July 1 — On This Day
413 entries
Events
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AD 69
Tiberius Julius Alexander orders his Roman legions in Alexandria to swear allegiance to Vespasian as Emperor.
Tiberius Julius Alexander · Roman legion · Alexandria · Allegiance · Vespasian
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552
Battle of Taginae: Byzantine forces under Narses defeat the Ostrogoths in Italy. During the fighting king Totila is mortally wounded.
Battle of Taginae · Byzantine Empire · Narses · Ostrogoths · Totila
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1097
Battle of Dorylaeum: Crusaders led by prince Bohemond of Taranto defeat a Seljuk army led by sultan Kilij Arslan I.
Battle of Dorylaeum (1097) · Crusaders · Bohemond I of Antioch · Seljuk Turks · Kilij Arslan I
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1431
The Battle of La Higueruela takes place in Granada, leading to a modest advance of the Kingdom of Castile during the Reconquista.
Battle of La Higueruela · Granada · Kingdom of Castile · Reconquista
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1523
Johann Esch and Heinrich Voes become the first Lutheran martyrs, burned at the stake by Roman Catholic authorities in Brussels.
Johann Esch and Heinrich Voes · Lutheran · Roman Catholic · Brussels
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1569
Union of Lublin: The Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania confirm a real union; the united country is called the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth or the Republic of Both Nations.
Union of Lublin · Grand Duchy of Lithuania · Real union · Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
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1643
First meeting of the Westminster Assembly, a council of theologians ("divines") and members of the Parliament of England appointed to restructure the Church of England, at Westminster Abbey in London.
Westminster Assembly · Parliament of England · Church of England · Westminster Abbey
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1690
Glorious Revolution: Battle of the Boyne in Ireland (as reckoned under the Julian calendar).
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1766
François-Jean de la Barre, a young French nobleman, is tortured and beheaded before his body is burnt on a pyre along with a copy of Voltaire's Dictionnaire philosophique nailed to his torso for the crime of not saluting a Roman Catholic religious procession in Abbeville, France.
François-Jean de la Barre · Pyre · Voltaire · Dictionnaire philosophique · Roman Catholic
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1770
Lexell's Comet passes closer to the Earth than any other comet in recorded history, approaching to a distance of 0.0146 a.u.
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1782
Raid on Lunenburg: American privateers attack the British settlement of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.
Raid on Lunenburg, Nova Scotia (1782) · Privateer · Lunenburg, Nova Scotia
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1819
Johann Georg Tralles discovers the Great Comet of 1819, (C/1819 N1). It was the first comet analyzed using polarimetry, by François Arago.
Johann Georg Tralles · Great Comet of 1819 · Polarimetry · François Arago
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1837
A system of civil registration of births, marriages and deaths is established in England and Wales.
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1855
Signing of the Quinault Treaty: The Quinault and the Quileute cede their land to the United States.
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1858
Joint reading of Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace's papers on evolution to the Linnean Society of London.
Charles Darwin · Alfred Russel Wallace · Evolution · Linnean Society of London
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1862
The Russian State Library is founded as the Library of the Moscow Public Museum.
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1862
Princess Alice of the United Kingdom, second daughter of Queen Victoria, marries Prince Louis of Hesse, the future Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse.
Princess Alice of the United Kingdom · Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse
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1862
American Civil War: The Battle of Malvern Hill takes place. It is the last of the Seven Days Battles, part of George B. McClellan's Peninsula Campaign.
American Civil War · Battle of Malvern Hill · Seven Days Battles · George B. McClellan · Peninsula Campaign
- 1863
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1863
American Civil War: The Battle of Gettysburg begins.
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1867
The British North America Act of 1867 takes effect as the Province of Canada, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia join into confederation to create the modern nation of Canada. Sir John A. Macdonald is sworn in as the first Prime Minister of Canada. This date is commemorated annually in Canada as Canada Day, a national holiday.
Constitution Act, 1867 · Province of Canada · New Brunswick · Nova Scotia · Canadian Confederation
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1870
The United States Department of Justice formally comes into existence.
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1873
Prince Edward Island joins into Canadian Confederation.
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1874
The Sholes and Glidden typewriter, the first commercially successful typewriter, goes on sale.
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1878
Canada joins the Universal Postal Union.
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1879
Charles Taze Russell publishes the first edition of the religious magazine The Watchtower.
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1881
The world's first international telephone call is made between St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada, and Calais, Maine, United States.[1]
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1881
General Order 70, the culmination of the Cardwell and Childers reforms of the British Army, comes into effect.
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1885
The United States terminates reciprocity and fishery agreement with Canada.
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1887
Clay Allison, eccentric gunfighter and rancher, dies in a freak wagon accident in Texas.
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1890
Canada and Bermuda are linked by telegraph cable.
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1898
Spanish-American War: The Battle of San Juan Hill is fought in Santiago de Cuba.
Spanish-American War · Battle of San Juan Hill · Santiago de Cuba
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1903
Start of first Tour de France bicycle race.
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1908
SOS is adopted as the international distress signal.
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1911
Germany despatches the gunship SMS Panther to Morocco, sparking the Agadir Crisis.
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1915
Leutnant Kurt Wintgens of the then-named German Deutsches Heer's Fliegertruppe army air service achieves the first known aerial victory with a synchronized machine-gun armed fighter plane, the Fokker M.5K/MG Eindecker.
Leutnant · Kurt Wintgens · German Army (German Empire) · Luftstreitkräfte · Synchronization gear
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1916
World War I: First day on the Somme: On the first day of the Battle of the Somme 19,000 soldiers of the British Army are killed and 40,000 wounded.
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1922
The Great Railroad Strike of 1922 begins in the United States.
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1923
The Canadian Parliament suspends all Chinese immigration.
Canadian Parliament · History of Chinese immigration to Canada
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1931
United Airlines begins service (as Boeing Air Transport).
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1931
Wiley Post and Harold Gatty become the first people to circumnavigate the globe in a fixed-wing aircraft.
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1932
Australia's national broadcaster, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, was formed.
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1935
Regina, Saskatchewan police and Royal Canadian Mounted Police ambush strikers participating in the On-to-Ottawa Trek.
Regina, Saskatchewan · Royal Canadian Mounted Police · On-to-Ottawa Trek
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1942
World War II: First Battle of El Alamein.
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1942
The Australian Federal Government becomes the sole collector of income tax in Australia as State Income Tax is abolished.
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1943
Tokyo City merges with Tokyo Prefecture and is dissolved. Since this date, no city in Japan has the name "Tokyo" (present-day Tokyo is not officially a city).
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1947
The Philippine Air Force is established.
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1948
Muhammad Ali Jinnah (Quaid-i-Azam) inaugurates Pakistan's central bank, the State Bank of Pakistan.
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1949
The merger of two princely states of India, Cochin and Travancore, into the state of Thiru-Kochi (later re-organized as Kerala) in the Indian Union ends more than 1,000 years of princely rule by the Cochin royal family.
Cochin · Travancore · Thiru-Kochi · Kerala · Cochin royal family
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1957
The International Geophysical Year begins.
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1958
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation links television broadcasting across Canada via microwave.
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1958
Flooding of Canada's Saint Lawrence Seaway begins.
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1959
Specific values for the international yard, avoirdupois pound and derived units (e.g. inch, mile and ounce) are adopted after agreement between the U.S.A., the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries.
Yard · Avoirdupois pound · Ounce · International yard and pound · Commonwealth of Nations
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1960
Independence of Somalia.
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1960
Ghana becomes a republic and Kwame Nkrumah becomes its first President as Queen Elizabeth II ceases to be its head of state.
Ghana · Republic · Kwame Nkrumah · President of Ghana · Elizabeth II
- 1962
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1963
ZIP codes are introduced for United States mail.
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1963
The British Government admits that former diplomat Kim Philby had worked as a Soviet agent.
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1966
The first color television transmission in Canada takes place from Toronto.
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1967
Merger Treaty: The European Community is formally created out of a merger with the Common Market, the European Coal and Steel Community, and the European Atomic Energy Commission.
Merger Treaty · European Community · Common Market · European Coal and Steel Community · Euratom
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1968
The United States Central Intelligence Agency's Phoenix Program is officially established.
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1968
The Nuclear non-proliferation treaty is signed in Washington, D.C., London and Moscow by sixty-two countries.
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1968
Formal separation of the United Auto Workers from the AFL-CIO in the United States.
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1972
The first Gay pride march in England takes place.
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1976
Portugal grants autonomy to Madeira.
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1978
The Northern Territory in Australia is granted self-government.
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1980
"O Canada" officially becomes the national anthem of Canada.
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1983
A North Korean Ilyushin Il-62M jet en route to Conakry Airport in Guinea crashes into the Fouta Djallon mountains in Guinea-Bissau, killing all 23 people on board.
North Korea · Ilyushin Il-62 · Conakry Airport · Guinea · Fouta Djallon
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1984
The PG-13 rating is introduced by the MPAA.
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1987
The American radio station WFAN in New York City is launched as the world's first all-sports radio station.
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1990
German reunification: East Germany accepts the Deutsche Mark as its currency, thus uniting the economies of East and West Germany.
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1991
The Warsaw Pact is officially dissolved at a meeting in Prague.
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1997
China resumes sovereignty over the city-state of Hong Kong, ending 156 years of British colonial rule. The handover ceremony is attended by British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Prince Charles of Wales, Chinese President Jiang Zemin, and U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.
Colonialism · Tony Blair · Prince Charles of Wales · Jiang Zemin · Madeleine Albright
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1999
The Scottish Parliament is officially opened by Elizabeth II on the day that legislative powers are officially transferred from the old Scottish Office in London to the new devolved Scottish Executive in Edinburgh.
Scottish Parliament · Elizabeth II · Scottish Office · Scottish Executive · Edinburgh
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2002
The International Criminal Court is established to prosecute individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression.
International Criminal Court · Genocide · Crimes against humanity · War crime · Crime of aggression
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2002
Bashkirian Airlines Flight 2937, a Tupolev Tu-154, and DHL Flight 611, a Boeing 757, collide in mid-air over Überlingen, southern Germany, killing all 71 on board both planes.
Tupolev Tu-154 · Boeing 757 · Überlingen mid-air collision · Überlingen
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2003
Over 500,000 people protest against efforts to pass anti-sedition legislation in Hong Kong.
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2004
Saturn orbit insertion of Cassini-Huygens begins at 01:12 UTC and ends at 02:48 UTC.
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2006
The first operation of Qinghai-Tibet Railway in China.
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2007
Smoking in England is banned in all public indoor spaces.
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2008
Rioting erupts in Mongolia in response to allegations of fraud surrounding the 2008 legislative elections.
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2013
Croatia becomes the 28th member of the European Union.
Croatia · Accession of Croatia to the European Union · European Union
Famous Births
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1311
Liu Bowen, Chinese military strategist, statesman and poet (d. 1375)
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1464
Clara Gonzaga, Italian noble (d. 1503)
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1481
Christian II of Denmark (d. 1559)
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1506
Louis II of Hungary (d. 1526)
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1534
Frederick II of Denmark (d. 1588)
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1553
Peter Street, English carpenter and builder (d. 1609)
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1574
Joseph Hall, English bishop and mystic (d. 1656)
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1586
Claudio Saracini, Italian lute player and composer (d. 1630)
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1633
Johann Heinrich Heidegger, Swiss theologian and author (d. 1698)
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1646
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, German mathematician and philosopher (d. 1716)
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1663
Franz Xaver Murschhauser, German composer and theorist (d. 1738)
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1725
Rhoda Delaval, English painter (d. 1757)
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1725
Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, French general (d. 1807)
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1731
Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan Scottish-English admiral (d. 1804)
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1742
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, German physicist and academic (d. 1799)
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1771
Ferdinando Paer, Italian composer and conductor (d. 1839)
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1788
Jean-Victor Poncelet, French mathematician and engineer (d. 1867)
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1804
Charles Gordon Greene, American journalist and politician (d. 1886)
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1804
George Sand, French author and playwright (d. 1876)
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1807
Thomas Green Clemson, American politician and educator, founded Clemson University (d. 1888)
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1808
Ygnacio del Valle, Mexican-American landowner (d. 1880)
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1814
Robert Torrens, Irish-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of South Australia (d. 1884)
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1818
Ignaz Semmelweis, Hungarian-Austrian physician and obstetrician (d. 1865)
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1818
Karl von Vierordt, German physician, psychologist, and academic (d. 1884)
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1822
Nguyễn Đình Chiểu, Vietnamese poet and activist (d. 1888)
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1834
Jadwiga Łuszczewska, Polish poet and author (d. 1908)
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1838
William Paine Lord, American lawyer and politician, 9th Governor of Oregon (d. 1911)
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1850
Florence Earle Coates, American poet (d. 1927)
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1858
Willard Metcalf, American painter (d. 1925)
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1858
Velma Caldwell Melville, American editor, and writer of prose and poetry (d. 1924)
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1863
William Grant Stairs, Canadian-English captain and explorer (d. 1892)
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1869
William Strunk Jr., American author and educator (d. 1946)
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1872
Louis Blériot, French pilot and engineer (d. 1936)
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1872
William Duddell, English physicist and engineer (d. 1917)
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1873
Alice Guy-Blaché, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1968)
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1873
Andrass Samuelsen, Faroese politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (d. 1954)
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1875
Joseph Weil, American con men (d. 1976)
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1876
T.J. Ryan, Australian politician, 19th Premier of Queensland (d. 1921)
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1878
Jacques Rosenbaum, Estonian-German architect (d. 1944)
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1879
Léon Jouhaux, French union leader, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1954)
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1881
Edward Battersby Bailey, English geologist (d. 1965)
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1882
Bidhan Chandra Roy, Indian physician and politician, 2nd Chief Minister of West Bengal (d. 1962)
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1883
Arthur Borton, English colonel, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1933)
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1885
Dorothea Mackellar, Australian author and poet (d. 1968)
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1887
Amber Reeves, New Zealand-English author and scholar (d. 1981)
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1892
James M. Cain, American author and journalist (d. 1977)
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1892
László Lajtha, Hungarian composer and conductor (d. 1963)
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1899
Thomas A. Dorsey, American pianist and composer (d. 1993)
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1899
Charles Laughton, English-American actor and director (d. 1962)
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1899
Konstantinos Tsatsos, Greek scholar and politician, President of Greece (d. 1987)
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1901
Irna Phillips, American screenwriter (d. 1973)
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1902
William Wyler, French-American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1981)
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1903
Amy Johnson, English pilot (d. 1941)
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1903
Beatrix Lehmann, English actress (d. 1979)
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1906
Jean Dieudonné, French mathematician and academic (d. 1992)
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1906
Estée Lauder, American businesswoman, co-founded the Estée Lauder Companies (d. 2004)
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1907
Norman Pirie, Scottish-English biochemist and virologist (d. 1997)
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1909
Emmett Toppino, American sprinter (d. 1971)
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1910
Glenn Hardin, American hurdler (d. 1975)
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1911
Arnold Alas, Estonian landscape architect and artist (d. 1990)
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1911
Sergey Sokolov, Russian marshal and politician, Soviet Minister of Defence (d. 2012)
Sergey Sokolov (commander) · Minister of Defence (Soviet Union)
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1912
David Brower, American environmentalist, founded Sierra Club Foundation (d. 2000)
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1912
Sally Kirkland, American journalist (d. 1989)
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1913
Frank Barrett, American baseball player (d. 1998)
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1913
Lee Guttero, American basketball player (d. 2004)
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1913
Vasantrao Naik, Indian politician, 3rd Chief Minister of Maharashtra (d. 1979)
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1914
Thomas Pearson, British Army officer
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1914
Christl Cranz, German alpine skier (d. 2004)
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1914
Bernard B. Wolfe, American politician (d. 2016)
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1915
Willie Dixon, American singer-songwriter, bass player, guitarist, and producer (d. 1992)
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1915
Joseph Ransohoff, American soldier and neurosurgeon (d. 2001)
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1915
Philip Lever, 3rd Viscount Leverhulme, British peer (d. 2000)
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1915
Nguyễn Văn Linh, Vietnamese politician (d. 1998)
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1916
Olivia de Havilland, British-American actress
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1916
Iosif Shklovsky, Ukrainian astronomer and astrophysicist (d. 1985)
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1916
George C. Stoney, American director and producer (d. 2012)
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1917
Humphry Osmond, English-American lieutenant and psychiatrist (d. 2004)
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1917
Álvaro Domecq y Díez, Spanish aristocratic (d. 2005)
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1918
Ralph Young, American singer and actor (d. 2008)
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1918
Ahmed Deedat, South African writer and public speaker (d. 2005)
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1918
Pedro Yap, Filipino lawyer (d. 2003)
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1919
Arnold Meri, Estonian colonel (d. 2009)
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1919
Malik Dohan al-Hassan, Iraqi politician
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1919
Gerald E. Miller, American vice admiral (d. 2014)
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1920
Henri Amouroux, French historian and journalist (d. 2007)
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1920
Harold Sakata, Japanese-American wrestler and actor (d. 1982)
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1921
Seretse Khama, Batswana lawyer and politician, 1st President of Botswana (d. 1980)
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1921
Michalina Wisłocka, Polish gynecologist and sexologist (d. 2005)
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1922
Toshi Seeger, German-American activist, co-founded the Clearwater Festival (d. 2013)
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1923
Scotty Bowers, American Marine, author and pimp
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1924
Antoni Ramallets, Spanish footballer and manager (d. 2013)
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1924
Florence Stanley, American actress (d. 2003)
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1924
Georges Rivière, French actor
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1925
Farley Granger, American actor (d. 2011)
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1926
Robert Fogel, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013)
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1926
Carl Hahn, German businessman
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1926
Mohamed Abshir Muse, Somali general (d. 2017)
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1926
Hans Werner Henze, German composer and educator (d. 2012)
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1927
Alan J. Charig, English paleontologist and author (d. 1997)
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1928
Bobby Day, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (d. 1990)
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1929
Gerald Edelman, American biologist and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2014)
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1930
Moustapha Akkad, Syrian-American director and producer (d. 2005)
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1930
Carol Chomsky, American linguist and academic (d. 2008)
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1931
Leslie Caron, French actress and dancer
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1932
Ze'ev Schiff, French-Israeli journalist and author (d. 2007)
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1933
C. Scott Littleton, American anthropologist and academic (d. 2010)
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1934
Claude Berri, French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2009)
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1934
Jamie Farr, American actor
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1934
Jean Marsh, English actress and screenwriter
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1934
Sydney Pollack, American actor, director, and producer (d. 2008)
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1935
James Cotton, American singer-songwriter and harmonica player (d. 2017)
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1935
David Prowse, English actor
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1938
Craig Anderson, American baseball player and coach
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1938
Hariprasad Chaurasia, Indian flute player and composer
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1939
Karen Black, American actress (d. 2013)
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1939
Delaney Bramlett, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 2008)
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1940
Craig Brown, Scottish footballer and manager
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1940
Ela Gandhi, South African activist and politician
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1940
Cahit Zarifoğlu, Turkish poet and author (d. 1987)
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1941
Rod Gilbert, Canadian-American ice hockey player
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1941
Alfred G. Gilman, American pharmacologist and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2015)
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1941
Myron Scholes, Canadian-American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
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1941
Twyla Tharp, American dancer and choreographer
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1942
Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, Iraqi field marshal and politician (d. 2015)
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1942
Geneviève Bujold, Canadian actress
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1942
Andraé Crouch, American singer-songwriter, producer, and pastor (d. 2015)
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1942
Julia Higgins, English chemist and academic
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1943
Philip Brunelle, American conductor and organist
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1943
Peeter Lepp, Estonian politician, 37th Mayor of Tallinn
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1943
Jeff Wayne, American composer, musician, and lyricist
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1945
Mike Burstyn, American actor and singer
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1945
Debbie Harry, American singer-songwriter and actress
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1946
Mick Aston, English archaeologist and academic (d. 2013)
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1946
Erkki Tuomioja, Finnish sergeant and politician, Finnish Minister for Foreign Affairs
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1947
Kazuyoshi Hoshino, Japanese race car driver
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1947
Malcolm Wicks, English academic and politician (d. 2012)
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1948
John Ford, English-American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1949
Néjia Ben Mabrouk, Tunisian-Belgian director and screenwriter
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1949
John Farnham, English-Australian singer-songwriter
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1949
David Hogan, American composer and educator (d. 1996)
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1949
Venkaiah Naidu, Indian lawyer and politician
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1950
David Duke, American white supremacist, politician and former Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard
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1951
Trevor Eve, English actor and producer
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1951
Anne Feeney, American singer-songwriter and activist
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1951
Julia Goodfellow, English physicist and academic
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1951
Klaus-Peter Justus, German runner
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1951
Tom Kozelko, American basketball player
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1951
Terrence Mann, American actor, singer, and dancer
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1951
Fred Schneider, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player
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1951
Victor Willis, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor
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1952
Dan Aykroyd, Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter
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1952
David Lane, English oncologist and academic
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1952
Steve Shutt, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
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1952
Timothy J. Tobias, American pianist and composer (d. 2006)
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1953
Lawrence Gonzi, Maltese lawyer and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Malta
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1953
Jadranka Kosor, Croatian journalist and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Croatia
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1954
Keith Whitley, American singer and guitarist (d. 1989)
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1955
Nikolai Demidenko, Russian pianist and educator
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1955
Li Keqiang, Chinese economist and politician, 7th Premier of the People's Republic of China
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1955
Lisa Scottoline, American lawyer and author
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1957
Lisa Blount, American actress and producer (d. 2010)
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1957
Hannu Kamppuri, Finnish ice hockey player
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1957
Sean O'Driscoll, English footballer and manager
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1958
Jack Dyer Crouch, II, American diplomat, United States Deputy National Security Advisor
Jack Dyer Crouch, II · Deputy National Security Advisor (United States)
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1960
Michael Beattie, Australian rugby league player and coach
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1960
Lynn Jennings, American runner
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1960
Evelyn "Champagne" King, American soul/disco singer
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1960
Kevin Swords, American rugby player
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1961
Malcolm Elliott, English cyclist
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1961
Ivan Kaye, English actor
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1961
Carl Lewis, American long jumper and runner
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1961
Diana, Princess of Wales (d. 1997)
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1961
Michelle Wright, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1962
Andre Braugher, American actor and producer
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1963
Roddy Bottum, American singer and keyboard player
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1963
Nick Giannopoulos, Australian actor
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1963
David Wood, American lawyer and environmentalist (d. 2006)
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1964
Bernard Laporte, French rugby player and coach
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1965
Carl Fogarty, English motorcycle racer
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1965
Garry Schofield, English rugby player and coach
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1965
Harald Zwart, Norwegian director and producer
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1966
Enrico Annoni, Italian footballer and coach
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1966
Shawn Burr, Canadian-American ice hockey player (d. 2013)
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1967
Pamela Anderson, Canadian-American model and actress
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1969
Séamus Egan, American-Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1971
Missy Elliott, American rapper, producer, dancer, and actress
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1971
Julianne Nicholson, American actress
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1972
Claire Forlani, English actress
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1974
Jefferson Pérez, Ecuadorian race walker
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1975
Sean Colson, American basketball player and coach
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1975
Sufjan Stevens, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1976
Patrick Kluivert, Dutch footballer and coach
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1976
Hannu Tihinen, Finnish footballer
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1976
Albert Torrens, Australian rugby league player
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1976
Ruud van Nistelrooy, Dutch footballer and manager
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1976
Szymon Ziółkowski, Polish hammer thrower
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1977
Tom Frager, Senegalese-French singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1977
Keigo Hayashi, Japanese musician
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1977
Jarome Iginla, Canadian ice hockey player
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1977
Liv Tyler, American model and actress
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1979
Forrest Griffin, American mixed martial artist and actor
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1980
Patrick Aufiero, American ice hockey player
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1981
Carlo Del Fava, South African-Italian rugby player
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1981
Tadhg Kennelly, Irish-Australian footballer
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1982
Justin Huber, Australian baseball player
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1982
Joachim Johansson, Swedish tennis player
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1982
Adrian Ward, American football player
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1982
Hilarie Burton, American actress.
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1983
Marit Larsen, Norwegian singer-songwriter and keyboard player
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1984
Donald Thomas, Bahamian high jumper
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1985
Chris Perez, American baseball player
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1986
Charlie Blackmon, American baseball player
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1986
Andrew Lee, Australian footballer
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1986
Julian Prochnow, German footballer
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1987
Michael Schrader, German decathlete
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1988
Dedé, Brazilian footballer
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1988
Aleksander Lesun, Russian modern pentathlete
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1989
Kent Bazemore, American basketball player
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1989
Leah McFall, Northern Irish singer-songwriter
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1989
Daniel Ricciardo, Australian race car driver
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1989
Hannah Murray, English actress
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1990
Ben Coker, English footballer
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1990
Natsuki Sato, Japanese singer and actress
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1991
Michael Wacha, American baseball player
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1992
Aaron Sanchez, American baseball player
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1995
Boli Bolingoli-Mbombo, Belgian footballer
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1995
Savvy Shields, Miss America 2015
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1996
Adelina Sotnikova, Russian figure skater
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1998
Aleksandra Golovkina, Lithuanian figure skater
Famous Deaths
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552
Totila, Ostrogoth king
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1109
Alfonso VI of León and Castile (b. 1040)
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1224
Hōjō Yoshitoki, regent of the Kamakura shogunate of Japan (b. 1163)
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1242
Chagatai Khan, Mongol ruler (b. 1183)
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1277
Baibars, Egyptian sultan (b. 1223)
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1321
María de Molina, queen consort of Castile (b. c. 1265)
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1348
Joan, Princess of England
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1555
John Bradford, English Reformer, prebendary of St. Paul's (b. 1510)
John Bradford · English Reformation · Prebendary · Old St Paul's Cathedral
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1589
Lady Saigō, Japanese concubine (b. 1552)
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1592
Marc'Antonio Ingegneri, Italian composer and educator (b. 1535)
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1614
Isaac Casaubon, French philologist and scholar (b. 1559)
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1622
William Parker, 4th Baron Monteagle, English politician (b. 1575)
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1681
Oliver Plunkett, Irish archbishop and saint (b. 1629)
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1736
Ahmed III, Ottoman sultan (b. 1673)
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1774
Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, English politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (b. 1705)
Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland · Secretary of State for the Southern Department
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1782
Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, English admiral and politician, Prime Minister of Great Britain (b. 1730)
Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham · Prime Minister of Great Britain
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1784
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, German organist and composer (b. 1710)
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1787
Charles, Prince of Soubise (b. 1715)
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1839
Mahmud II, Ottoman sultan (b. 1785)
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1860
Charles Goodyear, American chemist and engineer (b. 1800)
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1863
John F. Reynolds, American general (b. 1820)
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1884
Allan Pinkerton, Scottish-American detective and spy (b. 1819)
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1896
Harriet Beecher Stowe, American author and activist (b. 1811)
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1905
John Hay, American journalist and politician, 37th United States Secretary of State (b. 1838)
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1912
Harriet Quimby, American pilot and screenwriter (b. 1875)
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1925
Erik Satie, French pianist and composer (b. 1866)
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1934
Ernst Röhm, German paramilitary commander (b. 1887)
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1942
Peadar Toner Mac Fhionnlaoich, Irish writer (b. 1857)
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1943
Willem Arondeus, Dutch artist, author, and anti-Nazi resistance fighter (b. 1894)
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1944
Carl Mayer, Austrian-English screenwriter (b. 1894)
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1944
Tanya Savicheva, Russian author (b. 1930)
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1948
Achille Varzi, Italian race car driver (b. 1904)
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1950
Émile Jaques-Dalcroze, Swiss composer and educator (b. 1865)
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1950
Eliel Saarinen, Finnish-American architect, co-designed the National Museum of Finland (b. 1873)
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1951
Tadeusz Borowski, Polish poet, novelist and journalist (b. 1922)
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1961
Louis-Ferdinand Céline, French physician and author (b. 1894)
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1962
Purushottam Das Tandon, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1882)
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1962
Bidhan Chandra Roy, Indian physician and politician, 2nd Chief Minister of West Bengal (b. 1882)
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1964
Pierre Monteux, French-American viola player and conductor (b. 1875)
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1965
Wally Hammond, English cricketer (b. 1903)
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1965
Robert Ruark, American journalist and author (b. 1915)
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1966
Frank Verner, American runner (b. 1883)
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1967
Gerhard Ritter, German historian and academic (b. 1888)
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1968
Fritz Bauer, German judge and politician (b. 1903)
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1971
William Lawrence Bragg, Australian-English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1890)
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1971
Learie Constantine, Trinidadian-English cricketer, lawyer, and politician (b. 1901)
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1974
Juan Perón, Argentinian general and politician, President of Argentina (b. 1895)
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1978
Kurt Student, German general and pilot (b. 1890)
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1981
Carlos de Oliveira, Portuguese author and poet (b. 1921)
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1983
Buckminster Fuller, American architect, designed the Montreal Biosphère (b. 1895)
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1984
Moshé Feldenkrais, Ukrainian-Israeli physicist and academic (b. 1904)
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1991
Michael Landon, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1936)
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1992
Franco Cristaldi, Italian screenwriter and producer (b. 1924)
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1994
Merriam Modell, American author (b. 1908)
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1995
Wolfman Jack, American radio host (b. 1938)
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1995
Ian Parkin, English guitarist (Be-Bop Deluxe) (b. 1950)
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1996
William T. Cahill, American lawyer and politician, 46th Governor of New Jersey (b. 1904)
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1996
Margaux Hemingway, American model and actress (b. 1954)
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1996
Steve Tesich, Serbian-American author and screenwriter (b. 1942)
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1997
Robert Mitchum, American actor (b. 1917)
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1997
Charles Werner, American cartoonist (b. 1909)
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1999
Edward Dmytryk, Canadian-American director and producer (b. 1908)
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1999
Forrest Mars Sr., American businessman, created M&M's and the Mars bar (b. 1904)
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1999
Sylvia Sidney, American actress (b. 1910)
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2000
Walter Matthau, American actor (b. 1920)
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2001
Nikolay Basov, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1922)
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2001
Jean-Louis Rosier, French race car driver (b. 1925)
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2003
Herbie Mann, American flute player and saxophonist (b. 1930)
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2004
Peter Barnes, English playwright and screenwriter (b. 1931)
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2004
Marlon Brando, American actor and director (b. 1924)
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2004
Todor Skalovski, Macedonian composer and conductor (b. 1909)
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2005
Renaldo Benson, American singer-songwriter (Four Tops) (b. 1936)
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2005
Gus Bodnar, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1923)
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2005
Luther Vandross, American singer-songwriter and producer (Change) (b. 1951)
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2006
Ryutaro Hashimoto, Japanese politician, 53rd Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1937)
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2006
Robert Lepikson, Estonian race car driver and politician, Estonian Minister of the Interior (b. 1952)
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2006
Fred Trueman, English cricketer and sportscaster (b. 1931)
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2008
Mel Galley, English guitarist (b. 1948)
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2009
Karl Malden, American actor (b. 1912)
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2009
Onni Palaste, Finnish soldier and author (b. 1917)
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2009
Mollie Sugden, English actress (b. 1922)
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2010
Don Coryell, American football player and coach (b. 1924)
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2010
Arnold Friberg, American painter and illustrator (b. 1913)
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2010
Ilene Woods, American actress and singer (b. 1929)
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2012
Peter E. Gillquist, American priest and author (b. 1938)
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2012
Ossie Hibbert, Jamaican-American keyboard player and producer (b. 1950)
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2012
Evelyn Lear, American operatic soprano (b. 1926)
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2012
Alan G. Poindexter, American captain, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1961)
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2012
Jack Richardson, American author and playwright (b. 1934)
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2013
Sidney Bryan Berry, American general (b. 1926)
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2013
Charles Foley, American game designer, co-created Twister (b. 1930)
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2013
William H. Gray, American minister and politician (b. 1941)
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2014
Jean Garon, Canadian economist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1938)
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2014
Stephen Gaskin, American activist, co-founded The Farm (b. 1935)
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2014
Bob Jones, English lawyer and politician (b. 1955)
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2014
Anatoly Kornukov, Ukrainian-Russian general (b. 1942)
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2014
Walter Dean Myers, American author and poet (b. 1937)
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2015
Val Doonican, Irish singer and television host (b. 1927)
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2015
Czesław Olech, Polish mathematician and academic (b. 1931)
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2015
Nicholas Winton, English lieutenant and humanitarian (b. 1909)
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2016
Robin Hardy, English author and film director (b. 1929)