August 11 — On This Day
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Events
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3114 BC
The Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, used by several pre-Columbian Mesoamerican civilizations, notably the Maya, begins.
Mesoamerican Long Count calendar · Pre-Columbian era · Mesoamerica · Maya civilization
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2492 BC
Traditional date of the defeat of Bel by Hayk, progenitor and founder of the Armenian nation.
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106
The south-western part of Dacia (modern Romania) becomes a Roman province: Roman Dacia.
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355
Claudius Silvanus, accused of treason, proclaims himself Roman Emperor against Constantius II.
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490
Battle of Adda: The Goths under Theodoric the Great and his ally Alaric II defeat the forces of Odoacer on the Adda River, near Milan.
Goths · Theodoric the Great · Alaric II · Odoacer · Adda (river)
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1332
Wars of Scottish Independence: Battle of Dupplin Moor: Scots under Domhnall II, Earl of Mar are routed by Edward Balliol.
Wars of Scottish Independence · Battle of Dupplin Moor · Domhnall II, Earl of Mar · Edward Balliol
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1473
The Battle of Otlukbeli: Mehmed the Conqueror of the Ottoman Empire decisively defeats Uzun Hassan of Aq Qoyunlu.
Battle of Otlukbeli · Mehmed the Conqueror · Ottoman Empire · Uzun Hassan · Aq Qoyunlu
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1675
Franco-Dutch War: Forces of the Holy Roman Empire defeat the French in the Battle of Konzer Brücke.
Franco-Dutch War · Holy Roman Empire · France · Battle of Konzer Brücke
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1786
Captain Francis Light establishes the British colony of Penang in Malaysia.
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1804
Francis II assumes the title of first Emperor of Austria.
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1812
Peninsular War: French troops engage British-Portuguese forces in the Battle of Majadahonda.
Peninsular War · United Kingdom · Portugal · Battle of Majadahonda
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1813
In Colombia, Juan del Corral declares the independence of Antioquia.
Colombia · Juan del Corral (politician) (page does not exist) · Antioquia
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1858
The Eiger in the Bernese Alps is ascended for the first time by Charles Barrington accompanied by Christian Almer and Peter Bohren.
Eiger · Bernese Alps · Charles Barrington (mountaineer) · Christian Almer
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1898
Spanish-American War: American troops enter the city of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
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1918
World War I: The Battle of Amiens ends.
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1920
The Latvian-Soviet Peace Treaty, which relinquished Russia's authority and pretenses to Latvia, is signed, ending the Latvian War of Independence.
Latvian-Soviet Peace Treaty · Russia · Latvia · Latvian War of Independence
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1929
Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 500 home runs in his career with a home run at League Park in Cleveland, Ohio.
Babe Ruth · Baseball · 500 home run club · Home run · League Park
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1934
The first civilian prisoners arrive at the Federal prison on Alcatraz Island.
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1942
Actress Hedy Lamarr and composer George Antheil receive a patent for a Frequency-hopping spread spectrum communication system that later became the basis for modern technologies in wireless telephones and Wi-Fi.
Hedy Lamarr · George Antheil · Frequency-hopping spread spectrum · Wi-Fi
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1945
Poles in Kraków engage in a pogrom against Jews in the city, killing one and wounding five.
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1952
Hussein bin Talal is proclaimed King of Jordan.
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1959
Sheremetyevo International Airport, the second-largest airport in Russia, opens.
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1960
Chad declares independence.
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1961
The former Portuguese territories in India of Dadra and Nagar Haveli are merged to create the Union Territory Dadra and Nagar Haveli.
India · Dadra DNH · Nagar Haveli DNH · Union Territory · Dadra and Nagar Haveli
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1962
Vostok 3 launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome and cosmonaut Andrian Nikolayev becomes the first person to float in microgravity.
Vostok 3 · Baikonur Cosmodrome · Andrian Nikolayev · Micro-g environment
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1965
Race riots (the Watts Riots) begin in the Watts area of Los Angeles, California.
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1969
The Apollo 11 astronauts are released from a three-week quarantine following their liftoff from the moon.[1]
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1972
Vietnam War: The last United States ground combat unit leaves South Vietnam.
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1975
East Timor: Governor Mário Lemos Pires of Portuguese Timor abandons the capital Dili, following a coup by the Timorese Democratic Union (UDT) and the outbreak of civil war between UDT and Fretilin.
East Timor · Mário Lemos Pires · Portuguese Timor · Dili · Timorese Democratic Union
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1979
Two Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-134s collide over the Ukrainian city of Dniprodzerzhynsk and crash, killing all 178 aboard both airliners.
Aeroflot · Tupolev Tu-134 · 1979 Dniprodzerzhynsk mid-air collision · Ukraine · Kamianske
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1982
A bomb explodes on Pan Am Flight 830, en route from Tokyo, Japan to Honolulu, Hawaii, killing one passenger and injuring 15 others.
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1984
"We begin bombing in five minutes": United States President Ronald Reagan, while running for re-election, jokes while preparing to make his weekly Saturday address on National Public Radio.
We begin bombing in five minutes · President of the United States · Ronald Reagan · NPR
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2003
NATO takes over command of the peacekeeping force in Afghanistan, marking its first major operation outside Europe in its 54-year-history.
NATO · International Security Assistance Force · Afghanistan · Europe
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2003
Jemaah Islamiyah leader Riduan Isamuddin, better known as Hambali, is arrested in Bangkok, Thailand.
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2006
The oil tanker M/T Solar 1 sinks off the coast of Guimaras and Negros Islands in the Philippines, causing the country's worst oil spill.
Oil tanker · Guimaras · Negros (island) · Philippines · Guimaras oil spill
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2012
At least 306 people are killed and 3,000 others injured in a pair of earthquakes near Tabriz, Iran.
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2017
At least 41 people are killed and another 179 injured after two passenger trains collide in Alexandria, Egypt.
Famous Births
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1086
Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1125)
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1384
Yolande of Aragon (d. 1442)
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1472
Nikolaus von Schönberg, Catholic cardinal (d. 1537)
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1510
Margaret Paleologa, Sovereign Marchioness of Montferrat (d. 1566)
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1673
Richard Mead, English physician and astrologer (d. 1754)
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1718
Frederick Haldimand, Swiss-English general and politician, 22nd Governor of Quebec (d. 1791)
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1722
Richard Brocklesby, English physician (d. 1797)
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1748
Joseph Schuster, German composer (d. 1812)
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1778
Friedrich Ludwig Jahn, Prussian gymnast, educator, and politician (d. 1852)
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1794
James B. Longacre, American engraver (d. 1869)
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1807
David Rice Atchison, American general, lawyer, and politician (d. 1886)
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1808
William W. Chapman, American lawyer and politician (d. 1892)
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1816
Frederick Innes, Scottish-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Tasmania (d. 1882)
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1833
Robert G. Ingersoll, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (d. 1899)
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1833
Kido Takayoshi, Japanese samurai and politician (d. 1877)
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1836
Warren Brown, American historian and politician (d. 1919)
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1837
Marie François Sadi Carnot, French engineer and politician, 4th President of the French Republic (d. 1894)
Marie François Sadi Carnot · President of the French Republic
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1855
John Hodges, Australian cricketer (d. 1933)
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1858
Christiaan Eijkman, Dutch physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1930)
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1860
Ottó Bláthy, Hungarian engineer and chess player (d. 1939)
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1870
Tom Richardson, English cricketer (d. 1912)
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1874
Princess Louise Charlotte of Saxe-Altenburg (d. 1953)
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1877
Adolph M. Christianson, American lawyer and judge (d. 1954)
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1878
Oliver W. F. Lodge, English poet and author (d. 1955)
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1881
Aleksander Aberg, Estonian wrestler (d. 1920)
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1884
Hermann Wlach, Austrian-Swiss actor (d. 1962)
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1885
Stephen Butterworth, English physicist and engineer (d. 1958)
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1891
Stancho Belkovski, Bulgarian architect and educator (d. 1962)
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1891
Edgar Zilsel, Austrian historian and philosopher of science, linked to the Vienna Circle (d. 1944)
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1892
Hugh MacDiarmid, Scottish poet and linguist (d. 1978)
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1892
Eiji Yoshikawa, Japanese author (d. 1962)
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1897
Enid Blyton, English author, poet, and educator (d. 1968)
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1897
Louise Bogan, American poet and critic (d. 1970)
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1898
Peter Mohr Dam, Faroese educator and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (d. 1968)
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1900
Philip Phillips, American archaeologist and scholar (d. 1994)
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1902
Alfredo Binda, Italian cyclist (d. 1986)
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1902
Lloyd Nolan, American actor (d. 1985)
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1905
Erwin Chargaff, Austrian-American biochemist and academic (d. 2002)
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1905
Ernst Jaakson, Estonian diplomat (d. 1998)
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1907
Ted a'Beckett, Australian cricketer and lawyer (d. 1989)
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1908
Don Freeman, American author and illustrator (d. 1978)
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1908
Torgny T:son Segerstedt, Swedish sociologist and philosopher (d. 1999)
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1909
Yūji Koseki, Japanese composer (d. 1989)
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1909
Uku Masing, Estonian philosopher and theologian (d. 1985)
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1911
Thanom Kittikachorn, Thai field marshal and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Thailand (d. 2004)
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1912
Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs, German astronomer and academic (d. 1954)
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1912
Raphael Blau, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1996)
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1913
Paul Dupuis, Canadian actor (d. 1976)
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1913
Bob Scheffing, American baseball player and manager (d. 1985)
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1913
Angus Wilson, English author and academic (d. 1991)
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1915
Morris Weiss, American author and illustrator (d. 2014)
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1916
Johnny Claes, English-Belgian race car driver and trumpet player (d. 1956)
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1919
Luis Olmo, Puerto Rican-American baseball player and manager (d. 2017)
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1920
Mike Douglas, American singer and talk show host (d. 2006)
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1920
Chuck Rayner, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2002)
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1921
Alex Haley, American historian and author (d. 1992)
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1922
John "Mule" Miles, American baseball player (d. 2013)
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1923
Stan Chambers, American journalist and actor (d. 2015)
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1925
Floyd Curry, Canadian ice hockey player and manager (d. 2006)
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1925
Arlene Dahl, American actress, businesswoman and writer
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1926
Aaron Klug, Lithuanian-English chemist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate
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1927
Raymond Leppard, English harpsichord player and conductor
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1927
Stuart Rosenberg, American director and producer (d. 2007)
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1932
Fernando Arrabal, Spanish actor, director, and playwright
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1932
Izzy Asper, Canadian lawyer, businessman, and politician, founded Canwest (d. 2003)
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1932
Geoffrey Cass, English businessman
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1932
Peter Eisenman, American architect, designed the City of Culture of Galicia
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1932
John Gorrie, English director and screenwriter
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1933
Jerry Falwell, American minister and television host (d. 2007)
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1933
Jerzy Grotowski, Polish director and producer (d. 1999)
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1933
Tamás Vásáry, Hungarian pianist and conductor
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1934
Bob Hepple, South African lawyer and academic (d. 2015)
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1936
Andre Dubus, American short story writer, essayist, and memoirist (d. 1999)
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1936
Bill Monbouquette, American baseball player and coach (d. 2015)
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1936
Jonathan Spence, English-American historian and academic
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1937
Anna Massey, English actress (d. 2011)
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1937
Patrick Joseph McGovern, American businessman, founded International Data Group (d. 2014)
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1939
Ronnie Dawson, American singer and guitarist (d. 2003)
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1940
Glenys Page, New Zealand cricketer (d. 2012)
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1941
John Ellison, American-Canadian musician and songwriter
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1942
Mike Hugg, English drummer and keyboard player
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1943
Jim Kale, Canadian bass player
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1943
Pervez Musharraf, Pakistani general and politician, 10th President of Pakistan
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1943
Denis Payton, English saxophonist (d. 2006)
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1944
Martin Linton, Swedish-English journalist and politician
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1944
Frederick W. Smith, American businessman, founded FedEx
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1944
Ian McDiarmid, Scottish actor
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1946
John Conlee, American singer-songwriter
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1946
Marilyn vos Savant, American journalist and author
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1947
Theo de Jong, Dutch footballer, coach, and manager
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1947
Georgios Karatzaferis, Greek journalist and politician
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1948
Don Boyd, Scottish director, producer, and screenwriter
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1949
Eric Carmen, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1949
Tim Hutchinson, American lawyer and politician
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1949
Ian Charleson, Scottish-English actor and singer (d. 1990)
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1950
Erik Brann, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2003)
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1950
Gennadiy Nikonov, Russian engineer, designed the AN-94 rifle (d. 2003)
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1950
Steve Wozniak, American computer scientist and programmer, co-founded Apple Inc.
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1952
Reid Blackburn, American photographer (d. 1980)
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1952
Bob Mothersbaugh, American singer, guitarist, and producer
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1953
Hulk Hogan, American wrestler
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1953
Wijda Mazereeuw, Dutch swimmer
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1954
Bryan Bassett, American guitarist
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1954
Vance Heafner, American golfer and coach (d. 2012)
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1954
Joe Jackson, English singer-songwriter and musician
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1954
Tarmo Rüütli, Estonian footballer, coach, and manager
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1954
Yashpal Sharma, Indian cricketer and umpire
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1955
Marc Bureau, Canadian politician, 16th Mayor of Gatineau
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1955
Sylvia Hermon, Northern Irish academic and politician
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1956
Pierre-Louis Lions, French mathematician and academic
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1957
Ian Stuart Donaldson, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1993)
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1958
Steven Pokere, New Zealand rugby player
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1958
Jah Wobble, English singer-songwriter and bass player
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1959
Gustavo Cerati, Argentinian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 2014)
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1959
Yoshiaki Murakami, Japanese businessman
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1959
Taraki Sivaram, Sri Lankan journalist and author (d. 2005)
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1959
Richard Scudamore, English businessman
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1959
László Szlávics, Jr., Hungarian sculptor
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1961
David Brooks, American journalist and author
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1961
Craig Ehlo, American basketball player and coach
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1962
Brian Azzarello, American author
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1962
Charles Cecil, English video game designer and co-founded Revolution Software
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1962
John Micklethwait, English journalist and author
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1962
Rob Minkoff, American director and producer
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1963
Hiromi Makihara, Japanese baseball player
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1964
Jim Lee, South Korean-American author and illustrator
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1964
Grant Waite, New Zealand golfer
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1965
Marc Bergevin, Canadian ice hockey player and manager
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1965
Embeth Davidtz, American actress
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1965
Viola Davis, American actress
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1966
Nigel Martyn, English footballer and coach
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1966
Juan María Solare, Argentinian pianist and composer
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1967
Massimiliano Allegri, Italian footballer and manager
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1967
Enrique Bunbury, Spanish singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1967
Joe Rogan, American actor, comedian, and television host
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1967
Petter Wettre, Norwegian saxophonist and composer
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1968
Sophie Okonedo, British actress
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1968
Charlie Sexton, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1970
Dirk Hannemann, German footballer and manager
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1971
Alejandra Barros, Mexican actress and screenwriter
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1971
Tommy Mooney, English footballer
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1973
Kristin Armstrong, American cyclist
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1974
Marie-France Dubreuil, Canadian figure skater
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1974
Audrey Mestre, French biologist and diver (d. 2002)
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1975
Chris Cummings, Canadian singer-songwriter
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1976
Iván Córdoba, Colombian footballer and manager
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1976
Bubba Crosby, American baseball player
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1976
Will Friedle, American actor and screenwriter
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1976
Ben Gibbard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1976
Ľubomír Višňovský, Slovak ice hockey player
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1977
Gemma Hayes, Irish singer-songwriter
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1977
Dênio Martins, Brazilian footballer
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1978
Spyros Gogolos, Greek footballer
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1979
Walter Ayoví, Ecuadorian footballer
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1980
Daniel Lloyd, English cyclist and sportscaster
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1980
Lee Suggs, American football player
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1981
Daniel Poohl, Swedish journalist
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1983
Chris Hemsworth, Australian actor
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1983
Luke Lewis, Australian rugby league player
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1983
Pavel 183, Russian painter (d. 2013)
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1984
Melky Cabrera, Dominican baseball player
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1984
Lucas di Grassi, Brazilian race car driver
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1986
Mokhtar Benmoussa, Algerian footballer
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1986
Pablo Sandoval, Venezuelan baseball player
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1987
Dany N'Guessan, French footballer
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1987
Drew Storen, American baseball player
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1988
Rabeh Al-Hussaini, Filipino basketball player
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1988
Patty Mills, Australian basketball player
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1988
Mustafa Pektemek, Turkish footballer
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1989
Junior Heffernan, Irish cyclist and triathlete (d. 2013)
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1989
Sebastian Huke, German footballer
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1990
Lenka Juríková, Slovak tennis player
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1991
Cristian Tello, Spanish footballer
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1994
Storm Sanders, Australian tennis player
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1994
Anton Cooper, New Zealand cross-country cyclist
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1994
Joseph Barbato, French footballer
Famous Deaths
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480 BC
Leonidas I, Agiad King of Sparta
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223
Jia Xu, Chinese politician (b. 147)
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353
Magnentius, Roman usurper (b. 303)
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449
Archbishop Flavian of Constantinople
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979
Gero, Count of Alsleben
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991
Byrhtnoth, English soldier (b. 956)
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1044
Sokkate, king of the Pagan dynasty of Burma (b. 1001)
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1204
Guttorm of Norway (b. 1199)
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1253
Clare of Assisi, Italian follower of Francis of Assisi (b. 1194)
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1259
Möngke Khan, Mongolian emperor (b. 1208)
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1268
Agnes of Faucigny, Dame ruler of Faucigny, Countess consort of Savoy
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1332
Domhnall II, Earl of Mar
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1332
Robert II Keith, Marischal of Scotland
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1332
Thomas Randolph, 2nd Earl of Moray
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1332
Murdoch III, Earl of Menteith
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1332
Robert Bruce, Lord of Liddesdale
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1456
John Hunyadi, Hungarian general and politician (b. 1387)
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1464
Nicholas of Cusa, German cardinal and mystic (b. 1401)
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1465
Kettil Karlsson, regent of Sweden and Bishop of Linköping (b. 1433)
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1486
William Waynflete, English Lord Chancellor and bishop of Winchester (b. c. 1398)
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1494
Hans Memling, German-Belgian painter (b. 1430)
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1519
Johann Tetzel, German preacher (b. 1465)
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1556
John Bell, English bishop
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1563
Bartolomé de Escobedo, Spanish composer and educator (b. 1500)
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1578
Pedro Nunes, Portuguese mathematician and academic (b. 1502)
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1596
Hamnet Shakespeare, son of William Shakespeare (b. 1585)
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1614
Lavinia Fontana, Italian painter (b. 1552)
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1656
Ottavio Piccolomini, Austrian-Italian field marshal (b. 1599)
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1725
Prince Vittorio Amedeo Theodore of Savoy (b. 1723)
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1774
Charles-François Tiphaigne de la Roche, French physician and author (b. 1722)
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1813
Henry James Pye, English poet and politician (b. 1745)
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1851
Lorenz Oken, German botanist, biologist, and ornithologist (b. 1779)
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1854
Macedonio Melloni, Italian physicist and academic (b. 1798)
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1868
Halfdan Kjerulf, Norwegian pianist and composer (b. 1815)
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1886
Lydia Koidula, Estonian poet and playwright (b. 1843)
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1890
John Henry Newman, English cardinal and theologian (b. 1801)
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1892
Enrico Betti, Italian mathematician and academic (b. 1813)
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1903
Eugenio María de Hostos, Puerto Rican-American sociologist, philosopher, and lawyer (b. 1839)
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1908
Khudiram Bose, Indian Bengali revolutionary (b. 1889)
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1919
Andrew Carnegie, Scottish-American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Carnegie Steel Company and Carnegie Hall (b. 1835)
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1921
Mary Sumner, English philanthropist, founded the Mothers' Union (b. 1828)
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1936
Blas Infante, Spanish historian and politician (b. 1885)
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1937
Edith Wharton, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1862)
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1939
Jean Bugatti, German-Italian engineer (b. 1909)
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1939
Siegfried Flesch, Austrian fencer (b. 1872)
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1945
Stefan Jaracz, Polish actor and theater producer (b. 1883)
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1953
Tazio Nuvolari, Italian race car driver and motorcycle racer (b. 1892)
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1956
Jackson Pollock, American painter (b. 1912)
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1961
Antanas Škėma, Lithuanian-American author, playwright, actor, and director (b. 1910)
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1963
Otto Wahle, Austrian-American swimmer and coach (b. 1879)
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1965
Bill Woodfull, Australian cricketer and educator (b. 1897)
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1969
Miriam Licette, English soprano and educator (b. 1885)
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1972
Max Theiler, South African-American virologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
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1974
Vicente Emilio Sojo, Venezuelan conductor and composer (b. 1887)
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1977
Frederic Calland Williams, British co-inventor of the Williams-Kilborn tube, used for memory in early computer systems (b. 1911)
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1979
J. G. Farrell, English author (b. 1935)
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1980
Paul Robert, French lexicographer and publisher (b. 1910)
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1982
Tom Drake, American actor and singer (b. 1918)
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1984
Alfred A. Knopf Sr., American publisher, founded Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. (b. 1892)
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1984
Paul Felix Schmidt, Estonian-American chemist and chess player (b. 1916)
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1986
János Drapál, Hungarian motorcycle racer (b. 1948)
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1988
Anne Ramsey, American actress (b. 1929)
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1989
John Meillon, Australian actor (b. 1934)
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1991
J. D. McDuffie, American race car driver (b. 1938)
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1994
Peter Cushing, English actor (b. 1913)
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1995
Phil Harris, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1904)
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1996
Rafael Kubelík, Czech conductor and composer (b. 1914)
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1996
Ambrosio Padilla, Filipino basketball player and politician (b. 1910)
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2000
Jean Papineau-Couture, Canadian composer and academic (b. 1916)
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2001
Percy Stallard, English cyclist and coach (b. 1909)
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2002
Galen Rowell, American photographer and mountaineer (b. 1940)
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2003
Armand Borel, Swiss-American mathematician and academic (b. 1923)
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2003
Herb Brooks, American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1937)
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2006
Mike Douglas, American singer and talk show host (b. 1920)
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2008
George Furth, American actor and playwright (b. 1932)
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2008
Dursun Karataş, founding leader of the Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front (DHKP-C) in Turkey (b. 1952)
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2009
Eunice Kennedy Shriver, American activist, founded the Special Olympics (b. 1921)
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2012
Red Bastien, American wrestler, trainer, and promoter (b. 1931)
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2012
Michael Dokes, American boxer (b. 1958)
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2012
Lucy Gallardo, Argentinian-Mexican actress and screenwriter (b. 1929)
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2013
Raymond Delisle, French cyclist (b. 1943)
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2013
Zafar Futehally, Indian ornithologist and author (b. 1919)
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2013
David Howard, English ballet dancer and educator (b. 1937)
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2014
Vladimir Beara, Croatian footballer and manager (b. 1928)
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2014
Raymond Gravel, Canadian priest and politician (b. 1952)
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2014
Kika Szaszkiewiczowa, Polish author and blogger (b. 1917)
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2014
Robin Williams, American actor and comedian (b. 1951)
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2015
Serge Collot, French viola player and educator (b. 1923)
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2015
Harald Nielsen, Danish footballer and manager (b. 1941)
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2015
Richard Oriani, Salvadoran-American metallurgist and engineer (b. 1920)
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2017
Yisrael Kristal, Polish-Israeli supercentenarian; oldest living Holocaust survivor and one of the ten oldest men ever (b. 1903)
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2017
Segun Bucknor, Nigerian musician and journalist (b. 1946)