February 5 — On This Day
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Events
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AD 62
Earthquake in Pompeii, Italy.
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756
An Lushan, leader of a revolt against the Tang Dynasty, declares himself emperor and establishes the state of Yan.
An Lushan · An Lushan Rebellion · Tang dynasty · Yan (An-Shi)
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1576
Henry of Navarre abjures Catholicism at Tours and rejoins the Protestant forces in the French Wars of Religion.
Henry IV of France · wikt:abjure · Tours · French Wars of Religion
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1597
A group of early Japanese Christians are killed by the new government of Japan for being seen as a threat to Japanese society.
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1778
South Carolina becomes the second state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
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1782
Spanish defeat British forces and capture Menorca.
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1783
In Calabria, a sequence of strong earthquakes begins.
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1807
HMS Blenheim (1761) and HMS Java disappear off the coast of Rodrigues.
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1810
Peninsular War: Siege of Cádiz begins.
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1818
Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte ascends to the thrones of Sweden and Norway.
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1849
University of Wisconsin-Madison's first class meets at Madison Female Academy.
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1852
The New Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia, one of the largest and oldest museums in the world, opens to the public.
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1859
Wallachia and Moldavia are united under Alexandru Ioan Cuza as the United Principalities, an autonomous region within the Ottoman Empire, which ushered the birth of the modern Romanian state.
Wallachia · Moldavia · Alexandru Ioan Cuza · Danubian Principalities · Ottoman Empire
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1869
The largest alluvial gold nugget in history, called the "Welcome Stranger", is found in Moliagul, Victoria, Australia.
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1885
King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo as a personal possession.
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1905
In Mexico, the General Hospital of Mexico is inaugurated, started with four basic specialties.
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1909
Belgian chemist Leo Baekeland announces the creation of Bakelite, the world's first synthetic plastic.
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1913
Greek military aviators, Michael Moutoussis and Aristeidis Moraitinis perform the first naval air mission in history, with a Farman MF.7 hydroplane.
Hellenic Air Force · Michael Moutoussis · Aristeidis Moraitinis (aviator) · Naval aviation · Farman MF.7
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1917
The current constitution of Mexico is adopted, establishing a federal republic with powers separated into independent executive, legislative, and judicial branches.
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1917
The Congress of the United States passes the Immigration Act of 1917 over President Woodrow Wilson's veto.
Congress of the United States · Immigration Act of 1917 · Woodrow Wilson
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1918
Stephen W. Thompson shoots down a German airplane; this is the first aerial victory by the U.S. military.
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1918
SS Tuscania is torpedoed off the coast of Ireland; it is the first ship carrying American troops to Europe to be torpedoed and sunk.
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1919
Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and D. W. Griffith launch United Artists.
Charlie Chaplin · Mary Pickford · Douglas Fairbanks · D. W. Griffith · United Artists
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1924
The Royal Greenwich Observatory begins broadcasting the hourly time signals known as the Greenwich Time Signal.
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1933
Mutiny on Royal Netherlands Navy warship HNLMS De Zeven Provinciën off the coast of Sumatra, Dutch East Indies.
Royal Netherlands Navy · HNLMS De Zeven Provinciën (1909) · Sumatra · Dutch East Indies
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1939
Generalísimo Francisco Franco becomes the 68th "Caudillo de España", or Leader of Spain.
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1941
World War II: Allied forces begin the Battle of Keren to capture Keren, Eritrea.
World War II · Allies of World War II · Battle of Keren · Keren, Eritrea
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1945
World War II: General Douglas MacArthur returns to Manila.
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1958
Gamal Abdel Nasser is nominated to be the first president of the United Arab Republic.
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1958
A hydrogen bomb known as the Tybee Bomb is lost by the US Air Force off the coast of Savannah, Georgia, never to be recovered.
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1962
French President Charles de Gaulle calls for Algeria to be granted independence.
President of the French Republic · Charles de Gaulle · Algeria
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1963
The European Court of Justice's ruling in Van Gend en Loos v Nederlandse Administratie der Belastingen establishes the principle of direct effect, one of the most important, if not the most important, decisions in the development of European Union law.
European Court of Justice · Van Gend en Loos v Nederlandse Administratie der Belastingen · Direct effect · European Union law
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1971
Astronauts land on the moon in the Apollo 14 mission.
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1975
Riots break in Lima, Peru after the police forces go on strike the day before. The uprising (locally known as the Limazo) is bloodily suppressed by the military dictatorship.
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1985
Ugo Vetere, then the mayor of Rome, and Chedli Klibi, then the mayor of Carthage meet in Tunis to sign a treaty of friendship officially ending the Third Punic War which lasted 2,131 years.
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1988
Manuel Noriega is indicted on drug smuggling and money laundering charges.
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1994
Byron De La Beckwith is convicted of the 1963 murder of civil rights leader Medgar Evers.
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1994
Markale massacres, more than 60 people are killed and some 200 wounded as a mortar shell explodes in a downtown marketplace in Sarajevo.
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1997
The so-called Big Three banks in Switzerland announce the creation of a $71 million fund to aid Holocaust survivors and their families.
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2000
Russian forces massacre at least 60 civilians in the Novye Aldi suburb of Grozny, Chechnya.
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2004
Rebels from the Revolutionary Artibonite Resistance Front capture the city of Gonaïves, starting the 2004 Haiti rebellion.
National Revolutionary Front for the Liberation of Haiti · Gonaïves · 2004 Haiti rebellion
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2008
A major tornado outbreak across the Southern United States kills 57.
2008 Super Tuesday tornado outbreak · Southern United States
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2017
The New England Patriots win Superbowl LI after coming back down 25 to win 34-28 in overtime. It is the first such overtime game in Superbowl history. Tom Brady wins 4th Super Bowl MVP award.
Famous Births
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976
Emperor Sanjō of Japan (d. 1017)
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1321
John II, Marquess of Montferrat (d. 1372)
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1438
Philip II, Duke of Savoy (d. 1497)
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1505
Aegidius Tschudi, Swiss historian and author (d. 1572)
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1519
René of Châlon (d. 1544)
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1525
Juraj Drašković, Croatian Catholic cardinal (d. 1587)
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1533
Andreas Dudith, Croatian-Hungarian nobleman and diplomat (d. 1589)
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1534
Giovanni de' Bardi, Italian soldier, composer, and critic (d. 1612)
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1589
Esteban Manuel de Villegas, Spanish poet and educator (d. 1669)
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1594
Biagio Marini, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1663)
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1608
Gaspar Schott, German mathematician and physicist (d. 1666)
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1626
Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, French author (d. 1696)
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1650
Anne Jules de Noailles, French general (d. 1708)
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1703
Gilbert Tennent, Irish-American minister (d. 1764)
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1723
John Witherspoon, Scottish-American minister and academic (d. 1794)
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1725
James Otis, Jr., American lawyer and politician (d. 1783)
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1748
Christian Gottlob Neefe, German composer and conductor (d. 1798)
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1788
Robert Peel, English lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1850)
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1795
Wilhelm Karl Ritter von Haidinger, Austrian mineralogist, geologist, and physicist (d. 1871)
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1804
Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Finnish poet and hymn-writer (d. 1877)
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1808
Carl Spitzweg, German painter and poet (d. 1885)
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1827
Peter Lalor, Irish-Australian activist and politician (d. 1889)
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1810
Ole Bull, Norwegian violinist and composer (d. 1880)
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1837
Dwight L. Moody, American evangelist and publisher, founded Moody Church, Moody Bible Institute, and Moody Publishers (d. 1899)
Dwight L. Moody · Moody Church · Moody Bible Institute · Moody Publishers
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1840
John Boyd Dunlop, Scottish businessman, co-founded Dunlop Rubber (d. 1921)
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1840
Hiram Maxim, American engineer, invented the Maxim gun (d. 1916)
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1847
Eduard Magnus Jakobson, Estonian missionary and engraver (d. 1903)
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1848
Joris-Karl Huysmans, French author and critic (d. 1907)
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1848
Ignacio Carrera Pinto, Chilean lieutenant (d. 1882)
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1852
Terauchi Masatake, Japanese field marshal and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1919)
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1866
Domhnall Ua Buachalla, Irish politician, 3rd and last Governor-General of the Irish Free State (d. 1963)
Domhnall Ua Buachalla · Governor-General of the Irish Free State
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1876
Ernie McLea, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1931)
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1878
André Citroën, French engineer and businessman, founded Citroën (d. 1935)
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1880
Gabriel Voisin, French pilot and engineer (d. 1973)
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1889
Patsy Hendren, English cricketer and footballer (d. 1962)
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1889
Ernest Tyldesley, English cricketer (d. 1962)
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1889
Recep Peker, Turkish officer and politician (d. 1950)
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1891
Renato Petronio, Italian rower (d. 1976)
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1892
Elizabeth Ryan, American tennis player (d. 1979)
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1897
Dirk Stikker, Dutch businessman and politician, 3rd Secretary General of NATO (d. 1979)
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1900
Adlai Stevenson II, American soldier, politician, and diplomat, 5th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (d. 1965)
Adlai Stevenson II · United States Ambassador to the United Nations
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1903
Joan Whitney Payson, American businesswoman and philanthropist (d. 1975)
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1906
John Carradine, American actor (d. 1988)
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1907
Birgit Dalland, Norwegian politician (d. 2007)
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1907
Pierre Pflimlin, French politician, Prime Minister of France (d. 2000)
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1908
Marie Baron, Dutch swimmer and diver (d. 1948)
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1908
Peg Entwistle, Welsh-American actress (d. 1932)
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1908
Daisy and Violet Hilton, English conjoined twins (d. 1969)
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1909
Grażyna Bacewicz, Polish violinist and composer (d. 1969)
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1910
Charles Philippe Leblond, French-Canadian biologist and academic (d. 2007)
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1910
Francisco Varallo, Argentinian footballer (d. 2010)
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1911
Jussi Björling, Swedish tenor (d. 1960)
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1914
William S. Burroughs, American novelist, short story writer, and essayist (d. 1997)
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1914
Alan Lloyd Hodgkin, English physiologist, biophysicist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)
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1915
Robert Hofstadter, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1990)
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1917
Isuzu Yamada, Japanese actress (d. 2012)
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1919
Red Buttons, American actor (d. 2006)
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1919
Tim Holt, American actor (d. 1973)
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1919
Andreas Papandreou, Greek economist and politician, Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1996)
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1921
Ken Adam, German-born English production designer and art director (d. 2016)
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1923
Claude King, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2013)
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1923
James E. Bowman, American physician and academic (d. 2011)
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1924
Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy, Indian cardinal (d. 2014)
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1927
Robert Allen, American pianist and composer (d. 2000)
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1927
Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten, Dutch captain and pilot (d. 1977)
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1928
Tage Danielsson, Swedish author, actor, and director (d. 1985)
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1928
Andrew Greeley, American priest, sociologist, and author (d. 2013)
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1928
P. J. Vatikiotis, Israeli-American historian and political scientist (d. 1997)
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1929
Hal Blaine, American session drummer
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1929
Luc Ferrari, French pianist and composer (d. 2005)
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1929
Fred Sinowatz, Austrian politician, 19th Chancellor of Austria (d. 2008)
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1932
Cesare Maldini, Italian footballer and manager (d. 2016)
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1933
Jörn Donner, Finnish director and screenwriter
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1933
B.S. Johnson, English author, poet, and critic (d. 1973)
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1934
Hank Aaron. American baseball player
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1934
Don Cherry, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and sportscaster
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1935
Alex Harvey, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1982)
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1936
K. S. Nissar Ahmed, Indian poet and academic
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1937
Stuart Damon, American actor and singer
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1937
Larry Hillman, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
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1937
Gaston Roelants, Belgian runner
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1937
Alar Toomre, Estonian-American astronomer and mathematician
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1937
Wang Xuan, Chinese computer scientist and academic (d. 2006)
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1938
Rafael Nieto Navia, Colombian lawyer, jurist, and diplomat
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1939
Brian Luckhurst, English cricketer (d. 2005)
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1940
H. R. Giger, Swiss painter, sculptor, and set designer (d. 2014)
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1940
Luke Graham, American wrestler (d. 2006)
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1941
Stephen J. Cannell, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2010)
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1941
Henson Cargill, American country music singer (d. 2007)
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1941
David Selby, American actor and playwright
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1941
Barrett Strong, American soul singer-songwriter and pianist
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1941
Kaspar Villiger, Swiss engineer and politician, 85th President of the Swiss Confederation
Kaspar Villiger · List of Presidents of the Swiss Confederation
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1941
Cory Wells, American pop-rock singer (Three Dog Night) (d. 2015)
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1942
Roger Staubach, American football player, sportscaster, and businessman
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1943
Nolan Bushnell, American engineer and businessman, founded Atari, Inc.
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1943
Michael Mann, American director, producer, and screenwriter
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1943
Craig Morton, American football player and sportscaster
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1944
J. R. Cobb, American guitarist and songwriter
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1944
Henfil, Brazilian journalist, author, and illustrator (d. 1988)
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1944
Al Kooper, American singer-songwriter and producer
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1944
Tamanoumi Masahiro, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 51st Yokozuna (d. 1971)
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1945
Douglas Hogg, English lawyer and politician, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
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1946
Amnon Dankner, Israeli journalist and author (d. 2013)
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1946
Charlotte Rampling, English actress
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1947
Mary L. Cleave, American engineer and astronaut
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1947
Clemente Mastella, Italian politician, Italian Minister of Justice
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1947
Darrell Waltrip, American race car driver and sportscaster
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1948
Sven-Göran Eriksson, Swedish footballer and manager
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1948
Christopher Guest, American actor and director
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1948
Barbara Hershey, American actress
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1948
Errol Morris, American director and producer
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1948
Tom Wilkinson, English actor
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1949
Kurt Beck, German politician
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1949
Yvon Vallières, Canadian educator and politician
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1950
Jonathan Freeman, American actor and singer
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1950
Rafael Puente, Mexican footballer
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1951
Nikolay Merkushkin, Mordovian engineer and politician, 1st Head of the Republic of Mordovia
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1952
Daniel Balavoine, French singer-songwriter and producer (d. 1986)
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1952
Vladimir Moskovkin, Ukrainian-Russian geographer, economist, and academic
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1953
Freddie Aguilar, Filipino singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1953
John Beilein, American basketball player and coach
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1953
Gustavo Benítez, Paraguayan footballer and manager
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1954
Cliff Martinez, American drummer and songwriter
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1954
Frank Walker, Australian journalist and author
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1955
Mike Heath, American baseball player and manager
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1956
Vinnie Colaiuta, American drummer
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1956
Héctor Rebaque, Mexican race car driver
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1956
David Wiesner, American author and illustrator
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1956
Mao Daichi, Japanese actress
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1957
Jüri Tamm, Estonian hammer thrower and politician
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1959
Jennifer Granholm, Canadian-American lawyer and politician, 47th Governor of Michigan
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1960
Aris Christofellis, Greek soprano and musicologist
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1960
Bonnie Crombie, Canadian businesswoman and politician, 6th Mayor of Mississauga
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1961
Savvas Kofidis, Greek footballer and manager
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1961
Tim Meadows, American actor and screenwriter
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1962
Jennifer Jason Leigh, American actress, screenwriter, producer and director
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1963
Steven Shainberg, American film director and producer
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1964
Laura Linney, American actress
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1964
Duff McKagan, American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer
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1965
Tarik Benhabiles, Algerian-French tennis player and coach
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1965
Keith Moseley, American bass player and songwriter
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1965
Gheorghe Hagi, Romanian footballer and manager
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1966
José María Olazábal, Spanish golfer
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1966
Rok Petrovič, Slovenian skier (d. 1993)
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1967
Chris Parnell, American actor and comedian
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1968
Roberto Alomar, Puerto Rican-American baseball player and coach
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1968
Marcus Grönholm, Finnish race car driver
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1969
Bobby Brown, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor
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1969
Michael Sheen, Welsh actor and director
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1969
Derek Stephen Prince, American voice actor
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1970
Jean-Marc Jaumin, Belgian basketball player and coach
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1970
Darren Lehmann, Australian cricketer and coach
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1971
Michel Breistroff, French ice hockey player (d. 1996)
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1971
Sara Evans, American country singer
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1972
Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark
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1972
Brad Fittler, Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster
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1973
Richard Matvichuk, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
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1973
Trijntje Oosterhuis, Dutch singer-songwriter
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1973
Luke Ricketson, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
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1974
Michael Maguire, Australian rugby league player and coach
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1975
Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Dutch footballer and manager
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1976
John Aloisi, Australian footballer and manager
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1977
Ben Ainslie, English sailor
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1977
Adam Dykes, Australian rugby league player
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1977
Adam Everett, American baseball player and coach
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1978
Brian Russell, American football player
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1978
Samuel Sánchez, Spanish cyclist
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1979
Nate Holzapfel, American entrepreneur and television personality
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1980
Brad Fitzpatrick, American programmer, created LiveJournal
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1980
Jo Swinson, English politician
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1981
Mia Hansen-Løve, French director and screenwriter
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1981
Loukas Vyntra, Czech-Greek footballer
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1982
Laura del Rio, Spanish footballer
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1982
Kevin Everett, American football player
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1982
Tomáš Kopecký, Slovak ice hockey player
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1982
Rodrigo Palacio, Argentinian footballer
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1983
Anja Hammerseng-Edin, Norwegian handball player
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1984
Carlos Tevez, Argentinian footballer
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1985
Lloyd Johansson, Australian rugby player
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1985
Laurence Maroney, American football player
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1985
Cristiano Ronaldo, Portuguese footballer
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1986
Vedran Ćorluka, Croatian footballer
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1986
Sekope Kepu, Australian rugby player
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1986
Billy Sharp, English footballer
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1986
Reed Sorenson, American race car driver
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1986
Carlos Villanueva, Chilean footballer
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1987
Darren Criss, American actor, singer, and entrepreneur
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1987
Curtis Jerrells, American basketball player
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1987
Alex Kuznetsov, Ukrainian-American tennis player
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1987
Linus Omark, Swedish ice hockey player
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1987
Donald Sanford, American-Israeli sprinter
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1988
Karin Ontiveros, Mexican model
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1989
Marina Melnikova, Russian tennis player
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1990
Dmitry Andreikin, Russian chess player
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1990
Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Indian cricketer
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1990
Jordan Rhodes, Scottish footballer
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1991
Nabil Bahoui, Swedish footballer
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1991
Gerald Tusha, Albanian footballer
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1992
Stefan de Vrij, Dutch footballer
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1992
Neymar, Brazilian footballer
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1993
Leilani Latu, Australian rugby league player
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1993
Ty Rattie, Canadian ice hockey player
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1995
Adnan Januzaj, Belgian-Albanian footballer
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1996
Stina Blackstenius, Swedish footballer
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1997
Patrick Roberts, English footballer
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2016
Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck, Bhutanese prince
Famous Deaths
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523
Avitus of Vienne, Latin archbishop and saint (b. 470)
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806
Emperor Kanmu, Japanese emperor (b. 737)
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995
William IV, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 937)
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1015
Adelaide, Abbess of Vilich, German abbess and saint (b. c. 970)
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1036
Alfred Aetheling, Anglo-Saxon prince (approximate date)
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1146
Zafadola, last ruler of the Hudid dynasty
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1578
Giovanni Battista Moroni, Italian painter (b. 1520)
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1661
Shunzhi Emperor of China (b. 1638)
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1705
Philipp Spener, German theologian and author (b. 1635)
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1751
Henri François d'Aguesseau, French jurist and politician, Chancellor of France (b. 1668)
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1754
Nicolaas Kruik, Dutch astronomer and cartographer (b. 1678)
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1766
Count Leopold Joseph von Daun, Austrian field marshal (b. 1705)
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1775
Eusebius Amort, German theologian and academic (b. 1692)
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1790
William Cullen, Scottish physician and chemist (b. 1710)
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1807
Pasquale Paoli, Corsican commander and politician (b. 1725)
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1818
Charles XIII of Sweden (b. 1748)
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1881
Thomas Carlyle, Scottish philosopher, historian, and academic (b. 1795)
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1882
Adolfo Rivadeneyra, Spanish orientalist and diplomat (b. 1841)
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1892
Emilie Flygare-Carlén, Swedish author (b. 1807)
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1915
Ross Barnes, American baseball player and manager (b. 1850)
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1917
Jaber II Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti ruler (b. 1860)
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1922
Christiaan de Wet, South African general and politician, State President of the Orange Free State (b. 1854)
Christiaan de Wet · State President of the Orange Free State
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1922
Slavoljub Eduard Penkala, Croatian engineer, invented the mechanical pencil (b. 1871)
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1927
Inayat Khan, Indian mystic and educator (b. 1882)
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1931
Athanasios Eftaxias, Greek politician, 118th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1849)
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1933
Josiah Thomas, English-Australian miner and politician (b. 1863)
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1937
Lou Andreas-Salomé, Russian-German psychoanalyst and author (b. 1861)
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1938
Hans Litten, German lawyer and jurist (b. 1903)
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1941
Banjo Paterson, Australian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1864)
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1941
Otto Strandman, Estonian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Estonia (b. 1875)
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1946
George Arliss, English actor and playwright (b. 1868)
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1948
Johannes Blaskowitz, German general (b. 1883)
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1952
Adela Verne, English pianist and composer (b. 1877)
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1955
Victor Houteff, Bulgarian religious reformer and author (b. 1885)
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1957
Sami Ibrahim Haddad, Lebanese surgeon and author (b. 1890)
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1962
Jacques Ibert, French-Swiss composer (b. 1890)
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1967
Leon Leonwood Bean, American businessman, founded L.L.Bean (b. 1872)
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1969
Thelma Ritter, American actress (b. 1902)
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1970
Rudy York, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1913)
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1972
Marianne Moore, American poet, author, critic, and translator (b. 1887)
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1976
Rudy Pompilli, American saxophonist (Bill Haley & His Comets) (b. 1926)
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1977
Oskar Klein, Swedish physicist and academic (b. 1894)
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1981
Ella T. Grasso, American politician, 83rd Governor of Connecticut (b. 1919)
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1982
Neil Aggett, Kenyan-South African physician and union leader (b. 1953)
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1983
Margaret Oakley Dayhoff, American chemist and academic (b. 1925)
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1987
William Collier, Jr., American actor and producer (b. 1902)
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1989
Joe Raposo, American pianist and composer (b. 1937)
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1991
Dean Jagger, American actor (b. 1903)
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1992
Miguel Rolando Covian, Argentinian-Brazilian physiologist and academic (b. 1913)
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1993
Seán Flanagan, Irish footballer and politician, 7th Irish Minister for Health (b. 1922)
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1993
Joseph L. Mankiewicz, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1909)
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1993
William Pène du Bois, American author and illustrator (b. 1916)
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1995
Doug McClure, American actor (b. 1935)
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1997
Pamela Harriman, English-American diplomat, 58th United States Ambassador to France (b. 1920)
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1997
René Huyghe, French historian and author (b. 1906)
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1998
Tim Kelly, American guitarist (b. 1963)
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1999
Wassily Leontief, Russian-American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906)
Wassily Leontief · Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
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2000
Claude Autant-Lara, French director and screenwriter (b. 1901)
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2004
John Hench, American animator (b. 1908)
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2005
Gnassingbé Eyadéma, Togolese general and politician, President of Togo (b. 1937)
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2005
Michalina Wisłocka, Polish gynecologist and sexologist (b. 1921)
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2006
Norma Candal, Puerto Rican-American actress (b. 1927)
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2007
Leo T. McCarthy, New Zealand-American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 43rd Lieutenant Governor of California (b. 1930)
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2007
Alfred Worm, Austrian journalist, author, and academic (b. 1945)
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2008
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Indian guru, founded Transcendental Meditation (b. 1918)
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2010
Brendan Burke, Canadian ice hockey player and activist (b. 1988)
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2010
Harry Schwarz, South African lawyer, politician, and diplomat, 13th South Africa Ambassador to United States (b. 1924)
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2011
Brian Jacques, English author and radio host (b. 1939)
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2011
Peggy Rea, American actress and casting director (b. 1921)
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2012
Sam Coppola, American actor (b. 1932)
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2012
Al De Lory, American keyboard player, conductor, and producer (b. 1930)
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2012
John Turner Sargent, Sr., American publisher (b. 1924)
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2012
Jo Zwaan, Dutch sprinter (b. 1922)
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2013
Reinaldo Gargano, Uruguayan journalist and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Uruguay (b. 1934)
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2013
Egil Hovland, Norwegian composer and conductor (b. 1924)
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2013
Tom McGuigan, New Zealand soldier and politician, 23rd New Zealand Minister of Health (b. 1921)
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2014
Robert A. Dahl, American political scientist and academic (b. 1915)
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2015
K. N. Choksy, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, Minister of Finance of Sri Lanka (b. 1933)
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2015
Marisa Del Frate, Italian actress and singer (b. 1931)
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2015
Val Logsdon Fitch, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1923)
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2015
Herman Rosenblat, Polish-American author (b. 1929)
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2016
Ciriaco Cañete, Filipino martial artist (b. 1919)