May 11 — On This Day
308 entries
Events
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330
Byzantium is renamed Nova Roma during a dedication ceremony, but it is more popularly referred to as Constantinople.
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868
A copy of the Diamond Sutra is printed in China, making it the oldest known dated printed book.
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912
Alexander becomes Emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
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1310
In France, fifty-four members of the Knights Templar are burned at the stake as heretics.
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1502
Christopher Columbus departs Cádiz on his fourth and final voyage to the Americas.
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1647
Peter Stuyvesant arrives in New Amsterdam to replace Willem Kieft as Director-General of New Netherland, the Dutch colonial settlement in present-day New York City.
Peter Stuyvesant · New Amsterdam · Willem Kieft · Director-General of New Netherland · Dutch colonization of the Americas
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1672
Franco-Dutch War: Louis XIV of France invades the Netherlands.
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1745
War of the Austrian Succession: Battle of Fontenoy: French forces defeat an Anglo-Dutch-Hanoverian army.
War of the Austrian Succession · Battle of Fontenoy · Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg
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1792
Captain Robert Gray becomes the first documented white person to sail into the Columbia River.
Sea captain · Robert Gray (sea captain) · White people · Columbia River
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1812
Prime Minister Spencer Perceval is assassinated by John Bellingham in the lobby of the House of Commons, London.
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom · Spencer Perceval · John Bellingham · British House of Commons
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1813
In Australia, William Lawson, Gregory Blaxland and William Wentworth lead an expedition to cross the Blue Mountains west of Sydney. Their route opens up inland Australia for continued expansion throughout the 19th century.
William Lawson (explorer) · Gregory Blaxland · William Wentworth · 1813 crossing of the Blue Mountains
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1833
The Aberdeen-built brig Lady of the Lake struck an iceberg and sank off the coast of Newfoundland with the loss of up to 265 passengers and crew.
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1846
President James K. Polk asked for a Declaration of War against Mexico, starting the Mexican-American War. It is approved on May 13.
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1857
Indian Rebellion of 1857: Indian rebels seize Delhi from the British.
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1858
Minnesota is admitted as the 32nd U.S. State.
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1862
American Civil War: The ironclad CSS Virginia is scuttled in the James River northwest of Norfolk, Virginia.
American Civil War · Ironclad · CSS Virginia · James River (Virginia) · Norfolk, Virginia
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1867
Luxembourg gains its independence.
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1880
Seven people are killed in the Mussel Slough Tragedy, a gun battle in California.
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1889
An attack upon a U.S. Army paymaster and escort results in the theft of over $28,000 and the award of two Medals of Honor.
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1891
The Ōtsu incident: Tsarevich Nicholas Alexandrovich of Imperial Russia (later Nicholas II) suffers a critical head injury during a sword attack by Japanese policeman Tsuda Sanzō. He is rescued by Prince George of Greece and Denmark.
Ōtsu incident · Tsarevich · Imperial Russia · Nicholas II · Prince George of Greece and Denmark
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1894
Pullman Strike: Four thousand Pullman Palace Car Company workers go on a wildcat strike in Illinois.
Pullman Strike · Pullman Palace Car Company · Wildcat strike action
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1910
An act of the U.S. Congress establishes Glacier National Park in Montana.
United States Congress · Glacier National Park (U.S.) · Montana
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1918
The Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus is officially established.
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1927
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is founded.
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1942
William Faulkner's collections of short stories, Go Down, Moses, is published.
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1943
World War II: American troops invade Attu Island in the Aleutian Islands in an attempt to expel occupying Japanese forces.
World War II · Battle of Attu · Attu Island · Aleutian Islands
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1944
World War II: The Allies begin a major offensive against the Axis powers on the Gustav Line.
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1945
World War II: Off the coast of Okinawa, the aircraft carrier USS Bunker Hill is hit by two kamikazes, killing 346 of its crew. Although badly damaged, the ship is able to return to the U.S. under its own power.
Okinawa · Aircraft carrier · USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) · Kamikaze
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1949
Siam officially changes its name to Thailand for the second time. The name had been in use since 1939 but was reverted in 1945.
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1953
The 1953 Waco tornado outbreak: An F5 tornado hits downtown Waco, Texas, killing 114.
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1960
In Buenos Aires, Argentina, four Israeli Mossad agents capture fugitive Nazi Adolf Eichmann who is living under the alias of Ricardo Klement.
Buenos Aires, Argentina · Israel · Mossad · Nazism · Adolf Eichmann
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1963
Racist bombings in Birmingham, Alabama disrupt nonviolence in the Birmingham campaign and precipitate a crisis involving federal troops.
Birmingham, Alabama · Nonviolence · Birmingham campaign · Birmingham crisis
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1970
The Lubbock tornado, a F5 tornado, hits Lubbock, Texas, killing 26 and causing $250 million in damage.
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1972
The United States performs a nuclear test at Nevada Test Site, which was part of the series Operation Grommet and Operation Toggle.
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1973
Citing government misconduct, Daniel Ellsberg's charges for his involvement in releasing the Pentagon Papers to The New York Times are dismissed.
Misconduct · Daniel Ellsberg · Pentagon Papers · The New York Times
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1985
Bradford City stadium fire: Fifty-six spectators die and more than 200 are injured in a flash fire at Valley Parade football ground during a match against Lincoln City in Bradford, England.
Bradford City stadium fire · Valley Parade · Association football · Bradford
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1987
Klaus Barbie goes on trial in Lyon for war crimes committed during World War II.
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1995
More than 170 countries extend the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty indefinitely and without conditions.
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1996
After the aircraft's departure from Miami, a fire started by improperly handled chemical oxygen generators in the cargo hold of Atlanta-bound ValuJet Flight 592 causes the Douglas DC-9 to crash in the Florida Everglades killing all 110 on board.
Miami · Chemical oxygen generator · Atlanta · ValuJet Flight 592 · Douglas DC-9
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1996
The 1996 Mount Everest disaster: on a single day eight people die during summit attempts on Mount Everest.
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1997
Deep Blue, a chess-playing supercomputer, defeats Garry Kasparov in the last game of the rematch, becoming the first computer to beat a world-champion chess player in a classic match format.
Deep Blue (chess computer) · Chess · Supercomputer · Garry Kasparov · Deep Blue versus Kasparov, 1997, Game 6
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1998
India conducts three underground atomic tests in Pokhran.
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2000
Second Chechen War: Chechen separatists ambush Russian paramilitary forces in the Republic of Ingushetia.
Second Chechen War · Chechens · Galashki ambush · Ingushetia
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2011
Earthquake of magnitude 5.1 attacks in Lorca, Spain.
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2013
Fifty-two people are killed in a bombing in Reyhanlı, Turkey.
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2014
Fifteen people are killed and 46 injured in Kinshasa in a stampede caused by tear gas being thrown into soccer stands by police officers attempting to defuse a hostile incident.
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2016
More than 110 people are killed in an ISIL bombing in Baghdad.
Famous Births
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1014
Anawrahta, king of Burma and founder of the Pagan Empire (d. 1077)
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1366
Anne of Bohemia (d. 1394)
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1414
Francis I, Duke of Brittany (d. 1450)
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1571
Niwa Nagashige, Japanese daimyo (d. 1637)
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1625
Elisabeth Marie, Duchess of Oels (d. 1686)
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1694
Princess Maria Theresia of Liechtenstein (d. 1772)
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1715
Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach, German organist (d. 1739)
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1715
Ignazio Fiorillo, Italian composer and educator (d. 1787)
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1720
Hieronymus Karl Friedrich von Münchhausen, Baron Munchausen (d. 1797)
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1722
Petrus Camper, Dutch physician, anatomist, and physiologist (d. 1789)
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1752
Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German physician, physiologist, and anthropologist (d. 1840)
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1771
Laskarina Bouboulina, Greek commander (d. 1825)
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1799
John Lowell, Jr., American businessman and philanthropist, founded Lowell Institute (d. 1836)
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1801
Henri Labrouste, French architect and academic, designed the Sainte-Geneviève Library (d. 1875)
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1811
Chang and Eng Bunker, Thai-American conjoined twins (d. 1874)
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1811
Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel, Swiss politician (d. 1893)
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1817
Fanny Cerrito, Italian ballerina and choreographer (d. 1909)
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1824
Jean-Léon Gérôme, French painter and sculptor (d. 1904)
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1827
Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, French sculptor and painter (d. 1875)
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1835
Kārlis Baumanis, Latvian composer (d. 1905)
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1838
Isabelle Bogelot, French philanthropist (d. 1923)
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1838
Walter Goodman, English painter, illustrator, and author (d. 1912)
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1852
Charles W. Fairbanks, American journalist and politician, 26th United States Vice President (d. 1918)
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1854
Jack Blackham, Australian cricketer (d. 1932)
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1861
Frederick Russell Burnham, American soldier and adventurer (d. 1947)
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1869
Archibald Warden, English tennis player (d. 1943)
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1870
Otto von Friesen, Swedish linguist and academic (d. 1942)
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1871
Frank Schlesinger, American astronomer and author (d. 1943)
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1875
Harriet Quimby, American pilot and screenwriter (d. 1912)
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1881
Al Cabrera, Spanish-Cuban baseball player and manager (d. 1964)
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1881
Jan van Gilse, Dutch composer and conductor (d. 1944)
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1881
Theodore von Kármán, Hungarian-American mathematician, physicist, and engineer (d. 1963)
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1882
Joseph Marx, Austrian composer, educator, and critic (d. 1964)
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1888
Irving Berlin, Belarusian-American pianist and composer (d. 1989)
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1888
Willis Augustus Lee, American admiral (d. 1945)
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1889
Paul Nash, British painter (d. 1946)
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1890
Willie Applegarth, English-American sprinter (d. 1958)
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1890
Helge Løvland, Norwegian decathlete (d. 1984)
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1892
Margaret Rutherford, English actress (d. 1972)
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1894
Martha Graham, American dancer and choreographer (d. 1991)
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1895
Jacques Brugnon, French tennis player (d. 1978)
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1895
William Grant Still, American composer and conductor (d. 1978)
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1896
Josip Štolcer-Slavenski Croatian composer and academic (d. 1955)
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1897
Kurt Gerron, German actor and director (d. 1944)
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1897
Robert E. Gross, American businessman (d. 1961)
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1899
Paulino Masip, Spanish author and playwright (d. 1963)
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1901
Rose Ausländer, Ukrainian-English poet and author (d. 1988)
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1901
Gladys Rockmore Davis, American painter (d. 1967)
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1902
Karl Pärsimägi, Estonian painter (d. 1942)
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1903
Charlie Gehringer, American baseball player and manager (d. 1993)
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1904
Salvador Dalí, Spanish painter and illustrator (d. 1989)
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1907
Rip Sewell, American baseball player and coach (d. 1989)
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1909
Ellis R. Dungan, American director and producer (d. 2001)
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1911
Mitchell Sharp, Canadian economist and politician, 23rd Canadian Minister of Finance (d. 2004)
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1911
Phil Silvers, American actor and comedian (d. 1985)
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1912
Foster Brooks, American actor and comedian (d. 2001)
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1912
Saadat Hasan Manto, Indian-Pakistani author and screenwriter (d. 1955)
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1913
Robert Jungk, Austrian journalist and author (d. 1994)
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1914
Haroun Tazieff, French volcanologist and geologist (d. 1998)
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1916
Camilo José Cela, Spanish author and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2002)
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1918
Richard Feynman, American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1988)
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1920
Denver Pyle, American actor and director (d. 1997)
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1921
Robin Barbour, Scottish minister and author (d. 2014)
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1921
Hildegard Hamm-Brücher, German politician (d. 2016)
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1922
Ameurfina Melencio-Herrera, Filipino lawyer and jurist
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1924
Eugene Dynkin, Russian-American mathematician and theorist (d. 2014)
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1924
Antony Hewish, English astronomer and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
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1925
Edward J. King, American football player and politician, 66th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 2006)
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1927
Bernard Fox, British actor (d. 2016)
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1927
Mort Sahl, Canadian-American comedian and actor
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1927
Gene Savoy, American explorer, author, and scholar (d. 2007)
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1928
Yaacov Agam, Israeli sculptor
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1928
Andrew van der Bijl, Dutch missionary and author
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1930
Edsger W. Dijkstra, Dutch computer scientist and academic, co-developed THE multiprogramming system (d. 2002)
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1930
Stanley Elkin, American novelist, short story writer, and essayist (d. 1995)
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1932
Valentino Garavani, Italian fashion designer, founded Valentino SpA
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1933
Anna Marguerite McCann, first female American underwater archaeologist (d. 2017)
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1933
Louis Farrakhan, American religious leader
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1933
Mychal Judge, Franciscan friar, Catholic priest, chaplain to the New York City Fire Department (d. 2001)
Mychal Judge · Franciscan friar · Catholic priest · Chaplain · New York City Fire Department
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1934
Jim Jeffords, American captain, lawyer, and politician (d. 2014)
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1934
Arthur Labatt, Canadian businessman and academic
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1935
Francisco Umbral, Spanish journalist and author (d. 2007)
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1936
Carla Bley, American pianist, composer, and bandleader
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1937
Cheng Yen, Taiwanese Buddhist nun and philanthropist
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1938
Johnny Devlin, New Zealand-Australian singer-songwriter
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1938
Jeanne Little, Australian television personality
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1938
Narendra Patel, Baron Patel, Tanzanian-English obstetrician, academic, and politician
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1939
Dante Tiñga, Filipino jurist and politician
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1940
Herbert Müller, Swiss race car driver (d. 1981)
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1941
Eric Burdon, English singer-songwriter, actor, and painter
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1941
Ian Redpath, Australian cricketer and coach
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1943
Nancy Greene, Canadian skier and politician
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1943
Clarence Ellis, American computer scientist and academic (d. 2014)
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1944
John Benaud, Australian cricketer
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1945
Floyd Adams Jr., American publisher and politician, 63rd Mayor of Savannah, Georgia (d. 2014)
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1946
Robert Jarvik, American cardiologist, developed the Artificial heart
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1947
Butch Trucks, American drummer (d. 2017)
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1948
Jack Cantoni, French rugby player (d. 2013)
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1948
Nirj Deva, Sri Lankan-English politician
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1950
Jeremy Paxman, English journalist and author
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1951
Mike Slemen, English rugby player and educator
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1951
Ed Stelmach, Canadian farmer and politician, 13th Premier of Alberta
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1952
Shohreh Aghdashloo, Iranian-American actress
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1952
Frances Fisher, English-American actress
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1952
Warren Littlefield, American businessman
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1952
Mike Lupica, American sports journalist
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1954
John Clayton, American journalist
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1954
John Gregory, English footballer and manager
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1954
Judith Weir, English composer and educator
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1955
John DeStefano, Jr., American politician, 49th Mayor of New Haven
John DeStefano, Jr. · List of mayors of New Haven, Connecticut
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1956
Theresa Burke, Canadian journalist and producer
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1956
Alex Lester, English radio host
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1957
Mike Nesbitt, Northern Irish journalist and politician
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1958
Dan Ireland, American director and producer (d. 2016)
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1958
Nalliah Kumaraguruparan, Sri Lankan accountant and politician
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1958
Phil Smyth, Australian basketball player and coach
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1958
Walt Terrell, American baseball player
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1959
Martha Quinn, American radio and television host
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1960
Kike Santander, Colombian doctor and singer-songwriter
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1961
Luis Felipe, Cuban gang leader, founded the Latin Kings
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1961
Cecile Licad, Filipino classical pianist
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1962
Steve Bono, American football player
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1963
Gunilla Carlsson, Swedish politician, 10th Swedish Minister for International Development Cooperation
Gunilla Carlsson · Minister for International Development Cooperation (Sweden)
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1963
Roark Critchlow, Canadian-American actor
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1963
Masatoshi Hamada, Japanese comedian and actor
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1963
Natasha Richardson, English-American actress (d. 2009)
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1964
Tim Blake Nelson, American actor, director, and screenwriter
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1964
John Parrott, English snooker player and sportscaster
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1964
Bobby Witt, American baseball player
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1964
Floyd Youmans, American baseball player, coach, and manager
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1965
Greg Dulli, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1966
Christoph Schneider, German drummer
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1967
Alberto García Aspe, Mexican footballer and manager
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1968
Wenn V. Deramas, Filipino director and screenwriter (d. 2016)
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1968
Jeffrey Donovan, American actor
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1969
Mitch Healey, Australian rugby league player and coach
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1969
Simon Vroemen, Dutch runner
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1970
Harold Ford, Jr., American lawyer and politician
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1970
Jason Queally, English cyclist
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1972
Tomáš Dvořák, Czech decathlete and coach
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1972
Daniel Ornellas, South African bass player
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1973
Tsuyoshi Ogata, Japanese runner
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1974
Kevin Brown, English-Canadian ice hockey player
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1974
Stanley Gene, Papua New Guinean rugby league player and coach
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1974
Benoît Magimel, French actor
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1974
Darren Ward, English-Welsh footballer and coach
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1975
Francisco Cordero, Dominican-American baseball player
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1977
Janne Ahonen, Finnish ski jumper and race car driver
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1977
Pablo Gabriel García, Uruguayan footballer
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1977
Victor Matfield, South African rugby player, coach, and sportscaster
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1978
Laetitia Casta, French model and actress
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1978
Perttu Kivilaakso, Finnish cellist and composer
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1978
Richard B. Spencer, White Nationalist
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1979
Gonzalo Colsa, Spanish footballer
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1979
Erin Lang, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1980
Ernest Vardanean, Armenian-Moldovan political scientist and journalist
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1980
Kulap Vilaysack, American actress, comedian, and writer
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1981
Lauren Jackson, Australian basketball player
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1981
Dusán Mukics, Slovene journalist, poet, and translator
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1982
Cory Monteith, Canadian actor and singer (d. 2013)
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1983
Matt Leinart, American football player
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1983
Steven Sotloff, American-Israeli journalist (d. 2014)
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1984
Andrés Iniesta, Spanish footballer
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1985
Beau Ryan, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
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1985
Sifow, Japanese singer
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1986
Ronny Heberson Furtado de Araújo, Brazilian footballer
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1986
Abou Diaby, French footballer
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1986
Miguel Veloso, Portuguese footballer
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1987
Albulena Haxhiu, Kosovo jurist and politician
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1987
Monica Roșu, Romanian gymnast
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1988
Jeremy Maclin, American football player
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1988
Brad Marchand, Canadian ice hockey player
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1988
Ami Nakashima, Japanese singer and dancer
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1989
Giovani dos Santos, Mexican footballer
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1989
Cam Newton, American football player
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1992
Thibaut Courtois, Belgian footballer
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1993
Maurice Harkless, American-Puerto Rican basketball player
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1993
Jirapong Meenapra, Thai sprinter
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1993
Miguel Sanó, Dominican baseball player
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1994
Hagos Gebrhiwet, Ethiopian runner
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1994
Nene Macdonald, Papua New Guinean rugby league player
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1995
Gelson Martins, Portuguese footballer
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1999
Sabrina Carpenter, American actress
Famous Deaths
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912
Leo VI the Wise, Byzantine emperor (b. 866)
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1138
William de Warenne, 2nd Earl of Surrey
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1304
Ghazan, Mongolian ruler (b. 1271)
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1313
Robert Winchelsey, archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1245)
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1474
John Stanberry, Bishop of Hereford
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1572
Moses Isserles, rabbi and talmudist (b. 1530)
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1610
Matteo Ricci, Italian priest and mathematician (b. 1552)
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1672
Charles Seton, 2nd Earl of Dunfermline, Scottish politician (b. 1615)
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1686
Otto von Guericke, German physicist and politician (b. 1602)
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1696
Jean de La Bruyère, French philosopher and author (b. 1645)
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1708
Jules Hardouin-Mansart, French architect, designed the Château de Dampierre and Grand Trianon (b. 1646)
Jules Hardouin-Mansart · Château de Dampierre · Grand Trianon
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1723
Jean Galbert de Campistron, French playwright and author (b. 1656)
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1760
Alaungpaya, Burmese king (b. 1714)
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1777
George Pigot, 1st Baron Pigot, English politician (b. 1719)
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1778
William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, English soldier and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1708)
William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham · Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
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1779
John Hart, American lawyer and politician (b. 1711)
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1812
Spencer Perceval, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1762)
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1848
Tom Cribb, English boxer (b. 1781)
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1849
Juliette Récamier, French businesswoman (b. 1777)
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1871
John Herschel, English mathematician, astronomer, and chemist (b. 1792)
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1878
Henry Norris, English civil engineer (b. 1816)
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1882
Frederick Innes, Scottish-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1816)
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1887
Jean-Baptiste Boussingault, French chemist and academic (b. 1802)
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1889
John Cadbury, English businessman and philanthropist, founded the Cadbury Company (b. 1801)
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1891
Edmond Becquerel, French physicist and academic (b. 1820)
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1908
Charles Kingston, Australian politician, 20th Premier of South Australia (b. 1850)
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1916
Max Reger, German pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1873)
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1916
Karl Schwarzschild, German astronomer and physicist (b. 1873)
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1918
George Elmslie, Australian politician, 25th Premier of Victoria (b. 1861)
George Elmslie (Australian politician) · Premier of Victoria
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1920
James Colosimo, Italian-American mob boss (b. 1878)
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1920
William Dean Howells, American novelist, literary critic, and playwright (b. 1837)
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1927
Juan Gris, Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1887)
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1929
Jozef Murgaš, Slovak-American priest, architect, botanist, and painter (b. 1864)
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1934
Blaise Diagne, Senegalese-French soldier and politician (b. 1872)
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1934
Orest Khvolson, Russian physicist and academic (b. 1852)
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1938
George Lyon, Canadian golfer and cricketer (b. 1858)
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1939
Yevgeny Miller, Latvian-Russian general and politician (b. 1867)
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1940
Chujiro Hayashi, Japanese physician (b. 1880)
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1954
Sait Faik Abasıyanık, Turkish author and poet (b. 1906)
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1955
Gilbert Jessop, English cricketer (b. 1874)
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1960
John D. Rockefeller Jr., American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1874)
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1961
Yves Simon, French philosopher, taught at the University of Notre Dame and the Committee on Social Thought (b. 1903)
Yves Simon · University of Notre Dame · Committee on Social Thought
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1963
Herbert Spencer Gasser, American physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
Herbert Spencer Gasser · Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
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1966
Alfred Wintle, English lieutenant and author (b. 1897)
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1967
James E. Brewton, American painter (b. 1930)
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1976
Alvar Aalto, Finnish architect, designed Finlandia Hall and Paimio Sanatorium (b. 1898)
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1979
Lester Flatt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1914)
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1981
Odd Hassel, Norwegian chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)
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1981
Bob Marley, Jamaican singer-songwriter and guitarist (Bob Marley and the Wailers) (b. 1945)
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1985
Chester Gould, American cartoonist, created Dick Tracy (b. 1900)
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1986
Fritz Pollard, American football player and coach (b. 1894)
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1988
Kim Philby, British-Soviet double agent (b. 1912)
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1994
Timothy Carey, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1928)
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1996
Nnamdi Azikiwe, Nigerian journalist and politician, 1st President of Nigeria (b. 1904)
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1996
Ademir Marques de Menezes, Brazilian footballer, coach, and sportscaster (b. 1922)
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2000
René Muñoz, Cuban-Mexican actor and screenwriter (b. 1938)
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2001
Douglas Adams, English novelist and screenwriter (b. 1952)
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2002
Joseph Bonanno, Italian-American mob boss (b. 1905)
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2002
Renaude Lapointe, Canadian journalist and politician (b. 1912)
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2002
Bill Peet, American animator and screenwriter (b. 1915)
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2003
Noel Redding, English bass player (b. 1945)
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2005
Léo Cadieux, Canadian politician, 17th Canadian Minister of National Defence (b. 1908)
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2005
Michalis Genitsaris, Greek singer-songwriter (b. 1917)
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2006
Floyd Patterson, American boxer and actor (b. 1935)
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2007
Malietoa Tanumafili II, Samoan ruler (b. 1913)
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2008
John Rutsey, Canadian drummer (b. 1953)
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2009
Abel Goumba, Central African physician and politician, Prime Minister of the Central African Republic (b. 1926)
Abel Goumba · Prime Minister of the Central African Republic
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2009
Claudio Huepe, Chilean economist and politician, Chilean Minister Secretary-General of Government (b. 1939)
Claudio Huepe · Ministry General Secretariat of Government (Chile)
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2009
Sardarilal Mathradas Nanda, Indian admiral (b. 1915)
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2010
Doris Eaton Travis, American dancer and vaudevillian (b. 1904)
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2010
Emmanuel Ngobese, South African footballer (b. 1980)
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2011
Maurice Goldhaber, Ukrainian-American physicist and academic (b. 1911)
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2011
Robert Traylor, American basketball player (b. 1977)
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2012
Jack Benaroya, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1921)
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2012
Tony DeZuniga, Filipino author and illustrator (b. 1932)
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2014
Reg Gasnier, Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster (b. 1939)
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2014
Martin Špegelj, Croatian general and politician, 2nd Croatian Minister of Defence (b. 1927)
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2015
Jef Geeraerts, Belgian author and playwright (b. 1930)