July 11 — On This Day
344 entries
Events
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472
After being besieged in Rome by his own generals, Western Roman Emperor Anthemius is captured in St. Peter's Basilica and put to death.
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813
Byzantine emperor Michael I, under threat by conspiracies, abdicates in favor of his general Leo the Armenian, and becomes a monk (under the name Athanasius).
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911
Signing of the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte between Charles the Simple and Rollo of Normandy.
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1174
Baldwin IV, 13, becomes King of Jerusalem, with Raymond III, Count of Tripoli as regent and William of Tyre as chancellor.
Baldwin IV · King of Jerusalem · Raymond III, Count of Tripoli · William of Tyre
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1302
Battle of the Golden Spurs (Guldensporenslag in Dutch): A coalition around the Flemish cities defeats the king of France's royal army.
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1346
Charles IV, Count of Luxembourg and King of Bohemia, is elected King of the Romans.
Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor · Count of Luxembourg · King of Bohemia · King of the Romans
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1405
Ming admiral Zheng He sets sail to explore the world for the first time.
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1476
Giuliano della Rovere is appointed bishop of Coutances.
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1576
Martin Frobisher sights Greenland.
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1616
Samuel de Champlain returns to Quebec.
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1735
Mathematical calculations suggest that it is on this day that dwarf planet Pluto moved inside the orbit of Neptune for the last time before 1979.
Dwarf planet · Pluto · Neptune
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1740
Pogrom: Jews are expelled from Little Russia.
Pogrom · Jews · Little Russia
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1750
Halifax, Nova Scotia is almost completely destroyed by fire.
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1789
Jacques Necker is dismissed as France's Finance Minister sparking the Storming of the Bastille.
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1796
The United States takes possession of Detroit from Great Britain under terms of the Jay Treaty.
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1798
The United States Marine Corps is re-established; they had been disbanded after the American Revolutionary War.
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1801
French astronomer Jean-Louis Pons makes his first comet discovery. In the next 27 years he discovers another 36 comets, more than any other person in history.
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1804
A duel occurs in which the Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr mortally wounds former Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton.
Burr-Hamilton duel · Vice President of the United States · Aaron Burr · United States Secretary of the Treasury · Alexander Hamilton
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1833
Noongar Australian aboriginal warrior Yagan, wanted for the murder of white colonists in Western Australia, is killed.
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1848
Waterloo railway station in London opens.
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1864
American Civil War: Battle of Fort Stevens; Confederate forces attempt to invade Washington, D.C.
American Civil War · Battle of Fort Stevens · Confederate States of America
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1882
The British Mediterranean Fleet begins the Bombardment of Alexandria in Egypt as part of the Anglo-Egyptian War.
Mediterranean Fleet · Bombardment of Alexandria · Anglo-Egyptian War
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1889
Tijuana, Mexico, is founded.
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1893
The first cultured pearl is obtained by Kokichi Mikimoto.
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1893
A revolution led by the liberal general and politician José Santos Zelaya takes over state power in Nicaragua.
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1895
Brothers Auguste and Louis Lumière demonstrate movie film technology to scientists.
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1897
Salomon August Andrée leaves Spitsbergen to attempt to reach the North Pole by balloon. He later crashes and dies.
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1906
Murder of Grace Brown by Chester Gillette in the United States, inspiration for Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy.
Murder of Grace Brown · Chester Gillette · Theodore Dreiser · An American Tragedy
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1914
Babe Ruth makes his debut in Major League Baseball.
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1914
USS Nevada (BB-36) is launched.
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1919
The eight-hour day and free Sunday become law for workers in the Netherlands.
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1920
In the East Prussian plebiscite the local populace decides to remain with Weimar Germany.
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1921
A truce in the Irish War of Independence comes into effect.
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1921
The Red Army captures Mongolia from the White Army and establishes the Mongolian People's Republic.
Red Army · Mongolia · White movement · Mongolian People's Republic
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1921
Former President of the United States William Howard Taft is sworn in as 10th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, becoming the only person ever to hold both offices.
President of the United States · William Howard Taft · Chief Justice of the United States · Supreme Court of the United States
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1922
The Hollywood Bowl opens.
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1924
Eric Liddell won the gold medal in 400m at the 1924 Paris Olympics, after refusing to run in the heats for 100m, his favoured distance, on the Sunday
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1934
Engelbert Zaschka of Germany flies his large human-powered aircraft, the Zaschka Human-Power Aircraft, about 20 meters at Berlin Tempelhof Airport without assisted take-off.
Engelbert Zaschka · Human-powered aircraft · Berlin Tempelhof Airport · Assisted take-off
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1936
The Triborough Bridge in New York City is opened to traffic.
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1940
World War II: Vichy France regime is formally established. Philippe Pétain becomes Prime Minister of France.
World War II · Vichy France · Philippe Pétain · Prime Minister of France
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1941
The Northern Rhodesian Labour Party holds its first congress in Nkana.
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1943
Massacres of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army within the Reichskommissariat Ukraine (Volhynia) peak.
Massacres of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia · Ukrainian Insurgent Army · Reichskommissariat Ukraine · Volhynia
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1943
World War II: Allied invasion of Sicily: German and Italian troops launch a counter-attack on Allied forces in Sicily.
Allied invasion of Sicily · Nazi Germany · Battle of Gela (1943) · Allies of World War II · Sicily
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1947
The Exodus 1947 heads to Palestine from France.
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1950
Pakistan joins the International Monetary Fund and the International Bank.
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1957
Prince Karim Husseini Aga Khan IV inherits the office of Imamat as the 49th Imam of Shia Imami Ismai'li worldwide, after the death of Sir Sultan Mahommed Shah Aga Khan III.
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1960
France legislates for the independence of Dahomey (later Benin), Upper Volta (later Burkina) and Niger.
Republic of Dahomey · Benin · Republic of Upper Volta · Burkina Faso · Niger
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1960
Congo Crisis: The State of Katanga breaks away from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Congo Crisis · State of Katanga · Democratic Republic of the Congo
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1960
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is first published, in the United States.
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1962
First transatlantic satellite television transmission.
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1962
Project Apollo: At a press conference, NASA announces lunar orbit rendezvous as the means to land astronauts on the Moon, and return them to Earth.
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1972
The first game of the World Chess Championship 1972 between challenger Bobby Fischer and defending champion Boris Spassky starts.
World Chess Championship 1972 · Bobby Fischer · Boris Spassky
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1973
Varig Flight 820 crashes near Paris, France on approach to Orly Airport, killing 123 of the 134 on board. In response, the FAA bans smoking on flights.
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1977
Martin Luther King, Jr. is posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
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1978
Los Alfaques disaster: A truck carrying liquid gas crashes and explodes at a coastal campsite in Tarragona, Spain killing 216 tourists.
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1979
America's first space station, Skylab, is destroyed as it re-enters the Earth's atmosphere over the Indian Ocean.
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1990
Oka Crisis: First Nations land dispute in Quebec, Canada begins.
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1991
Nigeria Airways Flight 2120 crashes in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia killing all 261 passengers and crew on board.
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1995
Srebrenica massacre begins; lasts until 22 July.
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2006
Mumbai train bombings: Two hundred nine people are killed in a series of bomb attacks in Mumbai, India.
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2010
July 2010 Kampala attacks: At least 74 people are killed in twin suicide bombings at two locations in Kampala, Uganda
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2011
Evangelos Florakis Naval Base explosion: Ninety-eight containers of explosives self-detonate killing 13 people in Zygi, Cyprus.
Famous Births
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154
Bardaisan, Syrian astrologer, scholar, and philosopher (d. 222)
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1274
Robert the Bruce, Scottish king (d. 1329)
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1406
William, Margrave of Hachberg-Sausenberg (d. 1482)
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1459
Kaspar, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, German nobleman (d. 1527)
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1558
Robert Greene, English author and playwright (d. 1592)
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1561
Luis de Góngora, Spanish cleric and poet (d. 1627)
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1603
Kenelm Digby, English astrologer, courtier, and diplomat (d. 1665)
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1628
Tokugawa Mitsukuni, Japanese daimyo (d. 1701)
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1653
Sarah Good, American woman accused of witchcraft (d. 1692)
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1657
Frederick I of Prussia (d. 1713)
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1662
Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria (d. 1726)
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1709
Johan Gottschalk Wallerius, Swedish chemist and mineralogist (d. 1785)
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1723
Jean-François Marmontel, French historian and author (d. 1799)
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1754
Thomas Bowdler, English physician and philanthropist (d. 1825)
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1767
John Quincy Adams, American lawyer and politician, 6th President of the United States (d. 1848)
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1826
Alexander Afanasyev, Russian ethnographer and author (d. 1871)
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1832
Charilaos Trikoupis, Greek lawyer and politician, 55th Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1896)
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1836
Antônio Carlos Gomes, Brazilian composer (d. 1896)
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1846
Léon Bloy, French author and poet (d. 1917)
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1850
Annie Armstrong, American missionary (d. 1938)
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1866
Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine (d. 1953)
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1880
Friedrich Lahrs, German architect and academic (d. 1964)
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1881
Isabel Martin Lewis, American astronomer and author (d. 1955?)
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1882
James Larkin White, American miner, explorer, and park ranger (d. 1946)
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1886
Boris Grigoriev, Russian painter and illustrator (d. 1939)
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1888
Carl Schmitt, German philosopher and jurist (d. 1985)
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1892
Thomas Mitchell, American actor, singer, and screenwriter (d. 1962)
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1895
Dorothy Wilde, English author and poet (d. 1941)
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1897
Bull Connor, American police officer (d. 1973)
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1899
Wilfrid Israel, German businessman and philanthropist (d. 1943)
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1899
E. B. White, American essayist and journalist (d. 1985)
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1903
Rudolf Abel, English-Russian colonel (d. 1971)
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1903
Sidney Franklin, American bullfighter (d. 1976)
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1904
Niño Ricardo, Spanish guitarist and composer (d. 1972)
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1906
Harry von Zell, American actor and announcer, (d. 1981)
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1906
Herbert Wehner, German politician, Minister of Intra-German Relations (d. 1990)
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1910
Irene Hervey, American actress (d. 1998)
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1911
Erna Flegel, German Third Reich nurse (d. 2006)
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1912
Sergiu Celibidache, Romanian conductor and composer (d. 1996)
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1912
William F. Walsh, American captain and politician, 48th Mayor of Syracuse (d. 2011)
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1913
Paul Gibb, English cricketer (d. 1977)
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1913
Cordwainer Smith, American sinologist, author, and academic (d. 1966)
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1916
Mortimer Caplin, American tax attorney, educator, and IRS Commissioner
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1916
Hans Maier, Dutch water polo player
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1916
Alexander Prokhorov, Australian-Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2002)
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1916
Reg Varney, English actor and screenwriter (d. 2008)
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1916
Gough Whitlam, Australian lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 21st Prime Minister of Australia (d. 2014)
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1918
Venetia Burney, English educator, who named Pluto (d. 2009)
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1920
Yul Brynner, Russian actor and dancer (d. 1985)
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1920
Zecharia Sitchin, Russian-American author (d. 2010)
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1922
Gene Evans, American actor (d. 1998)
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1922
Fritz Riess, German-Swiss race car driver (d. 1991)
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1923
Richard Pipes, Polish-American historian and academic
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1924
César Lattes, Brazilian physicist and academic (d. 2005)
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1924
Brett Somers, Canadian-American actress and singer (d. 2007)
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1924
Charlie Tully, Northern Irish footballer and manager (d. 1971)
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1925
Charles Chaynes, French composer (d. 2016)
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1925
Nicolai Gedda, Swedish operatic tenor (d. 2017)
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1925
Peter Kyros, American lawyer and politician (d. 2012)
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1925
Sid Smith, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2004)
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1926
Frederick Buechner, American minister, theologian, and author
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1927
Theodore Maiman, American-Canadian physicist and engineer (d. 2007)
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1928
Greville Janner, Baron Janner of Braunstone, Welsh-English lawyer and politician (d. 2015)
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1928
Bobo Olson, American boxer (d. 2002)
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1928
Andrea Veneracion, Filipina choirmaster (d. 2014)
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1929
Danny Flores, singer-songwriter and saxophonist (The Champs) (d. 2006)
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1929
David Kelly, Irish actor (d. 2012)
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1930
Jack Alabaster, New Zealand cricketer
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1930
Harold Bloom, American literary critic
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1930
Trevor Storer, English businessman, founded Pukka Pies (d. 2013)
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1931
Dick Gray, American baseball player (d. 2013)
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1931
Thurston Harris, American doo-wop singer (d. 1990)
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1931
Tab Hunter, American actor and singer
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1931
Tullio Regge, Italian physicist and academic (d. 2014)
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1932
Alex Hassilev, French-born American folk singer and musician (The Limeliters)
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1932
Jean-Guy Talbot, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
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1933
Jim Carlen, American football player and coach (d. 2012)
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1933
Frank Kelso, American admiral and politician, United States Secretary of the Navy (d. 2013)
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1934
Giorgio Armani, Italian fashion designer, founded the Armani Company
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1935
Frederick Hemke, American saxophonist and educator
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1935
Oliver Napier, Northern Irish lawyer and politician (d. 2011)
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1937
Pai Hsien-yung, Chinese-Taiwanese author
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1941
Bill Boggs, American journalist and producer
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1941
Henry Lowther, English trumpet player
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1943
Richard Carleton, Australian journalist (d. 2006)
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1943
Howard Gardner, American psychologist and academic
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1943
Tom Holland, American actor, director, and screenwriter
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1943
Peter Jensen, Australian metropolitan
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1943
Robert Malval, Haitian businessman and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Haiti
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1943
Rolf Stommelen, German race car driver (d. 1983)
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1944
Lou Hudson, American basketball player and coach (d. 2014)
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1944
Michael Levy, Baron Levy, English philanthropist
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1944
Patricia Polacco, American author and illustrator
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1946
Martin Wong, American painter (d. 1999)
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1947
Jeff Hanna, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and drummer
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1947
Norman Lebrecht, English author and critic
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1947
Bo Lundgren, Swedish politician
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1950
Pervez Hoodbhoy, Pakistani physicist and academic
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1950
J. R. Morgan, Welsh author and academic
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1950
Bonnie Pointer, American singer
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1951
Ed Ott, American baseball player and coach
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1952
Bill Barber, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
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1953
Piyasvasti Amranand, Thai businessman and politician, Thai Minister of Energy
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1953
Peter Brown, American singer-songwriter and producer
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1953
Suresh Prabhu, Indian accountant and politician, Indian Minister of Railways
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1953
Patricia Reyes Spíndola, Mexican actress, director, and producer
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1953
Leon Spinks, American boxer
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1953
Mindy Sterling, American actress
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1953
Ivan Toms, South African physician and activist (d. 2008)
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1953
Bramwell Tovey, English-Canadian conductor and composer
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1953
Paul Weiland, English director, producer, and screenwriter
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1954
Julia King, English engineer and academic
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1955
Balaji Sadasivan, Singaporean neurosurgeon and politician, Singaporean Minister of Health (d. 2010)
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1956
Amitav Ghosh, Indian-American author and academic
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1956
Robin Renucci, French actor and director
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1956
Sela Ward, American actress
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1957
Johann Lamont, Scottish educator and politician
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1957
Peter Murphy, English singer-songwriter
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1957
Michael Rose, Jamaican singer-songwriter
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1958
Hugo Sánchez, Mexican footballer, coach, and manager
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1959
Richie Sambora, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
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1959
Suzanne Vega, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
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1960
David Baerwald, American singer-songwriter, composer, and musician
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1960
Caroline Quentin, English actress
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1961
Antony Jenkins, English banker and businessman
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1962
Gaétan Duchesne, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2007)
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1962
Pauline McLynn, Irish actress and author
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1963
Al MacInnis, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
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1963
Dean Richards, English rugby player and coach
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1963
Lisa Rinna, American actress and talk show host
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1965
Tony Cottee, English footballer, manager, and sportscaster
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1965
Ernesto Hoost, Dutch kick-boxer and sportscaster
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1965
Scott Shriner, American singer-songwriter and bass player
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1966
Nadeem Aslam, Pakistani-English author
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1966
Kentaro Miura, Japanese author and illustrator
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1966
Rod Strickland, American basketball player and coach
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1966
Ricky Warwick, Northern Irish musician
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1967
Andy Ashby, American baseball player and sportscaster
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1967
Jhumpa Lahiri, Indian American novelist and short story writer
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1968
Michael Geist, Canadian journalist and academic
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1968
Daniel MacMaster, Canadian singer-songwriter (d. 2008)
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1968
Esera Tuaolo, American football player
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1970
Justin Chambers, American actor
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1970
Sajjad Karim, English lawyer and politician
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1970
Eric Owens, American opera singer
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1971
Leisha Hailey, Japanese-American singer-songwriter and actress
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1972
Cormac Battle, English-Irish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
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1973
Konstantinos Kenteris, Greek runner
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1974
Alanas Chošnau, Lithuanian singer-songwriter
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1974
Hermann Hreiðarsson, Icelandic footballer and manager
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1974
André Ooijer, Dutch footballer and coach
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1975
Willie Anderson, American football player
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1975
Rubén Baraja, Spanish footballer and manager
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1975
Lil' Kim, American rapper and producer
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1976
Eduardo Nájera, Mexican-American basketball player and coach
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1977
Brandon Short, American football player and sportscaster
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1978
Kathleen Edwards, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1978
Massimiliano Rosolino, Italian swimmer
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1979
Raio Piiroja, Estonian footballer
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1980
Tyson Kidd, Canadian wrestler
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1980
Kevin Powers, American soldier and author
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1981
Andre Johnson, American football player
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1982
Chris Cooley, American football player
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1983
Engin Baytar, German-Turkish footballer
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1983
Peter Cincotti, American singer-songwriter and pianist
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1983
Marie Serneholt, Swedish singer and dancer
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1984
Yorman Bazardo, Venezuelan baseball player
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1984
Tanith Belbin, Canadian-American ice dancer
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1984
Jacoby Jones, American football player
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1984
Joe Pavelski, American ice hockey player
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1984
Morné Steyn, South African rugby player
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1985
Robert Adamson, American actor, director, and producer
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1985
Orestis Karnezis, Greek footballer
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1986
Raúl García, Spanish footballer
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1986
Yoann Gourcuff, French footballer
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1986
Ryan Jarvis, English footballer
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1987
Shigeaki Kato, Japanese singer
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1988
Étienne Capoue, French footballer
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1989
Tobias Sana, Swedish footballer
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1989
Travis Waddell, Australian rugby league player
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1990
Mona Barthel, German tennis player
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1990
Adam Jezierski, Polish-Spanish actor and singer
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1990
Patrick Peterson, American football player
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1990
Caroline Wozniacki, Danish tennis player
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1993
Rebecca Bross, American gymnast
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1993
Heini Salonen, Finnish tennis player
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1994
Bartłomiej Kalinkowski, Polish footballer
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1994
Anthony Milford, Australian rugby league player
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1994
Nina Nesbitt, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1994
Lucas Ocampos, Argentinian footballer
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1995
Tyler Medeiros, Canadian singer-songwriter and dancer
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1996
Alessia Cara, Canadian singer-songwriter
Famous Deaths
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472
Anthemius, Roman emperor (b. 420)
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937
Rudolph II of Burgundy (b. 880)
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969
Olga of Kiev (b. 890)
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1174
Amalric I of Jerusalem (b. 1136)
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1183
Otto I Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1117)
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1302
Robert II, Count of Artois (b. 1250)
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1302
Pierre Flotte, French politician and lawyer
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1344
Ulrich III, Count of Württemberg (b. c. 1286)
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1362
Anna von Schweidnitz, empress of Charles IV (b. 1339)
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1382
Nicole Oresme, French philosopher (b. 1325)
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1451
Barbara of Cilli, Slovenian noblewoman
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1484
Mino da Fiesole, Italian sculptor (b. c. 1429)
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1535
Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1484)
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1576
Eleonora di Garzia di Toledo, Italian noble (d. 1553)
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1581
Peder Skram, Danish admiral and politician (b. 1503)
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1593
Giuseppe Arcimboldo, Italian painter (b. 1527)
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1599
Chōsokabe Motochika, Japanese daiymo (b.1539)
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1688
Narai, Thai king (b. 1629)
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1774
Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet, Irish-English general (b. 1715)
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1775
Simon Boerum, American farmer and politician (b. 1724)
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1797
Ienăchiță Văcărescu, Romanian historian and philologist (b. 1740)
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1806
James Smith, Irish-American lawyer and politician (b. 1719)
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1825
Thomas P. Grosvenor, American soldier and politician (b. 1744)
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1844
Yevgeny Baratynsky, Russian philosopher and poet (b. 1800)
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1897
Patrick Jennings, Irish-Australian politician, 11th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1831)
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1905
Muhammad Abduh, Egyptian jurist and scholar (b. 1849)
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1908
Friedrich Traun, German sprinter and tennis player (b. 1876)
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1909
Simon Newcomb, Canadian-American astronomer and mathematician (b. 1835)
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1929
Billy Mosforth, English footballer and engraver (b. 1857)
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1937
George Gershwin, American pianist, songwriter, and composer (b. 1898)
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1959
Charlie Parker, English cricketer, coach, and umpire (b. 1882)
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1966
Delmore Schwartz, American poet and short story writer (b. 1913)
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1967
Guy Favreau, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician, 28th Canadian Minister of Justice (b. 1917)
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1971
John W. Campbell, American journalist and author (b. 1910)
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1971
Pedro Rodríguez, Mexican race car driver (b. 1940)
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1974
Pär Lagerkvist, Swedish novelist, playwright, and poet Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)
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1976
León de Greiff, Colombian poet and educator (b. 1895)
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1979
Claude Wagner, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1925)
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1983
Ross Macdonald, American-Canadian author (b. 1915)
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1987
Avi Ran, Israeli footballer (b. 1963)
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1987
Yaakov Yitzchok Ruderman, American rabbi and scholar (b. 1901)
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1989
Laurence Olivier, English actor, director, and producer (b. 1907)
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1991
Mokhtar Dahari, Malaysian footballer and coach (b. 1953)
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1994
Gary Kildall, American computer scientist, founded Digital Research (b. 1942)
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1998
Panagiotis Kondylis, Greek philosopher and author (b. 1943)
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1999
Helen Forrest, American singer (b. 1917)
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1999
Jan Sloot, Dutch computer scientist and electronics technician (b. 1945)
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2000
Pedro Mir, Dominican lawyer, author, and poet (b. 1913)
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2000
Robert Runcie, English archbishop (b. 1921)
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2001
Herman Brood, Dutch musician and painter (b. 1946)
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2003
Zahra Kazemi, Iranian-Canadian freelance photographer (b. 1948)
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2004
Laurance Rockefeller, American financier and philanthropist (b. 1910)
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2004
Renée Saint-Cyr, French actress and producer (b. 1904)
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2005
Gretchen Franklin, English actress and dancer (b. 1911)
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2005
Jesús Iglesias, Argentinian race car driver (b. 1922)
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2005
Frances Langford, American actress and singer (b. 1913)
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2006
Barnard Hughes, American actor (b. 1915)
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2006
Bronwyn Oliver, Australian sculptor (b. 1959)
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2006
John Spencer, English snooker player and sportscaster (b. 1935)
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2007
Glenda Adams, Australian author and academic (b. 1939)
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2007
Lady Bird Johnson, American beautification activist; 43rd First Lady of the United States (b. 1912)
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2007
Alfonso López Michelsen, Colombian lawyer and politician, 32nd President of Colombia (b. 1913)
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2007
Ed Mirvish, American-Canadian businessman and philanthropist, founded Honest Ed's (b. 1914)
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2008
Michael E. DeBakey, American surgeon and educator (b. 1908)
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2009
Reg Fleming, Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1936)
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2009
Arturo Gatti, Italian-Canadian boxer (b. 1972)
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2009
Ji Xianlin, Chinese linguist and paleographer (b. 1911)
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2010
Walter Hawkins, American singer-songwriter, pianist, producer, and pastor (b. 1949)
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2011
Rob Grill, American singer-songwriter and bass player (b. 1943)
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2012
Art Ceccarelli, American baseball player and coach (b. 1930)
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2012
Marion Cunningham, American author (b. 1922)
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2012
Richard Scudder, American journalist and publisher, co-founded MediaNews Group (b. 1913)
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2012
Donald J. Sobol, American soldier and author (b. 1924)
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2012
Marvin Traub, American businessman and author (b. 1925)
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2013
Emik Avakian, Iranian-American inventor (b. 1923)
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2013
Egbert Brieskorn, German mathematician and academic (b. 1936)
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2013
Eugene P. Wilkinson, American admiral (b. 1918)
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2014
Charlie Haden, American bassist and composer (b. 1937)
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2014
Carin Mannheimer, Swedish author and screenwriter (b. 1934)
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2014
Bill McGill, American basketball player (b. 1939)
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2014
Tommy Ramone, Hungarian-American drummer and producer (b. 1949)
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2014
John Seigenthaler, American journalist and academic (b. 1927)
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2014
Randall Stout, American architect, designed the Taubman Museum of Art (b. 1958)
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2015
Giacomo Biffi, Italian cardinal (b. 1928)
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2015
James U. Cross, American general (b. 1925)
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2015
Satoru Iwata, Japanese game programmer and businessman (b. 1959)
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2015
Lawrence K. Karlton, American lawyer and judge (b. 1935)
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2015
André Leysen, Belgian businessman (b. 1927)