March 31 — On This Day
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Events
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307
After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine marries Fausta, daughter of the retired Roman Emperor Maximian.
Minervina · Constantine the Great · Fausta · Roman Emperor · Maximian
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627
Battle of the Trench: Muhammad undergoes a 14-day siege at Medina (Saudi Arabia) by Meccan forces under Abu Sufyan.
Battle of the Trench · Muhammad · Siege · Medina · Saudi Arabia
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1146
Bernard of Clairvaux preaches his famous sermon in a field at Vézelay, urging the necessity of a Second Crusade. Louis VII is present, and joins the Crusade.
Bernard of Clairvaux · Vézelay · Second Crusade · Louis VII of France
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1492
Queen Isabella of Castile issues the Alhambra Decree, ordering her 150,000 Jewish and Muslim subjects to convert to Christianity or face expulsion.
Isabella I of Castile · Alhambra Decree · Spanish and Portuguese Jews · Moors
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1561
The city of San Cristóbal, Táchira is founded.
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1717
A sermon on "The Nature of the Kingdom of Christ" by Benjamin Hoadly, the Bishop of Bangor, provokes the Bangorian Controversy.
Sermon · Benjamin Hoadly · Bishop of Bangor · Bangorian Controversy
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1774
American Revolutionary War: The Kingdom of Great Britain orders the port of Boston, Massachusetts closed pursuant to the Boston Port Act.
American Revolutionary War · Kingdom of Great Britain · Boston · Massachusetts · Boston Port Act
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1822
The massacre of the population of the Greek island of Chios by soldiers of the Ottoman Empire following an attempted rebellion, depicted by the French artist Eugène Delacroix.
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1854
Commodore Matthew Perry signs the Convention of Kanagawa with the Tokugawa Shogunate, opening the ports of Shimoda and Hakodate to American trade.
Commodore (United States) · Matthew C. Perry · Convention of Kanagawa · Tokugawa shogunate · Shimoda, Shizuoka
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1885
The United Kingdom establishes the Bechuanaland Protectorate.
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland · Bechuanaland Protectorate
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1889
The Eiffel Tower is officially opened.
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1899
Malolos, capital of the First Philippine Republic, is captured by American forces.
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1906
The Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States (later the National Collegiate Athletic Association) is established to set rules for college sports in the United States.
National Collegiate Athletic Association · College sports in the United States
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1909
Serbia accepts Austrian control over Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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1913
The Vienna Concert Society rioted during a performance of modernist music by Arnold Schoenberg, Alban Berg, Alexander von Zemlinsky, and Anton von Webern, causing a premature end to the concert due to violence; this concert became known as the Skandalkonzert.
Modernism · Arnold Schoenberg · Alban Berg · Alexander von Zemlinsky · Anton von Webern
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1917
The United States takes possession of the Danish West Indies after paying $25 million to Denmark, and renames the territory the United States Virgin Islands.
United States · Danish West Indies · United States Virgin Islands
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1918
Massacre of ethnic Azerbaijanis is committed by allied armed groups of Armenian Revolutionary Federation and Bolsheviks. Nearly 12,000 Azerbaijani Muslims are killed.
March Days · Armenian Revolutionary Federation · Bolsheviks · Azerbaijanis
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1918
Daylight saving time goes into effect in the United States for the first time.
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1921
The Royal Australian Air Force is formed.
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1930
The Motion Picture Production Code is instituted, imposing strict guidelines on the treatment of sex, crime, religion and violence in film, in the U.S., for the next thirty-eight years.
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1931
An earthquake in Nicaragua destroys Managua; killing 2,000.
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1931
A Transcontinental & Western Air airliner crashes near Bazaar, Kansas, killing eight, including University of Notre Dame head football coach Knute Rockne.
1931 Transcontinental & Western Air Fokker F-10 crash · Bazaar, Kansas · University of Notre Dame · Knute Rockne
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1933
The Civilian Conservation Corps is established with the mission of relieving rampant unemployment in the United States.
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1942
World War II: Japanese forces invade Christmas Island, then a British possession.
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1945
World War II: A defecting German pilot delivers a Messerschmitt Me 262A-1, the world's first operational jet-powered fighter aircraft, to the Americans, the first to fall into Allied hands.
Nazi Germany · Messerschmitt Me 262A-1 · Turbojet · Fighter aircraft
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1949
The Dominion of Newfoundland joins the Canadian Confederation and becomes the 10th Province of Canada.
Dominion of Newfoundland · Canadian Confederation · Province of Canada
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1951
Remington Rand delivers the first UNIVAC I computer to the United States Census Bureau.
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1957
Elections to the Territorial Assembly of the French colony Upper Volta are held. After the elections PDU and MDV form a government.
Upper Voltan Territorial Assembly election, 1957 · French Upper Volta · Unified Democratic Party · Voltaic Democratic Movement
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1958
In the Canadian federal election, the Progressive Conservatives, led by John Diefenbaker, win the largest percentage of seats in Canadian history, with 208 seats of 265.
Canadian federal election, 1958 · Progressive Conservative Party of Canada · John Diefenbaker
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1959
The 14th Dalai Lama, crosses the border into India and is granted political asylum.
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1964
A coup d'état in Brazil establishes a military government, under the aegis of general Castelo Branco.
1964 Brazilian coup d'état · Brazilian military government · Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco
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1966
The Soviet Union launches Luna 10 which later becomes the first space probe to enter orbit around the Moon.
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1970
Explorer 1 re-enters the Earth's atmosphere after 12 years in orbit.
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1980
The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad operates its final train after being ordered to liquidate its assets because of bankruptcy and debts owed to creditors.
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad · Liquidation · Bankruptcy · Debt · Creditor
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1985
The first WrestleMania, the biggest wrestling event from the WWE (then the WWF), takes place in Madison Square Garden in New York City.
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1990
Approximately 200,000 protesters take to the streets of London to protest against the newly introduced Poll Tax.
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1991
Georgian independence referendum, 1991: Nearly 99 percent of the voters support the country's independence from the Soviet Union.
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1992
The USS Missouri, the last active United States Navy battleship, is decommissioned in Long Beach, California.
USS Missouri (BB-63) · United States Navy · Battleship · Long Beach, California
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1995
Selena is murdered by her fan club's president Yolanda Saldivar at a Days Inn in Corpus Christi, Texas after accusations of Saldivar embezzling money from Selena's fan club.
Selena Quintanilla-Pérez · Murder of Selena · Yolanda Saldivar · Corpus Christi, Texas
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2004
Iraq War in Anbar Province: In Fallujah, Iraq, four American private military contractors working for Blackwater USA, are killed after being ambushed.
Iraq War in Anbar Province · Fallujah · Private military contractor · Blackwater USA · 2004 Fallujah ambush
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Famous Births
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250
Constantius Chlorus, Roman emperor (d. 306)
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397
K'uk B'alam I, king of Palenque
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822
Al-Mutawakkil, Abbasid caliph (d. 861)
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1347
Frederick III, Duke of Austria (d. 1362)
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1360
Philippa of Lancaster (d. 1415)
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1499
Pope Pius IV (d. 1565)
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1504
Guru Angad, Indian religious leader (d. 1552)
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1519
Henry II of France (d. 1559)
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1536
Ashikaga Yoshiteru, Japanese shogun (d. 1565)
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1596
René Descartes, French mathematician and philosopher (d. 1650)
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1601
Jakov Mikalja, Italian linguist and lexicographer (d. 1654)
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1621
Andrew Marvell, English poet and politician (d. 1678)
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1651
Charles II, Elector Palatine, German husband of Princess Wilhelmine Ernestine of Denmark (d. 1685)
Charles II, Elector Palatine · Princess Wilhelmine Ernestine of Denmark
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1675
Pope Benedict XIV (d. 1758)
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1685
Johann Sebastian Bach, German organist and composer (d. 1750)
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1718
Mariana Victoria of Spain (d. 1781)
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1723
Frederick V of Denmark (d. 1766)
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1730
Étienne Bézout, French mathematician and theorist (d. 1783)
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1732
Joseph Haydn, Austrian pianist and composer (d. 1809)
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1740
Panoutsos Notaras, Greek politician (d. 1849)
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1747
Johann Abraham Peter Schulz, German pianist and composer (d. 1800)
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1777
Charles Cagniard de la Tour, French physicist and engineer (d. 1859)
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1778
Coenraad Jacob Temminck, Dutch zoologist and ornithologist (d. 1858)
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1794
Thomas McKean Thompson McKennan, American lawyer and politician, 2nd United States Secretary of the Interior (d. 1852)
Thomas McKean Thompson McKennan · United States Secretary of the Interior
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1809
Edward FitzGerald, English poet and translator (d. 1883)
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1809
Nikolai Gogol, Ukrainian-Russian short story writer, novelist, and playwright (d. 1852)
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1809
Otto Lindblad, Swedish composer (d. 1864)
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1819
Chlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (d. 1901)
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1823
Mary Boykin Chesnut, American author (d. 1886)
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1847
Hermann de Pourtalès, Swiss sailor (d. 1904)
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1847
Yegor Ivanovich Zolotarev, Russian mathematician and theorist (d. 1878)
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1851
Francis Bell, Jewish New Zealand lawyer and politician, 20th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1936)
Francis Bell (New Zealand politician) · Prime Minister of New Zealand
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1855
Alfred E. Hunt, American businessman (d. 1899)
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1859
Emil Fenyvessy, Hungarian actor and screenwriter (d. 1924)
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1865
Anandi Gopal Joshi, Indian physician (d. 1887)
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1871
Arthur Griffith, Irish journalist and politician, 3rd President of Dáil Éireann (d. 1922)
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1872
Sergei Diaghilev, Russian ballet manager and critic, founded the Ballets Russes (d. 1929)
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1874
Benjamín G. Hill, Mexican revolutionary general, governor of Sonora (d. 1920)
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1874
Henri Marteau, French violinist and composer (d. 1934)
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1876
Borisav Stanković, Serbian author (d. 1927)
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1878
Jack Johnson, American boxer (d. 1946)
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1884
Adriaan van Maanen, Dutch-American astronomer and academic (d. 1946)
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1885
Pascin, Sephardi Jewish Bulgarian-American painter and illustrator (d. 1930)
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1890
Ben Adams, American jumper (d. 1961)
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1890
William Lawrence Bragg, Australian-English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1971)
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1891
Victor Varconi, Hungarian-American actor and director (d. 1976)
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1893
Clemens Krauss, Austrian conductor and manager (d. 1954)
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1893
Herbert Meinhard Mühlpfordt, German physician and historian (d. 1982)
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1895
Vardis Fisher, American author and academic (d. 1968)
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1900
Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (d. 1974)
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1905
Robert Stevenson, English director and screenwriter (d. 1986)
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1905
George Treweek, Australian rugby league player (d. 1991)
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1906
Sin-Itiro Tomonaga, Japanese physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1979)
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1908
Red Norvo, American vibraphone player and composer (d. 1999)
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1911
Freddie Green, American guitarist (d. 1987)
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1911
Elisabeth Grümmer, German soprano (d. 1986)
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1912
William Lederer, American soldier and author (d. 2009)
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1913
Etta Baker, Afrian-American singer and guitarist (d. 2006)
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1914
Octavio Paz, Mexican poet and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)
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1914
Dagmar Lange, Swedish author (d. 1991)
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1915
Albert Hourani, English historian and author (d. 1993)
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1915
Shoichi Yokoi, Japanese sergeant (d. 1997)
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1916
Lucille Bliss, American voice actress (d. 2012)
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1916
Tommy Bolt, American golfer (d. 2008)
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1916
John H. Wood, Jr., American lawyer and judge (d. 1979)
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1917
Dorothy DeLay, American violinist and educator (d. 2002)
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1918
Ted Post, American director (d. 2013)
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1919
Frank Akins, American football player (d. 1993)
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1920
Deborah Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, British aristocrat, socialite and author (d. 2014)
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1921
Lowell Fulson, African-American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1999)
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1921
Peggy Rea, American actress and casting director (d. 2011)
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1922
Richard Kiley, American actor and singer (d. 1999)
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1922
Patrick Magee, Irish actor (d. 1982)
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1923
François Sermon, Belgian footballer (d. 2013)
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1924
Leo Buscaglia, American author and academic (d. 1998)
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1924
Charles Guggenheim, American director and producer (d. 2002)
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1925
Jean Coutu, Canadian actor and director (d. 1999)
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1926
John Fowles, English novelist (d. 2005)
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1926
Beni Montresor, Italian director, set designer, author, and illustrator (d. 2001)
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1926
Rocco Petrone, American colonel and engineer (d. 2006)
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1927
Cesar Chavez, American labor union leader and activist (d. 1993)
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1927
William Daniels, American actor
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1927
Eduardo Martinez Somalo, Spanish cardinal
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1927
Vladimir Ilyushin, Russian pilot (d. 2010)
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1927
Elmer Diedtrich, American businessman and politician (d. 2013)
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1927
Bud MacPherson, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1988)
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1928
Lefty Frizzell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1975)
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1928
Gordie Howe, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2016)
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1929
Liz Claiborne, Belgian-American fashion designer, founded Liz Claiborne Inc. (d. 2007)
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1929
Bert Fields, American lawyer and author
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1930
Yehuda Nir, Polish Jewish-American psychiatrist (d. 2014)
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1930
Jim Mutscheller, American football player and coach (d. 2015)
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1931
Miller Barber, American golfer (d. 2013)
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1931
Tamara Tyshkevich, Belarusian shot putter (d. 1997)
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1932
John Jakes, American author
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1932
Nagisa Oshima, Japanese director and screenwriter (d. 2013)
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1933
Anita Carter, American singer-songwriter and bassist (d. 1999)
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1933
Nichita Stănescu, Romanian poet (d. 1983)
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1934
Richard Chamberlain, American actor
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1934
Shirley Jones, American actress and singer
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1934
John D. Loudermilk, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2016)
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1934
Carlo Rubbia, Italian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
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1934
Kamala Surayya, Indian poet and author (d. 2009)
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1935
Herb Alpert, American singer-songwriter, trumpet player, and producer
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1935
Judith Rossner, Jewish-American author (d. 2005)
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1936
Marge Piercy, American poet and novelist
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1936
Walter E. Williams, American economist and academic
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1938
Patrick Bateson, English biologist and academic
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1938
Sheila Dikshit, Indian politician, 22nd Governor of Kerala
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1938
Antje Gleichfeld, German runner
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1938
Bill Hicke, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (d. 2005)
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1938
Tõnno Lepmets, Estonian basketball player (d. 2005)
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1938
Arthur B. Rubinstein, American pianist, composer, and conductor
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1938
David Steel, Scottish academic and politician
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1939
Zviad Gamsakhurdia, Georgian anthropologist and politician, 1st President of Georgia (d. 1993)
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1939
Israel Horovitz, American actor, director, and screenwriter
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1939
Walker David Miller, American lawyer and judge (d. 2013)
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1939
Volker Schlöndorff, German director and producer
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1939
Karl-Heinz Schnellinger, German footballer
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1940
Brian Ackland-Snow, English production designer and art director (d. 2013)
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1940
Barney Frank, American lawyer and politician
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1940
Patrick Leahy, American lawyer and politician
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1941
Franco Bonvicini, Italian author and illustrator (d. 1995)
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1941
Faith Leech, Australian swimmer (d. 2013)
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1942
Ulla Hoffmann, Swedish politician
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1942
Hugh McCracken, American guitarist and producer (d. 2013)
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1942
Michael Savage, American radio host and author
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1943
Roy Andersson, Swedish director and screenwriter
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1943
Deirdre Clancy, English costume designer
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1943
Christopher Walken, American actor
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1944
Pascal Danel, French singer-songwriter
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1944
Angus King, American politician
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1944
Mick Ralphs, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1945
Edwin Catmull, American computer scientist and engineer
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1945
Gabe Kaplan, American actor and comedian
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1945
Myfanwy Talog, Welsh actress (d. 1995)
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1946
Gonzalo Márquez, Venezuelan baseball player (d. 1984)
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1946
Bob Russell, English politician
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1947
Augustin Banyaga, Rwandan-American mathematician and academic
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1947
Wendy Overton, American tennis player
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1947
Kristian Blak, Danish-Faroese pianist, composer, and producer
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1947
Don Foster, English academic and politician
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1947
César Gaviria, Colombian economist and politician, 36th President of Colombia
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1947
Eliyahu M. Goldratt, Israeli physicist and economist (d. 2011)
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1948
Gary Doer, Canadian politician and diplomat, 20th Premier of Manitoba
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1948
Al Gore, American soldier and politician, 45th Vice President of the United States and Nobel Prize laureate
Al Gore · Vice President of the United States · Nobel Peace Prize
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1948
Rhea Perlman, American actress
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1948
Gustaaf Van Cauter, Belgian cyclist
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1949
Gilles Gilbert, Canadian ice hockey player
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1950
András Adorján, Hungarian chess player and author
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1950
Ed Marinaro, American football player and actor
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1950
Sandra Morgen, American anthropologist and academic
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1953
Dennis Kamakahi, American guitarist and composer (d. 2014)
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1955
Svetozar Marović, President of Serbia and Montenegro
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1955
Angus Young, Scottish-Australian guitarist and songwriter
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1955
Kim Kwan-cheol, Korean voice-actor
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1957
Alan Duncan, English businessman and politician, former Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
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1959
Markus Hediger, Swiss poet and translator
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1961
Ron Brown, American sprinter and football player
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1961
Howard Gordon, American screenwriter and producer
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1962
Olli Rehn, Finnish footballer and politician
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1963
Paul Mercurio, Australian actor and dancer
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1964
Mark Hoban, English accountant and politician
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1965
Tom Barrasso, American ice hockey player and coach
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1965
Patty Fendick, American tennis player and coach
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1965
Jean-Christophe Lafaille, French mountaineer (d. 2006)
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1965
William McNamara, American actor and producer
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1965
Steven T. Seagle, American author and screenwriter
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1966
Roger Black, English runner and journalist
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1966
Nick Firestone, American race car driver
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1969
Nyamko Sabuni, Burundian-Swedish politician
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1969
Steve Smith, American basketball player and sportscaster
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1970
Alenka Bratušek, Slovenian politician, 7th Prime Minister of Slovenia
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1970
Samantha Brown, American television host
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1971
Demetris Assiotis, Cypriot footballer
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1971
Martin Atkinson, English footballer and referee
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1971
Pavel Bure, Russian ice hockey player
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1971
Paul Grayson, English cricketer
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1971
Craig McCracken, American animator, producer, and screenwriter
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1971
Ewan McGregor, Scottish actor
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1972
Alejandro Amenábar, Chilean-Spanish director and screenwriter
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1972
Andrew Bowen, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
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1972
Luca Gentili, Italian footballer and coach
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1972
Evan Williams, American businessman, co-founded Twitter and Pyra Labs
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1973
Christopher Hampson, English ballet dancer and choreographer
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1974
Benjamin Eicher, German director, producer, and screenwriter
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1974
Stefan Olsdal, Swedish bass player
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1974
Jani Sievinen, Finnish swimmer
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1975
Adam Green, American director, producer, and screenwriter
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1975
Nathan Grey, Australian rugby player and coach
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1975
Cameron Murray, Scottish rugby player
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1975
Ryan Rupe, American baseball player
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1976
Howard Frier, American basketball player
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1976
Igors Sļesarčuks, Latvian-Russian footballer
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1976
Graeme Smith, Scottish swimmer
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1977
Toshiya, Japanese bass player, songwriter, and producer
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1977
Garth Tander, Australian race car driver
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1978
Michael Clark, Australian cricketer and footballer
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1978
Stephen Clemence, English footballer and coach
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1978
Jarrod Cooper, American football player
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1978
Jérôme Rothen, French footballer
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1979
Omri Afek, Israeli footballer
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1979
Euan Burton, Scottish martial artist and coach
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1979
Alexis Ferrero, Argentinian footballer
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1979
Charlie Manning, American baseball player
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1979
Jonna Mendes, American skier
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1979
Rhys Wesser, Australian rugby league player
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1980
Martin Albrechtsen, Danish footballer
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1980
Karolina Lassbo, Swedish lawyer and blogger
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1980
Matias Concha, Swedish footballer
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1980
Riccardo Corallo, Italian footballer
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1980
Dean Clark, English footballer
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1980
Kate Micucci, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress
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1980
Michael Ryder, Canadian ice hockey player
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1981
Ryan Bingham, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1981
Thomas Chatelle, Belgian footballer
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1981
Han Tae-you, South Korean footballer
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1981
Pa Dembo Touray, Gambian footballer
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1981
Maarten van der Weijden, Dutch swimmer
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1982
Bam Childress, American football player
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1982
Audrey Kawasaki, American painter
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1983
Hashim Amla, South African cricketer
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1983
Vlasios Maras, Greek gymnast
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1983
Nigel Plum, Australian rugby league player
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1984
David Clarkson, Canadian ice hockey player
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1984
James Jones, American football player
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1984
Martins Dukurs, Latvian sled racer
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1984
Kaie Kand, Estonian heptathlete
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1984
Alberto Junior Rodríguez, Peruvian footballer
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1984
Ed Williamson, English rugby player
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1985
Steve Bernier, Canadian ice hockey player
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1985
Jo-Lonn Dunbar, American football player
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1985
Jesper Hansen, Danish footballer
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1985
Ivan Mishyn, Ukrainian race car driver
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1985
Kory Sheets, American football player
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1985
Jalmar Sjöberg, Swedish wrestler
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1986
Matthew Collins, Welsh footballer
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1986
Andreas Dober, Austrian footballer
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1986
James King, Scottish rugby player
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1986
Paulo Machado, Portuguese footballer
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1987
Nordin Amrabat, Dutch footballer
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1987
Hugo Ayala, Mexican footballer
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1987
Vojislava Lukić, Serbian tennis player
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1987
Amaury Bischoff, Portuguese footballer
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1987
Justin Braun, American soccer player
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1987
Carl Dickinson, English footballer
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1987
Humpy Koneru, Indian chess player
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1987
Eros Pisano, Italian footballer
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1987
Aridane Santana, Spanish footballer
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1987
Kirill Starkov, Danish ice hockey player
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1987
Winston Venable, American football player
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1987
Nelli Zhiganshina, Russian figure skater
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1988
Thomas De Corte, Belgian footballer
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1988
Conrad Sewell, Australian singer and songwriter
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1988
Dorin Dickerson, American football player
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1988
DeAndre Liggins, American basketball player
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1988
Louis van der Westhuizen, Namibian cricketer
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1989
Alberto Martín Romo García Adámez, Spanish footballer
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1989
Alfredo Marte, Dominican baseball player
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1989
Josmil Pinto, Venezuelan baseball player
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1989
Nejc Vidmar, Slovenian footballer
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1989
Liu Zige, Chinese swimmer
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1990
Bang Yong-guk, South Korean rapper (boygroup: B.A.P)
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1990
George Iloka, American football player
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1990
Sandra Roma, Swedish tennis player
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1991
Milan Milanović, Serbian footballer
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1991
Rodney Sneijder, Dutch footballer
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1992
Stijn de Looijer, Dutch footballer
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1992
Henri Laaksonen, Swiss-Finnish tennis player
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1992
Beatričė Rožinskaitė, Lithuanian figure skater
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1992
Adam Zampa, Australian cricketer
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1993
Jonatan Isenia, Dutch baseball player
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1993
Mikael Ishak, Swedish footballer
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1994
Tyler Wright, Australian surfer
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1998
Valeria Gorlats, Estonian tennis player
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1998
Jakob Chychrun, American-born Canadian ice hockey player
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1998
Oskar Buur, Danish soccer player
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1998
Lucian Oprea, Romanian soccer player
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1998
Hristiyan Iliev, Bulgarian soccer player
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Famous Deaths
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32 BC
Titus Pomponius Atticus, Roman nobleman of the Equestrian order (b. 109 BC)
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528
Xiaoming, emperor of Northern Wei (b. 510)
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963
Ahmad ibn Muhammad, Saffarid emir (b. 906)
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1241
Pousa, voivode of Transylvania
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1251
William of Modena, Italian bishop and diplomat
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1340
Ivan I of Moscow, Russian Grand Duke (b. 1288)
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1342
Dionigi di Borgo San Sepolcro, Italian Augustinian monk
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1462
Isidore II of Constantinople, patriarch of Constantinople
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1491
Bonaventura Tornielli, Italian Roman Catholic priest (b. 1411)
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1547
Francis I, French king (b. 1494)
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1567
Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse (b. 1504)
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1621
Philip III, Spanish king (b. 1578)
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1622
Gonzalo Méndez de Canço, Royal Governor of La Florida (b. 1554)
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1631
John Donne, English lawyer and poet (b. 1572)
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1671
Anne Hyde, wife of James II of England (b. 1637)
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1723
Edward Hyde, 3rd Earl of Clarendon, English soldier and politician, 14th Colonial Governor of New York (b. 1661)
Edward Hyde, 3rd Earl of Clarendon · List of colonial governors of New York
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1741
Pieter Burman the Elder, Dutch scholar and author (b. 1668)
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1797
Olaudah Equiano, Nigerian merchant, author, and activist (b.1745)
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1837
John Constable, English painter and educator (b. 1776)
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1850
John C. Calhoun, American lawyer and politician, 7th Vice President of the United States (b. 1782)
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1855
Charlotte Brontë, English novelist and poet (b. 1816)
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1877
Antoine Augustin Cournot, French mathematician and philosopher (b. 1801)
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1880
Henryk Wieniawski, Polish violinist and composer (b. 1835)
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1885
Franz Abt, German composer and conductor (b. 1819)
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1907
Galusha A. Grow, American lawyer and politician, 28th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1823)
Galusha A. Grow · Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
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1913
J. P. Morgan, American banker and financier (b. 1837)
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1915
Wyndham Halswelle, English-Scottish runner and captain (b. 1882)
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1917
Emil von Behring, German physiologist and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1854)
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1924
George Charles Haité, English painter and illustrator (b. 1855)
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1927
Kang Youwei, Chinese scholar and political reformer (b. 1858)
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1930
Ludwig Schüler, German politician, Mayor of Marburg (b. 1836)
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1931
Knute Rockne, American football player and coach (b. 1888)
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1935
Georges V. Matchabelli, Georgian-American businessman and diplomat, founded Prince Matchabelli perfume (b. 1885)
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1939
Ioannis Tsangaridis, Greek general (b. 1887)
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1944
Mineichi Koga, Japanese admiral (b. 1885)
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1945
Frank Findlay, New Zealand banker and politician (b. 1884)
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1945
Hans Fischer, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881)
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1950
Robert Natus, Estonian architect (b. 1890)
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1952
Wallace H. White, Jr., American lawyer and politician (b. 1877)
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1956
Ralph DePalma, Italian-American race car driver and actor (b. 1884)
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1968
Grover Lowdermilk, American baseball player (b. 1885)
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1975
Percy Alliss, English golfer (b. 1897)
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1976
Paul Strand, American photographer and director (b. 1890)
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1978
Charles Herbert Best, American-Canadian physiologist and biochemist, co-discovered Insulin (b. 1899)
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1980
Vladimír Holan, Czech poet and author (b. 1905)
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1980
Jesse Owens, American sprinter and long jumper (b. 1913)
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1981
Enid Bagnold, English author and playwright (b. 1889)
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1983
Christina Stead, Australian author and academic (b. 1902)
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1988
William McMahon, Australian lawyer and politician, 20th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1908)
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1993
Brandon Lee, American actor and martial artist (b. 1965)
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1993
Mitchell Parish, Lithuanian-American songwriter (b. 1900)
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1995
Selena, American singer-songwriter (b. 1971)
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1996
Dante Giacosa, Italian automobile designer and engineer (b. 1905)
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1996
Jeffrey Lee Pierce, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1958)
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1998
Bella Abzug, American lawyer, activist, and politician (b. 1920)
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1998
Tim Flock, American race car driver (b. 1924)
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1998
Joel Ryce-Menuhin, American pianist (b. 1933)
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1999
Yuri Knorozov, Russian linguist and ethnographer (b. 1922)
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2000
Giani Chet Singh, Indian scholar (b. 1902)
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2001
David Rocastle, English footballer (b. 1967)
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2001
Clifford Shull, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1915)
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2002
Barry Took, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1928)
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2002
Moturu Udayam, Indian activist and politician (b. 1924)
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2003
Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter, English-Canadian mathematician and academic (b. 1907)
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2003
Anne Gwynne, American actress (b. 1918)
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2003
Tommy Seebach, Danish singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (b. 1949)
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2004
Scott Helvenston, American soldier (b. 1965)
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2005
Stanley J. Korsmeyer, American oncologist and academic (b. 1951)
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2005
Justiniano Montano, Filipino lawyer and politician (b. 1905)
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2005
Frank Perdue, American businessman (b. 1920)
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2006
Jackie McLean, American saxophonist and composer (b. 1931)
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2007
Paul Watzlawick, Austrian-American psychologist and philosopher (b. 1921)
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2008
Jules Dassin, American director, producer, screenwriter, and actor (b. 1911)
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2008
Bill Keightley, American equipment manager (b. 1926)
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2009
Raúl Alfonsín, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 46th President of Argentina (b. 1927)
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2009
Choor Singh, Indian-Singaporean lawyer and judge (b. 1911)
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2010
Syed Qasim Mahmood, Pakistani journalist, lexicographer, and author (b. 1928)
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2011
Tony Barrell, English-Australian journalist and broadcaster (b. 1940)
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2011
Gil Clancy, American boxer and trainer (b. 1922)
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2011
Alan Fitzgerald, Australian journalist and author (b. 1935)
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2011
Oddvar Hansen, Norwegian footballer and coach (b. 1921)
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2011
Ishbel MacAskill, Scottish singer and actress (b. 1941)
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2011
Henry Taub, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1927)
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2012
Judith Adams, New Zealand-Australian nurse and politician (b. 1943)
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2012
Dale R. Corson, American physicist and academic (b. 1914)
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2012
Bernard O. Gruenke, American stained glass artist (b. 1914)
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2012
Jerry Lynch, American baseball player (b. 1930)
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2012
Alberto Sughi, Italian painter (b. 1928)
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2012
Halbert White, American economist and academic (b. 1950)
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2013
Charles Amarin Brand, French archbishop (b. 1920)
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2013
Ernie Bridge, Australian singer and politician (b. 1936)
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2013
Helena Carroll, Scottish-American actress (b. 1928)
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2013
Bob Clarke, American illustrator (b. 1926)
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2013
Ahmad Sayyed Javadi, Iranian lawyer and politician, Iranian Minister of Interior (b. 1917)
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2013
Dmitri Uchaykin, Russian ice hockey player (b. 1980)
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2014
Gonzalo Anes, Spanish economist, historian, and academic (b. 1931)
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2014
Charles Keating, American lawyer, businessman, and criminal (b. 1923)
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2014
Roger Somville, Belgian painter (b. 1923)
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2015
Betty Churcher, Australian painter, historian, and curator (b. 1931)
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2015
Cocoa Fujiwara, Japanese author and illustrator (b. 1983)
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2015
Carlos Gaviria Díaz, Colombian lawyer and politician (b. 1937)
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2015
Riccardo Ingram, American baseball player and coach (b. 1966)
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2015
Dalibor Vesely, Czech-English historian, author, and academic (b. 1934)
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2016
Ronnie Corbett, Scottish comedian, actor and screenwriter (b. 1930)
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2016
Hans-Dietrich Genscher, German politician (b. 1927)
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2016
Zaha Hadid, Iraqi-born English architect and academic, designed the Bridge Pavilion (b. 1950)
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2016
Imre Kertész, Hungarian author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1929)
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2016
Denise Robertson, British writer and television broadcaster (b. 1932)
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2017
Gilbert Baker, American artist and LGBT rights activist (b. 1951)
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