November 15 — On This Day
368 entries
Events
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565
Justin II succeeds his uncle, Justinian I, as emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
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655
Battle of the Winwaed: Penda of Mercia is defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria.
Battle of the Winwaed · Penda of Mercia · Oswiu of Northumbria
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1315
Battle of Morgarten: The Schweizer Eidgenossenschaft ambushes the army of Leopold I.
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1532
Commanded by Francisco Pizarro, Spanish conquistadors under Hernando de Soto meet Inca Empire leader Atahualpa for the first time outside Cajamarca, arranging a meeting on the city plaza the following day.
Francisco Pizarro · Conquistador · Hernando de Soto · Inca Empire · Atahualpa
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1533
Francisco Pizarro arrives in Cuzco, the capital of the Inca Empire.
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1705
Battle of Zsibó: Austrian-Danish victory over the Kurucs (Hungarians).
Battle of Zsibó · Austrians · Danes · Kuruc · Hungarian people
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1760
The secondly-built Castellania in Valletta is officially inaugurated with the blessing of the interior Chapel of Sorrows.
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1777
American Revolutionary War: After 16 months of debate the Continental Congress approves the Articles of Confederation.
American Revolutionary War · Continental Congress · Articles of Confederation
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1791
The first U.S. Catholic college, Georgetown University, opens its doors.
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1806
Pike expedition: Lieutenant Zebulon Pike sees a distant mountain peak while near the Colorado foothills of the Rocky Mountains. (It is later named Pikes Peak.)
Pike expedition · Zebulon Pike · Colorado · Rocky Mountains · Pikes Peak
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1864
American Civil War: Union General William Tecumseh Sherman begins Sherman's March to the Sea.
American Civil War · William Tecumseh Sherman · Sherman's March to the Sea
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1889
Brazil is declared a republic by Marshal Deodoro da Fonseca as Emperor Pedro II is deposed in a military coup.
Brazil · Marshal (Brazil) · Deodoro da Fonseca · Pedro II of Brazil · Decline and fall of Pedro II of Brazil
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1914
Harry Turner becomes the first player to die from game-related injuries in the "Ohio League", the direct predecessor to the National Football League.
Harry Turner (American football) · Ohio League · National Football League
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1915
Winston Churchill resigns from his Government, and soon commands the 6th Battalion of the Royal Scots Fusiliers on the Western Front.
Winston Churchill · Liberal Government 1905-15 · Royal Scots Fusiliers · Western Front (World War I)
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1920
First assembly of the League of Nations is held in Geneva, Switzerland.
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1920
The Free City of Danzig is established.
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1922
Over 1,000 are massacred during a general strike in Guayaquil, Ecuador.
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1926
The NBC radio network opens with 24 stations.
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1928
The RNLI lifeboat Mary Stanford capsized in Rye Harbour with the loss of the entire 17-man crew.
Royal National Lifeboat Institution · RNLB Mary Stanford (ON 661) · Rye Harbour
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1933
Thailand has its first election
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1935
Manuel L. Quezon is inaugurated as the second President of the Philippines.
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1939
In Washington, D.C., US President Franklin D. Roosevelt lays the cornerstone of the Jefferson Memorial.
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1942
World War II: The Battle of Guadalcanal ends in a decisive Allied victory.
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1943
The Holocaust: German SS leader Heinrich Himmler orders that Gypsies are to be put "on the same level as Jews and placed in concentration camps"
The Holocaust · Schutzstaffel · Heinrich Himmler · Romani people · Jews
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1949
Nathuram Godse and Narayan Apte are executed for assassinating Mahatma Gandhi.
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1951
Greek resistance leader Nikos Beloyannis, along with 11 resistance members, is sentenced to death by the court-martial.
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1955
The first part of Saint Petersburg Metro is opened.
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1959
The murders of the Clutter Family in Holcomb, Kansas, which inspired Truman Capote's non-fiction book In Cold Blood.
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1966
Project Gemini: Gemini 12 completes the program's final mission, when it splashes down safely in the Atlantic Ocean.
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1966
A Boeing 727 carrying Pan Am Flight 708 crashes near Berlin, Germany, killing all three people on board.
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1967
The only fatality of the North American X-15 program occurs during the 191st flight when Air Force test pilot Michael J. Adams loses control of his aircraft which is destroyed mid-air over the Mojave Desert.
North American X-15 · X-15 Flight 3-65-97 · Michael J. Adams · Mojave Desert
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1969
Cold War: The Soviet submarine K-19 collides with the American submarine USS Gato in the Barents Sea.
Cold War · Soviet submarine K-19 · USS Gato (SSN-615) · Barents Sea
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1969
Vietnam War: In Washington, D.C., 250,000-500,000 protesters staged a peaceful demonstration against the war, including a symbolic "March Against Death".
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1971
Intel releases the world's first commercial single-chip microprocessor, the 4004.
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1976
René Lévesque and the Parti Québécois take power to become the first Quebec government of the 20th century clearly in favor of independence.
René Lévesque · Parti Québécois · Quebec general election, 1976 · Quebec · Quebec sovereignty movement
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1978
A chartered Douglas DC-8 crashes near Colombo, Sri Lanka, killing 183.
Douglas DC-8 · Aviation accidents and incidents · Colombo, Sri Lanka
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1979
A package from Unabomber Ted Kaczynski begins smoking in the cargo hold of a flight from Chicago to Washington, D.C., forcing the plane to make an emergency landing.
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1983
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus declared independence. Recognized only by Turkey.
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1985
A research assistant is injured when a package from the Unabomber addressed to a University of Michigan professor explodes.
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1985
The Anglo-Irish Agreement is signed at Hillsborough Castle by British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Irish Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald.
Anglo-Irish Agreement · Hillsborough, County Down · Prime Minister of the United Kingdom · Margaret Thatcher · Taoiseach
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1987
In Brașov, Romania, workers rebel against the communist regime of Nicolae Ceaușescu.
Brașov · Socialist Republic of Romania · Brașov Rebellion · Nicolae Ceaușescu
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1988
In the Soviet Union, the unmanned Shuttle Buran makes its only space flight.
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1988
Israeli-Palestinian conflict: An independent State of Palestine is proclaimed by the Palestinian National Council.
Israeli-Palestinian conflict · State of Palestine · Palestinian National Council
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1988
The first Fairtrade label, Max Havelaar, is launched in the Netherlands.
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1990
Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Atlantis launches with flight STS-38.
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1990
The Communist People's Republic of Bulgaria is disestablished and a new republican government is instituted.
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2000
A chartered Antonov An-24 crashes after takeoff from Luanda, Angola, killing more than 40 people.
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2000
Jharkhand state comes into existence in India.
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2002
Hu Jintao becomes General Secretary of the Communist Party of China and a new nine-member Politburo Standing Committee is inaugurated.
Hu Jintao · General Secretary of the Communist Party of China · Politburo Standing Committee
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2003
The first day of the 2003 Istanbul bombings, in which two car bombs, targeting two synagogues, explode, killing 25 people and wounding about 300.
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2006
Al Jazeera English launches worldwide.
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2007
Cyclone Sidr hits Bangladesh, killing an estimated 5,000 people and destroying parts of the world's largest mangrove forest, the Sundarbans.
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2012
Xi Jinping becomes General Secretary of the Communist Party of China and a new seven-member Politburo Standing Committee is inaugurated.
Xi Jinping · General Secretary of the Communist Party of China · Politburo Standing Committee
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2016
Hong Kong High Court bans elected politicians Yau Wai-ching and Baggio Leung from the city's Parliament.[1]
Famous Births
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459
B'utz Aj Sak Chiik, Mayan king (d. 501)
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1316
John I of France (d. 1316)
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1397
Pope Nicholas V (d. 1455)
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1498
Eleanor of Austria (d. 1558)
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1511
Johannes Secundus, Dutch poet and author (d. 1536)
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1556
Jacques Davy Duperron, French cardinal (d. 1618)
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1559
Albert VII, Archduke of Austria, Governor of the Low Countries (d. 1621)
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1607
Madeleine de Scudéry, French author (d. 1701)
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1660
Hermann von der Hardt, German historian and orientalist (d. 1746)
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1661
Christoph von Graffenried, Swiss-American settler and author (d. 1743)
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1688
Louis Bertrand Castel, French mathematician and philosopher (d. 1757)
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1692
Eusebius Amort, German poet and theologian (d. 1775)
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1708
William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, English soldier and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1778)
William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham · Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
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1738
William Herschel, German-English astronomer and composer (d. 1822)
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1741
Johann Kaspar Lavater, Swiss poet and physiognomist (d. 1801)
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1746
Joseph Quesnel, French-Canadian poet, playwright, and composer (d. 1809)
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1757
Heinrich Christian Friedrich Schumacher, Danish surgeon, botanist, and academic (d. 1830)
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1776
José Joaquín Fernández de Lizardi, Mexican journalist and author (d. 1827)
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1784
Jérôme Bonaparte, French husband of Catharina of Württemberg (d. 1860)
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1791
Friedrich Ernst Scheller, German lawyer, jurist, and politician (d. 1869)
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1793
Michel Chasles, French mathematician and academic (d. 1880)
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1849
Mary E. Byrd, American astronomer and educator (d. 1934)
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1852
Tewfik Pasha, Egyptian ruler (d. 1892)
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1859
Christopher Hornsrud, Norwegian businessman and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Norway (d. 1960)
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1862
Gerhart Hauptmann, German novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1946)
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1868
Emil Racoviță, Romanian biologist, zoologist, and explorer (d. 1947)
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1873
Sara Josephine Baker, American physician and academic (d. 1945)
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1874
Dimitrios Golemis, Greek runner (d. 1941)
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1874
August Krogh, Danish zoologist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1949)
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1879
Lewis Stone, American actor (d. 1953)
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1881
Franklin Pierce Adams, American journalist and author (d. 1960)
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1882
Felix Frankfurter, Austrian-American lawyer and jurist (d. 1965)
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1886
René Guénon, French-Egyptian philosopher and author (d. 1951)
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1887
Marianne Moore, American poet, critic, and translator (d. 1972)
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1887
Georgia O'Keeffe, American painter and educator (d. 1986)
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1888
Artie Matthews, American pianist and composer (d. 1958)
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1890
Richmal Crompton, English author and educator (d. 1969)
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1891
W. Averell Harriman, American businessman and politician, 11th United States Secretary of Commerce (d. 1986)
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1891
Erwin Rommel, German field marshal (d. 1944)
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1892
Naomi Childers, American actress (d. 1964)
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1895
Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia (d. 1918)
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1895
Antoni Słonimski, Polish journalist, poet, and playwright (d. 1976)
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1896
Leonard Lord, English businessman (d. 1967)
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1897
Aneurin Bevan, Welsh journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Health (d. 1960)
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1897
Sacheverell Sitwell, English author and critic (d. 1988)
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1899
Avdy Andresson, Estonian-American soldier and diplomat, Estonian Minister of War (d. 1990)
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1903
Stewie Dempster, New Zealand cricketer and coach (d. 1974)
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1905
Mantovani, Italian conductor and composer (d. 1980)
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1906
Curtis LeMay, American general and politician (d. 1990)
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1907
Claus von Stauffenberg, German colonel (d. 1944)
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1908
Carlo Abarth, Italian engineer and businessman, founded Abarth (d. 1979)
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1912
Harald Keres, Estonian physicist and academic (d. 2010)
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1912
Yi Wu, Japanese-Korean colonel (d. 1945)
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1913
Jack Dyer, Australian footballer and coach (d. 2003)
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1913
Arthur Haulot, Belgian journalist and poet (d. 2005)
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1914
V. R. Krishna Iyer, Indian lawyer and judge (d. 2014)
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1916
Nita Barrow, Barbadian nurse and politician, 7th Governor-General of Barbados (d. 1995)
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1916
Bill Melendez, Mexican-American voice actor, animator, director, and producer (d. 2008)
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1919
Carol Bruce, American singer and actress (d. 2007)
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1919
Joseph Wapner, American lieutenant and judge (d. 2017)
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1920
Vasilis Diamantopoulos, Greek actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1999)
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1922
Francis Brunn, German juggler (d. 2004)
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1922
David Sidney Feingold, American biochemist and academic
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1922
Francesco Rosi, Italian director and screenwriter (d. 2015)
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1923
Văn Cao, Vietnamese composer, poet, and painter (d. 1995)
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1923
Samuel Klein, Polish-Brazilian businessman and philanthropist, founded Casas Bahia (d. 2014)
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1924
Gianni Ferrio, Italian composer and conductor (d. 2013)
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1925
Howard Baker, American lawyer, politician, and diplomat, 12th White House Chief of Staff (d. 2014)
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1926
Thomas Williams, American author and academic (d. 1990)
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1928
C. W. McCall, American singer-songwriter and politician
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1928
Seldon Powell, American saxophonist and flute player (d. 1997)
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1929
Ed Asner, American actor, singer, and producer
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1929
Joe Hinton, American singer (d. 1968)
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1930
J. G. Ballard, English novelist, short story writer, and essayist (d. 2009)
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1930
Olene Walker, American lawyer and politician, 15th Governor of Utah (d. 2015)
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1931
John Kerr, American actor, singer, and lawyer (d. 2013)
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1931
Mwai Kibaki, Kenyan economist and politician, 3rd President of Kenya
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1931
Pascal Lissouba, Congolese politician, President of the Republic of the Congo
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1932
Petula Clark, English singer-songwriter and actress
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1932
Clyde McPhatter, American singer (d. 1972)
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1932
Alvin Plantinga, American philosopher, author, and academic
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1933
Gloria Foster, American actress (d. 2001)
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1933
Theodore Roszak, American scholar and author (d. 2011)
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1934
Joanna Barnes, American actress and author
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1934
Peter Dickinson, English pianist and composer
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1935
Nera White, American basketball player (d. 2016)
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1936
H. B. Bailey, American race car driver (d. 2003)
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1936
Wolf Biermann, German singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1936
Tara Singh Hayer, Indian-Canadian journalist and publisher (d. 1998)
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1937
Little Willie John, American singer-songwriter (d. 1968)
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1937
Yaphet Kotto, American actor and screenwriter
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1939
Terry Bradbury, English footballer and manager
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1939
Rauni-Leena Luukanen-Kilde, Finnish physician and parapsychologist (d. 2015)
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1940
Roberto Cavalli, Italian fashion designer
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1940
Tony Mendez, American CIA technical operations officer
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1940
Ulf Pilgaard, Danish actor and screenwriter
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1940
Hank Wangford, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and physician
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1940
Sam Waterston, American actor
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1941
Rick Kemp, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer
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1941
Daniel Pinkwater, American author and illustrator
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1942
Daniel Barenboim, Argentinian-Israeli pianist and conductor
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1945
Roger Donaldson, Australian director, producer, and screenwriter
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1945
Bob Gunton, American actor and singer
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1945
Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Norwegian-Swedish singer (ABBA)
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1946
Vassilis Goumas, Greek basketball player
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1947
Malcolm Ranjith, Sri Lankan cardinal
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1947
Bill Richardson, American politician and diplomat, 21st United States Ambassador to the United Nations
Bill Richardson · United States Ambassador to the United Nations
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1947
Ken Sutcliffe, Australian journalist and sportscaster
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1948
Teodoro Locsin, Jr., Filipino journalist, lawyer, and politician
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1950
Egon Vaupel, German lawyer and politician, 16th Mayor of Marburg
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1951
Beverly D'Angelo, American actress, singer, and producer
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1952
Rick Atkinson, American journalist, historian, and author
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1952
Randy Savage, American wrestler (d. 2011)
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1953
James Widdoes, American actor, director, and producer
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1954
Kevin S. Bright, American director and producer
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1954
Emma Dent Coad, British politician
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1954
Aleksander Kwaśniewski, Polish journalist and politician, 3rd President of Poland
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1954
Randy Thomas, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
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1954
Tony Thompson, American R&B, disco, and rock drummer (d. 2003)
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1955
Joe Leeway, English pop singer-songwriter and percussionist
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1956
Michael Hampton, American guitarist and producer
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1957
Kevin Eubanks, American guitarist and composer
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1957
Harold Marcuse, American historian and educator
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1957
Michael Woythe, German footballer and manager
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1958
Lewis Fitz-Gerald, Australian actor and director
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1958
Gu Kailai, Chinese lawyer and businesswoman
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1958
Lesley Laird, British politician
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1959
Tibor Fischer, English author
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1960
Dawn Airey, English broadcaster
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1962
Mark Acres, American basketball player and educator
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1962
Judy Gold, American comedian, actress, and producer
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1963
Andrew Castle, English tennis player and television host
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1963
Benny Elias, Lebanese-Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
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1963
Kevin J. O'Connor, American actor
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1964
Stelios Aposporis, Greek footballer and manager
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1964
Mikhail Rusyayev, Russian footballer, coach, and manager (d. 2011)
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1964
Tiit Sokk, Estonian basketball player and coach
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1965
Nigel Bond, English snooker player
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1965
Stefan Pfeiffer, German swimmer
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1966
Rachel True, American actress
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1967
Greg Anthony, American basketball player and sportscaster
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1967
Cynthia Breazeal, American computer scientist, roboticist, and academic
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1967
Pedro Borbón, Jr., Dominican baseball player
- 1967
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1967
Wayne Harrison, English footballer (d. 2013)
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1967
François Ozon, French director, producer, and screenwriter
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1967
Gus Poyet, Uruguayan footballer and manager
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1967
Jon Preston, New Zealand rugby player
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1968
Ol' Dirty Bastard, American rapper and producer (d. 2004)
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1968
Fausto Brizzi, Italian director, producer, and screenwriter
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1968
Teodoro Casiño, Filipino journalist and politician
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1968
Jennifer Charles, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
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1968
Uwe Rösler, German footballer and manager
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1970
Ilija Aračić, Croatian footballer and coach
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1970
Jack Ingram, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1970
Alexander Kvitashvili, Georgian-Ukrainian academic and politician, 19th Ukrainian Minister of Healthcare
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1970
Patrick M'Boma, Cameroonian footballer
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1971
Jay Harrington, American actor
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1971
Martin Pieckenhagen, German footballer
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1972
Jonny Lee Miller, English-American actor
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1973
Sydney Tamiia Poitier, American actress
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1973
Alamgir Sheriyar, English cricketer
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1974
Chad Kroeger, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
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1975
Scott Henshall, English fashion designer
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1975
Yannick Tremblay, Canadian ice hockey player
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1975
Boris Živković, Croatian footballer
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1976
Brandon DiCamillo, American comedian, actor, and stuntman
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1976
Virginie Ledoyen, French actress
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1976
Sule, Indonesian comedian and actor
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1977
Sean Murray, American actor
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1977
Peter Phillips, English businessman
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1977
Robaire Smith, American football player
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1978
Floyd Womack, American football player
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1979
Josemi, Spanish footballer
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1979
Brooks Bollinger, American football player and coach
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1979
Brett Lancaster, Australian cyclist
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1981
Drew Hodgdon, American football player
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1981
Lorena Ochoa, Mexican golfer
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1982
D. J. Fitzpatrick, American football player
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1982
Rio Hirai, Japanese actress
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1982
Joe Kowalewski, American football player
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1982
Benjamin Krause, German rugby player
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1982
Giaan Rooney, Australian swimmer
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1982
Lofa Tatupu, American football player
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1982
Kalu Uche, Nigerian footballer
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1983
Dominic Carroll, Gibraltarian runner
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1983
Sasha Pavlović, Serbian basketball player
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1983
Fernando Verdasco, Spanish tennis player
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1985
Charron Fisher, American basketball player
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1985
Simon Spender, Welsh footballer
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1986
Coye Francies, American football player
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1986
Sania Mirza, Indian tennis player
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1986
Jerry Roush, American singer-songwriter
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1987
Isaiah Osbourne, English footballer
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1988
Morgan Parra, French rugby player
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1988
Billy Twelvetrees, English rugby player
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1989
Jonalyn Viray, Filipino singer
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1991
Maxime Colin, French footballer
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1991
Shailene Woodley, American actress
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1992
Sofia Goggia, Italian skier
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1992
Minami Minegishi, Japanese singer
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1992
Daniela Seguel, Chilean tennis player
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1992
Trevor Story, American baseball player
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1992
Kevin Wimmer, Austrian footballer
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1993
Paulo Dybala, Argentine footballer
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1993
Saaya Irie, Japanese actress and singer
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1994
Bryce Cartwright, Australian rugby league player
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1995
Karl-Anthony Towns, Dominican-American basketball player
Famous Deaths
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621
Malo, Welsh bishop
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655
Æthelhere, king of East Anglia
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655
Penda of Mercia
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1037
Odo II, Count of Blois (b. 983)
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1136
Leopold III, Margrave of Austria (b. 1073)
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1194
Margaret I, Countess of Flanders
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1226
Frederick of Isenberg (b. 1193)
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1280
Albertus Magnus, German bishop, theologian, and philosopher (b. 1193)
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1347
James I of Urgell, Prince of Aragon (b. 1321)
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1351
Joanna of Pfirt, duchess consort of Austria
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1379
Otto V, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1346)
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1463
Giovanni Antonio Del Balzo Orsini, Prince of Taranto and Constable of Naples (b. 1393)
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1527
Catherine of York, English Princess (b. 1479)
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1579
Ferenc Dávid, Hungarian preacher, founder of the Unitarian Church of Transylvania (b. 1510)
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1594
Sir Martin Frobisher, British explorer (b. 1535)
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1628
Roque González de Santa Cruz, Paraguayan missionary and martyr (b. 1576)
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1630
Johannes Kepler, German astronomer and mathematician (b. 1571)
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1670
John Amos Comenius, Czech bishop, philosopher, and educator (b. 1592)
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1691
Aelbert Cuyp, Dutch painter (b. 1620)
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1706
6th Dalai Lama (b. 1683)
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1712
James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton, Scottish general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire (b. 1658)
James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton · Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire
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1712
Charles Mohun, 4th Baron Mohun, English politician (b. 1675)
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1787
Christoph Willibald Gluck, German composer (b. 1714)
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1794
John Witherspoon, Scottish-American minister and academic (b. 1723)
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1795
Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo, French painter (b. 1719)
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1819
Daniel Rutherford, Scottish chemist and physician (b. 1749)
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1832
Jean-Baptiste Say, French economist and businessman (b. 1767)
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1853
Maria II of Portugal (b. 1819)
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1892
Thomas Neill Cream, Scottish-Canadian serial killer (b. 1850)
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1908
Empress Dowager Cixi of China (b. 1835)
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1910
Wilhelm Raabe, German author (b. 1831)
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1916
Henryk Sienkiewicz, Polish journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1846)
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1917
Émile Durkheim, French sociologist, psychologist, and philosopher (b. 1858)
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1919
Mikhail Dolivo-Dobrovolsky, Polish-Russian engineer, electrician, and inventor (b. 1862)
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1919
Mohammad Farid, Egyptian lawyer and politician (b. 1868)
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1919
Alfred Werner, French-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866)
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1922
Dimitrios Gounaris, Greek lawyer and politician, 94th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1866)
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1922
Petros Protopapadakis, Greek mathematician and politician, 107th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1854)
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1922
Nikolaos Stratos, Greek lawyer and politician, 106th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1872)
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1941
Wal Handley, English motorcycle road racer (b. 1902)
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1945
Frank Chapman, American ornithologist and photographer (b. 1864)
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1949
Narayan Apte, Indian activist, assassin of Mahatma Gandhi (b. 1911)
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1949
Nathuram Godse, Indian assassin of Mahatma Gandhi (b. 1910)
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1951
Frank Weston Benson, American painter and educator (b. 1862)
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1954
Lionel Barrymore, American actor, singer, director, and screenwriter (b. 1878)
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1958
Tyrone Power, American actor, singer, and producer (b. 1914)
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1959
Charles Thomson Rees Wilson, Scottish physicist and meteorologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1869)
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1960
Robert Raymond Cook, Canadian murderer (b. 1937)
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1961
Elsie Ferguson, American actress (b. 1883)
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1961
Johanna Westerdijk, Dutch pathologist and academic (b. 1883)
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1963
Fritz Reiner, Hungarian-American conductor (b. 1888)
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1966
Dimitrios Tofalos, Greek weightlifter and wrestler (b. 1877)
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1966
William Zorach, Lithuanian-American sculptor and painter (b. 1887)
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1967
Michael J. Adams, American soldier, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1930)
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1970
Konstantinos Tsaldaris, Egyptian-Greek politician (b. 1884)
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1971
Rudolf Abel, English-Russian colonel (b. 1903)
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1976
Jean Gabin, French actor, singer, and producer (b. 1904)
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1978
Margaret Mead, American anthropologist and author (b. 1901)
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1980
Bill Lee, American actor and singer (b. 1916)
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1981
Steve Macko, American baseball player and coach (b. 1954)
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1981
Enid Markey, American actress (b. 1894)
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1981
Khawar Rizvi, Pakistani poet and scholar (b. 1938)
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1982
Vinoba Bhave, Indian philosopher and Gandhian, Bharat Ratna Awardee (b. 1895)
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1982
Martín de Álzaga, Argentinian race car driver (b. 1901)
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1983
John Grimaldi, English keyboard player and songwriter (b. 1955)
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1983
Charlie Grimm, American baseball player and manager (b. 1898)
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1983
John Le Mesurier, English actor (b. 1912)
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1985
Méret Oppenheim, German-Swiss painter, photographer, and poet (b. 1913)
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1988
Billo Frómeta, Dominican conductor and composer (b. 1915)
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1988
Ieronymos I of Athens, Greek archbishop and theologian (b. 1905)
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1994
Elizabeth George Speare, American author (b. 1908)
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1996
Alger Hiss, American lawyer and diplomat (b. 1904)
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1997
Saul Chaplin, American director and composer (b. 1912)
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1998
Stokely Carmichael, Trinidadian-American activist (b. 1941)
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1998
Ludvík Daněk, Czech discus thrower (b. 1937)
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2003
Ray Lewis, Canadian runner (b. 1910)
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2003
Dorothy Loudon, American actress and singer (b. 1925)
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2003
Laurence Tisch, American businessman, co-founded the Loews Corporation (b. 1923)
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2003
Speedy West, American guitarist and producer (b. 1924)
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2004
Elmer L. Andersen, American businessman and politician, 30th Governor of Minnesota (b. 1909)
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2004
John Morgan, Welsh-Canadian actor and screenwriter (b. 1930)
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2005
Adrian Rogers, American pastor and author (b. 1931)
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2005
Arto Salminen, Finnish journalist and author (b. 1959)
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2006
David K. Wyatt, American historian and author (b. 1937)
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2007
Joe Nuxhall, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1928)
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2008
Grace Hartigan, American painter (b. 1922)
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2009
Serbian Patriarch Pavle II (b. 1914)
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2010
Larry Evans, American chess player and journalist (b. 1932)
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2010
Ed Kirkpatrick, American baseball player (b. 1944)
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2010
William Edwin Self, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1921)
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2011
Oba Chandler, American murderer (b. 1946)
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2012
Théophile Abega, Cameroonian footballer and politician (b. 1954)
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2012
Luís Carreira, Portuguese motorcycle racer (b. 1976)
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2012
Maleli Kunavore, Fijian rugby player (b. 1983)
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2012
K. C. Pant, Indian politician, 18th Indian Minister of Defence (b. 1931)
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2012
Frode Thingnæs, Norwegian trombonist, composer, and conductor (b. 1940)
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2013
Sheila Matthews Allen, American actress and producer (b. 1929)
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2013
Glafcos Clerides, Cypriot lawyer and politician, 4th President of Cyprus (b. 1919)
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2013
Mike McCormack, American football player and coach (b. 1930)
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2014
Jack Bridger Chalker, English painter and academic (b. 1918)
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2014
Lucien Clergue, French photographer and educator (b. 1934)
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2014
Valéry Mézague, Cameroonian footballer (b. 1983)
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2014
Reg Withers, Australian soldier and politician, Australian Minister for the Capital Territory (b. 1924)
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2015
Gisèle Prassinos, French author (b. 1920)
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2015
Herbert Scarf, American economist and academic (b. 1930)
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2016
Mose Allison, American pianist and songwriter (b. 1927)