August 4 — On This Day
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Events
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AD 70
Titus ends the siege of Jerusalem after destroying Herod's Temple.
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598
Goguryeo-Sui War: Emperor Wéndi of Sui orders his youngest son, Yang Liang (assisted by the co-prime minister Gao Jiong), to conquer Goguryeo (Korea) during the Manchurian rainy season, with a Chinese army and navy.
Goguryeo-Sui War · Emperor Wen of Sui · Sui dynasty · Yang Liang · Gao Jiong
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1265
Second Barons' War: Battle of Evesham: The army of Prince Edward (the future king Edward I of England) defeats the forces of rebellious barons led by Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, killing de Montfort and many of his allies.
Second Barons' War · Battle of Evesham · Edward I of England · Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester
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1327
First War of Scottish Independence: James Douglas leads a raid into Weardale and almost kills Edward III of England.
First War of Scottish Independence · James Douglas, Lord of Douglas · Battle of Stanhope Park · Weardale · Edward III of England
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1532
The Duchy of Brittany is united to the Kingdom of France.
Duchy of Brittany · Union of Brittany and France · Kingdom of France
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1578
Battle of Al Kasr al Kebir: The Moroccans defeat the Portuguese. King Sebastian of Portugal is killed in the battle, leaving his elderly uncle, Cardinal Henry, as his heir. This initiates a succession crisis in Portugal.
Battle of Alcácer Quibir · Moroccans · Sebastian of Portugal · Henry, King of Portugal
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1693
Date traditionally ascribed to Dom Perignon's invention of champagne; it is not clear whether he actually invented champagne, however he has been credited as an innovator who developed the techniques used to perfect sparkling wine.
Dom Pérignon (monk) · Champagne · Champagne · Sparkling wine
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1701
Great Peace of Montreal between New France and First Nations is signed.
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1704
War of the Spanish Succession: Gibraltar is captured by an English and Dutch fleet, commanded by Admiral Sir George Rooke and allied with Archduke Charles.
War of the Spanish Succession · Gibraltar · Admiral · George Rooke · Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor
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1783
Mount Asama erupts in Japan, killing about 1,400 people. The eruption causes a famine, which results in an additional 20,000 deaths.
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1789
France: members of the National Constituent Assembly take an oath to end feudalism and abandon their privileges.
France · National Constituent Assembly (France) · Feudalism · Law of Privilege
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1790
A newly passed tariff act creates the Revenue Cutter Service (the forerunner of the United States Coast Guard).
Tariff · United States Revenue Cutter Service · United States Coast Guard
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1791
The Treaty of Sistova is signed, ending the Ottoman-Habsburg wars.
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1796
French Revolutionary Wars: Napoleon leads the French Army of Italy to victory in the Battle of Lonato.
French Revolutionary Wars · Napoleon · Army of Italy (France) · Battle of Lonato
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1821
The Saturday Evening Post is published for the first time as a weekly newspaper.
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1824
The Battle of Kos is fought between Turkish and Greek forces.
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1854
The Hinomaru is established as the official flag to be flown from Japanese ships.
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1863
Matica slovenská, Slovakia's public-law cultural and scientific institution focusing on topics around the Slovak nation, is established in Martin.
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1873
American Indian Wars: While protecting a railroad survey party in Montana, the United States 7th Cavalry, under Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer clashes for the first time with the Cheyenne and Lakota people near the Tongue River; only one man on each side is killed.
American Indian Wars · Montana · 7th Cavalry Regiment · Lieutenant colonel (United States) · George Armstrong Custer
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1889
The Great Fire of Spokane, Washington destroys some 32 blocks of the city, prompting a mass rebuilding project.
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1892
The father and stepmother of Lizzie Borden are found murdered in their Fall River, Massachusetts home. She was tried and acquitted for the crimes a year later.
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1914
In response to the German invasion of Belgium, Belgium and the British Empire declare war on Germany. The United States declares its neutrality.
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1915
World War I: The German 12th Army occupies Warsaw during the Gorlice-Tarnów Offensive and the Great Retreat of 1915.
World War I · 12th Army (German Empire) · Warsaw · Gorlice-Tarnów Offensive · Great Retreat (Russian)
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1924
Diplomatic relations between Mexico and the Soviet Union are established.
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1936
Prime Minister of Greece Ioannis Metaxas suspends parliament and the Constitution and establishes the 4th of August Regime.
List of Prime Ministers of Greece · Ioannis Metaxas · Hellenic Parliament · Constitution of Greece · 4th of August Regime
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1944
The Holocaust: A tip from a Dutch informer leads the Gestapo to a sealed-off area in an Amsterdam warehouse, where they find and arrest Jewish diarist Anne Frank, her family, and four others.
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1946
An earthquake of magnitude 8.0 hits northern Dominican Republic. One hundred are killed and 20,000 are left homeless.
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1947
The Supreme Court of Japan is established.
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1964
Civil Rights Movement: Civil rights workers Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman and James Chaney are found dead in Mississippi after disappearing on June 21.
Civil Rights Movement · Civil and political rights · Michael Schwerner · Andrew Goodman · James Chaney
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1964
Gulf of Tonkin incident: U.S. destroyers USS Maddox and USS Turner Joy report coming under attack in the Gulf of Tonkin.
Gulf of Tonkin incident · Destroyer · USS Maddox (DD-731) · USS Turner Joy (DD-951) · Gulf of Tonkin
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1965
The Constitution of the Cook Islands comes into force, giving the Cook Islands self-governing status within New Zealand.
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1969
Vietnam War: At the apartment of French intermediary Jean Sainteny in Paris, American representative Henry Kissinger and North Vietnamese representative Xuân Thuỷ begin secret peace negotiations. The negotiations will eventually fail.
Vietnam War · Jean Sainteny · Henry Kissinger · North Vietnam · Xuân Thuỷ
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1974
A bomb explodes in the Italicus Express train at San Benedetto Val di Sambro, Italy, killing 12 people and wounding 22.
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1975
The Japanese Red Army takes more than 50 hostages at the AIA Building housing several embassies in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The hostages include the U.S. consul and the Swedish Chargé d'affaires. The gunmen win the release of five imprisoned comrades and fly with them to Libya.
Japanese Red Army · 1975 AIA building hostage crisis · Kuala Lumpur · Malaysia · Consul
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1977
U.S. President Jimmy Carter signs legislation creating the United States Department of Energy.
President of the United States · Jimmy Carter · United States Department of Energy
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1984
The Republic of Upper Volta changes its name to Burkina Faso.
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1987
The Federal Communications Commission rescinds the Fairness Doctrine which had required radio and television stations to present controversial issues "fairly".
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1993
A federal judge sentences Los Angeles Police Department officers Stacey Koon and Laurence Powell to 30 months in prison for violating motorist Rodney King's civil rights.
Federal judge · Los Angeles Police Department · Stacey Koon · Laurence Powell · Rodney King
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1995
Operation Storm begins in Croatia.
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2006
A massacre is carried out by Sri Lankan government forces, killing 17 employees of the French INGO Action Against Hunger (known internationally as Action Contre la Faim, or ACF).
2006 Trincomalee massacre of NGO workers · Sri Lanka · International nongovernmental organization · Action Against Hunger
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2007
NASA's Phoenix spacecraft is launched.
Famous Births
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1222
Richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Gloucester, English soldier (d. 1262)
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1281
Külüg Khan, Emperor Wuzong of Yuan (d. 1311)
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1290
Leopold I, Duke of Austria (d. 1326)
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1463
Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de' Medici, Florentine patron of the arts (d. 1503)
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1469
Margaret of Saxony, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. 1528)
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1470
Bernardo Dovizi, Italian cardinal (d. 1520)
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1470
Lucrezia de' Medici, Italian noblewoman (d. 1553)
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1521
Pope Urban VII (d. 1590)
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1522
Udai Singh II, King of Mewar (d. 1572)
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1604
François Hédelin, abbé d'Aubignac, French cleric and author (d. 1676)
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1611
Jan van den Hoecke, Flemish painter (d. 1651)
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1623
Friedrich Casimir, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg (1641-1680) and Hanau-Münzenberg (1642-1680) (d. 1685)
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1701
Thomas Blackwell, Scottish historian and scholar (d. 1757)
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1704
Louis d'Orléans, Duke of Orléans (d. 1752)
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1719
Johann Gottlob Lehmann, German mineralogist and geologist (d. 1767)
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1721
Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford, English politician, Lord President of the Council (d. 1803)
Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford · Lord President of the Council
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1755
Nicolas-Jacques Conté, French soldier, painter, balloonist, and inventor (d. 1805)
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1792
Percy Bysshe Shelley, English poet and playwright (d. 1822)
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1805
William Rowan Hamilton, Irish physicist, astronomer, and mathematician (d. 1865)
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1821
Louis Vuitton, French fashion designer, founded Louis Vuitton (d. 1892)
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1821
James Springer White, American religious leader, co-founded the Seventh-day Adventist Church (d. 1881)
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1834
John Venn, English mathematician and philosopher (d. 1923)
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1836
Jens Vilhelm Dahlerup, Danish architect (d. 1907)
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1839
Walter Pater, English author, critic, and academic (d. 1894)
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1844
Henri Berger, German composer and bandleader (d. 1929)
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1853
John Henry Twachtman, American painter, etcher, and academic (d. 1902)
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1859
Knut Hamsun, Norwegian novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1952)
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1867
Jake Beckley, American baseball player and coach (d. 1918)
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1870
Harry Lauder, Scottish actor and singer (d. 1950)
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1871
William Holman, English-Australian politician, 19th Premier of New South Wales (d. 1934)
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1876
Giovanni Giuriati, Italian lawyer and politician (d. 1970)
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1876
John Scaddan, Australian politician, 10th Premier of Western Australia (d. 1934)
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1884
Béla Balázs, Hungarian poet and critic (d. 1949)
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1884
Henri Cornet, French cyclist (d. 1941)
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1887
Albert M. Greenfield, Ukrainian-American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1967)
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1888
Taher Saifuddin, Indian religious leader, 51st Da'i al-Mutlaq (d. 1965)
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1890
Dolf Luque, Cuban baseball player and manager (d. 1957)
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1893
Fritz Gause, German historian and curator (d. 1973)
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1898
Ernesto Maserati, Italian race car driver and engineer (d. 1975)
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1899
Ezra Taft Benson, American religious leader, 13th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1994)
Ezra Taft Benson · President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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1900
Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother of the United Kingdom (d. 2002)
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1900
Nabi Tajima, Japanese supercentenarian, and current world's oldest living person
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1901
Louis Armstrong, American trumpet player and singer (d. 1971)
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1901
Clarence Passailaigue, Jamaican cricketer (d. 1972)
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1902
Bill Hallahan, American baseball player (d. 1981)
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1904
Witold Gombrowicz, Polish author and playwright (d. 1969)
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1904
Helen Kane, American singer and actress (d. 1966)
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1904
Joe Tate, English footballer and manager (d. 1973)
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1906
Eugen Schuhmacher, German zoologist, director, and producer (d. 1973)
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1908
Kurt Eichhorn, German conductor (d. 1994)
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1909
Glenn Cunningham, American runner and academic (d. 1988)
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1910
Anita Page, American actress (d. 2008)
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1910
William Schuman, American composer and educator (d. 1992)
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1910
Hedda Sterne, Romanian-American painter and photographer (d. 2011)
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1912
Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov, Russian mathematician, physicist, and mountaineer (d. 1999)
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1912
David Raksin, American composer and educator (d. 2004)
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1912
Raoul Wallenberg, Swedish architect and diplomat (d. 1947)
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1913
Wesley Addy, American actor (d. 1996)
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1913
Robert Hayden, American poet and educator (d. 1980)
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1913
Johann Niemann, German lieutenant (d. 1943)
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1915
Warren Avis, American businessman, founded Avis Rent a Car System (d. 2007)
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1917
John Fitch, American race car driver and engineer (d. 2012)
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1918
Brian Crozier, Australian-English historian and journalist (d. 2012)
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1919
Michel Déon, French novelist, playwright, and critic (d. 2016)
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1920
Helen Thomas, American journalist and author (d. 2013)
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1921
Herb Ellis, American guitarist (d. 2010)
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1921
Maurice Richard, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2000)
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1922
Luis Aponte Martínez, Puerto Rican cardinal (d. 2012)
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1926
George Irving Bell, American physicist, biologist, and mountaineer (d. 2000)
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1926
Perry Moss, American football player and coach (d. 2014)
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1928
Christian Goethals, Belgian race car driver (d. 2003)
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1928
Gerard Damiano, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2008)
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1928
Nadežka Mosusova, Serbian composer
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1929
Kishore Kumar, Indian singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1987)
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1929
Vellore G. Ramabhadran, Mridangam artiste from Tamil Nadu, India (d. 2012)
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1930
Ali al-Sistani, Iranian-Iraqi cleric and scholar
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1931
Naren Tamhane, Indian cricketer (d. 2002)
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1932
Frances E. Allen, American computer scientist and academic
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1932
Liang Congjie, Chinese environmentalist, founded Friends of Nature (d. 2010)
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1934
Dallas Green, American baseball player and manager (d. 2017)
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1935
Carol Arthur, American actress and producer
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1935
Hans-Walter Eigenbrodt, German footballer and coach (d. 1997)
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1935
Michael J. Noonan, Irish farmer and politician, 25th Minister of Defence for Ireland (d. 2013)
Michael J. Noonan (Fianna Fáil) · Minister for Defence (Ireland)
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1936
Giorgos Zographos, Greek singer and actor (d. 2005)
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1937
David Bedford, English keyboard player, composer, and conductor (d. 2011)
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1938
Ellen Schrecker, American historian and academic
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1939
Jack Cunningham, Baron Cunningham of Felling, English politician, Minister for the Cabinet Office
Jack Cunningham, Baron Cunningham of Felling · Minister for the Cabinet Office
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1939
Frankie Ford, American R&B/rock & roll singer (d. 2015)
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1940
Robin Harper, Scottish academic and politician
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1940
Larry Knechtel, American bass player and pianist (d. 2009)
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1940
Frances Stewart, English economist and academic
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1940
Timi Yuro, American singer-songwriter (d. 2004)
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1941
Martin Jarvis, English actor
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1941
Andy Smillie, English footballer
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1941
Ted Strickland, American psychologist and politician, 68th Governor of Ohio
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1942
Cleon Jones, American baseball player
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1942
David Lange, New Zealand lawyer and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 2005)
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1943
Vicente Álvarez Areces, Spanish politician, 6th President of the Principality of Asturias
Vicente Álvarez Areces · President of the Principality of Asturias
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1943
Barbara Saß-Viehweger, German politician, lawyer and civil law notary
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1943
Bjørn Wirkola, Norwegian ski jumper and footballer
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1944
Richard Belzer, American actor
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1944
Doudou Ndoye, Senegalese lawyer and politician
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1945
Paul McCarthy, American painter and sculptor
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1945
Alan Mulally, American engineer and businessman
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1946
Aleksei Turovski, Estonian zoologist and ethologist
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1947
Klaus Schulze, German keyboard player and songwriter
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1948
Johnny Grubb, American baseball player and coach
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1949
John Riggins, American football player, sportscaster, and actor
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1950
Caldwell Jones, American basketball player and coach (d. 2014)
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1950
N. Rangaswamy, Indian lawyer and politician, 9th Chief Minister of Puducherry
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1951
Peter Goodfellow, English geneticist and academic
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1952
James Arbuthnot, English lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
James Arbuthnot · Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
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1952
Moya Brennan, Irish singer-songwriter and harp player
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1952
Gábor Demszky, Hungarian sociologist, lawyer, and politician
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1953
Hiroyuki Usui, Japanese footballer and manager
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1954
Anatoliy Kinakh, Ukrainian engineer and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Ukraine
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1954
Steve Phillips, English footballer
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1954
François Valéry, Algerian-French singer-songwriter
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1955
Alberto Gonzales, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 80th United States Attorney General
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1955
Billy Bob Thornton, American actor, director, and screenwriter
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1956
Gerry Cooney, American boxer and promoter
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1957
Rupert Farley, British actor and voice actor
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1957
Brooks D. Simpson, American historian and author
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1957
Valdis Valters, Latvian basketball player and coach
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1957
John Wark, Scottish footballer and sportscaster
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1958
Ian Broudie, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
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1958
Allison Hedge Coke, American-Canadian poet and academic
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1958
Mary Decker, American runner
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1958
Silvan Shalom, Tunisian-Israeli sergeant and politician, 30th Deputy Prime Minister of Israel
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1959
Robbin Crosby, American guitarist and songwriter (d. 2002)
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1959
John Gormley, Irish politician, Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government
John Gormley · Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government
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1960
Chuck C. Lopez, American jockey
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1960
José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, Spanish academic and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Spain
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1960
Bernard Rose, English director, screenwriter, and cinematographer
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1960
Tim Winton, Australian author and playwright
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1961
Barack Obama, American lawyer and politician, 44th President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate
Barack Obama · President of the United States · Nobel Peace Prize
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1962
Roger Clemens, American baseball player and actor
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1962
Paul Reynolds, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (A Flock of Seagulls)
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1964
Andrew Bartlett, Australian social worker and politician
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1965
Adam Afriyie, English businessman and politician
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1965
Dennis Lehane, American author, screenwriter, and producer
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1965
Fredrik Reinfeldt, Swedish soldier and politician, 42nd Prime Minister of Sweden
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1965
Michael Skibbe, German footballer and manager
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1967
Michael Marsh, American sprinter
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1968
Daniel Dae Kim, South Korean-American actor
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1968
Lee Mack, English comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
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1969
Mark Bickley, Australian footballer and coach
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1969
Max Cavalera, Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1969
Troy O'Leary, American baseball player
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1970
John August, American director and screenwriter
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1970
Bret Baier, American journalist
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1970
Steve House, American mountaineer
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1970
Steven Jack, South African cricketer
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1970
Kate Silverton, English journalist
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1971
Bethan Benwell, English linguist, author, and academic
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1971
Jeff Gordon, American race car driver and actor
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1972
Stefan Brogren, Canadian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
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1973
Eva Amaral, Spanish singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1973
Xavier Marchand, French swimmer
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1973
Marek Penksa, Slovak footballer
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1973
Marcos Roberto Silveira Reis, Brazilian footballer
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1975
Nikos Liberopoulos, Greek footballer
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1975
Jutta Urpilainen, Finnish politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Finland
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1975
Daniella van Graas, Dutch model and actress
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1976
Andrew McLeod, Australian footballer
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1976
Trevor Woodman, English rugby player and coach
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1977
Frankie Kazarian, American wrestler
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1977
Luís Boa Morte, Portuguese footballer and manager
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1978
Jeremy Adduono, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
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1978
Luke Allen, American baseball player
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1978
Kurt Busch, American race car driver
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1978
Agnė Eggerth, Lithuanian sprinter
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1978
Ibán Espadas, Spanish footballer
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1978
Jon Knott, American baseball player
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1978
Karine Legault, Canadian swimmer
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1978
Sandeep Naik, Indian politician
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1978
Siri Nordby, Norwegian footballer
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1978
Ricardo Serrano, Spanish cyclist
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1978
Per-Åge Skrøder, Norwegian ice hockey player
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1978
Satoshi Hino, Japanese voice actor
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1979
Robin Peterson, South African cricketer
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1980
Richard Dawson, English cricketer and coach
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1981
Erica Carlson, Swedish actress
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1981
Marques Houston, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
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1983
Greta Gerwig, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
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1984
Terry Campese, Australian rugby league player
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1984
Mardy Collins, American basketball player
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1985
Crystal Bowersox, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1985
Robbie Findley, American soccer player
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1985
Mark Milligan, Australian footballer
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1985
Ha Seung-jin, South Korean basketball player
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1985
Antonio Valencia, Ecuadorean footballer
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1986
Nick Augusto, American drummer
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1986
Leon Camier, English motorcycle racer
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1986
Cicinho, Brazilian footballer
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1986
Iosia Soliola, New Zealand-Samoan rugby league player
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1986
David Williams, Australian rugby league player
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1987
Jang Keun-suk, South Korean actor and singer
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1987
Marreese Speights American basketball player
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1987
Tomoya Warabino, Japanese actor
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1988
Carly Foulkes, Canadian model and actress
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1989
Wang Hao, Chinese chess player
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1989
Jessica Mauboy, Australian singer-songwriter
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1990
Hikmet Balioğlu, Turkish footballer
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1990
Siim Tenno, Estonian footballer
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1991
Thiago Cardoso, Brazilian footballer
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1991
Izet Hajrović, Bosnian footballer
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1992
Daniele Garozzo, Italian fencer
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1992
Dylan Sprouse, American actor
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1992
Cole Sprouse, American actor
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1994
Pauli Pauli, Australian rugby league player
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1995
Bruna Marquezine, Brazilian actress
Famous Deaths
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221
Lady Zhen, Chinese empress (b. 183)
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966
Berengar II of Italy (b. 900)
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1060
Henry I of France (b. 1008)
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1265
Peter de Montfort, English politician (b. 1215)
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1265
Henry de Montfort (b. 1238)
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1265
Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, French-English soldier and politician, Lord High Steward (b. 1208)
Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester · Lord High Steward
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1265
Hugh le Despencer, 1st Baron le Despencer, English politician (b. 1223)
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1266
Eudes of Burgundy, Count of Nevers (b. 1230)
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1306
Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (b. 1289)
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1338
Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk (b. 1300)
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1345
As-Salih Ismail, Sultan of Egypt (b. 1326)
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1378
Galeazzo II Visconti, Lord of Milan (b. c. 1320)
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1430
Philip I, Duke of Brabant (b. 1404)
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1526
Juan Sebastián Elcano, Spanish explorer and navigator (b. 1476)
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1578
Sebastian of Portugal (b. 1554)
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1598
William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, English academic and politician, Lord High Treasurer (b. 1520)
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1612
Hugh Broughton, English scholar and theologian (b. 1549)
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1639
Juan Ruiz de Alarcón, Mexican actor and playwright (b. 1581)
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1718
René Lepage de Sainte-Claire, French-Canadian founder of Rimouski (b. 1656)
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1727
Victor-Maurice, comte de Broglie, French general (b. 1647)
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1741
Andrew Hamilton, Scottish-American lawyer and politician (b. 1676)
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1778
Pierre de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnial, Canadian-French politician, Governor General of New France (b. 1698)
Pierre de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnial · Governor General of New France
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1792
John Burgoyne, English general and politician (b. 1723)
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1795
Timothy Ruggles, American lawyer, jurist, and politician (b. 1711)
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1804
Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan, Scottish admiral (b. 1731)
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1822
Kristjan Jaak Peterson, Estonian poet and author (b. 1801)
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1844
Jacob Aall, Norwegian economist, historian, and politician (b. 1773)
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1859
John Vianney, French priest and saint (b. 1786)
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1873
Viktor Hartmann, Russian architect and painter (b. 1834)
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1875
Hans Christian Andersen, Danish novelist, short story writer, and poet (b. 1805)
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1886
Samuel J. Tilden, American lawyer and politician, 25th Governor of New York (b. 1814)
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1900
Isaac Levitan, Russian painter and educator (b. 1860)
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1914
Jules Lemaître, French playwright and critic (b. 1853)
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1919
Dave Gregory, Australian cricketer and umpire (b. 1845)
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1922
Enver Pasha, Ottoman general and politician (b. 1881)
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1932
Alfred Henry Maurer, American painter (b. 1868)
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1938
Pearl White, American actress (b. 1889)
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1940
Ze'ev Jabotinsky, Ukrainian-American general, journalist, and activist (b. 1880)
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1941
Mihály Babits, Hungarian poet and author (b. 1883)
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1942
Alberto Franchetti, Italian composer and educator (b. 1860)
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1944
Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński, Polish soldier and poet (b. 1921)
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1957
John Cain Sr., Australian politician, 34th Premier of Victoria (b. 1882)
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1957
Washington Luís, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 13th President of Brazil (b. 1869)
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1958
Ethel Anderson, Australian poet, author, and painter (b. 1883)
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1959
József Révai, Hungarian politician, Hungarian Minister of Education (b. 1898)
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1967
Peter Smith, English cricketer (b. 1908)
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1976
Enrique Angelelli, Argentinian bishop and martyr (b. 1923)
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1976
Roy Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet, Canadian-English publisher (b. 1894)
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1977
Edgar Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian, English physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1889)
Edgar Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian · Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
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1981
Melvyn Douglas, American actor (b. 1901)
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1982
Bruce Goff, American architect, designed the Boston Avenue Methodist Church (b. 1904)
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1985
Don Whillans, English rock climber and mountaineer (b. 1933)
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1990
Ettore Maserati, Italian engineer and businessman (b. 1894)
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1992
Seichō Matsumoto, Japanese author (b. 1909)
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1996
Geoff Hamilton, English gardener, author, and television host (b. 1936)
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1997
Jeanne Calment, French super-centenarian; holds records for the world's substantiated longest-lived person (b. 1875)
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1998
Yury Artyukhin, Russian colonel, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1930)
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1999
Victor Mature, American actor (b. 1913)
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2003
Frederick Chapman Robbins, American pediatrician and virologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916)
Frederick Chapman Robbins · Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
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2004
Mary Sherman Morgan, American chemist and engineer (b. 1921)
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2005
Anatoly Larkin, Russian-American physicist and theorist (b. 1932)
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2005
Iván Szabó, Hungarian economist and politician, Minister of Finance of Hungary (b. 1934)
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2007
Lee Hazlewood, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1929)
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2007
Raul Hilberg, Austrian-American political scientist and historian (b. 1926)
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2008
Craig Jones, English motorcycle racer (b. 1985)
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2009
Blake Snyder, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1957)
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2011
Naoki Matsuda, Japanese footballer (b. 1977)
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2012
Johnnie Bassett, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1935)
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2012
Brian Crozier, Australian-English journalist and historian (b. 1918)
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2012
Bud Riley, American football player and coach (b. 1925)
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2013
Keith H. Basso, American anthropologist and academic (b. 1940)
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2013
Art Donovan, American football player and radio host (b. 1925)
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2013
Olavi J. Mattila, Finnish engineer and politician, Finnish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1918)
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2013
Renato Ruggiero, Italian lawyer and politician, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1930)
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2013
Tony Snell, English lieutenant and pilot (b. 1922)
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2013
Sandy Woodward, English admiral (b. 1932)
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2014
James Brady, American activist and politician, 15th White House Press Secretary (b. 1940)
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2014
Chester Crandell, American lawyer and politician (b. 1946)
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2014
Jake Hooker, Israeli-American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1953)
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2015
Elsie Hillman, American philanthropist and politician (b. 1925)
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2015
Les Munro, New Zealand soldier and pilot (b. 1919)
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2015
John Rudometkin, American basketball player (b. 1940)
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2015
Billy Sherrill, American songwriter and producer (b. 1936)
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2015
Alfred C. Williams, American lawyer and politician (b. 1951)