May 29 — On This Day
348 entries
Events
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363
The Roman emperor Julian defeats the Sasanian army in the Battle of Ctesiphon, under the walls of the Sasanian capital, but is unable to take the city.
Roman emperor · Julian (emperor) · Sasanian Empire · Battle of Ctesiphon (363)
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1108
Battle of Uclés: Almoravid troops under the command of Tamim ibn Yusuf defeat a Castile and León alliance under the command of Prince Sancho Alfónsez.
Battle of Uclés (1108) · Almoravid dynasty · Kingdom of Castile · Kingdom of León · Sancho Alfónsez
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1167
Battle of Monte Porzio: A Roman army supporting Pope Alexander III is defeated by Christian of Buch and Rainald of Dassel.
Battle of Monte Porzio · Commune of Rome · Pope Alexander III · Christian I (archbishop of Mainz) · Rainald of Dassel
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1176
Battle of Legnano: The Lombard League defeats Emperor Frederick I.
Battle of Legnano · Lombard League · Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor
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1328
Philip VI is crowned King of France.
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1453
Fall of Constantinople: Ottoman armies under Sultan Mehmed II Fatih capture Constantinople after a 53-day siege, ending the Byzantine Empire.
Fall of Constantinople · Ottoman Empire · Sultan · Mehmed the Conqueror · Fatih
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1660
English Restoration: Charles II is restored to the throne of England, Scotland and Ireland.
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1727
Peter II becomes Tsar of Russia.
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1733
The right of settlers in New France to enslave natives is upheld at Quebec City.
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1780
American Revolutionary War: At the Battle of Waxhaws, the British continue attacking after the Continentals lay down their arms, killing 113 and critically wounding all but 53 that remained.
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1790
Rhode Island becomes the last of the original United States' colonies to ratify the Constitution and is admitted as the 13th U.S. state.
Rhode Island · Thirteen Colonies · United States Constitution · U.S. state
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1798
United Irishmen Rebellion: Between 300 and 500 United Irishmen are executed as rebels by the British Army in County Kildare, Ireland.
Irish Rebellion of 1798 · Society of United Irishmen · Gibbet Rath massacre · County Kildare
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1807
Mustafa IV became Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam.
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1848
Wisconsin is admitted as the 30th U.S. state.
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1852
Jenny Lind leaves New York after her two-year American tour.
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1861
The Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce is founded, in Hong Kong.
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1864
Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico arrives in Mexico for the first time.
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1867
The Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 ("the Compromise") is born through Act 12, which establishes the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
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1868
Mihailo Obrenović III, Prince of Serbia is assassinated.
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1886
The pharmacist John Pemberton places his first advertisement for Coca-Cola, which appeared in The Atlanta Journal.
Pharmacist · John Pemberton · Advertising · Coca-Cola · The Atlanta Journal
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1900
N'Djamena is founded as Fort-Lamy by the French commander Émile Gentil.
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1903
In the May Coup, Alexander I, King of Serbia, and Queen Draga, are assassinated in Belgrade by the Black Hand (Crna Ruka) organization.
May Coup (Serbia) · Alexander I of Serbia · Assassination · Black Hand (Serbia)
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1913
Igor Stravinsky's ballet score The Rite of Spring receives its premiere performance in Paris, France, provoking a riot.
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1914
The Ocean liner RMS Empress of Ireland sinks in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence with the loss of 1,012 lives.
Ocean liner · RMS Empress of Ireland · Gulf of Saint Lawrence
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1918
Armenia defeats the Ottoman Army in the Battle of Sardarabad.
Armenia · Military of the Ottoman Empire · Battle of Sardarabad
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1919
Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity is tested (later confirmed) by Arthur Eddington and Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin.
Albert Einstein · General relativity · Arthur Eddington · Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin
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1931
Michele Schirru, a citizen of the United States, is executed by Italian military firing squad for intent to kill Benito Mussolini.
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1932
World War I veterans begin to assemble in Washington, D.C., in the Bonus Army to request cash bonuses promised to them to be paid in 1945.
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1935
First flight of the Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter aeroplane.
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1945
First combat mission of the Consolidated B-32 Dominator heavy bomber.
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1950
The St. Roch, the first ship to circumnavigate North America, arrives in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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1953
Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay become the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest, on Tenzing Norgay's (adopted) 39th birthday.
Edmund Hillary · Sherpa people · Tenzing Norgay · Mount Everest
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1964
The Arab League meets in East Jerusalem to discuss the Palestinian question, leading to the formation of the Palestine Liberation Organization.
Arab League · East Jerusalem · Palestine Liberation Organization
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1973
Tom Bradley is elected the first black mayor of Los Angeles, California.
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1982
Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff to visit Canterbury Cathedral.
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1982
Falklands War: British forces defeat the Argentines at the Battle of Goose Green.
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1985
Heysel Stadium disaster: Thirty-nine association football fans die and hundreds are injured when a dilapidated retaining wall collapses.
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1985
Amputee Steve Fonyo completes cross-Canada marathon at Victoria, British Columbia, after 14 months.
Amputation · Steve Fonyo · Canada · Marathon · Victoria, British Columbia
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1988
The U.S. President Ronald Reagan begins his first visit to the Soviet Union when he arrives in Moscow for a superpower summit with the Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.
President of the United States · Ronald Reagan · Soviet Union · Mikhail Gorbachev
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1989
Signing of an agreement between Egypt and the United States, allowing the manufacture of parts of the F-16 jet fighter plane in Egypt.
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1990
The Russian parliament elects Boris Yeltsin as president of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.
Congress of People's Deputies of Russia · Boris Yeltsin · Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
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1993
The Miss Sarajevo beauty pageant is held in war torn Sarajevo drawing global attention to the plight of its citizens.
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1999
Olusegun Obasanjo takes office as President of Nigeria, the first elected and civilian head of state in Nigeria after 16 years of military rule.
Olusegun Obasanjo · President of Nigeria · Head of state · Nigeria
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1999
Space Shuttle Discovery completes the first docking with the International Space Station.
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2001
The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the disabled golfer Casey Martin can use a cart to ride in tournaments.
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2004
The National World War II Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C.
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2008
A doublet earthquake, of combined magnitude 6.1, strikes Iceland near the town of Selfoss, injuring 30 people.
2008 Iceland earthquake · Moment magnitude scale · Iceland · Selfoss (town)
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2012
A 5.8-magnitude earthquake hits northern Italy near Bologna, killing at least 24 people.
Famous Births
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1421
Charles, Prince of Viana (d. 1461)
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1439
Pope Pius III (d. 1503)
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1443
Victor, Duke of Münsterberg, Reichsgraf, Duke of Münsterberg and Opava, Count of Glatz (d. 1500)
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1504
Antun Vrančić, Croatian archbishop (d. 1573)
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1555
George Carew, 1st Earl of Totnes, English Earl, general and administrator (d. 1629)
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1568
Virginia de' Medici, Italian princess (d. 1615)
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1594
Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim, Bavarian field marshal (d. 1632)
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1627
Anne, Duchess of Montpensier, French princess (d. 1693)
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1630
Charles II of England (d. 1685)
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1675
Humphry Ditton, English mathematician and philosopher (d. 1715)
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1716
Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton, French zoologist and mineralogist (d. 1800)
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1722
James FitzGerald, 1st Duke of Leinster, Irish soldier and politician (d. 1773)
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1730
Jackson of Exeter, English organist and composer (d. 1803)
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1736
Patrick Henry, American lawyer and politician, 1st Governor of Virginia (d. 1799)
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1780
Henri Braconnot, French chemist and pharmacist (d. 1855)
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1794
Johann Heinrich von Mädler, German astronomer and selenographer (d. 1874)
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1823
John H. Balsley, American carpenter and inventor (d. 1895)
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1860
Isaac Albéniz, Spanish pianist and composer (d. 1909)
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1871
Clark Voorhees, American painter (d. 1933)
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1873
Rudolf Tobias, Estonian organist and composer (d. 1918)
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1874
G. K. Chesterton, English essayist, poet, and playwright (d. 1936)
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1880
Oswald Spengler, German historian and philosopher (d. 1936)
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1892
Alfonsina Storni, Swiss-Argentinian poet and author (d. 1938)
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1893
Max Brand, American journalist and author (d. 1944)
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1894
Beatrice Lillie, Canadian-English actress, singer and writer (d. 1989)
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1894
Josef von Sternberg, Austrian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1969)
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1897
Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Czech-American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1957)
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1899
Douglas Abbott, Canadian lawyer and politician, 10th Canadian Minister of Defence (d. 1987)
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1903
Bob Hope, English-American actor, singer, and producer (d. 2003)
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1904
Hubert Opperman, Australian cyclist and politician (d. 1996)
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1905
Sebastian Shaw, English actor, director, and playwright (d. 1994)
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1906
T. H. White, Indian-English author (d. 1964)
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1907
Hartland Molson, Canadian captain and politician (d. 2002)
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1908
Diana Morgan, Welsh-English playwright and screenwriter (d. 1996)
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1910
Ralph Metcalfe, American sprinter and politician (d. 1978)
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1913
Tony Zale, American boxer (d. 1997)
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1914
Stacy Keach Sr., American actor (d. 2003)
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1914
Tenzing Norgay, Nepalese-Indian mountaineer (d. 1986)
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1915
Karl Münchinger, German conductor and composer (d. 1990)
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1917
John F. Kennedy, American lieutenant and politician, 35th President of the United States (d. 1963)
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1917
Marcel Trudel, Canadian historian, author, and academic (d. 2011)
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1919
Jacques Genest, Canadian physician and academic
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1920
John Harsanyi, Hungarian-American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2000)
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1920
Clifton James, American actor (d. 2017)
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1921
Norman Hetherington, Australian cartoonist and puppeteer (d. 2010)
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1922
Joe Weatherly, American race car driver (d. 1964)
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1922
Iannis Xenakis, Greek-French composer, engineer, and theorist (d. 2001)
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1923
Bernard Clavel, French author (d. 2010)
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1923
John Parker, 6th Earl of Morley, English colonel and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Devon (d. 2015)
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1923
Eugene Wright, American jazz bassist
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1924
Lars Bo, Danish author and illustrator (d. 1999)
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1924
Miloslav Kříž, Czech basketball player and coach (d. 2013)
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1924
Pepper Paire, American baseball player (d. 2013)
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1926
Katie Boyle, Italian-English actress and television host
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1926
Halaevalu Mataʻaho ʻAhomeʻe, Queen Consort of Tonga (d. 2017)
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1926
Abdoulaye Wade, Senegalese academic and politician, 3rd President of Senegal
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1927
Jean Coutu, Canadian pharmacist and businessman, founded the Jean Coutu Group
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1929
Harry Frankfurt, American philosopher and academic
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1929
Peter Higgs, English-Scottish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
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1929
Roberto Vargas, Puerto Rican-American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2014)
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1932
Paul R. Ehrlich, American biologist and author
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1932
Richie Guerin, American basketball player and coach
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1933
Helmuth Rilling, German conductor and educator
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1933
Tarquinio Provini, Italian motorcycle racer (d. 2005)
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1934
Bill Vander Zalm, Dutch-Canadian businessman and politician, 28th Premier of British Columbia
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1935
André Brink, South African author and playwright (d. 2015)
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1937
Charles W. Pickering, American lawyer and judge
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1937
Irmin Schmidt, German keyboard player and composer
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1937
Alwin Schockemöhle, German show-jumper
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1937
Harry Statham, American basketball player and coach
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1938
Christopher Bland, English businessman and politician (d. 2017)
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1938
Fay Vincent, American lawyer and businessman
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1939
Pete Smith, Australian radio and television announcer
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1939
Al Unser, American race car driver
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1940
Taihō Kōki, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 48th Yokozuna (d. 2013)
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1940
Farooq Leghari, Pakistani politician, 8th President of Pakistan (d. 2010)
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1941
Doug Scott, English mountaineer and author
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1941
Bob Simon, American journalist (d. 2015)
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1942
Pierre Bourque, Canadian businessman and politician, 40th Mayor of Montreal
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1942
Kevin Conway, American actor and director
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1943
Robert W. Edgar, American educator and politician (d. 2013)
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1944
Bob Benmosche, American businessman (d. 2015)
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1944
Quentin Davies, English soldier and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
Quentin Davies · Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
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1945
Gary Brooker, English singer-songwriter and pianist
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1945
Peter Fraser, Baron Fraser of Carmyllie, Scottish lawyer and politician, Solicitor General for Scotland (d. 2013)
Peter Fraser, Baron Fraser of Carmyllie · Solicitor General for Scotland
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1945
Julian Le Grand, English economist and author
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1945
Martin Pipe, English jockey and trainer
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1945
Joyce Tenneson, American photographer
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1945
Jean-Pierre Van Rossem, Belgian scholar and author
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1946
Fernando Buesa, Spanish politician (d. 2000)
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1947
Anthony Geary, American actor
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1948
Michael Berkeley, English composer and radio host
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1948
Keith Gull, English microbiologist and academic
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1949
Robert Axelrod, American actor and screenwriter
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1949
Francis Rossi, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1950
Rebbie Jackson, American singer and actress
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1953
Danny Elfman, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
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1954
Robert Beaser, American composer and educator
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1954
Jerry Moran, American lawyer and politician
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1955
Frank Baumgartl, German runner (d. 2010)
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1955
John Hinckley Jr., American attempted assassin of Ronald Reagan
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1955
David Kirschner, American animator, producer, and author
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1955
Gordon Rintoul, Scottish historian and curator
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1955
Ken Schrader, American race car driver and sportscaster
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1956
Mark Lyall Grant, English diplomat, British Ambassador to the United Nations
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1956
La Toya Jackson, American singer-songwriter and actress
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1957
Steven Croft, English bishop and theologian
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1957
Jeb Hensarling, American lawyer and politician
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1957
Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Iranian film director
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1958
Annette Bening, American actress
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1958
Juliano Mer-Khamis, Israeli actor, director, and activist (d. 2011)
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1958
Uwe Rapolder, German footballer and coach
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1958
Mike Stenhouse, American baseball player and sportscaster
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1959
Rupert Everett, English actor and novelist
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1959
Mel Gaynor, English drummer
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1959
Steve Hanley, Irish-English bass player and songwriter
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1960
Thomas Baumer, Swiss economist and academic
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1960
Mike Freer, English politician
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1961
Melissa Etheridge, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and activist
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1961
John Miceli, American drummer
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1962
Fandi Ahmad, Singaporean footballer, coach, and manager
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1962
Eric Davis, American baseball player
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1962
Carol Kirkwood, Scottish journalist
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1962
Chloé Sainte-Marie, Canadian actress and singer
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1963
Blaze Bayley, English singer-songwriter
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1963
Zhu Jianhua, Chinese high jumper
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1963
Ukyo Katayama, Japanese race car driver
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1963
Claude Loiselle, Canadian ice hockey player and manager
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1964
Howard Mills III, American academic and politician
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1967
Noel Gallagher, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1967
Mike Keane, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
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1967
Steven Levitt, American economist, author, and academic
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1968
Torquhil Campbell, 13th Duke of Argyll, Scottish politician
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1968
Tate George, American basketball player
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1968
Jessica Morden, English politician
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1970
Roberto Di Matteo, Italian footballer and manager
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1971
Éric Lucas, Canadian boxer
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1971
Bernd Mayländer, German race car driver
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1971
Jo Beth Taylor, Australian television host and actress
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1971
Rob Womack, English shot putter and discus thrower
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1972
Bill Curley, American basketball player and coach
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1972
Simon Jones, English singer and bass player
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1973
Tomoko Kaneda, Japanese voice actress, singer, and radio personality
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1973
Mark Lee, American guitarist and songwriter
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1973
Alpay Özalan, Turkish footballer
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1974
Steve Cardenas, American martial artist and retired actor
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1974
Stephen Larkham, Australian rugby player and coach
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1974
Aaron McGruder, American author and cartoonist
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1974
Myf Warhurst, Australian radio and television host
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1974
Jenny Willott, English politician
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1975
Jason Allison, Canadian ice hockey player
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1975
Mel B, English singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
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1975
Natarsha Belling, Australian journalist
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1975
Sven Kubis, German footballer
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1975
Sarah Millican, English comedian
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1975
Anthony Wall, English golfer
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1975
Daniel Tosh, American comedian, television host, actor, writer, and executive producer
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1976
Caçapa, Brazilian footballer and manager
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1976
Jerry Hairston Jr., American baseball player and sportscaster
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1976
Raef LaFrentz, American basketball player
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1976
Yegor Titov, Russian footballer
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1977
Massimo Ambrosini, Italian footballer
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1977
Marco Cassetti, Italian footballer
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1977
António Lebo Lebo, Angolan footballer
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1978
Pelle Almqvist, Swedish singer-songwriter
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1978
Sébastien Grosjean, French tennis player
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1978
Lorenzo Odone, Italian-American adrenoleukodystrophy patient who inspired the 1992 film, Lorenzo's Oil (d. 2008)
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1978
Adam Rickitt, English singer
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1979
Arne Friedrich, German footballer
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1979
Brian Kendrick, American wrestler
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1979
John Rheinecker, American baseball player
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1980
Ernesto Farías, Argentinian footballer
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1981
Andrey Arshavin, Russian footballer
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1982
Ana Beatriz Barros, Brazilian model
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1982
Nataliya Dobrynska, Ukrainian heptathlete
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1982
Matt Macri, American baseball player
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1982
Kim Tae-kyun, South Korean baseball player
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1984
Carmelo Anthony, American basketball player
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1984
Funmi Jimoh, American long jumper
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1984
Andreas Schäffer, German footballer
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1985
Nathan Horton, Canadian ice hockey player
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1987
Lina Andrijauskaitė, Lithuanian long jumper
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1987
Issac Luke, New Zealand rugby league player
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1987
Kelvin Maynard, Dutch footballer
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1987
Noah Reid, Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter
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1987
Rui Sampaio, Portuguese footballer
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1988
Muath Al-Kasasbeh, Jordanian captain and pilot (d. 2015)
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1988
Cheng Fei, Chinese gymnast
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1988
Steve Mason, Canadian ice hockey player
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1989
Ezekiel Ansah, Ghanaian-American football player
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1989
Diego Barisone, Argentinian footballer (d. 2015)
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1989
Riley Keough, American model and actress
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1990
Joe Biagini, American baseball pitcher
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1992
Sarah Moundir, Swiss tennis player
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1993
Jana Čepelová, Slovak tennis player
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1993
Grete Šadeiko, Estonian heptathlete
Famous Deaths
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931
Jimeno Garcés of Pamplona
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1040
Renauld I, Count of Nevers
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1259
Christopher I of Denmark (b. 1219)
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1311
James II of Majorca (b. 1243)
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1320
Pope John VIII of Alexandria, Coptic pope
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1327
Jens Grand, Danish archbishop (b. c. 1260)
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1379
Henry II of Castile (b. 1334)
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1405
Philippe de Mézières, French soldier and author (b. 1327)
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1425
Hongxi Emperor of China (b. 1378)
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1453
Ulubatlı Hasan, Ottoman commander (b. 1428)
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1453
Constantine XI Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor (b. 1404)
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1500
Bartolomeu Dias, Portuguese explorer and navigator (b. 1451)
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1500
Thomas Rotherham, English cleric and minister (b. 1423)
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1546
David Beaton, Scottish cardinal and politician, Lord Chancellor of Scotland (b. 1494)
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1593
John Penry, Welsh martyr (b. 1559)
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1660
Frans van Schooten, Dutch mathematician and academic (b. 1615)
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1691
Cornelis Tromp, Dutch admiral (b. 1629)
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1790
Israel Putnam, American general (b. 1718)
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1796
Carl Fredrik Pechlin, Swedish general and politician (b. 1720)
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1814
Joséphine de Beauharnais, first wife of Napoleon Bonaparte (b. 1763)
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1829
Humphry Davy, English-Swiss chemist and academic (b. 1778)
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1847
Emmanuel de Grouchy, Marquis de Grouchy, French general (b. 1766)
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1866
Winfield Scott, American general, lawyer, and politician (b. 1786)
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1873
Prince Friedrich of Hesse and by Rhine (b. 1870)
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1892
Bahá'u'lláh, Persian religious leader, founded the Bahá'í Faith (b. 1817)
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1896
Gabriel Auguste Daubrée, French geologist and academic (b. 1814)
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1903
Bruce Price, American architect, designed the Château Frontenac and American Surety Building (b. 1845)
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1910
Mily Balakirev, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1837)
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1911
W. S. Gilbert, English playwright and poet (b. 1836)
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1914
Laurence Sydney Brodribb Irving, English author and playwright (b. 1871)
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1914
Henry Seton-Karr, English explorer, hunter, and author (b. 1853)
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1917
Kate Harrington, American poet and educator (b. 1831)
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1919
Robert Bacon, American colonel and politician, 39th United States Secretary of State (b. 1860)
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1920
Carlos Deltour, French rower (b. 1864)
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1921
Abbott Handerson Thayer, American painter and educator (b. 1849)
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1935
Josef Suk, Czech violinist and composer (b. 1874)
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1939
Ursula Ledóchowska, Austrian-Polish nun and saint, founded the Congregation of the Ursulines of the Agonizing Heart of Jesus (b. 1865)
Ursula Ledóchowska · Congregation of the Ursulines of the Agonizing Heart of Jesus
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1941
Léo-Pol Morin, Canadian pianist, composer, and educator (b. 1892)
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1942
John Barrymore, American actor (b. 1882)
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1946
Martin Gottfried Weiss, German SS officer (b. 1905)
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1948
May Whitty, English actress (b. 1865)
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1951
Fanny Brice, American singer and comedian (b. 1891)
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1951
Dimitrios Levidis, Greek-French soldier and composer (b. 1885)
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1953
Morgan Russell, American painter and educator (b. 1886)
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1958
Juan Ramón Jiménez, Spanish poet and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881)
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1963
Netta Muskett, English author (b. 1887)
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1966
Ignace Lepp, Estonian-French priest and psychologist (b. 1909)
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1968
Arnold Susi, Estonian lawyer and politician, Estonian Minister of Education (b. 1896)
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1970
John Gunther, American journalist and author (b. 1901)
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1970
Eva Hesse, American artist (b. 1936)
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1972
Moe Berg, American baseball player, coach, and spy (b. 1902)
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1972
Stephen Timoshenko, Ukrainian-American engineer and academic (b. 1878)
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1973
George Harriman, English businessman (b. 1908)
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1977
Ba Maw, Burmese politician, Prime Minister of Burma (b. 1893)
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1979
Mary Pickford, Canadian-American actress, producer, and screenwriter, co-founded United Artists (b. 1892)
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1979
John H. Wood Jr., American lawyer and judge (b. 1916)
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1982
Romy Schneider, Austrian actress (b. 1938)
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1983
Arvīds Pelše, Latvian-Russian historian and politician (b. 1899)
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1987
Charan Singh, Indian politician, 5th Prime Minister of India (b. 1902)
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1988
Salem bin Laden, Saudi Arabian businessman (b. 1946)
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1989
George C. Homans, American sociologist and academic (b. 1910)
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1993
Billy Conn, American boxer (b. 1917)
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1994
Erich Honecker, German lawyer and politician (b. 1912)
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1996
Tamara Toumanova, American ballerina and actress (b. 1919)
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1997
Jeff Buckley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1966)
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1998
Barry Goldwater, American general, activist, and politician (b. 1909)
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2003
David Jefferies, English motorcycle racer (b. 1972)
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2004
Archibald Cox, American lawyer and politician, 31st United States Solicitor General (b. 1912)
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2004
Samuel Dash, American academic and politician (b. 1925)
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2005
John D'Amico, Canadian ice hockey player and referee (b. 1937)
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2005
Hamilton Naki, South African surgeon (b. 1926)
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2005
George Rochberg, American soldier and composer (b. 1918)
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2006
Jacques Bouchard, Canadian businessman (b. 1930)
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2007
Dave Balon, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1938)
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2007
Lois Browne-Evans, Bermudian lawyer and politician (b. 1927)
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2008
Luc Bourdon, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1987)
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2008
Harvey Korman, American actor and comedian (b. 1927)
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2010
Dennis Hopper, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1936)
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2011
Sergei Bagapsh, Abkhazian politician, 2nd President of Abkhazia (b. 1949)
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2011
Bill Clements, American soldier and politician, 42nd Governor of Texas (b. 1917)
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2011
Ferenc Mádl, Hungarian academic and politician, 14th President of Hungary (b. 1931)
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2012
Mark Minkov, Russian composer (b. 1944)
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2012
Kaneto Shindo, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1912)
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2012
Doc Watson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1923)
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2013
Richard Ballantine, American-English journalist and author (b. 1940)
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2013
Françoise Blanchard, French actress (b. 1954)
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2013
Andrew Greeley, American priest, sociologist, and author (b. 1928)
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2013
Mulgrew Miller, American pianist and composer (b. 1955)
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2013
Henry Morgentaler, Polish-Canadian physician and activist (b. 1923)
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2013
Franca Rame, Italian actress and playwright (b. 1928)
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2013
Ludwig G. Strauss, German physician and academic (b. 1949)
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2013
Wali-ur-Rehman, Pakistani commander (b. 1970)
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2014
Christine Charbonneau, Canadian singer-songwriter (b. 1943)
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2014
Walter Jakob Gehring, Swiss biologist and academic (b. 1939)
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2014
Peter Glaser, Czech-American scientist and engineer (b. 1923)
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2014
Miljenko Prohaska, Croatian composer and conductor (b. 1925)
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2014
Herman Rattliff, American businessman and politician (b. 1926)
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2014
William M. Roth, American businessman (b. 1916)
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2015
Henry Carr, American football player and sprinter (b. 1942)
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2015
Doris Hart, American tennis player (b. 1925)
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2015
Betsy Palmer, American actress (b. 1926)
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2017
Manuel Noriega, Panamanian general and politician, Military Leader of Panama (b. 1934)
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2017
Mordechai Tzipori, Israeli Lieutenant General and minister (b. 1924)
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2017
Konstantinos Mitsotakis, Greek politician and prime minister (b. 1918)