February 25 — On This Day
338 entries
Events
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138
The Roman emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius, effectively making him his successor.
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493
Odoacer surrenders Ravenna after a 3-year siege and agrees to a mediated peace with Theoderic the Great.
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1336
Four thousand defenders of Pilėnai commit mass suicide rather than be taken captive by the Teutonic Knights.
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1631
François de Bassompierre, a French courtier, is arrested on Richelieu's orders.
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1797
Colonel William Tate and his force of 1000-1500 soldiers surrender after the Last invasion of Britain.
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1831
Battle of Olszynka Grochowska, part of Polish November Uprising against Russian Empire.
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1836
Samuel Colt is granted a United States patent for the Colt revolver.
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1843
Lord George Paulet occupies the Kingdom of Hawaii in the name of Great Britain in the Paulet Affair (1843).
Lord George Paulet · Kingdom of Hawaii · Paulet Affair (1843)
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1848
Provisional government in revolutionary France, by Louis Blanc's motion, guarantees workers' rights.
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1856
A Peace conference opens in Paris after the Crimean War.
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1866
Miners in Calaveras County, California, discover what is now called the Calaveras Skull - human remains that supposedly indicated that man, mastodons, and elephants had co-existed.
Calaveras County, California · Calaveras Skull · Mastodon · Elephant
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1870
Hiram Rhodes Revels, a Republican from Mississippi, is sworn into the United States Senate, becoming the first African American ever to sit in the U.S. Congress.
Hiram Rhodes Revels · Republican Party (United States) · Mississippi · United States Senate · African American
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1875
Guangxu Emperor of Qing dynasty China begins his reign, under Empress Dowager Cixi's regency.
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1901
J. P. Morgan incorporates the United States Steel Corporation.
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1912
Marie-Adélaïde, the eldest of six daughters of Guillaume IV, becomes the first reigning Grand Duchess of Luxembourg.
Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg · Guillaume IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg · Grand Duke of Luxembourg · Luxembourg
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1916
World War I: The Germans capture Fort Douaumont during the Battle of Verdun.
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1919
Oregon places a one cent per U.S. gallon tax on gasoline, becoming the first U.S. state to levy a gasoline tax.
Oregon · Gallon · Gasoline tax
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1921
Tbilisi, capital of the Democratic Republic of Georgia, is occupied by Bolshevist Russia.
Tbilisi · Democratic Republic of Georgia · Soviet invasion of Georgia · Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
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1928
Charles Jenkins Laboratories of Washington, D.C. becomes the first holder of a broadcast license for television from the Federal Radio Commission.
Charles Jenkins Laboratories · Broadcast license · Federal Radio Commission
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1932
Adolf Hitler obtains German citizenship by naturalization, which allows him to run in the 1932 election for Reichspräsident.
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1933
The USS Ranger is launched. It is the first US Navy ship to be designed from the start of construction as an aircraft carrier.
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1939
The first of 2 1⁄2 million Anderson air raid shelters appeared in North London.
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1941
February strike: In occupied Amsterdam, a general strike is declared in response to increasing anti-Jewish measures instituted by the Nazis.
February strike · Netherlands in World War II · General strike · Nazi
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1945
World War II: Turkey declares war on Germany.
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1947
The formal abolition of Prussia is proclaimed by the Allied Control Council. The Prussian government had already been abolished in 1934 by the Law for the Reconstruction of the Reich.
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1948
The Communist Party takes control of government in Czechoslovakia and the period of the Third Republic ends.
Communist Party of Czechoslovakia · 1948 Czechoslovak coup d'état · Czechoslovakia · Czechoslovak Republic (1945-48)
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1951
The first Pan American Games were officially opened in Buenos Aires, Argentina by President Juan Perón.
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1954
Gamal Abdel Nasser is made premier of Egypt.
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1956
In his speech On the Cult of Personality and Its Consequences, Nikita Khrushchev, leader of the Soviet Union denounces the cult of personality of Joseph Stalin.
On the Cult of Personality and Its Consequences · Nikita Khrushchev · Soviet Union · Cult of personality · Joseph Stalin
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1964
North Korean Prime Minister Kim Il-sung calls for the removal of feudalistic land ownership aimed at turning all cooperative farms into state-run ones.
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1968
Vietnam War: One hundred thirty-five unarmed citizens of Hà My village in South Vietnam's Quảng Nam Province are killed and buried en masse by South Korean troops in what would come to be known as the Hà My massacre.
Vietnam War · South Vietnam · Quảng Nam Province · Republic of Korea Marine Corps · Hà My massacre
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1980
The government of Suriname is overthrown by a military coup led by Dési Bouterse.
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1986
People Power Revolution: President of the Philippines Ferdinand Marcos flees the nation after 20 years of rule; Corazon Aquino becomes the Philippines' first woman president.
People Power Revolution · Ferdinand Marcos · Corazon Aquino · Philippines
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1987
Southern Methodist University's football program is the first college football program to receive the death penalty by the NCAA's Committee on Infractions. It was revealed that athletic officials and school administrators had knowledge of a "slush fund" used to make illegal payments to the school's football players as far back as 1981.
Southern Methodist University · Death penalty (NCAA) · Slush fund
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1991
Gulf War: An Iraqi scud missile hits an American military barracks in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia killing 28 U.S. Army Reservists from Pennsylvania.
Gulf War · Iraq · Scud missile · Dhahran · Saudi Arabia
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1991
The Warsaw Pact is declared disbanded.
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1992
Khojaly massacre: About 613 civilians are killed by Armenian armed forces during the conflict in the Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan.
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1994
Mosque of Abraham massacre: In the Cave of the Patriarchs in the West Bank city of Hebron, Baruch Goldstein opens fire with an automatic rifle, killing 29 Palestinian worshippers and injuring 125 more before being subdued and beaten to death by survivors.
Mosque of Abraham massacre · Cave of the Patriarchs · West Bank · Hebron · Baruch Goldstein
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1997
Yi Han-yong, a North Korean defector, was murdered by unidentified assailants in Bundang, South Korea.
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2009
Members of the Bangladesh Rifles mutiny at their headquarters in Pilkhana, Dhaka, Bangladesh, resulting in 74 deaths, including more than 50 army officials.
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2009
Turkish Airlines Flight 1951 crashed during landing at the Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, Netherlands, primarily due to a faulty radio altimeter, resulting in the death of nine passengers and crew including all three pilots.
Turkish Airlines Flight 1951 · Amsterdam Airport Schiphol · Radio altimeter
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2015
At least 310 people are killed in avalanches in northeastern Afghanistan.
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2016
Three people are killed and fourteen others injured in a series of shootings in the small Kansas cities of Newton and Hesston.
Famous Births
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449
Emperor Qianfei, emperor of the Liu Song dynasty (d. 466)
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1259
Infanta Branca of Portugal, daughter of King Afonso III of Portugal and Urraca of Castile (d. 1321)
Blanche of Portugal (1259-1321) · Afonso III of Portugal · Urraca of Castile
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1304
Ibn Battuta, Moroccan jurist
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1337
Wenceslaus I, Duke of Luxembourg (d. 1383)
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1473
Al-Mutawakkil Yahya Sharaf ad-Din, Imam of the Zaidi state in Yemen (d. 1555)
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1475
Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick, last male member of the House of York (d. 1499)
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1540
Henry Howard, 1st Earl of Northampton, English aristocrat and courtier (d. 1614)
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1543
Sharaf Khan Bidlisi, Emir of Bitlis (d. 1603)
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1552
Magdalene of Lippe (d. 1587)
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1591
Friedrich Spee, German poet and author (d. 1635)
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1643
Ahmed II, Ottoman sultan (d. 1695)
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1644
Thomas Newcomen, English pastor and engineer (d. 1729)
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1651
Johann Philipp Krieger, German organist and composer (d. 1725)
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1651
Quirinus Kuhlmann, German Baroque poet and mystic (d. 1689)
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1663
Peter Anthony Motteux, French-English author, playwright, and translator (d. 1718)
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1670
Maria Margarethe Kirch, German astronomer and mathematician (d. 1720)
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1682
Giovanni Battista Morgagni, Italian anatomist and pathologist (d. 1771)
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1707
Carlo Goldoni, Italian playwright and composer (d. 1793)
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1714
René Nicolas Charles Augustin de Maupeou, French lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of France (d. 1792)
René Nicolas Charles Augustin de Maupeou · Lord Chancellor of France
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1728
John Wood, the Younger, English architect, designed the Royal Crescent (d. 1782)
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1752
John Graves Simcoe, English-Canadian general and politician, 1st Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada (d. 1806)
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1755
François René Mallarmé, French lawyer and politician (d. 1835)
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1778
José de San Martín, Argentinian general and politician, 1st President of Peru (d. 1850)
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1812
Carl Christian Hall, Danish lawyer and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Denmark (d. 1888)
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1816
Giovanni Morelli, Italian historian and critic (d. 1891)
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1833
John St. John, American lawyer and politician, 8th Governor of Kansas (d. 1916)
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1841
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, French painter and sculptor (d. 1919)
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1842
Karl May, German author, poet, and playwright (d. 1912)
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1845
George Reid, Scottish-Australian lawyer and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1918)
George Reid (Australian politician) · Prime Minister of Australia
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1855
Cesário Verde, Portuguese poet and author (d. 1886)
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1856
Karl Gotthard Lamprecht, German historian and academic (d. 1915)
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1856
Mathias Zdarsky, Czech-Austrian skier, painter, and sculptor (d. 1940)
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1857
Robert Bond, Canadian politician, 1st Prime Minister of Newfoundland (d. 1927)
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1860
William Ashley, English historian and academic (d. 1927)
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1865
Andranik, Armenian general (d. 1927)
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1866
Benedetto Croce, Italian philosopher and politician (d. 1952)
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1869
Phoebus Levene, Russian-American biochemist and physician (d. 1940)
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1873
Enrico Caruso, Italian-American tenor (d. 1921)
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1877
Erich von Hornbostel, Austrian musicologist and scholar (d. 1935)
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1881
William Z. Foster, American union leader and politician (d. 1961)
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1881
Alexei Rykov, Russian politician, Premier of Russia (d. 1938)
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1883
Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone (d. 1981)
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1885
Princess Alice of Battenberg (d. 1969)
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1888
John Foster Dulles, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 52nd United States Secretary of State (d. 1959)
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1889
Homer S. Ferguson, American lawyer, politician, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the Philippines (d. 1982)
Homer S. Ferguson · United States Ambassador to the Philippines
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1890
Myra Hess, English pianist and educator (d. 1965)
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1894
Meher Baba, Indian spiritual master (d. 1969)
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1897
Peter Llewelyn Davies, English soldier and publisher (d. 1960)
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1900
Illa Martin, German dendrologist, botanist, conservationist, and dentist (d. 1988)
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1900
Marina Yurlova, Russian-American child soldier, author, and dancer (d. 1984)
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1901
Zeppo Marx, American comedian and agent (d. 1979)
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1903
King Clancy, Canadian ice hockey player, referee, and coach (d. 1986)
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1905
Perry Miller, American historian, author, and academic (d. 1963)
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1906
Mary Coyle Chase, American journalist and playwright (d. 1981)
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1907
Sabahattin Ali, Turkish journalist, author, and poet (d. 1948)
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1908
Frank G. Slaughter, American physician and author (d. 2001)
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1910
Millicent Fenwick, American journalist and politician (d. 1992)
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1913
Jim Backus, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1989)
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1913
Gert Fröbe, German actor (d. 1988)
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1914
John Arlott, English journalist and author (d. 1991)
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1917
Anthony Burgess, English author, playwright, and critic (d. 1993)
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1918
Bobby Riggs, American tennis player (d. 1995)
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1920
Philip Habib, American academic and diplomat, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs (d. 1992)
Philip Habib · Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs
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1920
Sun Myung Moon, Messiah II, Korean religious leader, founded the Unification Church (d. 2012)
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1921
Pierre Laporte, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician, Deputy Premier of Quebec (d. 1970)
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1921
Andy Pafko, American baseball player and manager (d. 2013)
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1924
Hugh Huxley, English-American biologist and academic (d. 2013)
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1925
Shehu Shagari, former President of Nigeria
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1926
Masatoshi Gündüz Ikeda, Japanese-Turkish mathematician and academic (d. 2003)
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1927
Ralph Stanley, American singer and banjo player (d. 2016)
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1928
Paul Elvstrøm, Danish sailor and engineer (d. 2016)
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1928
Larry Gelbart, American author and screenwriter (d. 2009)
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1928
Richard G. Stern, American author and academic (d. 2013)
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1929
Tommy Newsom, American saxophonist and bandleader (d. 2007)
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1932
Tony Brooks, English race car driver
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1932
Faron Young, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1996)
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1934
David E. Jeremiah, American admiral (d. 2013)
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1934
Tony Lema, American golfer (d. 1966)
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1935
Sally Jessy Raphael, American journalist and talk show host
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1935
Oktay Sinanoğlu, Turkish chemist and academic (d. 2015)
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1937
Tom Courtenay, English actor
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1937
Bob Schieffer, American journalist and author
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1938
Diane Baker, American actress
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1938
Herb Elliott, Australian runner and businessman
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1938
Farokh Engineer, Indian cricketer and referee
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1940
Billy Packer, American sportscaster and author
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1940
Ron Santo, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2010)
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1941
David Puttnam, English film producer and academic
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1943
Boediono, Indonesian politician, 11th Vice President of Indonesia
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1943
Jack Concannon, American football player and actor (d. 2005)
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1943
George Harrison, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 2001)
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1944
Matt Guokas, American basketball player and coach
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1944
François Cevert, French race car driver (d. 1973)
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1946
Andrew Ang, Singaporean lawyer, judge, and academic
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1946
Jan Groth, Norwegian singer and keyboard player (d. 2014)
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1946
Franz Xaver Kroetz, German actor, director, and playwright
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1946
Jean Todt, French race car driver and businessman
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1946
Pete Wernick, American banjo player
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1947
Giuseppe Betori, Italian cardinal
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1947
Lee Evans, American runner and coach
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1947
Marc Sautet, French philosopher, author, and academic (d. 1998)
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1947
Doug Yule, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1949
Ric Flair, American wrestler, manager, and trainer
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1949
Jack Handey, American author and screenwriter
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1949
Amin Maalouf, Lebanese-French journalist and author
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1950
Francisco Fernández Ochoa, Spanish skier (d. 2006)
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1950
Neil Jordan, Irish director, screenwriter, and author
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1950
Néstor Kirchner, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 51st President of Argentina (d. 2010)
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1950
Emitt Rhodes, American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and recording engineer
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1951
César Cedeño, Dominican baseball player and coach
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1951
Don Quarrie, Jamaican runner and coach
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1952
Jerry Chamberlain, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
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1952
Joey Dunlop, Northern Irish motorcycle racer (d. 2000)
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1953
José María Aznar, Spanish academic and politician, Prime Minister of Spain
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1954
John Doe, American singer-songwriter, bass player, and actor
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1955
Rodger McFarlane, American soldier, therapist, and activist (d. 2009)
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1955
Camille Thériault, Canadian politician, 29th Premier of New Brunswick
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1957
Dennis Diken, American rock drummer and record producer
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1957
Chuck Strahl, Canadian businessman and politician, 28th Canadian Minister of Transport
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1958
Jeff Fisher, American football player and coach
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1958
Kurt Rambis, American basketball player and coach
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1959
Aleksei Balabanov, Russian director and screenwriter (d. 2013)
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1959
Mike Peters, Welsh singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1961
Davey Allison, American race car driver (d. 1993)
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1961
Luis Gatica, Mexican actor
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1961
Todd Blackledge, American football player and sportscaster
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1963
Paul O'Neill, American baseball player and sportscaster
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1964
Lee Evans, English comedian and actor
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1964
Don Majkowski, American football player and sportscaster
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1965
Brian Baker, American guitarist and songwriter
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1966
Andrew Feldman, Baron Feldman of Elstree, English lawyer and politician
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1966
Téa Leoni, American actress
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1966
Nancy O'Dell, American model and journalist
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1967
Ed Balls, English politician, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
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1967
Jonathan Freedland, English journalist and author
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1969
Petri Walli, Finnish singer-songwriter and guitarist for Kingston Wall
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1971
Sean Astin, American actor, director, and producer
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1971
Helen Dobson, English golfer
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1971
Dave Harris, American radio host and songwriter
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1971
Stuart MacGill, Australian cricketer and sportscaster
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1971
Sean O'Haire, American wrestler, mixed martial artist, and kick-boxer (d. 2014)
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1971
Daniel Powter, Canadian singer-songwriter and pianist
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1973
Anthony Barness, English footballer
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1973
Julio Iglesias, Jr., Spanish singer and actor
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1974
Dominic Raab, English lawyer and politician
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1974
Kevin Skinner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1975
Chelsea Handler, American comedian, author, and talk show host
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1976
Rashida Jones, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
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1976
Samaki Walker, American basketball player
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1977
Josh Wolff, American soccer player and manager
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1980
Antonio Burks, American basketball player and coach
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1980
Muratcan Güler, Turkish professional basketball player
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1981
Park Ji-sung, South Korean footballer
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1982
Chris Baird, Northern Irish footballer
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1982
Maria Kanellis, American professional wrestler for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
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1982
Bert McCracken, American singer-songwriter
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1982
Flavia Pennetta, Italian tennis player
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1982
Anton Volchenkov, Russian ice hockey player
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1983
Eduardo da Silva, Brazilian footballer
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1983
Steven Lewington, English wrestler
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1984
Lovefoxxx, Brazilian singer-songwriter
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1984
Craig Mackail-Smith, Scottish footballer
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1984
João Pereira, Portuguese footballer
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1984
Dane Swan, Australian footballer
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1985
Benji Marshall, New Zealand rugby player
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1985
Joakim Noah, American basketball player
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1986
Danny Saucedo, Swedish singer-songwriter
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1986
James Starks, American football player
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1987
Justin Abdelkader, American ice hockey player
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1988
Aidan Guerra, Australian-Italian rugby league player
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1988
Jimmy Monaghan, American-born Irish singer-songwriter and pianist
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1989
Jimmer Fredette, American basketball player
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1989
Kana Hanazawa, Japanese voice actress and singer
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1989
Milan Badelj, Croatian footballer
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1990
Alejandra Andreu, Spanish beauty queen
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1990
Jefferson Alves Oliveira, Brazilian footballer
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1990
Marianna Zachariadi, Greek pole vaulter (d. 2013)
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1991
Dominika Kaňáková, Czech tennis player
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1991
Tony Oller, American singer-songwriter and actor (MKTO)
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1992
Zahia Dehar, Algerian Fashion & Lingerie designer
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1992
Max Aaron, American figure skater
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1992
Joe Santagato, American comedian and YouTuber
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1994
Eugenie Bouchard, Canadian tennis player
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1995
Mario Hezonja, Croatian professional basketball player for Orlando Magic
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1995
Francesca Michielin, Italian singer-songwriter
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1997
Isabelle Fuhrman, American actress
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1999
Gianluigi Donnarumma, Italian footballer
Famous Deaths
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805
De Zong, Chinese emperor (b. 742)
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806
Tarasios, patriarch of Constantinople
Patriarch Tarasios of Constantinople · Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
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891
Fujiwara no Mototsune, Japanese regent (b. 836)
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944
Lin Ding, Chinese official and chancellor
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1246
Dafydd ap Llywelyn, Welsh king (b. 1212)
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1321
Beatrice d'Avesnes, consort of Henry VI, Count of Luxembourg
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1495
Sultan Cem, Ottoman politician (b. 1459)
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1522
William Lily, English scholar and educator (b. 1468)
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1536
Berchtold Haller, German-Swiss theologian and reformer (b. 1492)
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1536
Jacob Hutter, founder of the Hutterites
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1547
Vittoria Colonna, marchioness of Pescara (b. 1490)
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1558
Eleanor of Austria (b. 1498)
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1600
Sebastian de Aparicio, Spanish colonial industrialist and saint (b. 1502)
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1601
Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1566)
Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex · Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
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1634
Albrecht von Wallenstein, Austrian general and politician (b. 1583)
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1655
Daniel Heinsius, Flemish poet and scholar (b. 1580)
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1682
Alessandro Stradella, Italian composer (b. 1639)
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1710
Daniel Greysolon, Sieur du Lhut, French soldier and explorer (b. 1639)
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1713
Frederick I of Prussia (b. 1657)
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1723
Christopher Wren, English architect, designed St Paul's Cathedral (b. 1632)
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1756
Eliza Haywood, English actress and poet (b. 1693)
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1796
Samuel Seabury, American bishop (b. 1729)
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1798
Louis Jules Mancini Mazarini, French poet and diplomat (b. 1716)
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1805
Thomas Pownall, English politician, Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (b. 1722)
Thomas Pownall · Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay
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1819
Francisco Manoel de Nascimento, Portuguese-French poet and educator (b. 1734)
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1822
William Pinkney, American politician and diplomat, 7th United States Attorney General (b. 1764)
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1831
Friedrich Maximilian Klinger, German author and playwright (b. 1752)
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1841
Philip Pendleton Barbour, American lawyer, judge, and politician, 12th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1783)
Philip Pendleton Barbour · Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
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1850
Daoguang Emperor of China (b. 1782)
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1852
Thomas Moore, Irish poet and lyricist (b. 1779)
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1865
Otto Ludwig, German author, playwright, and critic (b. 1813)
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1870
Henrik Hertz, Danish poet and playwright (b. 1797)
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1877
Jung Bahadur Rana, Nepalese ruler (b. 1816)
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1878
Townsend Harris, American merchant, politician, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Japan (b. 1804)
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1888
Josif Pančić, Serbian botanist and academic (b. 1814)
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1899
Paul Reuter, German-English journalist and businessman, founded Reuters (b. 1816)
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1906
Anton Arensky, Russian pianist and composer (b. 1861)
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1910
Worthington Whittredge, American painter and educator (b. 1820)
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1911
Friedrich Spielhagen, German author, theorist, and translator (b. 1829)
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1912
William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (b. 1852)
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1914
John Tenniel, English illustrator (b. 1820)
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1915
Charles Edwin Bessey, American botanist, author, and academic (b. 1845)
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1916
David Bowman, Australian politician (b. 1860)
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1920
Marcel-Auguste Dieulafoy, French archaeologist and engineer (b. 1844)
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1922
Henri Désiré Landru, French serial killer (b. 1869)
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1928
William O'Brien, Irish journalist and politician (b. 1852)
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1934
Elizabeth Gertrude Britton, American botanist and academic (b. 1857)
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1934
John McGraw, American baseball player and manager (b. 1873)
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1945
Mário de Andrade, Brazilian author, poet, and photographer (b. 1893)
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1950
George Minot, American physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1885)
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1953
Sergei Winogradsky, Ukrainian-Russian microbiologist and ecologist (b. 1856)
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1957
Mark Aldanov, Russian author and critic (b. 1888)
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1957
Bugs Moran, American mob boss (b. 1893)
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1963
Melville J. Herskovits, American anthropologist and academic (b. 1895)
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1964
Alexander Archipenko, Ukrainian sculptor and illustrator (b. 1887)
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1964
Hinrich Lohse, German politician (b. 1896)
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1964
Grace Metalious, American author (b. 1924)
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1970
Mark Rothko, Latvian-American painter and academic (b. 1903)
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1971
Theodor Svedberg, Swedish chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1884)
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1975
Elijah Muhammad, American religious leader (b. 1897)
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1978
Daniel James, Jr., American general and pilot (b. 1920)
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1980
Robert Hayden, American poet and academic (b. 1913)
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1983
Tennessee Williams, American playwright, and poet (b. 1911)
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1987
James Coco, American actor and comedian (b. 1930)
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1988
Bernard Ashmole, English archaeologist and historian (b. 1894)
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1993
Toy Caldwell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1947)
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1993
Eddie Constantine, American-French actor (b. 1917)
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1994
Baruch Goldstein, American-Israeli physician and murderer (b. 1956)
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1996
Vehbi Koç, Turkish businessman and philanthropist (b. 1901)
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1996
Haing S. Ngor, Cambodian-American physician and author (b. 1940)
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1997
Cal Abrams, American baseball player (b. 1924)
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1997
Andrei Sinyavsky, Russian journalist and publisher (b. 1925)
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1998
W. O. Mitchell, Canadian author and playwright (b. 1914)
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1999
Glenn T. Seaborg, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1912)
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2001
A. R. Ammons, American poet and critic (b. 1926)
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2001
Don Bradman, Australian cricketer (b. 1908)
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2001
Norbert Glanzberg, Polish-French composer (b. 1910)
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2001
Sigurd Raschèr, German-American saxophonist (b. 1907)
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2002
James L. Usry, American politician, first African-American mayor of Atlantic City, New Jersey (b. 1922)
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2003
Tom O'Higgins, Irish judge and politician, 6th Chief Justice of Ireland (b. 1916)
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2003
Alberto Sordi, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1920)
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2004
Albert Chartier, Canadian illustrator (b. 1912)
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2005
Peter Benenson, English lawyer, founded Amnesty International (b. 1921)
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2006
Darren McGavin, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1922)
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2007
William Anderson, American commander and politician (b. 1921)
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2007
Clem Windsor, Australian rugby player and surgeon (b. 1923)
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2008
Hans Raj Khanna, Indian lawyer, judge, and politician, Indian Minister of Law and Justice (b. 1912)
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2009
Philip José Farmer, American author (b. 1918)
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2010
İhsan Doğramacı, Turkish pediatrician and academic (b. 1915)
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2011
Nikos Alexiou, Greek painter and set designer (b. 1960)
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2012
Lynn Compton, American lieutenant, lawyer, and judge (b. 1921)
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2012
Louisiana Red, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1932)
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2013
Stewart "Dirk" Fischer, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1924)
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2013
C. Everett Koop, American surgeon and admiral, 13th Surgeon General of the United States (b. 1916)
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2013
Ray O'Connor, Australian soldier and politician, 22nd Premier of Western Australia (b. 1926)
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2014
Angèle Arsenault, Canadian singer-songwriter (b. 1943)
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2014
Mário Coluna, Portuguese footballer (b. 1935)
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2014
Paco de Lucía, Spanish guitarist, songwriter, and producer (b. 1947)
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2014
Chokwe Lumumba, American lawyer and politician (b. 1947)
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2015
Harve Bennett, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1930)
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2015
Marie Cathcart, Countess Cathcart, British peeress (b. 1923)
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2015
Eugenie Clark, American biologist and academic (b. 1922)
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2015
Victor Watson, English businessman and philanthropist (b. 1928)
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2016
Bhavarlal Jain, Indian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1937)
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2016
Alfred E. Mann, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1925)
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2017
Neil Fingleton, English actor and basketball player, one of the tallest 25 men in the world (b. 1980)
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2017
Elli Norkett, Welsh rugby player (b. 1996)
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2017
Bill Paxton, American actor (b. 1955)