November 8 — On This Day
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Events
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960
Battle of Andrassos: Byzantines under Leo Phokas the Younger score a crushing victory over the Hamdanid Emir of Aleppo, Sayf al-Dawla.
Battle of Andrassos · Byzantine Empire · Leo Phokas the Younger · Hamdanid · Emir of Aleppo
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1278
Trần Thánh Tông, the second emperor of the Trần dynasty, decides to pass the throne to his crown prince Trần Khâm and take up the post of Retired Emperor.
Trần Thánh Tông · Trần dynasty · Trần Khâm · vi:Thái thượng hoàng
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1519
Hernán Cortés enters Tenochtitlán and Aztec ruler Moctezuma welcomes him with a great celebration.
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1520
Stockholm Bloodbath begins: A successful invasion of Sweden by Danish forces results in the execution of around 100 people.
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1576
Eighty Years' War: Pacification of Ghent: The States General of the Netherlands meet and unite to oppose Spanish occupation.
Eighty Years' War · Pacification of Ghent · States General of the Netherlands
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1602
The Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford is opened to the public.
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1605
Robert Catesby, ringleader of the Gunpowder Plotters, is killed.
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1614
Japanese daimyō Dom Justo Takayama is exiled to the Philippines by shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu for being Christian.
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1620
The Battle of White Mountain takes place near Prague, ending in a decisive Catholic victory in only two hours.
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1644
The Shunzhi Emperor, the third emperor of the Qing dynasty, is enthroned in Beijing after the collapse of the Ming dynasty as the first Qing emperor to rule over China.
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1745
Charles Edward Stuart invades England with an army of ~5000 that would later participate in the Battle of Culloden.
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1837
Mary Lyon founds Mount Holyoke Female Seminary, which later becomes Mount Holyoke College.
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1861
American Civil War: The "Trent Affair": The USS San Jacinto stops the British mail ship Trent and arrests two Confederate envoys, sparking a diplomatic crisis between the UK and US.
American Civil War · Trent Affair · USS San Jacinto (1850) · Confederate States of America
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1889
Montana is admitted as the 41st U.S. state.
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1892
The New Orleans general strike begins, uniting black and white American trade unionists in a successful four-day general strike action for the first time.
1892 New Orleans general strike · African American · White people · Trade union · Strike action
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1895
While experimenting with electricity, Wilhelm Röntgen discovers the X-ray.
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1901
Gospel riots: Bloody clashes take place in Athens following the translation of the Gospels into demotic Greek.
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1917
The first Council of People's Commissars is formed, including Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin.
Council of People's Commissars · Vladimir Lenin · Leon Trotsky · Joseph Stalin
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1923
Beer Hall Putsch: In Munich, Adolf Hitler leads the Nazis in an unsuccessful attempt to overthrow the German government.
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1933
Great Depression: New Deal: US President Franklin D. Roosevelt unveils the Civil Works Administration, an organization designed to create jobs for more than 4 million unemployed.
Great Depression · New Deal · Franklin D. Roosevelt · Civil Works Administration
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1936
Spanish Civil War: Francoist troops fail in their effort to capture Madrid, but begin the 3-year Siege of Madrid afterwards.
Spanish Civil War · Francoist Spain · Madrid · Siege of Madrid
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1937
The Nazi exhibition Der ewige Jude ("The Eternal Jew") opens in Munich.
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1939
Venlo Incident: Two British agents of SIS are captured by the Germans.
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1939
In Munich, Adolf Hitler narrowly escapes the assassination attempt of Georg Elser while celebrating the 16th anniversary of the Beer Hall Putsch.
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1940
Greco-Italian War: The Italian invasion of Greece fails as outnumbered Greek units repulse the Italians in the Battle of Elaia-Kalamas.
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1942
World War II: French Resistance coup in Algiers, in which 400 civilian French patriots neutralize Vichyist XIXth Army Corps after 15 hours of fighting, and arrest several Vichyist generals, allowing the immediate success of Operation Torch in Algiers.
World War II · French Resistance · Algiers · Vichy France · Operation Torch
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1950
Korean War: United States Air Force Lt. Russell J. Brown, while piloting an F-80 Shooting Star, shoots down two North Korean MiG-15s in the first jet aircraft-to-jet aircraft dogfight in history.
Korean War · United States Air Force · F-80 Shooting Star · North Korea · Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15
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1957
Pan Am Flight 7 disappears between San Francisco and Honolulu. Wreckage and bodies are discovered a week later.
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1957
Operation Grapple X, Round C1: The United Kingdom conducts its first successful hydrogen bomb test over Kiritimati in the Pacific.
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1965
The British Indian Ocean Territory is created, consisting of Chagos Archipelago, Aldabra, Farquhar and Des Roches islands.
British Indian Ocean Territory · Chagos Archipelago · Aldabra · Farquhar Group · Des Roches
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1965
The Murder (Abolition of Death Penalty) Act 1965 is given Royal Assent, formally abolishing the death penalty in the United Kingdom, except in cases of high treason, "piracy with violence" (piracy with intent to kill or cause grievous bodily harm), arson in royal dockyards and espionage, as well as other capital offences under military law. The death penalty would be abolished in all cases in 1998.
Murder (Abolition of Death Penalty) Act 1965 · Death penalty
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1965
The 173rd Airborne is ambushed by over 1,200 Viet Cong in Operation Hump during the Vietnam War, while the 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment fight one of the first set-piece engagements of the war between Australian forces and the Viet Cong at the Battle of Gang Toi.
173rd Airborne · Viet Cong · Operation Hump · Vietnam War · 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment
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1966
Former Massachusetts Attorney General Edward Brooke becomes the first African American elected to the United States Senate since Reconstruction.
Massachusetts · Edward Brooke · African American · United States Senate · Reconstruction Era
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1966
U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs into law an antitrust exemption allowing the National Football League to merge with the upstart American Football League.
Lyndon B. Johnson · Antitrust · National Football League · AFL-NFL merger · American Football League
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1968
The Vienna Convention on Road Traffic is signed to facilitate international road traffic and to increase road safety by standardising the uniform traffic rules among the signatories.
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1972
HBO launches its programming, with the broadcast of the 1971 movie Sometimes a Great Notion, starring Paul Newman and Henry Fonda.
HBO · Sometimes a Great Notion (film) · Paul Newman · Henry Fonda
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1973
The right ear of John Paul Getty III is delivered to a newspaper together with a ransom note, convincing his father to pay US$2.9 million.
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1977
Manolis Andronikos, a Greek archaeologist and professor at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, discovers the tomb of Philip II of Macedon at Vergina.
Manolis Andronikos · Aristotle University of Thessaloniki · Philip II of Macedon · Vergina
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1987
Remembrance Day bombing: A Provisional IRA bomb explodes in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland during a ceremony honouring those who had died in wars involving British forces. Twelve people are killed and sixty-three wounded.
Remembrance Day bombing · Provisional Irish Republican Army · Enniskillen · Northern Ireland
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1994
Republican Revolution: On the night of the 1994 United States midterm elections, Republicans make historic electoral gains by securing massive majorities in both houses of congress (54 seats in the House and eight seats in the Senate, additionally). Thus bringing a close to four decades of Democratic domination.
Republican Revolution · United States elections, 1994 · Republican Party (United States) · United States Congress · United States House of Representatives
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1999
Bruce Miller is killed at his junkyard near Flint, Michigan. His wife Sharee Miller, who convinced her online lover Jerry Cassaday to kill him (before later killing himself) was convicted of the crime, in what became the world's first Internet murder.
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2002
Iraq disarmament crisis: UN Security Council Resolution 1441: The United Nations Security Council unanimously approves a resolution on Iraq, forcing Saddam Hussein to disarm or face "serious consequences".
Iraq disarmament crisis · UN Security Council Resolution 1441 · United Nations Security Council · Ba'athist Iraq · Saddam Hussein
- 2004
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2011
The potentially hazardous asteroid 2005 YU55 passes 0.85 lunar distances from Earth (about 324,600 kilometres or 201,700 miles), the closest known approach by an asteroid of its brightness since 2010 XC15 in 1976.
Potentially hazardous asteroid · 2005 YU55 · Lunar distance (astronomy) · Absolute magnitude · 2010 XC15
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2013
Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest tropical cyclones ever recorded, strikes the Visayas region of the Philippines; the storm left at least 6,340 people dead with over 1,000 still missing, and caused $2.86 billion (2013 USD) in damage.
Typhoon Haiyan · List of tropical cyclone records · Visayas · Philippines · US dollar
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2016
Donald Trump is elected 45th President of the United States defeating Hillary Clinton. She is the fifth presidential candidate in U.S. history to win the popular vote but lose the election.
Donald Trump · President of the United States · Hillary Clinton
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2016
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announces withdrawal of ₹500 and ₹1000 denomination banknotes effective midnight, making 86% of the currency in circulation invalid.
Prime Minister of India · Narendra Modi · 2016 Indian banknote demonetisation
Famous Births
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AD 30
Nerva, Roman emperor (d. 98)
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1342
Julian of Norwich, English mystic and saint (d. 1416)
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1407
Alain de Coëtivy, French cardinal (d. 1474)
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1417
Philipp I, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg (1458-1480) (d. 1480)
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1456
Queen Gonghye, Korean royal consort (d. 1474)
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1491
Teofilo Folengo, Italian monk and poet (d. 1544)
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1543
Lettice Knollys, Countess of Essex and lady-in-waiting to Elizabeth I of England (d. 1634)
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1555
Nyaungyan Min, King of Burma (d. 1605)
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1563
Henry I, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1624)
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1572
John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg (d. 1619)
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1622
Charles X Gustav of Sweden (d. 1660)
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1656
Edmond Halley, English astronomer and mathematician (d. 1742)
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1706
Johann Ulrich von Cramer, German philosopher and judge (d. 1772)
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1710
Sarah Fielding, English author (d. 1768)
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1715
Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern (d. 1797)
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1723
John Byron, English admiral and politician, 24th Commodore Governor of Newfoundland (d. 1786)
John Byron · List of lieutenant governors of Newfoundland and Labrador
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1725
Johann George Tromlitz, German flute player and composer (d. 1805)
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1763
Otto Wilhelm Masing, German-Estonian linguist and author (d. 1832)
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1768
Princess Augusta Sophia of the United Kingdom (d. 1840)
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1772
William Wirt, American lawyer and politician, 9th United States Attorney General (d. 1834)
William Wirt (Attorney General) · United States Attorney General
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1788
Mihály Bertalanits, Slovene poet and educator (d. 1853)
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1855
Nikolaos Triantafyllakos, Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1939)
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1831
Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton, English poet and diplomat, 30th Governor-General of India (d. 1880)
Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton · List of Governors-General of India
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1836
Milton Bradley, American businessman, founded the Milton Bradley Company (d. 1911)
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1837
Ilia Chavchavadze, Georgian journalist, lawyer, and politician (d. 1907)
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1847
Jean Casimir-Perier, French politician, 6th President of France (d. 1907)
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1847
Bram Stoker, Irish novelist and critic, created Count Dracula (d. 1912)
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1848
Gottlob Frege, German mathematician and philosopher (d. 1925)
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1854
Johannes Rydberg, Swedish physicist and academic (d. 1919)
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1866
Herbert Austin, 1st Baron Austin, English businessman, founded the Austin Motor Company (d. 1941)
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1868
Felix Hausdorff, German mathematician and academic (d. 1942)
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1878
Dorothea Bate, English palaeontologist and archaeozoologist (d. 1951)
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1881
Clarence Gagnon, Canadian painter and illustrator (d. 1942)
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1883
Arnold Bax, English composer and poet (d. 1953)
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1883
Charles Demuth, American painter (d. 1935)
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1884
Hermann Rorschach, Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst (d. 1922)
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1885
George Bouzianis, Greek painter (d. 1959)
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1885
Hans Cloos, German geologist and academic (d. 1951)
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1885
Emil Fahrenkamp, German architect and academic (d. 1966)
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1885
Tomoyuki Yamashita, Japanese general and politician, 4th Japanese Military Governors of the Philippines (d. 1946)
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1888
David Monrad Johansen, Norwegian pianist and composer (d. 1974)
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1893
Prajadhipok, Thai king (d. 1941)
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1896
Erika Abels d'Albert, Austrian painter and graphic artist (d. 1975)
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1896
Bucky Harris, American baseball player and manager (d. 1977)
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1897
Dorothy Day, American journalist and activist (d. 1980)
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1898
Marie Prevost, Canadian-American actress and singer (d. 1937)
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1900
Margaret Mitchell, American journalist and author (d. 1949)
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1904
Cedric Belfrage, English-American journalist and author, co-founded the National Guardian (d. 1990)
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1908
Martha Gellhorn, American journalist and author (d. 1998)
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1910
James McCormack, American general (d. 1975)
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1911
Al Brosch, American golfer (d. 1975)
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1911
Robert Jackson, Australian public servant and diplomat (d. 1991)
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1912
June Havoc, American actress, singer and dancer (d. 2010)
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1912
Stylianos Pattakos, Greek general and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Greece (d. 2016)
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1913
Lou Ambers, American boxer (d. 1995)
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1914
Norman Lloyd, American actor, director, and producer
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1918
Kazuo Sakamaki, Japanese soldier (d. 1999)
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1918
Hermann Zapf, German typographer and calligrapher (d. 2015)
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1919
James S. Ackerman, American historian and academic (d. 2016)
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1919
Purushottam Laxman Deshpande, Indian actor, screenwriter, and author (d. 2000)
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1920
Sitara Devi, Indian actress, dancer, and choreographer (d. 2014)
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1920
Esther Rolle, American actress (d. 1998)
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1920
Eugênio Sales, Brazilian cardinal (d. 2012)
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1921
Douglas Townsend, American composer, musicologist, and academic (d. 2012)
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1922
Christiaan Barnard, South African surgeon and academic (d. 2001)
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1922
Thea D. Hodge, American computer scientist and academic (d. 2008)
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1922
Ademir Marques de Menezes, Brazilian footballer, coach, and sportscaster (d. 1996)
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1923
Yisrael Friedman, Romanian-born Israeli rabbi (d. 2017)
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1923
Jack Kilby, American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2005)
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1924
Johnny Bower, Canadian ice hockey player and soldier
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1924
Joe Flynn, American actor (d. 1974)
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1924
Robert V. Hogg, American statistician and academic (d. 2014)
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1924
Victorinus Youn Kong-hi, South Korean archbishop
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1924
Dmitry Yazov, Marshal of the Soviet Union
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1926
Carroll E. Lanier, American sailor and politician (d. 2012)
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1926
Darleane C. Hoffman, American nuclear chemist
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1927
L. K. Advani, Indian lawyer and politician, 7th Deputy Prime Minister of India
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1927
Ken Dodd, English singer / comedian
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1927
Chris Connor, American singer (d. 2009)
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1927
Nguyễn Khánh, Vietnamese general and politician, 4th President of the Republic of Vietnam (d. 2013)
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1927
Patti Page, American singer and actress (d. 2013)
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1928
Des Corcoran, Australian politician, 37th Premier of South Australia (d. 2004)
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1929
Bobby Bowden, American football player and coach
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1929
António Castanheira Neves, Portuguese philosopher and academic
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1931
Jim Redman, English-Rhodesian motorcycle racer
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1931
Morley Safer, Canadian-American journalist and author (d. 2016)
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1932
Stéphane Audran, French actress
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1932
Ben Bova, American journalist and author
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1933
Peter Arundell, English race car driver (d. 2009)
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1935
Alain Delon, French-Swiss actor, producer, screenwriter
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1935
Stratos Dionysiou, Greek singer-songwriter (d. 1990)
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1935
Alfonso López Trujillo, Colombian cardinal (d. 2008)
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1936
Virna Lisi, Italian actress (d. 2014)
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1938
Driss Basri, Moroccan police officer and politician (d. 2007)
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1938
Richard Stoker, English composer, author, and poet
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1939
Meg Wynn Owen, Welsh actress
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1941
Nerys Hughes, Welsh actress
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1942
Angel Cordero Jr., Puerto Rican-American jockey
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1942
Sandro Mazzola, Italian footballer and sportscaster
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1943
Martin Peters, English footballer and manager
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1944
Bonnie Bramlett, American singer and actress (Delaney & Bonnie)
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1945
Arduino Cantafora, Italian-Swiss architect, painter, and author
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1945
John Farrar, Australian-born music producer, songwriter, arranger, singer, and guitarist
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1945
Don Murray, American drummer (The Turtles) (d. 1996)
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1945
Vincent Nichols, English cardinal
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1945
Arnold Rosner, American composer (d. 2013)
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1946
Guus Hiddink, Dutch footballer and manager
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1946
Roy Wood, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
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1947
Michael Perham, English bishop (d. 2017)
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1947
Minnie Riperton, American singer-songwriter (d. 1979)
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1947
Margaret Rhea Seddon, American physician and astronaut
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1947
Lewis Yocum, American physician and surgeon (d. 2013)
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1948
Dale Gardner, American captain and astronaut (d. 2014)
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1949
Wayne LaPierre, American businessman, author, and activist
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1949
Bonnie Raitt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1950
Mary Hart, American journalist and actress
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1951
Gerald Alston, American R&B singer
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1951
Larry Burnett, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Firefall)
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1951
Alfredo Astiz, Argentinian captain
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1951
Laura Cox, English lawyer and judge
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1951
Peter Suber, American philosopher and academic
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1952
John Denny, American baseball player and coach
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1952
Christie Hefner, American publisher and businesswoman
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1952
Jan Raas, Dutch cyclist
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1952
Jerry Remy, American baseball player and sportscaster
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1952
Alfre Woodard, American actress
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1953
Giorgos Foiros, Greek footballer and manager
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1953
John Musker, American animator, director, producer, and screenwriter
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1953
Nand Kumar Patel, Indian politician (d. 2013)
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1954
David Bret, French-English journalist and author
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1954
Michael D. Brown, American lawyer and radio host
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1954
Timothy Egan, American journalist and author
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1954
Kazuo Ishiguro, Japanese-British novelist, screenwriter, and short story writer.
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1954
Rickie Lee Jones, American singer-songwriter and producer
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1954
Thanasis Pafilis, Greek jurist and politician
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1955
Patricia Barber, American singer-songwriter and pianist
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1955
Jeffrey Ford, American author and educator
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1956
Mari Boine, Norwegian singer-songwriter and producer
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1956
Richard Curtis, New Zealand-English screenwriter, film and television producer, and film director
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1956
Steven Miller, American record producer and engineer
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1957
Alan Curbishley, English footballer and manager
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1957
Tim Shaw, American swimmer
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1957
Porl Thompson, English guitarist and songwriter
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1957
Hardi Volmer, Estonian singer and director
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1958
Don Byron, American clarinet player and composer
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1958
Ken Lamberton, American author and educator
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1958
Selçuk Yula, Turkish footballer and journalist (d. 2013)
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1959
Miroslav Janů, Czech footballer and manager (d. 2013)
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1959
Chi Chi LaRue, American drag queen performer and director
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1960
Oleg Menshikov, Russian actor, singer, and director
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1960
Michael Nyqvist, Swedish actor and producer (d. 2017)
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1961
Micky Adams, English footballer and manager
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1961
Leif Garrett, American singer, actor, and television personality
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1963
Paul McKenna, English hypnotist and author
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1965
Jeff Blauser, American baseball player and manager
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1965
Craig Chester, American actor and screenwriter
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1965
Mike Matarazzo, American bodybuilder and boxer (d. 2014)
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1966
Gordon Ramsay, British chef, restaurateur, and television host/personality
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1967
Henry Rodriguez, Dominican baseball player
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1967
Courtney Thorne-Smith, American actress
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1968
Keith Jones, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
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1968
José Offerman, Dominican baseball player and manager
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1968
Sergio Porrini, Italian footballer and manager
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1968
Parker Posey, American actress
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1970
Tom Anderson, American businessman, co-founded Myspace
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1970
David Hemp, Bermudian cricketer
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1970
Michael Jackson, Canadian actor
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1970
Diana King, Jamaican singer-songwriter
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1970
José Porras, Costa Rican footballer and coach
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1971
Carlos Atanes, Spanish director, producer, and screenwriter
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1972
Chris Fydler, Australian swimmer
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1972
Gretchen Mol, American model and actress
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1973
Sven Mikser, Estonian politician, 22nd Estonian Minister of Defence
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1973
David Muir, American journalist
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1974
Joshua Ferris, American author
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1974
Penelope Heyns, South African swimmer
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1974
Masashi Kishimoto, Japanese author and illustrator, created Naruto
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1974
Seishi Kishimoto, Japanese illustrator
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1975
Brevin Knight, American basketball player and sportscaster
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1975
Tara Reid, American actress
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1975
Alena Vašková, Czech tennis player
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1976
Brett Lee, Australian cricketer and sportscaster
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1976
Colin Strause, American director, producer, and visual effects designer
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1977
Jully Black, Canadian singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
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1977
Bucky Covington, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1977
Nick Punto, American baseball player
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1978
Matthew Bulbeck, English cricketer
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1978
Tim de Cler, Dutch footballer
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1978
Maurice Evans, American basketball player
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1978
Ali Karimi, Iranian footballer and manager
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1978
Kensaku Kishida, Japanese actor and entertainer
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1978
Emma Lewell-Buck, English social worker and politician
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1978
Júlio Sérgio, Brazilian footballer and manager
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1979
Andrea Benatti, Italian rugby player
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1979
Aaron Hughes, Irish footballer
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1980
Luís Fabiano, Brazilian footballer
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1980
Laura Jane Grace, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
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1980
Holly Walsh, English radio and television host
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1981
Joe Cole, English footballer
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1981
Yann Kermorgant, French footballer
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1982
Ted DiBiase, Jr., American wrestler and actor
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1982
Mika Kallio, Finnish motorcycle racer
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1982
Sam Sparro, Australian singer-songwriter and producer
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1983
Sinan Güler, Turkish basketball player
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1983
Katharina Molitor, German javelin thrower
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1983
Remko Pasveer, Dutch footballer
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1983
Pavel Pogrebnyak, Russian footballer
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1983
Nikola Rachelle, English-New Zealand singer-songwriter and producer
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1983
Danielle Valore Evans American short story writer
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1984
Kuntal Chandra, Bangladeshi cricketer (d. 2012)
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1984
Yoko Mitsuya, Japanese model and actress
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1984
Steven Webb, English actor
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1985
Magda Apanowicz, Canadian actress
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1985
Míchel, Spanish footballer
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1986
Patricia Mayr-Achleitner, Austrian tennis player
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1986
Jamie Roberts, Welsh rugby player
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1986
Aaron Swartz, American computer programmer and activist (d. 2013)
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1987
Édgar Benítez, Paraguayan footballer
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1987
Sam Bradford, American football player
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1987
Mohd Faiz Subri, Malaysian footballer
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1988
Jessica Lowndes, Canadian actress and singer
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1988
Lucia Slaničková, Slovak heptathlete
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1989
Van Roxas, Filipino singer and actor
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1989
Morgan Schneiderlin, French footballer
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1989
Giancarlo Stanton, American baseball player
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1990
Ingrid Puusta, Estonian sailor
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1991
Aaron Fotheringham, American wheelchair athlete
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1991
Jack Littlejohn, Australian rugby league player
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1991
Riker Lynch, American singer-songwriter and bass player
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1991
Dan Middleton, English YouTube personality and pro gamer
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1992
Christophe Vincent, French footballer
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1993
Przemek Karnowski, Polish basketball player
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1993
Fraser Mullen, Scottish footballer
Famous Deaths
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397
Martin of Tours, Frankish bishop and saint
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618
Adeodatus I, pope of the Catholic Church
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785
Sawara, Japanese prince
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789
Willehad, bishop of Bremen
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928
Duan Ning, Chinese general
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940
Yao Yi, Chinese chancellor (b. 866)
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943
Liu, empress of Qi (Ten Kingdoms) (b. 877)
Empress Liu (Li Maozhen's wife) · Qi (Li Maozhen's state) · Ten Kingdoms
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955
Agapetus II, pope of the Catholic Church
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1115
Godfrey of Amiens, French bishop and saint (b. 1066)
- 1122
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1171
Baldwin IV, Count of Hainaut (b. 1108)
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1195
Conrad, Count Palatine of the Rhine (b. 1135)
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1226
Louis VIII, king of France (b. 1187)
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1246
Berengaria of Castile (b. 1179)
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1263
Matilda of Béthune, French countess
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1308
Duns Scotus, Scottish priest, philosopher, and academic (b. 1266)
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1400
Peter of Aragon, Aragonese infante (b. 1398)
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1478
Baeda Maryam I, emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1448)
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1494
Melozzo da Forlì, Italian painter (b. c. 1438)
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1517
Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros, Spanish cardinal (b. 1436)
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1527
Jerome Emser, German theologian and reformer (b. 1477)
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1599
Francisco Guerrero, Spanish pianist and composer (b. 1528)
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1600
Natsuka Masaie, Japanese daimyō (b. 1562)
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1605
Robert Catesby, English conspirator, leader of the Gunpowder Plot (b. 1573)
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1606
Girolamo Mercuriale, Italian philologist and physician (b. 1530)
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1658
Witte Corneliszoon de With, Dutch admiral (b. 1599)
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1674
John Milton, English poet and philosopher (b. 1608)
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1719
Michel Rolle, French mathematician and author (b. 1652)
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1773
Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz, Prussian general (b. 1721)
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1817
Andrea Appiani, Italian painter and educator (b. 1754)
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1828
Thomas Bewick, English engraver, illustrator and author (b.1753)
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1830
Francis I of the Two Sicilies (b. 1777)
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1873
Manuel Bretón de los Herreros, Spanish poet, playwright, and critic (b. 1796)
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1887
Doc Holliday, American dentist and poker player (b. 1851)
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1890
César Franck, Belgian organist and composer (b. 1822)
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1895
Robert Battey, American surgeon and academic (b. 1828)
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1901
James Agnew, Irish-Australian politician, 16th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1815)
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1905
Victor Borisov-Musatov, Russian painter (b. 1870)
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1917
Colin Blythe, English cricketer and soldier (b. 1879)
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1921
Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav, Slovak poet and playwright (b. 1849)
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1934
Carlos Chagas, Brazilian physician and bacteriologist (b. 1879)
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1944
Walter Nowotny, Austrian-German soldier and pilot (b. 1920)
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1945
August von Mackensen, German field marshal (b. 1849)
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1949
Cyriel Verschaeve, Belgian-Austrian priest and activist (b. 1874)
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1953
Ivan Bunin, Russian author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1870)
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1953
John van Melle, Dutch-South African author and educator (b. 1887)
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1959
Frank S. Land, American activist, founded the DeMolay International (b. 1890)
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1960
Subroto Mukerjee, Indian soldier; Chief of the Air Staff of the Indian Air Force (b. 1911)
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1965
Dorothy Kilgallen, American journalist, television personality, and game show panelist (b. 1913)
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1968
Wendell Corey, American actor and politician (b. 1914)
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1968
Peter Mohr Dam, Faroese educator and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (b. 1898)
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1970
Huw T. Edwards, Welsh poet and politician (b. 1892)
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1973
Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel, Turkish poet, author, and politician (b. 1898)
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1974
Ivory Joe Hunter, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1914)
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1975
Jaime Montestrela, Portuguese-French poet and author (b. 1925)
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1977
Tasos Giannopoulos, Greek actor and producer (b. 1931)
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1977
Bucky Harris, American baseball player and manager (b. 1896)
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1978
Norman Rockwell, American painter and illustrator (b. 1894)
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1983
James Booker, American singer and pianist (b. 1939)
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1983
Mordecai Kaplan, Lithuanian-American rabbi and educator (b. 1881)
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1985
Nicolas Frantz, Luxembourger cyclist (b. 1899)
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1985
Jacques Hnizdovsky, Ukrainian-American painter and illustrator (b. 1915)
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1986
Vyacheslav Molotov, Russian politician and diplomat, Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1890)
Vyacheslav Molotov · Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Soviet Union)
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1994
Michael O'Donoghue, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1940)
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1998
Rumer Godden, English author and poet (b. 1907)
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1998
John Hunt, Baron Hunt, English colonel, mountaineer, and academic (b. 1910)
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1998
Jean Marais, French actor and director (b. 1913)
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1999
Lester Bowie, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1941)
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1999
Leon Štukelj, Slovenian gymnast and judge (b. 1898)
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2001
Aristidis Moschos, Greek santouri player and educator (b. 1930)
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2002
Jon Elia, Pakistani poet, philosopher, and scholar (b. 1931)
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2003
Bob Grant, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1932)
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2003
C.Z. Guest, American actress, fashion designer, and author (b. 1920)
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2003
Guy Speranza, American singer-songwriter (b. 1956)
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2004
Peter Mathers, English-Australian author and playwright (b. 1931)
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2005
Alekos Alexandrakis, Greek actor and director (b. 1928)
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2005
David Westheimer, American soldier and author (b. 1917)
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2006
Basil Poledouris, American composer and conductor (b. 1945)
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2006
Hannspeter Winter, Austrian physicist and academic (b. 1941)
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2007
Aad Nuis, Dutch journalist, poet, and politician (b. 1933)
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2007
Dulce Saguisag, Filipino politician, 10th Filipino Secretary of Social Welfare and Development (b. 1943)
Dulce Saguisag · Secretary of Social Welfare and Development (Philippines)
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2007
Chad Varah, English priest, founded The Samaritans (b. 1911)
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2009
Vitaly Ginzburg, Russian physicist and astrophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916)
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2010
Quintin Dailey, American basketball player (b. 1961)
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2010
Jack Levine, American soldier and painter (b. 1915)
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2010
Emilio Eduardo Massera, Argentinian admiral (b. 1925)
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2011
Heavy D, Jamaican-American rapper, producer, and actor (b. 1967)
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2011
Bil Keane, American cartoonist (b. 1922)
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2012
Lee MacPhail, American businessman (b. 1917)
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2012
Pete Namlook, German composer and producer (b. 1960)
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2012
Peggy Vaughan, American author (b. 1936)
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2013
William C. Davidon, American physicist, mathematician, and academic (b. 1927)
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2013
Penn Kimball, American journalist and academic (b. 1915)
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2013
Arnold Rosner, American composer (b. 1945)
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2013
Chiyoko Shimakura, Japanese singer and actress (b. 1938)
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2013
Amanchi Venkata Subrahmanyam, Indian journalist and actor (b. 1957)
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2014
Phil Crane, American academic and politician (b. 1930)
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2014
Luigi Gorrini, Italian soldier and pilot (b. 1917)
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2014
Don Paul, American football player and sportscaster (b. 1925)
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2014
Hugo Sánchez Portugal, Spanish-Mexican footballer and sportscaster (b. 1984)
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2014
Ernie Vandeweghe, Canadian-American basketball player and physician (b. 1928)
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2015
Rhea Chiles, American philanthropist, founded the Polk Museum of Art (b. 1930)
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2015
Joseph Cure, American ice hockey player and actor (b. 1984)
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2015
Rod Davies, Australian-English astronomer and academic (b. 1930)
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2015
Om Prakash Mehra, Indian air marshal and politician (b. 1919)
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2015
Maduluwawe Sobitha Thero, Sri Lankan monk and activist (b. 1942)