November 14 — On This Day
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Events
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1770
James Bruce discovers what he believes to be the source of the Nile.
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1812
Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Smoliani, French Marshals Victor & Oudinot defeated by Wittgenstein.
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1851
Moby-Dick, a novel by Herman Melville, is published in the USA.
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1862
American Civil War: President Abraham Lincoln approves General Ambrose Burnside's plan to capture the Confederate capital at Richmond, Virginia, leading to the Battle of Fredericksburg.
American Civil War · Abraham Lincoln · Ambrose Burnside · Confederate States of America · Richmond, Virginia
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1889
Pioneering female journalist Nellie Bly (aka Elizabeth Cochrane) begins a successful attempt to travel around the world in less than 80 days. She completes the trip in 72 days.
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1910
Aviator Eugene Burton Ely performs the first takeoff from a ship in Hampton Roads, Virginia. He took off from a makeshift deck on the USS Birmingham in a Curtiss pusher.
Aviator · Eugene Burton Ely · Takeoff · Hampton Roads · Virginia
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1918
Czechoslovakia becomes a republic.
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1921
Foundation of the Communist Party of Spain.
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1922
The British Broadcasting Company begins radio service in the United Kingdom.
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1932
Al Shorta SC, one of Iraq's biggest football clubs, are founded as Montakhab Al Shorta.
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1938
The Lions Gate Bridge, connecting Vancouver to the North Shore region, opens to traffic.
Lions Gate Bridge · Vancouver · North Shore (Greater Vancouver)
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1940
World War II: In England, Coventry is heavily bombed by German Luftwaffe bombers. Coventry Cathedral is almost completely destroyed.
World War II · Coventry Blitz · Luftwaffe · Coventry Cathedral
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1941
World War II: The aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal sinks due to torpedo damage from the German submarine U-81 sustained on November 13.
Aircraft carrier · HMS Ark Royal (91) · German submarine U-81 (1941)
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1941
World War II: In Slonim, German forces engaged in Operation Barbarossa murder 9,000 Jews in a single day.
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1952
The first regular UK Singles Chart published by the New Musical Express.
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1957
The "Apalachin Meeting" in rural Tioga County in upstate New York is raided by law enforcement; many high level Mafia figures are arrested while trying to flee.
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1960
Ruby Bridges becomes the first black child to attend an all-white elementary school in Louisiana.
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1965
Vietnam War: The Battle of Ia Drang begins: The first major engagement between regular American and North Vietnamese forces.
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1967
The Congress of Colombia, in commemoration of the 150 years of the death of Policarpa Salavarrieta, declares this day as "Day of the Colombian Woman".
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1967
American physicist Theodore Maiman is given a patent for his ruby laser systems, the world's first laser.
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1969
Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 12, the second crewed mission to the surface of the Moon.
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1970
Soviet Union enters ICAO, making Russian the fourth official language of organization.
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1970
Southern Airways Flight 932 crashes in the mountains near Huntington, West Virginia, killing 75, including members of the Marshall University football team.
Southern Airways Flight 932 · Huntington, West Virginia · Marshall University · American football
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1971
Enthronment of Pope Shenouda III as Pope of Alexandria.
Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria · Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria
- 1971
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1973
In the United Kingdom, Princess Anne marries Captain Mark Phillips, in Westminster Abbey.
Anne, Princess Royal · Captain (British Army and Royal Marines) · Mark Phillips · Westminster Abbey
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1973
The Athens Polytechnic uprising, a massive demonstration of popular rejection of the Greek military junta of 1967-74, begins.
Athens Polytechnic uprising · Greek military junta of 1967-74
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1975
With the signing of the Madrid Accords, Spain abandons Western Sahara.
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1979
Iran hostage crisis: US President Jimmy Carter issues Executive order 12170, freezing all Iranian assets in the United States in response to the hostage crisis.
Iran hostage crisis · Jimmy Carter · Executive order · Iran hostage crisis
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1982
Lech Wałęsa, the leader of Poland's outlawed Solidarity movement, is released after eleven months of internment near the Soviet border.
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1984
Zamboanga City mayor Cesar Climaco, a prominent critic of the government of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, is assassinated in his home city.
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1990
After German reunification, the Federal Republic of Germany and Poland sign a treaty confirming the Oder-Neisse line as the border between Germany and Poland.
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1991
American and British authorities announce indictments against two Libyan intelligence officials in connection with the downing of the Pan Am Flight 103.
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1991
Cambodian Prince Norodom Sihanouk returns to Phnom Penh after thirteen years of exile.
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1995
A budget standoff between Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. Congress forces the federal government to temporarily close national parks and museums and to run most government offices with skeleton staffs.
Democratic Party (United States) · Republican Party (United States) · United States Congress · Federal government of the United States · United States federal government shutdowns of 1995 and 1995-96
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2001
War in Afghanistan: Afghan Northern Alliance fighters take over the capital Kabul.
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2003
Astronomers Michael E. Brown, Chad Trujillo, and David L. Rabinowitz discover 90377 Sedna, a Trans-Neptunian object.
Michael E. Brown · Chad Trujillo · David L. Rabinowitz · 90377 Sedna · Trans-Neptunian object
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2008
The first G-20 economic summit opens in Washington, D.C.
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2012
Israel launches a major military operation in the Gaza Strip, as hostilities with Hamas escalate.
Famous Births
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1449
Sidonie of Poděbrady, daughter of King of Bohemia (d. 1510)
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1487
John III of Pernstein, Bohemian land-owner, Governor of Moravia and Count of Kladsko (d. 1548)
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1501
Anna of Oldenburg, Regent of East Frisia (d. 1575)
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1531
Richard Topcliffe, English torturer (died 1604)
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1567
Maurice, Prince of Orange (d. 1625)
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1601
John Eudes, French priest and missionary (d. 1680)
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1650
William III of England, Prince of Orange, King of England, Scotland and Ireland (d. 1702)
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1663
Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, German organist and composer (d. 1712)
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1719
Leopold Mozart, Austrian violinist, composer, and conductor (d. 1787)
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1765
Robert Fulton, American engineer, invented the steamboat (d. 1815)
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1771
Marie François Xavier Bichat, French anatomist and physiologist (d. 1802)
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1776
Henri Dutrochet, French physician, botanist, and physiologist (d. 1847)
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1777
Nathaniel Claiborne, American farmer and politician (d. 1859)
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1778
Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Austrian pianist and composer (d. 1837)
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1779
Adam Oehlenschläger, Danish poet and playwright (d. 1850)
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1797
Charles Lyell, Scottish geologist and lawyer (d. 1875)
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1803
Jacob Abbott, American author (d. 1879)
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1805
Fanny Mendelssohn, German pianist and composer (d. 1847)
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1812
Aleardo Aleardi, Italian poet (d. 1878)
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1812
Maria Cristina of Savoy (d. 1836)
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1816
John Curwen, English minister and educator (d. 1880)
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1828
James B. McPherson, American general (d. 1864)
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1838
August Šenoa, Croatian author, poet, and critic (d. 1881)
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1840
Claude Monet, French painter (d. 1926)
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1856
Madeleine Lemoyne Ellicott, American activist (d. 1945)
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1861
Frederick Jackson Turner, American historian and author (d. 1932)
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1863
Leo Baekeland, Belgian-American chemist and engineer (d. 1944)
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1869
John Lumsden, Irish physician, founded the St. John Ambulance Brigade of Ireland (d. 1944)
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1875
Gregorio del Pilar, Filipino general and politician (d. 1899)
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1875
Jakob Schaffner, Swiss author and activist (d. 1944)
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1877
Norman Brookes, Australian tennis player (d. 1968)
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1878
Julie Manet, French painter and art collector (d. 1966)
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1878
Leopold Staff, Ukrainian-Polish poet and academic (d. 1957)
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1883
Ado Birk, Estonian lawyer and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Estonia (d. 1942)
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1889
Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of India (d. 1964)
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1891
Frederick Banting, Canadian physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1941)
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1895
Walter Jackson Freeman II, American physician and psychiatrist (d. 1972)
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1897
John Steuart Curry, American painter and academic (d. 1946)
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1898
Benjamin Fondane, Romanian-French philosopher, poet, and critic (d. 1944)
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1900
Aaron Copland, American composer, conductor, and educator (d. 1990)
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1904
Harold Haley, American lawyer and judge (d. 1970)
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1904
Harold Larwood, English-Australian cricketer (d. 1995)
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1904
Dick Powell, American actor, director, and producer (d. 1963)
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1905
John Henry Barbee, American singer and guitarist (d. 1964)
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1906
Louise Brooks, American actress and dancer (d. 1985)
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1907
Howard W. Hunter, American religious leader, 14th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1995)
Howard W. Hunter · President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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1907
Astrid Lindgren, Swedish author and screenwriter (d. 2002)
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1907
William Steig, American author, illustrator, and sculptor (d. 2003)
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1908
Joseph McCarthy, American captain, lawyer, and politician (d. 1957)
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1910
Rosemary DeCamp, American actress and singer (d. 2001)
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1910
Eric Malpass, English author (d. 1996)
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1912
Barbara Hutton, American philanthropist (d. 1979)
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1912
Tung-Yen Lin, Chinese-American engineer, designed the Guandu Bridge (d. 2003)
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1915
Mabel Fairbanks, American figure skater and coach (d. 2001)
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1915
Martha Tilton, American singer and actress (d. 2006)
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1916
Roger Apéry, Greek-French mathematician and academic (d. 1994)
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1916
Sherwood Schwartz, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2011)
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1917
Park Chung-hee, South Korean general and politician, 3rd President of South Korea (d. 1979)
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1918
John Bromwich, Australian tennis player (d. 1999)
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1919
Johnny Desmond, American singer (d. 1985)
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1919
Lisa Otto, German soprano and actress (d. 2013)
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1921
Ea Jansen, Estonian historian and academic (d. 2005)
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1921
Brian Keith, American actor and director (d. 1997)
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1922
Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Egyptian politician and diplomat, 6th Secretary General of the United Nations (d. 2016)
Boutros Boutros-Ghali · Secretary General of the United Nations
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1922
Veronica Lake, American actress and singer (d. 1973)
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1924
Leonid Kogan, Ukrainian-Russian violinist and educator (d. 1982)
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1925
Stirling Colgate, American physicist and academic (d. 2013)
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1925
James Mellaart, English archaeologist and author (d. 2012)
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1927
Lawrie Barratt, English businessman, founded Barratt Developments (d. 2012)
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1927
Bart Cummings, Australian horse trainer (d. 2015)
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1927
McLean Stevenson, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1996)
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1927
Narciso Yepes, Spanish guitarist and composer (d. 1997)
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1928
Kathleen Hughes, American actress
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1929
Shirley Crabtree, English wrestler (d. 1997)
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1929
Jimmy Piersall, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2017)
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1930
Peter Katin, English pianist and academic (d. 2015)
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1930
Monique Mercure, Canadian actress
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1930
Michael Robbins, English actor (d. 1992)
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1930
Edward Higgins White, American colonel, engineer, and astronaut (d. 1967)
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1932
Gunter Sachs, German astrologer and photographer (d. 2011)
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1933
Fred Haise, American pilot, engineer, and astronaut
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1934
Dave Mackay, Scottish-English footballer and manager (d. 2015)
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1934
Ellis Marsalis, Jr., American pianist and educator
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1934
Catherine McGuinness, Irish lawyer, judge, and politician
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1935
Michael Busselle, English photographer and author (d. 2006)
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1935
Hussein of Jordan (d. 1999)
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1935
Lefteris Papadopoulos, Greek songwriter and journalist
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1936
Carey Bell, American singer and harmonica player (d. 2007)
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1936
Freddie Garrity, English singer and actor (d. 2006)
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1937
Alan J. W. Bell, English director and producer
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1937
Murray Oliver, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2014)
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1939
Wendy Carlos, American keyboard player and composer
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1942
Manon Cleary, American painter and academic (d. 2011)
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1942
Natalia Gutman, Russian cellist and educator
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1943
Peter Norton, American programmer and author
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1944
Karen Armstrong, English author and academic
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1944
David Nash, English sculptor and academic
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1944
Mike Katz, American bodybuilder and football player
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1945
Louise Ellman, English academic and politician
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1945
Brett Lunger, American race car driver
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1945
Sue Williams, American actress and model (d. 1969)
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1946
Roland Duchâtelet, Belgian businessman and politician
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1947
Bharathan, Indian director and screenwriter (d. 1998)
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1947
P. J. O'Rourke, American political satirist and journalist
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1947
Nat Young, Australian surfer and author
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1947
Buckwheat Zydeco, American accordion player (d. 2016)
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1948
Paul Dacre, English journalist
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1948
Michael Dobbs, English author and politician
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1948
Robert Ginty, American actor and producer (d. 2009)
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1948
Charles, Prince of Wales
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1949
Raúl di Blasio, Argentinian pianist, composer, and producer
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1949
Enzo Cucchi, Italian painter
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1949
Gary Grubbs, American actor
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1949
Ryo Hayami, Japanese actor
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1949
James Young, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1950
Sarah Radclyffe, English production manager and producer
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1951
Stephen Bishop, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
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1951
Leszek Cichy, Polish mountaineer
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1951
Zhang Yimou, Chinese actor, director, producer, and cinematographer
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1952
Dimitra Galani, Greek singer, composer and songwriter
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1952
Johnny A., American guitarist and songwriter
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1952
Maggie Roswell, American voice actress and singer
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1953
Tim Bowler, English author
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1953
Dominique de Villepin, Moroccan-French lawyer and politician, 167th Prime Minister of France
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1954
Willie Hernandez, Puerto Rican baseball player
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1954
Bernard Hinault, French cyclist
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1954
Condoleezza Rice, American political scientist, academic, and politician, 66th United States Secretary of State
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1954
Eliseo Salazar, Chilean race car driver
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1954
Yanni, Greek-American pianist, composer, and producer
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1955
Philip Egan, English bishop
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1955
Jack Sikma, American basketball player and coach
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1956
Babette Babich, American philosopher, author, and scholar
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1956
Avi Cohen, Israeli footballer and manager (d. 2010)
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1956
Peter R. de Vries, Dutch journalist and producer
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1956
Steve Stockman, American accountant and politician
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1956
Valerie Jarrett, American government official
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1957
Donald Canfield, American geologist and academic
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1957
Michael J. Fitzgerald, American author
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1959
Paul Attanasio, American screenwriter and producer
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1959
Paul McGann, English actor
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1959
Chris Woods, English footballer, coach, and manager
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1960
Tom Judson, American actor and composer
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1960
Remi Moses, English footballer and coach
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1961
Antonio Flores, Spanish singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1995)
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1961
D. B. Sweeney, American actor
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1962
Laura San Giacomo, American actress
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1962
Josh Silver, American keyboard player and producer
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1962
Harland Williams, Canadian-American actor and screenwriter
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1964
Bill Hemmer, American journalist
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1964
Joseph Simmons, American hip-hop artist
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1964
Patrick Warburton, American actor and comedian
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1966
Charles Hazlewood, English conductor
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1966
Petra Rossner, German cyclist
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1966
Curt Schilling, American baseball player and sportscaster
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1967
Letitia Dean, English actress and singer
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1967
Nina Gordon, American singer-songwriter
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1967
Leo Kunnas, Estonian colonel and author
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1969
Butch Walker, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
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1970
Brendan Benson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1970
David Wesley, American basketball player and sportscaster
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1971
Adam Gilchrist, Australian cricketer and sportscaster
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1971
Vikas Khanna, Indian chef and author
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1971
Marco Leonardi, Australian-Italian actor
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1972
Matt Bloom, American wrestler, trainer, and sportscaster
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1972
Josh Duhamel, American model and actor
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1972
Edyta Górniak, Polish singer
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1972
Martin Pike, Australian footballer and coach
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1972
Aaron Taylor, American football player and sportscaster
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1972
Dariusz Żuraw, Polish footballer and manager
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1973
Betsy Brandt, American actress
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1974
Adina Howard, American singer-songwriter and chef
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1974
David Moscow, American actor
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1974
Joe Principe, American singer and bass player
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1975
Travis Barker, American drummer, songwriter, and producer
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1975
Luiz Bombonato Goulart, Brazilian footballer
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1975
Stephen Guarino, American actor
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1975
Gary Vaynerchuk, Russian-American businessman and critic
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1977
Obie Trice, American rapper and producer
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1978
Michala Banas, New Zealand actress and singer
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1978
Delphine Chanéac, French model and actress
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1979
Carl Hayman, New Zealand rugby player
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1979
Mavie Hörbiger, German-Austrian actress
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1979
Olga Kurylenko, Ukrainian-French model and actress
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1979
Pushkar Lele, Indian singer
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1979
Moitheri Ntobo, Lesothan footballer
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1979
Miguel Sabah, Mexican footballer
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1980
Brock Pierce, American actor and businessman
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1980
Brooke Satchwell, Australian model and actress
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1981
Vanessa Bayer, American actress
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1981
Tom Ferrier, English race car driver
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1981
Russell Tovey, English actor
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1982
Boosie Badazz, American rapper
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1982
Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai
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1982
Kyle Orton, American football player
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1983
Guillermo Moscoso, American baseball player
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1983
Naqqash Tahir, English cricketer
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1983
Chelsea Wolfe, American singer-songwriter
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1984
Lisa De Vanna, Australian footballer
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1984
Courtney Johns, Australian footballer
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1984
Marija Šerifović, Serbian singer
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1985
Thomas Vermaelen, Belgian footballer
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1987
Giorgos Georgiadis, Greek footballer
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1988
Chiyotairyū Hidemasa, Japanese sumo wrestler
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1988
Michael Cox, American football player
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1988
Nanase Hoshii, Japanese singer and actress
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1988
Takurō Ōno, Japanese actor
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1989
Vlad Chiricheș, Romanian footballer
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1989
T. Y. Hilton, American football player
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1989
Jake Livermore, English footballer
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1989
The Ready Set, American singer-songwriter
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1990
Roman Bürki, Swiss footballer
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1990
Jessica Jacobs, Australian actress and singer (d. 2008)
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1990
Tereza Mrdeža, Croatian tennis player
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1991
Taylor Hall, Canadian ice hockey player
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1991
Graham Patrick Martin, American actor
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1992
Nathan Fox, English footballer
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1993
Hymel Hunt, New Zealand rugby league player
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1993
Francisco Lindor, Puerto Rican baseball player
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1993
Shūhei Nomura, Japanese actor
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1993
Samuel Umtiti, French footballer
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1996
Borna Ćorić, Croatian tennis player
Famous Deaths
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565
Justinian I, Byzantine emperor (b. 482)
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669
Fujiwara no Kamatari, Japanese courtier and politician (b. 614)
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940
Abu'l-Fadl al-Bal'ami, Samanid vizier
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976
Emperor Taizu of Song (b. 927)
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1060
Geoffrey II, Count of Anjou
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1189
William de Mandeville, 3rd Earl of Essex
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1226
Frederick of Isenberg, German politician (b. 1193)
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1263
Alexander Nevsky, Russian saint (b. 1220)
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1346
Ostasio I da Polenta, Lord of Ravenna
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1359
Gregory Palamas, Greek archbishop and saint (b. 1296)
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1391
Nikola Tavelić, Croatian missionary and saint (b. 1340)
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1432
Anne of Burgundy, Duchess of Bedford (b. 1404)
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1442
Yolande of Aragon, French noblewoman (b. 1384)
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1522
Anne of France (b. 1461)
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1539
Hugh Cook Faringdon, Abbot of Reading
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1556
Giovanni della Casa, Italian archbishop and poet (b. 1504)
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1633
William Ames, English philosopher and academic (b. 1576)
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1687
Nell Gwyn, English mistress of Charles II of England (b. 1650)
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1691
Tosa Mitsuoki, Japanese painter (b. 1617)
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1716
Gottfried Leibniz, German mathematician and philosopher (b. 1646)
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1734
Louise de Kérouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth (b. 1649)
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1739
Juan de Galavís, Spanish Roman Catholic archbishop of Santo Domingo and Bogotá (b. 1683)
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1746
Georg Wilhelm Steller, German botanist, zoologist, physician, and explorer (b. 1709)
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1749
Maruyama Gondazaemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 3rd Yokozuna (b. 1713)
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1817
Policarpa Salavarrieta, Colombian seamstress and spy (b. 1795)
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1825
Jean Paul, German journalist and author (b. 1763)
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1829
Louis Nicolas Vauquelin, French pharmacist and chemist (b. 1763)
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1831
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, German philosopher, author, and academic (b. 1770)
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1831
Ignaz Pleyel, Austrian-French composer and piano builder (b. 1757)
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1832
Charles Carroll of Carrollton, American farmer and politician (b. 1737)
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1844
John Abercrombie, Scottish physician and philosopher (b. 1780)
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1864
Franz Müller, German tailor and murderer (b. 1840)
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1866
Miguel I of Portugal (b. 1802)
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1907
Andrew Inglis Clark, Australian lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1848)
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1908
Guangxu Emperor of China (b. 1871)
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1914
Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayanar, Indian lawyer and journalist (b. 1861)
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1915
Booker T. Washington, American educator, essayist and historian (b. 1856)
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1916
Henry George, Jr., American journalist and politician (b. 1862)
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1916
Saki, British short story writer (b. 1870)
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1921
Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil (b. 1846)
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1930
Sandy Pearce, Australian rugby league player (b. 1883)
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1932
Charles Hylton Stewart, English organist and composer (b. 1884)
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1937
Jack O'Connor, American baseball player and manager (b. 1869)
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1944
Carl Flesch, Hungarian violinist and educator (b. 1873)
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1944
Trafford Leigh-Mallory, English air marshal (b. 1892)
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1946
Manuel de Falla, Spanish pianist and composer (b. 1876)
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1947
Joseph Allard, Canadian fiddler and composer (b. 1873)
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1966
Peter Baker, English captain, author, and politician (b. 1921)
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1972
Martin Dies, Jr., American lawyer and politician (b. 1900)
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1974
Johnny Mack Brown, American football player, actor, and singer (b. 1904)
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1977
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Indian monk and guru, founded the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (b. 1896)
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · International Society for Krishna Consciousness
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1981
Robert Bradford, Irish footballer and politician (b. 1941)
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1984
Cesar Climaco, Filipino lawyer and politician, 10th Mayor of Zamboanga City (b. 1916)
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1984
Nikitas Platis, Greek actor and cinematographer (b. 1912)
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1988
Haywood S. Hansell, American general (b. 1903)
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1989
Jimmy Murphy, Welsh footballer, manager, assistant manager, coach and scout (b. 1910)
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1990
Sol Kaplan, American composer and conductor (b. 1919)
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1991
Tony Richardson, English-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1928)
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1992
Ernst Happel, Austrian footballer and coach (b. 1925)
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1994
Tom Villard, American actor (b. 1953)
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1995
Jack Finney, American author and screenwriter (b. 1911)
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1996
John A. Cade, American soldier and politician (b. 1929)
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1997
Eddie Arcaro, American jockey and sportscaster (b. 1916)
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1997
Jack Pickersgill, Canadian educator and politician, 35th Secretary of State for Canada (b. 1905)
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2000
Robert Trout, American journalist (b. 1908)
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2001
Charlotte Coleman, English actress (b. 1968)
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2001
Juan Carlos Lorenzo, Argentinian footballer and manager (b. 1922)
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2002
Eddie Bracken, American actor (b. 1915)
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2002
Elena Nikolaidi, Turkish-American soprano and educator (b. 1909)
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2003
Gene Anthony Ray, American actor, singer, dancer, and choreographer (b. 1962)
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2004
Michel Colombier, French-American composer and conductor (b. 1939)
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2006
Sumner Shapiro, American admiral (b. 1926)
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2008
Kristin Hunter, American author and academic (b. 1931)
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2008
Robert E. Valett, American psychologist, teacher, and author (b. 1927)
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2010
Wes Santee, American runner (b. 1932)
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2011
Esin Afşar, Italian-Turkish singer and actress (b. 1936)
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2011
Neil Heywood, English-Chinese businessman (b. 1970)
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2011
Jackie Leven, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1950)
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2012
Alexandro Alves do Nascimento, Brazilian footballer (b. 1974)
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2012
Brian Davies, Australian rugby player and manager (b. 1930)
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2012
Martin Fay, Irish fiddler (The Chieftains) (b. 1936)
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2012
Gail Harris, American baseball player (b. 1931)
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2012
Ahmed Jabari, Palestinian commander (b. 1960)
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2012
Abubakar Olusola Saraki, Nigerian physician and politician (b. 1933)
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2013
Georgina Anderson, English singer (b. 1998)
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2013
Sudhir Bhat, Indian producer and manager (b. 1951)
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2013
Hari Krishna Devsare, Indian journalist and author (b. 1938)
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2013
Grace Jones, English super-centenarian (b. 1899)
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2013
Bennett Masinga, South African footballer (b. 1965)
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2013
Reg Sinclair, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1925)
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2014
Marius Barnard, South African surgeon and politician (b. 1927)
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2014
Diem Brown, American journalist and activist (b. 1982)
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2014
Jane Byrne, American lawyer and politician, 50th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1933)
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2014
Eugene Dynkin, Russian-American mathematician and theorist (b. 1924)
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2014
Glen A. Larson, American director, producer, and screenwriter, created Battlestar Galactica (b. 1937)
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2014
Morteza Pashaei, Iranian singer-songwriter (b. 1984)
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2015
Nick Bockwinkel, American wrestler, sportscaster, and actor (b. 1934)
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2015
Norm Ellenberger, American basketball player and coach (b. 1932)
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2015
K. S. Gopalakrishnan, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1929)
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2015
Warren Mitchell, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1926)
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2016
Gwen Ifill, American television journalist (b. 1955)