December 8 — On This Day
369 entries
Events
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395
Later Yan is defeated by its former vassal Northern Wei at the Battle of Canhe Slope.
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757
Du Fu returns to Chang'an as a member of Emperor Xuanzong's court, after having escaped the city during the An Lushan Rebellion.
Du Fu · Chang'an · Emperor Xuanzong of Tang · An Lushan Rebellion
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877
Louis the Stammerer (son of Charles the Bald) is crowned king of the West Frankish Kingdom at Compiègne.
Louis the Stammerer · Charles the Bald · West Francia · Compiègne
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1432
The first battle between the forces of Švitrigaila and Sigismund Kęstutaitis is fought near the town of Oszmiana (Ashmyany), launching the most active phase of the Lithuanian Civil War.
Švitrigaila · Sigismund Kęstutaitis · Ashmyany · Lithuanian Civil War (1431-35)
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1660
A woman (either Margaret Hughes or Anne Marshall) appears on an English public stage for the first time, in the role of Desdemona in a production of Shakespeare's play Othello.
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1813
Premiere of Beethoven's Seventh Symphony.
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1854
In his Apostolic constitution Ineffabilis Deus, Pope Pius IX proclaims the dogmatic definition of Immaculate Conception, which holds that the Blessed Virgin Mary was conceived free of Original Sin.
Apostolic constitution · Ineffabilis Deus · Pope Pius IX · Dogmatic definition · Immaculate Conception
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1864
Pope Pius IX promulgates the encylical Quanta cura and its appendix, the Syllabus of Errors, outlining the authority of the Catholic Church and condemning various liberal ideas.
Pope Pius IX · Quanta cura · Syllabus of Errors · Catholic Church · Liberalism
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1907
King Gustaf V of Sweden accedes to the Swedish throne.
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1912
Leaders of the German Empire hold an Imperial War Council to discuss the possibility that war might break out.
German Empire · German Imperial War Council of 8 December 1912
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1914
World War I: A squadron of Britain's Royal Navy defeats the Imperial German East Asia Squadron in the Battle of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic.
World War I · Royal Navy · German East Asia Squadron · Battle of the Falkland Islands
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1922
Northern Ireland ceases to be part of the Irish Free State.
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1927
The Brookings Institution, one of the United States' oldest think tanks, is founded through the merger of three organizations that had been created by philanthropist Robert S. Brookings.
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1941
World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt declares December 7 to be "a date which will live in infamy", after which the U.S. declares war on Japan.
World War II · Franklin D. Roosevelt · December 7 · Infamy Speech · United States declaration of war upon Japan
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1941
World War II: Japanese forces simultaneously invade Shanghai International Settlement, Malaya, Thailand, Hong Kong, the Philippines, and the Dutch East Indies. (See December 7 for the concurrent attack on Pearl Harbor in the Western Hemisphere.)
Shanghai International Settlement · Japanese invasion of Malaya · Japanese invasion of Thailand · Battle of Hong Kong · Philippines Campaign (1941-42)
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1953
U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers his "Atoms for Peace" speech, which leads to an American program to supply equipment and information on nuclear power to schools, hospitals, and research institutions around the world.
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1955
The Flag of Europe is adopted by Council of Europe.
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1962
Workers at four New York City newspapers (this later increases to nine) go on strike for 114 days.
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1963
Pan Am Flight 214, a Boeing 707, is struck by lightning and crashes near Elkton, Maryland, killing all 81 people on board.
Pan Am Flight 214 · Boeing 707 · Lightning · Elkton, Maryland
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1966
The Greek ship SS Heraklion sinks in a storm in the Aegean Sea, killing over 200.
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1969
Olympic Airways Flight 954 strikes a mountain outside of Keratea, Greece, killing 90 people in the worst crash of a Douglas DC-6 in history.
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1971
Indo-Pakistani War: The Indian Navy launches an attack on West Pakistan's port city of Karachi.
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 · Indian Navy · Operation Python · West Pakistan · Karachi
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1972
United Airlines Flight 553, a Boeing 737, crashes after aborting its landing attempt at Chicago Midway International Airport, killing 45. This is the first-ever loss of a Boeing 737.
United Airlines Flight 553 · Boeing 737 · Chicago Midway International Airport
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1974
A plebiscite results in the abolition of monarchy in Greece.
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1980
Former Beatle John Lennon is murdered in front of The Dakota in New York City.
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1985
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, the regional intergovernmental organization and geopolitical union in South Asia is established.
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1987
The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty is signed.
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1987
An Israeli army tank transporter kills four Palestinian refugees and injures seven others during a traffic accident at the Erez Crossing on the Israel-Gaza Strip border, which has been cited as one of the events which sparked the First Intifada.
Palestinian refugee · Erez Crossing · Israel-Gaza barrier · First Intifada
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1988
A United States Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II crashes into an apartment complex in Remscheid, Germany, killing 5 people and injuring 50 others.
United States Air Force · Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II · 1988 Remscheid A-10 crash · Remscheid
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1991
The leaders of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine sign an agreement dissolving the Soviet Union and establishing the Commonwealth of Independent States.
Belarus · Ukraine · Soviet Union · Commonwealth of Independent States
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1998
Eighty-one people are killed by armed groups in Algeria.
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2004
The Cusco Declaration is signed in Cusco, Peru, establishing the South American Community of Nations.
Cusco Declaration · Cusco · Peru · South American Community of Nations
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2009
Bombings in Baghdad, Iraq, kill 127 people and injure 448 others.
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2010
With the second launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 and the first launch of the SpaceX Dragon, SpaceX becomes the first private company to successfully launch, orbit and recover a spacecraft.
COTS Demo Flight 1 · SpaceX Falcon 9 · SpaceX Dragon · SpaceX · Spacecraft
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2010
The Japanese solar-sail spacecraft IKAROS passes the planet Venus at a distance of about 80,800 km.
Solar-sail · IKAROS · Venus
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2013
Riots break out in Singapore after a fatal accident in Little India.
2013 Little India riot · Singapore · Little India, Singapore
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2016
Syrian army starts final phase of the attack and progress has been made in the district of, "Sheikh Said" and preparing to storm the neighborhood "Sukkari" in East of Aleppo.
Syrian army · Aleppo offensive (November-December 2016) · Aleppo
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Famous Births
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65 BC
Horace, Roman soldier and poet (d. 8 BC)
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1021
Wang Anshi, Chinese economist and chancellor (d. 1086)
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1412
Astorre II Manfredi, Italian lord (d. 1468)
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1418
Queen Jeonghui, Queen consort of Korea (d. 1483)
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1424
Anselm Adornes, Merchant, politician and diplomat (d. 1483)
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1499
Sebald Heyden, German musicologist and theologian (d. 1561)
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1538
Miklós Istvánffy, Hungarian politician (d. 1615)
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1542
Mary, Queen of Scots (d. 1587)
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1558
François de La Rochefoucauld, Catholic cardinal (d. 1645)
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1626
Queen Christina of Sweden (d. 1689)
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1678
Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole, English politician and diplomat, British Ambassador to France (d. 1757)
Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole · British Ambassador to France
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1699
Maria Josepha of Austria (d. 1757)
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1708
Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1765)
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1724
Claude Balbastre, French organist and composer (d. 1799)
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1730
Jan Ingenhousz, Dutch physician, physiologist, and botanist (d. 1799)
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1731
František Xaver Dušek, Czech pianist and composer (d. 1799)
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1756
Archduke Maximilian Francis of Austria (d. 1801)
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1765
Eli Whitney, American engineer, invented the cotton gin (d. 1825)
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1795
Peter Andreas Hansen, Danish astronomer and mathematician (d. 1874)
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1807
Friedrich Traugott Kützing, German pharmacist, botanist and phycologist (d. 1893)
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1813
August Belmont, Prussian-American financier and diplomat, 16th United States Ambassador to the Netherlands (d. 1890)
August Belmont · United States Ambassador to the Netherlands
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1815
Adolph Menzel, German painter and illustrator (d. 1905)
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1817
Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs, Danish lawyer and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Denmark (d. 1896)
Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs · Prime Minister of Denmark
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1818
Charles III, Prince of Monaco (d. 1889)
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1822
Jakov Ignjatović, Hungarian-Serbian author (d. 1889)
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1832
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Norwegian-French author and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1910)
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1860
Amanda McKittrick Ros, Irish author and poet (d. 1939)
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1861
William C. Durant, American businessman, founded General Motors and Chevrolet (d. 1947)
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1861
Aristide Maillol, French sculptor and painter (d. 1944)
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1861
Georges Méliès, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1938)
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1862
Georges Feydeau, French playwright (d. 1921)
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1864
Camille Claudel, French illustrator and sculptor (d. 1943)
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1865
Rüdiger von der Goltz, German general (d. 1946)
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1865
Jacques Hadamard, French mathematician and academic (d. 1963)
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1865
Jean Sibelius, Finnish violinist and composer (d. 1957)
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1874
Ernst Moro, Austrian physician and pediatrician (d. 1951)
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1875
Frederik Buch, Danish actor and screenwriter (d. 1925)
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1877
Paul Ladmirault, French pianist, violinist, and composer (d. 1944)
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1880
Johannes Aavik, Estonian linguist and philologist (d. 1973)
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1881
Albert Gleizes, French painter (d. 1953)
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1884
Francis Cecil Campbell Balfour, English colonel and politician (d. 1965)
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1886
Diego Rivera, Mexican painter and educator (d. 1957)
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1890
Bohuslav Martinů, Czech-American pianist and composer (d. 1959)
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1892
Marcus Lee Hansen, American historian, author, and academic (d. 1938)
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1894
E. C. Segar, American cartoonist, created Popeye (d. 1938)
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1894
James Thurber, American humorist and cartoonist (d. 1961)
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1899
Arthur Leslie, English-Welsh actor and playwright (d. 1970)
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1899
John Qualen, Canadian-American actor (d. 1987)
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1900
Sun Li-jen, Chinese general and politician (d. 1990)
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1900
Ants Oras, Estonian-American author and academic (d. 1982)
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1902
Wifredo Lam, Cuban-French painter (d. 1982)
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1908
Concha Piquer, Spanish singer and actress (d. 1990)
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1908
John A. Volpe, American soldier and politician, 61st Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1994)
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1909
Lesslie Newbigin, English bishop and theologian (d. 1998)
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1911
Lee J. Cobb, American actor (d. 1976)
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1911
Nikos Gatsos, Greek poet and songwriter (d. 1992)
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1913
Delmore Schwartz, American poet and short story writer (d. 1966)
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1914
Floyd Tillman, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2003)
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1914
Ernie Toshack, Australian cricketer (d. 2003)
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1915
Ernest Lehman, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2005)
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1916
Richard Fleischer, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2006)
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1917
Ian Johnson, Australian cricketer and administrator (d. 1998)
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1919
Peter Tali Coleman, Samoan-American lawyer and politician, 43rd Governor of American Samoa (d. 1997)
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1919
Julia Robinson, American mathematician and theorist (d. 1985)
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1919
Kateryna Yushchenko, Ukrainian computer scientist and academic (d. 2001)
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1920
McDonald Bailey, Trinidadian-English sprinter and rugby player (d. 2013)
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1922
Lucian Freud, German-English painter and illustrator (d. 2011)
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1922
Jean Ritchie, American singer-songwriter (d. 2015)
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1923
Dewey Martin, American actor
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1923
Rudolph Pariser, Chinese-American soldier and chemist
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1924
Lionel Gilbert, Australian historian, author, and academic (d. 2015)
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1925
Sammy Davis, Jr., American actor, singer, and dancer (d. 1990)
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1925
Carmen Martín Gaite, Spanish author and poet (d. 2000)
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1925
Jimmy Smith, American organist (d. 2005)
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1927
Ferdie Pacheco, American physician and author
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1927
Vladimir Shatalov, Kazakhstani general, pilot, and astronaut
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1928
Bill Hewitt, Canadian journalist and sportscaster (d. 1996)
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1928
Ulric Neisser, German-American psychologist, neuroscientist, and academic (d. 2012)
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1930
Julian Critchley, English journalist and politician (d. 2000)
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1930
Maximilian Schell, Austrian-Swiss actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2014)
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1933
Flip Wilson, American actor and comedian (d. 1998)
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1935
Dharmendra, Indian actor, producer, and politician
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1935
Tatiana Zatulovskaya, Russian-Israeli chess player
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1936
David Carradine, American actor, director, and producer (d. 2009)
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1936
Michael Hobson, American publisher
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1936
Peter Parfitt, English cricketer
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1937
James MacArthur, American actor (d. 2010)
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1937
Arne Næss, Jr., German-Norwegian mountaineer and businessman (d. 2004)
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1939
Red Berenson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
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1939
Jerry Butler, American singer-songwriter and producer
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1939
James Galway, Irish flute player
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1939
Felipe Gozon, Filipino lawyer and businessman
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1939
Dariush Mehrjui, Iranian director, producer, and screenwriter
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1939
Soko Richardson, American drummer (d. 2004)
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1940
Brant Alyea, American baseball player
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1941
Ed Brinkman, American baseball player and coach (d. 2008)
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1941
Bob Brown, American football player
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1941
Duke Cunningham, American commander and politician
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1941
Bobby Elliott, English drummer
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1941
Geoff Hurst, English footballer and manager
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1943
Larry Martin, American paleontologist and ornithologist (d. 2013)
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1943
Jim Morrison, American singer-songwriter and poet (d. 1971)
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1943
James Tate, American poet (d. 2015)
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1943
Bodo Tümmler, German runner
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1943
Mary Woronov, American actress, director, and screenwriter
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1944
George Baker, Dutch singer-songwriter
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1944
Bertie Higgins, American singer-songwriter
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1944
Ted Irvine, Canadian ice hockey player
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1944
Vince MacLean, Canadian educator and politician
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1945
John Banville, Irish novelist and screenwriter
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1946
John Rubinstein, American actor, director, and composer
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1947
Chava Alberstein, Polish-Israeli singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1947
Gregg Allman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2017)
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1947
Gérard Blanc, French singer, guitarist, and actor (d. 2009)
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1947
Thomas Cech, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
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1947
Kati-Claudia Fofonoff, Finnish author and poet
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1947
Margaret Geller, American astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic
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1948
Luis Caffarelli, Argentinian-American mathematician and academic
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1948
John Waters, English-Australian actor, singer-songwriter, and guitarist
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1949
Mary Gordon, American author, critic, and academic
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1949
Nancy Meyers, American director, producer, and screenwriter
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1949
Ray Shulman, English violinist, guitarist, and producer
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1949
Robert Sternberg, American psychologist and academic
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1950
Rick Baker, American actor and makeup artist
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1950
Tim Foli, American baseball player, coach, and manager
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1950
Dan Hartman, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 1994)
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1951
Bill Bryson, American essayist, travel and science writer
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1951
Richard Desmond, English publisher and businessman, founded Northern & Shell
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1951
Jan Eggum, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1952
Khaw Boon Wan, Malayan-Singaporean politician, Singaporean Minister of Health
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1952
Steve Atkinson, English-Hong Kong cricketer
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1953
Kim Basinger, American actress
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1953
Roy Firestone, American sportscaster and journalist
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1953
Norman Finkelstein, American author, academic, and activist
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1953
Sam Kinison, American comedian (d. 1992)
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1953
Władysław Kozakiewicz, Lithuanian-Polish pole vaulter and coach
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1953
Steve Yates, English footballer
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1954
Harold Hongju Koh, American lawyer, academic, and politician
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1954
Frits Pirard, Dutch cyclist
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1955
Kasim Sulton, American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer
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1955
Milenko Zablaćanski, Serbian actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2008)
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1956
Warren Cuccurullo, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1956
Andrius Kubilius, Lithuanian academic and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Lithuania
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1957
James Cama, American martial artist and educator (d. 2014)
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1957
Phil Collen, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1957
Slick, American wrestler and manager
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1958
Rob Byrnes, American author and blogger
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1958
Rob Curling, Malayan-English journalist
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1958
Michel Ferté, French race car driver
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1958
Bob Greene, American physiologist and author
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1958
Mirosław Okoński, Polish footballer
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1959
Stephen Jefferies, South African cricketer and coach
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1959
Mark Steyn, Canadian-American author and critic
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1960
Aaron Allston, American game designer and author (d. 2014)
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1960
Lim Guan Eng, Malaysian accountant and politician, 4th Chief Minister of the State of Penang
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1960
Bill McKibben, American author and environmentalist
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1961
Ann Coulter, American lawyer, journalist, and author
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1961
Mikey Robins, Australian comedian and television host
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1962
Steve Elkington, Australian-American golfer
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1962
Marty Friedman, American-Japanese guitarist, songwriter, and television host
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1962
Nikos Karageorgiou, Greek footballer and manager
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1962
Berry van Aerle, Dutch footballer
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1963
Greg Howe, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
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1963
Toshiaki Kawada, Japanese wrestler
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1963
Ricky Walford, Australian rugby league player
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1964
James Blundell, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1964
Teri Hatcher, American actress
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1964
Chigusa Nagayo, Japanese wrestler
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1964
Óscar Ramírez, Costa Rican footballer and coach
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1965
David Harewood, English actor
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1965
Theo Maassen, Dutch actor, producer, and screenwriter
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1966
Les Ferdinand, English footballer and coach
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1966
Tyler Mane, Canadian wrestler and actor
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1966
Sinéad O'Connor, Irish singer-songwriter
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1967
Jeff George, American football player
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1967
Andy Kapp, German curler
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1967
Kotono Mitsuishi, Japanese voice actress and singer
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1967
Darren Sheridan, English footballer and manager
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1968
Mike Mussina, American baseball player and coach
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1968
Doriano Romboni, Italian motorcycle racer (d. 2013)
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1969
Kristin Lauter, American mathematician and cryptographer
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1971
Abdullah Ercan, Turkish footballer and manager
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1972
Marco Abreu, Angolan footballer
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1972
Indrek Allmann, Estonian architect
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1972
Édson Ribeiro, Brazilian sprinter
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1974
Cristian Castro, Mexican singer
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1974
Tony Simmons, American football player and coach
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1974
Nick Zinner, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
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1975
Kevin Harvick, American race car driver
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1976
Brettina, Bahamian-American singer-songwriter and actress
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1976
Reed Johnson, American baseball player
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1976
Dominic Monaghan, German-born English actor
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1977
Ryan Newman, American race car driver
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1977
Aleksandra Olsza, Polish tennis player
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1977
Anita Weyermann, Swiss runner and journalist
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1978
John Oster, English-Welsh footballer
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1978
Frédéric Piquionne, French footballer
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1978
Anwar Siraj, Ethiopian footballer
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1978
Ian Somerhalder, American actor
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1978
Vernon Wells, American baseball player
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1979
Daniel Fitzhenry, Australian rugby player
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1979
Johan Forssell, Swedish lawyer and politician
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1979
Raymond Lam, Chinese actor and singer
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1979
Ingrid Michaelson, American singer-songwriter and pianist
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1979
José Peña, Venezuelan sprinter
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1979
Christian Wilhelmsson, Swedish footballer
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1980
Yuliya Krevsun, Ukrainian runner
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1981
Jeremy Accardo, American baseball player
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1981
Simon Finnigan, English rugby player
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1981
Philip Rivers, American football player
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1982
Alfredo Aceves, American baseball player
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1982
Chrisette Michele, American singer-songwriter
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1982
Nicki Minaj, Trinidadian-American rapper and actress
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1983
Neel Jani, Swiss race car driver
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1983
Valéry Mézague, Cameroonian footballer (d. 2014)
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1984
Emma Green Tregaro, Swedish high jumper
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1984
Greg Halford, English footballer
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1984
Sam Hunt, American singer-songwriter
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1985
Josh Donaldson, American baseball player
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1985
Meagan Duhamel, Canadian figure skater
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1985
Dwight Howard, American basketball player
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1985
Oleksiy Pecherov, Ukrainian basketball player
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1986
Enzo Amore, American wrestler
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1986
Amir Khan, English boxer
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1986
Sam Tagataese, New Zealand-Samoan rugby league player
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1986
Kate Voegele, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress
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1987
Jana Juricová, Slovak tennis player
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1989
Drew Doughty, Canadian ice hockey player
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1989
Jesse Sene-Lefao, New Zealand rugby league player
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1992
Yui Yokoyama - Japanese idol, model, and actress
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1993
Janari Jõesaar, Estonian basketball player
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1993
Jordan Obita, English footballer
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1993
AnnaSophia Robb, American actress
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1993
Cara Mund, Miss America 2018
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1994
Conseslus Kipruto, Kenyan runner
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1995
Jordon Ibe, English footballer
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Famous Deaths
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855
Drogo of Metz, illegitimate son of Charlemagne (b. 801)
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899
Arnulf of Carinthia (b. 850)
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964
Zhou (the Elder), Chinese queen consort
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1186
Berthold IV, Duke of Zähringen (b.c 1125)
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1292
John Peckham, Archbishop of Canterbury
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1365
Nicholas II, Duke of Opava (b. 1288)
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1431
Hedwig Jagiellon, Polish and Lithuanian princess (b. 1408)
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1550
Gian Giorgio Trissino, Italian humanist, poet, dramatist and diplomat (b. 1478)
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1626
John Davies, English poet, lawyer, and politician (b. 1569)
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1632
Philippe van Lansberge, Dutch astronomer and mathematician (b. 1561)
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1638
Ivan Gundulić, Croatian poet (b. 1589)
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1643
John Pym, English politician (b. 1583)
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1649
Noël Chabanel, French missionary and saint (b. 1613)
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1680
Henry Pierrepont, 1st Marquess of Dorchester, English lawyer and politician (b. 1606)
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1691
Richard Baxter, English minister, poet, and hymn-writer (b. 1615)
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1695
Barthélemy d'Herbelot, French orientalist and academic (b. 1625)
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1709
Thomas Corneille, French playwright and philologist (b. 1625)
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1722
Elizabeth Charlotte, Princess Palatine (b. 1652)
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1744
Marie Anne de Mailly, French mistress of Louis XV of France (b. 1717)
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1745
Étienne Fourmont, French orientalist and academic (b. 1683)
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1746
Charles Radclyffe, English courtier and soldier (b. 1693)
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1756
William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington, English politician and diplomat, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1690)
William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington · Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
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1768
Jean Denis Attiret, French painter and missionary (b. 1702)
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1779
Nathan Alcock, English physician (b. 1707)
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1830
Benjamin Constant, Swiss-French philosopher and author (b. 1767)
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1859
Thomas De Quincey, English journalist and author (b. 1785)
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1864
George Boole, English mathematician and philosopher (b. 1815)
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1869
Narcisa de Jesús, Ecuadorian saint (b. 1832)
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1885
William Henry Vanderbilt, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1821)
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1886
Isaac Lea, American conchologist, geologist, and publisher (b. 1792)
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1894
Pafnuty Chebyshev, Russian mathematician and theorist (b. 1821)
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1903
Herbert Spencer, English biologist, anthropologist, sociologist, and philosopher (b. 1820)
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1907
Oscar II of Sweden (b. 1829)
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1913
Camille Jenatzy, Belgian race car driver (b. 1868)
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1914
Melchior Anderegg, Swiss mountain guide (b. 1828)
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1914
Maximilian von Spee, Danish-German admiral (b. 1861)
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1917
Mendele Mocher Sforim, Russian author (b. 1836)
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1918
Josip Štadler, Croatian archbishop (b. 1843)
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1919
J. Alden Weir, American painter (b. 1852)
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1937
Hans Molisch, Czech-Austrian botanist and academic (b. 1856)
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1938
Friedrich Glauser, Swiss soldier and author (b. 1896)
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1940
George Lloyd, English-Canadian bishop and theologian (b. 1861)
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1942
Albert Kahn, American architect, Fisher Building, Packard Automotive Plant, Ford River Rouge Complex (b. 1869)
Albert Kahn (architect) · Fisher Building · Packard Automotive Plant · Ford River Rouge Complex
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1952
Charles Lightoller, English sailor (b. 1874)
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1954
Gladys George, American actress (b. 1904)
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1954
Joseph B. Keenan, American lawyer and politician (b. 1888)
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1958
Tris Speaker, American baseball player and manager (b. 1888)
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1963
Sarit Thanarat, Thai field marshal and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Thailand (b. 1908)
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1966
Ward Morehouse, American playwright, author, and critic (b. 1899)
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1971
Ernst Krenkel, Russian geographer and explorer (b. 1903)
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1971
Eleni Ourani, Greek poet and critic (b. 1896)
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1975
Gary Thain, New Zealand bass player (b. 1948)
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1978
Golda Meir, Ukrainian-Israeli educator and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1898)
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1980
John Lennon, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1940)
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1982
Bram Behr, Surinamese journalist and politician (b. 1951)
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1982
André Kamperveen, Surinamese footballer and manager (b. 1924)
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1982
Marty Robbins, American singer-songwriter and race car driver (b. 1925)
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1983
Keith Holyoake, New Zealand farmer and politician, 26th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1904)
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1983
Slim Pickens, American actor (b. 1919)
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1984
Luther Adler, American actor (b. 1903)
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1984
Robert Jay Mathews, American militant leader, founded The Order (b. 1953)
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1984
Semih Sancar, Turkish general (b. 1911)
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1991
Buck Clayton, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1911)
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1992
William Shawn, American journalist (b. 1917)
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1993
Yevgeny Minayev, Russian weightlifter (b. 1933)
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1994
Antônio Carlos Jobim, Brazilian singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1927)
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1996
Howard Rollins, American actor (b. 1950)
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1996
Kashiwado Tsuyoshi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 47th Yokozuna (b. 1938)
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1997
Bob Bell, American clown and actor (b. 1922)
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1999
Péter Kuczka, Hungarian poet and author (b. 1923)
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2001
Mirza Delibašić, Bosnian basketball player and coach (b. 1954)
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2001
Betty Holberton, American computer scientist and programmer (b. 1917)
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2003
Rubén González, Cuban pianist (b. 1919)
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2004
Dimebag Darrell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1966)
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2006
Martha Tilton, American singer (b. 1915)
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2006
José Uribe, Dominican baseball player (b. 1959)
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2007
Gerardo García Pimentel, Mexican journalist (b. 1983)
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2008
Oliver Postgate, English voice actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1925)
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2008
Robert Prosky, American actor (b. 1930)
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2009
Luis Días, Dominican singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1952)
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2012
Jerry Brown, American football player (b. 1987)
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2012
John Gowans, Scottish-English 16th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1934)
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2012
Johnny Lira, American boxer (b. 1951)
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2013
John Cornforth, Australian-English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1917)
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2013
Sándor Szokolay, Hungarian composer and academic (b. 1931)
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2013
Richard S. Williamson, American lawyer and diplomat (b. 1949)
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2014
Tom Gosnell, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1951)
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2014
Russ Kemmerer, American baseball player and coach (b. 1930)
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2014
Knut Nystedt, Norwegian organist and composer (b. 1915)
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2015
Mattiwilda Dobbs, American soprano and actress (b. 1925)
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2015
Alan Hodgkinson, English footballer and coach (b. 1936)
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2015
Douglas Tompkins, American businessman, co-founded The North Face and Esprit Holdings (b. 1943)
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2015
John Trudell, American author, poet, and actor (b. 1946)
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2015
Elsie Tu, English-Hong Kong educator and politician (b. 1913)
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2016
John Glenn, American astronaut & senator, first American to go into orbit (b. 1921)
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