June 3 — On This Day
315 entries
Events
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350
The Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaims himself Roman emperor, entering Rome at the head of a group of gladiators.
Roman usurper · Nepotianus · Constantinian dynasty · Roman emperor · Gladiator
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713
The Byzantine emperor Philippicus is blinded, deposed and sent into exile by conspirators of the Opsikion army in Thrace. He is succeeded by Anastasios II, who begins the reorganization of the Byzantine army.
Byzantine Empire · Philippikos Bardanes · Political mutilation in Byzantine culture · Exile · Opsikion
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1140
The French scholar Peter Abelard is found guilty of heresy.
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1326
The Treaty of Novgorod delineates borders between Russia and Norway in Finnmark.
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1539
Hernando de Soto claims Florida for Spain.
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1608
Samuel de Champlain completes his third voyage to New France at Tadoussac, Quebec.
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1621
The Dutch West India Company receives a charter for New Netherland.
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1658
Pope Alexander VII appoints François de Laval vicar apostolic in New France.
Pope Alexander VII · François de Laval · Apostolic vicariate
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1665
James Stuart, Duke of York (later to become King James II of England), defeats the Dutch fleet off the coast of Lowestoft.
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1781
Jack Jouett begins his midnight ride to warn Thomas Jefferson and the Virginia legislature of an impending raid by Banastre Tarleton.
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1839
In Humen, China, Lin Tse-hsü destroys 1.2 million kg of opium confiscated from British merchants, providing Britain with a casus belli to open hostilities, resulting in the First Opium War.
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1861
American Civil War: Battle of Philippi (also called the Philippi Races): Union forces rout Confederate troops in Barbour County, Virginia, now West Virginia.
American Civil War · Battle of Philippi (West Virginia) · Union (American Civil War) · Confederate States of America · Barbour County, West Virginia
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1864
American Civil War: Battle of Cold Harbor: Union forces attack Confederate troops in Hanover County, Virginia.
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1866
The Fenians are driven out of Fort Erie, Ontario back into the United States.
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1885
In the last military engagement fought on Canadian soil, the Cree leader, Big Bear, escapes the North-West Mounted Police.
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1889
The first long-distance electric power transmission line in the United States is completed, running 14 miles (23 km) between a generator at Willamette Falls and downtown Portland, Oregon.
Electric power transmission · Willamette River · Portland, Oregon
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1916
The National Defense Act is signed into law, increasing the size of the United States National Guard by 450,000 men.
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1935
One thousand unemployed Canadian workers board freight cars in Vancouver, British Columbia, beginning a protest trek to Ottawa.
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1937
The Duke of Windsor marries Wallis Simpson.
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1940
World War II: The Luftwaffe bombs Paris.
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1940
World War II: The Battle of Dunkirk ends with a German victory and with Allied forces in full retreat.
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1940
Franz Rademacher proposes plans to make Madagascar the "Jewish homeland", an idea that had first been considered by 19th century journalist Theodor Herzl.
Franz Rademacher · Madagascar Plan · Madagascar · Theodor Herzl
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1941
World War II: The Wehrmacht razes the Greek village of Kandanos to the ground and murders 180 of its inhabitants.
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1942
World War II: Japan begins the Aleutian Islands Campaign by bombing Unalaska Island.
Empire of Japan · Aleutian Islands Campaign · Battle of Dutch Harbor · Unalaska Island
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1943
In Los Angeles, California, white U.S. Navy sailors and Marines clash with Latino youths in the Zoot Suit Riots.
Los Angeles, California · U.S. Navy · United States Marine Corps · Zoot Suit Riots
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1962
At Paris Orly Airport, Air France Flight 007 overruns the runway and explodes when the crew attempts to abort takeoff, killing 130.
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1963
The Buddhist crisis: Soldiers of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam attack protesting Buddhists in Huế, South Vietnam, with liquid chemicals from tear-gas grenades, causing 67 people to be hospitalised for blistering of the skin and respiratory ailments.
Buddhist crisis · Army of the Republic of Vietnam · Huế chemical attacks · Huế · South Vietnam
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1965
The launch of Gemini 4, the first multi-day space mission by a NASA crew. Ed White, a crew member, performs the first American spacewalk.
Gemini 4 · NASA · Edward Higgins White · Extravehicular activity
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1969
Melbourne-Evans collision: off the coast of South Vietnam, the Australian aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne cuts the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Frank E. Evans in half.
Melbourne-Evans collision · South Vietnam · HMAS Melbourne (R21) · USS Frank E. Evans (DD-754)
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1973
A Soviet supersonic Tupolev Tu-144 crashes near Goussainville, France, killing 14, the first crash of a supersonic passenger aircraft.
Soviet Union · Supersonic · Tupolev Tu-144 · 1973 Paris Air Show crash · Goussainville, Val-d'Oise
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1979
A blowout at the Ixtoc I oil well in the southern Gulf of Mexico causes at least 3,000,000 barrels (480,000 m3) of oil to be spilled into the waters, the second-worst accidental oil spill ever recorded.
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1980
The 1980 Grand Island tornado outbreak hits Nebraska, causing five deaths and $300 million (equivalent to $872 million in 2016) worth of damage.
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1982
The Israeli ambassador to the United Kingdom, Shlomo Argov, is shot on a London street; he survives but is left paralysed.
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1984
Operation Blue Star, a military offensive, is launched by the Indian government at Harmandir Sahib, also known as the Golden Temple, the holiest shrine for Sikhs, in Amritsar. The operation continues until June 6, with casualties, most of them civilians, in excess of 5,000.
Operation Blue Star · Harmandir Sahib · Sikhs · Amritsar · June 6
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1989
The government of China sends troops to force protesters out of Tiananmen Square after seven weeks of occupation.
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1991
Mount Unzen erupts in Kyūshū, Japan, killing 43 people, all of them either researchers or journalists.
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1992
Aboriginal land rights are granted in Australia in Mabo v Queensland (No 2), a case brought by Eddie Mabo.
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2006
The union of Serbia and Montenegro comes to an end with Montenegro's formal declaration of independence.
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2012
A plane carrying 153 people on board crashes in a residential neighborhood in Lagos, Nigeria, killing everyone on board and 10 people on the ground.
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2012
The pageant for the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II takes place on the River Thames.
Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant · Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II · River Thames
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2013
The trial of United States Army private Chelsea Manning for leaking classified material to WikiLeaks begins in Fort Meade, Maryland.
United States v. Manning · Chelsea Manning · WikiLeaks · Fort Meade, Maryland
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2013
At least 119 people are killed in a fire at a poultry farm in Jilin Province in northeastern China.
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2017
London attack: Eight people are murdered and dozens of civilians are wounded by Islamist terrorists. Three of the attackers are shot dead by the police.
Famous Births
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20 BC
Sejanus, Roman soldier and bodyguard (d. 31 AD)
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1139
Conon of Naso, Basilian abbot (d. 1236)
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1454
Bogislaw X, Duke of Pomerania (1474-1523) (d. 1523)
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1537
João Manuel, Prince of Portugal (d. 1554)
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1540
Charles II, Archduke of Austria (d. 1590)
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1554
Pietro de' Medici, Italian noble (d. 1604)
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1594
César, Duke of Vendôme, French nobleman (d. 1665)
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1603
Pietro Paolini, Italian painter (d. 1681)
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1635
Philippe Quinault, French playwright and composer (d. 1688)
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1636
John Hale, American minister (d. 1700)
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1659
David Gregory, Scottish-English mathematician and astronomer (d. 1708)
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1662
Willem van Mieris, Dutch painter (d. 1747)
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1723
Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, Italian physician, geologist, and botanist (d. 1788)
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1726
James Hutton, Scottish geologist and physician (d. 1797)
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1736
Ignaz Fränzl, German violinist and composer (d. 1811)
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1770
Manuel Belgrano, Argentinian economist, lawyer, and politician (d. 1820)
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1808
Jefferson Davis, American colonel and politician, President of the Confederate States of America (d. 1889)
Jefferson Davis · President of the Confederate States of America
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1818
Louis Faidherbe, French general and politician, Governor of Senegal (d. 1889)
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1819
Anton Anderledy, Swiss religious leader, 23rd Superior General of the Society of Jesus (d. 1892)
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1819
Johan Jongkind, Dutch painter (d. 1891)
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1832
Charles Lecocq, French pianist and composer (d. 1918)
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1843
Frederick VIII of Denmark (d. 1912)
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1844
Garret Hobart, American lawyer and politician, 24th Vice President of the United States (d. 1899)
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1844
Detlev von Liliencron, German poet and author (d. 1909)
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1852
Theodore Robinson, American painter and academic (d. 1896)
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1853
Flinders Petrie, English archaeologist and academic (d. 1942)
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1864
Otto Erich Hartleben, German poet and playwright (d. 1905)
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1864
Ransom E. Olds, American businessman, founded Oldsmobile and REO Motor Car Company (d. 1950)
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1865
George V of the United Kingdom (d. 1936)
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1866
George Howells Broadhurst, English-American director and manager (d. 1952)
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1873
Otto Loewi, German-American pharmacologist and psychobiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1961)
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1877
Raoul Dufy, French painter and illustrator (d. 1953)
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1879
Alla Nazimova, Ukrainian-American actress, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1945)
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1879
Raymond Pearl, American biologist and botanist (d. 1940)
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1879
Vivian Woodward, English footballer and soldier (d. 1954)
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1881
Mikhail Larionov, Russian painter and set designer (d. 1964)
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1890
Baburao Painter, Indian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1954)
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1897
Memphis Minnie, American singer-songwriter (d. 1973)
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1899
Georg von Békésy, Hungarian-American biophysicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1972)
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1900
Adelaide Ames, American astronomer and academic (d. 1932) [1]
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1900
Leo Picard, German-Israeli geologist and academic (d. 1997)
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1901
Maurice Evans, English actor (d. 1989)
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1901
Zhang Xueliang, Chinese general and warlord (d. 2001)
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1903
Eddie Acuff, American actor (d. 1956)
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1904
Charles R. Drew, American physician and surgeon (d. 1950)
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1904
Jan Peerce, American tenor and actor (d. 1984)
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1905
Martin Gottfried Weiss, German SS officer (d. 1946)
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1906
R. G. D. Allen, English economist, mathematician, and statistician (d. 1983)
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1906
Josephine Baker, French actress, singer, and dancer; French Resistance operative (d. 1975)
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1906
Walter Robins, English cricketer and footballer (d. 1968)
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1907
Paul Rotha, English director and producer (d. 1984)
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1910
Paulette Goddard, American actress and model (d. 1990)
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1911
Ellen Corby, American actress and screenwriter (d. 1999)
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1913
Pedro Mir, Dominican poet and author (d. 2000)
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1914
Ignacio Ponseti, Spanish physician and orthopedist (d. 2009)
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1917
Leo Gorcey, American actor (d. 1969)
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1918
Patrick Cargill, English actor and producer (d. 1996)
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1918
Lili St. Cyr, American dancer (d. 1999)
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1921
Forbes Carlile, Australian pentathlete and coach (d. 2016)
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1921
Jean Dréjac, French singer and composer (d. 2003)
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1922
Alain Resnais, French director, cinematographer, and screenwriter (d. 2014)
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1923
Igor Shafarevich, Russian mathematician and theorist (d. 2017)
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1924
Karunanidhi, Indian screenwriter and politician, 3rd Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
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1924
Colleen Dewhurst, Canadian-American actress (d. 1991)
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1924
Bernard Glasser, American director and producer (d. 2014)
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1924
Jimmy Rogers, American singer and guitarist (d. 1997)
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1924
Torsten Wiesel, Swedish neurophysiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
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1925
Tony Curtis, American actor (d. 2010)
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1925
Thomas Winning, Scottish cardinal (d. 2001)
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1926
Allen Ginsberg, American poet (d. 1997)
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1926
Flora MacDonald, Canadian banker and politician, 10th Canadian Minister of Communications (d. 2015)
Flora MacDonald (politician) · Minister of Communications (Canada)
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1927
Boots Randolph, American saxophonist and composer (d. 2007)
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1928
Donald Judd, American sculptor and painter (d. 1994)
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1928
John Richard Reid, New Zealand cricketer
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1929
Werner Arber, Swiss microbiologist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate
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1929
Chuck Barris, American game show host and producer (d. 2017)
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1930
Marion Zimmer Bradley, American author and poet (d. 1999)
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1930
George Fernandes, Indian journalist and politician, Minister of Defence for India
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1930
Dakota Staton, American singer (d. 2007)
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1930
Ben Wada, Japanese director and producer (d. 2011)
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1931
Françoise Arnoul, Algerian-French actress
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1931
Raúl Castro, Cuban commander and politician, 18th President of Cuba
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1931
John Norman, American philosopher and author
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1931
Lindy Remigino, American runner and coach
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1933
Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa, Bahranian king (d. 1999)
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1936
Larry McMurtry, American novelist and screenwriter
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1936
Colin Meads, New Zealand rugby player and coach
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1937
Jean-Pierre Jaussaud, French race car driver
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1939
Frank Blevins, English-Australian lawyer and politician, 7th Deputy Premier of South Australia (d. 2013)
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1939
Steve Dalkowski, American baseball player
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1939
Ian Hunter, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1942
Curtis Mayfield, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 1999)
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1943
Billy Cunningham, American basketball player and coach
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1944
Thomas Burns, British bishop
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1944
Edith McGuire, American sprinter and educator
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1944
Eddy Ottoz, Italian hurdler and coach
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1945
Hale Irwin, American golfer and architect
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1945
Ramon Jacinto, Filipino singer, guitarist, and businessman, founded the Rajah Broadcasting Network
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1945
Bill Paterson, Scottish-English actor
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1946
Michael Clarke, American drummer (d. 1993)
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1946
Eddie Holman, American pop/R&B/gospel singer
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1946
Penelope Wilton, English actress
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1947
John Dykstra, American special effects artist and producer
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1947
Mickey Finn, English drummer (d. 2003)
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1948
Jan Reker, Dutch footballer and manager
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1950
Frédéric François, Belgian-Italian singer-songwriter
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1950
Melissa Mathison, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2015)
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1950
Juan José Muñoz, Argentinian businessman (d. 2013)
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1950
Larry Probst, American businessman
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1950
Suzi Quatro, American-English singer-songwriter, bass player, producer, and actress
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1950
Christos Verelis, Greek politician, Greek Minister of Transport and Communications
Christos Verelis · Ministry of Infrastructure, Transport and Networks (Greece)
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1950
Deniece Williams, American singer-songwriter
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1952
Billy Powell, American keyboard player and songwriter (Lynyrd Skynyrd) (d. 2009)
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1954
Dan Hill, Canadian singer-songwriter
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1954
Susan Landau, American mathematician and engineer
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1954
Wally Weir, Canadian ice hockey player
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1956
George Burley, Scottish footballer and manager
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1956
Brad Nessler, American sportscaster
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1956
Danny Wilde, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1957
Horst-Ulrich Hänel, German field hockey player
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1958
Simon Fraser, English diplomat
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1958
Cameron Sharp, Scottish sprinter
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1959
John Carlson, American radio host
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1959
Imbi Paju, Estonian-Finnish journalist and author
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1959
Sam Mills, American football player
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1960
Don Brown, American novelist, author and attorney.
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1960
Tracy Grimshaw, Australian television host and journalist
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1960
Kim Hyun-jun, South Korean basketball player
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1960
Carl Rackemann, Australian cricketer
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1961
Lawrence Lessig, American lawyer, academic, and author, founded the Creative Commons
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1961
Peter Vidmar, American gymnast
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1961
Ed Wynne, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer
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1962
David Cole, American DJ, producer, and songwriter (d. 1995)
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1962
Susannah Constantine, English fashion designer, journalist, and author
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1962
Dagmar Neubauer, German sprinter
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1963
Rudy Demotte, Belgian politician, 8th Minister-President of the Walloon Region
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1963
Toshiaki Karasawa, Japanese actor
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1964
André Bellavance, Canadian politician
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1964
Kerry King, American guitarist and songwriter
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1964
James Purefoy, English actor
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1965
Jeff Blumenkrantz, American actor and composer
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1965
Jonathan Djanogly, English lawyer and politician
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1965
Mike Gordon, American singer, bass player, and director
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1965
Hans Kroes, Dutch swimmer
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1965
Michael Moore, British accountant and politician, Secretary of State for Scotland
Michael Moore (British politician) · Secretary of State for Scotland
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1966
Wasim Akram, Pakistani cricketer, coach, and sportscaster
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1967
Anderson Cooper, American journalist and author
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1969
Takako Minekawa, Japanese singer-songwriter
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1969
Dean Pay, Australian rugby league player
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1972
Julie Gayet, French actress
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1974
Kelly Jones, Welsh singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1974
Seo Jang-hoon, South Korean basketball player turned comedian/TV personality
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1975
Jose Molina, Puerto Rican-American baseball player
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1975
Jeff Soto, American painter and illustrator
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1976
Nikos Chatzis, Greek basketball player
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1976
Enda Markey, Irish-Australian actor and producer
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1976
Jamie McMurray, American race car driver
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1977
Cris, Brazilian footballer
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1978
Lyfe Jennings, American singer-songwriter and producer
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1979
Luis Fernando López, Colombian race walker
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1979
Christian Malcolm, Welsh sprinter
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1979
Pierre Poilievre, Canadian politician
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1980
Amauri, Brazilian-Italian footballer
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1981
Sosene Anesi, New Zealand rugby player
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1982
Yelena Isinbayeva, Russian pole vaulter
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1982
Manfred Mölgg, Italian skier
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1983
Pasquale Foggia, Italian footballer
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1985
Papiss Cissé, Senegalese footballer
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1985
Łukasz Piszczek, Polish footballer
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1986
Al Horford, Dominican basketball player
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1986
Micah Kogo, Kenyan runner
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1986
Rafael Nadal, Spanish tennis player
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1986
Adrián Vallés, Spanish race car driver
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1986
Tomáš Verner, Czech ice skater
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1987
Masami Nagasawa, Japanese actress
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1989
Katie Hoff, American swimmer
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1991
Ava Seumanufagai, New Zealand rugby league player
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1991
Lukasz Teodorczyk, Polish Footballer
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1991
Sami Vatanen, Finnish ice hockey defenceman
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1991
Yordano Ventura, Dominican baseball player (d. 2017)
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1992
Mario Götze, German footballer
Famous Deaths
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628
Liang Shidu, Chinese rebel leader
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800
Staurakios, Byzantine general
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1052
Prince Guaimar IV of Salerno
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1395
Ivan Shishman of Bulgaria (b. 1350)
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1397
William de Montagu, 2nd Earl of Salisbury, English commander (b. 1328)
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1411
Leopold IV, Duke of Austria (b. 1371)
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1453
Loukas Notaras, last megas doux of the Byzantine Empire
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1548
Juan de Zumárraga, Spanish-Mexican archbishop (b. 1468)
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1553
Wolf Huber, Austrian painter, printmaker and architect (b. 1485)
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1594
John Aylmer, English bishop and scholar (b. 1521)
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1605
Jan Zamoyski, Polish nobleman (b. 1542)
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1615
Sanada Yukimura, Japanese samurai (b. 1567)
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1640
Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, English politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (b. 1584)
Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk · Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports
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1657
William Harvey, English physician and academic (b. 1578)
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1649
Manuel de Faria e Sousa, Portuguese historian and poet (b. 1590)
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1659
Morgan Llwyd, Welsh minister and poet (b. 1619)
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1780
Thomas Hutchinson, American businessman and politician, Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (b. 1711)
Thomas Hutchinson (governor) · Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay
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1826
Nikolay Karamzin, Russian historian and poet (b. 1766)
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1858
Julius Reubke, German pianist and composer (b. 1834)
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1861
Stephen A. Douglas, American lawyer and politician, 7th Secretary of State of Illinois (b. 1813)
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1865
Okada Izō, Japanese samurai (b. 1838)
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1875
Georges Bizet, French pianist and composer (b. 1838)
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1877
Ludwig Ritter von Köchel, Austrian botanist, composer, and publisher (b. 1800)
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1882
Christian Wilberg, German painter and illustrator (b. 1839)
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1894
Karl Eduard Zachariae von Lingenthal, German lawyer and jurist (b. 1812)
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1899
Johann Strauss II, Austrian composer and educator (b. 1825)
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1900
Mary Kingsley, English explorer and author (b. 1862)
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1902
Vital-Justin Grandin, French-Canadian bishop and missionary (b. 1829)
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1906
John Maxwell, American golfer (b. 1871)
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1921
Coenraad Hiebendaal, Dutch rower and physician (b. 1879)
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1924
Franz Kafka, Czech-Austrian lawyer and author (b. 1883)
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1928
Li Yuanhong, Chinese general and politician, 2nd President of the Republic of China (b. 1864)
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1933
William Muldoon, American wrestler (b. 1852)
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1938
John Flanagan, Irish-American hammer thrower and tug of war competitor (b. 1873)
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1946
Mikhail Kalinin, Russian civil servant and politician (b. 1875)
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1963
Edmond Decottignies, French weightlifter (b. 1893)
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1963
Pope John XXIII (b. 1881)
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1963
Nâzım Hikmet Ran, Turkish poet, author, and playwright (b. 1902)
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1964
Kâzım Orbay, Turkish general and politician, 9th Turkish Speaker of the Parliament (b. 1887)
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1964
Frans Eemil Sillanpää, Finnish author and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
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1969
George Edwin Cooke, American soccer player (b. 1883)
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1970
Hjalmar Schacht, Danish-German economist, banker, and politician (b. 1877)
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1971
Heinz Hopf, German-Swiss mathematician and academic (b. 1894)
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1973
Jean Batmale, French footballer and manager (b. 1895)
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1975
Ozzie Nelson, American actor and bandleader (b. 1906)
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1975
Eisaku Satō, Japanese lawyer and politician, 39th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1901)
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1977
Archibald Hill, English physiologist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1886)
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1977
Roberto Rossellini, Italian director and screenwriter (b. 1906)
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1981
Carleton S. Coon, American anthropologist and academic (b. 1904)
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1986
Anna Neagle, English actress and singer (b. 1904)
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1987
Will Sampson, American actor and painter (b. 1933)
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1989
Ruhollah Khomeini, Iranian religious leader and politician, 1st Supreme Leader of Iran (b. 1902)
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1990
Robert Noyce, American physicist and businessman, co-founded the Intel Corporation (b. 1927)
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1991
Brian Bevan, Australian rugby league player (b. 1924)
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1991
Katia Krafft, French volcanologist and geologist (b. 1942)
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1991
Maurice Krafft, French volcanologist and geologist (b. 1946)
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1991
Lê Văn Thiêm, Vietnamese mathematician and academic (b. 1918)
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1992
Robert Morley, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1908)
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1994
Puig Aubert, German-French rugby player and coach (b. 1925)
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1997
Dennis James, American actor and game show host (b. 1917)
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2001
Anthony Quinn, Mexican-American actor and producer (b. 1915)
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2002
Lew Wasserman, American talent agent and manager (b. 1913)
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2003
Felix de Weldon, Austrian-American sculptor, designed the Marine Corps War Memorial (b. 1907)
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2005
Harold Cardinal, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1945)
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2009
David Carradine, American actor (b. 1936)
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2009
Koko Taylor, American singer (b. 1928)
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2010
John Hedgecoe, English photographer and author (b. 1932)
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2010
Rue McClanahan, American actress (b. 1934)
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2011
James Arness, American actor and producer (b. 1923)
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2011
Andrew Gold, American singer, songwriter, musician and arranger (b. 1951)
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2011
Bhajan Lal, Indian politician, 6th Chief Minister of Haryana (b. 1930)
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2011
Jack Kevorkian, American pathologist, author, and activist (b. 1928)
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2011
Jan van Roessel, Dutch footballer (b. 1925)
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2012
Carol Ann Abrams, American producer, author, and academic (b. 1942)
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2012
Andy Hamilton, Jamaican-English saxophonist and composer (b. 1918)
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2012
Rajsoomer Lallah, Mauritian lawyer and judge (b. 1933)
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2012
Roy Salvadori, English race car driver and manager (b. 1922)
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2012
Brian Talboys, New Zealand journalist and politician, 7th Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1921)
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2013
Will D. Campbell, American minister, author, and activist (b. 1924)
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2013
Atul Chitnis, German-Indian technologist and journalist (b. 1962)
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2013
Józef Czyrek, Polish economist and politician, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1928)
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2013
Arnold Eidus, American violinist and producer (b. 1922)
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2013
Deacon Jones, American football player and actor (b. 1938)
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2013
Frank Lautenberg, American soldier and politician (b. 1924)
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2014
Svyatoslav Belza, Russian journalist, author, and critic (b. 1942)
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2014
Elodie Lauten, French-American composer and educator (b. 1950)
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2014
Gopinath Munde, Indian politician, 3rd Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra (b. 1949)
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2015
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2015
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2015
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2016
Muhammad Ali, American boxer (b. 1942)