April 11 — On This Day
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Events
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491
Flavius Anastasius becomes Byzantine emperor, with the name of Anastasius I.
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1079
Bishop Stanislaus of Kraków is executed by order of Bolesław II of Poland.
Bishop · Stanislaus of Szczepanów · Bolesław II the Generous
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1241
Batu Khan defeats Béla IV of Hungary at the Battle of Mohi.
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1512
War of the League of Cambrai: French forces led by Gaston de Foix win the Battle of Ravenna.
War of the League of Cambrai · Gaston of Foix, Duke of Nemours · Battle of Ravenna (1512)
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1544
French forces defeat a Spanish army at Ceresole.
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1689
William III and Mary II are crowned as joint sovereigns of Great Britain.
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1713
War of the Spanish Succession (Queen Anne's War): Treaty of Utrecht.
War of the Spanish Succession · Queen Anne's War · Treaty of Utrecht
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1727
Premiere of Johann Sebastian Bach's St Matthew Passion BWV 244b at the St. Thomas Church, Leipzig
Johann Sebastian Bach · St Matthew Passion · St. Thomas Church, Leipzig
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1809
Battle of the Basque Roads Naval battle fought between France and the United Kingdom
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1814
The Treaty of Fontainebleau ends the War of the Sixth Coalition against Napoleon Bonaparte, and forces him to abdicate unconditionally for the first time.
Treaty of Fontainebleau (1814) · War of the Sixth Coalition · Napoleon Bonaparte
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1856
Second Battle of Rivas: Juan Santamaría burns down the hostel where William Walker's filibusters are holed up.
Second Battle of Rivas · Juan Santamaría · William Walker (filibuster) · Filibuster (military)
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1868
Former Shogun Tokugawa Yoshinobu surrenders Edo Castle to Imperial forces, marking the end of the Tokugawa shogunate.
Shogun · Tokugawa Yoshinobu · Edo Castle · Tokugawa shogunate
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1876
The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks is organized.
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1881
Spelman College is founded in Atlanta, Georgia as the Atlanta Baptist Female Seminary, an institute of higher education for African-American women.
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1908
SMS Blücher, the last armored cruiser to be built by the Imperial German Navy, launches.
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1909
The city of Tel Aviv is founded.
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1921
Emir Abdullah establishes the first centralised government in the newly created British protectorate of Transjordan.
Emir · Abdullah I of Jordan · British protectorate · Emirate of Transjordan
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1945
World War II: American forces liberate the Buchenwald concentration camp.
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1951
Korean War: President Harry Truman relieves General of the Army Douglas MacArthur of overall command in Korea.
Korean War · Harry Truman · President Truman's relief of General Douglas MacArthur · General of the Army (United States) · Douglas MacArthur
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1951
The Stone of Scone, the stone upon which Scottish monarchs were traditionally crowned, is found on the site of the altar of Arbroath Abbey. It had been taken by Scottish nationalist students from its place in Westminster Abbey.
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1955
The Air India Kashmir Princess is bombed and crashes in a failed assassination attempt on Zhou Enlai by the Kuomintang.
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1957
United Kingdom agrees to Singaporean self-rule.
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1961
The trial of Adolf Eichmann begins in Jerusalem.
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1963
Pope John XXIII issues Pacem in terris, the first encyclical addressed to all Christians instead of only Catholics.
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1965
The Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1965: Fifty-one tornadoes hit in six Midwestern states, killing 256 people.
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1968
President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1968, prohibiting discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of housing.
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1970
Apollo 13 is launched.
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1976
The Apple I is created.
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1977
London Transport's Silver Jubilee AEC Routemaster buses are launched.
London Transport Executive (GLC) · Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II · AEC Routemaster
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1981
A massive riot in Brixton, south London results in almost 300 police injuries and 65 serious civilian injuries.
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1986
FBI Miami Shootout: A gun battle in broad daylight in Dade County, Florida between two bank/armored car robbers and pursuing FBI agents. During the firefight, FBI agents Jerry L. Dove and Benjamin P. Grogan were killed, while five other agents were wounded. As a result, the popular .40 S&W cartridge was developed.
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1987
The London Agreement is secretly signed between Israeli Foreign Affairs Minister Shimon Peres and King Hussein of Jordan.
Peres-Hussein London Agreement · Israel · Shimon Peres · Hussein of Jordan
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1990
Customs officers in Middlesbrough, England, seize what they believe to be the barrel of a massive gun on a ship bound for Iraq.
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1993
Four hundred fifty prisoners rioted at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville, Ohio, and continued to do so for ten days, citing grievances related to prison conditions, as well as the forced vaccination of Nation of Islam prisoners (for tuberculosis) against their religious beliefs.
Prison riot · Southern Ohio Correctional Facility · Lucasville, Ohio · Incarceration in the United States · Vaccination
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2001
The detained crew of a United States EP-3E aircraft that landed in Hainan, China after a collision with a J-8 fighter, is released.
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2002
The Ghriba synagogue bombing by al-Qaeda kills 21 in Tunisia.
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2002
Over two hundred thousand people march in Caracas towards the Presidential palace to demand the resignation of president Hugo Chávez. Nineteen protesters are killed.
2002 Venezuelan coup d'état attempt · Miraflores Palace · Hugo Chávez
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2006
Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announces Iran's claim to have successfully enriched uranium.
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2007
Algiers bombings: Two bombings in Algiers kill 33 people and wound a further 222 others.
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2011
An explosion in the Minsk Metro, Belarus kills 15 people and injures 204 others.
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2012
A pair of great earthquakes occur in the Wharton Basin west of Sumatra in Indonesia. The maximum Mercalli intensity of this strike-slip doublet earthquake was VII (Very strong). Ten were killed, twelve were injured, and a non-destructive tsunami was observed on the island of Nias.
2012 Indian Ocean earthquakes · Wharton Basin · Sumatra · Indonesia · Mercalli intensity scale
Famous Births
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145
Septimius Severus, Roman emperor (d. 211)
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999
Bao Zheng, Chinese magistrate and ruler of Kaifeng (d. 1062)
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1184
William of Winchester, Lord of Lüneburg (d. 1213)
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1357
John I of Portugal (d. 1433)
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1370
Frederick I, Elector of Saxony (d. 1428)
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1374
Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March, heir to the throne of England (d. 1398)
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1493
George I, Duke of Pomerania (d. 1531)
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1591
Bartholomeus Strobel, Silezian painter (d. 1650)
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1592
John Eliot, English lawyer and politician (d. 1632)
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1644
Marie Jeanne Baptiste of Savoy-Nemours, Duchess of Savoy (d. 1724)
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1658
James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton, Scottish peer (d. 1712)
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1683
Jean-Joseph Mouret, French composer and conductor (d. 1738)
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1715
John Alcock, English organist and composer (d. 1806)
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1721
David Zeisberger, Czech-American clergyman and missionary (d. 1808)
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1722
Christopher Smart, English actor, playwright, and poet (d. 1771)
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1755
James Parkinson, English surgeon, geologist, and paleontologist (d. 1824)
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1770
George Canning, Irish-English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1827)
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1794
Edward Everett, English-American educator and politician, 15th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1865)
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1798
Macedonio Melloni, Italian physicist and academic (d. 1854)
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1819
Charles Hallé, German-English pianist and conductor (d. 1895)
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1825
Ferdinand Lassalle, German philosopher and jurist (d. 1864)
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1827
Jyotirao Phule, Indian scholar, philosopher, and activist (d. 1890)
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1854
Hugh Massie, Australian cricketer (d. 1938)
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1856
Arthur Shrewsbury, English cricketer and rugby player (d. 1903)
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1859
Stefanos Thomopoulos, Greek historian and author (d. 1939)
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1862
William Wallace Campbell, American astronomer and academic (d. 1938)
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1862
Charles Evans Hughes, American lawyer and politician, 44th United States Secretary of State (d. 1948)
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1864
Johanna Elberskirchen, German author and activist (d. 1943)
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1866
Bernard O'Dowd, Australian journalist, author, and poet (d. 1953)
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1867
Mark Keppel, American educator (d. 1928)
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1869
Gustav Vigeland, Norwegian sculptor, designed the Nobel Peace Prize medal (d. 1943)
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1871
Gyula Kellner, Hungarian runner (d. 1940)
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1873
Edward Lawson, English soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1955)
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1876
Paul Henry, Irish painter (d. 1958)
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1876
Ivane Javakhishvili, Georgian historian and academic (d. 1940)
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1879
Bernhard Schmidt, Estonian-German astronomer and optician (d. 1935)
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1887
Jamini Roy, Indian painter (d. 1972)
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1893
Dean Acheson, American lawyer and politician, 51st United States Secretary of State (d. 1971)
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1896
Léo-Paul Desrosiers, Canadian journalist and author (d. 1967)
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1899
Percy Lavon Julian, African-American chemist and academic (d. 1975)
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1900
Sándor Márai, Hungarian journalist and author (d. 1989)
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1903
Misuzu Kaneko, Japanese poet (d. 1930)
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1905
Attila József, Hungarian poet and educator (d. 1937)
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1906
Dale Messick, American author and illustrator (d. 2005)
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1907
Paul Douglas, American actor (d. 1959)
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1907
Ivor Spencer-Thomas, Welsh farmer and businessman (d. 2001)
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1908
Jane Bolin, American lawyer and judge (d. 2007)
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1908
Masaru Ibuka, Japanese businessman, co-founded Sony (d. 1997)
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1908
Dan Maskell, English tennis player and sportscaster (d. 1992)
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1908
Leo Rosten, Polish-American author and academic (d. 1997)
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1910
António de Spínola, Portuguese general and politician, 14th President of Portugal (d. 1996)
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1912
John Levy, American bassist and businessman (d. 2012)
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1913
Oleg Cassini, French-American fashion designer (d. 2006)
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1914
Norman McLaren, Scottish-Canadian animator, director, and producer (d. 1987)
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1914
Robert Stanfield, Canadian economist, lawyer, and politician, 17th Premier of Nova Scotia (d. 2003)
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1914
Dorothy Lewis Bernstein, American mathematician (d. 1988)
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1916
Alberto Ginastera, Argentinian-Swiss pianist and composer (d. 1983)
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1916
Howard W. Koch, American director and producer (d. 2001)
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1917
Danny Gallivan, Canadian radio and television broadcaster and sportscaster (d. 1993)
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1917
David Westheimer, American soldier, journalist, and author (d. 2005)
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1918
Richard Wainwright, English soldier and politician (d. 2003)
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1919
Raymond Carr, English historian and academic (d. 2015)
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1920
Emilio Colombo, Italian lawyer and politician, 40th Prime Minister of Italy (d. 2013)
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1920
Peter O'Donnell, English soldier and author (d. 2010)
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1920
William Royer, American soldier and politician (d. 2013)
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1921
Jim Hearn, American baseball player (d. 1998)
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1921
Jack Rayner, Australian rugby league player and coach (d. 2008)
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1922
Arved Viirlaid, Estonian-Canadian soldier and author (d. 2015)
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1923
George J. Maloof, Sr., American businessman (d. 1980)
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1924
Mohammad Naseem, Pakistani-English activist and politician (d. 2014)
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1925
Yuriy Lituyev, Russian hurdler and commander (d. 2000)
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1925
Viktor Masing, Estonian botanist and ecologist (d. 2001)
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1925
Pierre Péladeau, Canadian businessman, founded Quebecor (d. 1997)
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1926
David Manker Abshire, American commander and diplomat, United States Permanent Representative to NATO (d. 2014)
David Manker Abshire · United States Permanent Representative to NATO
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1926
Victor Bouchard, Canadian pianist and composer (d. 2011)
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1926
Karl Rebane, Estonian physicist and academic (d. 2007)
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1928
Ethel Kennedy, American philanthropist
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1928
Edwin Pope, American journalist and author (d. 2017)
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1928
Tommy Tycho, Hungarian-Australian pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 2013)
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1930
Nicholas F. Brady, American businessman and politician, 68th United States Secretary of the Treasury
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1930
Walter Krüger, German javelin thrower
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1930
Anton LaVey, American occultist, founded the Church of Satan (d. 1997)
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1931
Lewis Jones, Welsh rugby player and coach
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1932
Joel Grey, American actor, singer, and dancer
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1933
Tony Brown, American journalist and academic
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1934
Mark Strand, Canadian-born American poet, essayist, and translator (d. 2014)
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1934
Ron Pember, English actor, director and playwright
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1935
Richard Berry, American singer-songwriter (d. 1997)
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1936
Brian Noble, English bishop
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1937
Jill Gascoine, English actress and author
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1938
Gerry Baker, American soccer player and manager (d. 2013)
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1938
Michael Deaver, American politician, Deputy White House Chief of Staff (d. 2007)
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1938
Reatha King, American chemist and businesswoman
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1939
Luther Johnson, American singer and guitarist
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1939
Louise Lasser, American actress
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1940
Col Firmin, Australian politician (d. 2013)
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1940
Thomas Harris, American author and screenwriter
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1940
Władysław Komar, Polish shot putter and actor (d. 1998)
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1941
Ellen Goodman, American journalist and author
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1941
Shirley Stelfox, English actress (d. 2015)
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1942
Anatoly Berezovoy, Russian colonel, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2014)
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1942
James Underwood, English pathologist and academic
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1943
John Montagu, 11th Earl of Sandwich, English businessman and politician
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1943
Harley Race, American wrestler and trainer
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1944
Peter Barfuß, German footballer
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1944
John Milius, American director, producer, and screenwriter
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1945
John Krebs, Baron Krebs, English zoologist and academic
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1946
Chris Burden, American sculptor, illustrator, and academic (d. 2015)
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1946
Bob Harris, English journalist and radio host
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1947
Lev Bulat, Ukrainian-Russian physicist and academic (d. 2016)
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1947
Uli Edel, German director and screenwriter
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1947
Frank Mantooth, American pianist and composer (d. 2004)
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1947
Peter Riegert, American actor, screenwriter and film director
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1947
Michael T. Wright, English engineer and academic (d. 2015)
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1949
Bernd Eichinger, German director and producer (d. 2011)
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1950
Bill Irwin, American actor and clown
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1951
Paul Fox, English singer and guitarist (d. 2007)
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1952
Nancy Honeytree, American singer and guitarist
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1952
Indira Samarasekera, Sri Lankan engineer and academic
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1952
Peter Windsor, English-Australian journalist and sportscaster
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1953
Guy Verhofstadt, Belgian politician, 47th Prime Minister of Belgium
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1953
Andrew Wiles, English mathematician and academic
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1954
Abdullah Atalar, Turkish engineer and academic
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1954
Aleksandr Averin Azerbaijani cyclist and coach
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1954
Francis Lickerish, English guitarist and composer
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1954
David Perrett, Scottish psychologist and academic
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1954
Ian Redmond, English biologist and conservationist
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1954
Willie Royster, American baseball player (d. 2015)
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1955
Kevin Brady, American lawyer and politician
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1955
Michael Callen, American singer-songwriter and AIDS activist (d. 1993)
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1955
Micheal Ray Richardson, American basketball player and coach
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1958
Stuart Adamson, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2001)
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1958
Lyudmila Kondratyeva, Russian sprinter
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1959
Pierre Lacroix, Canadian ice hockey player
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1959
Ana María Polo, Cuban-American lawyer and judge
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1960
Jeremy Clarkson, English journalist and television presenter
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1961
Vincent Gallo, American actor, director, producer, and musician
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1961
Doug Hopkins, American guitarist and songwriter (d. 1993)
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1961
Nobuaki Kakuda, Japanese martial artist
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1962
Franck Ducheix, French fencer
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1962
Mark Lawson, English journalist and author
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1963
Billy Bowden, New Zealand cricketer and umpire
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1963
Waldemar Fornalik, Polish footballer and manager
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1963
June and Jennifer Gibbons, identical twins known as "The Silent Twins"
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1963
Elizabeth Smylie, Australian tennis player
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1964
Steve Azar, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1964
John Cryer, English journalist and politician
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1964
Johann Sebastian Paetsch, American cellist
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1964
Bret Saberhagen, American baseball player and coach
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1964
Patrick Sang, Kenyan runner
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1966
Steve Scarsone, American baseball player and manager
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1966
Lisa Stansfield, English singer-songwriter and actress
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1968
Sergei Lukyanenko, Kazakh-Russian journalist and author
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1969
Cerys Matthews, Welsh singer-songwriter
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1969
Michael von Grünigen, Swiss skier
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1970
Trevor Linden, Canadian ice hockey player and manager
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1970
Delroy Pearson, English singer-songwriter and producer
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1971
John Leech, English politician
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1971
Oliver Riedel, German bass player
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1972
Balls Mahoney, American wrestler (d. 2016)
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1972
Allan Théo, French singer
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1972
Jason Varitek, American baseball player and manager
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1973
Jennifer Esposito, American actress
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1973
Olivier Magne, French rugby player
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1974
Àlex Corretja, Spanish tennis player and coach
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1974
Ashot Danielyan, Armenian weightlifter
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1974
David Jassy, Swedish singer-songwriter and producer
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1974
Zöe Lucker, English actress
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1974
Trot Nixon, American baseball player and sportscaster
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1975
Olga Hostáková, Czech tennis player
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1975
Walid Soliman, Tunisian author and translator
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1976
Kelvim Escobar, Venezuelan baseball player
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1977
Ivonne Teichmann, German runner
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1978
Josh Hancock, American baseball player (d. 2007)
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1978
Tom Thacker, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
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1979
Malcolm Christie, English footballer
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1979
Sebastien Grainger, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1979
Michel Riesen, Swiss ice hockey player
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1980
Keiji Tamada, Japanese footballer
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1980
Mark Teixeira, American baseball player
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1981
Alexandre Burrows, Canadian ice hockey player
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1981
Veronica Pyke, Australian cricketer
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1982
Ian Bell, English cricketer
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1982
Peeter Kümmel, Estonian skier
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1983
Jennifer Heil, Canadian skier
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1983
Rubén Palazuelos, Spanish footballer
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1983
Nicky Pastorelli, Dutch race car driver
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1984
Kelli Garner, American actress
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1984
Nikola Karabatić, French handball player
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1985
Pablo Hernández Domínguez, Spanish footballer
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1985
Will Minson, Australian footballer
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1986
Dai Greene, Welsh hurdler
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1986
Lena Schöneborn, German pentathlete
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1987
Joss Stone, English singer-songwriter and actress
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1988
Leland Irving, Canadian ice hockey player
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1989
Torrin Lawrence, American sprinter (d. 2014)
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1990
Dimitrios Anastasopoulos, Greek footballer
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1990
Thulani Serero, South African footballer
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1991
Thiago Alcântara, Spanish footballer
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1997
Georgia Bohl, Australian swimmer
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1997
Miriam Kolodziejová, Czech tennis player
Famous Deaths
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618
Emperor Yang of Sui, emperor of the Sui Dynasty (b. 569)
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678
Pope Donus
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924
Herman I, archbishop of Cologne
Herman I (archbishop of Cologne) · Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cologne
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1034
Romanos III Argyros, Byzantine emperor (b. 968)
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1077
Anawrahta, king of Burma and founder of the Pagan Empire (b. 1014)
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1079
Stanislaus of Szczepanów, bishop of Kraków (b. 1030)
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1165
Stephen IV of Hungary (b. 1133)
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1240
Llywelyn the Great, Welsh prince (b. 1172)
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1447
Henry Beaufort, Cardinal, Lord Chancellor of England (b. 1377)
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1512
Gaston de Foix, French military commander (b. 1489)
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1554
Thomas Wyatt the Younger, English rebel leader (b. 1521)
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1587
Thomas Bromley, English lord chancellor (b. 1530)
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1609
John Lumley, 1st Baron Lumley, English noble (b. 1533)
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1612
Emanuel van Meteren, Flemish historian and author (b. 1535)
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1612
Edward Wightman, English minister and martyr (b. 1566)
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1626
Marino Ghetaldi, Ragusan mathematician and physicist (b. 1568)
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1712
Richard Simon, French priest and critic (b. 1638)
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1723
John Robinson, English bishop and diplomat (b. 1650)
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1783
Nikita Ivanovich Panin, Polish-Russian politician, Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1718)
Nikita Ivanovich Panin · Minister of Foreign Affairs (Russia)
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1798
Karl Wilhelm Ramler, German poet and academic (b. 1725)
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1856
Juan Santamaría, Costa Rican soldier (b. 1831)
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1861
Francisco González Bocanegra, Mexican poet and composer (b. 1824)
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1873
Edward Canby, American general (b. 1817)
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1890
David de Jahacob Lopez Cardozo, Dutch Talmudist (b. 1808)
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1890
Joseph Merrick, English man with severe deformities (b. 1862)
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1894
Constantin Lipsius, German architect and theorist (b. 1832)
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1895
Julius Lothar Meyer, German chemist (b. 1830)
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1902
Wade Hampton III, American general and politician, 77th Governor of South Carolina (b. 1818)
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1903
Gemma Galgani, Italian mystic and saint (b. 1878)
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1906
James Anthony Bailey, American businessman, co-founded Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (b. 1847)
James Anthony Bailey · Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus
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1906
Francis Pharcellus Church, American journalist and publisher, co-founded Armed Forces Journal and The Galaxy Magazine (b. 1839)
Francis Pharcellus Church · Armed Forces Journal · The Galaxy (magazine)
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1908
Henry Bird, English chess player and author (b. 1829)
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1916
Richard Harding Davis, American journalist and author (b. 1864)
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1926
Luther Burbank, American botanist and academic (b. 1849)
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1939
Kurtdereli Mehmet, Turkish wrestler (b. 1864)
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1953
Kid Nichols, American baseball player and manager (b. 1869)
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1954
Paul Specht, American violinist and bandleader (b. 1895)
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1958
Konstantin Yuon, Russian painter and educator (b. 1875)
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1960
Rosa Grünberg, Swedish actress (b. 1878)
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1962
Ukichiro Nakaya, Japanese physicist and academic (b. 1900)
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1962
George Poage, American hurdler and educator (b. 1880)
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1967
Thomas Farrell, American general (b. 1891)
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1967
Donald Sangster, Jamaican lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Jamaica (b. 1911)
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1970
Cathy O'Donnell, American actress (b. 1923)
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1970
John O'Hara, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1905)
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1974
Ernst Ziegler, German actor (b. 1894)
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1977
Jacques Prévert, French poet and screenwriter (b. 1900)
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1977
Phanishwar Nath 'Renu', Indian author and activist (b. 1921)
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1980
Ümit Kaftancıoğlu, Turkish journalist and producer (b. 1935)
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1981
Caroline Gordon, American author and critic (b. 1895)
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1983
Dolores del Río, Mexican actress (b. 1904)
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1984
Edgar V. Saks, Estonian historian and politician, Estonian Minister of Education (b. 1910)
Edgar V. Saks · Minister of Education and Research (Estonia)
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1985
Bunny Ahearne, Irish-born English businessman (b. 1900)
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1985
John Gilroy, English artist and illustrator (b. 1898)
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1985
Enver Hoxha, Albanian educator and politician, 21st Prime Minister of Albania (b. 1908)
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1987
Erskine Caldwell, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1903)
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1987
Primo Levi, Italian chemist and author (b. 1919)
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1990
Harold Ballard, Canadian businessman (b. 1903)
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1991
Walker Cooper, American baseball player and manager (b. 1915)
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1991
Bruno Hoffmann. German glass harp player (b. 1913)
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1992
James Brown, American actor and singer (b. 1920)
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1992
Eve Merriam, American author and poet (b. 1916)
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1992
Alejandro Obregón, Colombian painter, sculptor, and engraver (b. 1920)
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1996
Jessica Dubroff, American pilot (b. 1988)
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1997
Muriel McQueen Fergusson, Canadian lawyer and politician, Canadian Speaker of the Senate (b. 1899)
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1997
Wang Xiaobo, contemporary Chinese novelist and essayist (b. 1952)
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1999
William H. Armstrong, American author and educator (b. 1911)
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2001
Harry Secombe, Welsh-English actor (b. 1921)
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2003
Cecil Howard Green, English-American geophysicist and businessman, founded Texas Instruments (b. 1900)
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2005
André François, Romanian-French cartoonist, painter, and sculptor (b. 1915)
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2005
Lucien Laurent, French footballer and coach (b. 1907)
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2006
June Pointer, American singer (b. 1953)
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2007
Roscoe Lee Browne, American actor and director (b. 1922)
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2007
Loïc Leferme, French diver (b. 1970)
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2007
Janet McDonald, American lawyer and author (b. 1954)
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2007
Ronald Speirs, Scottish-American colonel (b. 1920)
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2007
Kurt Vonnegut, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (b. 1922)
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2008
Merlin German, American sergeant (b. 1985)
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2009
Gerda Gilboe, Danish actress and singer (b. 1914)
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2009
Vishnu Prabhakar, Indian author and playwright (b. 1912)
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2009
Corín Tellado, Spanish author (b. 1927)
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2010
Julia Tsenova, Bulgarian pianist and composer (b. 1948)
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2011
Larry Sweeney, American wrestler and manager (b. 1981)
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2012
Ahmed Ben Bella, Algerian soldier and politician, 1st President of Algeria (b. 1916)
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2012
Roger Caron, Canadian criminal and author (b. 1938)
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2012
Tippy Dye, American basketball player and coach (b. 1915)
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2012
Hal McKusick, American saxophonist, clarinet player, and flute player (b. 1924)
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2012
Agustin Roman, American bishop (b. 1928)
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2013
Don Blackman, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (b. 1953)
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2013
Grady Hatton, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1922)
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2013
Thomas Hemsley, English actor and singer (b. 1927)
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2013
Hilary Koprowski, Polish-American virologist and immunologist (b. 1916)
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2013
Gilles Marchal, French singer-songwriter (b. 1944)
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2013
Maria Tallchief, American ballerina (b. 1925)
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2013
Clorindo Testa, Italian-Argentinian architect (b. 1923)
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2013
Jonathan Winters, American comedian, actor and screenwriter (b. 1925)
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2014
Rolf Brem, Swiss sculptor and illustrator (b. 1926)
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2014
Edna Doré, English actress (b. 1921)
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2014
Bill Henry, American baseball player (b. 1927)
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2014
Lou Hudson, American basketball player and sportscaster (b. 1944)
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2014
Myer S. Kripke, American rabbi and scholar (b. 1914)
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2014
Sergey Nepobedimy, Russian engineer (b. 1921)
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2014
Jesse Winchester, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1944)
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2015
Jimmy Gunn, American football player (b. 1948)
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2015
Muhammad Kamaruzzaman, Bangladeshi journalist and politician (b. 1952)
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2015
François Maspero, French journalist and author (b. 1932)
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2015
Hanut Singh Rathore, Indian general (b. 1933)
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2015
Tekena Tamuno, Nigerian historian and academic (b. 1932)
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2017
J. Geils, American singer and guitarist (b. 1946)
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2017
Mark Wainberg, Canadian researcher and HIV/AIDS activist (b. 1945)