July 25 — On This Day
361 entries
Events
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306
Constantine I is proclaimed Roman emperor by his troops.
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315
The Arch of Constantine is completed near the Colosseum in Rome to commemorate Constantine I's victory over Maxentius at the Milvian Bridge.
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864
The Edict of Pistres of Charles the Bald orders defensive measures against the Vikings.
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1137
Eleanor of Aquitaine married Prince Louis, later King Louis VII of France, at the Cathedral of Saint-André in Bordeaux.
Eleanor of Aquitaine · Louis VII of France · Bordeaux Cathedral
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1139
Battle of Ourique: The Almoravids, led by Ali ibn Yusuf, are defeated by Prince Afonso Henriques who is proclaimed King of Portugal.
Battle of Ourique · Almoravid dynasty · Ali ibn Yusuf · Afonso I of Portugal
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1261
The city of Constantinople is recaptured by Nicaean forces under the command of Alexios Strategopoulos, re-establishing the Byzantine Empire.
Constantinople · Empire of Nicaea · Alexios Strategopoulos · Byzantine Empire
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1278
The naval Battle of Algeciras takes place in the context of the Spanish Reconquista resulting in a victory for the Emirate of Granada and the Maranid Dynasty over the Kingdom of Castile.
Battle of Algeciras (1278) · Spanish Reconquista · Emirate of Granada · Kingdom of Castile
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1467
The Battle of Molinella: The first battle in Italy in which firearms are used extensively.
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1536
Sebastián de Belalcázar on his search of El Dorado founds the city of Santiago de Cali.
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1538
The city of Guayaquil is founded by the Spanish Conquistador Francisco de Orellana and given the name Muy Noble y Muy Leal Ciudad de Santiago de Guayaquil.
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1547
Henry II of France is crowned.
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1554
Mary I marries Philip II of Spain at Winchester Cathedral.
Mary I of England · Philip II of Spain · Winchester Cathedral
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1593
Henry IV of France publicly converts from Protestantism to Roman Catholicism.
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1603
James VI of Scotland is crowned king of England (James I of England), bringing the Kingdom of England and Kingdom of Scotland into personal union. Political union would occur in 1707.
James VI and I · List of English monarchs · Kingdom of England · Kingdom of Scotland · Personal union
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1609
The English ship Sea Venture, en route to Virginia, is deliberately driven ashore during a storm at Bermuda to prevent its sinking; the survivors go on to found a new colony there.
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1693
Ignacio de Maya founds the Real Santiago de las Sabinas, now known as Sabinas Hidalgo, Nuevo León, Mexico.
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1722
Dummer's War begins along the Maine-Massachusetts border.
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1755
British governor Charles Lawrence and the Nova Scotia Council order the deportation of the Acadians.
British Empire · Charles Lawrence (British Army officer) · Nova Scotia · Expulsion of the Acadians · Acadians
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1759
French and Indian War: In Western New York, British forces capture Fort Niagara from the French, who subsequently abandon Fort Rouillé.
French and Indian War · Western New York · Fort Niagara · Fort Rouillé
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1783
American Revolutionary War: The war's last action, the Siege of Cuddalore, is ended by a preliminary peace agreement.
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1788
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart completes his Symphony No. 40 in G minor (K550).
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1792
The Brunswick Manifesto is issued to the population of Paris promising vengeance if the French royal family is harmed.
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1797
Horatio Nelson loses more than 300 men and his right arm during the failed conquest attempt of Tenerife (Spain).
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1799
At Abu Qir in Egypt, Napoleon I of France defeats 10,000 Ottomans under Mustafa Pasha.
Abu Qir · Egypt · Napoleon · Battle of Abukir (1799) · Ottoman Empire
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1814
War of 1812: An American attack on Canada is repulsed.
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1824
Costa Rica annexes Guanacaste from Nicaragua.
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1837
The first commercial use of an electrical telegraph is successfully demonstrated in London by William Cooke and Charles Wheatstone.
Electrical telegraph · William Fothergill Cooke · Charles Wheatstone
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1853
Joaquin Murrieta, the famous Californio bandit known as the "Robin Hood of El Dorado", is killed.
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1861
American Civil War: The United States Congress passes the Crittenden-Johnson Resolution, stating that the war is being fought to preserve the Union and not to end slavery.
American Civil War · United States Congress · Crittenden-Johnson Resolution · Union (American Civil War) · Slavery in the United States
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1866
The United States Congress passes legislation authorizing the rank of General of the Army. Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant becomes the first to be promoted to this rank.
Military rank · General of the Army (United States) · Lieutenant general (United States) · Ulysses S. Grant
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1868
Wyoming becomes a United States territory.
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1869
The Japanese daimyōs begin returning their land holdings to the emperor as part of the Meiji Restoration reforms. (Traditional Japanese Date: June 17, 1869).
Daimyō · Emperor of Japan · Meiji Restoration · Japanese calendar
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1894
The First Sino-Japanese War begins when the Japanese fire upon a Chinese warship.
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1898
In the Puerto Rican Campaign, the United States seizes Puerto Rico from Spain.
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1908
Ajinomoto is founded. Kikunae Ikeda of the Tokyo Imperial University discovers that a key ingredient in kombu soup stock is monosodium glutamate (MSG), and patents a process for manufacturing it.
Ajinomoto · Kikunae Ikeda · University of Tokyo · Kombu · Monosodium glutamate
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1909
Louis Blériot makes the first flight across the English Channel in a heavier-than-air machine from (Calais to Dover, England, United Kingdom) in 37 minutes.
Louis Blériot · English Channel · Blériot XI · Calais · Dover
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1915
RFC Captain Lanoe Hawker becomes the first British pursuit aviator to earn the Victoria Cross.
Royal Flying Corps · Lanoe Hawker · Fighter aircraft · Victoria Cross
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1917
Sir Robert Borden introduces the first income tax in Canada as a "temporary" measure (lowest bracket is 4% and highest is 25%).
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1925
Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union (TASS) is established.
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1934
The Nazis assassinate Austrian Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss in a failed coup attempt.
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1940
General Henri Guisan orders the Swiss Army to resist German invasion and makes surrender illegal.
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1942
The Norwegian Manifesto calls for nonviolent resistance to the German occupation.
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1943
World War II: Benito Mussolini is forced out of office by the Grand Council of Fascism and is replaced by Pietro Badoglio.
World War II · Benito Mussolini · 25 Luglio · Grand Council of Fascism · Pietro Badoglio
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1944
World War II: Operation Spring is one of the bloodiest days for the First Canadian Army during the war.
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1946
Operation Crossroads: An atomic bomb is detonated underwater in the lagoon of Bikini Atoll.
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1956
Forty-five miles south of Nantucket Island, the Italian ocean liner SS Andrea Doria collides with the MS Stockholm in heavy fog and sinks the next day, killing 51.
Nantucket · Ocean liner · SS Andrea Doria · MS Stockholm (1948)
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1957
The Republic of Tunisia is proclaimed.
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1958
The African Regroupment Party (PRA) holds its first congress in Cotonou.
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1961
In a speech John F. Kennedy emphasizes that any attack on Berlin is an attack on NATO.
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1965
Bob Dylan goes electric at the Newport Folk Festival, signaling a major change in folk and rock music.
Bob Dylan · Electric Dylan controversy · Newport Folk Festival
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1969
Vietnam War: U.S. President Richard Nixon declares the Nixon Doctrine, stating that the United States now expects its Asian allies to take care of their own military defense. This is the start of the "Vietnamization" of the war.
Vietnam War · President of the United States · Richard Nixon · Nixon Doctrine · Vietnamization
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1973
Soviet Mars 5 space probe is launched.
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1976
Viking program: Viking 1 takes the famous Face on Mars photo.
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1978
Puerto Rican police shoot two nationalists in the Cerro Maravilla murders.
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1978
Birth of Louise Joy Brown, the first human to have been born after conception by in vitro fertilisation, or IVF.
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1979
Another section of the Sinai Peninsula is peacefully returned by Israel to Egypt.
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1983
Black July: Thirty-seven Tamil political prisoners at the Welikada high security prison in Colombo are massacred by the fellow Sinhalese prisoners.
Black July · Sri Lankan Tamils · Colombo · Welikada prison massacre · Sinhalese people
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1984
Salyut 7 cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya becomes the first woman to perform a space walk.
Salyut 7 · Astronaut · Svetlana Savitskaya · Extravehicular activity
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1993
Israel launches a massive attack against Lebanon in what the Israelis call Operation Accountability, and the Lebanese call the Seven-Day War.
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1993
The Saint James Church massacre occurs in Kenilworth, Cape Town, South Africa.
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1994
Israel and Jordan sign the Washington Declaration, that formally ends the state of war that had existed between the nations since 1948.
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1995
A gas bottle explodes in Saint Michel station of line B of the RER (Paris regional train network). Eight are killed and 80 wounded.
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1996
In a military coup in Burundi, Pierre Buyoya deposes Sylvestre Ntibantunganya.
1996 Burundian coup d'état · Pierre Buyoya · Sylvestre Ntibantunganya
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2000
Concorde Air France Flight 4590 crashes at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport, killing 113 passengers.
Concorde · Air France Flight 4590 · Charles de Gaulle Airport
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2007
Pratibha Patil is sworn in as India's first female president.
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2010
WikiLeaks publishes classified documents about the War in Afghanistan, one of the largest leaks in U.S. military history.
Famous Births
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1016
Casimir I the Restorer, Polish son of Mieszko II Lambert (d. 1058)
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1109
King Afonso I of Portugal (d. 1185)
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1165
Ibn Arabi, Andalusian Sufi mystic, poet, and philosopher (d. 1240)
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1261
Arthur II, Duke of Brittany (d. 1312)
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1291
Hawys Gadarn, Welsh noblewoman (d. 1353)
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1336
Albert I, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1404)
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1394
James I of Scotland (d. 1437)
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1404
Philip I, Duke of Brabant (d. 1430)
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1421
Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland, English politician (d. 1461)
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1450
Jakob Wimpfeling, Renaissance humanist (d. 1528)
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1486
Albrecht VII, Duke of Mecklenburg (d. 1547)
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1498
Hernando de Aragón, Archbishop of Zaragoza (d. 1575)
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1532
Alphonsus Rodriguez, Jesuit lay brother and saint (d. 1617)
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1556
George Peele, English translator, poet, and dramatist (d. 1596)
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1562
Katō Kiyomasa, Japanese warlord (d. 1611)
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1573
Christoph Scheiner, German astronomer and Jesuit (d. 1650)
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1581
Brian Twyne, English archivist (d. 1644)
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1605
Theodore Haak, German scholar (d. 1690)
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1633
Joseph Williamson, English politician (d. 1701)
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1654
Agostino Steffani, Italian composer and diplomat (d. 1728)
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1657
Philipp Heinrich Erlebach, German composer (d. 1714)
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1658
Archibald Campbell, 1st Duke of Argyll, Scottish general (d. 1703)
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1683
Pieter Langendijk, Dutch playwright and poet (d. 1756)
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1750
Henry Knox, American general and politician, 1st United States Secretary of War (d. 1806)
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1753
Santiago de Liniers, 1st Count of Buenos Aires, French-Spanish captain and politician, 10th Viceroy of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata (d. 1810)
Santiago de Liniers, 1st Count of Buenos Aires · Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata
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1797
Princess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel (d. 1889)
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1806
Maria Weston Chapman, American abolitionist (d. 1885)
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1839
Francis Garnier, French captain and explorer (d. 1873)
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1844
Thomas Eakins, American painter, sculptor, and photographer (d. 1916)
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1847
Paul Langerhans, German pathologist, physiologist and biologist (d. 1888)
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1848
Arthur Balfour, Scottish-English lieutenant and politician, 33rd Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1930)
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1857
Frank J. Sprague, American naval officer and inventor (d. 1934)
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1865
Jac. P. Thijsse, Dutch botanist and conservationist (d. 1945)
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1866
Frederick Blackman, English physiologist and academic (d. 1947)
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1867
Max Dauthendey, German author and painter (d. 1918)
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1867
Alexander Rummler, American painter (d. 1959)
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1869
Platon, Estonian bishop and saint (d. 1919)
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1870
Maxfield Parrish, American painter and illustrator (d. 1966)
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1875
Jim Corbett, Indian hunter, environmentalist, and author (d. 1955)
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1878
Masaharu Anesaki, Japanese philosopher and scholar (d. 1949)
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1882
George S. Rentz, American commander (d. 1942)
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1883
Alfredo Casella, Italian pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1947)
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1886
Edward Cummins, American golfer (d. 1926)
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1894
Walter Brennan, American actor (d. 1974)
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1894
Gavrilo Princip, Bosnian Serb revolutionary (d. 1918)
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1895
Ingeborg Spangsfeldt, Danish actress (d. 1968)
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1896
Jack Perrin, American actor and stuntman (d. 1967)
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1896
Josephine Tey, Scottish author and playwright (d. 1952)
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1901
Ruth Krauss, American author and poet (d. 1993)
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1901
Lila Lee, American actress and singer (d. 1973)
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1902
Eric Hoffer, American philosopher and author (d. 1983)
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1905
Elias Canetti, Bulgarian-Swiss novelist, playwright, and memoirist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1994)
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1905
Georges Grignard, French race car driver (d. 1977)
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1905
Denys Watkins-Pitchford, English author and illustrator (d. 1990)
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1906
Johnny Hodges, American saxophonist and clarinet player (d. 1970)
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1908
Bill Bowes, English cricketer (d. 1987)
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1908
Ambroise-Marie Carré, French priest and author (d. 2004)
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1908
Jack Gilford, American actor (d. 1990)
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1914
Woody Strode, American football player and actor (d. 1994)
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1915
S. U. Ethirmanasingham, Sri Lankan businessman and politician
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1915
Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., American lieutenant and pilot (d. 1944)
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1916
Lucien Saulnier, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 1989)
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1917
Fritz Honegger, Swiss lawyer and politician (d. 1999)
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1918
Jane Frank, American painter and sculptor (d. 1986)
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1920
Rosalind Franklin, English biophysicist, chemist, and academic (d. 1958)
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1921
Adolph Herseth, American soldier and trumpet player (d. 2013)
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1921
Lionel Terray, French mountaineer (d. 1965)
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1923
Estelle Getty, American actress (d. 2008)
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1923
Edgar Gilbert, American mathematician and theorist (d. 2013)
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1923
Maria Gripe, Swedish journalist and author (d. 2007)
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1924
Frank Church, American lawyer and politician (d. 1984)
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1924
Scotch Taylor, South African cricketer and hockey player (d. 2004)
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1925
Benny Benjamin, American R&B drummer (The Funk Brothers) (d. 1969)
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1925
Jerry Paris, American actor and director (d. 1986)
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1925
Jutta Zilliacus, Finnish journalist and politician
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1926
Whitey Lockman, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2009)
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1926
Bernard Thompson, British television producer and director (d. 1998)
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1926
Beatriz Segall, Brazilian actress
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1927
Daniel Ceccaldi, French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2003)
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1927
Midge Decter, American journalist and author
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1927
Sadiq Hussain Qureshi, Pakistani politician, 10th Governor of Punjab (d. 2000)
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1927
Jean-Marie Seroney, Kenyan activist and politician (d. 1982)
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1928
Dolphy, Filipino actor, singer, and producer (d. 2012)
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1928
Mario Montenegro, Filipino actor (d. 1988)
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1928
Nils Taube, Estonian-English businessman (d. 2008)
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1929
Judd Buchanan, Canadian businessman and politician, 36th Canadian Minister of Public Works
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1929
Somnath Chatterjee, Indian lawyer and politician, 14th Speaker of the Lok Sabha
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1929
Eddie Mazur, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1995)
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1930
Murray Chapple, New Zealand cricketer and manager (d. 1985)
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1930
Maureen Forrester, Canadian actress and singer (d. 2010)
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1930
Alice Parizeau, Polish-Canadian journalist and criminologist (d. 1990)
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1930
Herbert Scarf, American economist and academic (d. 2015)
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1930
Annie Ross, Scottish-American singer and actress
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1931
James Butler, English sculptor and educator
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1932
Paul J. Weitz, American captain, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2017)
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1934
Don Ellis, American trumpet player and composer (d. 1978)
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1934
Claude Zidi, French director and screenwriter
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1935
Barbara Harris, American actress and singer
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1935
Adnan Khashoggi, Saudi Arabian businessman (d. 2017)
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1935
Gilbert Parent, Canadian educator and politician, 33rd Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons (d. 2009)
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1935
John Robinson, American football player and coach
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1935
Larry Sherry, American baseball player and coach (d. 2006)
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1935
Lars Werner, Swedish lawyer and politician (d. 2013)
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1936
Gerry Ashmore, English race car driver
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1936
Glenn Murcutt, English-Australian architect and academic
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1937
Colin Renfrew, Baron Renfrew of Kaimsthorn, English archaeologist and academic
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1940
Richard Ballantine, American-English journalist and author (d. 2013)
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1941
Manny Charlton, Spanish-born Scottish rock musician and songwriter (Nazareth)
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1942
Bruce Woodley, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1943
Jim McCarty, English singer and drummer
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1943
Erika Steinbach, Polish-German politician
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1944
Sally Beauman, English journalist and author
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1946
José Areas, Nicaraguan drummer
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1946
Nicole Farhi, French fashion designer and sculptor
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1946
John Gibson, American radio host
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1946
Rita Marley, Cuban-Jamaican singer
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1946
P. Selvarasa, Sri Lankan politician
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1946
Ljupka Dimitrovska, Macedonian -Croatian pop singer (d. 2016)
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1948
Steve Goodman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1984)
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1950
Mark Clarke, English singer-songwriter and bass player
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1951
Jack Thompson, American lawyer and activist
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1951
Verdine White, American bass player and producer
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1952
Eduardo Souto de Moura, Portuguese architect, designed the Estádio Municipal de Braga
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1953
Joseph A. Tunzi, Chicago based author, foremost expert on Elvis Presley
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1953
Robert Zoellick, American banker and politician, 14th United States Deputy Secretary of State
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1954
Ken Greer, Canadian guitarist, keyboard player, and producer
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1954
Sheena McDonald, Scottish journalist
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1954
Walter Payton, American football player and race car driver (d. 1999)
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1954
Jochem Ziegert, German footballer and manager
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1955
Iman, Somalian-English model and actress
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1955
Randall Bewley, American guitarist and songwriter (d. 2009)
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1956
Andy Goldsworthy, English-Scottish sculptor and photographer
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1956
Frances Arnold, American scientist and engineer
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1957
Mark Hunter, English politician
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1957
Steve Podborski, Canadian skier
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1958
Alexei Filippenko, American astrophysicist and academic
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1958
Thurston Moore, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
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1959
Fyodor Cherenkov, Russian footballer and manager (d. 2014)
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1959
Geoffrey Zakarian, American chef and author
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1960
Alain Robidoux, Canadian snooker player
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1960
Justice Howard, American photographer
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1960
Māris Martinsons, Latvian film director, producer, screenwriter, and editor
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1962
Carin Bakkum, Dutch tennis player
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1962
Doug Drabek, American baseball player and coach
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1963
Denis Coderre, Canadian politician, 44th Mayor of Montreal
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1963
Julian Hodgson, Welsh chess player
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1964
Anne Applebaum, American journalist and author
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1964
Tony Granato, American ice hockey player and coach
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1964
Breuk Iversen, American designer and journalist
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1965
Marty Brown, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1965
Illeana Douglas, American actress, director, producer, and screenwriter
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1965
Dale Shearer, Australian rugby league player
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1966
Daryl Halligan, New Zealand rugby player and sportscaster
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1966
Maureen Herman, American bass player
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1966
Diana Johnson, English politician
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1967
Matt LeBlanc, American actor and producer
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1967
Ruth Peetoom, Dutch minister and politician
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1967
Tommy Skjerven, Norwegian footballer and referee
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1968
Rudi Bryson, South African cricketer
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1968
Shi Tao, Chinese journalist and poet
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1969
Jon Barry, American basketball player and sportscaster
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1969
Annastacia Palaszczuk, Australian politician, 39th Premier of Queensland
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1971
Roger Creager, American singer-songwriter
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1971
Tracy Murray, American basketball player
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1971
Billy Wagner, American baseball player and coach
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1972
David Penna, Australian rugby league player and coach
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1973
Dani Filth, English singer-songwriter
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1973
Kevin Phillips, English footballer
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1974
Lauren Faust, American animator, producer, and screenwriter
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1974
Julia Laffranque, Estonian lawyer and judge
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1974
Kenzo Suzuki, Japanese rugby player and wrestler
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1975
Jody Craddock, English footballer and coach
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1975
Jean-Claude Darcheville, Guianan-French footballer
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1975
El Zorro, Mexican wrestler
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1975
Brian Gibson, American bass player
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1975
Evgeni Nabokov, Russian ice hockey player
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1976
Jovica Tasevski-Eternijan, Macedonian poet and critic
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1976
Javier Vázquez, Puerto Rican-American baseball player
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1977
Kenny Thomas, American basketball player
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1978
Gerard Warren, American football player
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1979
Ali Carter, English snooker player
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1979
Tom Lungley, English cricketer and umpire
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1980
Shawn Riggans, American baseball player
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1980
Toni Vilander, Finnish race car driver
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1980
David Wachs, American actor and producer
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1980
Scott Waldrom, New Zealand rugby player
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1981
Conor Casey, American soccer player
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1981
Constantinos Charalambidis, Cypriot footballer
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1981
Yūichi Komano, Japanese footballer
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1981
Mac Lethal, American rapper and producer
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1981
Jani Rita, Finnish ice hockey player
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1982
Brad Renfro, American actor and musician (d. 2008)
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1983
Nenad Krstić, Serbian basketball player
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1984
Loukas Mavrokefalidis, Greek basketball player
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1985
James Lafferty, American actor and athlete
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1985
Nelson Piquet Jr., Brazilian race car driver
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1985
Hugo Rodallega, Colombian footballer
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1986
Abraham Gneki Guié, Ivorian footballer
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1986
Hulk, Brazilian footballer
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1987
Richard Bachman, American ice hockey player
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1987
Mitchell Burgzorg, Dutch footballer and rapper
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1987
Fernando, Brazilian footballer
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1987
Eran Zahavi, Israeli footballer
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1988
John Goossens, Dutch footballer
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1988
Tom Hiariej, Dutch footballer
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1988
Stacey Kemp, English skater
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1988
Paulinho, Brazilian footballer
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1988
Anthony Stokes, Irish footballer
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1989
Natalia Vieru, Russian basketball player
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1990
Andi Eigenmann, Filipino actress
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1990
Thodoris Karapetsas, Greek footballer
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1991
Toni Duggan, English footballer
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1992
Sergei Simonov, Russian ice hockey player (d. 2016)
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1997
Nat Butcher, Australian rugby league player
Famous Deaths
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306
Constantius Chlorus, Roman emperor (b. 250)
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885
Ragenold, margrave of Neustria
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1190
Sibylla, Queen of Jerusalem (b. c. 1160)
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1409
Martin I of Sicily (b. 1376)
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1471
Thomas à Kempis, German priest and mystic (b. 1380)
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1472
Charles of Artois, Count of Eu (b. 1394)
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1492
Pope Innocent VIII (b. 1432)
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1564
Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1503)
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1572
Isaac Luria, Ottoman rabbi and mystic (b. 1534)
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1608
Pomponio Nenna, Italian composer (b. 1556)
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1616
Andreas Libavius, German physician and chemist (b. 1550)
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1643
Robert Pierrepont, 1st Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull, English general and politician (b. 1584)
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1681
Urian Oakes, English-American minister and educator (b. 1631)
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1790
Johann Bernhard Basedow, German educator and reformer (b. 1723)
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1790
William Livingston, American soldier and politician, 1st Governor of New Jersey (b. 1723)
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1791
Isaac Low, American merchant and politician (b. 1735)
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1794
André Chénier, Greek-French poet and author (b. 1762)
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1794
Jean-Antoine Roucher, French poet and author (b. 1745)
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1794
Friedrich von der Trenck, Prussian adventurer and author (b. 1726)
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1826
Kondraty Ryleyev, Russian poet and publisher (b. 1795)
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1831
Maria Szymanowska, Polish composer and pianist (b. 1789)
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1834
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English philosopher, poet, and critic (b. 1772)
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1842
Dominique Jean Larrey, French physician and surgeon (b. 1766)
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1843
Charles Macintosh, Scottish chemist and engineer (b. 1766)
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1861
Jonas Furrer, Swiss lawyer and politician, President of the Swiss Confederation (b. 1805)
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1865
James Barry, English soldier and surgeon (b. 1799)
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1887
John Taylor, American religious leader, 3rd President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1808)
John Taylor (Mormon) · President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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1934
François Coty, French businessman, founded Coty, Inc. (b. 1874)
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1934
Engelbert Dollfuss, Austrian politician, 14th Chancellor of Austria (b. 1892)
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1942
Fred Englehardt, American triple jumper (b. 1879)
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1952
Herbert Murrill, English organist and composer (b. 1909)
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1958
Otto Lasanen, Finnish wrestler (b. 1891)
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1959
Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog, Polish-born Irish rabbi and author (b. 1888)
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1962
Thibaudeau Rinfret, Canadian lawyer and jurist, 9th Chief Justice of Canada (b. 1879)
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1963
Ugo Cerletti, Italian neurologist and academic (b. 1877)
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1966
Frank O'Hara, American poet and critic (b. 1926)
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1967
Konstantinos Parthenis, Egyptian-Greek painter (b. 1878)
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1971
John Meyers, American swimmer and water polo player (b. 1880)
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1971
Leroy Robertson, American composer and educator (b. 1896)
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1973
Amy Jacques Garvey, Jamaican-American journalist and activist (b. 1895)
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1973
Louis St. Laurent, Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1882)
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1980
Vladimir Vysotsky, Russian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1938)
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1982
Hal Foster, Canadian-American author and illustrator (b. 1892)
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1984
Bryan Hextall, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1913)
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1984
Big Mama Thornton, American singer-songwriter (b. 1926)
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1986
Vincente Minnelli, American director and screenwriter (b. 1903)
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1988
Judith Barsi, American child actress (b. 1978)
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1989
Steve Rubell, American businessman, co-owner of Studio 54 (b. 1943)
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1992
Alfred Drake, American actor and singer (b. 1914)
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1995
Charlie Rich, American singer-songwriter (b. 1932)
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1997
Ben Hogan, American golfer (b. 1912)
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1998
Evangelos Papastratos, Greek businessman, co-founded Papastratos (b. 1910)
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2000
Rudi Faßnacht, German footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1934)
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2002
Abdel Rahman Badawi, Egyptian philosopher and poet (b. 1917)
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2003
Ludwig Bölkow, German engineer (b. 1912)
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2003
John Schlesinger, English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1926)
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2004
John Passmore, Australian philosopher and academic (b. 1914)
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2005
Albert Mangelsdorff, German trombonist (b. 1928)
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2006
Ezra Fleischer, Romanian-Israeli poet and philologist (b. 1928)
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2007
Bernd Jakubowski, German footballer and manager (b. 1952)
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2008
Jeff Fehring, Australian footballer (b. 1955)
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2008
Tracy Hall, American chemist and academic (b. 1919)
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2008
Randy Pausch, American computer scientist and educator (b. 1960)
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2009
Vernon Forrest, American boxer (b. 1971)
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2009
Stanley Middleton, English author (b. 1919)
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2009
Harry Patch, English soldier (b. 1898)
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2011
Michael Cacoyannis, Cypriot-Greek director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1922)
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2012
B. R. Ishara, Indian director and screenwriter (b. 1934)
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2012
Barry Langford, English director and producer (b. 1926)
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2012
Greg Mohns, American-Canadian football player and coach (b. 1950)
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2012
Franz West, Austrian painter and sculptor (b. 1947)
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2013
Walter De Maria, American sculptor, illustrator, and composer (b. 1935)
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2013
William J. Guste, American lawyer and politician (b. 1922)
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2013
Hugh Huxley, English-American biologist and academic (b. 1924)
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2014
Bel Kaufman, German-American author and academic (b. 1911)
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2014
Richard Larter, Australian painter and illustrator (b. 1929)
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2015
Jacques Andreani, French diplomat, French ambassador to the United States (b. 1929)
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2015
R. S. Gavai, Indian lawyer and politician, 18th Governor of Kerala (b. 1929)
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2015
Bob Kauffman, American basketball player and coach (b. 1946)
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2017
Michael Johnson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1944)