December 6 — On This Day
353 entries
Events
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963
Pope Leo VIII is appointed to the office of Protonotary and begins his papacy as antipope of Rome.
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1060
Béla I is crowned king of Hungary.
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1240
Mongol invasion of Rus': Kiev under Daniel of Galicia and Voivode Dmytro falls to the Mongols under Batu Khan.
Mongol invasion of Rus' · Kiev · Daniel of Galicia · Voivode Dmytro · Siege of Kiev (1240)
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1534
The city of Quito in Ecuador is founded by Spanish settlers led by Sebastián de Belalcázar.
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1648
Colonel Thomas Pride of the New Model Army purges the Long Parliament of MPs sympathetic to King Charles I of England, in order for the King's trial to go ahead; came to be known as "Pride's Purge".
Thomas Pride · New Model Army · Long Parliament · Charles I of England · Pride's Purge
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1704
Battle of Chamkaur (1704): During the Mughal-Sikh Wars, an outnumbered Sikh Khalsa defeats a Mughal army.
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1745
Charles Edward Stuart's army begins retreat during the second Jacobite Rising.
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1768
The first edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica is published.
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1790
The U.S. Congress moves from New York City to Philadelphia.
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1865
The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, banning slavery.
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1877
The first edition of The Washington Post is published.
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1884
The Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., is completed.
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1897
London becomes the world's first city to host licensed taxicabs.
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1904
Theodore Roosevelt articulated his "Corollary" to the Monroe Doctrine, stating that the U.S. would intervene in the Western Hemisphere should Latin American governments prove incapable or unstable.
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1907
A coal mine explosion at Monongah, West Virginia, kills 362 workers.
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1916
World War I: The Central Powers capture Bucharest.
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1917
Finland declares independence from Russia.
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1917
Halifax Explosion: A munitions explosion near Halifax, Nova Scotia kills more than 1,900 people in the largest artificial explosion up to that time.
Halifax Explosion · Halifax, Nova Scotia · Largest artificial non-nuclear explosions
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1917
World War I: USS Jacob Jones is the first American destroyer to be sunk by enemy action when it is torpedoed by German submarine SM U-53.
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1921
The Anglo-Irish Treaty is signed in London by British and Irish representatives.
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1922
One year to the day after the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty, the Irish Free State comes into existence.
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1928
The government of Colombia sends military forces to suppress a month-long strike by United Fruit Company workers, resulting in an unknown number of deaths.
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1933
U.S. federal judge John M. Woolsey rules that James Joyce's novel Ulysses is not obscene.
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1941
World War II: The United Kingdom and Canada declare war on Finland in support of the Soviet Union during the Continuation War. Camp X opens in Canada to begin training Allied Secret Agents for the War.
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1947
The Everglades National Park in Florida is dedicated.
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1953
Vladimir Nabokov completes his controversial novel Lolita.
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1956
A violent water polo match between Hungary and the USSR takes place during the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, against the backdrop of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956.
Blood in the Water match · 1956 Summer Olympics · Melbourne · Hungarian Revolution of 1956
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1957
Project Vanguard: A launchpad explosion of Vanguard TV3 thwarts the first United States attempt to launch a satellite into Earth orbit.
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1967
Adrian Kantrowitz performs the first human heart transplant in the United States.
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1971
Pakistan severs diplomatic relations with India, initiating the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.
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1973
The Twenty-fifth Amendment: The United States House of Representatives votes 387 to 35 to confirm Gerald Ford as Vice President of the United States. (On November 27, the Senate confirmed him 92 to 3.)
Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution · United States House of Representatives · Gerald Ford · Vice President of the United States · November 27
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1975
The Troubles: Fleeing from the police, a Provisional IRA unit takes a British couple hostage in their flat on Balcombe Street, London, beginning a six-day siege.
The Troubles · Provisional Irish Republican Army · Balcombe Street siege
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1977
South Africa grants independence to Bophuthatswana, although it is not recognized by any other country.
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1978
Spain ratifies the Spanish Constitution of 1978 in a referendum.
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1982
The Troubles: The Irish National Liberation Army bombed a pub frequented by British soldiers in Ballykelly, Northern Ireland, killing eleven soldiers and six civilians.
Irish National Liberation Army · Droppin Well bombing · Ballykelly, County Londonderry
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1989
The École Polytechnique massacre (or Montreal Massacre): Marc Lépine, an anti-feminist gunman, murders 14 young women at the École Polytechnique in Montreal.
École Polytechnique massacre · Marc Lépine · École Polytechnique de Montréal · Montreal
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1991
In Croatia, forces of the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) bombard Dubrovnik after laying siege to the city for seven months.
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1992
The Babri Masjid in Ayodhya, India, is demolished, leading to widespread riots causing the death of over 1,500 people.
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1997
A Russian Antonov An-124 Ruslan cargo plane crashes into an apartment complex near Irkutsk, Siberia, killing 67.
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1998
in Venezuela, Hugo Chavez is victorious in presidential elections.
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2005
An Iranian Air Force C-130 military transport aircraft crashes into a ten-floor apartment building in a residential area of Tehran, killing all 84 on board and 44 more on the ground.
Iranian Air Force · Lockheed C-130 Hercules · 2005 Iranian Air Force C-130 crash · Tehran
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2006
NASA reveals photographs taken by Mars Global Surveyor suggesting the presence of liquid water on Mars.
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2015
Venezuelan elections are held. For the first time in 17 years the United Socialist Party of Venezuela loses its majority in parliament.
Famous Births
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846
Hasan al-Askari, Arabian 11th of the Twelve Imams (d. 874)
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1285
Ferdinand IV of Castile (d. 1312)
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1421
Henry VI of England (d. 1471)
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1478
Baldassare Castiglione, Italian courtier, diplomat, and author (d. 1529)
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1520
Barbara Radziwiłł, queen of Poland (d. 1551)
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1545
Janus Dousa, Dutch historian and noble (d. 1604)
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1586
Niccolò Zucchi, Italian astronomer and physicist (d. 1670)
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1592
William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle (d. 1676)
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1608
George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1670)
George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle · Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
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1637
Edmund Andros, English courtier and politician, 4th Colonial Governor of New York (d. 1714)
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1640
Claude Fleury, French historian and author (d. 1723)
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1642
Johann Christoph Bach, German organist and composer (d. 1703)
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1685
Marie Adélaïde of Savoy (d. 1712)
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1721
Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, French minister and politician (d. 1794)
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1721
James Elphinston, Scottish philologist and linguist (d. 1809)
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1752
Gabriel Duvall, American jurist and politician (d. 1844)
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1778
Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, French physicist and chemist (d. 1850)
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1792
William II of the Netherlands (d. 1849)
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1803
Maria Josepha Amalia of Saxony (d. 1829)
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1805
Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin, French magician (d. 1861)
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1812
Robert Spear Hudson, English businessman and philanthropist (d. 1884)
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1823
Max Müller, German-English philologist and orientalist (d. 1900)
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1827
William Arnott, Australian biscuit manufacturer and founder of Arnott's Biscuits (d. 1901)
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1833
John S. Mosby, American colonel (d. 1916)
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1841
Frédéric Bazille, French painter and soldier (d. 1870)
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1849
August von Mackensen, German field marshal (d. 1945)
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1853
Hans Molisch, Czech-Austrian botanist and academic (d. 1937)
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1853
Haraprasad Shastri, Indian historian and scholar (d. 1931)
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1863
Charles Martin Hall, American chemist and engineer (d. 1914)
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1872
Arthur Henry Adams, Australian journalist and author (d. 1936)
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1872
William S. Hart, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1946)
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1875
Albert Bond Lambert, American golfer and pilot (d. 1946)
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1875
Evelyn Underhill, English mystic and author (d. 1941)
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1876
Fred Duesenberg, German-American businessman, co-founded the Duesenberg Automobile & Motors Company (d. 1932)
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1882
Warren Bardsley, Australian cricketer (d. 1954)
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1884
Cornelia Meigs, American author, playwright, and academic (d. 1973)
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1886
Joyce Kilmer, American soldier, author, and poet (d. 1918)
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1887
Lynn Fontanne, British actress (d. 1983)
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1887
Joseph Lamb, American pianist and composer (d. 1960)
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1888
Will Hay, English actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1949)
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1890
Dion Fortune, Welsh occultist, psychologist, and author (d. 1946)
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1890
Yoshio Nishina, Japanese physicist and academic (d. 1951)
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1890
Rudolf Schlichter, German painter and illustrator (d. 1955)
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1892
Osbert Sitwell, English-Italian captain, poet, and author (d. 1969)
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1893
Homer N. Wallin, American admiral (d. 1984)
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1893
Sylvia Townsend Warner, English author and poet (d. 1978)
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1896
Ira Gershwin, American songwriter (d. 1983)
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1898
Alfred Eisenstaedt, German-American photographer and journalist (d. 1995)
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1898
Gunnar Myrdal, Swedish sociologist and economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1987)
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1898
Winifred Lenihan, American actress, writer, and director (d. 1964)
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1900
Agnes Moorehead, American actress (d. 1974)
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1901
Eliot Porter, American photographer and academic (d. 1990)
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1903
Tony Lazzeri, American baseball player and manager (d. 1946)
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1904
Ève Curie, French-American journalist and pianist (d. 2007)
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1905
Elizabeth Yates, American journalist and author (d. 2001)
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1907
John Barkley Rosser Sr., American logician (d. 1989)
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1908
Pierre Graber, Swiss lawyer and politician, 69th President of the Swiss Confederation (d. 2003)
Pierre Graber · List of Presidents of the Swiss Confederation
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1908
Baby Face Nelson, American gangster (d. 1934)
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1908
Miklós Szabó, Hungarian runner (d. 2000)
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1908
Herta Freitag, Austrian-American mathematician (d. 2000)
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1909
Rulon Jeffs, American religious leader (d. 2002)
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1909
Alan McGilvray, Australian cricketer and sportscaster (d. 1996)
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1910
David M. Potter, American historian, author, and academic (d. 1971)
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1913
Karl Haas, German-American pianist, conductor, and radio host (d. 2005)
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1913
Eleanor Holm, American swimmer and actress (d. 2004)
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1914
Cyril Washbrook, English cricketer (d. 1999)
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1916
Yekaterina Budanova, Russian captain and pilot (d. 1943)
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1916
Kristján Eldjárn, Icelandic educator and politician, 3rd President of Iceland (d. 1982)
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1916
Hugo Peretti, American songwriter and producer (d. 1986)
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1917
Dean Hess, American minister and colonel (d. 2015)
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1917
Kamal Jumblatt, Lebanese lawyer and politician (d. 1977)
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1917
Irv Robbins, Canadian-American businessman, co-founded Baskin-Robbins (d. 2008)
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1917
Waldemar von Gazen, German soldier and lawyer (d. 2014)
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1919
Skippy Baxter, Canadian-American figure skater and coach (d. 2012)
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1919
Paul de Man, Belgian-born philosopher, literary critic and theorist (d. 1983)
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1920
Dave Brubeck, American pianist and composer (d. 2012)
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1920
Peter Dimmock, English sportscaster and producer (d. 2015)
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1920
George Porter, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2002)
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1921
Otto Graham, American football player and coach (d. 2003)
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1921
Piero Piccioni, Italian lawyer, pianist, and composer (d. 2004)
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1922
John Brunt, English captain, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1944)
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1922
Benjamin A. Gilman, American soldier and politician (d. 2016)
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1924
Wally Cox, American actor (d. 1973)
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1927
Jim Fuchs, American shot putter and discus thrower (d. 2010)
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1928
Bobby Van, American actor, dancer, and singer (d. 1980)
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1929
Philippe Bouvard, French journalist and radio host
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1929
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, German-Austrian cellist and conductor (d. 2016)
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1929
Frank Springer, American author and illustrator (d. 2009)
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1929
Alain Tanner, Swiss director, producer, and screenwriter
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1930
Daniel Lisulo, Zambian banker and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Zambia (d. 2000)
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1931
Zeki Müren, Turkish singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1996)
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1932
Kamleshwar, Indian author, screenwriter, and critic (d. 2007)
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1933
Henryk Górecki, Polish composer and academic (d. 2010)
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1933
Donald J. Kutyna, American general
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1934
Nick Bockwinkel, American wrestler, sportscaster, and actor (d. 2015)
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1935
Jean Lapointe, Canadian actor, singer, and politician
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1936
Bill Ashton, English saxophonist and composer
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1936
Kenneth Copeland, American evangelist and author
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1937
Alberto Spencer, Ecuadorian-American soccer player (d. 2006)
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1938
Patrick Bauchau, Belgian-American actor
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1939
Franco Carraro, Italian politician and sports administrator
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1940
Lawrence Bergman, Canadian lawyer and politician
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1940
Richard Edlund, American visual effects designer and cinematographer
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1941
Richard Speck, American murderer (d. 1991)
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1941
Bruce Nauman, American sculptor and illustrator
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1941
Bill Thomas, American academic and politician
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1942
Peter Handke, Austrian author and playwright
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1942
Robb Royer, American guitarist, keyboard player, and songwriter
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1943
Mike Smith, English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (d. 2008)
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1945
Larry Bowa, American baseball player and manager
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1945
Dan Harrington, American lawyer and poker player
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1945
Shekhar Kapur, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter
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1946
Willy van der Kuijlen, Dutch footballer and manager
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1947
Lawrence Cannon, Canadian businessman and politician, 9th Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs
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1947
Henk van Woerden, Dutch-South African painter and author (d. 2005)
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1947
Miroslav Vitouš, Czech-American bassist and songwriter
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1948
Jean-Paul Ngoupandé, Central African politician, Prime Minister of the Central African Republic (d. 2014)
Jean-Paul Ngoupandé · Prime Minister of the Central African Republic
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1948
Don Nickles, American businessman and politician
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1948
Keke Rosberg, Finnish race car driver
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1948
JoBeth Williams, American actress
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1949
Linda Barnes, American author, playwright, and educator
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1949
Linda Creed, American singer-songwriter (d. 1986)
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1949
Doug Marlette, American author and cartoonist (d. 2007)
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1949
Peter Willey, English cricketer and umpire
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1950
Guy Drut, French hurdler and politician
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1950
Joe Hisaishi, Japanese pianist, composer, and conductor
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1950
Helen Liddell, Baroness Liddell of Coatdyke, Scottish journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Scotland
Helen Liddell, Baroness Liddell of Coatdyke · Secretary of State for Scotland
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1951
Wendy Ellis Somes, English ballerina and producer
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1951
Maurice Hope, Caribbean-English boxer
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1952
Chuck Baker, American baseball player
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1952
Nicolas Bréhal, French author and critic
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1952
Joe Harris, American football player
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1952
Craig Newmark, American computer programmer and entrepreneur; founded Craigslist
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1952
Charles Salvador, English boxer and criminal
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1952
Shio Satō, Japanese illustrator (d. 2010)
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1952
Jeff Schneider, American baseball player
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1952
David L. Spector, American biologist and academic
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1953
Sue Carroll, English journalist (d. 2011)
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1953
Gary Goodman, Australian cricketer and coach
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1953
Geoff Hoon, English academic and politician, Minister of State for Europe
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1953
Tom Hulce, American actor
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1953
Masami Kurumada, Japanese author and illustrator
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1953
Dwight Stones, American high jumper and sportscaster
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1953
Gary Ward, American baseball player and coach
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1955
Anne Begg, Scottish educator and politician
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1955
Rick Buckler, English drummer, songwriter, and producer
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1955
Graeme Hughes, Australian cricketer, rugby league player, and sportscaster
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1955
Tony Woodcock, English footballer
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1955
Steven Wright, American actor and screenwriter
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1956
Peter Buck, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
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1956
Hans Kammerlander, Italian mountaineer and guide
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1956
Randy Rhoads, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (d. 1982)
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1957
Adrian Borland, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 1999)
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1958
Nick Park, English animator, director, producer, and screenwriter
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1959
Stephen Hepburn, English politician
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1959
Satoru Iwata, Japanese game programmer and businessman (d. 2015)
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1959
Stephen Muggleton, English computer scientist and engineer
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1959
Deborah Estrin, American computer scientist and academic
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1960
Masahiko Katsuya, Japanese journalist and photographer
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1961
David Lovering, American drummer
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1961
Manuel Reuter, German race car driver
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1963
Ulrich Thomsen, Danish actor and producer
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1964
Mall Nukke, Estonian painter
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1965
Gordon Durie, Scottish footballer and manager
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1966
Natascha Badmann, Swiss triathlete
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1966
Per-Ulrik Johansson, Swedish golfer
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1967
Judd Apatow, American director, producer, and screenwriter
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1967
Arnaldo Mesa, Cuban boxer (d. 2012)
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1967
Helen Greiner, American businesswoman and engineer
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1968
Akihiro Yano, Japanese baseball player
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1969
Torri Higginson, Canadian actress
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1970
Ulf Ekberg, Swedish singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
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1970
Adrian Fenty, American lawyer and politician, 6th Mayor of the District of Columbia
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1970
Mark Reckless, English politician
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1970
Jeff Rouse, American swimmer
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1971
Craig Brewer, American director, producer, and screenwriter
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1971
Richard Krajicek, Dutch tennis player
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1971
Naozumi Takahashi, Japanese singer and voice actor
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1971
Carole Thate, Dutch field hockey player
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1972
Heather Mizeur, American lawyer and politician
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1972
Rick Short, American baseball player
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1974
Jens Pulver, American mixed martial artist and boxer
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1974
Nick Stajduhar, Canadian ice hockey player
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1975
Noel Clarke, English actor, director, and screenwriter
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1975
Adrian García Arias, Mexican footballer
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1977
Kevin Cash, American baseball player and coach
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1977
Andrew Flintoff, English cricketer, coach, and sportscaster
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1977
Paul McVeigh, Irish footballer
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1978
Chris Başak, American baseball player
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1978
Darrell Jackson, American football player
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1978
Ramiro Pez, Argentine rugby player
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1979
Tim Cahill, Australian footballer
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1980
Danielle Downey, American golfer and coach (d. 2014)
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1980
Steve Lovell, English footballer
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1980
Carlos Takam, boxer
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1981
Federico Balzaretti, Italian footballer
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1981
Robbie Gould, American football player
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1982
Ryan Carnes, American actor and producer
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1982
Alberto Contador, Spanish cyclist
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1982
Sean Ervine, Zimbabwean cricketer
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1982
Aaron Sandilands, Australian footballer
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1982
Susie Wolff, Scottish race car driver
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1984
Syndric Steptoe, American football player
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1984
Nora Kirkpatrick, American actress and musician
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1984
Princess Sofia, Duchess of Värmland
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1985
Shannon Bobbitt, American basketball player
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1985
Aristeidis Grigoriadis, Greek swimmer
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1985
Rudra Pratap Singh, Indian cricketer
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1986
Sean Edwards, English race car driver (d. 2013)
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1986
Matt Niskanen, American ice hockey player
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1988
Adam Eaton, American baseball player
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1988
Sandra Nurmsalu, Estonian singer and violinist
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1988
Nils Petersen, German footballer
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1988
Nobunaga Shimazaki, Japanese voice actor
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1989
Felix Schiller, German footballer
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1990
Tamira Paszek, Austrian tennis player
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1991
Coco Vandeweghe, American tennis player
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1992
Britt Assombalonga, Congolese footballer
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1992
Johnny Manziel, American football player
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1993
Pedro Rafael Amado Mendes, Portuguese footballer
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1993
Tautau Moga, Australian-Samoan rugby league player
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1994
Giannis Antetokounmpo, Greek basketball player
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1996
Davide Calabria, Italian football player
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1998
Angelīna Kučvaļska, Latvian figure skater
Famous Deaths
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343
Saint Nicholas, Greek bishop and saint (b. 270)
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735
Prince Toneri of Japan (b. 676)
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762
Muhammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyya, Arab rebel leader (b. 710)
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1185
Afonso I of Portugal (b. 1109)
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1305
Maximus, Metropolitan of Kiev
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1306
Roger Bigod, 5th Earl of Norfolk (b. 1270)
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1352
Pope Clement VI (b. 1291)
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1562
Jan van Scorel Dutch painter (b. 1495)
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1618
Jacques Davy Duperron, French cardinal (b. 1556)
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1658
Baltasar Gracián, Spanish priest and author (b. 1601)
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1675
John Lightfoot, English priest, scholar, and academic (b. 1602)
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1686
Eleonora Gonzaga, Queen consort of Ferdinand III (b. 1630)
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1716
Benedictus Buns, Dutch priest and composer (b. 1642)
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1718
Nicholas Rowe, English poet and playwright (b. 1674)
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1746
Lady Grizel Baillie, Scottish poet and songwriter (b. 1665)
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1771
Giovanni Battista Morgagni, Italian anatomist and pathologist (b. 1682)
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1779
Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, French painter (b. 1699)
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1788
Jonathan Shipley, English bishop (b. 1714)
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1855
William John Swainson, English ornithologist and entomologist (b. 1789)
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1867
Jean Pierre Flourens, French physiologist and academic (b. 1794)
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1868
August Schleicher, German linguist and academic (b. 1821)
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1878
Theodoros Vryzakis, Greek painter and educator (b. 1814)
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1879
Erastus Brigham Bigelow, American businessman (b. 1814)
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1882
Alfred Escher, Swiss businessman and politician, founded Credit Suisse (b. 1819)
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1882
Anthony Trollope, English novelist, essayist, and short story writer (b. 1815)
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1889
Jefferson Davis, American general and politician, President of the Confederate States of America (b. 1808)
Jefferson Davis · President of the Confederate States of America
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1892
Werner von Siemens, German engineer and businessman, founded the Siemens Company (b. 1816)
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1921
Said Halim Pasha, Ottoman politician, 280th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1865)
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1924
Gene Stratton-Porter, American author and screenwriter (b. 1863)
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1951
Harold Ross, American journalist and publisher, founded The New Yorker (b. 1892)
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1955
Honus Wagner, American baseball player and manager (b. 1874)
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1956
B. R. Ambedkar, Indian economist and politician, 1st Indian Minister of Justice (b. 1891)
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1961
Frantz Fanon, Martinique-French psychiatrist and author (b. 1925)
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1964
Evert van Linge, Dutch footballer and architect (b. 1895)
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1972
Janet Munro, English actress and singer (b. 1934)
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1974
Nikolay Kuznetsov, Soviet naval officer (b. 1904)
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1976
João Goulart, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 24th President of Brazil (b. 1918)
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1980
Charles Deutsch, French engineer and businessman, co-founded DB (b. 1911)
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1982
Jean-Marie Seroney, Kenyan activist and politician (b. 1927)
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1983
Lucienne Boyer, French singer and actress (b. 1903)
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1983
Gul Khan Nasir, Pakistani poet, historian, and politician (b. 1914)
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1985
Burr Tillstrom, American actor and puppeteer (b. 1917)
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1985
Burleigh Grimes, American baseball player and manager (b. 1893)
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1988
Roy Orbison, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1936)
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1989
Frances Bavier, American actress (b. 1902)
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1989
Sammy Fain, American pianist and composer (b. 1902)
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1989
John Payne, American actor, singer, and producer (b. 1912)
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1990
Pavlos Sidiropoulos, Greek singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1948)
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1990
Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Malaysia (b. 1903)
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1991
Mimi Smith, English nurse (b. 1906)
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1991
Richard Stone, English economist and statistician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1913)
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1993
Don Ameche, American actor (b. 1908)
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1994
Heinz Baas, German footballer and manager (b. 1922)
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1994
Gian Maria Volontè, Italian actor and director (b. 1933)
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1996
Pete Rozelle, American businessman (b. 1926)
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1997
Willy den Ouden, Dutch swimmer (b. 1918)
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1998
César Baldaccini, French sculptor and educator (b. 1921)
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2000
Werner Klemperer, German-American actor (b. 1920)
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2000
Aziz Mian, Pakistani singer-songwriter and poet (b. 1942)
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2001
Peter Blake, New Zealand sailor and environmentalist (b. 1948)
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2001
Charles McClendon, American football player and coach (b. 1923)
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2002
Philip Berrigan, American priest and activist (b. 1923)
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2003
Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio, Guatemalan general and politician, President of Guatemala (b. 1918)
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2005
Charly Gaul, Luxembourger cyclist (b. 1932)
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2005
Devan Nair, Malaysian-Singaporean union leader and politician, 3rd President of Singapore (b. 1923)
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2005
Danny Williams, South African singer (b. 1942)
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2005
William P. Yarborough, American general (b. 1912)
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2006
John Feeney, New Zealand director and producer (b. 1922)
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2010
Mark Dailey, American-Canadian journalist and actor (b. 1953)
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2011
Dobie Gray, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1940)
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2012
Miguel Abia Biteo Boricó, Equatoguinean engineer and politician, Prime Minister of Equatorial Guinea (b. 1961)
Miguel Abia Biteo Boricó · Prime Minister of Equatorial Guinea
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2012
Jan Carew, Guyanese author, poet, and playwright (b. 1920)
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2012
Jeffrey Koo Sr., Taiwanese banker and businessman (b. 1933)
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2012
Huw Lloyd-Langton, English guitarist (b. 1951)
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2012
Pedro Vaz, Uruguayan lawyer and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uruguay (b. 1963)
Pedro Vaz (diplomat) · Minister of Foreign Affairs (Uruguay)
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2013
Jean-Pierre Desthuilliers, French poet and critic (b. 1939)
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2013
Stan Tracey, English pianist and composer (b. 1926)
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2013
M. K. Turk, American basketball player and coach (b. 1942)
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2014
Ralph H. Baer, German-American video game designer, created the Magnavox Odyssey (b. 1922)
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2014
Jimmy Del Ray, American wrestler and manager (b. 1962)
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2014
Fred Hawkins, American golfer (b. 1923)
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2014
Luke Somers, English-American photographer and journalist (b. 1981)
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2015
Ko Chun-hsiung, Taiwanese actor, director, and politician (b. 1945)
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2015
Liu Juying, Chinese general and politician (b. 1917)
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2016
Brittany CoxXx, American performer in gay and transsexual pornography (b. 1978)
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2016
Peter Vaughan, British actor (b.1923)