December 7 — On This Day
289 entries
Events
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43 BC
Marcus Tullius Cicero is assassinated.
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574
Byzantine Emperor Justin II retires due to recurring seizures of insanity. He abdicates the throne in favor of his general Tiberius, proclaiming him Caesar.
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1703
The Great Storm of 1703, the greatest windstorm ever recorded in the southern part of Great Britain, makes landfall. Winds gust up to 120 mph, and 9,000 people die.
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1724
Tumult of Thorn: Religious unrest is followed by the execution of nine Protestant citizens and the mayor of Thorn (Toruń) by Polish authorities.
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1732
The Royal Opera House opens at Covent Garden, London, England.
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1776
Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, arranges to enter the American military as a major general.
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1787
Delaware becomes the first state to ratify the United States Constitution.
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1842
First concert of the New York Philharmonic, founded by Ureli Corelli Hill.
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1869
American outlaw Jesse James commits his first confirmed bank robbery in Gallatin, Missouri.
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1904
Comparative fuel trials begin between warships HMS Spiteful and HMS Peterel: Spiteful was the first warship powered solely by fuel oil, and the trials led to the obsolescence of coal in ships of the Royal Navy.
Warship · HMS Spiteful (1899) · HMS Peterel (1899) · Fuel oil · Royal Navy
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1917
World War I: The United States declares war on Austria-Hungary.
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1922
The Parliament of Northern Ireland votes to remain a part of the United Kingdom and not unify with Southern Ireland.
Parliament of Northern Ireland · United Kingdom · Southern Ireland (1921-22)
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1930
W1XAV in Boston, Massachusetts telecasts video from the CBS radio orchestra program, The Fox Trappers. The telecast also includes the first television commercial in the United States, an advertisement for I.J. Fox Furriers, who sponsored the radio show.
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1936
Australian cricketer Jack Fingleton becomes the first player to score centuries in four consecutive Test innings.
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1941
World War II: Attack on Pearl Harbor: The Imperial Japanese Navy carries out a surprise attack on the United States Pacific Fleet and its defending Army and Marine air forces at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. (For Japan's near-simultaneous attacks on Eastern Hemisphere targets, see December 8.)
World War II · Attack on Pearl Harbor · Imperial Japanese Navy · United States Pacific Fleet · United States Army Air Forces
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1946
A fire at the Winecoff Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia kills 119 people, the deadliest hotel fire in U.S. history.
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1949
Chinese Civil War: The Government of the Republic of China moves from Nanking to Taipei, Taiwan.
Chinese Civil War · Government of the Republic of China · Nanjing · Taipei · Taiwan
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1962
Prince Rainier III of Monaco revises the principality's constitution, devolving some of his power to advisory and legislative councils.
Rainier III, Prince of Monaco · Monaco · Principality · Constitution of Monaco
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1963
Instant replay makes its debut during the Army-Navy football game in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
Instant replay · Army-Navy Game · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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1965
Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras I simultaneously revoke mutual excommunications that had been in place since 1054.
Pope Paul VI · Athenagoras I of Constantinople · Catholic-Orthodox Joint Declaration of 1965 · Excommunication · 1054
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1971
Pakistan President Yahya Khan announces the formation of a coalition government with Nurul Amin as Prime Minister and Zulfikar Ali Bhutto as Deputy Prime Minister.
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1972
Apollo 17, the last Apollo moon mission, is launched. The crew takes the photograph known as The Blue Marble as they leave the Earth.
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1982
In Texas, Charles Brooks, Jr., becomes the first person to be executed by lethal injection in the United States.
Texas · Charles Brooks, Jr. · Capital punishment · Lethal injection
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1983
An Iberia Airlines Boeing 727 collides with an Aviaco DC-9 in dense fog while the two airliners are taxiing down the runway at Madrid-Barajas Airport, killing 93 people.
Iberia (airline) · Boeing 727 · Aviaco · McDonnell Douglas DC-9 · Madrid-Barajas Airport
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1987
Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771, a British Aerospace 146-200A, crashes near Paso Robles, California, killing all 43 on board, after a disgruntled passenger shoots his ex-boss traveling on the flight, then shoots both pilots and himself.
Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771 · British Aerospace 146 · Paso Robles, California
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1988
The 6.8 Ms Armenian earthquake shakes the northern part of the country with a maximum MSK intensity of X (Devastating), killing 25,000-50,000 and injuring 31,000-130,000.
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1993
Long Island Rail Road shooting: Passenger Colin Ferguson murders six people and injures 19 others on the LIRR in Nassau County, New York.
1993 Long Island Rail Road shooting · Long Island Rail Road · Nassau County, New York
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1995
The Galileo spacecraft arrives at Jupiter, a little more than six years after it was launched by Space Shuttle Atlantis during Mission STS-34.
Galileo (spacecraft) · Jupiter · Space Shuttle Atlantis · STS-34
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1999
A&M Records, Inc. v. Napster, Inc.: The Recording Industry Association of America sues the peer-to-peer file-sharing service Napster, alleging copyright infringement.
A&M Records, Inc. v. Napster, Inc., 114 F.Supp.2d 896 · Recording Industry Association of America · Peer-to-peer · File sharing · Napster
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2003
The Conservative Party of Canada is officially registered, following the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada.
Conservative Party of Canada · Canadian Alliance · Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
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2005
Rigoberto Alpizar, a passenger on American Airlines Flight 924 who allegedly claimed to have a bomb, is shot and killed by a team of U.S. federal air marshals at Miami International Airport.
Rigoberto Alpizar · Federal Air Marshal Service · Miami International Airport
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2015
The JAXA probe Akatsuki successfully enters orbit around Venus five years after the first attempt.
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2016
Syrian army continues large-scale attack and controls the revival (Sheikh Lutfi, Marja, Bab al-Nairab, Maadi, Al-Salhin) in the east of Aleppo backed by Russian Air Force and Iranian militias.
Syrian army · Aleppo offensive (November-December 2016) · Aleppo · Russian Air Force · Iran
Famous Births
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521
Columba, Irish missionary, monk, and saint (d. 597)
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903
Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi, Persian astronomer and author (d. 986)
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967
Abū-Sa'īd Abul-Khayr, Persian Sufi poet (d. 1049)
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1302
Azzone Visconti, Italian nobleman (d. 1339)
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1532
Louis I, German nobleman and politician (d. 1605)
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1545
Henry Stuart, English-Scottish husband of Mary, Queen of Scots (d. 1567)
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1561
Kikkawa Hiroie, Japanese daimyo (d. 1625)
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1595
Injo of Joseon, Korean king (d. 1649)
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1598
Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Italian sculptor and painter (d. 1680)
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1643
Giovanni Battista Falda, Italian architect and engraver (d. 1678)
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1637
Bernardo Pasquini, Italian organist and composer (d. 1710)
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1764
Claude Victor-Perrin, French general and politician (d. 1841)
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1784
Allan Cunningham, Scottish author and poet (d. 1842)
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1791
Ferenc Novák, Hungarian-Slovene priest and poet (d. 1836)
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1792
Abraham Jacob van der Aa, Dutch author and academic (d. 1857)
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1801
Johann Nestroy, Austrian actor and playwright (d. 1862)
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1810
Josef Hyrtl, Hungarian-Austrian anatomist and biologist (d. 1894)
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1810
Theodor Schwann, German physiologist and biologist (d. 1882)
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1823
Leopold Kronecker, Polish-German mathematician and academic (d. 1891)
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1838
Thomas Bent, Australian businessman and politician, 22nd Premier of Victoria (d. 1909)
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1847
Deacon White, American baseball player and manager (d. 1939)
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1860
Joseph Cook, English-born Australian politician, 6th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1947)
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1862
Paul Adam, French author (d. 1920)
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1863
Felix Calonder, Swiss soldier and politician, 36th President of the Swiss Confederation (d. 1952)
Felix Calonder · List of Presidents of the Swiss Confederation
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1863
Pietro Mascagni, Italian composer and conductor (d. 1945)
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1863
Richard Warren Sears, American businessman, co-founded Sears (d. 1914)
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1873
Willa Cather, American novelist, short story writer, and poet (d. 1947)
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1879
Rudolf Friml, Czech-American pianist, composer, and academic (d. 1972)
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1884
John Carpenter, American sprinter (d. 1933)
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1885
Mason Phelps, American golfer (d. 1945)
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1885
Peter Sturholdt, American boxer and painter (d. 1919)
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1887
Ernst Toch, Austrian-American composer and songwriter (d. 1964)
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1888
Joyce Cary, Irish novelist (d. 1957)
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1888
Hamilton Fish III, American captain and politician (d. 1991)
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1892
Stuart Davis, American painter and academic (d. 1964)
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1893
Fay Bainter, American actress (d. 1968)
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1894
Freddie Adkins, English author and illustrator (d. 1986)
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1900
Kateryna Vasylivna Bilokur, Ukrainian folk artist (d. 1961)
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1902
Hilda Taba, Estonian architect, author, and educator (d. 1967)
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1903
Danilo Blanuša, Croatian mathematician, physicist, and academic (d. 1987)
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1904
Clarence Nash, American voice actor and singer (d. 1985)
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1905
Gerard Kuiper, Dutch-American astronomer and academic (d. 1973)
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1907
Fred Rose, Polish-Canadian politician and spy (d. 1983)
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1909
Nikola Vaptsarov, Bulgarian poet and author (d. 1942)
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1910
Duncan McNaughton, Canadian high jumper and geologist (d. 1998)
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1910
Louis Prima, American singer-songwriter, trumpet player, and actor (d. 1978)
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1912
Daniel Jones, Welsh captain and composer (d. 1993)
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1913
Kersti Merilaas, Estonian author and poet (d. 1986)
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1915
Leigh Brackett, American author and screenwriter (d. 1978)
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1915
Eli Wallach, American actor (d. 2014)
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1920
Tatamkhulu Afrika, South African poet and author (d. 2002)
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1920
Fiorenzo Magni, Italian cyclist (d. 2012)
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1920
Walter Nowotny, Austrian-German soldier and pilot (d. 1944)
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1921
Pramukh Swami Maharaj, Indian guru and scholar (d. 2016)
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1923
Intizar Hussain, Indian-Pakistani author and scholar (d. 2016)
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1923
Ted Knight, American actor and comedian (d. 1986)
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1924
John Love, Zimbabwean race car driver (d. 2005)
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1924
Mário Soares, Portuguese historian, lawyer, and politician, 17th President of Portugal (d. 2017)
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1924
Bent Fabric, Danish pianist and composer
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1925
Hermano da Silva Ramos, French-Brazilian race car driver
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1926
Leon Kossoff, English painter and illustrator
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1926
William John McNaughton, American bishop
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1927
Jack S. Blanton, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 2013)
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1927
Helen Watts, Welsh opera singer (d. 2009)
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1928
Noam Chomsky, American linguist and philosopher
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1928
Mickey Thompson, American racing driver (d. 1988)
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1930
Christopher Nicole, Guyanese-English author
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1930
Hal Smith, American baseball player
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1931
Allan B. Calhamer, American game designer, created Diplomacy (d. 2013)
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1932
Ellen Burstyn, American actress
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1932
Oktay Ekşi, Turkish journalist and politician
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1932
Rosemary Rogers, American journalist and author
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1932
J. B. Sumarlin, Indonesian economist and politician, 17th Indonesian Minister of Finance
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1933
Krsto Papić, Croatian director and screenwriter (d. 2013)
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1935
Armando Manzanero, Mexican musician, singer and composer
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1937
Thad Cochran, American soldier, lawyer, and politician
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1937
Stan Boardman, English comedian
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1940
Gerry Cheevers, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
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1941
Melba Pattillo Beals, American journalist and activist
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1942
Harry Chapin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1981)
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1942
Alex Johnson, American baseball player (d. 2015)
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1942
Peter Tomarken, American game show host and producer (d. 2006)
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1943
Susan Isaacs, American author and screenwriter
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1943
Nick Katz, American mathematician and academic
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1943
Bernard C. Parks, American police officer and politician
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1943
John Bennett Ramsey, American businessman and pilot
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1944
Daniel Chorzempa, American organist and composer
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1944
Miroslav Macek, Czech dentist and politician
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1947
Johnny Bench, American baseball player and sportscaster
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1947
Anne Fine, English author
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1947
James Keach, American actor, producer, and director
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1947
Tony Thomas, American screenwriter and producer
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1947
Garry Unger, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
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1949
James Rivière, Italian sculptor and jeweler
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1949
Tom Waits, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
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1950
Ron Hynes, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2015)
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1952
Susan Collins, American politician
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1952
Eckhard Märzke, German footballer and manager
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1954
Mary Fallin, American businesswoman and politician, 27th Governor of Oklahoma
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1955
John Watkins, Australian educator and politician, 14th Deputy Premier of New South Wales
John Watkins (Australian politician) · Deputy Premier of New South Wales
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1956
Larry Bird, American basketball player and coach
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1956
Anna Soubry, British politician
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1957
Geoff Lawson, Australian cricketer, coach, and sportscaster
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1957
Tom Winsor, English lawyer and civil servant
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1958
Tim Butler, English bass player and songwriter
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1958
Rick Rude, American wrestler and sportscaster (d. 1999)
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1959
Saleem Yousuf, Pakistani cricketer
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1960
Craig Scanlon, English guitarist and songwriter
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1962
Alain Blondel, French decathlete
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1962
Jeffrey Donaldson, Northern Irish politician
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1962
Imad Mughniyah, Lebanese activist (d. 2008)
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1963
Theo Snelders, Dutch footballer and coach
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1964
Patrick Fabian, American actor
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1964
Peter Laviolette, American ice hockey player and coach
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1965
Colin Hendry, Scottish footballer and manager
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1965
Jeffrey Wright, American actor
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1966
C. Thomas Howell, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
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1966
Shinichi Ito, Japanese motorcycle racer
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1966
Kazue Itoh, Japanese actress
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1966
Andres Kasekamp, Canadian-Estonian historian and academic
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1967
Mark Geyer, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
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1967
Tino Martinez, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster
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1967
Katsuya Terada, Japanese illustrator
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1969
Andrea Claudio Galluzzo, Italian historian and archaeologist.
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1971
Vladimir Akopian, Azerbaijani-Armenian chess player
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1972
Hermann Maier, Austrian skier
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1972
Tammy Lynn Sytch, American wrestler and manager
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1973
İbrahim Kutluay, Turkish basketball player
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1973
Hack Meyers, American wrestler and trainer (d. 2015)
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1973
Terrell Owens, American football player and actor
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1973
Fabien Pelous, French rugby player and coach
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1973
Damien Rice, Irish singer-songwriter, musician and record producer
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1974
Nicole Appleton, Canadian singer and actress
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1974
Manuel Martínez Gutiérrez, Spanish shot putter and actor
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1975
Jamie Clapham, English footballer and coach
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1976
Alan Faneca, American football player
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1976
Ivan Franceschini, Italian footballer
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1976
Georges Laraque, Canadian ice hockey player and politician
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1976
Derek Ramsay, Filipino-British actor, model and television personality
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1976
Sunny Sweeney, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1976
Benoît Tréluyer, French race car driver
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1977
Eric Chavez, American baseball player and sportscaster
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1977
Luke Donald, English golfer
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1977
Dominic Howard, English drummer and producer
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1978
Shiri Appleby, American actress, director, and producer
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1979
Sara Bareilles, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress
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1979
Lampros Choutos, Greek-Italian footballer
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1979
Ayako Fujitani, Japanese actress and screenwriter
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1980
John Terry, English footballer
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1983
Mike Mucitelli, American mixed martial artist
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1984
Aaron Gray, American basketball player
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1984
Robert Kubica, Polish race car driver
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1984
Milan Michálek, Czech ice hockey player
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1984
Luca Rigoni, Italian footballer
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1985
Dean Ambrose, American wrestler
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1986
Billy Horschel, American golfer
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1987
Aaron Carter, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor
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1988
Nathan Adrian, American swimmer
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1988
Angelina Gabueva, Russian tennis player
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1988
Emily Browning, Australian actress and singer
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1989
Kyle Hendricks, American baseball player
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1989
Alessandro Marchi, Italian footballer
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1989
Nicholas Hoult, English actor
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1990
David Goffin, Belgian tennis player
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1990
Aleksandr Menkov, Russian long jumper
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1990
Yasiel Puig, Cuban baseball player
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1990
Urszula Radwańska, Polish tennis player
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1991
Eugenio Pisani, Italian race car driver
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1993
Rahama Sadau, Nigerian actress
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1994
Yuzuru Hanyu, Japanese figure skater
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2003
Catharina-Amalia, Princess of Orange
Famous Deaths
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43 BC
Cicero, Roman philosopher, lawyer, and politician (b. 106 BC)
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283
Eutychian, pope of the Catholic Church
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881
Anspert, archbishop of Milan
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983
Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 955)
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1254
Innocent IV, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1195)
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1279
Bolesław V, High Duke of Poland (b. 1226)
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1295
Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Gloucester, English officer (b. 1243)
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1383
Wenceslaus I, duke of Luxembourg (b. 1337)
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1498
Alexander Hegius von Heek, German poet (b. 1433)
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1562
Adrian Willaert, Dutch-Italian composer and educator (b. 1490)
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1649
Charles Garnier, French missionary and saint (b. 1606)
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1672
Richard Bellingham, English-American lawyer and politician, 8th Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (b. 1592)
Richard Bellingham · List of colonial governors of Massachusetts
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1683
Algernon Sidney, English philosopher and politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (b. 1623)
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1723
Jan Santini Aichel, Czech architect, designed the Pilgrimage Church of Saint John of Nepomuk and Karlova Koruna Chateau (b. 1677)
Jan Santini Aichel · Pilgrimage Church of Saint John of Nepomuk · Karlova Koruna Chateau
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1725
Florent Carton Dancourt, French actor and playwright (b. 1661)
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1772
Martín Sarmiento, Spanish monk, scholar, and author (b. 1695)
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1775
Charles Saunders, English admiral and politician (b. 1715)
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1793
Joseph Bara, French soldier and drummer (b. 1779)
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1803
Küçük Hüseyin Pasha, Turkish admiral and politician (b. 1757)
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1815
Michel Ney, German-French general (b. 1769)
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1817
William Bligh, English admiral and politician, 4th Governor of New South Wales (b. 1745)
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1842
Thomas Hamilton, Scottish philosopher and author (b. 1789)
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1874
Constantin von Tischendorf, German theologian, scholar, and academic (b. 1815)
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1879
Jón Sigurðsson, Icelandic scholar and politician, 1st Speaker of the Parliament of Iceland (b. 1811)
Jón Sigurðsson · List of Speakers of the Parliament of Iceland
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1894
Ferdinand de Lesseps, French businessman and diplomat, co-developed the Suez Canal (b. 1805)
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1899
Juan Luna, Filipino painter and sculptor (b. 1857)
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1902
Thomas Nast, German-American cartoonist (b. 1840)
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1906
Élie Ducommun, Swiss journalist and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1833)
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1913
Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano, Italian cardinal (b. 1828)
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1917
Ludwig Minkus, Austrian violinist and composer (b. 1826)
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1941
Attack on Pearl Harbor: Mervyn S. Bennion, American captain (b. 1887) Frederick Curtice Davis, American sailor (b. 1915) Julius Ellsberry, American sailor (b. 1921) John C. England, American sailor (b. 1920) Edwin J. Hill, American sailor (b. 1894) Ralph Hollis, American sailor (b. 1906) Herbert C. Jones, American sailor (b. 1918) Isaac C. Kidd, American admiral (b. 1884) Robert Lawrence Leopold, American sailor (b. 1916) Herbert Hugo Menges, American sailor (b. 1917) Thomas James Reeves, American sailor (b. 1895) Aloysius Schmitt, American priest and sailor (b. 1909) Robert R. Scott, American sailor (b. 1915) Peter Tomich, American sailor (b. 1893) Robert Uhlmann, American sailor (b. 1919) Franklin Van Valkenburgh, American captain (b. 1888) Eldon P. Wyman, American sailor (b. 1917)
Attack on Pearl Harbor · Mervyn S. Bennion · Frederick Curtice Davis · Julius Ellsberry · John C. England
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1947
Tristan Bernard, French author and playwright (b. 1866)
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1947
Nicholas Murray Butler, American philosopher and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
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1949
Rex Beach, American author, playwright, and water polo player (b. 1877)
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1956
Huntley Gordon, Canadian-American actor (b. 1887)
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1956
Reşat Nuri Güntekin, Turkish author and playwright (b. 1889)
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1960
Ioannis Demestichas, Greek admiral and politician (b. 1882)
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1962
Kirsten Flagstad, Norwegian opera singer (b. 1895)
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1969
Lefty O'Doul, American baseball player and manager (b. 1897)
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1969
Eric Portman, English actor (b. 1903)
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1970
Rube Goldberg, American cartoonist, sculptor, and author (b. 1883)
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1975
Thornton Wilder, American novelist and playwright (b. 1897)
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1975
Hardie Albright, American actor (b. 1903)
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1976
Paul Bragg, American nutritionist (b. 1895)
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1977
Paul Gibb, English cricketer and umpire (b. 1913)
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1977
Peter Carl Goldmark, Hungarian-American engineer (b. 1906)
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1977
Georges Grignard, French race car driver (b. 1905)
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1978
Alexander Wetmore, American ornithologist and paleontologist (b. 1886)
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1979
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, English-American astronomer and astrophysicist (b. 1900)
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1984
LeeRoy Yarbrough, American race car driver (b. 1938)
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1985
J. R. Eyerman, American photographer and journalist (b. 1906)
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1985
Robert Graves, English poet, novelist, critic (b. 1895)
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1985
Potter Stewart, American soldier and jurist (b. 1915)
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1989
Haystacks Calhoun, American wrestler and actor (b. 1934)
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1990
Joan Bennett, American actress (b. 1910)
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1990
Jean Paul Lemieux, Canadian painter and educator (b. 1904)
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1992
Richard J. Hughes, American politician, 45th Governor of New Jersey, and Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court (b. 1909)
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1993
Abidin Dino, Turkish-French painter and illustrator (b. 1913)
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1993
Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Ivoirian physician and politician, 1st President of Ivory Coast (b. 1905)
Félix Houphouët-Boigny · List of heads of state of Ivory Coast
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1995
Kathleen Harrison, English actress (b. 1892)
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1997
Billy Bremner, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1942)
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1998
John Addison, English-American composer and conductor (b. 1920)
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1998
Martin Rodbell, American biochemist and endocrinologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1925)
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2003
Carl F. H. Henry American journalist and theologian (b. 1913)
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2003
Azie Taylor Morton, American educator and politician, 36th Treasurer of the United States (b. 1933)
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2004
Frederick Fennell, American conductor and educator (b. 1914)
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2004
Jerry Scoggins, American singer and guitarist (b. 1913)
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2004
Jay Van Andel, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Amway (b. 1924)
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2005
Bud Carson, American football player and coach (b. 1931)
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2006
Jeane Kirkpatrick, American academic and diplomat, 16th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (b. 1926)
Jeane Kirkpatrick · United States Ambassador to the United Nations
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2008
Herbert Hutner, American banker and lawyer (b. 1908)
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2010
Elizabeth Edwards, American lawyer and author (b. 1949)
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2011
Harry Morgan, American actor (b. 1915)
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2012
Roelof Kruisinga, Dutch physician and politician, Dutch Minister of Defence (b. 1922)
Roelof Kruisinga · List of Ministers of Defence of the Netherlands
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2012
Ralph Parr, American colonel and pilot (b. 1924)
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2012
Marty Reisman, American table tennis player and author (b. 1930)
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2012
Saul Steinberg, American businessman and financier (b. 1939)
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2013
Édouard Molinaro, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1928)
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2013
Chick Willis, American singer and guitarist (b. 1934)
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2014
Mark Lewis, American author and educator (b. 1954)
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2015
Jesse C. Deen, American soldier and politician (b. 1922)
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2015
Gerhard Lenski, American sociologist and academic (b. 1924)
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2015
Hyron Spinrad, American astronomer and academic (b. 1934)
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2015
Peter Westbury, English race car driver (b. 1938)
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2016
Junaid Jamshed, Pakistani musician (b. 1964)