March 14 — On This Day
310 entries
Events
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44 BC
Casca and Cassius decide, on the night before the Assassination of Julius Caesar, that Mark Antony should live.
Servilius Casca · Gaius Cassius Longinus · Assassination of Julius Caesar · Mark Antony
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313
Emperor Jin Huidi is executed by Liu Cong, ruler of the Xiongnu state (Han Zhao).
Emperor Huai of Jin · Liu Cong (Han Zhao) · Xiongnu · Han Zhao
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1489
The Queen of Cyprus, Catherine Cornaro, sells her kingdom to Venice.
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1590
Battle of Ivry: Henry of Navarre and the Huguenots defeat the forces of the Catholic League under Charles, Duke of Mayenne during the French Wars of Religion.
Battle of Ivry · Henry IV of France · Huguenot · Catholic League (French) · Charles, Duke of Mayenne
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1647
Thirty Years' War: Bavaria, Cologne, France and Sweden sign the Truce of Ulm.
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1663
Otto von Guericke completes his book on Vacuum.
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1757
Admiral Sir John Byng is executed by firing squad aboard HMS Monarch for breach of the Articles of War.
John Byng · Executed by firing squad · HMS Monarch (1747) · Articles of War
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1780
American Revolutionary War: Spanish forces capture Fort Charlotte in Mobile, Alabama, the last British frontier post capable of threatening New Orleans in Spanish Louisiana.
American Revolutionary War · Spanish Empire · Battle of Fort Charlotte · Fort Conde · Mobile, Alabama
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1782
Battle of Wuchale: Emperor Tekle Giyorgis I pacifies a group of Oromo near Wuchale.
Battle of Wuchale · Tekle Giyorgis I · Oromo people · Wuchale
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1794
Eli Whitney is granted a patent for the cotton gin.
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1885
The Mikado, a light opera by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan, receives its first public performance in London.
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1900
The Gold Standard Act is ratified, placing United States currency on the gold standard.
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1903
The Hay-Herrán Treaty, granting the United States the right to build the Panama Canal, is ratified by the United States Senate. The Colombian Senate would later reject the treaty.
Hay-Herrán Treaty · Panama Canal · United States Senate · Colombia
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1903
Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge is established by US President Theodore Roosevelt.
Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge · Theodore Roosevelt
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1910
Lakeview Gusher, the largest U.S. oil well gusher near Bakersfield, California, vents to atmosphere.
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1926
El Virilla train accident, Costa Rica: A train falls off a bridge over the Río Virilla between Heredia and Tibás. Two hundred forty-eight are killed and 93 wounded.
El Virilla train accident · Costa Rica · Heredia, Costa Rica · Tibás
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1931
Alam Ara, India's first talking film, is released.
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1936
The first all-sound film version of Show Boat opens at Radio City Music Hall.
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1939
Slovakia declares independence under German pressure.
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1942
Orvan Hess and John Bumstead became the first in the United States successfully to treat a patient, Anne Miller, using penicillin.
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1943
World War II: The Kraków Ghetto is "liquidated".
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1945
World War II: The R.A.F.'s first operational use of the Grand Slam bomb, Bielefeld, Germany.
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1951
Korean War: For the second time, United Nations troops recapture Seoul.
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1961
USAF Broken Arrow nuclear weapon mishap in B-52 crash near Yuba City, Ca.
USAF · United States military nuclear incident terminology · 1961 Yuba City B-52 crash
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1964
A jury in Dallas finds Jack Ruby guilty of killing Lee Harvey Oswald, the assumed assassin of John F. Kennedy.
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1967
The body of U.S. President John F. Kennedy is moved to a permanent burial place at Arlington National Cemetery.
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1972
Italian publisher and former partisan Giangiacomo Feltrinelli is killed by an explosion near Segrate.
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1978
The Israel Defense Forces invade and occupies southern Lebanon in Operation Litani.
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1979
In China, a Hawker Siddeley Trident crashes into a factory near Beijing, killing 44 and injuring at least 200.
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1980
In Poland, LOT Flight 7 crashes during final approach near Warsaw, killing 87 people, including a 14-man American boxing team.
LOT Flight 7 · Final approach (aeronautics) · Warsaw · Boxing
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1988
Johnson South Reef Skirmish: Chinese forces defeat Vietnamese forces in Johnson South Reef, disputed Spratly Islands.
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1994
Timeline of Linux development: Linux kernel version 1.0.0 is released.
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1995
Space exploration: Astronaut Norman Thagard becomes the first American astronaut to ride to space on board a Russian launch vehicle.
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2006
Members of the Chadian military fail in an attempted coup d'état.
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2007
The Left Front government of West Bengal sends at least 3,000 police to Nandigram in an attempt to break Bhumi Uchhed Pratirodh Committee resistance there; the resulting clash leaves 14 dead.
Left Front (West Bengal) · West Bengal · Nandigram · Bhumi Uchhed Pratirodh Committee · Nandigram violence
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2008
A series of riots, protests, and demonstrations erupt in Lhasa and elsewhere in Tibet.
Famous Births
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1415
Wilhelm II, Count of Henneberg-Schleusingen (d. 1444)
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1418
Philip II, Count of Nassau-Weilburg (d. 1492)
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1473
Reinhard IV, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg (d. 1512)
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1576
Eric of Lorraine, Bishop of Verdun (d. 1623)
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1638
Johann Georg Gichtel, German mystic (d. 1710)
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1665
Giuseppe Crespi, Italian painter (d. 1747)
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1681
Georg Philipp Telemann, German composer and theorist (d. 1767)
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1790
Ludwig Emil Grimm, German painter and engraver (d. 1863)
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1800
James Bogardus, American inventor and architect (d. 1874)
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1801
Kristjan Jaak Peterson, Estonian poet (d. 1822)
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1804
Johann Strauss I, Austrian composer and conductor (d. 1849)
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1813
Joseph P. Bradley, American lawyer and jurist (d. 1892)
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1820
Victor Emmanuel II of Italy (d. 1878)
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1822
Teresa Cristina of the Two Sicilies (d. 1889)
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1823
Théodore de Banville, French poet and critic (d. 1891)
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1833
Frederic Shields, English painter and illustrator (d. 1911)
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1833
Lucy Hobbs Taylor, American dentist and educator (d. 1910)
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1835
Giovanni Schiaparelli, Italian astronomer and historian (d. 1910)
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1836
Isabella Beeton, English author of Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management (d. 1865)
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1837
Charles Ammi Cutter, American librarian (d. 1903)
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1844
Umberto I of Italy, (d. 1900)
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1844
Arthur O'Shaughnessy, English poet and herpetologist (d. 1881)
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1847
Castro Alves, Brazilian poet and playwright (d. 1871)
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1853
Ferdinand Hodler, Swiss painter (d. 1918)
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1854
Paul Ehrlich, German physician and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1915)
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1854
John Lane, English publisher, co-founded The Bodley Head (d. 1925)
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1854
Alexandru Macedonski, Romanian author and poet (d. 1920)
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1854
Thomas R. Marshall, American lawyer and politician, 28th Vice President of the United States of America (d. 1925)
Thomas R. Marshall · Vice President of the United States of America
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1862
Vilhelm Bjerknes, Norwegian physicist and meteorologist (d. 1951)
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1863
Casey Jones, American engineer (d. 1900)
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1866
Alexey Troitsky, Russian composer and author (d. 1942)
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1868
Emily Murphy, Canadian jurist, author, and activist (d. 1933)
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1869
Algernon Blackwood, English author and playwright (d. 1951)
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1874
Anton Philips, Dutch businessman, co-founded Philips Electronics (d. 1951)
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1879
Albert Einstein, German-American physicist, engineer, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1955)
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1880
Princess Thyra of Denmark (d. 1945)
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1882
Wacław Sierpiński, Polish mathematician and academic (d. 1969)
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1885
Gervais Raoul Lufbery, French-American soldier and pilot (d. 1918)
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1886
Firmin Lambot, Belgian cyclist (d. 1964)
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1887
Sylvia Beach, American-French publisher, founded Shakespeare and Company (d. 1962)
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1894
Osa Johnson, American director and explorer (d. 1953)
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1898
Arnold Chikobava, Georgian linguist and philologist (d. 1985)
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1898
Reginald Marsh, French-American painter and illustrator (d. 1954)
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1899
K. C. Irving, Canadian businessman, founded Irving Oil (d. 1992)
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1901
Sid Atkinson, South African hurdler and long jumper (d. 1977)
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1903
Adolph Gottlieb, American painter and sculptor (d. 1974)
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1904
Doris Eaton Travis, American actress and dancer (d. 2010)
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1905
Raymond Aron, French journalist, sociologist, and philosopher (d. 1983)
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1906
Ulvi Cemal Erkin, Turkish composer and educator (d. 1972)
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1906
Fazıl Küçük, Cypriot journalist and politician (d. 1984)
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1908
Ed Heinemann, American engineer (d. 1991)
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1908
Maurice Merleau-Ponty, French philosopher and academic (d. 1961)
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1908
Philip Conrad Vincent, English engineer and businessman, founded Vincent Motorcycles (d. 1979)
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1911
Akira Yoshizawa, Japanese origamist (d. 2005)
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1912
Cliff Bastin, English footballer (d. 1991)
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1912
Les Brown, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (d. 2001)
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1912
W. Graham Claytor, Jr. American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 15th United States Secretary of the Navy (d. 1994)
W. Graham Claytor, Jr. · United States Secretary of the Navy
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1912
W. Willard Wirtz, American lawyer and politician, 10th United States Secretary of Labor (d. 2010)
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1914
Lee Hays, American singer-songwriter (d. 1981)
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1914
Bill Owen, English actor and songwriter (d. 1999)
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1914
Lee Petty, American race car driver and businessman, founded Petty Enterprises (d. 2000)
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1915
Alexander Brott, Canadian violinist, composer, and conductor (d. 2005)
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1916
Horton Foote, American author, playwright, and screenwriter (d. 2009)
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1917
Alan Smith, English lieutenant and pilot (d. 2013)
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1918
Dennis Patrick, American actor and director (d. 2002)
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1919
Max Shulman, American author and screenwriter (d. 1988)
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1920
Hank Ketcham, American author and cartoonist, created Dennis the Menace (d. 2001)
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1920
Dorothy Tyler-Odam, English high jumper (d. 2014)
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1921
S. Truett Cathy, American businessman, founded Chick-fil-A (d. 2014)
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1921
Ada Louise Huxtable, American author and critic (d. 2013)
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1922
Les Baxter, American pianist and composer (d. 1996)
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1922
China Zorrilla, Uruguayan actress, director, and producer (d. 2014)
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1923
Diane Arbus, American photographer (d. 1971)
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1925
William Clay Ford, Sr., American businessman (d. 2014)
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1925
Joseph A. Unanue, American sergeant and businessman (d. 2013)
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1926
François Morel, Canadian pianist, composer, conductor, and educator
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1928
Frank Borman, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut
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1928
Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente, Spanish environmentalist (d. 1980)
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1929
Bob Goalby, American golfer
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1932
Mark Murphy, American singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2015)
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1932
Naina Yeltsina, Russian wife of Boris Yeltsin, First Lady of Russia
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1933
Michael Caine, English actor and author
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1933
Quincy Jones, American singer-songwriter, trumpet player, and producer
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1934
Eugene Cernan, American captain, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2017)
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1934
Paul Rader, American 15th General of The Salvation Army
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1936
Bob Charles, New Zealand golfer
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1937
Peter van der Merwe, South African cricketer and referee (d. 2013)
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1938
Eleanor Bron, English actress and screenwriter
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1938
Jan Crouch, American televangelist, co-founder of the Trinity Broadcasting Network (d. 2016)
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1938
John Gleeson, Australian cricketer (d. 2016)
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1939
Pilar Bardem, Spanish actress
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1939
Raymond J. Barry, American actor
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1939
Bertrand Blier, French director and screenwriter
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1939
Yves Boisset, French director and screenwriter
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1941
Wolfgang Petersen, German-American director, producer, and screenwriter
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1942
Rita Tushingham, English actress
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1943
Anita Morris, American actress and singer (d. 1994)
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1944
Boris Brott, Canadian composer and conductor
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1944
Václav Nedomanský, Czech ice hockey player and manager
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1944
Bobby Smith, English footballer and manager
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1944
Tom Stannage, Australian historian and academic (d. 2012)
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1945
Jasper Carrott, English comedian, actor, and game show host
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1945
Michael Martin Murphey, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1945
Walter Parazaider, American saxophonist
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1946
William Lerach, American securities, class action attorney
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1946
Wes Unseld, American basketball player, coach, and manager
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1947
Roy Budd, English pianist and composer (d. 1993)
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1947
William J. Jefferson, American lawyer and politician
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1947
Jona Lewie, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player
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1948
Tom Coburn, American physician and politician
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1948
Billy Crystal, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
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1948
Theo Jansen, Dutch sculptor
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1950
Rick Dees, American actor and radio host
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1951
Jerry Greenfield, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Ben & Jerry's
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1953
Nick Keir, Scottish singer-songwriter (d. 2013)
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1954
Brian Smith, Australian rugby league player and coach
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1955
Jonathan Kaufer, American director and screenwriter (d. 2013)
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1956
Sean Mathias, Welsh actor, director, and screenwriter
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1956
Butch Wynegar, American baseball player and coach
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1957
Jean van de Velde, Dutch director and screenwriter
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1957
Tad Williams, American author
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1958
Albert II, Prince of Monaco
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1958
Francine Stock, English journalist and author
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1959
Steve Byrnes, American sportscaster and producer (d. 2015)
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1959
Laila Robins, American actress
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1959
Tamara Tunie, American actress
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1960
Heidi Hammel, American astronomer and academic
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1961
Garry Jack, Australian rugby league player and coach
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1961
Penny Johnson Jerald, American actress
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1961
Mike Lazaridis, Turkish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist, founded BlackBerry Limited
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1961
Hiro Matsushita, Japanese race car driver
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1963
Andrew Fleming, American director and screenwriter
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1963
Bruce Reid, Australian cricketer and coach
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1964
Dario Bisso Sabàdin, Italian conductor and composer
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1965
Kevin Brown, American baseball player and coach
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1965
Aamir Khan, Indian film actor, producer, and director
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1965
Billy Sherwood, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
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1965
Kevin Williamson, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
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1966
Jonas Elmer, Danish actor, director, and screenwriter
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1966
Elise Neal, American actress and producer
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1966
Gary Anthony Williams, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
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1967
Jeremy Baumberg FRS Professor of Nanoscience at the University of Cambridge
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1968
Megan Follows, Canadian-American actress
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1968
James Frain, English actor
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1968
Serena Rees, English businesswoman, co-founded Agent Provocateur
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1969
Michael Bland, American drummer and producer
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1969
Larry Johnson, American basketball player and actor
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1970
Kristian Bush, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1971
Charlie Elphicke, English lawyer and politician
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1972
Irom Chanu Sharmila, Indian poet and activist
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1974
Ben Kennedy, Australian rugby player
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1974
Santino Marella, Canadian-American wrestler and actor
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1974
Patrick Traverse, Canadian ice hockey player
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1975
Rushanara Ali, Bangladeshi-English politician
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1975
Steve Harper, English footballer and referee
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1975
Dmitri Markov, Belorussian-Australian pole vaulter
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1976
Daniel Gillies, Canadian-New Zealand actor, director, and screenwriter
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1976
Phil Vickery, English rugby player and sportscaster
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1977
Vadims Fjodorovs, Latvian footballer and coach
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1977
Aki Hoshino, Japanese model and author
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1977
Naoki Matsuda, Japanese footballer (d. 2011)
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1977
Jeremy Paul, New Zealand-Australian rugby player
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1978
Pieter van den Hoogenband, Dutch swimmer
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1979
Nicolas Anelka, French footballer and manager
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1979
Chris Klein, American actor
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1979
Sead Ramović, German-Bosnian footballer
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1980
Aaron Brown, English footballer and coach
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1980
Ben Herring, New Zealand rugby player
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1981
Bobby Jenks, American baseball player
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1981
George Wilson, American football player
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1982
Carlos Marinelli, Argentinian footballer
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1982
François Sterchele, Belgian footballer (d. 2008)
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1983
Bakhtiyar Artayev, Kazakh boxer
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1983
Taylor Hanson, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player
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1983
Anas Sarwar, Scottish dentist and politician
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1983
Jin Sha, Chinese singer and actress
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1984
Aric Almirola, American race car driver
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1984
Liesel Pritzker Simmons, American actress and philanthropist
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1986
Jamie Bell, English actor and dancer
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1986
Elton Chigumbura, Zimbabwean cricketer
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1986
Jessica Gallagher, Australian skier and cyclist
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1986
Andy Taylor, English footballer
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1987
Robert Clark, American actor
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1988
Stephen Curry, American basketball player
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1988
Rico Freimuth, German decathlete
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1989
Kevin Lacroix, Canadian race car driver
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1989
Colby O'Donis, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
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1990
Joe Allen, Welsh footballer
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1990
Tamás Kádár, Hungarian footballer
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1990
Haru Kuroki, Japanese actress
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1990
Kolbeinn Sigþórsson, Icelandic footballer
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1991
Emir Bekrić, Serbian hurdler
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1991
Pat O'Hanlon, Australian rugby league player
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1991
László Szűcs, Hungarian footballer
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1991
Steven Zellner, German footballer
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1993
Philipp Ziereis, German footballer
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1994
Ansel Elgort, American actor and DJ
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1996
Batuhan Altıntaş, Turkish footballer
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1997
Simone Biles, American gymnast
Famous Deaths
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313
Emperor Huai of Jin (b. 284)
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557
Leobinus, bishop of Chartres
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757
Li Lin, prince of the Tang dynasty
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840
Einhard, Frankish scholar
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968
Matilda of Ringelheim, Frankish queen and saint (b. 895)
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1397
Henry VIII the Sparrow, Duke of Żagań-Głogów (b.c. 1357)
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1457
The Jingtai Emperor, ruler of Ming China (b. 1428)
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1471
Thomas Malory, English author and politician (b. 1405)
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1555
John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford (b. 1485)
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1571
John Sigismund Zápolya, Hungarian king (b. 1540)
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1632
Tokugawa Hidetada, Japanese shogun (b. 1579)
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1647
Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange (b. 1584)
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1648
Ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Lord Fairfax of Cameron, English general and politician (b. 1584)
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1682
Jacob van Ruisdael, Dutch painter and etcher (b. 1628)
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1696
Jean Domat, French lawyer and jurist (b. 1625)
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1748
George Wade, Irish field marshal and politician (b. 1673)
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1757
John Byng, English admiral and politician, 11th Commodore Governor of Newfoundland (b. 1704)
John Byng · List of lieutenant governors of Newfoundland and Labrador
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1765
Ayagawa Gorōji, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 2nd Yokozuna (b. 1703)
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1791
Johann Salomo Semler, German historian and critic (b. 1725)
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1803
Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, German poet (b. 1724)
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1805
Stanisław Szczęsny Potocki, Polish-Lithuanian general (b. 1753)
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1811
Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, English academic and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1735)
Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton · Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
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1823
Charles François Dumouriez, French general and politician, French Minister of War (b. 1739)
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1823
John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent, English admiral and politician (b. 1735)
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1860
Carl Ritter von Ghega, Italian engineer, designed the Semmering railway (b. 1802)
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1877
Juan Manuel de Rosas, Argentinian general and politician, 17th Governor of Buenos Aires Province (b. 1793)
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1883
Karl Marx, German philosopher and theorist (b. 1818)
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1884
Quintino Sella, Italian economist and politician, Italian Minister of Finances (b. 1827)
Quintino Sella · List of Italian Ministers of Economy and Finances
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1921
Larry McLean, Canadian-American baseball player (b. 1881)
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1932
George Eastman, American inventor and businessman, founded Eastman Kodak (b. 1854)
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1942
René Bull, Irish lieutenant and illustrator (b. 1872)
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1946
Werner von Blomberg, German field marshal (b. 1878)
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1949
John Callan O'Laughlin, American journalist and politician, 17th United States Assistant Secretary of State (b. 1873)
John Callan O'Laughlin · United States Assistant Secretary of State
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1953
Klement Gottwald, Czechoslovak Communist politician (b. 1896)
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1957
Evagoras Pallikarides, Cypriot activist (b. 1938)
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1965
Marion Jones Farquhar, American tennis player (b. 1879)
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1968
Erwin Panofsky, German historian and academic (b. 1892)
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1969
Ben Shahn, Lithuanian-American painter, illustrator, and educator (b. 1898)
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1973
Howard H. Aiken, American computer scientist and engineer (b. 1900)
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1973
Chic Young, American cartoonist (b. 1901)
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1975
Susan Hayward, American actress (b. 1917)
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1976
Busby Berkeley, American director and choreographer (b. 1895)
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1977
Fannie Lou Hamer, American activist and philanthropist (b. 1917)
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1980
Mohammad Hatta, Indonesian politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Indonesia (b. 1902)
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1980
Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente, Spanish environmentalist (b. 1928)
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1983
Maurice Ronet, French actor and director (b. 1927)
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1984
Hovhannes Shiraz, Armenian poet (b. 1915)
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1989
Zita of Bourbon-Parma, Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary (b. 1892)
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1991
Howard Ashman, American playwright and composer (b. 1950)
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1991
Margery Sharp, English author (b. 1905)
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1992
Jean Poiret, French actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1926)
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1995
William Alfred Fowler, American physicist and astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
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1997
Fred Zinnemann, Austrian-American director and producer (b. 1907)
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1999
Kirk Alyn, American actor (b. 1910)
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1999
John Broome, American author (b. 1913)
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2002
Cherry Wilder, New Zealand author and poet (b. 1930)
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2003
Jack Goldstein, Canadian-American painter (b. 1945)
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2003
Jean-Luc Lagardère, French engineer and businessman (b. 1928)
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2006
Lennart Meri, Estonian director and politician, 2nd President of Estonia (b. 1929)
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2007
Lucie Aubrac, French educator and activist (b. 1912)
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2008
Chiara Lubich, Italian activist, co-founded the Focolare Movement (b. 1920)
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2010
Peter Graves, American actor (b. 1926)
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2012
Pierre Schoendoerffer, French director and screenwriter (b. 1928)
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2012
Ċensu Tabone, Maltese general and politician, 4th President of Malta (b. 1913)
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2013
Jack Greene, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1930)
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2013
Aramais Sahakyan, Armenian poet and author (b. 1936)
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2013
Ieng Sary, Vietnamese-Cambodian politician, Cambodian Minister for Foreign Affairs (b. 1925)
Ieng Sary · Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (Cambodia)
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2014
Tony Benn, English pilot and politician, Postmaster General of the United Kingdom (b. 1925)
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2014
Gary Burger, American singer and guitarist (b. 1942)
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2014
Meir Har-Zion, Israeli commander (b. 1934)
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2014
Sam Lacey, American basketball player (b. 1948)
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2016
John W. Cahn, German-American metallurgist and academic (b. 1928)
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2016
Peter Maxwell Davies, English composer and conductor (b. 1934)
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2016
Suranimala Rajapaksha, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician (b. 1949)