July 17 — On This Day
342 entries
Events
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180
Twelve inhabitants of Scillium (near Kasserine, modern-day Tunisia) in North Africa are executed for being Christians. This is the earliest record of Christianity in that part of the world.
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1048
Damasus II is elected pope.
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1203
The Fourth Crusade captures Constantinople by assault. The Byzantine emperor Alexios III Angelos flees from his capital into exile.
Fourth Crusade · Constantinople · Byzantine emperor · Alexios III Angelos
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1402
Zhu Di, better known by his era name as the Yongle Emperor, assumes the throne over the Ming dynasty of China.
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1429
Hundred Years' War: Charles VII of France is crowned the King of France in the Reims Cathedral after a successful campaign by Joan of Arc
Hundred Years' War · Charles VII of France · Coronation of the French monarch · Reims Cathedral · Joan of Arc
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1453
Battle of Castillon: The last battle of Hundred Years' War, the French under Jean Bureau defeat the English under the Earl of Shrewsbury, who is killed in the battle in Gascony.
Battle of Castillon · Hundred Years' War · Jean Bureau · John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury · Gascony
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1665
Battle of Montes Claros: Portugal definitively secured independence from Spain in the last battle of the Portuguese Restoration War.
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1717
King George I of Great Britain sails down the River Thames with a barge of 50 musicians, where George Frideric Handel's Water Music is premiered.
George I of Great Britain · River Thames · George Frideric Handel · Water Music (Handel)
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1762
Catherine II becomes tsar of Russia upon the murder of Peter III of Russia.
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1771
Bloody Falls massacre: Chipewyan chief Matonabbee, traveling as the guide to Samuel Hearne on his Arctic overland journey, massacres a group of unsuspecting Inuit.
Bloody Falls massacre · Chipewyan · Matonabbee · Samuel Hearne · Inuit
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1791
Members of the French National Guard under the command of General Lafayette open fire on a crowd of radical Jacobins at the Champ de Mars, Paris, during the French Revolution, killing scores of people.
National Guard (France) · Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette · Champ de Mars Massacre · Jacobin (politics) · Champ de Mars
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1794
The 16 Carmelite Martyrs of Compiègne are executed ten days prior to the end of the French Revolution's Reign of Terror.
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1867
Harvard School of Dental Medicine is established in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the first dental school in the U.S. that is affiliated with a university.
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1899
NEC Corporation is organized as the first Japanese joint venture with foreign capital.
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1902
Willis Carrier creates the first air conditioner in Buffalo, New York.
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1903
the first Tour de France was won by Maurice Garin.
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1917
King George V issues a Proclamation stating that the male line descendants of the British Royal Family will bear the surname Windsor.
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1918
Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and his immediate family and retainers are executed by Bolshevik Chekists at the Ipatiev House in Yekaterinburg, Russia.
Nicholas II of Russia · Russian Empire · Shooting of the Romanov family · Bolshevik · Cheka
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1918
The RMS Carpathia, the ship that rescued the 705 survivors from the RMS Titanic, is sunk off Ireland by the German SM U-55; five lives are lost.
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1932
Altona Bloody Sunday: A riot between the Nazi Party paramilitary forces, the SS and SA, and the German Communist Party ensues.
Altona Bloody Sunday · Nazi Party · Schutzstaffel · Sturmabteilung · Communist Party of Germany
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1936
Spanish Civil War: An Armed Forces rebellion against the recently elected leftist Popular Front government of Spain starts the civil war.
Spanish Civil War · Spanish coup of July 1936 · Popular Front (Spain)
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1938
Douglas Corrigan takes off from Brooklyn to fly the "wrong way" to Ireland and becomes known as "Wrong Way" Corrigan.
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1944
Port Chicago disaster: Near the San Francisco Bay, two ships laden with ammunition for the war explode in Port Chicago, California, killing 320.
Port Chicago disaster · San Francisco Bay · Ammunition · Port Chicago, California
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1944
World War II: Napalm incendiary bombs are dropped for the first time by American P-38 pilots on a fuel depot at Coutances, near Saint-Lô, France.
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1944
World War II: At Sainte-Foy-de-Montgommery.[1] in Normandy Field Marshal Erwin Rommel was strafed by allied aircraft while returning to his headquarters.
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1945
World War II: The main three leaders of the Allied nations, Winston Churchill, Harry S. Truman and Joseph Stalin, meet in the German city of Potsdam to decide the future of a defeated Germany.
Allies of World War II · Winston Churchill · Harry S. Truman · Joseph Stalin · Potsdam Conference
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1953
The largest number of United States midshipman casualties in a single event results from an aircraft crash in Florida, killing 44.
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1955
Disneyland is dedicated and opened by Walt Disney in Anaheim, California.
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1962
Nuclear weapons testing: The "Small Boy" test shot Little Feller I becomes the last atmospheric test detonation at the Nevada National Security Site.
Nuclear weapons testing · Little Feller (nuclear tests) · Nevada National Security Site
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1968
Abdul Rahman Arif is overthrown and the Ba'ath Party is installed as the governing power in Iraq with Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr as the new Iraqi President.
Abdul Rahman Arif · 17 July Revolution · Ba'ath Party · Iraq · Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
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1973
King Mohammed Zahir Shah of Afghanistan, while having surgery in Italy, is deposed by his cousin Mohammed Daoud Khan.
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1975
Apollo-Soyuz Test Project: An American Apollo and a Soviet Soyuz spacecraft dock with each other in orbit marking the first such link-up between spacecraft from the two nations.
Apollo-Soyuz Test Project · Apollo program · Soyuz (spacecraft) · Orbit
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1976
East Timor is annexed, and becomes the 27th province of Indonesia.
East Timor · Annexation · Provinces of Indonesia · Indonesia
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1976
The opening of the Summer Olympics in Montreal is marred by 25 African teams boycotting the games because of New Zealand's participation. Contrary to rulings by other international sports organizations, the IOC had declined to exclude New Zealand because of their participation in South African sporting events during apartheid.
1976 Summer Olympics · Montreal · New Zealand · IOC · South Africa
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1979
Nicaraguan dictator General Anastasio Somoza Debayle resigns and flees to Miami, Florida, United States.
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1981
A structural failure leads to the collapse of a walkway at the Hyatt Regency in Kansas City, Missouri, killing 114 people and injuring more than 200.
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1984
The national drinking age in the United States was changed from 18 to 21.
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1985
Founding of the EUREKA Network by former head of states François Mitterrand (France) and Helmut Kohl (Germany).
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1989
First flight of the B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber.
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1989
Holy See-Poland relations are restored.
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1996
TWA Flight 800: Off the coast of Long Island, New York, a Paris-bound TWA Boeing 747 explodes, killing all 230 on board.
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1998
The 7.0 Mw Papua New Guinea earthquake triggers a tsunami that destroys ten villages in Papua New Guinea, killing up to 2,700 people, and leaving several thousand injured.
1998 Papua New Guinea earthquake · Tsunami · Papua New Guinea
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1998
A diplomatic conference adopts the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, establishing a permanent international court to prosecute individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression.
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court · International Criminal Court · Genocide · Crimes against humanity · War crime
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2001
Concorde is brought back into service nearly a year after the July 2000 crash.
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2006
The 7.7 Mw Pangandaran tsunami earthquake severely affects the Indonesian island of Java, killing 668 people, and leaving more than 9,000 injured.
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2007
TAM Airlines Flight 3054, an Airbus A320, crashes into a warehouse after landing too fast and missing the end of the São Paulo-Congonhas Airport runway, killing 199 people.
TAM Airlines Flight 3054 · Airbus A320 family · São Paulo-Congonhas Airport
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2014
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, a Boeing 777, crashes near the border of Ukraine and Russia after being shot down. All 298 people on board are killed.
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2014
A French regional train on the Pau-Bayonne line crashes into a high-speed train near the town of Denguin, resulting in at least 25 injuries.
Transport express régional · Denguin rail crash · TGV · Denguin
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2015
At least 120 people are killed and 130 injured by a suicide bombing in Diyala Province, Iraq.
Famous Births
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1476
Adrian Fortescue, English Roman Catholic martyr (d. 1539)
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1487
Ismail I of Iran (d. 1524)
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1499
Maria Salviati, Italian noblewoman (d. 1543)
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1531
Antoine de Créqui Canaples, Roman Catholic cardinal (d. 1574)
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1674
Isaac Watts, English hymnwriter and theologian (d. 1748)
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1695
Christian Karl Reinhard of Leiningen-Dachsburg-Falkenburg-Heidesheim (d. 1766)
Christian Karl Reinhard of Leiningen-Dachsburg-Falkenburg-Heidesheim
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1698
Pierre Louis Maupertuis, French mathematician and philosopher (d. 1759)
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1708
Frederick Christian, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (d. 1769)
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1714
Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten, German philosopher and academic (d. 1762)
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1744
Elbridge Gerry, American merchant and politician, 5th Vice President of the United States (d. 1814)
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1763
John Jacob Astor, German-American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1848)
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1774
John Wilbur, American minister and theologian (d. 1856)
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1797
Paul Delaroche, French painter and academic (d. 1856)
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1823
Leander Clark, American businessman, judge, and politician (d. 1910)
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1831
Xianfeng Emperor of China (d. 1861)
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1837
Joseph-Alfred Mousseau, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician, 7th Secretary of State for Canada (d. 1886)
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1839
Ephraim Shay, American engineer, invented the Shay locomotive (d. 1916)
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1853
Alexius Meinong, Ukrainian-Austrian philosopher and academic (d. 1920)
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1868
Henri Nathansen, Danish director and playwright (d. 1944)
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1870
Charles Davidson Dunbar, Scottish soldier and bagpipe player (d. 1939)
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1871
Lyonel Feininger, German-American painter and illustrator (d. 1956)
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1879
Jack Laviolette, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (d. 1960)
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1882
James Somerville, English admiral and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Somerset (d. 1949)
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1888
Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Ukrainian-Israeli novelist, short story writer and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1970)
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1889
Erle Stanley Gardner, American lawyer and author (d. 1970)
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1894
Georges Lemaître, Belgian priest, astronomer, and cosmologist (d. 1966)
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1896
Rupert Atkinson, English RAF officer (d. 1919)
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1898
Berenice Abbott, American photographer (d. 1991)
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1898
Osmond Borradaile, Canadian soldier and cinematographer (d. 1999)
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1899
James Cagney, American actor and dancer (d. 1986)
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1900
Marcel Dalio, French actor (d. 1983)
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1901
Luigi Chinetti, Italian-American race car driver (d. 1994)
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1901
Bruno Jasieński, Polish poet and author (d. 1938)
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1901
Patrick Smith, Irish farmer and politician, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (d. 1982)
Patrick Smith (politician) · Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine
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1902
Christina Stead, Australian author and academic (d. 1983)
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1910
James Coyne, Canadian lawyer and banker, 2nd Governor of the Bank of Canada (d. 2012)
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1910
Frank Olson, American chemist and microbiologist (d. 1953)
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1911
Lionel Ferbos, American trumpet player (d. 2014)
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1911
Heinz Lehmann, German-Canadian psychiatrist and academic (d. 1999)
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1912
Erwin Bauer, German race car driver (d. 1958)
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1912
Art Linkletter, Canadian-American radio and television host (d. 2010)
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1913
Bertrand Goldberg, American architect, designed the Marina City Building (d. 1997)
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1914
Eleanor Steber, American soprano and educator (d. 1990)
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1915
Bijon Bhattacharya, Indian actor, singer, and screenwriter (d. 1978)
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1915
Arthur Rothstein, American photographer and educator (b. 1985)
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1917
Lou Boudreau, American baseball player and manager (d. 2001)
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1917
Phyllis Diller, American actress, comedian, and voice artist (d. 2012)
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1917
Kenan Evren, Turkish general and politician, 7th President of Turkey (d. 2015)
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1917
Christiane Rochefort, French author (d. 1998)
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1918
Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio, Guatemalan soldier and politician, President of Guatemala (d. 2003)
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1918
Red Sovine, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1980)
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1920
Gordon Gould, American physicist and academic, invented the laser (d. 2005)
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1920
Juan Antonio Samaranch, Spanish businessman, 7th President of the International Olympic Committee (d. 2010)
Juan Antonio Samaranch · President of the International Olympic Committee
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1921
George Barnes, American guitarist, producer, and songwriter (d. 1977)
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1921
Louis Lachenal, French mountaineer (d. 1955)
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1921
Mary Osborne, American guitarist (d. 1992)
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1921
Toni Stone, American baseball player (d. 1996)
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1921
František Zvarík, Slovakian actor (d. 2008)
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1923
Jeanne Block, American psychologist (d. 1981)
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1923
John Cooper, English car designer, co-founded the Cooper Car Company (d. 2000)
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1924
Garde Gardom, Canadian lawyer and politician, 26th Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia (d. 2013)
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1925
Jimmy Scott, American singer and actor (d. 2014)
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1926
Édouard Carpentier, French-Canadian wrestler (d. 2010)
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1926
Willis Carto, American activist and theorist (d. 2015)
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1928
Vince Guaraldi, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1976)
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1929
Sergei K. Godunov, Russian mathematician and academic
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1932
Quino, Spanish-Argentinian cartoonist
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1932
Niccolò Castiglioni, Italian composer (d. 1996)
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1932
Johnny Kerr, American basketball player and coach (d. 2009)
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1932
Wojciech Kilar, Polish pianist and composer (d. 2013)
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1932
Karla Kuskin, American author and illustrator (d. 2009)
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1932
Hal Riney, American businessman, founded Publicis & Hal Riney (d. 2008)
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1933
Keiko Awaji, Japanese actress (d. 2014)
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1933
Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici, Maltese politician, 9th Prime Minister of Malta
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1933
Tony Pithey, Zimbabwean-South African cricketer (d. 2006)
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1935
Diahann Carroll, American actress and singer
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1935
Peter Schickele, American composer and educator
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1935
Donald Sutherland, Canadian actor and producer
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1938
Hermann Huppen, Belgian author and illustrator
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1939
Andrée Champagne, Canadian actress and politician
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1939
Spencer Davis, Welsh singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1939
Ali Khamenei, Iranian cleric and politician, 2nd Supreme Leader of Iran
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1940
Tim Brooke-Taylor, English actor and screenwriter
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1941
Daryle Lamonica, American football player
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1941
Bob Taylor, English cricketer
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1941
Achim Warmbold, German race car driver and manager
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1942
Don Kessinger, American baseball player and manager
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1942
Gale Garnett, New Zealand-born Canadian singer
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1942
Connie Hawkins, American basketball player
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1942
Zoot Money, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player
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1943
LaVyrle Spencer, American author and educator
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1944
Mark Burgess, New Zealand cricketer and footballer
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1944
Catherine Schell, Hungarian-English actress
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1944
Carlos Alberto Torres, Brazilian footballer and manager (d. 2016)
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1945
Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia
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1945
John Patten, Baron Patten, English politician, Secretary of State for Education
John Patten, Baron Patten · Secretary of State for Education
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1946
Chris Crutcher, American novelist and short story writer
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1947
Joyce Anelay, Baroness Anelay of St John's, English educator and politician
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1947
Robert Begerau, German footballer and manager
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1947
Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall
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1947
Wolfgang Flür, German musician (Kraftwerk)
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1947
Mick Tucker, English rock drummer (Sweet) (d. 2002)
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1948
Ron Asheton, American guitarist and songwriter (d. 2009)
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1948
Luc Bondy, Swiss director and producer (d. 2015)
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1949
Geezer Butler, English bass player and songwriter
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1949
Charley Steiner, American journalist and sportscaster
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1950
Phoebe Snow, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2011)
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1951
Lucie Arnaz, American actress and singer
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1951
Mark Bowden, American journalist and author
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1951
Andrew Robathan, English soldier and politician, Minister of State for the Armed Forces
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1952
David Hasselhoff, American actor, singer, and producer
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1952
Nicolette Larson, American singer-songwriter (d. 1997)
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1952
Thé Lau, Dutch singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2015)
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1952
Robert R. McCammon, American author
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1954
António Costa, Prime Minister of Portugal
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1954
Angela Merkel, German chemist and politician, 8th Chancellor of Germany
Angela Merkel · Chancellor of Germany (Federal Republic of Germany)
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1954
Edward Natapei, Vanuatuan politician, 6th Prime Minister of Vanuatu (d. 2015)
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1954
J. Michael Straczynski, American author, screenwriter, and producer
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1955
Sylvie Léonard, Canadian actress and screenwriter
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1955
Paul Stamets, American mycologist and author
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1956
Julie Bishop, Australian lawyer and politician, 38th Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs
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1956
Bryan Trottier, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach
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1957
Bruce Crump, American drummer and songwriter (d. 2015)
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1957
Wendy Freedman, Canadian-American cosmologist and astronomer
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1958
Wong Kar-wai, Chinese director, producer, and screenwriter
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1958
Thérèse Rein, Australian businesswoman, founded Ingeus
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1959
Pola Uddin, Baroness Uddin, Bangladeshi-English politician
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1960
Kim Barnett, English cricketer and coach
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1960
Mark Burnett, English-American screenwriter and producer
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1960
Nancy Giles, American journalist and actress
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1960
Robin Shou, Hong Kong martial artist and actor
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1960
Dawn Upshaw, American soprano
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1960
Jan Wouters, Dutch footballer and manager
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1961
Jeremy Hardy, English comedian and actor
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1963
Regina Belle, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
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1963
Letsie III of Lesotho
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1963
Matti Nykänen, Finnish ski jumper and singer
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1965
Craig Morgan, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1965
Alex Winter, English-American actor, film director and screenwriter
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1966
Lou Barlow, American guitarist and songwriter
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1966
Sten Tolgfors, Swedish lawyer and politician, 30th Swedish Minister of Defence
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1969
Scott Johnson, American cartoonist
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1969
Jaan Kirsipuu, Estonian cyclist
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1971
Calbert Cheaney, American basketball player and coach
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1971
Cory Doctorow, Canadian author and activist
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1971
Nico Mattan, Belgian cyclist
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1972
Elizabeth Cook, American singer and guitarist
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1972
Donny Marshall, American basketball player and sportscaster
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1972
Jason Rullo, American drummer
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1972
Jaap Stam, Dutch footballer and manager
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1972
Eric Williams, American basketball player
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1973
Eric Moulds, American football player
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1975
Andre Adams, New Zealand cricketer
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1975
Elena Anaya, Spanish actress
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1975
Darude, Finnish DJ and producer
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1975
Harlette, Australian-English fashion designer
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1975
Loretta Harrop, Australian triathlete
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1976
Luke Bryan, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1976
Gino D'Acampo, Italian chef and author
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1976
Dagmara Domińczyk, Polish-American actress
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1976
Anders Svensson, Swedish footballer and sportscaster
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1977
Andrew Downton, Australian cricketer
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1977
Leif Hoste, Belgian cyclist
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1977
Marc Savard, Canadian ice hockey player
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1978
Ricardo Arona, Brazilian mixed martial artist
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1978
Panda Bear, American musician and songwriter
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1978
Jason Jennings, American baseball player
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1978
Trevor McNevan, Canadian singer-songwriter
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1979
Mike Vogel, American actor
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1980
Javier Camuñas, Spanish footballer
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1980
Ryan Miller, American ice hockey player
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1981
Hely Ollarves, Venezuelan runner
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1982
Omari Banks, Anguillan cricketer
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1982
Natasha Hamilton, English singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
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1982
Jessi Cruickshank, Canadian television host
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1983
Ryan Guettler, Australian motocross racer
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1983
Adam Lind, American baseball player
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1985
Loui Eriksson, Swedish ice hockey player
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1985
Tom Fletcher, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1985
Neil McGregor, Scottish footballer
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1986
DeAngelo Smith, American football player
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1986
Lacey Von Erich, American wrestler
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1987
Darius Boyd, Australian rugby league player
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1987
Jan Charouz, Czech race car driver
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1987
Jeremih, American singer-songwriter and producer
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1992
Billie Lourd, American actress
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1994
Kali Uchis, American singer-songwriter
Famous Deaths
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521
Magnus Felix Ennodius, Gallo-Roman bishop
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855
Leo IV, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 790)
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924
Edward the Elder, English king (b. 877)
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952
Wu Hanyue, Chinese noblewoman (b. 913)
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961
Du, empress dowager of the Song Dynasty
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1070
Baldwin VI, count of Flanders (b. 1030)
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1085
Robert Guiscard, Norman adventurer
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1119
Baldwin VII, count of Flanders (b. 1093)
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1210
Sverker II, king of Sweden (b. 1210)
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1304
Edmund Mortimer, 2nd Baron Mortimer (b. 1251)
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1399
Jadwiga, queen of Poland (b. 1374)
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1453
Dmitry Shemyaka, Grand Prince of Moscow
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1453
John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, English commander and politician (b. 1387)
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1531
Hosokawa Takakuni, Japanese commander (b. 1484)
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1571
Georg Fabricius, German poet and historian (b. 1516)
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1588
Mimar Sinan, Ottoman architect and engineer, designed the Sokollu Mehmet Pasha Mosque and Süleymaniye Mosque (b. 1489)
Mimar Sinan · Sokollu Mehmed Pasha Mosque (Azapkapı) · Süleymaniye Mosque
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1603
Mózes Székely, Hungarian noble (b. 1553)
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1645
Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset, English-Scottish politician, Lord Chamberlain of the United Kingdom (b. 1587)
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1704
Pierre-Charles Le Sueur, French fur trader and explorer (b. 1657)
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1709
Robert Bolling, English planter and merchant (b. 1646)
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1762
Peter III of Russia (b. 1728)
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1790
Adam Smith, Scottish economist and philosopher (b. 1723)
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1791
Martin Dobrizhoffer, Austrian missionary and author (b. 1717)
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1793
Charlotte Corday, French murderer (b. 1768)
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1794
John Roebuck, English chemist and businessman (b. 1718)
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1845
Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1764)
Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey · Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
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1871
Carl Tausig, Polish virtuoso pianist, arranger and composer (b. 1841)
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1878
Aleardo Aleardi, Italian poet and politician (b. 1812)
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1879
Maurycy Gottlieb, Ukrainian-Polish painter (b. 1856)
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1881
Jim Bridger, American scout and explorer (b. 1804)
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1883
Tự Đức, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1829)
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1885
Jean-Charles Chapais, Canadian farmer and politician, 1st Canadian Minister of Agriculture (b. 1811)
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1887
Dorothea Dix, American nurse and activist (b. 1802)
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1893
Frederick A. Johnson, American banker and politician (b. 1833)
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1894
Leconte de Lisle, French poet and translator (b. 1818)
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1894
Josef Hyrtl, Austrian anatomist and biologist (b. 1810)
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1900
Thomas McIlwraith, Scottish-Australian politician, 8th Premier of Queensland (b. 1835)
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1907
Hector Malot, French author and critic (b. 1830)
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1912
Henri Poincaré, French mathematician, physicist, and engineer (b. 1854)
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1918
Victims of the Shooting of the Romanov family Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia (b. 1901) Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (b. 1899) Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia (b. 1895) Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia (b. 1897) Alexandra Fyodorovna of Russia (b. 1872) Aleksei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia (b. 1904) Nikolai II of Russia (b. 1868) Anna Demidova (b. 1878) Ivan Kharitonov (b. 1872) Alexei Trupp (b. 1858) Yevgeny Botkin (b. 1865)
Shooting of the Romanov family · Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia · Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (1899-1918) · Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia · Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia
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1922
Robert Philp, Scottish-Australian politician, 15th Premier of Queensland (b. 1851)
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1925
Lovis Corinth, German painter (b. 1858)
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1928
Giovanni Giolitti, Italian politician, 13th Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1842)
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1928
Álvaro Obregón, Mexican general and politician, 39th President of Mexico (b. 1880)
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1932
Rasmus Rasmussen, Norwegian actor, singer, and director (b. 1862)
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1935
George William Russell, Irish poet and painter (b. 1867)
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1944
William James Sidis, American mathematician and anthropologist (b. 1898)
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1945
Ernst Busch, German field marshal (b. 1885)
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1946
Florence Fuller, South African-born Australian artist (b. 1867)
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1946
Draža Mihailović, Serbian general (b. 1893)
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1950
Evangeline Booth, English 4th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1865)
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1950
Antonie Nedošinská, Czech actress (b. 1885)
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1959
Billie Holiday, American singer (b. 1915)
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1959
Eugene Meyer, American businessman and publisher (b. 1875)
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1961
Ty Cobb, American baseball player and manager (b. 1886)
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1961
Emin Halid Onat, Turkish architect and academic (b. 1908)
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1967
John Coltrane, American saxophonist and composer (b. 1926)
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1974
Dizzy Dean, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1910)
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1975
Konstantine Gamsakhurdia, Georgian author (b. 1893)
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1980
Don "Red" Barry, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1912)
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1980
Boris Delaunay, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1890)
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1988
Bruiser Brody, American football player and wrestler (b. 1946)
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1989
Itubwa Amram, Nauruan pastor and politician (b. 1922)
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1991
John Patrick Spiegel, American psychiatrist and academic (b. 1911)
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1994
Jean Borotra, French tennis player (b. 1898)
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1995
Juan Manuel Fangio, Argentinian race car driver (b. 1911)
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1996
Victims of TWA Flight 800 Michel Breistroff, French ice hockey player (b. 1971) Marcel Dadi, Tunisian-French guitarist (b. 1951) David Hogan, American composer (b. 1949) Jed Johnson, American interior designer and director (b. 1948)
TWA Flight 800 · Michel Breistroff · Marcel Dadi · David Hogan (composer) · Jed Johnson (designer)
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1996
Chas Chandler, American bass player and producer (b. 1938)
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1998
Lillian Hoban, American author and illustrator (b. 1925)
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2001
Katharine Graham, American publisher (b. 1917)
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2002
Joseph Luns, Dutch politician and Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1911)
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2003
David Kelly, Welsh weapons inspector (b. 1944)
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2003
Rosalyn Tureck, American pianist and harpsichord player (b. 1914)
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2003
Walter Zapp, Latvian-Swiss inventor, invented the Minox (b. 1905)
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2005
Geraldine Fitzgerald, Irish-American actress (b. 1913)
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2005
Edward Heath, English colonel and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1916)
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2005
Joe Vialls, Australian journalist and theorist (b. 1944)
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2006
Sam Myers, American singer-songwriter (b. 1936)
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2006
Mickey Spillane, American crime novelist (b. 1918)
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2007
Grant Forsberg, American actor and businessman (b. 1959)
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2007
Júlio Redecker, Brazilian politician (b. 1956)
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2007
Paulo Rogério Amoretty Souza, Brazilian lawyer and businessman (b. 1945)
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2009
Walter Cronkite, American journalist and actor (b. 1916)
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2009
Leszek Kołakowski, Polish historian and philosopher (b. 1927)
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2010
Larry Keith, American actor (b. 1931)
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2011
David Ngoombujarra, Australian actor (b. 1967)
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2012
Richard Evatt, English boxer (b. 1973)
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2012
Forrest S. McCartney, American general (b. 1931)
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2012
İlhan Mimaroğlu, Turkish-American composer and producer (b. 1926)
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2012
William Raspberry, American journalist and academic (b. 1935)
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2012
Marsha Singh, Indian-English politician (b. 1954)
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2013
Henri Alleg, English-French journalist and author (b. 1921)
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2013
Peter Appleyard, English-Canadian vibraphone player and composer (b. 1928)
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2013
Vincenzo Cerami, Italian screenwriter and producer (b. 1940)
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2013
Don Flye, American tennis player (b. 1933)
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2013
Ian Gourlay, English general (b. 1920)
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2013
David White, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1933)
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2014
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 victims: Liam Davison, Australian author and critic (b. 1957) Shuba Jay, Malaysian actress (b. 1976) Joep Lange, Dutch physician and academic (b. 1954) Willem Witteveen, Dutch scholar and politician (b. 1952)
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 · Liam Davison · Shuba Jay · Joep Lange · Willem Witteveen
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2014
Henry Hartsfield, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1933)
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2014
Otto Piene, German sculptor and academic (b. 1928)
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2014
Elaine Stritch, American actress and singer (b. 1925)
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2015
Bill Arnsparger, American football player and coach (b. 1926)
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2015
Jules Bianchi, French race car driver (b. 1989)
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2015
Owen Chadwick, English rugby player, historian, and academic (b. 1916)
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2015
Van Miller, American sportscaster (b. 1927)
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2015
John Taylor, English pianist and educator (b. 1942)