May 1 — On This Day
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Events
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475 BC
Roman consul Publius Valerius Poplicola celebrates a Roman triumph for his victory over Veii and the Sabines.
Roman consul · Publius Valerius Poplicola (consul 475 BC) · Roman triumph · Roman-Etruscan Wars · Veii
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305
Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman emperor.
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524
King Sigismund of Burgundy is executed at Orléans after an 8-year reign and is succeeded by his brother Godomar.
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880
The Nea Ekklesia is inaugurated in Constantinople, setting the model for all later cross-in-square Orthodox churches.
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1169
Norman mercenaries land at Bannow Bay in Leinster, marking the beginning of the Norman invasion of Ireland.
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1328
Wars of Scottish Independence end: By the Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton the Kingdom of England recognises the Kingdom of Scotland as an independent state.
Wars of Scottish Independence · Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton · Kingdom of England · Kingdom of Scotland
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1455
Battle of Arkinholm, Royal forces end the Black Douglas hegemony in Scotland.
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1576
Stephen Báthory, the reigning Prince of Transylvania, marries Anna Jagiellon and they become co-rulers of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
Stephen Báthory · Prince of Transylvania · Anna Jagiellon · Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
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1707
The Act of Union joins the Kingdom of England and Kingdom of Scotland to form the Kingdom of Great Britain.
Act of Union 1707 · Kingdom of England · Kingdom of Scotland · Kingdom of Great Britain
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1753
Publication of Species Plantarum by Linnaeus, and the formal start date of plant taxonomy adopted by the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature.
Carl Linnaeus · Plant taxonomy · International Code of Botanical Nomenclature
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1759
Josiah Wedgwood founds the Wedgwood pottery company in Great Britain.
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1776
Establishment of the Illuminati in Ingolstadt (Upper Bavaria), by Jesuit-taught Adam Weishaupt.
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1778
American Revolution: The Battle of Crooked Billet begins in Hatboro, Pennsylvania.
American Revolution · Battle of Crooked Billet · Hatboro, Pennsylvania
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1785
Kamehameha I, the king of Hawaiʻi, defeats Kalanikūpule and establishes the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi.
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1786
In Vienna, Austria, Mozart's opera The Marriage of Figaro is performed for the first time.
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1794
War of the Pyrenees: The Battle of Boulou ends, in which French forces defeat the Spanish and regain nearly all the land they lost to Spain in 1793.
War of the Pyrenees · Battle of Boulou · French First Republic
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1820
Execution of the Cato Street Conspirators
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1840
The Penny Black, the first official adhesive postage stamp, is issued in the United Kingdom.
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1844
Hong Kong Police Force, the world's second modern police force and Asia's first, is established.
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1846
The few remaining Mormons left in Nauvoo, Illinois, formally dedicate the Nauvoo Temple.
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1851
Queen Victoria opens The Great Exhibition at The Crystal Palace in London.
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1856
The Province of Isabela was created in the Philippines in honor of Queen Isabela II.
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1862
American Civil War: The Union Army completes its capture of New Orleans.
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1863
American Civil War: The Battle of Chancellorsville begins.
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1865
The Empire of Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay sign the Treaty of the Triple Alliance.
Empire of Brazil · Argentina · Uruguay · Treaty of the Triple Alliance
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1866
The Memphis Race Riots begin. In three days time, 46 blacks and two whites were killed. Reports of the atrocities influenced passage of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
Memphis riots of 1866 · Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
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1869
The Folies Bergère opens in Paris.
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1875
Alexandra Palace reopens after being burned down in a fire in 1873.
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1884
Proclamation of the demand for eight-hour workday in the United States.
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1884
Moses Fleetwood Walker becomes the first black person to play in a professional baseball game in the United States.
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1885
The original Chicago Board of Trade Building opens for business.
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1886
Rallies are held throughout the United States demanding the eight-hour work day, culminating in the Haymarket affair in Chicago, in commemoration of which May 1 is celebrated as International Workers' Day in many countries.
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1893
The World's Columbian Exposition opens in Chicago.
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1894
Coxey's Army, the first significant American protest march, arrives in Washington, D.C.
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1898
Spanish-American War: Battle of Manila Bay: The United States Navy destroys the Spanish Pacific fleet in the first major battle of the war.
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1900
The Scofield Mine disaster kills over 200 men in Scofield, Utah in what is to date the fifth-worst mining accident in United States history.
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1915
The RMS Lusitania departs from New York City on her 202nd, and final, crossing of the North Atlantic. Six days later, the ship is torpedoed off the coast of Ireland with the loss of 1,198 lives.
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1919
German troops enter Munich to squash the Bavarian Soviet Republic.
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1925
The All-China Federation of Trade Unions is officially founded. Today it is the largest trade union in the world, with 134 million members.
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1927
The Union Labor Life Insurance Company is founded by the American Federation of Labor.
Union Labor Life Insurance Company · American Federation of Labor
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1929
The 7.2 Mw Kopet Dag earthquake shakes the Iran-Turkmenistan border region with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), killing up to 3,800 and injuring 1,121.
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1930
The dwarf planet Pluto is officially named.
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1931
The Empire State Building is dedicated in New York City.
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1941
World War II: German forces launch a major attack on Tobruk.
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1944
World War II: Two hundred Communist prisoners are shot by the Germans at Kaisariani, Athens in reprisal for the killing of General Franz Krech by partisans at Molaoi.
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1945
World War II: A German newsreader officially announces that Adolf Hitler has "fallen at his command post in the Reich Chancellery fighting to the last breath against Bolshevism and for Germany". The Soviet flag is raised over the Reich Chancellery, by order of Stalin.
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1945
World War II: Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels and his wife Magda commit suicide in the Reich Garden outside the Führerbunker. Their children are also killed by having cyanide pills inserted into their mouths by their mother, Magda.
Joseph Goebbels · Magda Goebbels · Führerbunker · Goebbels children
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1945
World War II: Forces of the Soviet Red Army liberate Allied prisoners of war imprisoned at Stalag Luft I near Barth, Germany.
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1945
World War II: Up to 2,500 people die in a mass suicide in Demmin following the advance of the Red Army.
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1945
World War II: Yugoslav Partisans liberate Trieste.
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1946
Start of three-year Pilbara strike of Indigenous Australians.
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1946
The Paris Peace Conference concludes that the islands of the Dodecanese should be returned to Greece by Italy.
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1947
Portella della Ginestra massacre against May Day celebrations in Sicily by the bandit and separatist leader Salvatore Giuliano where 11 persons are killed and 33 wounded.
Portella della Ginestra massacre · May Day · Sicily · Salvatore Giuliano
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1950
Guam is organized as a United States commonwealth.
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1956
The polio vaccine developed by Jonas Salk is made available to the public.
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1956
A doctor in Japan reports an "epidemic of an unknown disease of the central nervous system", marking the official discovery of Minamata disease.
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1957
Thirty-four people are killed when a Vickers Viking airliner crashes in Hampshire, England.
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1960
Formation of the western Indian states of Gujarat and Maharashtra; also known as "Maharashtra Day".
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1960
Cold War: U-2 incident: Francis Gary Powers, in a Lockheed U-2 spyplane, is shot down over the Soviet Union, sparking a diplomatic crisis.
Cold War · 1960 U-2 incident · Francis Gary Powers · Lockheed U-2 · Spyplane
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1961
The Prime Minister of Cuba, Fidel Castro, proclaims Cuba a socialist nation and abolishes elections.
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1965
Battle of Dong-Yin, a naval conflict between ROC and PRC, takes place.
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1970
Protests erupt following the announcement by Richard Nixon that American and South Vietnamese forces would attack Vietnamese communists in a Cambodian Campaign.
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1971
Amtrak (the National Railroad Passenger Corporation) takes over operation of U.S. passenger rail service.
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1974
The Argentine terrorist organization Montoneros is expelled from Plaza de Mayo by president Juan Perón.
Montoneros · Expulsion of Montoneros from Plaza de Mayo · Plaza de Mayo · Juan Perón
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1977
Thirty-six people are killed in Taksim Square, Istanbul, during the Labour Day celebrations.
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1978
Japan's Naomi Uemura, travelling by dog sled, becomes the first person to reach the North Pole alone.
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1982
Operation Black Buck: The Royal Air Force attacks the Argentine Air Force during Falklands War.
Operation Black Buck · Royal Air Force · Argentine Air Force · Falklands War
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1983
The Sydney Entertainment Centre is opened.
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1987
Pope John Paul II beatifies Edith Stein, a Jewish-born Carmelite nun who was gassed in the Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz.
Pope John Paul II · Edith Stein · Carmelites · Auschwitz concentration camp
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1989
Disney-MGM Studios opens at Walt Disney World near Orlando, Florida, United States.
Disney's Hollywood Studios · Walt Disney World · Orlando, Florida
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1990
The former Philippine Episcopal Church (supervised by the Episcopal Church of the United States of America) is granted full autonomy and raised to the status of an Autocephalous Anglican Province and renamed the Episcopal Church in the Philippines.
Philippine Episcopal Church · Episcopal Church of the United States of America · Anglican Province · Episcopal Church in the Philippines
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1993
Dingiri Banda Wijetunga became president of Sri Lanka automatically after killing of R Premadasa in LTTE bomb explosion
Dingiri Banda Wijetunga · Sri Lanka · Ranasinghe Premadasa · LTTE
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1994
Three-time Formula One world champion Ayrton Senna is killed in an accident whilst leading the San Marino Grand Prix at Imola.
Formula One · Ayrton Senna · Death of Ayrton Senna · 1994 San Marino Grand Prix · Imola
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1995
Croatian forces launch Operation Flash during the Croatian War of Independence.
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1999
The body of British climber George Mallory is found on Mount Everest, 75 years after his disappearance in 1924.
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1999
SpongeBob SquarePants premieres on Nickelodeon after the 1999 Kids' Choice Awards.
SpongeBob SquarePants · Nickelodeon · 1999 Kids' Choice Awards
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2001
Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo declares the existence of "a state of rebellion", hours after thousands of supporters of her arrested predecessor, Joseph Estrada, storm towards the presidential palace at the height of the EDSA III rebellion.
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo · Joseph Estrada · Malacañang Palace · EDSA III
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2002
OpenOffice.org released version 1.0, the first stable version of the software.
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2003
Invasion of Iraq: In what becomes known as the "Mission Accomplished" speech, on board the USS Abraham Lincoln (off the coast of California), U.S. President George W. Bush declares that "major combat operations in Iraq have ended".
2003 invasion of Iraq · Mission Accomplished speech · USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) · California · George W. Bush
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2009
Same-sex marriage is legalized in Sweden.
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2011
Pope John Paul II is beatified by his successor, Pope Benedict XVI.
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1672
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1730
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1751
Judith Sargent Murray, American poet and playwright (d. 1820)
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1764
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1769
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Irish-English field marshal and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1852)
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington · Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
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1803
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1821
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1824
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1825
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1825
George Inness, American painter and educator (d. 1894)
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1827
Jules Breton, French painter (d. 1906)
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1829
José de Alencar, Brazilian author and playwright (d. 1877)
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1829
Frederick Sandys, English painter and illustrator (d. 1904)
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1830
Guido Gezelle, Belgian priest and poet (d. 1899)
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1831
Emily Stowe, Canadian physician and activist (d. 1903)
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1847
Henry Demarest Lloyd, American journalist and politician (d. 1903)
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1848
Adelsteen Normann, Norwegian painter (d. 1919)
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1850
Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (d. 1942)
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1851
Laza Lazarević, Serbian psychiatrist and neurologist (d. 1891)
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1852
Calamity Jane, American frontierswoman and professional scout (d. 1903)
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1852
Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Spanish neuroscientist and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1934)
Santiago Ramón y Cajal · Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
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1853
Jacob Mikhailovich Gordin, Jewish Ukrainian-American journalist, actor, and playwright (d. 1909)
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1855
Cecilia Beaux, American painter and academic (d. 1942)
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1857
Theo van Gogh, Dutch art dealer (d. 1891)
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1859
Jacqueline Comerre-Paton, French painter and sculptor (d. 1955)
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1862
Marcel Prévost, French novelist and playwright (d. 1941)
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1864
Anna Jarvis, American founder of Mother's Day (d. 1948)
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1871
Seakle Greijdanus, Dutch theologian and scholar (d. 1948)
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1871
Emiliano Chamorro Vargas, President of Nicaragua (d. 1966)
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1872
Hugo Alfvén, Swedish composer, conductor, violinist, and painter (d. 1960)
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1872
Sidónio Pais, Portuguese soldier and politician, 4th President of Portugal (d. 1918)
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1874
Romaine Brooks, American-French painter and illustrator (d. 1970)
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1874
Paul Van Asbroeck, Belgian target shooter (d. 1959)
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1875
Dave Hall, American runner (d. 1972)
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1881
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, French priest, palaeontologist, and philosopher (d. 1955)
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1884
Francis Curzon, 5th Earl Howe, English race car driver and politician (d. 1964)
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1885
Clément Pansaers, Belgian poet (d. 1922)
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1885
Ralph Stackpole, American sculptor and painter (d. 1973)
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1887
Alan Cunningham, Anglo-Irish general and diplomat, High Commissioners for Palestine and Transjordan (d. 1983)
Alan Cunningham · High Commissioners for Palestine and Transjordan
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1891
Lillian Estelle Fisher, American historian of Spanish America (d. 1988)
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1895
Nikolai Yezhov, Soviet secret police official, head of the NKVD (d. 1940)
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1896
Herbert Backe, German agronomist and politician (d. 1947)
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1896
Mark W. Clark, American general (d. 1984)
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1896
J. Lawton Collins, American general (d. 1987)
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1898
Alfred Schmidt, Estonian weightlifter (d. 1972)
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1900
Ignazio Silone, Italian journalist and politician (d. 1978)
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1900
Aleksander Wat, Polish poet and writer (d. 1967)
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1901
Sterling Allen Brown, American poet, academic, and critic (d. 1989)
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1901
Heinz Eric Roemheld, American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1985)
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1901
Antal Szerb, Hungarian scholar and author (d. 1945)
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1905
Henry Koster, German-American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1988)
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1906
Horst Schumann, German SS officer and physician (d. 1983)
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1907
Hayes Alvis, American bassist (d. 1972)
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1907
Kate Smith, American singer and actress (d. 1986)
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1908
Giovannino Guareschi, Italian journalist and author (d. 1968)
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1908
Morris Kline, American mathematician and academic (d. 1992)
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1909
Endel Puusepp, Estonian-Soviet military pilot and politician (d. 1996)
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1909
Yiannis Ritsos, Greek poet and playwright (d. 1990)
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1910
Behice Boran, Turkish sociologist and politician (d. 1987)
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1910
Raya Dunayevskaya, Ukrainian-American philosopher and activist (d. 1987)
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1910
Dirk Andries Flentrop, Dutch organ builder (d. 2003)
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1910
J. Allen Hynek, American astronomer and ufologist (d. 1986)
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1910
Nejdet Sançar, Turkish literature teacher (d. 1975)
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1911
Wilfred Watson, English-Canadian poet, playwright and educator (d. 1998)
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1912
Otto Kretschmer, Polish-German admiral (d. 1998)
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1913
Louis Nye, American actor (d. 2005)
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1913
Walter Susskind, Czech-English pianist, conductor, and educator (d. 1980)
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1914
Jaap van der Poll, Dutch javelin thrower (d. 2010)
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1915
Hanns Martin Schleyer, German businessman (d. 1977)
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1916
Glenn Ford, Canadian-American actor and producer (d. 2006)
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1917
John Beradino, American baseball player and actor (d. 1996)
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1917
Ulric Cross, Trinidadian navigator, judge, and diplomat (d. 2013)
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1917
Danielle Darrieux, French actress and singer (d. 2017)
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1917
Ahron Soloveichik, Russian rabbi and scholar (d. 2001)
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1918
Gersh Budker, Ukrainian-Russian physicist and academic (d. 1977)
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1918
Jack Paar, American comedian, author and talk show host (d. 2004)
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1919
Manna Dey, Indian singer and composer (d. 2013)
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1919
Mohammed Karim Lamrani, Moroccan businessman and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Morocco
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1919
Dan O'Herlihy, Irish-American actor (d. 2005)
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1921
Vladimir Colin, Romanian journalist and author (d. 1991)
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1922
Alastair Gillespie, Canadian scholar and politician
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1923
Joseph Heller, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (d. 1999)
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1923
Antônio Maria Mucciolo, Italian-Brazilian archbishop (d. 2012)
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1923
Marcel Rayman, Polish soldier (d. 1944)
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1924
Evelyn Boyd Granville, American mathematician, computer scientist, and academic
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1924
Karel Kachyňa, Czech director and screenwriter (d. 2004)
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1924
Terry Southern, American novelist, essayist, and screenwriter (d. 1995)
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1925
Chuck Bednarik, American lieutenant and football player (d. 2015)
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1925
Scott Carpenter, American commander, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2013)
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1925
Sardar Fazlul Karim, Bangladeshi philosopher, scholar, and academic (d. 2014)
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1926
Peter Lax, Hungarian-American mathematician and academic
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1927
Gary Bertini, Israeli conductor and composer (d. 2005)
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1927
Laura Betti, Italian actress (d. 2004)
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1927
Albert Zafy, Malagasy politician, 3rd President of Madagascar (d. 2017)
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1927
Bernard Vukas, Yugoslav-Croatian footballer (d. 1983)
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1928
Sonny James, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2016)
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1928
Delfim Netto, Brazilian economist
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1929
Ralf Dahrendorf, German-English sociologist and politician (d. 2009)
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1929
Sonny Ramadhin, Trinidadian cricketer
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1930
Little Walter Jacobs, American blues harp player and singer (d. 1968)
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1930
Ollie Matson, American sprinter and football player (d. 2011)
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1931
Naim Attallah, Palestinian author and publisher
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1932
Sandy Woodward, English admiral (d. 2013)
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1934
Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas, Mexican politician
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1934
Shirley Horn, American singer and pianist (d. 2005)
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1934
Phillip King, Tunisian-English sculptor
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1936
Danièle Huillet, French filmmaker (d. 2006)
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1936
Hans E. Wallman, Swedish director, producer, and composer (d. 2014)
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1937
Una Stubbs, English actress and dancer
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1939
Judy Collins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1939
Wilhelmina Cooper, Dutch model (d. 1980)
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1939
Victor Davies, Canadian pianist, composer, and conductor
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1943
Vassal Gadoengin, Nauruan politician (d. 2004)
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1943
Joe Walsh, Irish politician, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (d. 2014)
Joe Walsh (Irish politician) · Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine
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1944
Suresh Kalmadi, Indian businessman and politician
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1945
Rita Coolidge, American singer-songwriter
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1945
Carson Whitsett, American keyboard player, songwriter, and producer (d. 2007)
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1946
Joanna Lumley, English actress, voice-over artist, author, and activist
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1946
John Woo, Hong Kong director, producer, and screenwriter
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1947
Jacob Bekenstein, Mexican-born Israeli-American theoretical physicist (d. 2015)
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1947
Sergio Infante, Chilean-Swedish poet and author
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1948
Györgyi Balogh, Hungarian sprinter
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1948
Patricia Hill Collins, American sociologist and scholar
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1949
Jim Clench, Canadian bass player (d. 2010)
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1949
Tim Hodgkinson, English saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer
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1949
Paul Teutul, Sr., American motorcycle designer, co-founded Orange County Choppers
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1950
Dann Florek, American actor and director
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1950
Danny McGrain, Scottish footballer and coach
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1951
Gordon Greenidge, Barbadian cricketer and coach
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1951
Geoff Lees, English race car driver
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1951
Sally Mann, American photographer
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1952
Richard Blundell, English economist and academic
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1952
Kim Lewison, English lawyer and judge
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1952
Peter Smith, Malaysian-born English academic and judge
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1953
Glen Ballard, American songwriter and producer
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1954
Ray Parker, Jr., American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
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1954
Joel Rosenberg, Canadian-American author and activist (d. 2011)
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1955
Alex Cunningham, Scottish politician
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1955
Martin O'Donnell, American composer
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1955
Ray Searage, American baseball player and coach
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1956
Phil Foglio, American illustrator
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1956
Frank Szymanski, German educator and politician
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1957
Rick Darling, Australian cricketer
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1957
Uberto Pasolini, Italian banker, director, and producer
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1959
Yasmina Reza, French actress and playwright
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1959
Lawrence Seeff, South African cricketer and basket weaver
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1960
Steve Cauthen, American jockey and sportscaster
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1961
Clint Malarchuk, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
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1961
Marilyn Milian, American judge
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1961
Vasiliy Sidorenko, Russian hammer thrower
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1962
Maia Morgenstern, Romanian actress
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1962
Ted Sundquist, American football player, coach, and manager
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1964
Yvonne van Gennip, Dutch speed skater
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1967
Tim McGraw, American singer-songwriter and actor
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1968
Oliver Bierhoff, German footballer and manager
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1968
D'arcy Wretzky, American bass player and singer (Smashing Pumpkins)
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1969
Wes Anderson, American director, producer, and screenwriter
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1969
Billy Owens, American basketball player
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1970
Bernard Butler, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
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1971
Ethan Albright, American football player
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1971
Stuart Appleby, Australian golfer
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1971
Kim Grant, South African tennis player
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1971
Artur Kohutek, Polish hurdler and soldier
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1971
Ajith Kumar, Indian actor, F2 Racer
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1972
Ramzi bin al-Shibh, Yemeni terrorist
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1972
Julie Benz, American actress
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1973
Oliver Neuville, German footballer
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1975
Austin Croshere, American basketball player and sportscaster
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1975
Marc-Vivien Foé, Cameroonian footballer (d. 2003)
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1975
Nina Hossain, English journalist
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1975
Alexey Smertin, Russian footballer
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1976
Patricia Stokkers, Dutch swimmer
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1977
Vera Lischka, Austrian swimmer and politician
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1978
James Badge Dale, American actor
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1979
Mauro Bergamasco, Italian rugby player
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1979
Roman Lyashenko, Russian ice hockey player (d. 2003)
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1980
Marvin Cabrera, Mexican footballer
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1980
Rob Davison, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
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1980
Jan Heylen, Belgian race car driver
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1980
Jay Reatard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2010)
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1981
Manny Acosta, Panamanian baseball player
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1981
Derek Asamoah, Ghanaian footballer
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1981
Alexander Hleb, Belarusian footballer
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1981
Wes Welker, American football player
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1982
Jamie Dornan, Northern Irish model and actor
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1982
Mark Farren, Irish footballer (d. 2016)
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1982
Tommy Robredo, Spanish tennis player
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1983
Alain Bernard, French swimmer
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1983
Human Tornado, American wrestler
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1984
David Backes, American ice hockey player
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1984
Patrick Eaves, American ice hockey player
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1984
Alexander Farnerud, Swedish footballer
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1984
Keiichiro Koyama, Japanese singer and actor
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1984
Víctor Montaño, Colombian footballer
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1984
Mark Seaby, Australian footballer
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1985
Shahriar Nafees, Bangladeshi cricketer
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1986
Christian Benítez, Ecuadorian footballer (d. 2013)
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1986
Adam Casey, Australian footballer
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1986
Jesse Klaver, Dutch politician
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1986
Brent Stanton, Australian footballer
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1987
Leonardo Bonucci, Italian footballer
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1987
Amir Johnson, American basketball player
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1987
Shahar Pe'er, Israeli tennis player
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1989
Alejandro Arribas, Spanish footballer
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1989
Poļina Jeļizarova, Latvian runner
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1990
Uriel Álvarez, Mexican footballer
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1990
Diego Contento, German footballer
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1990
Scooter Gennett, American baseball player
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1991
Bartosz Salamon, Polish footballer
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1992
Bradley Roby, American football player
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1992
Matěj Vydra, Czech footballer
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1993
Jean-Christophe Bahebeck, French footballer
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1994
Wallace, Brazilian footballer
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2003
Lizzy Greene, American actress
Famous Deaths
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408
Arcadius, Byzantine emperor (b. 337)
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558
Marcouf, missionary and saint
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908
Wang Zongji, Chinese prince and pretender
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1118
Matilda of Scotland (b. 1080)
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1171
Diarmait Mac Murchada, King of Leinster (b. 1110)
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1187
Roger de Moulins, Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller
Roger de Moulins · Grand Master (order) · Knights Hospitaller
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1255
Walter de Gray, English prelate and statesman
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1277
Stefan Uroš I of Serbia (b. 1223)
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1278
William II of Villehardouin
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1308
Albert I of Germany (b. 1255)
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1539
Isabella of Portugal (b. 1503)
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1555
Pope Marcellus II (b. 1501)
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1572
Pope Pius V (b. 1504)
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1668
Frans Luycx, Flemish painter (b. 1604)
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1731
Johann Ludwig Bach, German violinist and composer (b. 1677)
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1738
Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle, English politician, First Lord of the Treasury (b. 1669)
Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle · First Lord of the Treasury
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1772
Gottfried Achenwall, Polish-German historian, economist, and jurist (b. 1719)
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1813
Jean-Baptiste Bessières, French general (b. 1768)
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1838
Antoine Louis Dugès, French obstetrician and naturalist (b. 1797)
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1856
John Wilbur, American minister and theologian (b. 1774)
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1873
David Livingstone, Scottish-English missionary and explorer (b. 1813)
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1899
Ludwig Büchner, German physiologist and physician (b. 1824)
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1904
Antonín Dvořák, Czech composer and academic (b. 1841)
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1913
John Barclay Armstrong, American lieutenant (b. 1850)
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1920
Princess Margaret of Connaught (b. 1882)
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1935
Henri Pélissier, French cyclist (b. 1889)
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1943
Johan Oscar Smith, Norwegian religious leader, founded the Brunstad Christian Church (b. 1871)
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1945
Joseph Goebbels, German lawyer and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1897)
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1945
Magda Goebbels, German wife of Joseph Goebbels (b. 1901)
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1953
Everett Shinn, American painter and illustrator (b. 1876)
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1956
LeRoy Samse, American pole vaulter (b. 1883)
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1960
Charles Holden, English architect, designed the Bristol Central Library (b. 1875)
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1963
Lope K. Santos, Filipino lawyer and politician (b. 1879)
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1965
Spike Jones, American singer and bandleader (b. 1911)
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1968
Jack Adams, Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and manager (b. 1895)
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1968
Harold Nicolson, English author and politician (b. 1886)
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1970
Yi Un, Korean prince (b. 1897)
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1973
Asger Jorn, Danish painter and sculptor (b. 1914)
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1976
T. R. M. Howard, American surgeon and activist (b. 1908)
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1976
Alexandros Panagoulis, Greek poet and politician (b. 1939)
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1978
Aram Khachaturian, Georgian-Armenian composer and conductor (b. 1903)
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1982
William Primrose, Scottish viola player and educator (b. 1903)
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1984
Jüri Lossmann, Estonian-Swedish runner (b. 1891)
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1985
Denise Robins, English journalist and author (b. 1897)
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1986
Hugo Peretti, American songwriter and producer (b. 1916)
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1988
Ben Lexcen, Australian sailor and architect (b. 1936)
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1989
Sally Kirkland, American journalist (b. 1912)
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1989
V. M. Panchalingam, Sri Lankan civil servant (b. 1930)
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1989
Patrice Tardif, Canadian farmer and politician (b. 1904)
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1990
Sergio Franchi, Italian-American tenor and actor (b. 1926)
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1991
Richard Thorpe, American director and screenwriter (b. 1896)
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1993
Pierre Bérégovoy, French metallurgist and politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1925)
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1993
Ranasinghe Premadasa, Sri Lankan politician, 3rd President of Sri Lanka (b. 1924)
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1994
Ayrton Senna, Brazilian race car driver (b. 1960)
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1995
Antonio Salemme, Italian-American painter (b. 1892)
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1997
Fernand Dumont, Canadian sociologist, philosopher, and poet (b. 1927)
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1998
Eldridge Cleaver, American author and activist (b. 1935)
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2000
Steve Reeves, American bodybuilder and actor (b. 1926)
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2002
Ebrahim Al-Arrayedh, Indian poet and author (b. 1908)
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2003
Miss Elizabeth, American wrestler and manager (b. 1960)
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2003
Wim van Est, Dutch cyclist (b. 1923)
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2005
Kenneth Clark, American psychologist and academic (b. 1914)
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2008
Anthony Mamo, Maltese judge and politician, 1st President of Malta (b. 1909)
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2008
Philipp von Boeselager, German soldier and economist (b. 1917)
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2010
Helen Wagner, American actress (b. 1918)
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2011
Henry Cooper, English boxer (b. 1934)
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2011
Ted Lowe, English sportscaster (b. 1920)
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2012
James Kinley, Canadian engineer and politician, 29th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia (b. 1925)
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2012
Mordechai Virshubski, German-Israeli lawyer and politician (b. 1930)
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2013
Chris Kelly, American rapper (b. 1978)
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2013
Pierre Pleimelding, French footballer and manager (b. 1952)
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2014
Adamu Atta, Nigerian lawyer and politician, 5th Governor of Kwara State (b. 1927)
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2014
Radhia Cousot, Tunisian-American computer scientist and academic (b. 1947)
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2014
Assi Dayan, Israeli actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1945)
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2014
Juan de Dios Castillo, Mexican footballer and coach (b. 1951)
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2015
Geoff Duke, English-Manx motorcycle racer (b. 1923)
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2015
Vafa Guluzade, Azerbaijani political scientist, academic, and diplomat (b. 1940)
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2015
María Elena Velasco, Mexican actress, singer, director, and screenwriter (b. 1940)
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2015
Grace Lee Whitney, American actress (b. 1930)