May 3 — On This Day
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Events
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334 BC
The Macedonian army of Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of the Granicus.
Macedonia (ancient kingdom) · Alexander the Great · Darius III · Battle of the Granicus
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752
Mayan king Bird Jaguar IV of Yaxchilan in modern-day Chiapas, Mexico assumes the throne.
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1294
John II becomes Duke of Brabant, Lothier and Limburg.
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1481
The largest of three earthquakes strikes the island of Rhodes and causes an estimated 30,000 casualties.
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1491
Kongo monarch Nkuwu Nzinga is baptised by Portuguese missionaries, adopting the baptismal name of João I.
Kingdom of Kongo · Nkuwu Nzinga · Portuguese Empire · João I of Kongo
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1616
Treaty of Loudun ends French civil war.
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1715
A total solar eclipse was visible across northern Europe, and northern Asia, as predicted by Edmond Halley to within 4 minutes accuracy.
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1791
The Constitution of May 3 (the first modern constitution in Europe) is proclaimed by the Sejm of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
Constitution of May 3, 1791 · Constitution · Sejm · Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
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1802
Washington, D.C. is incorporated as a city.
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1808
Finnish War: Sweden loses the fortress of Sveaborg to Russia.
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1808
Peninsular War: The Madrid rebels who rose up on May 2 are executed near Príncipe Pío hill.
Peninsular War · Madrid · Dos de Mayo Uprising · May 2 · Príncipe Pío (hill)
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1815
Neapolitan War: Joachim Murat, King of Naples is defeated by the Austrians at the Battle of Tolentino, the decisive engagement of the war.
Neapolitan War · Joachim Murat · Kingdom of Naples · Battle of Tolentino
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1830
The Canterbury and Whitstable Railway is opened; it is the first steam-hauled passenger railway to issue season tickets and include a tunnel.
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1837
The University of Athens is founded in Athens, Greece.
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1848
The boar-crested Anglo-Saxon Benty Grange helmet is discovered.
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1849
The May Uprising in Dresden begins - the last of the German revolutions of 1848-49.
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1855
American adventurer William Walker departs from San Francisco with about 60 men to conquer Nicaragua.
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1860
Charles XV of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Sweden.
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1867
The Hudson's Bay Company gives up all claims to Vancouver Island.
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1901
The Great Fire of 1901 begins in Jacksonville, Florida.
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1913
Raja Harishchandra the first full-length Indian feature film is released, marking the beginning of the Indian film industry.
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1920
A Bolshevik coup fails in the Democratic Republic of Georgia.
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1921
West Virginia becomes the first state to legislate a broad sales tax, but does not implement it until a number of years later due to enforcement issues.
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1921
The Partition of Ireland; The Government of Ireland Act 1920 is passed, dividing Ireland into Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland.
Partition of Ireland · Government of Ireland Act 1920 · Ireland · Northern Ireland · Southern Ireland (1921-22)
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1937
Gone with the Wind, a novel by Margaret Mitchell, wins the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
Gone with the Wind (novel) · Margaret Mitchell · Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
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1939
The All India Forward Bloc is formed by Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.
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1942
World War II: Japanese naval troops invade Tulagi Island in the Solomon Islands during the first part of Operation Mo that results in the Battle of the Coral Sea between Japanese forces and forces from the United States and Australia.
Empire of Japan · Invasion of Tulagi (May 1942) · Solomon Islands · Operation Mo · Battle of the Coral Sea
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1945
World War II: Sinking of the prison ships Cap Arcona, Thielbek and Deutschland by the Royal Air Force in Lübeck Bay.
Prison ship · SS Cap Arcona (1927) · SS Thielbek (1940) · SS Deutschland (1923) · Royal Air Force
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1947
New post-war Japanese constitution goes into effect.
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1948
The U.S. Supreme Court rules in Shelley v. Kraemer that covenants prohibiting the sale of real estate to blacks and other minorities are legally unenforceable.
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1951
London's Royal Festival Hall opens with the Festival of Britain.
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1951
The United States Senate Committee on Armed Services and United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations begin their closed door hearings into the dismissal of General Douglas MacArthur by U.S. President Harry Truman.
United States Senate Committee on Armed Services · United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations · Douglas MacArthur · Harry Truman
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1952
Lieutenant Colonels Joseph O. Fletcher and William P. Benedict of the United States land a plane at the North Pole.
Lieutenant Colonel · Joseph O. Fletcher · William P. Benedict · North Pole
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1952
The Kentucky Derby is televised nationally for the first time, on the CBS network.
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1957
Walter O'Malley, the owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers, agrees to move the team from Brooklyn, to Los Angeles.
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1960
The Off-Broadway musical comedy The Fantasticks opens in New York City's Greenwich Village, eventually becoming the longest-running musical of all time.
Off-Broadway · Musical comedy · The Fantasticks · Greenwich Village · Musical theatre
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1960
The Anne Frank House museum opens in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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1963
The police force in Birmingham, Alabama switches tactics and responds with violent force to stop the "Birmingham campaign" protesters. Images of the violent suppression are transmitted worldwide, bringing new-found attention to the Civil Rights Movement.
Birmingham, Alabama · Birmingham campaign · Birmingham campaign · Civil Rights Movement
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1973
The 108-story Sears Tower in Chicago is topped out at 1,451 feet as the world's tallest building.
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1978
The first unsolicited bulk commercial email (which would later become known as "spam") is sent by a Digital Equipment Corporation marketing representative to every ARPANET address on the west coast of the United States.
Email · Spam (electronic) · Digital Equipment Corporation · ARPANET
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1987
A crash by Bobby Allison at the Talladega Superspeedway, Alabama fencing at the start-finish line would lead NASCAR to develop the restrictor plate for the following season both at Daytona International Speedway and Talladega.
Bobby Allison · Talladega Superspeedway · Alabama · NASCAR · Restrictor plate
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1999
The southwestern portion of Oklahoma City is devastated by an F5 tornado, killing forty-five people, injuring 665, and causing $1 billion in damage. The tornado is one of 66 from the 1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak. This tornado also produces the highest wind speed ever recorded, measured at 301 +/- 20 mph (484 +/- 32 km/h).
Oklahoma City · 1999 Bridge Creek-Moore tornado · 1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak
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2000
The sport of geocaching begins, with the first cache placed and the coordinates from a GPS posted on Usenet.
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2001
The United States loses its seat on the U.N. Human Rights Commission for the first time since the commission was formed in 1947.
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2002
An Indian Air Force MiG-21 crashes into a bank in Jalandhar, killing eight and injuring 17.
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2007
The 4 year old British girl Madeleine McCann disappears in Praia da Luz, Portugal, starting "the most heavily reported missing-person case in modern history".
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2015
Two gunmen launch an attempted attack on an anti-Islam event in Garland, Texas, which was held in response to the Charlie Hebdo shooting.
Curtis Culwell Center attack · Garland, Texas · Charlie Hebdo shooting
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2016
88,000 people were evacuated from their homes in Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada as a wildfire ripped through the community, destroying approximately 2400 homes and buildings.
Famous Births
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490
K'an Joy Chitam I, ruler of Palenque (d. 565)
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612
Constantine III, Byzantine emperor (d. 641)
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1238
Emilia Bicchieri, Italian saint (d. 1314)
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1415
Cecily Neville, Duchess of York (d. 1495)
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1428
Pedro González de Mendoza, Spanish cardinal (d. 1495)
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1446
Margaret of York (d. 1503)
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1461
Raffaele Riario, Italian cardinal (d. 1521)
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1469
Niccolò Machiavelli, Italian historian and philosopher (d. 1527)
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1479
Henry V, Duke of Mecklenburg (d. 1552)
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1481
Juana de la Cruz Vázquez Gutiérrez, Spanish abbess of the Franciscan Third Order Regular (d. 1534)
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1536
Stephan Praetorius, German theologian (d. 1603)
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1632
Catherine of St. Augustine, French-Canadian nurse and saint, founded the Hôtel-Dieu de Québec (d. 1668)
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1662
Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann, German architect, designed the Pillnitz Castle (d. 1736)
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1695
Henri Pitot, French physicist and engineer, invented the Pitot tube (d. 1771)
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1729
Florian Leopold Gassmann, Czech composer (d. 1774)
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1761
August von Kotzebue, German playwright and author (d. 1819)
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1764
Princess Élisabeth of France (d. 1794)
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1768
Charles Tennant, Scottish chemist and businessman (d. 1838)
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1814
Adams George Archibald, Canadian lawyer and politician, 4th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia (d. 1892)
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1826
Charles XV of Sweden (d. 1872)
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1844
Richard D'Oyly Carte, English talent agent and composer (d. 1901)
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1849
Jacob Riis, Danish-American journalist and photographer (d. 1914)
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1849
Bernhard von Bülow, German soldier and politician, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1929)
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1854
George Gore, American baseball player and manager (d. 1933)
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1859
August Herrmann, American executive in Major League Baseball (d.1931)
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1860
Vito Volterra, Italian mathematician and physicist (d. 1940)
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1867
J. T. Hearne, English cricketer (d. 1944)
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1867
Andy Bowen, American boxer (d. 1894)
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1870
Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein (d. 1948)
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1871
Emmett Dalton, American criminal (d. 1937)
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1873
Pavlo Skoropadskyi, German-Ukrainian general and politician, Hetman of Ukraine (d. 1945)
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1874
François Coty, French businessman and publisher, founded Coty, Inc. (d. 1934)
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1874
Vagn Walfrid Ekman, Swedish oceanographer and academic (d. 1954)
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1877
Karl Abraham, German psychoanalyst and author (d. 1925)
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1879
Fergus McMaster, Australian businessman and soldier, co-founded Qantas (d. 1950)
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1886
Marcel Dupré, French organist and composer (d. 1971)
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1887
Marika Kotopouli, Greek actress (d. 1954)
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1889
Beulah Bondi, American actress (d. 1981)
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1891
Tadeusz Peiper, Polish poet and critic (d. 1969)
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1891
Eppa Rixey, American baseball pitcher (d. 1963)
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1892
George Paget Thomson, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1975)
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1892
Jacob Viner, Canadian-American economist and academic (d. 1970)
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1893
Konstantine Gamsakhurdia, Georgian author (d. 1975)
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1895
Cornelius Van Til, Dutch philosopher, theologian, and apologist (d. 1987)
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1896
Karl Allmenröder, German soldier and pilot (d. 1917)
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1896
V. K. Krishna Menon, Indian lawyer, jurist, and politician, Indian Minister of Defence (d. 1974)
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1896
Dodie Smith, English author and playwright (d. 1990)
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1897
William Joseph Browne, Canadian lawyer and politician, 20th Solicitor General of Canada (d. 1989)
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1898
Septima Poinsette Clark, American educator and activist (d. 1987)
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1898
Golda Meir, Ukrainian-Israeli educator and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Israel (d. 1978)
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1902
Alfred Kastler, German-French physicist and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1984)
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1903
Bing Crosby, American singer and actor (d. 1977)
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1905
Edmund Black, American hammer thrower (d. 1996)
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1905
Werner Fenchel, German-Danish mathematician and academic (d. 1988)
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1905
Red Ruffing, American baseball pitcher and coach (d. 1986)
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1906
Mary Astor, American actress (d. 1987)
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1906
René Huyghe, French historian and author (d. 1997)
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1906
Anna Roosevelt Halsted, American journalist and author (d. 1975)
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1906
Enrique Laguerre, Puerto Rican journalist, author, and playwright (d. 2005)
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1910
Norman Corwin, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2011)
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1912
Virgil Fox, American organist and composer (d. 1980)
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1912
May Sarton, American poet, novelist and memoirist (d. 1995)
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1913
William Inge, American playwright and novelist (d. 1973)
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1914
Georges-Emmanuel Clancier, French journalist, author, and poet
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1915
Stu Hart, Canadian wrestler and trainer, founded Stampede Wrestling (d. 2003)
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1915
Richard Lippold, American sculptor and academic (d. 2002)
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1916
Léopold Simoneau, Canadian tenor and actor (d. 2006)
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1917
Betty Comden, American screenwriter and librettist (d. 2006)
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1917
George Gaynes, Finnish-American actor (d. 2016)
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1918
Ted Bates, English footballer and manager (d. 2003)
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1919
John Cullen Murphy, American soldier and illustrator (d. 2004)
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1919
Pete Seeger, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and activist (The Weavers and Almanac Singers) (d. 2014)
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1920
John Lewis, American pianist and composer (d. 2001)
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1921
Sugar Ray Robinson, American boxer (d. 1989)
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1922
Len Shackleton, English footballer and journalist (d. 2000)
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1923
George Hadjinikos, Greek pianist, conductor, and educator (d. 2015)
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1923
Ralph Hall, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician
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1924
Yehuda Amichai, German-Israeli author and poet (d. 2000)
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1924
Ken Tyrrell, English race car driver, founded Tyrrell Racing (d. 2001)
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1925
Jean Séguy, French sociologist and author (d. 2007)
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1926
Matt Baldwin, Canadian curler and engineer
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1926
Herbert Blau, American engineer and academic (d. 2013)
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1928
Dave Dudley, American singer-songwriter (d. 2003)
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1928
Jacques-Louis Lions, French mathematician (d. 2001)
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1929
Denise Lor, American singer and actress (d. 2015)
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1930
Juan Gelman, Argentinian poet and author (d. 2014)
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1930
David Harrison, English chemist and academic
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1931
Vasily Rudenkov, Belarusian hammer thrower (d. 1982)
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1931
Sait Maden, Turkish translator, poet, painter and graphic designer (d. 2013)
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1932
Robert Osborne, American actor and historian (d. 2017)
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1933
James Brown, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (The Famous Flames and The J.B.'s) (d. 2006)
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1933
Steven Weinberg, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
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1934
Henry Cooper, English boxer and sportscaster (d. 2011)
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1934
Georges Moustaki, Egyptian-French singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2013)
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1934
Frankie Valli, American singer and actor
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1935
Ron Popeil, American businessman, founded the Ronco Company
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1937
Nélida Piñon, Brazilian author and academic
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1938
Omar Abdel-Rahman, Egyptian terrorist
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1938
Chris Cannizzaro, American baseball player
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1938
Napoleon XIV, American singer, songwriter and record producer
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1939
Jonathan Harvey, English composer and educator (d. 2012)
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1940
David Koch, American engineer, businessman, and philanthropist
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1940
Clemens Westerhof, Dutch footballer and manager
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1941
Alexander Harley, English general
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1941
Edward Malloy, American priest and academic
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1942
Věra Čáslavská, Czech gymnast and coach (d. 2016)
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1942
Dave Marash, American journalist and sportscaster
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1942
Butch Otter, American soldier and politician, 32nd Governor of Idaho
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1943
Yukio Hashi, Japanese singer and actor
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1943
Jim Risch, American lawyer and politician, 31st Governor of Idaho
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1943
Vicente Saldivar, Mexican boxer (d. 1985)
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1944
Peter Doyle, English bishop
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1944
Pete Staples, English bass player
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1945
Jörg Drehmel, German triple jumper and coach
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1945
Davey Lopes, American baseball player, coach, and manager
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1946
Norm Chow, American football player and coach
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1946
Silvino Francisco, South African snooker player
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1946
Greg Gumbel, American sportscaster
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1947
Doug Henning, Canadian magician (d. 2000)
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1948
Denis Cosgrove, British-American academic and geographer (d. 2008)
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1948
Chris Mulkey, American actor
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1949
Liam Donaldson, English physician and academic
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1949
Ruth Lister, Baroness Lister of Burtersett, English academic and politician
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1949
Ron Wyden, American academic and politician
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1950
Mary Hopkin, Welsh singer-songwriter
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1950
Dag Arnesen, Norwegian pianist and composer
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1951
Alan Clayson, English singer-songwriter and journalist
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1951
Christopher Cross, American singer-songwriter and producer
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1951
Ashok Gehlot, Indian politician, 21st Chief Minister of Rajasthan
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1951
Tatyana Tolstaya, Russian author and publicist
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1952
Chuck Baldwin, American pastor and politician
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1952
Caitlin Clarke, American actress (d. 2004)
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1952
Joseph W. Tobin, American cardinal
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1953
Bruce Hall, American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer
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1953
Jake Hooker, Israeli-American guitarist and songwriter (d. 2014)
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1954
Angela Bofill, American singer-songwriter
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1954
Jean-Marc Roberts, French author and screenwriter (d. 2013)
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1955
Stephen D. M. Brown, British geneticist
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1955
Colin Deans, Scottish rugby player
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1955
David Hookes, Australian cricketer, coach, and sportscaster (d. 2004)
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1955
Seishirō Nishida, Japanese actor
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1956
Marc Bellemare, Canadian lawyer and politician
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1957
Alain Côté, Canadian ice hockey player
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1957
Rod Langway, Taiwanese-American ice hockey player and coach
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1958
Bill Sienkiewicz, American author and illustrator
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1958
Sandi Toksvig, Danish-English comedian, author, and radio host
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1959
David Ball, English keyboard player and producer
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1959
Uma Bharti, Indian activist and politician, 16th Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh
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1959
Ben Elton, English actor, director, and screenwriter
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1960
Geraint Davies, Welsh businessman and politician
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1960
Kathy Smallwood-Cook, English sprinter and educator
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1961
Steve McClaren, English footballer and manager
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1961
Joe Murray, American animator, producer, and screenwriter
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1961
David Vitter, American lawyer and politician
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1961
Leyla Zana, Kurdish activist and politician
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1962
Anders Graneheim, Swedish bodybuilder
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1963
Jeff Hornacek, American basketball player and coach
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1963
Marco Mendoza, American guitarist
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1963
Mona Siddiqui, Pakistani-Scottish journalist and academic
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1964
Sterling Campbell, American drummer and songwriter
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1964
Ron Hextall, Canadian-American ice hockey player and manager
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1965
Ignatius Aphrem II, Syrian patriarch
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1965
Mark Cousins, Northern Irish director, writer, cinematographer
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1965
John Jensen, Danish footballer and coach
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1965
Mikhail Prokhorov, Russian businessman
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1966
Giorgos Agorogiannis, Greek footballer
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1966
Frank Dietrich, German politician (d. 2011)
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1967
Daniel Anderson Australian rugby league coach and manager
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1967
Kenneth Joel Hotz Canadian producer, writer, director, actor, and comedian
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1967
André Olbrich, German guitarist and songwriter
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1968
Viliami Ofahengaue, Tongan-Australian rugby player
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1969
Daryl F. Mallett, American author and actor
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1969
Bruce Reyes-Chow, American minister and author
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1969
Amy Ryan, American actress
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1970
Bobby Cannavale, American actor
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1970
Jeffrey Sebelia, American fashion designer
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1971
Douglas Carswell, English politician
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1971
Josey Scott, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1972
Stephen Barclay, English lawyer and politician
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1972
Wally Bayola, Filipino actor, singer, comedian and television personality
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1973
Jamie Baulch, English sprinter and television host
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1975
Willie Geist, American television journalist and host
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1975
Christina Hendricks, American actress
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1975
Dulé Hill, American actor, dancer, and producer
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1976
Jeff Halpern, American ice hockey player
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1976
Brad Scott, Australian footballer and coach
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1976
Chris Scott, Australian footballer and coach
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1977
Ryan Dempster, Canadian baseball player and sportscaster
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1977
Tyronn Lue, American basketball player and coach
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1977
Hiro Mashima, Japanese illustrator
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1977
Maryam Mirzakhani, Iranian mathematiker (d. 2017)
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1977
Ben Olsen, American soccer player and coach
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1978
Christian Annan, Ghanaian-Hong Kong footballer
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1978
Paul Banks, English-American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1978
Dai Tamesue, Japanese hurdler
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1978
Lawrence Tynes, American football player
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1979
Steve Mack, American wrestler
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1979
Anastasiya Shvedova, Belarusian pole vaulter
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1980
Zuzana Ondrášková, Czech tennis player
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1980
Marcel Vigneron, American chef
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1982
Igor Olshansky, Ukrainian-American football player
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1982
Nick Stavinoha, American baseball player
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1983
Joseph Addai, American football player
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1983
Romeo Castelen, Dutch footballer
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1983
Jérôme Clavier, French pole vaulter
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1983
Márton Fülöp, Hungarian footballer (d. 2015)
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1985
Ezequiel Lavezzi, Argentinian footballer
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1985
Kadri Lehtla, Estonian biathlete
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1985
Miko Mälberg, Estonian swimmer
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1986
Moon Byung-woo, South Korean footballer
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1987
Lina Grinčikaitė, Lithuanian sprinter
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1988
Ben Revere, American baseball player
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1988
Paddy Holohan, Irish mixed martial artist
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1989
Jesse Bromwich, New Zealand rugby league player
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1989
Katinka Hosszú, Hungarian swimmer
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1990
Brooks Koepka, American golfer
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1991
Samuel Seo, South Korean musician
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1992
Aaron Whitchurch, Australian rugby league player
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1995
Ivan Bukavshin, Russian chess player (d. 2016)
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1996
Mary Cain, American runner
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1996
Alex Iwobi, Nigerian football player
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1996
Domantas Sabonis, Lithuanian basketball player
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1997
Ivana Jorović, Serbian tennis player
Famous Deaths
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678
Tōchi, Japanese princess
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738
Uaxaclajuun Ub'aah K'awiil, Mayan ruler (ajaw)
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1152
Matilda of Boulogne (b. 1105)
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1270
Béla IV of Hungary (b. 1206)
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1294
John I, Duke of Brabant (b. 1252)
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1330
Alexios II Megas Komnenos, Emperor of Trebizond (b. 1282)
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1410
Pope Alexander V
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1481
Mehmed the Conqueror, Ottoman sultan (b. 1432)
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1501
John Devereux, 8th Baron Ferrers of Chartley, English Baron (b. 1463)
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1524
Richard Grey, 3rd Earl of Kent, English peer (b. 1481)
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1534
Juana de la Cruz Vazquez Gutierrez, Spanish Roman Catholic nun and venerable (b. 1481)
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1589
Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (b. 1528)
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1606
Henry Garnet, English priest and author (b. 1555)
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1621
Elizabeth Bacon, English Tudor gentlewoman (b. 1541)
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1679
James Sharp, Scottish archbishop (b. 1613)
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1693
Claude de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon, French courtier (b. 1607)
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1704
Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, Czech-Austrian violinist and composer (b. 1644)
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1724
John Leverett the Younger, American lawyer, academic, and politician (b. 1662)
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1750
John Willison, Scottish minister and author (b. 1680)
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1752
Samuel Ogle, English-American captain and politician, 5th Governor of Restored Proprietary Government (b. 1692)
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1758
Pope Benedict XIV (b. 1675)
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1763
George Psalmanazar, French-English author (b. 1679)
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1764
Francesco Algarotti, Italian philosopher, poet, and critic (b. 1712)
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1779
John Winthrop, American mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (b. 1714)
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1793
Martin Gerbert, German historian and theologian (b. 1720)
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1839
Ferdinando Paer, Italian composer (b. 1771)
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1856
Adolphe Adam, French composer and critic (b. 1803)
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1910
Howard Taylor Ricketts, American pathologist (b. 1871)
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1916
Tom Clarke, Irish rebel (b. 1858)
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1916
Thomas MacDonagh, Irish poet and rebel (b. 1878)
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1916
Patrick Pearse, Irish teacher and rebel leader (b. 1879)
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1918
Charlie Soong, Chinese businessman and missionary (b. 1863)
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1921
Théodore Pilette, Belgian race car driver (b. 1883)
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1925
Clément Ader, French engineer, designed the Ader Avion III (b. 1841)
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1932
Charles Fort, American journalist and author (b. 1874)
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1935
Jessie Willcox Smith, American illustrator (b. 1863)
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1939
Madeleine Desroseaux, French author and poet (b. 1873)
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1942
Thorvald Stauning, Danish politician, 24th Prime Minister of Denmark (b. 1873)
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1943
Harry Miller, American engineer (b. 1875)
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1948
Ernst Tandefelt, Finnish assassin of Heikki Ritavuori (b. 1876)
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1949
Fanny Walden, English footballer and cricketer (b. 1888)
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1958
Frank Foster, English cricketer (b. 1889)
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1969
Zakir Husain, Indian academic and politician, 3rd President of India (b. 1897)
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1970
Cemil Gürgen Erlertürk, Turkish footballer, coach, and pilot (b. 1918)
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1972
Kenneth Bailey, Australian lawyer and diplomat, Australian High Commissioner to Canada (b. 1898)
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1972
Emil Breitkreutz, American runner and coach (b. 1883)
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1972
Bruce Cabot, American actor (b. 1904)
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1978
Bill Downs, American journalist (b. 1914)
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1981
Nargis, Indian actress (b. 1929)
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1986
Robert Alda, American actor (b. 1914)
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1988
Lev Pontryagin, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1908)
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1989
Christine Jorgensen, American trans woman (b. 1926)
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1991
Jerzy Kosiński, Polish-American novelist and screenwriter (b. 1933)
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1992
George Murphy, American actor, dancer, and politician (b. 1902)
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1996
Dimitri Fampas, Greek guitarist, composer, and educator (b. 1921)
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1996
Alex Kellner, American baseball player (b. 1924)
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1996
Jack Weston, American actor (b. 1924)
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1997
Sébastien Enjolras, French race car driver (b. 1976)
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1997
Narciso Yepes, Spanish guitarist and composer (b. 1927)
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1998
Gene Raymond, American actor (b. 1908)
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1999
Joe Adcock, American baseball player and manager (b. 1927)
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1999
Steve Chiasson, Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1967)
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1999
Godfrey Evans, English cricketer (b. 1920)
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2000
Júlia Báthory, Hungarian glass designer (b. 1901)
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2000
John Joseph O'Connor, American cardinal (b. 1920)
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2002
Barbara Castle, Baroness Castle of Blackburn, English politician, First Secretary of State (b. 1910)
Barbara Castle, Baroness Castle of Blackburn · First Secretary of State
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2002
Yevgeny Svetlanov, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1928)
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2003
Suzy Parker, American model and actress (b. 1932)
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2004
Ken Downing, English race car driver (b. 1917)
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2004
Darrell Johnson, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1928)
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2006
Karel Appel, Dutch painter, sculptor, and poet (b. 1921)
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2006
Pramod Mahajan, Indian politician (b. 1949)
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2006
Earl Woods, American colonel, baseball player, and author (b. 1932)
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2007
Warja Honegger-Lavater, Swiss illustrator (b. 1913)
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2007
Wally Schirra, American captain, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1923)
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2007
Knock Yokoyama, Japanese politician (b. 1932)
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2008
Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo, Spanish engineer and politician, Prime Minister of Spain (b. 1926)
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2009
Renée Morisset, Canadian pianist (b. 1928)
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2009
Ram Balkrushna Shewalkar, Indian author and critic (b. 1931)
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2010
Roy Carrier, American accordion player (b. 1947)
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2010
Peter O'Donnell, English soldier and author (b. 1920)
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2010
Guenter Wendt, German-American engineer (b. 1923)
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2011
Jackie Cooper, American actor, television director, producer and executive (b. 1922)
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2011
Sergo Kotrikadze, Georgian footballer and manager (b. 1936)
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2011
Thanasis Veggos, Greek actor and director (b. 1927)
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2012
Jorge Illueca, Panamanian politician, 30th President of Panama (b. 1918)
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2012
Felix Werder, German-Australian composer, conductor, and critic (b. 1922)
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2013
Joe Astroth, American baseball player (b. 1922)
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2013
Herbert Blau, American engineer and academic (b. 1926)
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2013
Cedric Brooks, Jamaican-American saxophonist and flute player (b. 1943)
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2013
Keith Carter, American swimmer and soldier (b. 1924)
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2013
Brad Drewett, Australian tennis player and sportscaster (b. 1958)
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2013
David Morris Kern, American pharmacist, co-invented Orajel (b. 1909)
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2013
Curtis Rouse, American football player (b. 1960)
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2013
Branko Vukelić, Croatian politician, 11th Minister of Defence for Croatia (b. 1958)
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2014
Gary Becker, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1930)
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2014
Francisco Icaza, Mexican painter (b. 1930)
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2014
Jim Oberstar, American educator and politician (b. 1934)
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2015
Revaz Chkheidze, Georgian director and screenwriter (b. 1926)
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2015
Danny Jones, Welsh rugby player (b. 1986)
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2015
Warren Smith, American golfer and coach (b. 1915)
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2016
Ian Deans, Canadian politician (b. 1937)
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2016
Jadranka Stojaković, Yugoslav singer-songwriter (b. 1950)
Jadranka Stojaković · Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
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2017
Daliah Lavi, Israeli actress, singer and model (b. 1942)