December 1 — On This Day
345 entries
Events
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800
Charlemagne judges the accusations against Pope Leo III in the Vatican.
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1420
Henry V of England enters Paris.
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1577
Francis Walsingham is knighted.
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1640
End of the Iberian Union: Portugal acclaims as King João IV of Portugal, ending 59 years of personal union of the crowns of Portugal and Spain and the end of the rule of the Philippine Dynasty.
Iberian Union · João IV of Portugal · Personal union · Philippine Dynasty
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1768
The former slave ship Fredensborg sinks off Tromøy in Norway.
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1822
Peter I is crowned Emperor of Brazil.
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1824
United States presidential election, 1824: Since no candidate received a majority of the total electoral college votes in the election, the United States House of Representatives is given the task of deciding the winner in accordance with the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
United States presidential election, 1824 · Electoral College (United States) · United States House of Representatives · Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution
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1828
Argentine general Juan Lavalle makes a coup against governor Manuel Dorrego, beginning the Decembrist revolution.
Juan Lavalle · Manuel Dorrego · Decembrist revolution (Argentina)
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1834
Slavery is abolished in the Cape Colony in accordance with the Slavery Abolition Act 1833.
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1862
In his State of the Union Address President Abraham Lincoln reaffirms the necessity of ending slavery as ordered ten weeks earlier in the Emancipation Proclamation.
State of the Union Address · Abraham Lincoln · Emancipation Proclamation
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1865
Shaw University, the first historically black university in the southern United States, is founded in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Shaw University · Historically black university · Raleigh, North Carolina
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1913
The Buenos Aires Metro, the first underground railway system in the Southern Hemisphere and in Latin America, begins operation.
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1913
Ford Motor Company introduces the first moving assembly line.
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1913
Crete, having obtained self rule from Turkey after the First Balkan War, is annexed by Greece.
Crete · Self rule · Turkey · First Balkan War
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1918
Transylvania unites with the Kingdom of Romania, following the incorporation of Bessarabia (March 27) and Bukovina (November 28), thus concluding the Great Union.
Transylvania · Kingdom of Romania · Bessarabia · Bukovina · Union of Transylvania with Romania
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1918
The Kingdom of Iceland becomes a sovereign state, yet remains a part of the Danish kingdom.
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1918
The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later known as the Kingdom of Yugoslavia) is proclaimed.
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1919
Lady Astor becomes the first female Member of Parliament to take her seat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. (She had been elected to that position on November 28.)
Nancy Astor · Member of Parliament · House of Commons of the United Kingdom
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1924
The National Hockey League's first United States-based franchise, the Boston Bruins, played their first game in league play at home, at the still-extant Boston Arena indoor hockey facility.[1]
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1934
In the Soviet Union, Politburo member Sergey Kirov is shot dead by Leonid Nikolaev at the Communist Party headquarters in Leningrad.
Soviet Union · Politburo · Sergey Kirov · Leonid Nikolaev · Communist Party of the Soviet Union
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1941
World War II: Emperor Hirohito of Japan gives the final approval to initiate war against the United States.
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1941
World War II: Fiorello La Guardia, Mayor of New York City and Director of the Office of Civilian Defense, signs Administrative Order 9, creating the Civil Air Patrol.
Fiorello La Guardia · Mayor of New York City · Office of Civilian Defense · s:Administrative Order 9 · Civil Air Patrol
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1952
The New York Daily News reports the news of Christine Jorgensen, the first notable case of sex reassignment surgery.
New York Daily News · Christine Jorgensen · Sex reassignment surgery
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1955
American Civil Rights Movement: In Montgomery, Alabama, seamstress Rosa Parks refuses to give up her bus seat to a white man and is arrested for violating the city's racial segregation laws, an incident which leads to that city's bus boycott.
American Civil Rights Movement · Montgomery, Alabama · Rosa Parks · Racial segregation · Montgomery bus boycott
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1958
The Central African Republic attains self-rule within the French Union.
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1958
The Our Lady of the Angels School fire in Chicago kills 92 children and three nuns.
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1959
Cold War: Opening date for signature of the Antarctic Treaty, which sets aside Antarctica as a scientific preserve and bans military activity on the continent.
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1960
Paul McCartney and Pete Best are arrested (and later deported) from Hamburg, Germany, after accusations of attempted arson.
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1964
Vietnam War: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson and his top-ranking advisers meet to discuss plans to bomb North Vietnam.
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1969
Vietnam War: The first draft lottery in the United States is held since World War II.
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1971
Cambodian Civil War: Khmer Rouge rebels intensify assaults on Cambodian government positions, forcing their retreat from Kompong Thmar and nearby Ba Ray.
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1973
Papua New Guinea gains self-governance from Australia.
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1974
TWA Flight 514, a Boeing 727, crashes northwest of Dulles International Airport, killing all 92 people on board.
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1974
Northwest Airlines Flight 6231, another Boeing 727, crashes northwest of John F. Kennedy International Airport.
Northwest Airlines Flight 6231 · John F. Kennedy International Airport
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1981
Inex-Adria Aviopromet Flight 1308, a McDonnell Douglas MD-80, crashes in Corsica, killing all 180 people on board.
Inex-Adria Aviopromet Flight 1308 · McDonnell Douglas MD-80 · Corsica
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1984
NASA conducts the Controlled Impact Demonstration, wherein an airliner is deliberately crashed in order to test technologies and gather data to help improve survivability of crashes.
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1989
Philippine coup attempt: The right-wing military rebel Reform the Armed Forces Movement attempts to oust Philippine President Corazon Aquino in a failed bloody coup d'état.
1989 Philippine coup attempt · Reform the Armed Forces Movement · President of the Philippines · Corazon Aquino · Coup d'état
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1989
Cold War: East Germany's parliament abolishes the constitutional provision granting the Communist Party the leading role in the state.
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1990
Channel Tunnel sections started from the United Kingdom and France meet 40 metres beneath the seabed.
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1991
Cold War: Ukrainian voters overwhelmingly approve a referendum for independence from the Soviet Union.
Ukraine · Ukrainian independence referendum, 1991 · Soviet Union
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1997
In the Indian state of Bihar, Ranvir Sena attacked the CPI(ML) Party Unity stronghold Lakshmanpur-Bathe, killing 63 lower caste people.
Bihar · Ranvir Sena · Central Organising Committee, Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Party Unity
Famous Births
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1081
Louis VI, French king (d. 1137)
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1083
Anna Komnene, Byzantine physician and scholar (d. 1153)
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1438
Peter II, Duke of Bourbon, son of Charles I (d. 1503)
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1443
Magdalena of France, French princess (d. 1495)
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1488
Elisabeth of Nassau-Dillenburg, Countess of Wied, German noblewoman (d. 1559)
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1521
Takeda Shingen, Japanese daimyo (d. 1573)
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1525
Tadeáš Hájek, Czech physician and astronomer (d. 1600)
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1530
Bernardino Realino, Italian Jesuit (d. 1616)
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1561
Sophie Hedwig of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Duchess consort of Pomerania-Wolgast (d. 1631)
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1580
Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, French astronomer and historian (d. 1637)
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1690
Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke, English lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom (d. 1764)
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1709
Franz Xaver Richter, Czech singer-songwriter, violinist, and conductor (d. 1789)
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1716
Étienne Maurice Falconet, French sculptor (d. 1791)
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1743
Martin Heinrich Klaproth, German chemist and academic (d. 1817)
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1761
Marie Tussaud, French-English sculptor, founded Madame Tussauds Wax Museum (d. 1850)
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1792
Nikolai Lobachevsky, Russian mathematician and geometer (d. 1856)
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1800
Mihály Vörösmarty, Hungarian poet (d.1855)
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1844
Alexandra of Denmark (d. 1925)
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1846
Ledi Sayadaw, Burmese monk and philosopher (d. 1923)
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1847
Julia A. Moore, American poet (d. 1920)
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1869
Eligiusz Niewiadomski, Polish painter and critic (d. 1923)
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1871
Archie MacLaren, English cricketer (d. 1944)
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1883
Henry Cadbury, American historian, scholar, and academic (d. 1974)
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1884
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, German painter and etcher (d. 1976)
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1886
Rex Stout, American detective novelist (d. 1975)
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1886
Zhu De, Chinese general and politician, 1st Vice Chairman of the People's Republic of China (d. 1976)
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1894
Afrânio Pompílio Gastos do Amaral, Brazilian herpetologist (d. 1982)
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1895
Henry Williamson, English farmer, soldier, and author (d. 1977)
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1896
Georgy Zhukov, Russian general and politician, 2nd Minister of Defence for the Soviet Union (d. 1974)
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1897
Cyril Ritchard, Australian-American actor and singer (d. 1977)
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1898
Stuart Garson, Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Premier of Manitoba (d. 1977)
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1900
Karna Maria Birmingham, Australian artist, illustrator and print maker (d. 1987)
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1901
Ilona Fehér, Hungarian-Israeli violinist and educator (d. 1988)
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1903
Nikolai Voznesensky, Soviet economic planner, member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (d. 1950)
Nikolai Voznesensky · Planned economy · Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
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1905
Alex Wilson, Canadian sprinter and coach (d. 1994)
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1910
Alicia Markova, English ballerina and choreographer (d. 2004)
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1911
Walter Alston, American baseball player and manager (d. 1984)
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1911
Calvin Griffith, Canadian-American businessman (d. 1999)
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1912
Minoru Yamasaki, American architect, designed the World Trade Center (d. 1986)
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1913
Mary Martin, American actress and singer (d. 1990)
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1916
Wan Li, Chinese educator and politician, 4th Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (d. 2015)
Wan Li · List of vice premiers of the People's Republic of China
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1917
Thomas Hayward, American tenor and actor (d. 1995)
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1917
Marty Marion, American baseball player and manager (d. 2011)
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1920
Peter Baptist Tadamaro Ishigami, Japanese priest, 1st Bishop of Naha (d. 2014)
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1921
Vernon McGarity, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2013)
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1922
Vsevolod Bobrov, Russian ice hockey player, footballer, and manager (d. 1979)
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1923
Dick Shawn, American actor (d. 1987)
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1923
Stansfield Turner, American admiral and academic, 12th Director of Central Intelligence
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1924
Masao Horiba, Japanese businessman, founded Horiba (d. 2015)
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1925
Martin Rodbell, American biochemist and endocrinologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)
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1926
Mother Antonia, American-Mexican nun and activist (d. 2013)
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1926
Allyn Ann McLerie, Canadian-American actress, singer, and dancer
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1926
Keith Michell, Australian actor (d. 2015)
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1926
Robert Symonds, American actor (d. 2007)
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1926
Colin Tennant, 3rd Baron Glenconner, Scottish businessman (d. 2010)
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1927
Micheline Bernardini, French dancer and model
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1928
Emily McLaughlin, American actress (d. 1991)
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1928
Malachi Throne, American actor (d. 2013)
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1929
David Doyle, American actor (d. 1997)
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1930
Marie Bashir, Australian psychiatrist, academic, and politician, 37th Governor of New South Wales
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1930
Joachim Hoffmann, German historian and author (d. 2002)
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1931
Jimmy Lyons, American saxophonist (d. 1986)
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1931
Jim Nesbitt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2007)
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1933
Lou Rawls, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (d. 2006)
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1933
Violette Verdy, French ballerina (d. 2016)
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1935
Woody Allen, American actor, director, and screenwriter
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1936
Igor Rodionov, Russian general and politician, 3rd Russian Minister of Defence (d. 2014)
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1937
Muriel Costa-Greenspon, American soprano and actress (d. 2005)
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1937
Gordon Crosse, English composer and academic
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1937
Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga, Latvian psychologist and politician, 6th President of Latvia
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1938
Sandy Nelson, American rock & roll drummer
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1939
Lee Trevino, American golfer and sportscaster
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1940
Mike Denness, Scottish-English cricketer and referee (d. 2013)
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1940
Richard Pryor, American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2005)
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1940
Tasso Wild, German footballer
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1940
Jerry Lawson, American electronic engineer and inventor (d. 2011)
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1942
Mohamed Kamel Amr, Egyptian politician, Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs
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1942
John Crowley, American author and academic
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1942
Ross Edwards, Australian cricketer
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1943
Kenny Moore, American runner and journalist
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1944
Eric Bloom, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1944
John Densmore, American drummer and songwriter
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1944
Michael Hagee, American general
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1944
Tahar Ben Jelloun, Moroccan author and poet
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1945
Bette Midler, American singer-songwriter, actress and producer
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1946
Jonathan Katz, American comedian and actor
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1946
Kemal Kurspahić, Bosnian journalist and author
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1946
Gilbert O'Sullivan, Irish singer-songwriter and pianist
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1947
Alain Bashung, French singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2009)
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1947
Bob Fulton, English-Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster
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1948
George Foster, American baseball player and radio host
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1948
Sarfraz Nawaz, Pakistani cricketer and politician
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1948
John Roskelley, American mountaineer and author
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1948
Neil Warnock, English footballer and manager
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1948
N. T. Wright, English bishop and scholar
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1948
Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa, Nigerian civil servant and politician, Governor of Kaduna State (d. 2012)
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1949
Jan Brett, American author and illustrator
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1949
Sebastián Piñera, Chilean businessman and politician, 35th President of Chile
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1950
Manju Bansal, Indian biologist and academic
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1950
Ross Hannaford, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2016)
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1950
Gary Panter, American illustrator and painter
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1950
Filippos Petsalnikos, Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister of Justice
Filippos Petsalnikos · Ministry of Justice, Transparency and Human Rights
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1950
Richard Keith, American actor and drummer
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1951
Obba Babatundé, American actor, director, and producer
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1951
Jaco Pastorius, American bass player, songwriter, and producer (d. 1987)
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1951
Treat Williams, American actor
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1952
Stephen Poliakoff, English director, producer, and playwright
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1954
Alan Dedicoat, English journalist
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1954
Judith Hackitt, English chemist and engineer
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1954
François Van der Elst, Belgian footballer (d. 2017)
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1955
Veikko Aaltonen, Finnish actor, director, and screenwriter
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1955
Verónica Forqué, Spanish actress
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1955
Pat Spillane, Irish footballer and sportscaster
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1955
Karen Tumulty, American journalist
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1956
Julee Cruise, American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress
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1957
Chris Poland, American guitarist and songwriter
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1957
Vesta Williams, American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2011)
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1958
Javier Aguirre, Mexican footballer and manager
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1958
Candace Bushnell, American journalist and author
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1958
Alberto Cova, Italian runner
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1958
Gary Peters, American lieutenant and politician
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1959
Billy Childish, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and painter
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1959
Wally Lewis, Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster
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1960
Carol Alt, American model and actress
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1960
Shirin M. Rai, Indian-English political scientist and academic
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1961
Safra A. Catz, Israeli-American businesswoman
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1961
Raymond E. Goldstein, American biophysicist and academic
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1961
Jeremy Northam, English actor
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1962
Sylvie Daigle, Canadian speed skater
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1962
Pamela McGee, American basketball player and coach
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1963
Marco Greco, Brazilian race car driver
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1963
Nathalie Lambert, Canadian speed skater
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1963
Arjuna Ranatunga, Sri Lankan cricketer and politician
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1964
Salvatore Schillaci, Italian footballer
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1964
Jo Walton, Welsh-Canadian author and poet
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1965
Henry Honiball, South African rugby player
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1965
Magnifico, Slovenian singer
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1966
Andrew Adamson, New Zealand director, producer, and screenwriter
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1966
Katherine LaNasa, American actress, ballet dancer, and choreographer
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1966
Larry Walker, Canadian baseball player and coach
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1967
Nestor Carbonell, American actor
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1967
Reggie Sanders, American baseball player
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1968
Justin Chadwick, English actor and director
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1968
Sarah Fitzgerald, Australian squash player
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1968
Anders Holmertz, Swedish swimmer
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1969
Richard Carrier, American author and blogger
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1970
Jonathan Coulton, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1970
Kirk Rueter, American baseball player
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1970
Sarah Silverman, American comedian, actress, and singer
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1970
Tisha Waller, American high jumper and educator
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1971
Emily Mortimer, English actress
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1971
Christian Pescatori, Italian race car driver
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1971
Mika Pohjola, Finnish-American pianist and composer
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1971
John Schlimm, American author and educator
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1972
Bart Millard, American singer-songwriter
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1973
Steve Gibb, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1974
Costinha, Portuguese footballer and manager
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1975
Matt Fraction, American author
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1975
Isaiah "Ikey" Owens, American keyboard player and producer (d. 2014)
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1975
Thomas Schie, Norwegian race car driver and sportscaster
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1975
Sophia Skou, Danish swimmer
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1976
Tomasz Adamek, Polish boxer
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1976
Laura Ling, American journalist and author
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1976
Evangelos Sklavos, Greek basketball player
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1977
Brad Delson, American guitarist and producer
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1977
Sophie Guillemin, French actress
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1977
Lee McKenzie, Scottish journalist
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1979
Ryan Malone, American ice hockey player
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1979
Stephanie Brown Trafton, American discus thrower
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1980
Iftikhar Anjum, Pakistani cricketer
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1980
Mohammad Kaif, Indian cricketer and politician
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1980
Roger Peterson, Aruban-Dutch singer-songwriter
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1980
Mubarak Hassan Shami, Kenyan-Qatari runner
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1981
Park Hyo-shin, South Korean singer-songwriter and actor
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1981
Luke McPharlin, Australian footballer
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1981
I Made Wirawan, Indonesian footballer
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1982
Riz Ahmed, English actor and rapper
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1982
Lloyd Doyley, English footballer
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1982
Christos Kalantzis, Greek footballer
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1982
Christos Melissis, Greek footballer
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1985
John Coughlin, American figure skater
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1985
Janelle Monáe, American singer-songwriter and producer
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1985
Chanel Preston, American porn actress and director
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1985
Emiliano Viviano, Italian footballer
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1986
DeSean Jackson, American football player
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1987
Simon Dawkins, English footballer
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1987
Tabarie Henry, Virgin Islander sprinter
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1987
Vance Joy, Australian singer-songwriter
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1987
Brett Williams, English footballer
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1988
Zoë Kravitz, American actress, singer, and model
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1988
Dan Mavraides, Greek-American basketball player
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1988
Tyler Joseph, American musician and singer
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1989
Sotelúm, Mexican trumpet player, composer, and producer
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1990
Tomáš Tatar, Slovak ice hockey player
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1991
Hilda Melander, Swedish tennis player
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1991
Sun Yang, Chinese swimmer
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1992
Masahudu Alhassan, Ghanaian footballer
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1992
Javier Báez, Puerto Rican baseball player
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1992
Linos Chrysikopoulos, Greek basketball player
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1992
Marco van Ginkel, Dutch footballer
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1993
Reena Pärnat, Estonian archer
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1994
Seedy Njie, English footballer
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1995
Agnė Čepelytė, Lithuanian tennis player
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1995
James Wilson, English footballer
Famous Deaths
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660
Eligius, bishop and saint
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948
Gao Conghui, prince and ruler of Jingnan (b. 891)
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969
Fujiwara no Morotada, Japanese statesman (b. 920)
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1135
Henry I, English king (b. 1068)
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1241
Isabella of England, Holy Roman Empress (b. 1214)
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1335
Abu Sa'id Bahadur Khan, Mongol ruler of the Ilkhanate (b. 1305)
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1374
Magnus Ericson, king of Sweden (b. 1316)
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1433
Go-Komatsu, emperor of Japan (b. 1377)
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1455
Lorenzo Ghiberti, Italian goldsmith and sculptor (b. 1378)
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1521
Leo X, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1475)
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1530
Margaret of Austria, duchess of Savoy (b. 1480)
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1580
Giovanni Morone, Italian cardinal (b. 1509)
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1581
Alexander Briant, English Roman Catholic priest, martyr and saint (b. 1556)
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1581
Edmund Campion, English Roman Catholic priest, martyr, and saint (b. 1540)
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1581
Ralph Sherwin, English Roman Catholic priest, martyr, and saint (b. 1550)
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1633
Isabella Clara Eugenia, infanta of Spain (b. 1566)
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1640
Miguel de Vasconcelos, Portuguese politician, Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1590)
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1660
Pierre d'Hozier, French genealogist and historian (b. 1592)
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1729
Giacomo F. Maraldi, French-Italian astronomer and mathematician (b. 1665)
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1750
Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr, German mathematician, astronomer, and cartographer (b. 1671)
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1755
Maurice Greene, English organist and composer (b. 1696)
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1767
Henry Erskine, 10th Earl of Buchan, Scottish politician (b. 1710)
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1825
Alexander I, emperor and autocrat of Russia (b. 1777)
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1865
Abraham Emanuel Fröhlich, Swiss pastor, poet, and educator (b. 1796)
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1866
George Everest, Welsh geographer and surveyor (b. 1790)
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1867
Charles Gray Round, English lawyer and politician (b. 1797)
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1884
William Swainson, English-New Zealand lawyer and politician, Attorney-General of the Crown Colony of New Zealand (b. 1809)
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1913
Juhan Liiv, Estonian poet and author (b. 1864)
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1914
Alfred Thayer Mahan, American captain and historian (b. 1840)
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1916
Charles de Foucauld, French priest and martyr (b. 1858)
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1923
Virginie Loveling, Belgian author and poet (b. 1836)
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1928
José Eustasio Rivera, Colombian-American lawyer and poet (b. 1888)
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1933
Pekka Halonen, Finnish painter (b. 1865)
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1934
Sergey Kirov, Russian engineer and politician (b. 1886)
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1935
Bernhard Schmidt, Estonian-German optician, invented the Schmidt camera (b. 1879)
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1943
Damrong Rajanubhab, Thai historian and educator (b. 1862)
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1947
Aleister Crowley, English magician, poet, and mountaineer (b. 1875)
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1947
G. H. Hardy, English mathematician and theorist (b. 1877)
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1950
Ernest John Moeran, English pianist and composer (b. 1894)
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1954
Fred Rose, American pianist, composer, and publisher (b. 1898)
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1964
J. B. S. Haldane, English-Indian geneticist and biologist (b. 1892)
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1964
Charilaos Vasilakos, Greek runner (b. 1877)
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1968
Nicolae Bretan, Romanian opera singer, composer, and conductor (b. 1887)
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1968
Darío Moreno, Turkish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1921)
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1973
David Ben-Gurion, Polish-Israeli lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1886)
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1975
Nellie Fox, American baseball player and coach (b. 1927)
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1975
Ernesto Maserati, Italian race car driver and engineer (b. 1898)
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1975
Anna Roosevelt Halsted, American journalist (b. 1906)
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1981
Russ Manning, American author and illustrator (b. 1929)
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1984
Roelof Frankot, Dutch painter and photographer (b. 1911)
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1986
Frank McCarthy, American general and film producer (b. 1912)
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1987
James Baldwin, American novelist, poet, and critic (b. 1924)
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1987
Punch Imlach, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (b. 1918)
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1988
J. Vernon McGee, American pastor and theologian (b. 1904)
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1989
Alvin Ailey, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1931)
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1990
Carla Lehmann, Canadian-English actress (b. 1917)
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1991
George Stigler, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
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1993
Ray Gillen, American singer-songwriter (b. 1959)
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1995
Hopper Levett, English cricketer (b. 1908)
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1995
Colin Tapley, New Zealand-English actor (b. 1907)
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1995
Maxwell R. Thurman, American general (b. 1931)
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1996
Peter Bronfman, Canadian businessman (b. 1928)
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1997
Michel Bélanger, Canadian banker and businessman (b. 1929)
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1997
Stéphane Grappelli, French violinist (b. 1908)
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1997
Endicott Peabody, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 62nd Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1920)
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2001
Ellis R. Dungan, American director and producer (b. 1909)
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2002
Edward L. Beach Jr., American captain and author (b. 1918)
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2002
Dave McNally, American baseball player (b. 1942)
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2003
Clark Kerr, American economist and academic (b. 1911)
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2003
Eugenio Monti, Italian bobsledder (b. 1928)
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2004
Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld (b. 1911)
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2004
Bill Brown, Scottish-Canadian footballer (b. 1931)
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2005
Gust Avrakotos, American CIA officer (b. 1938)
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2005
Mary Hayley Bell, English actress and playwright (b. 1911)
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2005
Freeman V. Horner, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1922)
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2006
Claude Jade, French actress (b. 1948)
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2006
Bruce Trigger, Canadian archaeologist, anthropologist, and historian (b. 1937)
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2007
Ken McGregor, Australian tennis player and footballer (b. 1929)
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2008
Paul Benedict, American actor (b. 1938)
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2008
Joseph B. Wirthlin, American businessman and religious leader (b. 1917)
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2010
Adriaan Blaauw, Dutch astronomer and academic (b. 1914)
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2010
Hillard Elkins, American actor and producer (b. 1929)
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2011
Christa Wolf, German author and critic (b. 1929)
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2012
Jovan Belcher, American football player (b. 1987)
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2012
Arthur Chaskalson, South African lawyer and judge, 18th Chief Justice of South Africa (b. 1931)
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2012
Mitchell Cole, English footballer (b. 1985)
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2012
Rick Majerus, American basketball player and coach (b. 1948)
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2012
Ed Price, American soldier, pilot, and politician (b. 1918)
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2013
Richard Coughlan, English drummer (b. 1947)
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2013
Stirling Colgate, American physicist and academic (b. 1925)
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2013
Edward Heffron, American soldier (b. 1923)
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2013
Martin Sharp, Australian cartoonist and songwriter (b. 1942)
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2014
Mario Abramovich, Argentinian violinist and composer (b. 1926)
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2014
Dimitrios Trichopoulos, Greek epidemiologist, oncologist, and academic (b. 1938)
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2014
Rocky Wood, New Zealand-Australian author (b. 1959)
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2015
Rob Blokzijl, Dutch physicist and computer scientist (b. 1943)
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2015
Joseph Engelberger, American physicist and engineer (b. 1925)
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2015
John F. Kurtzke, American neurologist and academic (b. 1926)
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2015
Jim Loscutoff, American basketball player (b. 1930)
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2015
Trevor Obst, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1940)