October 9 — On This Day
357 entries
Events
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768
Carloman I and Charlemagne are crowned kings of the Franks.
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1238
James I of Aragon conquers Valencia and founds the Kingdom of Valencia.
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1264
The Kingdom of Castile conquers the city of Jerez, which had been under Muslim occupation since 711.
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1410
The first known mention of the Prague astronomical clock.
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1446
The hangul alphabet is published in Korea.
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1514
Marriage of Louis XII of France and Mary Tudor.
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1582
Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar, this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
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1594
The army of the Portuguese Empire is annihilated by the Kingdom of Kandy on Sri Lanka, bringing an end to the Campaign of Danture.
Portuguese Empire · Kingdom of Kandy · Sri Lanka · Campaign of Danture
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1604
Supernova 1604, the most recent supernova to be observed in the Milky Way.
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1635
Founder of Rhode Island Roger Williams is banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony as a religious dissident after he speaks out against punishments for religious offenses and giving away Native American land.
Rhode Island · Roger Williams · Massachusetts Bay Colony · Native Americans in the United States
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1701
The Collegiate School of Connecticut (later renamed Yale University) is chartered in Old Saybrook, Connecticut.
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1708
Peter the Great defeats the Swedes at the Battle of Lesnaya.
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1740
Dutch colonists and various slave groups begin massacring ethnic Chinese in Batavia, eventually killing 10,000 and leading to a two-year-long war throughout Java.
Dutch East Indies · 1740 Batavia massacre · Chinese Indonesians · Jakarta · Java War (1741-43)
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1760
Seven Years' War: Russian forces occupy Berlin.
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1790
An earthquake shakes northern Algeria with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme) causing severe damage and a tsunami in the Mediterranean Sea. Three-thousand people were killed.
List of earthquakes in Algeria · Algeria · Mercalli intensity scale
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1799
Sinking of HMS Lutine with the loss of 240 men and a cargo worth £1,200,000.
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1806
Prussia begins the War of the Fourth Coalition against France.
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1812
War of 1812: In a naval engagement on Lake Erie, American forces capture two British ships: HMS Detroit and HMS Caledonia.
War of 1812 · Lake Erie · HMS Detroit (1812) · HMS Caledonia (1807)
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1820
Guayaquil declares independence from Spain.
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1824
Slavery is abolished in Costa Rica.
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1831
Ioannis Kapodistrias, the first head of state of independent Greece is assassinated.
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1834
Opening of the Dublin and Kingstown Railway, the first public railway on the island of Ireland.
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1847
Slavery is abolished in Saint Barthélemy and all remaining slaves are freed.
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1854
Crimean War: The siege of Sebastopol begins.
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1861
American Civil War: Battle of Santa Rosa Island: Union troops repel a Confederate attempt to capture Fort Pickens.
American Civil War · Battle of Santa Rosa Island · United States · Confederate States of America · Fort Pickens
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1864
American Civil War: Battle of Tom's Brook: Union cavalrymen in the Shenandoah Valley defeat Confederate forces at Toms Brook, Virginia.
Battle of Tom's Brook · United States · Shenandoah Valley · Confederate States of America · Toms Brook, Virginia
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1873
A meeting at the U.S. Naval Academy establishes the U.S. Naval Institute.
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1874
General Postal Union is created as a result of the Treaty of Bern.
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1900
The Cook Islands become a territory of the United Kingdom.
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1907
Las Cruces, New Mexico is incorporated.
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1911
An accidental bomb explosion in Hankou, Wuhan, China leads to the ultimate fall of the Qing Empire
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1913
The steamship SS Volturno catches fire in the mid-Atlantic.
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1914
World War I: Siege of Antwerp: Antwerp, Belgium falls to German troops.
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1919
Black Sox Scandal: The Cincinnati Reds win the World Series.
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1934
Regicide at Marseille: The assassination of King Alexander I of Yugoslavia and Louis Barthou, Foreign Minister of France.
Regicide · Marseille · Alexander I of Yugoslavia · Louis Barthou
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1936
Generators at Boulder Dam (later renamed to Hoover Dam) begin to generate electricity from the Colorado River and transmit it 266 miles to Los Angeles.
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1940
World War II: Battle of Britain: During a night-time air raid by the German Luftwaffe, St. Paul's Cathedral in the City of London, England is hit by a bomb.
World War II · Battle of Britain · Luftwaffe · St Paul's Cathedral · City of London
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1941
A coup in Panama declares Ricardo Adolfo de la Guardia Arango the new president.
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1942
Statute of Westminster 1931 formalises Australian autonomy.
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1942
The last day of the October Matanikau action on Guadalcanal as United States Marine Corps forces withdraw back across the Matanikau River after destroying most of the Imperial Japanese Army's 4th Infantry Regiment.
Actions along the Matanikau · Guadalcanal · United States Marine Corps · Matanikau River · Imperial Japanese Army
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1950
Goyang Geumjeong Cave massacre started.
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1962
Uganda becomes an independent Commonwealth realm.
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1963
In northeast Italy, over 2,000 people are killed when a large landslide behind the Vajont Dam causes a giant wave of water to overtop it.
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1966
Vietnam War: Binh Tai Massacre
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1967
A day after being captured, Marxist revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara is executed for attempting to incite a revolution in Bolivia.
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1969
In Chicago, the United States National Guard is called in for crowd control as demonstrations continue in connection with the trial of the "Chicago Eight" that began on September 24.
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1970
The Khmer Republic is proclaimed in Cambodia.
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1980
Pope John Paul II shakes hands with the Dalai Lama during a private audience in Vatican City.
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1981
Abolition of capital punishment in France.
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1983
Rangoon bombing: Attempted assassination of South Korean President Chun Doo-hwan during an official visit to Rangoon, Burma. Chun survives but the blast kills 17 of his entourage, including four cabinet ministers, and injures 17 others. Four Burmese officials also die in the blast.
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1995
An Amtrak Sunset Limited train is derailed by saboteurs near Palo Verde, Arizona.
Amtrak · Sunset Limited · 1995 Palo Verde, Arizona derailment · Palo Verde, Arizona
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2003
Mission: Space opens to the public in the Epcot park at Walt Disney World. The opening ceremony included several astronauts from all eras of space exploration.
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2006
North Korea conducts its first nuclear test.
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2009
First lunar impact of the Centaur and LCROSS spacecrafts as part of NASA's Lunar Precursor Robotic Program.
Moon · LCROSS · Spacecraft · NASA · Lunar Precursor Robotic Program
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2012
Members of the Pakistani Taliban make a failed attempt to assassinate an outspoken schoolgirl, Malala Yousafzai.
Famous Births
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1201
Robert de Sorbon, French minister and theologian, founded the Collège de Sorbonne (d. 1274)
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1221
Salimbene di Adam, Italian historian and scholar (d. 1290)
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1261
Denis of Portugal (d. 1325)
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1328
Peter I of Cyprus (d. 1369)
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1581
Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac, French mathematician, poet, and scholar (d. 1638)
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1586
Leopold V, Archduke of Austria (d. 1632)
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1593
Nicolaes Tulp, Dutch anatomist and politician (d. 1674)
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1623
Ferdinand Verbiest, Flemish Jesuit missionary in China (d. 1688)
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1704
Johann Andreas Segner, German mathematician, physicist, and physician (d. 1777)
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1757
Charles X of France (d. 1836)
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1796
Joseph Bonomi the Younger, British Egyptologist and sculptor (d. 1878)
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1835
Camille Saint-Saëns, French composer and conductor (d. 1921)
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1837
Francis Wayland Parker, American theorist and academic (d. 1902)
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1840
Simeon Solomon, English painter (d. 1905)
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1845
Carl Gustav Thulin, Swedish shipowner (d. 1918)
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1850
Hermann von Ihering, German-Brazilian zoologist (d. 1930)
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1852
Hermann Emil Fischer, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1919)
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1858
Mihajlo Pupin, Serbian-American physicist and chemist (d. 1935)
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1859
Alfred Dreyfus, French colonel (d. 1935)
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1863
Edward Bok, Dutch-American journalist and author (d. 1930)
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1864
Reginald Dyer, British brigadier general (d. 1927)
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1871
Georges Gauthier, Canadian archbishop (d. 1940)
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1873
Carl Flesch, Hungarian violinist and educator (d. 1944)
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1873
Karl Schwarzschild, German physicist and astronomer (d. 1916)
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1873
Charles Rudolph Walgreen, American pharmacist and businessman, founded Walgreens (d. 1939)
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1874
Nicholas Roerich, Russian archaeologist and painter (d. 1947)
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1877
Gopabandhu Das, Indian journalist, poet, and activist (d. 1928)
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1879
Max von Laue, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1960)
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1880
Charlie Faust, American baseball player (d. 1915)
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1883
Maria Filotti, Greek-Romanian actress (d. 1956)
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1886
Rube Marquard, American baseball player and manager (d. 1980)
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1888
Nikolai Bukharin, Russian journalist and politician (d. 1938)
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1888
Irving Cummings, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1959)
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1890
Aimee Semple McPherson, Canadian-American evangelist, founded the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel (d. 1944)
Aimee Semple McPherson · International Church of the Foursquare Gospel
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1892
Ivo Andrić, Yugoslav novelist, poet, and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1975)
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1893
Mário de Andrade, Brazilian author, poet, and photographer (d. 1945)
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1897
M. Bhaktavatsalam, Indian lawyer and politician, 6th Chief Minister of Madras State (d. 1987)
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1898
Tawfiq al-Hakim, Egyptian author and playwright (d. 1987)
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1898
Joe Sewell, American baseball player and member of the Baseball Hall of Fame(d. 1990)
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1899
Bruce Catton, American historian and author (d. 1978)
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1900
Joseph Friedman, American inventor, invented the bendy straw (d. 1982)
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1900
Alastair Sim, Scottish-English actor and academic (d. 1976)
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1900
Joseph Zubin, Lithuanian-American psychologist and academic (d. 1990)
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1901
Alice Lee Jemison, Seneca political activist and journalist (d. 1964)
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1902
Freddie Young, English cinematographer (d. 1998)
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1903
Walter O'Malley, American lawyer and businessman (d. 1979)
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1906
J. R. Eyerman, American photographer and journalist (d. 1985)
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1906
Léopold Sédar Senghor, Senegalese poet and politician, 1st President of Senegal (d. 2001)
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1907
Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone, English academic and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (d. 2001)
Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone · Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
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1907
Jacques Tati, French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1982)
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1907
Horst Wessel, German SA officer (d. 1930)
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1908
Harry Hooton, Australian poet and critic (d. 1961)
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1908
Werner von Haeften, German lieutenant (d. 1944)
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1908
Lee Wiley, American singer (d. 1975)
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1909
Donald Coggan, English archbishop (d. 2000)
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1911
Joe Rosenthal, American photographer (d. 2006)
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1914
Edward Andrews, American actor (d. 1985)
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1915
Clifford M. Hardin, American academic and politician, 17th United States Secretary of Agriculture (d. 2010)
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1915
Belva Plain, American author (d. 2010)
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1918
E. Howard Hunt, American CIA officer and author (d. 2007)
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1918
Charles Read, Australian air marshal (d. 2014)
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1918
Bebo Valdés, Cuban-Swedish pianist, composer, and bandleader (d. 2013)
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1920
Jens Bjørneboe, Norwegian author and educator (d. 1976)
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1920
Yusef Lateef, American saxophonist, composer, and educator (d. 2013)
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1920
Jason Wingreen, American actor and screenwriter (d. 2015)
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1921
Michel Boisrond, French director and screenwriter (d. 2002)
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1921
Tadeusz Różewicz, Polish poet and playwright (d. 2014)
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1922
Léon Dion, Canadian political scientist and academic (d. 1997)
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1922
Philip "Fyvush" Finkel, American actor (d. 2016)
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1922
Olga Guillot, Cuban-American singer (d. 2010)
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1923
Donald Sinden, English actor (d. 2014)
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1924
Immanuvel Devendrar, Indian soldier (d. 1957)
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1926
Danièle Delorme, French actress and producer (d. 2015)
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1927
John Margetson, English scholar and diplomat, British Ambassador to the Netherlands
John Margetson · List of diplomats of the United Kingdom to the Netherlands
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1928
Einojuhani Rautavaara, Finnish composer and educator
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1930
Hank Lauricella, American football player, lieutenant, and politician (d. 2014)
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1931
Tony Booth, English actor (d. 2017)
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1931
Homer Smith, American football player and coach (d. 2011)
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1932
Robert McBain, English actor and photographer (d. 2004)
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1933
Peter Mansfield, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2017)
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1933
Bill Tidy, English soldier and cartoonist
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1934
Jill Ker Conway, Australian historian and author
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1934
Abdullah Ibrahim, South African pianist and composer
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1935
Prince Edward, Duke of Kent
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1935
Don McCullin, English photographer and journalist
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1936
Brian Blessed, English actor
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1936
Mick Young, Australian politician (d. 1996)
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1938
Heinz Fischer, Austrian academic and politician, 11th President of Austria
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1938
John Sutherland, English journalist, author, and academic
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1939
Nicholas Grimshaw, English architect and academic
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1939
John Pilger, Australian-English journalist, director, and producer
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1939
Stephen Sedley, English lawyer and judge
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1939
O. V. Wright, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 1980)
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1940
Gordon J. Humphrey, American soldier, pilot, and politician
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1940
John Lennon, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (The Beatles, The Quarrymen, Plastic Ono Band, and The Dirty Mac) (d. 1980)
John Lennon · The Beatles · The Quarrymen · Plastic Ono Band · The Dirty Mac
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1940
Joe Pepitone, American baseball player and coach
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1941
Brian Lamb, American broadcaster, founded C-SPAN
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1941
Trent Lott, American lawyer and politician
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1941
Omali Yeshitela, political activist and founder of the Uhuru Movement
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1942
Michael Palmer, American physician and author (d. 2013)
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1943
Douglas Kirby, American psychologist and author (d. 2012)
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1943
Jimmy Montgomery, English footballer and coach
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1943
Mike Peters, American cartoonist
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1944
Rita Donaghy, Baroness Donaghy, English academic and politician
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1944
John Entwistle, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (d. 2002)
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1944
Nona Hendryx, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
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1945
Taiguara, Uruguayan-Brazilian singer-songwriter (d. 1996)
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1947
John Doubleday, English sculptor and painter
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1947
France Gall, French singer
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1947
William E. McAnulty Jr., American lawyer and judge (d. 2007)
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1947
Tony Zappone, American photographer and journalist
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1948
Jackson Browne, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1948
John Gray, English cricketer and rugby player
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1949
Rod Temperton, English keyboard player, songwriter, and producer (d. 2016)
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1950
Brian Downing, American baseball player
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1950
Yoshiyuki Konishi, Japanese fashion designer
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1950
Reichi Nakaido, Japanese singer and guitarist
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1950
Jody Williams, American academic and activist, Nobel Prize laureate
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1952
Simon Drew, English illustrator
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1952
Sharon Osbourne, English television host and manager
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1952
John Rose, English businessman
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1952
Dennis Stratton, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1953
Sally Burgess, South African-English soprano and educator
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1953
Hank Pfister, American tennis player
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1953
Tony Shalhoub, American actor and producer
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1954
Scott Bakula, American actor
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1954
James Fearnley, English musician (The Pogues)
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1954
John O'Hurley, American actor and game show host
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1954
Rubén Magnano, Argentine-Italian professional basketball coach
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1955
Linwood Boomer, Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter
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1955
Steve Ovett, English runner and sportscaster
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1955
Peter Saville, English graphic designer and art director
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1957
Don Garber, American businessman
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1957
Ini Kamoze, Jamaican singer-songwriter
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1958
Al Jourgensen, Cuban-American singer-songwriter and producer
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1958
Alan Nunnelee, American lawyer and politician (d. 2015)
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1958
Mike Singletary, American football player and coach
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1959
Boris Nemtsov, Russian academic and politician, First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia (d. 2015)
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1960
Kenny Garrett, American saxophonist and composer
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1961
Julian Bailey, English race car driver and sportscaster
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1961
Kurt Neumann, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1961
Ellen Wheeler, American actress, director, and producer
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1962
Jorge Burruchaga, Argentinian footballer and manager
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1962
Paul Radisich, New Zealand race car driver
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1962
Hugh Robertson, English soldier and politician, Minister for Sport and the Olympics
Hugh Robertson (politician) · Minister for Sport and the Olympics
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1962
Ōnokuni Yasushi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 62nd Yokozuna
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1963
Andy Platt, English rugby league player
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1964
Guillermo del Toro, Mexican-American director, producer, and screenwriter
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1965
Jimbo Fisher, American football player and coach
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1966
David Cameron, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
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1966
Christopher Östlund, Swedish publisher, founded Plaza Magazine
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1967
Carling Bassett-Seguso, Canadian tennis player
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1967
Eddie Guerrero, American wrestler (d. 2005)
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1969
Guto Bebb, Welsh businessman and politician
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1969
Darren Britt, Australian rugby league player
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1969
Simon Fairweather, Australian archer
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1969
PJ Harvey, English musician, singer-songwriter, writer, poet, and composer
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1969
Christine Hough, Canadian figure skater and coach
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1969
Giles Martin, English songwriter and producer
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1969
Steve McQueen, English director, producer, and screenwriter
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1970
Kenny Anderson, American basketball player and coach
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1970
Steve Jablonsky, American composer
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1970
Annika Sörenstam, Swedish golfer and architect
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1971
Wayne Bartrim, Australian rugby league player and coach
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1973
Fabio Lione, Italian singer-songwriter and keyboard player
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1974
Shmuel Herzfeld, American Rabbi
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1975
Haylie Ecker, Australian violinist
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1975
Sean Lennon, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor
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1976
William Alexander, American author and educator
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1976
Lee Peacock, Scottish footballer and coach
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1976
Özlem Türköne, Turkish journalist and politician
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1976
Nick Swardson, American actor and comedian
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1977
Emanuele Belardi, Italian footballer
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1977
Brian Roberts, American baseball player
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1978
Nicky Byrne, Irish singer-songwriter
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1978
Juan Dixon, American basketball player and coach
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1979
Vernon Fox, American football player and coach
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1979
Alex Greenwald, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
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1979
Todd Kelly, Australian race car driver
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1979
Chris O'Dowd, Irish actor, producer, and screenwriter
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1979
Brandon Routh, American model and actor
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1979
Gonzalo Sorondo, Uruguayan footballer
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1980
Henrik Zetterberg, Swedish ice hockey player
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1981
Zachery Ty Bryan, American actor
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1981
Darius Miles, American basketball player
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1983
Stephen Gionta, American ice hockey player
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1983
Farhaan Behardien, South African cricketer
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1983
Jang Mi-ran, South Korean weightlifter
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1983
Andreas Zuber, Austrian race car driver
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1983
Gethin Anthony, American actor
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1985
Chris Jones, Welsh footballer
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1985
David Plummer, American swimmer
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1986
Derek Holland, American baseball player
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1986
Laure Manaudou, French swimmer
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1986
Stephane Zubar, French footballer
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1987
Samantha Murray, English tennis player
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1987
Bill Walker, American basketball player
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1988
David Tyrrell, Australian rugby league player
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1989
Russell Packer, New Zealand rugby league player
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1990
Kevin Kampl, German-Slovene footballer
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1991
Tyson Frizell, Australian-Welsh rugby league player
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1993
Ani Amiraghyan, Armenian tennis player
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1993
Lauren Davis, American tennis player
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1993
Jayden Hodges, Australian rugby league player
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1993
Scotty McCreery, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1996
Bella Hadid, American model
Famous Deaths
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680
Ghislain, Frankish anchorite and saint
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892
Al-Tirmidhi, Persian scholar and hadith compiler (b. 824)
Al-Tirmidhi · Ulama · Hadith
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1047
Pope Clement II
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1212
Philip I of Namur, Marquis of Namur (b. 1175)
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1253
Robert Grosseteste, English bishop and philosopher (b. 1175)
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1273
Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Germany (b. 1227)
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1296
Louis III, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1269)
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1390
John I of Castile (b. 1358)
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1555
Justus Jonas, German academic and reformer (b. 1493)
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1562
Gabriele Falloppio, Italian anatomist and physician (b. 1523)
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1569
Vladimir of Staritsa (b. 1533)
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1581
Louis Bertrand, Spanish missionary and saint (b. 1526)
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1613
Henry Constable, English poet (b. 1562)
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1619
Joseph Pardo, Italian rabbi and merchant (b. 1561)
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1691
William Sacheverell, English politician (b. 1638)
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1729
Richard Blackmore, English physician and poet (b. 1654)
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1793
Jean Joseph Marie Amiot, French missionary and linguist (b. 1718)
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1797
Vilna Gaon, Lithuanian rabbi and scholar (b. 1720)
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1806
Benjamin Banneker, American astronomer and surveyor (b. 1731)
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1808
John Claiborne, American lawyer and politician (b. 1777)
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1831
Ioannis Kapodistrias, Russian-Greek lawyer and politician, Governor of Greece (b. 1776)
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1873
George Ormerod, English historian and author (b. 1785)
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1897
Jan Heemskerk, Dutch lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1818)
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1900
Heinrich von Herzogenberg, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1843)
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1924
Valery Bryusov, Russian author, poet, and critic (b. 1873)
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1934
Alexander I of Yugoslavia, King of Yugoslavia also known as Alexander the Unifier (b. 1888)
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1934
Louis Barthou, French union leader and politician, 78th Prime Minister of France (b. 1862)
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1937
Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse (b. 1868)
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1940
Wilfred Grenfell, English-American physician and missionary (b. 1865)
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1941
Helen Morgan, American singer and actress (b. 1900)
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1943
Pieter Zeeman, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
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1945
Gottlieb Hering, German captain (b. 1887)
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1946
Frank Castleman, American football player, baseball player, and coach (b. 1877)
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1947
Yukio Sakurauchi, Japanese businessman and politician, 27th Japanese Minister of Finance (b. 1888)
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1950
George Hainsworth, Canadian ice hockey player and politician (b. 1895)
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1953
James Finlayson, Scottish-American actor (b. 1887)
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1955
Theodor Innitzer, Austrian cardinal (b. 1875)
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1956
Marie Doro, American actress (b. 1882)
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1958
Pope Pius XII (b. 1876)
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1959
Shirō Ishii, Japanese general and biologist (b. 1892)
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1962
Milan Vidmar, Slovenian chess player and engineer (b. 1885)
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1967
Che Guevara, Argentinian-Cuban physician, politician and guerrilla leader (b. 1928)
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1967
Cyril Norman Hinshelwood, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)
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1967
André Maurois, French soldier and author (b. 1885)
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1967
Joseph Pilates, German-American fitness trainer, developed Pilates (b. 1883)
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1969
Don Hoak, American baseball player (b. 1928)
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1972
Miriam Hopkins, American actress (b. 1902)
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1974
Oskar Schindler, Czech-German businessman (b. 1908)
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1975
Noon Meem Rashid, Pakistani poet (b. 1910)
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1976
Walter Warlimont, German general (b. 1894)
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1978
Jacques Brel, Belgian singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1929)
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1982
Herbert Meinhard Mühlpfordt, German historian and physician (b. 1893)
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1985
Emílio Garrastazu Médici, Brazilian general and politician, 28th President of Brazil (b. 1905)
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1987
Clare Boothe Luce, American author, playwright, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Italy (b. 1903)
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1987
William P. Murphy, American physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1892)
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1988
Felix Wankel, German engineer, invented the Wankel engine (b. 1902)
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1989
Yusuf Atılgan, Turkish author and playwright (b. 1921)
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1989
Penny Lernoux, American journalist and author (b. 1940)
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1995
Alec Douglas-Home, British cricketer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1903)
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1996
Walter Kerr, American author, composer, and critic (b. 1913)
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1999
Milt Jackson, American vibraphone player and composer (b. 1923)
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1999
Akhtar Hameed Khan, Pakistani economist and scholar (b. 1914)
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2000
David Dukes, American actor (b. 1945)
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2000
Patrick Anthony Porteous, Indian-Scottish colonel, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1918)
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2001
Herbert Ross, American director, producer, and choreographer (b. 1927)
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2002
Sopubek Begaliev, Kyrgyzstani economist and politician (b. 1931)
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2002
Charles Guggenheim, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1924)
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2003
Carolyn Gold Heilbrun, American author and academic (b. 1926)
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2004
Jacques Derrida, Algerian-French philosopher and academic (b. 1930)
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2005
Louis Nye, American actor (b. 1913)
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2006
Danièle Huillet, French filmmaker (b. 1933)
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2006
Paul Hunter, English snooker player (b. 1978)
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2006
Kanshi Ram, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1934)
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2007
Enrico Banducci, American businessman, founded hungry i (b. 1922)
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2007
Carol Bruce, American actress and singer (b. 1919)
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2009
Stuart M. Kaminsky, American author and educator (b. 1934)
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2009
John Daido Loori, American Zen Buddhist monastic and teacher (b. 1931)
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2009
Horst Szymaniak, German footballer (b. 1934)
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2010
Maurice Allais, French economist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
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2011
Pavel Karelin, Russian ski jumper (b. 1989)
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2012
Sammi Kane Kraft, American actress (b. 1992)
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2012
Kenny Rollins, American basketball player (b. 1923)
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2012
Harris Savides, American cinematographer (b. 1957)
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2013
Solomon Lar, Nigerian educator and politician, 4th Governor of Plateau State (b. 1933)
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2013
Wilfried Martens, Belgian lawyer and politician, 60th Prime Minister of Belgium (b. 1936)
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2013
Edmund Niziurski, Polish sociologist, lawyer, and author (b. 1925)
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2014
Boris Buzančić, Croatian actor and politician, 47th Mayor of Zagreb (b. 1929)
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2014
Jan Hooks, American actress and comedian (b. 1957)
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2014
Carolyn Kizer, American poet and academic (b. 1925)
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2014
Peter A. Peyser, American soldier and politician (b. 1921)
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2014
Rita Shane, American soprano and educator (b. 1936)
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2015
Ray Duncan, American businessman (b. 1930)
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2015
Geoffrey Howe, Welsh lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1926)
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2015
Ravindra Jain, Indian composer and director (b. 1944)
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2016
Andrzej Wajda, a Polish film and theatre director (b. 1926)