October 6 — On This Day
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Events
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105 BC
Battle of Arausio: The Cimbri inflict the heaviest defeat on the Roman army of Gnaeus Mallius Maximus.
Battle of Arausio · Cimbri · Roman Republic · Gnaeus Mallius Maximus
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69 BC
Battle of Tigranocerta: Forces of the Roman Republic led by Lucullus defeat the army of the Kingdom of Armenia led by King Tigranes the Great.
Battle of Tigranocerta · Roman Republic · Lucullus · Kingdom of Armenia (antiquity) · Tigranes the Great
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AD 23
Rebels kill and decapitate the Xin dynasty emperor Wang Mang two days after the capital Chang'an is sacked during a peasant rebellion.
Xin dynasty · Wang Mang · Chang'an · Lulin
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404
Byzantine Empress Eudoxia has her seventh and last pregnancy which ends in a miscarriage. She is left bleeding and dies of an infection shortly after.
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1539
Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto and his army enter the Apalachee capital of Anhaica (present-day Tallahassee, Florida) by force.
Hernando de Soto · Apalachee · Anhaica · Tallahassee, Florida
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1582
Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar, this day is skipped in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
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1600
Jacopo Peri's Euridice, the earliest surviving opera, receives its première performance in Florence, signifying the beginning of the Baroque period
Jacopo Peri · Euridice (Peri) · Opera · Florence · Baroque
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1683
German immigrant families found Germantown in the colony of Pennsylvania, marking the first major immigration of German people to America.
German Americans · Germantown, Philadelphia · Province of Pennsylvania
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1723
Benjamin Franklin arrives in Philadelphia at the age of 17.
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1762
Seven Years' War: Conclusion of the Battle of Manila between Britain and Spain, which resulted in the British occupation of Manila for the rest of the war.
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1777
American Revolutionary War: General Sir Henry Clinton leads British forces in the capture of Continental Army Hudson River defenses in the Battle of Forts Clinton and Montgomery.
American Revolutionary War · Henry Clinton (British Army officer, born 1730) · Continental Army · Hudson River · Battle of Forts Clinton and Montgomery
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1789
French Revolution: Louis XVI returns to Paris from Versailles after being confronted by the Parisian women on October 5.
French Revolution · Louis XVI of France · Palace of Versailles · October 5
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1849
The execution of The 13 Martyrs of Arad after the Hungarian war of independence.
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1854
In England the Great fire of Newcastle and Gateshead starts shortly after midnight, leading to 53 deaths and hundreds injured.
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1876
The American Library Association was founded.
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1884
The Naval War College of the United States Navy is founded in Newport, Rhode Island.
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1898
Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, the largest American music fraternity, is founded at the New England Conservatory of Music by Ossian Everett Mills.
Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia · New England Conservatory of Music · Ossian Everett Mills
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1903
The High Court of Australia sits for the first time.
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1908
Austria-Hungary annexes Bosnia-Herzegovina, sparking a crisis.
Austria-Hungary · Austro-Hungarian rule in Bosnia and Herzegovina · Bosnian crisis
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1910
Eleftherios Venizelos is elected Prime Minister of Greece for the first time (seven times in total).
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1923
The Turkish National Movement enters Constantinople.
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1927
Opening of The Jazz Singer, the first prominent "talkie" movie.
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1934
Events of 6 October 1934 in Catalonia.
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1939
World War II: Germany's invasion of Poland ends with the surrender of Independent Operational Group Polesie after the Battle of Kock
Invasion of Poland · Independent Operational Group Polesie · Battle of Kock (1939)
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1942
World War II: The October Matanikau action on Guadalcanal begins as United States Marine Corps forces attack Imperial Japanese Army units along the Matanikau River.
Actions along the Matanikau · Guadalcanal · United States Marine Corps · Imperial Japanese Army · Matanikau River
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1943
World War II: 13 civilians are burnt alive by Friedrich Schubert's paramilitary group in Kali Sykia, Crete.
Burnings of Kali Sykia · Friedrich Schubert · Kali Sykia (page does not exist) · Crete
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1944
World War II: Units of 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps crossed Czechoslovak borders during Battle of the Dukla Pass.
1st Czechoslovak Army Corps in the USSR · Czechoslovakia · Battle of the Dukla Pass
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1973
Egypt launches a coordinated attack with Syria against Israel leading to the Yom Kippur War.
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1976
Cubana de Aviación Flight 455 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean shortly after taking off from Bridgetown, Barbados, after two bombs, placed on board by terrorists with connections to the CIA, exploded. All 73 people on board are killed.
Cubana de Aviación Flight 455 · Bridgetown · Barbados · Luis Posada Carriles · Central Intelligence Agency
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1976
New Premier Hua Guofeng orders the arrest of the Gang of Four and associates and ends the Cultural Revolution in China.
Premier of the People's Republic of China · Hua Guofeng · Gang of Four · Cultural Revolution
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1976
Massacre of students gathering at Thammasat University in Bangkok, Thailand, to protest the return of ex-dictator Thanom, by a coalition of right-wing paramilitary and government forces, triggering the return of the military to government.
Thammasat University massacre · Thammasat University · Bangkok · Thailand · Thanom Kittikachorn
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1977
In Alicante, Spain, fascists attack a group of MCPV militants and sympathizers, and one MCPV sympathizer is killed.
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1977
The first prototype of the Mikoyan MiG-29, designated 9-01, makes its maiden flight.
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1979
Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff to visit the White House.
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1981
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat is murdered by Islamic extremists.
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1985
PC Keith Blakelock is murdered as riots erupt in the Broadwater Farm suburb of London.
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2007
Jason Lewis completes the first human-powered circumnavigation of the globe.
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Famous Births
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1289
Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (d. 1306)
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1459
Martin Behaim, German navigator and geographer (d. 1507)
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1510
John Caius, English physician and academic, co-founded the Gonville and Caius College (d. 1573)
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1510
Rowland Taylor, English priest and martyr (d. 1555)
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1552
Matteo Ricci, Italian priest and missionary (d. 1610)
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1555
Ferenc Nádasdy, Hungarian noble (d. 1604)
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1565
Marie de Gournay, French writer (d. 1645)
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1573
Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire (d. 1624)
Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton · Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire
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1576
Roger Manners, 5th Earl of Rutland (d. 1612)
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1591
Settimia Caccini, Italian singer-songwriter (d. 1638)
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1610
Charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier, French general (d. 1690)
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1626
Géraud de Cordemoy, French historian, philosopher and lawyer (d. 1684)
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1716
George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1771)
George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax · Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
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1732
John Broadwood, Scottish businessman, co-founded John Broadwood and Sons (d. 1812)
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1738
Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (d. 1789)
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1742
Johan Herman Wessel, Norwegian-Danish poet and playwright (d. 1755)
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1744
James McGill, Scottish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist, founded McGill University (d. 1813)
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1767
Henri Christophe, Grenadian-Haitian king (d. 1820)
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1769
Isaac Brock, English general and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada (d. 1812)
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1773
John MacCulloch, Scottish geologist and academic (d. 1835)
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1773
Louis Philippe I of France (d. 1850)
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1801
Hippolyte Carnot, French politician (d. 1888)
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1803
Heinrich Wilhelm Dove, Polish-German physicist and meteorologist (d. 1879)
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1820
James Caulfeild, 3rd Earl of Charlemont, Irish politician, Lord Lieutenant of Armagh (d. 1892)
James Caulfeild, 3rd Earl of Charlemont · Lord Lieutenant of Armagh
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1820
Jenny Lind, Swedish soprano and actress (d. 1887)
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1831
Richard Dedekind, German mathematician and philosopher (d. 1916)
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1838
Giuseppe Cesare Abba, Italian soldier, poet, and author (d. 1910)
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1846
George Westinghouse, American engineer and businessman, founded the Westinghouse Air Brake Company (d. 1914)
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1862
Albert J. Beveridge, American historian and politician (d. 1927)
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1866
Reginald Fessenden, Canadian engineer and academic, invented radiotelephony (d. 1932)
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1874
Frank G. Allen, American merchant and politician, 51st Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1950)
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1876
Ernest Lapointe, Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th Canadian Minister of Justice (d. 1941)
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1882
Karol Szymanowski, Polish pianist and composer (d. 1937)
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1886
Edwin Fischer, Swiss pianist and conductor (d. 1960)
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1887
Le Corbusier, Swiss-French architect and painter, designed the Philips Pavilion and Saint-Pierre, Firminy (d. 1965)
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1888
Roland Georges Garros, French soldier and pilot (d. 1918)
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1891
Hendrik Adamson, Estonian poet and educator (d. 1946)
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1893
Meghnad Saha, Indian astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic (d. 1956)
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1895
Caroline Gordon, American author and critic (d. 1981)
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1896
David Howard, American film director (d. 1941)
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1897
Florence B. Seibert, American biochemist and academic (d. 1991)
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1900
Vivion Brewer, American activist and desegregationist (d. 1991)
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1900
Willy Merkl, German mountaineer (d. 1934)
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1900
Stan Nichols, English cricketer (d. 1961)
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1901
Eveline Du Bois-Reymond Marcus, German-Brazilian zoologist and academic (d. 1990)
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1903
Ernest Walton, Irish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1995)
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1905
Helen Wills, American tennis player and painter (d. 1998)
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1906
Janet Gaynor, American actress (d. 1984)
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1906
Taffy O'Callaghan, Welsh footballer and coach (d. 1946)
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1908
Carole Lombard, American actress (d. 1942)
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1908
Sergei Sobolev, Russian mathematician and academic (d. 1989)
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1910
Barbara Castle, English journalist and politician, First Secretary of State (d. 2002)
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1910
Orazio Satta Puliga, Italian automobile designer (d. 1974)
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1912
Perkins Bass, American lawyer and politician (d. 2011)
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1913
Méret Oppenheim, German-Swiss painter and photographer (d. 1985)
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1914
Thor Heyerdahl, Norwegian ethnographer and explorer (d. 2002)
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1914
Joan Littlewood, English director and playwright (d. 2002)
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1915
Carolyn Goodman, American psychologist and activist (d. 2007)
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1915
Humberto Sousa Medeiros, Portuguese-American cardinal (d. 1983)
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1915
Alice Timander, Swedish dentist and actress (d. 2007)
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1916
Chiang Wei-kuo, Japanese-Chinese general (d. 1997)
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1917
Fannie Lou Hamer, American activist and philanthropist (d. 1977)
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1918
Goh Keng Swee, Singaporean soldier and politician, 2nd Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore (d. 2010)
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1918
André Pilette, French-Belgian race car driver (d. 1993)
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1919
Siad Barre, Somalian general and politician, later president (d. 1995)
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1919
Tommy Lawton, English footballer and coach (d. 1996)
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1920
John Donaldson, Baron Donaldson of Lymington, English lawyer and judge (d. 2005)
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1921
Evgenii Landis, Ukrainian-Russian mathematician and theorist (d. 1997)
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1921
Joseph Lowery, American minister and activist
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1922
Joe Frazier, American baseball player and manager (d. 2011)
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1922
Teala Loring, American actress (d. 2007)
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1923
Yaşar Kemal, Turkish journalist and author (d. 2015)
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1925
Shana Alexander, American journalist and author (d. 2005)
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1927
Bill King, American sportscaster (d. 2005)
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1928
Barbara Werle, American actress and singer (d. 2013)
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1929
George Mattos, American pole vaulter (d. 2012)
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1930
Hafez al-Assad, Syrian general and politician, 20th President of Syria (d. 2000)
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1930
Richie Benaud, Australian cricketer and sportscaster (d. 2015)
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1930
Eileen Derbyshire, English actress
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1931
Nikolai Chernykh, Russian astronomer (d. 2004)
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1931
Riccardo Giacconi, Italian-American astrophysicist and astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate
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1933
Prince Mukarram Jah, Titular Nizam of Hyderabad State
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1934
Marshall Rosenberg, American psychologist and author (d. 2015)
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1935
Bruno Sammartino, Italian-American wrestler and trainer
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1936
Julius L. Chambers, American lawyer, educator, and activist (d. 2013)
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1938
Serge Nubret, Caribbean-French bodybuilder and actor (d. 2011)
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1939
Melvyn Bragg, English journalist, author, and academic
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1939
Jack Cullen, American baseball player
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1939
Richard Delgado, American lawyer and academic
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1939
Sheila Greibach, American computer scientist and academic
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1939
John J. LaFalce, American captain, lawyer, and politician
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1940
Jan Keizer, Dutch footballer and referee
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1940
Ellen Travolta, American actress
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1941
Paul Popham, American soldier and activist, co-founded Gay Men's Health Crisis (d. 1987)
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1942
Dan Christensen, American painter (d. 2007)
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1942
Britt Ekland, Swedish actress and singer
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1942
Fred Travalena, American comedian and actor (d. 2009)
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1943
Richard Caborn, English engineer and politician, Minister for Sport and the Olympics
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1943
Peter Dowding, Australian politician, 24th Premier of Western Australia
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1943
Alexander Maxovich Shilov, Russian painter
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1943
Cees Veerman, Dutch singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2014)
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1944
Merzak Allouache, Algerian director and screenwriter
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1944
Patrick Cordingley, English general
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1944
Boris Mikhailov, Russian ice hockey player and coach
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1944
Carlos Pace, Brazilian race car driver (d. 1977)
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1945
Ivan Graziani, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1997)
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1946
Lloyd Doggett, American lawyer and politician
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1946
Tony Greig, South African-English cricketer and sportscaster (d. 2012)
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1946
John Monie, Australian rugby league player and coach
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1946
Millie Small, Jamaican singer-songwriter
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1946
Eddie Villanueva, Filipino evangelist and politician, founded the ZOE Broadcasting Network
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1947
Patxi Andión, Spanish singer-songwriter and actor
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1947
Klaus Dibiasi, Italian diver
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1948
Gerry Adams, Irish republican politician
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1948
Glenn Branca, American guitarist and composer
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1949
Lonnie Johnson, American inventor
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1949
Penny Junor, English journalist and author
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1949
Thomas McClary, American R&B singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1949
Leslie Moonves, American businessman
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1949
Nicolas Peyrac, French singer-songwriter and photographer
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1950
David Brin, American physicist and author
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1951
Kevin Cronin, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
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1951
Clive Rees, Singaporean-Welsh rugby player and educator
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1951
Gavin Sutherland, Scottish singer-songwriter and bass player
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1951
Manfred Winkelhock, German race car driver (d. 1985)
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1952
Ayten Mutlu, Turkish poet and author
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1953
Rein Rannap, Estonian pianist and composer
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1954
Bill Buford, American author and journalist
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1954
David Hidalgo, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1954
Darrell M. West, American political scientist, author, and academic
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1955
Tony Dungy, American football player and coach
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1956
Sadiq al-Ahmar, Yemeni politician
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1956
Kathleen Webb, American author and illustrator
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1957
Bruce Grobbelaar, Zimbabwean footballer and coach
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1959
Turki bin Sultan, Saudi Arabian politician (d. 2012)
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1959
Oil Can Boyd, American baseball player
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1959
Brian Higgins, American politician
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1959
Walter Ray Williams, Jr., American bowler
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1961
Miyuki Matsuda, Japanese actress
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1961
Paul Sansome, English footballer
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1961
Ben Summerskill, English businessman and journalist
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1962
David Baker, American biologist and academic
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1962
Rich Yett, American baseball player
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1963
Sven Andersson, Swedish footballer and coach
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1963
Elisabeth Shue, American actress
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1964
Ricky Berry, American basketball player (d. 1989)
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1964
Mark Field, German-English lawyer and politician
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1964
Tom Jager, American swimmer and coach
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1964
Miltos Manetas, Greek painter
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1964
Knut Storberget, Norwegian lawyer and politician, Norwegian Minister of Justice
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1964
Matthew Sweet, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
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1965
Peg O'Connor, American philosopher and academic
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1965
Steve Scalise, American lawyer and politician
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1965
Rubén Sierra, Puerto Rican-American baseball player
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1965
John McWhorter, American academic and linguist
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1966
Jacqueline Obradors, American actress
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1966
Niall Quinn, Irish footballer and manager
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1966
Tommy Stinson, American singer-songwriter and bass player
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1967
Kennet Andersson, Swedish footballer
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1967
Svend Karlsen, Norwegian strongman and bodybuilder
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1967
Steven Woolfe, English barrister and politician
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1968
Bjarne Goldbæk, Danish footballer and sportscaster
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1968
Bob May, American golfer
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1969
Byron Black, Zimbabwean golfer
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1969
Muhammad V of Kelantan, Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia
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1970
Maria Kannegaard, Danish-Norwegian pianist and composer
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1970
Shauna MacDonald, Canadian actress and producer
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1970
Darren Oliver, American baseball player
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1970
Amy Jo Johnson, American Actress
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1971
Phil Bennett, English race car driver
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1971
Takis Gonias, Greek footballer and manager
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1971
Alan Stubbs, English footballer, coach, and manager
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1972
Daniel Cavanagh, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1972
Anders Iwers, Swedish bass player
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1972
Jarrod Moseley, Australian golfer
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1972
Mark Schwarzer, Australian footballer
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1972
Ryu Si-won, South Korean actor and singer
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1972
Ko So-young, South Korean model and actress
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1973
Jeff B. Davis, American comedian, actor, and singer
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1973
Ioan Gruffudd, Welsh actor
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1973
Sylvain Legwinski, French footballer and manager
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1973
Rebecca Lobo, American basketball player and sportscaster
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1974
Walter Centeno, Costa Rican footballer and manager
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1974
Kenny Jönsson, Swedish ice hockey player and coach
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1974
Seema Kennedy, British politician
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1974
Jeremy Sisto, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
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1974
Hoàng Xuân Vinh, Vietnamese shooter
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1975
Reon King, Guyanese cricketer
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1976
Freddy García, Venezuelan baseball player
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1976
Magdalena Kučerová, Czech-German tennis player
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1976
Stefan Postma, Dutch footballer and coach
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1977
Daniel Brière, Canadian ice hockey player
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1977
Melinda Doolittle, American singer-songwriter
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1977
Shimon Gershon, Israeli footballer and singer
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1977
Jamie Laurie, American singer-songwriter
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1977
Vladimir Manchev, Bulgarian footballer and manager
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1978
Carolina Gynning, Swedish model, actress, and singer
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1978
Ricky Hatton, English boxer and promoter
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1978
Liu Yang (astronaut), First Chinese woman in space
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1979
David Di Tommaso, French footballer (d. 2005)
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1979
Richard Seymour, American football player
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1979
Pascal van Assendelft, Dutch sprinter
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1980
Arnaud Coyot, French cyclist (d. 2013)
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1980
Wes Durston, English cricketer
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1980
Abdoulaye Méïté, French footballer
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1981
Zurab Khizanishvili, Georgian footballer
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1981
José Luis Perlaza, Ecuadorian footballer
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1982
Levon Aronian, Armenian chess player
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1982
William Butler, American musician and composer
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1982
Fábio Júnior dos Santos, Brazilian footballer
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1982
Hideki Mutoh, Japanese race car driver
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1982
Paul Smith, English boxer
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1983
Renata Voráčová, Czech tennis player
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1984
Morné Morkel, South African cricketer
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1984
Joanna Pacitti, American singer-songwriter
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1985
Mitchell Cole, English footballer (d. 2012)
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1985
Sylvia Fowles, American basketball player
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1985
Tarmo Kink, Estonian footballer
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1986
Meg Myers, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1986
Olivia Thirlby, American actress
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1987
Joe Lewis, English footballer
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1987
Akuila Uate, Fijian-Australian rugby league player
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1988
Trey Edward Shults, American film director
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1989
Albert Ebossé Bodjongo, Cameroonian footballer (d. 2014)
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1989
Tyler Ennis, Canadian ice hockey player
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1989
Pizzi, Portuguese footballer
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1990
Han Sun-hwa, South Korean singer and actress
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1992
Taylor Paris, Canadian rugby player
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1993
Adam Gemili, English sprinter
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1993
Joe Rafferty, English-Irish footballer
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1997
Kasper Dolberg, Danish footballer
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Famous Deaths
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AD 23
Wang Mang, "usurper" of the throne of the Han Dynasty and Emperor of the Xin Dynasty (b. 45 BC)
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404
Aelia Eudoxia, Roman wife of Arcadius
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836
Nicetas the Patrician, Byzantine general, monk, and saint (b. 761)
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869
Ermentrude of Orléans (b. 823)
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877
Charles the Bald, Roman emperor (b. 823)
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1014
Samuel of Bulgaria, Tsar of the First Bulgarian Empire (b. 958)
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1145
Baldwin, archbishop of Pisa
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1090
Saint Adalbero
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1101
Bruno of Cologne, German-Italian monk and saint, founded Carthusian Order (b. 1030)
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1173
Engelbert III, Margrave of Istria
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1349
Joan II of Navarre, daughter of Louis X of France (b. 1311)
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1398
Jeong Dojeon, Korean prime minister (b. 1342)
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1413
Dawit I of Ethiopia (b. 1382)
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1536
William Tyndale, English Protestant Bible translator (b. c. 1494)
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1553
Şehzade Mustafa, Ottoman prince (b. 1515)
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1641
Matthijs Quast, Dutch explorer
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1644
Elisabeth of France (b. 1602)
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1657
Kâtip Çelebi, Turkish geographer, historian, and scholar (b. 1609)
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1660
Paul Scarron, French poet and author (b. 1610)
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1661
Guru Har Rai, Indian 7th Sikh guru (b. 1630)
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1688
Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle, English soldier and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica (b. 1652)
Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle · Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica
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1762
Francesco Manfredini, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1684)
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1819
Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia (b. 1751)
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1829
Pierre Derbigny, French-American politician, 6th Governor of Louisiana (b. 1769)
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1836
Johannes Jelgerhuis, Dutch painter and actor (b. 1770)
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1873
Paweł Strzelecki, Polish-English geologist and explorer (b. 1797)
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1883
Dục Đức, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1852)
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1891
Charles Stewart Parnell, Irish politician (b. 1846)
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1892
Alfred, Lord Tennyson, English poet (b. 1809)
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1912
Auguste Beernaert, Belgian politician, 14th Prime Minister of Belgium, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1829)
Auguste Beernaert · Prime Minister of Belgium · Nobel Peace Prize
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1923
Damat Ferid Pasha, Ottoman politician, 285th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1853)
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1942
Siegmund Glücksmann, German politician (b. 1884)
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1945
Leonardo Conti, German SS officer (b. 1900)
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1947
Leevi Madetoja, Finnish composer and critic (b. 1887)
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1951
Will Keith Kellogg, American businessman, founded the Kellogg Company (b. 1860)
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1951
Otto Fritz Meyerhof, German-American physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1884)
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1959
Bernard Berenson, American historian and author (b. 1865)
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1962
Tod Browning, American actor, director, screenwriter (b. 1880)
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1968
Phyllis Nicolson, English mathematician and physicist (b. 1917)
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1969
Walter Hagen, American golfer (b. 1892)
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1969
Otto Steinböck, Austrian zoologist (b. 1893)
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1973
Sidney Blackmer, American actor (b. 1895)
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1973
François Cevert, French race car driver (b. 1944)
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1973
Dick Laan, Dutch actor, screenwriter, and author (b. 1894)
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1973
Dennis Price, English actor (b. 1915)
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1973
Margaret Wilson, American missionary and author (b. 1882)
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1974
Helmuth Koinigg, Austrian race car driver (b. 1948)
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1976
Gilbert Ryle, English philosopher and author (b. 1900)
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1979
Elizabeth Bishop, American poet and short-story writer (b. 1911)
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1980
Hattie Jacques, English actress and producer (b. 1922)
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1980
Jean Robic, French cyclist (b. 1921)
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1981
Anwar Sadat, Egyptian colonel and politician, 3rd President of Egypt, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)
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1983
Terence Cooke, American cardinal (b. 1921)
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1985
Nelson Riddle, American composer, conductor, and bandleader (b. 1921)
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1986
Alexander Kronrod, Russian mathematician and computer scientist (b. 1921)
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1989
Bette Davis, American actress (b. 1908)
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1990
Bahriye Üçok, Turkish sociologist and politician (b. 1919)
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1991
Igor Talkov, Russian singer-songwriter (b. 1956)
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1992
Denholm Elliott, English actor (b. 1922)
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1992
Bill O'Reilly, Australian cricketer and sportscaster (b. 1905)
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1993
Nejat Eczacıbaşı, Turkish chemist, businessman, and philanthropist, founded Eczacıbaşı (b. 1913)
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1993
Larry Walters, American truck driver and pilot (b. 1949)
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1995
Benoît Chamoux, French mountaineer (b. 1961)
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1997
Johnny Vander Meer, American baseball player and manager (b. 1914)
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1998
Mark Belanger, American baseball player (b. 1944)
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1999
Amália Rodrigues, Portuguese singer and actress (b. 1920)
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1999
Gorilla Monsoon, American wrestler and sportscaster (b. 1937)
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2000
Richard Farnsworth, American actor and stuntman (b. 1920)
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2001
Arne Harris, American director and producer (b. 1934)
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2002
Prince Claus of the Netherlands (b. 1926)
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2006
Bertha Brouwer, Dutch sprinter (b. 1930)
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2006
Eduardo Mignogna, Argentinian director and screenwriter (b. 1940)
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2006
Buck O'Neil, American baseball player and manager (b. 1911)
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2006
Wilson Tucker, American author and critic (b. 1914)
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2007
Babasaheb Bhosale, Indian lawyer and politician, 8th Chief Minister of Maharashtra (d. 1921)
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2007
Laxmi Mall Singhvi, Indian scholar, jurist, and politician (b. 1931)
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2008
Peter Cox, Australian public servant and politician (b. 1925)
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2009
Douglas Campbell, Scottish-Canadian actor and screenwriter (b. 1922)
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2010
Rhys Isaac, South-African-Australian historian and author (b. 1937)
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2010
Antonie Kamerling, Dutch television and film actor, and musician (b. 1966)
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2011
Diane Cilento, Australian actress and author (b. 1933)
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2012
Chadli Bendjedid, Algerian colonel and politician, 3rd President of Algeria (b. 1929)
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2012
Anthony John Cooke, English organist and composer (b. 1931)
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2012
Nick Curran, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1977)
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2012
Albert, Margrave of Meissen (b. 1943)
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2012
Joseph Meyer, American lawyer and politician, 19th Secretary of State of Wyoming (b. 1941)
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2012
B. Satya Narayan Reddy, Indian lawyer and politician, 19th Governor of West Bengal (b. 1927)
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2012
J. J. C. Smart, English-Australian philosopher and academic (b. 1920)
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2013
Ulysses Curtis, American-Canadian football player and coach (b. 1926)
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2013
Rift Fournier, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1936)
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2013
Paul Rogers, English actor (b. 1917)
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2013
Nico van Kampen, Dutch physicist and academic (b. 1921)
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2014
Vic Braden, American tennis player and coach (b. 1929)
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2014
Igor Mitoraj, German-Polish sculptor (b. 1944)
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2014
Diane Nyland, Canadian actress, director and choreographer (b. 1944)
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2014
Marian Seldes, American actress (b. 1928)
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2014
Serhiy Zakarlyuka, Ukrainian footballer and manager (b. 1976)
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2014
Feridun Buğeker, Turkish football player (b. 1933)
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2015
Árpád Göncz, Hungarian author, playwright, and politician, 1st President of Hungary (b. 1922)
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2015
Vladimir Shlapentokh, Ukrainian-American sociologist, historian, political scientist, and academic (b. 1926)
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2015
Juan Vicente Ugarte del Pino, Peruvian historian, lawyer, and jurist (b. 1923)
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2017
Ralphie May, American stand-up comedian and actor (b. 1972)
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2017
David Marks (architect), British architect, designer of the London Eye (b. 1952)
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