer (d. 1928)
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1885
Edwin Swatek, American swimmer and water polo player (d. 1966)
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1887
Oskar Luts, Estonian author and playwright (d. 1953)
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1888
Vera de Bosset, Russian-American ballerina (d. 1982)
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1891
Zora Neale Hurston, American novelist, short story writer, and folklorist (d. 1960)
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1895
Hudson Fysh, Australian pilot and businessman, co-founded Qantas Airways Limited (d. 1974)
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1898
Robert LeGendre, American pentathlete and dentist (d. 1931)
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1899
Al Bowlly, Mozambican-English singer-songwriter (d. 1941)
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1899
Francis Poulenc, French pianist and composer (d. 1963)
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1900
John Brownlee, Australian actor and singer (d. 1969)
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1903
Ioannis Despotopoulos, Greek architect and academic (d. 1992)
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1903
Alan Napier, English actor (d. 1988)
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1905
James Simpson, Jr., American race car driver and politician (d. 1960)
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1906
Red Allen, American trumpet player (d. 1967)
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1906
Bobbi Trout, American pilot (d. 2003)
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1910
Orval Faubus, American soldier and politician, 36th Governor of Arkansas (d. 1994)
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1911
Butterfly McQueen, American actress and dancer (d. 1995)
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1912
Charles Addams, American cartoonist, created The Addams Family (d. 1988)
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1912
Günter Wand, German conductor and composer (d. 2002)
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1913
Johnny Mize, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (d. 1993)
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1914
Bobby McDermott, American basketball player (d. 1963)
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1916
W. L. Jeyasingham, Sri Lankan geographer and academic (d. 1989)
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1916
Babe Pratt, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1988)
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1917
Ulysses Kay, American composer and educator (d. 1995)
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1917
Milton Resnick, Russian-American painter and educator (d. 2004)
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1919
Steve Belichick, American football player, coach and scout (d. 2005)
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1920
Vincent Gardenia, Italian-American actor (d. 1992)
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1921
Esmeralda Arboleda Cadavid, Colombian politician (d. 1997)
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1921
Chester Kallman, American poet and translator (d. 1975)
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1922
Alvin Dark, American baseball player and manager (d. 2014)
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1922
Eric Jupp, English-Australian pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 2003)
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1922
Jean-Pierre Rampal, French flute player (d. 2000)
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1923
Hugh Kenner, Canadian scholar and critic (d. 2003)
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1924
Pablo Birger, Argentinian race car driver (d. 1966)
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1924
Gene L. Coon, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1973)
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1925
Gerald Durrell, Indian-English zookeeper, conservationist and author, founded Durrell Wildlife Park (d. 1995)
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1926
Kim Jong-pil, South Korean lieutenant and politician, 11th Prime Minister of South Korea
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1928
William Peter Blatty, American author and screenwriter (d. 2017)
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1929
Robert Juniper, Australian painter and sculptor (d. 2012)
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1929
Terry Moore, American actress
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1930
Eddie LeBaron, American football player, manager, and sportscaster (d. 2015)
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1931
Mirja Hietamies, Finnish skier (d. 2013)
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1932
Joe Berinson, Australian pharmacist, lawyer, and politician; Attorney-General of Western Australia
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1933
Elliott Kastner, American-English film producer (d. 2010)
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1933
Phil Mulkey, American decathlete and coach
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1934
Jean Corbeil, Canadian lawyer and politician, 29th Canadian Minister of Labour (d. 2002)
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1934
Charles Jenkins Sr., American sprinter and coach
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1934
Tassos Papadopoulos, Cypriot lawyer and politician, 5th President of Cyprus (d. 2008)
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1935
Kenny Davern, American clarinet player and saxophonist (d. 2006)
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1935
Valeri Kubasov, Russian engineer and astronaut (d. 2014)
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1935
Ducky Schofield, American baseball player
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1936
G. Robert Blakey, American lawyer and academic
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1936
Ben Cropp, Australian hunter and photographer
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1936
Hunter Davies, Scottish author and journalist
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1936
Ian La Frenais, English screenwriter and producer
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1938
Lou Graham, American golfer and soldier
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1938
Paul Revere, American rock keyboard player and songwriter (d. 2014)
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1938
Roland Topor, French illustrator, painter, and actor (d. 1997)
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1938
Fred Whitfield, American baseball player (d. 2013)
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1939
Tom Kiernan, Irish rugby player and coach
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1940
Anton Norris, Barbadian high jumper and cricketer
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1941
Iona Brown, English violinist and conductor (d. 2004)
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1941
Frederick D. Gregory, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut
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1941
Manfred Schellscheidt, German-American soccer player and coach
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1941
John E. Walker, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
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1942
Vasily Alekseyev, Russian-German weightlifter and coach (d. 2011)
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1942
Jim Lefebvre, American baseball player and manager
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1942
Danny Steinmann, American director and screenwriter (d. 2012)
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1943
Richard Armstrong, English organist and conductor
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1944
Kotaro Suzumura, Japanese economist and academic
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1944
Tony Whitlam, Australian lawyer, judge, and politician
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1945
Tony Conigliaro, American baseball player and journalist (d. 1990)
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1945
Dick Marty, Swiss lawyer and politician
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1945
Raila Odinga, Kenyan engineer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Kenya
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1946
Michael Roizen, American anesthesiologist and author
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1946
Jann Wenner, American publisher, co-founded Rolling Stone
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1946
Mike Wilds, English race car driver and pilot
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1947
Tony Elliott, English publisher, founded Time Out
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1947
Mohammad-Reza Lotfi, Iranian setar player and composer (d. 2014)
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1948
Kenny Loggins, American singer-songwriter
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1948
Ichirou Mizuki, Japanese singer-songwriter
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1950
Juan Gabriel, Mexican singer-songwriter (d. 2016)
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1950
Ross Grimsley, American baseball player and coach
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1950
Malcolm Macdonald, English footballer and manager
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1952
Sammo Hung, Hong Kong actor, director, producer, and martial artist
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1953
Robert Longo, American painter and sculptor
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1953
Morris Titanic, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
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1954
Alan Butcher, English cricketer and coach
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1954
José María Vitier, Cuban pianist and composer
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1956
David Caruso, American actor
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1956
Mike Liut, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
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1956
Kostas Petropoulos, Greek basketball player and coach
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1957
Nicholson Baker, American novelist and essayist
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1957
Katie Couric, American television journalist, anchor, and author
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1959
Angela Smith, Baroness Smith of Basildon, English accountant and politician
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1959
Kathy Valentine, American bass player and songwriter
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1960
Loretta Sanchez, American politician
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1961
Andrew Thomson, Australian lawyer and politician
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1961
John Thune, American lawyer and politician
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1962
Aleksandr Dugin, Russian sociologist and philosopher
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1962
Hallie Todd, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
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1963
Rand Paul, American ophthalmologist and politician
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1964
Nicolas Cage, American actor
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1965
Alessandro Lambruschini, Italian runner
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1965
John Ondrasik, American singer-songwriter
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1967
Nick Clegg, English academic and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
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1967
Tim Donaghy, American basketball player and referee
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1967
Guy Hebert, American ice hockey player
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1967
Ricky Stuart, Australian rugby player, coach, and sportscaster
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1969
Rex Lee, Actor Young & Hungry[1][better source needed]
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1970
Andy Burnham, English politician, Secretary of State for Health
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1970
Doug E. Doug, Actor Cosby
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1970
Todd Day, American basketball player and coach
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1971
Jeremy Renner, American actor
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1972
Donald Brashear, American-Canadian ice hockey player and mixed martial artist
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1972
Shane Kelly, Australian cyclist
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1974
Alenka Bikar, Slovenian sprinter and politician
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1976
Vic Darchinyan, Armenian-Australian boxer
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1976
Éric Gagné, Canadian baseball player
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1976
Tomas Ražanauskas, Lithuanian footballer and manager
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1976
Alfonso Soriano, Dominican baseball player
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1977
John Gidding, American architect and television host
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1977
Sofi Oksanen, Finnish author and playwright
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1977
Marco Storari, Italian footballer
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1978
Dean Cosker, English cricketer
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1978
Kevin Mench, American baseball player
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1979
Ha Jae-sook, South Korean actress
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1979
Ricardo Maurício, Brazilian race car driver
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1980
Campbell Johnstone, New Zealand rugby player
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1980
Ivan L. Moody, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
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1980
Zöe Salmon, Northern Irish model and television host, Miss Northern Ireland 1999
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1980
Reece Simmonds, Australian rugby league player
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1980
Merritt Wever, American actress
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1981
Alex Auld, Canadian ice hockey player
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1981
Marquis Daniels, American basketball player
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1981
Travis Friend, Zimbabwean cricketer
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1982
Francisco Rodríguez, Venezuelan baseball player
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1982
Hannah Stockbauer, German swimmer
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1983
Edwin Encarnación, Dominican baseball player
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1983
Natalie Gulbis, American golfer
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1984
Diego Balbinot, Italian footballer
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1984
Jon Lester, American baseball player
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1984
Antonino Saviano, Italian footballer
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1985
Austin Brown, American singer-songwriter
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1985
Lewis Hamilton, English race car driver
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1986
Grant Leadbitter, English footballer
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1987
Stefan Babović, Serbian footballer
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1987
Lyndsy Fonseca, American actress
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1987
Olga Panova, Russian tennis player
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1987
Jimmy Smith, English footballer
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1988
Scott Pendlebury, Australian footballer
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1988
Lim Ju-eun, South Korean actress
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1989
Miles Addison, English footballer
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1990
Michael Sam, American football player
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1990
Gregor Schlierenzauer, Austrian ski jumper
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1991
Eden Hazard, Belgian footballer
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1991
Caster Semenya, South African sprinter
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1992
Tohu Harris, New Zealand rugby league player
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1996
Fu Yuanhui, Chinese swimmer
Famous Deaths
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312
Lucian of Antioch, Turkish martyr, saint, and theologian (b. 240)
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672
Tenji, Japanese emperor (b. 626)
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856
Aldric, bishop of Le Mans
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1131
Canute Lavard, Danish prince and saint (b. 1096)
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1285
Charles I of Naples (b. 1226)
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1325
Denis of Portugal (b. 1261)
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1355
Inês de Castro, Castilian noblewoman (b. 1325)
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1361
Gerlach I of Nassau-Wiesbaden
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1400
Thomas Holland, 1st Duke of Surrey, English politician (b. 1374)
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1400
John Montagu, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, English Earl (b. 1350)
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1451
Amadeus VIII of Savoy (b. 1383)
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1451
Antipope Felix V (b. 1383)
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1529
Peter Vischer the Elder, German sculptor (b. 1455)
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1536
Catherine of Aragon (b. 1485)
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1566
Louis de Blois, Flemish monk and author (b. 1506)
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1619
Nicholas Hilliard, English painter and goldsmith (b. 1547)
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1625
Ruggiero Giovannelli, Italian composer and author (b. 1560)
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1655
Pope Innocent X (b. 1574)
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1658
Theophilus Eaton, American farmer and politician, 1st Governor of the New Haven Colony (b. 1590)
Theophilus Eaton · List of colonial governors of Connecticut
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1694
Charles Gerard, 1st Earl of Macclesfield, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire (b. 1618)
Charles Gerard, 1st Earl of Macclesfield · Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire
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1700
Raffaello Fabretti, Italian scholar and author (b. 1618)
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1715
François Fénelon, French archbishop, theologian, and poet (b. 1651)
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1758
Allan Ramsay, Scottish poet and playwright (b. 1686)
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1767
Thomas Clap, American minister and academic (b. 1703)
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1770
Carl Gustaf Tessin, Swedish politician and diplomat (b. 1695)
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1783
William Tans'ur, English composer and educator (b. 1700)
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1786
Jean-Étienne Guettard, French physician and mineralogist (b. 1715)
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1812
Joseph Dennie, American journalist and author (b. 1768)
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1830
John Thomas Campbell, Irish-Australian public servant and politician (b. 1770)
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1830
Thomas Lawrence, English painter and educator (b. 1769)
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1858
Mustafa Reşid Pasha, Ottoman politician, Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1800)
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1864
Caleb Blood Smith, American journalist and politician, 6th U.S. Secretary of the Interior (b. 1808)
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1876
Juste Olivier, Swiss poet and academic (b. 1807)
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1878
François-Vincent Raspail, French chemist, physician, and physiologist (b. 1794)
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1892
Tewfik Pasha, Egyptian ruler (b. 1852)
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1893
Josef Stefan, Slovenian physicist and mathematician (b. 1835)
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1904
Emmanuel Rhoides, Greek journalist and author (b. 1836)
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1913
Jack Boyle, American baseball player and umpire (b. 1866)
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1919
Henry Ware Eliot American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Washington University in St. Louis (b. 1843)
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1920
Edmund Barton, Australian judge and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1849)
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1927
Nikolaos Kalogeropoulos, Greek politician, 99th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1851)
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1931
Edward Channing, American historian and author (b. 1856)
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1932
André Maginot, French sergeant and politician (b. 1877)
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1936
Guy d'Hardelot, French pianist and composer (b. 1858)
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1941
Charles Finger, English journalist and author (b. 1869)
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1943
Nikola Tesla, Serbian-American physicist and engineer (b. 1856)
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1944
Napoleon Lapathiotis, Greek lawyer and poet (b. 1888)
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1951
René Guénon, French-Egyptian philosopher and author (b. 1886)
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1953
Osa Johnson, American explorer, director, and producer (b. 1894)
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1960
Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers, English tennis player and coach (b. 1878)
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1963
Arthur Edward Moore, New Zealand-Australian farmer and politician, 23rd Premier of Queensland (b. 1876)
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1964
Reg Parnell, English race car driver and manager (b. 1911)
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1966
Allan Chapman, Scottish lawyer and politician (b. 1897)
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1967
David Goodis, American author and screenwriter (b. 1917)
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1967
Carl Schuricht, German-Swiss conductor (b. 1880)
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1968
J. L. B. Smith, South African chemist and academic (b. 1897)
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1972
John Berryman, American poet and scholar (b. 1914)
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1981
Alvar Lidell, English journalist (b. 1908)
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1981
Eric Robinson, Australian businessman and politician, 2nd Australian Minister for Finance (b. 1926)
Eric Robinson (Australian politician) · Minister for Finance (Australia)
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1984
Alfred Kastler, German-French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)
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1986
P. D. Eastman, American author and illustrator (b. 1909)
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1986
Juan Rulfo, Mexican author, screenwriter, and photographer (b. 1917)
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1988
Trevor Howard, English actor (b. 1913)
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1989
Hirohito, Japanese emperor (b. 1901)
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1990
Bronko Nagurski, Canadian-American football player and wrestler (b. 1908)
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1992
Richard Hunt, American puppeteer and voice actor (b. 1951)
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1995
Murray Rothbard, American economist, historian, and theorist (b. 1926)
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1996
Károly Grósz, Hungarian politician, 51st Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1930)
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1996
Tarō Okamoto, Japanese painter and sculptor (b. 1911)
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1998
Owen Bradley, American record producer (b. 1915)
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1998
Vladimir Prelog, Croatian-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906)
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2000
Gary Albright, American wrestler (b. 1963)
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2001
James Carr, American singer (b. 1942)
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2002
Avery Schreiber, American comedian and actor (b. 1935)
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2004
Ingrid Thulin, Swedish actress (b. 1926)
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2005
Pierre Daninos, French author (b. 1913)
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2006
Heinrich Harrer, Austrian mountaineer, geographer, and author (b. 1912)
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2007
Bobby Hamilton, American race car driver and businessman (b. 1957)
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2007
Magnus Magnusson, Icelandic journalist, author, and academic (b. 1929)
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2008
Alwyn Schlebusch, South African academic and politician, Vice State President of South Africa (b. 1917)
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2011
Derek Gardner, English engineer (b. 1931)
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2012
Ibrahim Aslan, Egyptian journalist and author (b. 1935)
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2012
Tony Blankley, British-born American child actor, journalist and pundit (b. 1948)
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2012
Milburn E. Calhoun, American physician, philanthropist, and publisher (b. 1930)
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2012
George Livingston, American politician (b. 1933)
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2012
Herbert Wilf, American mathematician and academic (b. 1931)
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2013
Richard Ben Cramer, American journalist and author (b. 1950)
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2013
Ada Louise Huxtable, American curator and critic (b. 1921)
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2014
Paul Goggins, English politician (b. 1953)
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2014
Run Run Shaw, Chinese-Hong Kong businessman and philanthropist, founded Shaw Brothers Studio and TVB (b. 1907)
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2015
Subhas Anandan, Indian-Singaporean lawyer (b. 1947)
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2015
Mompati Merafhe, Botswana general and politician, Vice-President of Botswana (b. 1936)
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2015
Arch A. Moore, Jr., American sergeant, lawyer, and politician, 28th Governor of West Virginia (b. 1923)
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2015
J. P. Parisé, Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and manager (b. 1941)
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2015
Herb Simpson, American baseball player (b. 1920)
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2015
Rod Taylor, Australian-American actor and screenwriter (b. 1930)
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2015
Georges Wolinski, Tunisian-French cartoonist (b. 1934)
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2016
Bill Foster, American basketball player and coach (b. 1929)
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2016
John Johnson, American basketball player (b. 1947)
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2016
Kitty Kallen, American singer (b. 1921)
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2016
Judith Kaye, American lawyer and jurist (b. 1938)
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2016
Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, Indian lawyer and politician, Indian Minister of Home Affairs (b. 1936)
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2017
Mário Soares, Portuguese politician; 16th President of Portugal (b. 1924)