July 29 — On This Day
369 entries
Events
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587 BC
The Neo-Babylonian Empire sacks Jerusalem and destroys the First Temple.
Neo-Babylonian Empire · Siege of Jerusalem (587 BC) · First Temple
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238
The Praetorian Guard storm the palace and capture Pupienus and Balbinus. They are dragged through the streets of Rome and executed. On the same day, Gordian III, age 13, is proclaimed emperor.
Praetorian Guard · Pupienus and Balbinus · Ancient Rome · Gordian III
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615
Pakal ascends the throne of Palenque at the age of 12.
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904
Sack of Thessalonica: Saracen raiders under Leo of Tripoli sack Thessaloniki, the Byzantine Empire's second-largest city, after a short siege, and plunder it for a week.
Sack of Thessalonica (904) · Leo of Tripoli · Thessaloniki · Byzantine Empire
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923
Battle of Firenzuola: Lombard forces under King Rudolph II and Adalbert I, margrave of Ivrea, defeat the dethroned Emperor Berengar I of Italy at Firenzuola (Tuscany).
Battle of Firenzuola · Rudolph II of Burgundy · Adalbert I of Ivrea · March of Ivrea · Berengar I of Italy
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1014
Byzantine-Bulgarian wars: Battle of Kleidion: Byzantine emperor Basil II inflicts a decisive defeat on the Bulgarian army, and his subsequent treatment of 15,000 prisoners reportedly causes Tsar Samuil of Bulgaria to die of a heart attack less than three months later, on October 6.
Byzantine-Bulgarian wars · Battle of Kleidion · List of Byzantine emperors · Basil II · Bulgaria
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1018
Count Dirk III defeats an army sent by Emperor Henry II in the Battle of Vlaardingen.
Dirk III, Count of Holland · Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor · Battle of Vlaardingen
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1030
Ladejarl-Fairhair succession wars: Battle of Stiklestad: King Olaf II fights and dies trying to regain his Norwegian throne from the Danes.
Earls of Lade · Hereditary Kingdom of Norway · Battle of Stiklestad · Olaf II of Norway · List of Norwegian monarchs
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1148
The Siege of Damascus ends in a decisive crusader defeat and leads to the disintegration of the Second Crusade.
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1565
The widowed Mary, Queen of Scots marries Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, Duke of Albany, at Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Mary, Queen of Scots · Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley · Duke of Albany · Holyrood Palace
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1567
James VI is crowned King of Scotland at Stirling.
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1588
Anglo-Spanish War: Battle of Gravelines: English naval forces under the command of Lord Charles Howard and Sir Francis Drake defeat the Spanish Armada off the coast of Gravelines, France.
Anglo-Spanish War (1585-1604) · Spanish Armada · Royal Navy · Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham · Francis Drake
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1693
War of the Grand Alliance: Battle of Landen: France wins a Pyrrhic victory over Allied forces in the Netherlands.
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1775
Founding of the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's Corps: General George Washington appoints William Tudor as Judge Advocate of the Continental Army.
Judge Advocate General's Corps, United States Army · George Washington · William Tudor · Continental Army
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1836
Inauguration of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France.
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1848
Irish Potato Famine: Tipperary Revolt: In Tipperary, Ireland, then in the United Kingdom, an unsuccessful nationalist revolt against British rule is put down by police.
Great Famine (Ireland) · Young Irelander Rebellion of 1848 · Tipperary · Irish nationalism
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1851
Annibale de Gasparis discovers asteroid 15 Eunomia.
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1858
United States and Japan sign the Harris Treaty.
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1864
American Civil War: Confederate spy Belle Boyd is arrested by Union troops and detained at the Old Capitol Prison in Washington, D.C.
American Civil War · Confederate States of America · Belle Boyd · Union (American Civil War) · Old Capitol Prison
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1899
The First Hague Convention is signed.
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1900
In Italy, King Umberto I of Italy is assassinated by the anarchist Gaetano Bresci.
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1907
Sir Robert Baden-Powell sets up the Brownsea Island Scout camp in Poole Harbour on the south coast of England. The camp runs from August 1 to August 9, 1907, and is regarded as the foundation of the Scouting movement.
Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell · Brownsea Island Scout camp · Poole Harbour · Scouting
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1914
The Cape Cod Canal opened.
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1920
Construction of the Link River Dam begins as part of the Klamath Reclamation Project.
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1921
Adolf Hitler becomes leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party.
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1932
Great Depression: In Washington, D.C., troops disperse the last of the "Bonus Army" of World War I veterans.
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1937
Tōngzhōu Incident: In Tōngzhōu, China, the East Hopei Army attacks Japanese troops and civilians.
Tungchow Mutiny · Tongzhou District, Beijing · East Hopei Army
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1945
The BBC Light Programme radio station is launched for mainstream light entertainment and music.
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1948
Olympic Games: The Games of the XIV Olympiad: After a hiatus of 12 years caused by World War II, the first Summer Olympics to be held since the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, open in London.
Olympic Games · 1948 Summer Olympics · Summer Olympic Games · 1936 Summer Olympics
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1950
Korean War: After four days, the No Gun Ri Massacre ends when the US Army 7th Cavalry Regiment is withdrawn.
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1957
The International Atomic Energy Agency is established.
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1958
U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs into law the National Aeronautics and Space Act, which creates the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
Dwight D. Eisenhower · National Aeronautics and Space Act · NASA
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1959
First United States Congress elections in Hawaii as a state of the Union.
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1965
Vietnam War: The first 4,000 101st Airborne Division paratroopers arrive in Vietnam, landing at Cam Ranh Bay.
Vietnam War · 101st Airborne Division · Vietnam · Cam Ranh Bay
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1967
Vietnam War: Off the coast of North Vietnam the USS Forrestal catches on fire in the worst U.S. naval disaster since World War II, killing 134.
North Vietnam · USS Forrestal (CV-59) · 1967 USS Forrestal fire
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1967
During the fourth day of celebrating its 400th anniversary, the city of Caracas, Venezuela is shaken by an earthquake, leaving approximately 500 dead.
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1973
Greeks vote to abolish the monarchy, beginning the first period of the Metapolitefsi.
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1973
During the Dutch Grand Prix driver Roger Williamson was killed in the race, after a suspected tire failure caused the car to pitch into the barriers at high speed.
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1976
In New York City, David Berkowitz (a.k.a. the "Son of Sam") kills one person and seriously wounds another in the first of a series of attacks.
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1980
Iran adopts a new "holy" flag after the Islamic Revolution.
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1981
A worldwide television audience of over 700 million people watch the wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana Spencer at St Paul's Cathedral in London.
Wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana Spencer · St Paul's Cathedral · London
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1987
British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and President of France François Mitterrand sign the agreement to build a tunnel under the English Channel (Eurotunnel).
Margaret Thatcher · François Mitterrand · English Channel · Eurotunnel
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1987
Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi and President of Sri Lanka J. R. Jayewardene sign the Indo-Sri Lanka Accord on ethnic issues.
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1993
The Supreme Court of Israel acquits alleged Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk of all charges and he is set free.
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1996
The child protection portion of the Communications Decency Act is struck down by a U.S. federal court as too broad.
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2005
Astronomers announce their discovery of the dwarf planet Eris.
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2010
An overloaded passenger ferry capsizes on the Kasai River in Bandundu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, resulting in at least 80 deaths.
Kasai River disaster · Kasai River · Bandundu Province · Democratic Republic of the Congo
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2013
Two passenger trains collide in the Swiss municipality of Granges-près-Marnand near Lausanne injuring 25 people.
Granges-près-Marnand train crash · Granges-près-Marnand · Lausanne
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2015
Microsoft releases Windows 10.
Famous Births
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869
Muhammad al-Mahdi, Iraqi 12th Imam (d. 941)
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996
Fujiwara no Norimichi, a kugyo of the Heian period
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1166
Henry II, Count of Champagne (d. 1197)
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1356
Martin of Aragon (d. 1410)
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1537
Pedro Téllez-Girón, 1st Duke of Osuna (d. 1590)
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1573
Philip II, Duke of Pomerania-Stettin (d. 1618)
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1580
Francesco Mochi, Italian sculptor (d. 1654)
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1605
Simon Dach, German poet and hymn-writer (d. 1659)
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1646
Johann Theile, German organist and composer (d. 1724)
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1744
Giulio Maria della Somaglia, Italian cardinal (d. 1830)
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1763
Philip Charles Durham, Scottish admiral and politician (d. 1845)
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1797
Daniel Drew, American businessman and financier (d. 1879)
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1801
George Bradshaw, English cartographer and publisher (d. 1853)
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1805
Alexis de Tocqueville, French historian and philosopher (d. 1859)
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1806
Horace Abbott, American businessman and banker (d. 1887)
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1817
Ivan Aivazovsky, Armenian-Russian painter and illustrator (d. 1900)
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1817
Martin Körber, Baltic German pastor, composer, and conductor (d. 1893)
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1841
Gerhard Armauer Hansen, Norwegian physician (d. 1912)
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1843
Johannes Schmidt, German linguist and academic (d. 1901)
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1846
Sophie Menter, German pianist and composer (d. 1918)
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1846
Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil (d. 1921)
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1849
Max Nordau, Hungarian physician, author, and critic, co-founded the World Zionist Organization (d. 1923)
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1860
Charles Cochrane-Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington, English politician, 8th Governor of Queensland (d. 1940)
Charles Cochrane-Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington · Governor of Queensland
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1867
Berthold Oppenheim, Moravian rabbi (d. 1942)
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1869
Booth Tarkington, American novelist and dramatist (d. 1946)
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1871
Jakob Mändmets, Estonian writer and journalist (d. 1930)
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1872
Eric Alfred Knudsen, American author, lawyer, and politician (d. 1957)
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1874
J. S. Woodsworth, Canadian minister and politician (d. 1942)
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1876
Maria Ouspenskaya, Russian-American actress and acting teacher (d. 1949)
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1878
Don Marquis, American author, poet, and playwright (d. 1937)
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1880
John Meyers, American swimmer and water polo player (d. 1971)
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1883
Porfirio Barba-Jacob, Colombian poet and author (d. 1942)
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1883
Benito Mussolini, Italian journalist and politician, 27th Prime Minister of Italy (d. 1945)
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1884
Ralph Austin Bard, American financier and politician, 2nd Under Secretary of the Navy (d. 1975)
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1885
Theda Bara, American actress (d. 1955)
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1887
Sigmund Romberg, Hungarian-American pianist and composer (d. 1951)
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1888
Vladimir K. Zworykin, Russian-American engineer, invented the Iconoscope (d. 1982)
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1891
Bernhard Zondek, German-Israeli gynecologist and academic (d. 1966)
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1892
William Powell, American actor and singer (d. 1984)
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1897
Neil Ritchie, Guyanese-English general (d. 1983)
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1898
Isidor Isaac Rabi, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1988)
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1899
Walter Beall, American baseball player (d. 1959)
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1900
Mary V. Austin, Australian community worker and political activist (d. 1986)
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1900
Eyvind Johnson, Swedish novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1976)
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1900
Teresa Noce, Italian labor leader, activist, and journalist (d. 1980)
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1900
Don Redman, American composer, and bandleader (d. 1964)
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1904
Mahasi Sayadaw, Burmese monk and philosopher (d. 1982)
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1904
J. R. D. Tata, French-Indian pilot and businessman, founded Tata Motors and Tata Global Beverages (d. 1993)
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1905
Clara Bow, American actress (d. 1965)
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1905
Dag Hammarskjöld, Swedish economist and diplomat, 2nd Secretary-General of the United Nations, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1961)
Dag Hammarskjöld · Secretary-General of the United Nations · Nobel Peace Prize
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1905
Stanley Kunitz, American poet and translator (d. 2006)
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1906
Thelma Todd, American actress and singer (d. 1935)
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1907
Melvin Belli, American lawyer (d. 1996)
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1909
Samm Sinclair Baker, American author (d. 1997)
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1909
Chester Himes, American-Spanish author (d. 1984)
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1910
Gale Page, American actress (d. 1983)
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1911
Foster Furcolo, American lawyer and politician, 60th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1995)
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1911
Archbishop Iakovos of America (d. 2005)
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1913
Erich Priebke, German captain (d. 2013)
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1914
Irwin Corey, American actor and activist (d. 2017)
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1915
Bruce R. McConkie, American colonel and religious leader (d. 1985)
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1915
Francis W. Sargent, American soldier and politician, 64th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1998)
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1916
Budd Boetticher, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2001)
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1916
Charlie Christian, American guitarist (d. 1942)
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1916
Rupert Hamer, Australian politician, 39th Premier of Victoria (d. 2004)
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1917
Rochus Misch, German SS officer (d. 2013)
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1918
Don Ingalls, American writer and producer (d. 2014)
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1918
Edwin O'Connor, American journalist and author (d. 1968)
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1918
Mary Lee Settle, American novelist, essayist, and memoirist (d. 2005)
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1920
Neville Jeffress, Australian businessman (d. 2007)
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1921
Richard Egan, American actor (d. 1987)
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1921
Chris Marker, French photographer and journalist (d. 2012)
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1923
George Burditt, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2013)
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1923
Edgar Cortright, American scientist and engineer (d. 2014)
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1923
Jim Marshall, English businessman, founded Marshall Amplification (d. 2012)
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1923
Gordon Mitchell, American bodybuilder and actor (d. 2003)
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1924
Lloyd Bochner, Canadian-American actor (d. 2005)
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1924
Robert Horton, American actor (d. 2016)
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1925
Harold W. Kuhn, American mathematician and academic (d. 2014)
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1925
Ted Lindsay, Canadian ice hockey player, manager, and sportscaster
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1925
Mikis Theodorakis, Greek composer
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1926
Robert Kilpatrick, Baron Kilpatrick of Kincraig, Scottish physician, academic, and politician (d. 2015)
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1927
Harry Mulisch, Dutch author, poet, and playwright (d. 2010)
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1930
Paul Taylor, American dancer and choreographer
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1931
Kjell Karlsen, Norwegian pianist, composer, and bandleader
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1932
Leslie Fielding, English diplomat
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1932
Nancy Kassebaum, American businesswoman and politician
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1933
Lou Albano, Italian-American wrestler, manager, and actor (d. 2009)
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1933
Colin Davis, English race car driver (d. 2012)
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1933
Robert Fuller, American actor and rancher
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1933
Randy Sparks, American folk singer-songwriter and musician (The New Christy Minstrels)
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1935
Peter Schreier, German tenor and conductor
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1936
Elizabeth Dole, American lawyer and politician, 20th United States Secretary of Labor
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1937
Daniel McFadden, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize Laureate
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1938
Peter Jennings, Canadian-American journalist and author (d. 2005)
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1938
Jean Rochon, Canadian physician and politician
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1940
Betty Harris, American chemist
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1940
Winnie Monsod, Filipina economist and political commentator
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1941
Jennifer Dunn, American engineer and politician (d. 2007)
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1941
Goenawan Mohamad, Indonesian poet and playwright
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1941
David Warner, English actor
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1942
Doug Ashdown, Australian singer-songwriter
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1943
David Taylor, English snooker player and sportscaster
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1944
Jim Bridwell, American rock climber and mountaineer
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1945
Sharon Creech, American author and educator
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1945
Mircea Lucescu, Romanian footballer, coach, and manager
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1946
Ximena Armas, Chilean painter
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1946
Stig Blomqvist, Swedish race car driver
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1946
Neal Doughty, American keyboard player, songwriter, and producer
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1946
Alessandro Gogna, Italian mountaineer and adventurer
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1946
Diane Keen, English actress
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1946
Aleksei Tammiste, Estonian basketball player
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1947
Dick Harmon, American golfer and coach (d. 2006)
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1948
John Clarke, New Zealand-Australian comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2017)
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1949
Leslie Easterbrook, American actress
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1949
Jamil Mahuad, Ecuadorian lawyer and politician, 51st President of Ecuador
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1950
Jenny Holzer, American painter, author, and dancer
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1951
Susan Blackmore, English psychologist and theorist
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1951
Dan Driessen, American baseball player and coach
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1951
Dean Pitchford, American actor, director, screenwriter, and composer
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1952
Norman Blackwell, Baron Blackwell, English businessman and politician
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1952
Joe Johnson, English snooker player and sportscaster
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1952
Marie Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Greek politician
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1953
Ken Burns, American director and producer
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1953
Geddy Lee, Canadian musician
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1953
Frank McGuinness, Irish poet and playwright
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1953
Tim Gunn, American television host and actor
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1953
Patti Scialfa, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1955
Jean-Hugues Anglade, French actor, director, and screenwriter
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1955
Dave Stevens, American illustrator (d. 2008)
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1955
Stephen Timms, English politician, Minister of State for Competitiveness
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1956
Teddy Atlas, American boxer, trainer, and sportscaster
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1956
Ronnie Musgrove, American lawyer and politician, 62nd Governor of Mississippi
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1956
Faustino Rupérez, Spanish cyclist
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1957
Liam Davison, Australian author and educator (d. 2014)
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1957
Viktor Gavrikov, Lithuanian-Swiss chess player (d. 2016)
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1957
Nellie Kim, Russian gymnast and coach
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1958
Gail Dines, English-American author, activist, and academic
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1958
Simon Nye, English screenwriter and producer
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1958
Cynthia Rowley, American fashion designer
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1959
Sanjay Dutt, Indian actor, singer, and producer
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1959
Ruud Janssen, Dutch blogger and illustrator
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1959
Dave LaPoint, American baseball player and manager
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1959
John Sykes, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1960
Didier Van Cauwelaert, French author
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1962
Carl Cox, English DJ and producer
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1962
Frank Neubarth, German footballer and manager
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1962
Scott Steiner, American wrestler
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1962
Vincent Rousseau, Belgian runner
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1963
Hans-Holger Albrecht, Belgian-German businessman
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1963
Jim Beglin, Irish footballer and sportscaster
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1963
Julie Elliott, English politician
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1963
Azeem Hafeez, Pakistani cricketer
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1963
Alexandra Paul, American actress and producer
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1963
Graham Poll, English footballer, referee, and journalist
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1964
Jaanus Veensalu, Estonian footballer
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1965
Luis Alicea, Puerto Rican-American baseball player and coach
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1965
Dean Haglund, Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter
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1965
Adam Holloway, English captain and politician
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1965
Stan Koziol, American soccer player (d. 2014)
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1965
Chang-Rae Lee, South Korean-American author and academic
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1965
Woody Weatherman, American guitarist and songwriter
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1966
Sally Gunnell, English hurdler and sportscaster
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1966
Stuart Lampitt, English cricketer
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1966
Martina McBride, American singer-songwriter and producer
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1968
Gideon Henderson, English geologist and academic
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1968
Paavo Lötjönen, Finnish cellist and educator
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1970
Adele Griffin, American author
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1970
Andi Peters, English journalist, actor, and producer
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1970
John Rennie, Zimbabwean cricketer
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1971
Andrea Philipp, German sprinter
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1972
Wil Wheaton, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
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1973
Stephen Dorff, American actor and producer
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1973
Wanya Morris, American singer
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1973
Denis Urubko, Kazakh mountaineer
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1974
Akram Khan, English dancer and choreographer
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1974
Josh Radnor, American actor, director, and screenwriter
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1975
Yoshihiro Akiyama, Japanese mixed martial artist
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1975
Lanka de Silva, Sri Lankan cricketer
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1975
Corrado Grabbi, Italian footballer
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1975
Jaanus Sirel, Estonian footballer
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1977
Rodney Jerkins, American rapper and producer
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1977
Danger Mouse, American keyboard player, drummer, and producer
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1978
Bidisha, English journalist, author, and critic
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1978
Mike Adams, American baseball player
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1978
Marina Lazarovska, Macedonian tennis player
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1979
Karim Essediri, Tunisian footballer
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1979
Ronald Murray, American basketball player
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1979
Juris Umbraško, Latvian basketball player
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1980
Ryan Braun, Canadian-American baseball player
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1980
Fernando González, Chilean tennis player
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1980
Ben Koller, American drummer
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1980
John Morris, Australian rugby league player
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1981
Fernando Alonso, Spanish race car driver
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1981
Andrés Madrid, Argentinian footballer
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1981
Troy Perkins, American soccer player
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1982
Janez Aljančič, Slovenian footballer
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1982
Jônatas Domingos, Brazilian footballer
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1983
Jason Belmonte, Australian bowler
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1983
Inés Gómez Mont, Mexican journalist and actress
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1983
Alexei Kaigorodov, Russian ice hockey player
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1983
Jerious Norwood, American football player
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1983
Elise Testone, American singer-songwriter
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1984
Oh Beom-seok, South Korean footballer
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1984
Chad Billingsley, American baseball player
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1984
Wilson Palacios, Honduran footballer
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1985
Besart Berisha, Albanian footballer
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1985
Okinoumi Ayumi, Japanese sumo wrestler
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1985
Simon Santoso, Indonesian badminton player
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1987
Alice Dellal, Brazilian-English model
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1988
Alexander Lee Eusebio, Hong Kong-South Korean singer
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1988
Tarjei Bø, Norwegian biathlete
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1989
Grit Šadeiko, Estonian heptathlete
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1991
Dale Copley, Australian rugby league player
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1991
Miki Ishikawa, American actress and singer
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1991
Irakli Logua, Russian footballer
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1992
Karen Torrez, Bolivian swimmer
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1993
Nicole Melichar, American tennis player
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1994
Liam O'Brien, Canadian ice hockey player
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1998
Anna Murashige, Japanese singer
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2000
Lino Facioli, Austro-Brazilian-English Actor
Famous Deaths
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238
Balbinus, Roman emperor (b. 165)
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238
Pupienus, Roman emperor (b. 178)
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451
Tuoba Huang, prince of Northern Wei (b. 428)
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796
Offa of Mercia (b. 730)
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846
Li Shen, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty
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1030
Olaf II of Norway (b. 995)
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1095
Ladislaus I of Hungary (b. 1040)
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1099
Pope Urban II (b. 1042)
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1108
Philip I of France (b. 1052)
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1236
Ingeborg of Denmark, Queen of France (b. 1175)
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1326
Richard Óg de Burgh, 2nd Earl of Ulster (b. 1259)
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1504
Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby (b. 1435)
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1507
Martin Behaim, German-Bohemian geographer and astronomer (b. 1459)
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1573
John Caius, English physician and academic (b. 1510)
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1612
Jacques Bongars, French scholar and diplomat (b. 1554)
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1644
Pope Urban VIII (b. 1568)
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1752
Peter Warren, Irish admiral and politician (b. 1703)
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1781
Johann Kies, German astronomer and mathematician (b. 1713)
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1792
René Nicolas Charles Augustin de Maupeou, French lawyer and politician, Chancellor of France (b. 1714)
René Nicolas Charles Augustin de Maupeou · Chancellor of France
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1813
Jean-Andoche Junot, French general (b. 1771)
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1833
William Wilberforce, English philanthropist and politician (b. 1759)
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1839
Gaspard de Prony, French mathematician and engineer (b. 1755)
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1844
Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, Austrian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1791)
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1856
Robert Schumann, German composer and critic (b. 1810)
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1857
Thomas Dick, Scottish minister, astronomer, and author (b. 1774)
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1887
Agostino Depretis, Italian politician, 9th Prime Minister of Italy (d. 1813)
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1890
Vincent van Gogh, Dutch painter and illustrator (b. 1853)
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1895
Floriano Peixoto, Brazilian general and politician, 2nd President of Brazil (b. 1839)
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1900
Umberto I of Italy (b. 1844)
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1913
Tobias Asser, Dutch lawyer and jurist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1838)
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1918
Ernest William Christmas, Australian-American painter (b. 1863)
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1924
Sotirios Krokidas, Greek educator and politician, 110th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1852)
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1934
Didier Pitre, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1883)
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1938
Nikolai Krylenko, Russian lawyer, jurist, and politician, Prosecutor General of the Russian SFSR (b. 1885)
Nikolai Krylenko · List of Prosecutor Generals of Russia and the Soviet Union
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1950
Joe Fry, English race car driver (b. 1915)
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1951
Ali Sami Yen, Turkish footballer and manager, founded Galatasaray S.K. (b. 1886)
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1954
Coen de Koning, Dutch speed skater (b. 1879)
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1960
Hasan Saka, Turkish politician, 7th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1885)
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1962
Ronald Fisher, English biologist and statistician (b. 1890)
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1962
Leonardo De Lorenzo, Italian-American flute player and educator (b. 1875)
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1964
Vean Gregg, American baseball player (b. 1885)
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1966
Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, Nigerian general and politician, 2nd Head of State of Nigeria (b. 1924)
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1966
Adekunle Fajuyi, Nigerian colonel (b. 1926)
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1970
John Barbirolli, English cellist and conductor (b. 1899)
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1973
Norm Smith, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1915)
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1973
Roger Williamson, English race car driver (b. 1948)
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1974
Cass Elliot, American singer (b. 1941)
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1974
Erich Kästner, German author and poet (b. 1899)
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1976
Mickey Cohen, American gangster (b. 1913)
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1978
Andrzej Bogucki, Polish actor, operetta singer, and songwriter (b. 1904)
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1979
Herbert Marcuse, German sociologist and philosopher (b. 1898)
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1979
Bill Todman, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1916)
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1981
Robert Moses, American urban planner, designed the Northern State Parkway and Southern State Parkway (b. 1888)
Robert Moses · Northern State Parkway · Southern State Parkway
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1982
Harold Sakata, American wrestler and actor (b. 1920)
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1982
Vladimir K. Zworykin, Russian-American engineer, invented the Iconoscope (b. 1889)
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1983
Luis Buñuel, Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1900)
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1983
Raymond Massey, Canadian-American actor and screenwriter (b. 1896)
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1983
David Niven, English military officer and actor (b. 1910)
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1984
Fred Waring, American television host and bandleader (b. 1900)
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1987
Bibhutibhushan Mukhopadhyay, Indian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1894)
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1990
Bruno Kreisky, Austrian academic and politician, 22nd Chancellor of Austria (b. 1911)
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1992
Michel Larocque, Canadian ice hockey player and manager (b. 1952)
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1994
John Britton, American physician (b. 1925)
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1994
Dorothy Hodgkin, Egyptian-English biochemist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1910)
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1995
Les Elgart, American trumpet player and bandleader (b. 1917)
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1996
Ric Nordman, Canadian businessman and politician (b. 1919)
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1996
Marcel-Paul Schützenberger, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1920)
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1996
Jason Thirsk, American singer and bass player (b. 1967)
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1998
Jerome Robbins, American director, producer, and choreographer (b. 1918)
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2001
Edward Gierek, Polish soldier and politician (b. 1913)
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2001
Wau Holland, German computer scientist, co-founded Chaos Computer Club (b. 1951)
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2003
Foday Sankoh, Sierra Leonean soldier, founded the Revolutionary United Front (b. 1937)
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2004
Rena Vlahopoulou, Greek actress and singer (b. 1923)
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2007
Mike Reid, English comedian, actor, and author (b. 1940)
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2007
Michel Serrault, French actor (b. 1928)
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2007
Tom Snyder, American journalist and talk show host (b. 1936)
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2007
Marvin Zindler, American journalist (b. 1921)
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2008
Bruce Edward Ivins, American scientist and bio-defense researcher (b. 1946)
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2010
Charles E. Wicks, American chemist and academic (b. 1925)
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2012
Tatiana Egorova, Russian footballer and manager (b. 1970)
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2012
August Kowalczyk, Polish actor and director (b. 1921)
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2012
Chris Marker, French photographer and journalist (b. 1921)
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2012
James Mellaart, English archaeologist and author (b. 1925)
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2012
John Stampe, Danish footballer and coach (b. 1957)
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2013
Christian Benítez, Ecuadorian footballer (b. 1986)
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2013
Peter Flanigan, American banker and civil servant (b. 1923)
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2013
Tony Gaze, Australian soldier, pilot, and race car driver (b. 1920)
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2013
Munir Hussain, Indian cricketer and sportscaster (b. 1929)
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2014
M. Caldwell Butler, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1925)
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2014
Jon R. Cavaiani, English-American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1943)
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2014
Giorgio Gaslini, Italian pianist and composer (b. 1929)
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2014
María Antonia Iglesias, Spanish journalist and author (b. 1945)
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2014
Péter Kiss, Hungarian engineer and politician (b. 1959)
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2014
Idris Muhammad, American drummer and composer (b. 1939)
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2014
Thomas R. St. George, American soldier and author (b. 1919)
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2015
Antony Holland, English-Canadian actor, director, and playwright (b. 1920)
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2015
Peter O'Sullevan, Anglo-Irish sportscaster (b. 1918)
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2015
Mike Pyle, American football player and sportscaster (b. 1939)
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2015
Franklin H. Westervelt, American computer scientist, engineer, and academic (b. 1930)