September 1 — On This Day
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Events
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1355
King Tvrtko I of Bosnia writes In castro nostro Vizoka vocatum from the Old town of Visoki.
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1449
Tumu Crisis: Mongols capture the Emperor of China.
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1529
The Spanish fort of Sancti Spiritu, the first one built in modern Argentina, is destroyed by natives.
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1532
Lady Anne Boleyn is made Marquess of Pembroke by her fiancé, King Henry VIII of England.
Anne Boleyn · Marquess of Pembroke · Engagement · Henry VIII of England
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1604
Adi Granth, now known as Guru Granth Sahib, the holy scripture of Sikhs, was first installed at Harmandir Sahib.
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1644
Battle of Tippermuir: James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose defeats the Earl of Wemyss's Covenanters, reviving the Royalist cause.
Battle of Tippermuir · James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose · John Wemyss, 1st Earl of Wemyss · Covenanter · Cavalier
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1715
King Louis XIV of France dies after a reign of 72 years, which is the longest of any major European monarch.
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1763
Catherine II of Russia endorses Ivan Betskoy's plans for a Foundling Home in Moscow
Catherine II of Russia · Ivan Betskoy · Foundling Home in Moscow
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1772
The Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa is founded in San Luis Obispo, California.
Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa · San Luis Obispo, California
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1774
Massachusetts Bay colonists rise up in the bloodless Powder Alarm.
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1804
Juno, one of the largest asteroids in the Main Belt, is discovered by the German astronomer Karl Ludwig Harding.
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1831
The high honor of Order of St. Gregory the Great is established by Pope Gregory XVI of the Vatican State to recognize high support for the Vatican or for the Pope, by a man or a woman, and not necessarily a Roman Catholic.
Order of St. Gregory the Great · Pope Gregory XVI · Vatican State · Roman Catholic
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1836
Narcissa Whitman, one of the first English-speaking white women to settle west of the Rocky Mountains, arrives at Walla Walla, Washington.
Narcissa Whitman · Rocky Mountains · Walla Walla, Washington
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1838
Saint Andrew's Scots School, the oldest school of British origin in South America, is established.
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1862
American Civil War: Battle of Chantilly: Confederate Army troops defeat a group of retreating Union Army troops in Chantilly, Virginia.
American Civil War · Battle of Chantilly · Confederate States of America · United States Army · Chantilly, Virginia
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1864
American Civil War: The Confederate Army General John Bell Hood orders the evacuation of Atlanta, ending a four-month siege by General William Tecumseh Sherman.
Confederate Army · John Bell Hood · Atlanta · Siege · William Tecumseh Sherman
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1870
Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Sedan is fought, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory.
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1873
Cetshwayo ascends to the throne as king of the Zulu nation following the death of his father Mpande.
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1878
Emma Nutt becomes the world's first female telephone operator when she is recruited by Alexander Graham Bell to the Boston Telephone Dispatch Company.
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1880
The army of Mohammad Ayub Khan is routed by the British at the Battle of Kandahar, ending the Second Anglo-Afghan War
Ayub Khan (Emir of Afghanistan) · Battle of Kandahar · Second Anglo-Afghan War
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1894
Over 400 people die in the Great Hinckley Fire, a forest fire in Hinckley, Minnesota.
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1897
The Tremont Street Subway in Boston opens, becoming the first underground rapid transit system in North America.
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1905
Alberta and Saskatchewan join the Canadian confederation.
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1906
The International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys is established.
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1911
The armored cruiser Georgios Averof is commissioned into the Greek Navy. It now serves as a museum ship.
Armored cruiser · Greek cruiser Georgios Averof · Hellenic Navy · Museum ship
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1914
St. Petersburg, Russia, changes its name to Petrograd.
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1914
The last known passenger pigeon, a female named Martha, dies in captivity in the Cincinnati Zoo.
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1920
The Fountain of Time opens as a tribute to the 100 years of peace between the United States and Great Britain following the Treaty of Ghent.
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1923
The Great Kantō earthquake devastates Tokyo and Yokohama, killing about 105,000 people.
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1928
Ahmet Zogu declares Albania to be a monarchy and proclaims himself king.
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1934
The first Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer animated cartoon, The Discontented Canary, is released to movie theatres.
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1939
World War II: Nazi Germany and Slovakia invade Poland, beginning the European phase of World War II.
World War II · Nazi Germany · Slovak Republic (1939-45) · Invasion of Poland · Second Polish Republic
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1939
General George C. Marshall becomes Chief of Staff of the United States Army.
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1939
The Wound Badge for Wehrmacht, SS, Kriegsmarine, and Luftwaffe soldiers is instituted. The final version of the Iron Cross is also instituted on this date.
Wound Badge · Wehrmacht · Schutzstaffel · Kriegsmarine · Luftwaffe
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1939
Switzerland mobilizes its forces and the Swiss Parliament elects Henri Guisan to head the Swiss Armed Forces (an event that can happen only during war or mobilization).
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1939
Adolf Hitler signs an order to begin the systematic euthanasia of mentally ill and disabled people.
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1951
The United States, Australia and New Zealand sign a mutual defense pact, called the ANZUS Treaty.
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1952
The Old Man and the Sea, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Ernest Hemingway, is first published.
The Old Man and the Sea · Pulitzer Prize for Fiction · Ernest Hemingway
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1961
The Eritrean War of Independence officially begins with the shooting of the Ethiopian police by Hamid Idris Awate.
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1961
The first conference of the Non Aligned Countries is held in Belgrade.
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1967
The Khmer-Chinese Friendship Association is banned in Cambodia.
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1969
A coup in Libya brings Muammar Gaddafi to power.
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1969
Trần Thiện Khiêm becomes Prime Minister of South Vietnam under President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu.
Trần Thiện Khiêm · Leaders of South Vietnam · South Vietnam · Nguyễn Văn Thiệu
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1970
Attempted assassination of King Hussein of Jordan by Palestinian guerrillas, who attack his motorcade.
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1972
In Reykjavík, Iceland, American Bobby Fischer beats Russian Boris Spassky to become the world chess champion.
Reykjavík · Iceland · Bobby Fischer · Boris Spassky · World Chess Championship
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1974
The SR-71 Blackbird sets (and holds) the record for flying from New York to London in the time of 1 hour, 54 minutes and 56.4 seconds at a speed of 1,435.587 miles per hour (2,310.353 km/h).
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1979
The American space probe Pioneer 11 becomes the first spacecraft to visit Saturn when it passes the planet at a distance of 21,000 kilometres (13,000 mi).
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1980
Major General Chun Doo-hwan becomes President of South Korea, following the resignation of Choi Kyu-hah.
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1981
A coup d'état in the Central African Republic overthrows President David Dacko.
Coup d'état · Central African Republic · List of heads of state of the Central African Republic and Central African Empire · David Dacko
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1982
The United States Air Force Space Command is founded.
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1983
Cold War: Korean Air Lines Flight 007 is shot down by a Soviet Union jet fighter when the commercial aircraft enters Soviet airspace, killing all 269 on board, including Congressman Lawrence McDonald.
Cold War · Korean Air Lines Flight 007 · Soviet Union · Soviet Union · United States Congress
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1985
A joint American-French expedition locates the wreckage of the RMS Titanic.
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1991
Uzbekistan declares independence from the Soviet Union.
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2004
The Crisis in Beslan commences when armed terrorists take schoolchildren and school staff hostage in North Ossetia (Russia); by the end of the siege three days later more than 385 people are dead (including hostages, other civilians, security personnel and terrorists).
Famous Births
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948
Jing Zong, emperor of the Liao Dynasty (d. 982)
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1145
Ibn Jubayr, Spanish geographer and poet (d. 1217)
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1288
Elizabeth Richeza of Poland (d. 1335)
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1341
Frederick III the Simple, King of Sicily (d. 1377)
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1453
Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, Spanish general (d. 1515)
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1477
Bartolomeo Fanfulla, Italian mercenary (d. 1525)
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1550
Alonso Pérez de Guzmán, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia, Spanish admiral (d. 1615)
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1561
Gervase Helwys, English murderer (d. 1615)
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1566
Edward Alleyn, English actor and major figure of the Elizabethan theatre; founder of Dulwich College and Alleyn's School (d. 1626)
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1577
Scipione Borghese, Italian cardinal and art collector (d. 1633)
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1579
John Frederick of Holstein-Gottorp, Prince-Bishop, Roman Catholic archbishop (d. 1634)
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1588
Henri, Prince of Condé (d. 1646)
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1592
Maria Angela Astorch, Spanish mystic and saint (d. 1665)
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1606
Nicholas Slanning, English politician (d. 1643)
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1608
Giacomo Torelli, Italian stage designer, engineer, and architect (d. 1678)
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1647
Princess Anna Sophie of Denmark, daughter of King Frederick III of Denmark (d. 1717)
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1653
Johann Pachelbel, German organist, composer, and educator (d. 1706)
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1689
Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer, Bohemian architect, designed Ss. Cyril and Methodius Cathedral (d. 1751)
Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer · Ss. Cyril and Methodius Cathedral
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1711
William IV, Prince of Orange (d. 1759)
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1726
Johann Becker, German organist, composer, and educator (d. 1803)
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1795
James Gordon Bennett Sr., American publisher, founded the New York Herald (d. 1872)
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1799
Ferenc Gyulay, Hungarian-Austrian commander and politician (d. 1868)
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1818
José María Castro Madriz, Costa Rican lawyer and politician, 1st President of Costa Rica (d. 1892)
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1848
Auguste Forel, Swiss myrmecologist, neuroanatomist, and psychiatrist (d. 1931)
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1850
Jim O'Rourke, American baseball player and manager (d. 1919)
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1851
John Clum, American journalist and agent (d. 1932)
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1854
Engelbert Humperdinck, German playwright and composer (d. 1921)
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1855
Innokenty Annensky, Russian poet and critic (d. 1909)
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1856
Sergei Winogradsky, Ukrainian-Russian microbiologist and ecologist (d. 1953)
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1864
Akashi Motojiro, Japanese general (d. 1919)
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1866
James J. Corbett, American boxer (d. 1933)
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1867
John Gretton, 1st Baron Gretton, English sailor and politician (d. 1947)
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1868
Henri Bourassa, Canadian publisher and politician (d. 1952)
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1871
J. Reuben Clark, American lawyer, civil servant, and religious leader (d. 1961)
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1875
Edgar Rice Burroughs, American soldier and author (d. 1950)
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1876
Harriet Shaw Weaver, English journalist and activist (d. 1961)
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1877
Francis William Aston, English chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1945)
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1877
Rex Beach, American author, playwright, and water polo player (d. 1949)
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1878
Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (d. 1942)
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1878
J. F. C. Fuller, English general and historian (d. 1966)
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1878
Tullio Serafin, Italian conductor and director (d. 1968)
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1883
Didier Pitre, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1934)
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1884
Hilda Rix Nicholas, Australian artist (d. 1961)
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1884
Sigurd Wallén, Swedish actor and director (d. 1947)
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1886
Othmar Schoeck, Swiss composer and conductor (d. 1957)
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1886
Shigeyasu Suzuki, Japanese general (d. 1957)
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1887
Blaise Cendrars, Swiss author and poet (d. 1961)
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1892
Leverett Saltonstall, American lieutenant and politician, 55th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1979)
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1893
Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Japanese-American painter and photographer (d. 1953)
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1895
Engelbert Zaschka, German engineer and designer, invented the Human-powered aircraft (d. 1955)
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1896
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Indian religious leader, founded the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (d. 1977)
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · International Society for Krishna Consciousness
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1897
Andy Kennedy, Irish footballer (d. 1963)
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1898
Violet Carson, English actress and singer (d. 1983)
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1899
Richard Arlen, American actor (d. 1976)
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1902
Kazimierz Dąbrowski, Polish psychiatrist and psychologist (d. 1980)
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1904
George Biswell, English footballer (d. 1981)
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1904
Johnny Mack Brown, American football player and actor (d. 1974)
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1906
Joaquín Balaguer, Dominican lawyer and politician, 49th President of the Dominican Republic (d. 2002)
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1906
Franz Biebl, German composer and educator (d. 2001)
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1906
Eleanor Hibbert, English author (d. 1993)
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1906
Arthur Rowe, English footballer and manager (d. 1993)
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1907
Gil Puyat, Filipino businessman and politician (d. 1981)
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1907
Walter Reuther, American union leader, founded United Auto Workers (d. 1970)
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1908
Amir Elahi, Pakistani cricketer (d. 1980)
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1908
Lou Kenton, Jewish-English soldier and potter (d. 2012)
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1909
E. Herbert Norman, Canadian historian and diplomat (d. 1957)
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1913
Ludwig Merwart, Austrian painter and illustrator (d. 1979)
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1913
Christian Nyby, American director and producer (d. 1993)
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1914
John H. Adams, American jockey (d. 1995)
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1916
Dorothy Cheney, American tennis player (d. 2014)
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1919
Ossie Dawson, South African cricketer (d. 2008)
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1919
Hilda Hänchen, German physicist and academic (d. 2013)
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1920
Liz Carpenter, American journalist, author, and activist (d. 2010)
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1920
Eduardo J. Corso, Uruguayan lawyer and journalist (d. 2012)
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1920
Richard Farnsworth, American actor and stuntman (d. 2000)
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1921
Willem Frederik Hermans, Dutch author, poet, and playwright (d. 1995)
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1922
Yvonne De Carlo, Canadian-American actress and singer (d. 2007)
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1922
Vittorio Gassman, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2000)
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1923
Rocky Marciano, American boxer (d. 1969)
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1923
Kenneth Thomson, 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet, Canadian businessman and art collector (d. 2006)
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1924
Hal Douglas, American voice actor (d. 2014)
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1925
Arvonne Fraser, American activist
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1925
Art Pepper, American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer (d. 1982)
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1926
Abdur Rahman Biswas, Bangladeshi banker and politician, 10th President of Bangladesh (d. 2017)
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1926
Gene Colan, American illustrator (d. 2011)
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1926
Russell Jones, Australian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2012)
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1927
Soshana Afroyim, Austrian painter (d. 2015)
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1927
Wyatt Cooper, American author and screenwriter (d. 1978)
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1929
Mava Lee Thomas, American baseball player (d. 2013)
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1929
Maurice Vachon, Canadian wrestler (d. 2013)
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1930
Turgut Özakman, Turkish lawyer and civil servant (d. 2013)
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1930
Dick Raaymakers, Dutch composer and theorist (d. 2013)
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1930
Charles Correa, Indian architect (d. 2015)
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1931
Abdul Haq Ansari, Indian theologian and scholar (d. 2012)
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1931
Beano Cook, American journalist and sportscaster (d. 2012)
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1931
Cecil Parkinson, English accountant and politician, Secretary of State for Transport (d. 2016)
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1931
Boxcar Willie, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1999)
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1932
Derog Gioura, Nauruan politician, 23rd President of Nauru (d. 2008)
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1933
Marshall Lytle, American bass player and songwriter (d. 2013)
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1933
Ann Richards, American educator and politician, 45th Governor of Texas (d. 2006)
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1933
T. Thirunavukarasu, Sri Lankan politician (d. 1982)
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1933
Conway Twitty, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1993)
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1935
Nicholas Garland, English cartoonist
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1935
Seiji Ozawa, Japanese conductor and director
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1937
Al Geiberger, American golfer
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1937
Allen Jones, English sculptor and painter
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1937
Ron O'Neal, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2004)
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1937
Allen Weinstein, American historian and academic (d. 2015)
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1938
Alan Dershowitz, American lawyer and author
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1938
Per Kirkeby, Danish painter, sculptor, and poet
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1939
Lily Tomlin, American actress, comedian, screenwriter, and producer
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1940
Yaşar Büyükanıt, Turkish general
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1941
Graeme Langlands, Australian rugby league player and coach
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1942
C. J. Cherryh, American author and educator
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1944
Archie Bell, American soul singer-songwriter and musician
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1944
Leonard Slatkin, American conductor and composer
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1944
Harvey Thomas Strosberg, Canadian lawyer and academic
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1945
Mustafa Balel, Turkish author and translator
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1945
Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, Yemeni general and politician, 2nd President of Yemen
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1945
Scott Spencer, American author and academic
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1946
Barry Gibb, Manx-English singer-songwriter and producer
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1946
Shalom Hanoch, Israeli rock singer, lyricist and composer
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1946
Roh Moo-hyun, South Korean soldier and politician, 9th President of South Korea (d. 2009)
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1947
Al Green, American lawyer and politician
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1947
P. A. Sangma, Indian lawyer and politician, 11th Speaker of the Lok Sabha (d. 2016)
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1948
Greg Errico, American drummer and producer
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1948
Alastair Redfern, English bishop
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1948
Józef Życiński, Polish archbishop and philosopher (d. 2011)
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1948
Russ Kunkel, American drummer and producer
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1949
Garry Maddox, American baseball player and sportscaster
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1949
Alasdair McDonnell, Irish physician and politician
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1950
Mikhail Fradkov, Russian politician, 36th Prime Minister of Russia
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1950
Phillip Fulmer, American football player and coach
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1950
Phil McGraw, American psychologist, author, and talk show host
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1951
David Bairstow, English cricketer and sportscaster (d. 1998)
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1951
Nicu Ceaușescu, Romanian politician (d. 1996)
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1952
Manuel Piñero, Spanish golfer
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1953
Don Blackman, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (d. 2013)
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1953
Joseph Williams, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player
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1954
Richard Burden, English politician
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1954
Dave Lumley, Canadian ice hockey player
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1955
Bruce Foxton, English singer-songwriter and bass player
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1956
Vinnie Johnson, American basketball player and sportscaster
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1956
Bernie Wagenblast, American publisher, founded the Transportation Communications Newsletter
Bernie Wagenblast · Transportation Communications Newsletter
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1957
Gloria Estefan, Cuban-American singer-songwriter and actress
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1957
Duško Ivanović, Montenegrin basketball player and coach
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1959
Keith Clearwater, American golfer
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1959
Mike Duxbury, English footballer
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1959
Kenny Mayne, American football player and journalist
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1959
Joe Jusko, American illustrator and painter
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1960
Ralf Außem, German footballer and manager
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1960
Karl Mecklenburg, American football player
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1961
Pete DeCoursey, American journalist (d. 2014)
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1961
Jeremy Farrar, British academic and educator; director of the Wellcome Trust
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1961
Christopher Ferguson, American captain, pilot, and astronaut
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1961
Boney James, American saxophonist, composer, and producer
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1962
Tony Cascarino, English-Irish footballer
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1962
Ruud Gullit, Dutch footballer and manager
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1963
Stephen Kernahan, Australian footballer
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1964
Brian Bellows, Canadian ice hockey player
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1964
Holly Golightly, American author and illustrator
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1964
Charlie Robison, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1965
Craig McLachlan, Australian actor and singer
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1965
Tibor Simon, Hungarian footballer and manager (d. 2002)
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1966
Tim Hardaway, American basketball player and coach
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1966
Ken Levine, American video game designer, co-founded Irrational Games
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1967
David Whissell, Canadian engineer and politician
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1969
Henning Berg, Norwegian footballer and manager
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1970
David Fairleigh, Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster
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1970
Hwang Jung-min, South Korean actor
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1970
Padma Lakshmi, Indian-American actress and author
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1971
Joe Enochs, American soccer player and manager
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1971
Yoshitaka Hirota, Japanese bass player and composer
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1971
Hakan Şükür, Turkish footballer and politician
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1973
J.D. Fortune, Canadian singer-songwriter
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1973
Rieko Miura, Japanese singer and actress
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1973
Simon Shaw, English rugby player
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1973
Zach Thomas, American football player
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1974
Jason Taylor, American football player and sportscaster
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1974
Yutaka Yamamoto, Japanese director and producer, founded Ordet Animation Studio
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1974
Jhonen Vasquez, American writer, director, cartoonist, and comic illustrator
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1975
Natalie Bassingthwaighte, Australian singer-songwriter
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1975
James Innes, English entrepreneur and author
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1975
Nomy Lamm, American singer-songwriter and activist
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1975
Cuttino Mobley, American basketball player
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1975
Scott Speedman, English-Canadian actor
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1976
Babydaddy, American singer-songwriter and producer
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1976
Marcos Ambrose, Australian race car driver
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1976
Clare Connor, English cricketer
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1976
Érik Morales, Mexican boxer
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1976
Sebastián Rozental, Chilean footballer
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1977
David Albelda, Spanish footballer
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1977
Raffaele Giammaria, Italian race car driver
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1977
Arsalan Iftikhar, American lawyer and author
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1977
Aaron Schobel, American football player
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1978
Max Vieri, Australian-Italian footballer
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1980
Sammy Adjei, Ghanaian footballer
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1980
Chris Riggott, English footballer
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1981
Clinton Portis, American football player
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1981
Adam Quick, Australian basketball player
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1982
Jeffrey Buttle, Canadian figure skater
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1982
Paul Dumbrell, Australian race car driver
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1982
Ryan Gomes, American basketball player
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1983
Iñaki Lejarreta, Spanish cyclist (d. 2012)
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1983
José Antonio Reyes, Spanish footballer
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1983
Jeff Woywitka, Canadian ice hockey player
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1984
László Köteles, Hungarian footballer
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1984
Nick Noble, American football player
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1984
Rod Pelley, Canadian ice hockey player
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1984
Joe Trohman, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
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1985
Larsen Jensen, American swimmer
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1986
Anthony Allen, English rugby player
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1986
Gaël Monfils, French tennis player
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1986
Stella Mwangi, Kenyan-Norwegian singer-songwriter
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1987
Dann Hume, New Zealand singer-songwriter, drummer, and producer
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1987
Leonel Suárez, Cuban decathlete
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1987
Mats Zuccarello, Norwegian ice hockey player
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1988
Chanel West Coast, Rapper-songwriter and model
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1988
Simona de Silvestro, Swiss race car driver
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1988
Gabriel Ferrari, American soccer player
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1988
Mushfiqur Rahim, Bangladeshi cricketer
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1989
Astrid Besser, Italian tennis player
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1989
Jefferson Montero, Ecuadorian footballer
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1989
Daniel Sturridge, English footballer
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1990
Stanislav Tecl, Czech footballer
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1991
Rhys Bennett, English footballer
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1991
Angélica Kvieczynski, Brazilian gymnast
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1992
Cristiano Biraghi, Italian footballer
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1993
Mario Lemina, Gabonese footballer
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1994
Anna Smolina, Russian tennis player
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1994
Betty Cantrell, Miss America 2016
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1995
Nathan MacKinnon, Canadian ice hockey player
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1996
Zendaya Stoermer Coleman, American actress and singer
Famous Deaths
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870
Muhammad al-Bukhari, Persian scholar (b. 810)
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1067
Baldwin V, Count of Flanders (b. 1012)
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1081
Bishop Eusebius of Angers
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1159
Pope Adrian IV (b. 1100)
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1198
Dulce, Queen of Portugal (b. 1160)
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1215
Otto, bishop of Utrecht
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1256
Kujō Yoritsune, Japanese shogun (b. 1218)
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1327
Foulques de Villaret, Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller
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1339
Henry XIV, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1305)
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1376
Philip of Valois, Duke of Orléans (b. 1336)
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1414
William de Ros, 6th Baron de Ros, English politician, Lord High Treasurer (b. 1369)
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1480
Ulrich V, Count of Württemberg (b. 1413)
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1557
Jacques Cartier, French navigator and explorer (b. 1491)
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1581
Guru Ram Das, Sikh 4th of the Ten Gurus of Sikhism (b. 1534)
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1599
Cornelis de Houtman, Dutch explorer (b.1565)
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1615
Étienne Pasquier, French lawyer and jurist (b. 1529)
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1646
Francis Windebank, English statesman (b. 1582)
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1648
Marin Mersenne, French mathematician, theologian, and philosopher (b. 1588)
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1678
Jan Brueghel the Younger, Flemish painter (b. 1601)
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1685
Leoline Jenkins, Welsh lawyer, jurist, and politician, Secretary of State for the Northern Department (b. 1625)
Leoline Jenkins · Secretary of State for the Northern Department
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1687
Henry More, English priest and philosopher (b. 1614)
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1706
Cornelis de Man, Dutch painter (b. 1621)
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1715
François Girardon, French sculptor (b. 1628)
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1715
Louis XIV of France (b. 1638)
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1818
Robert Calder, Scottish admiral (b. 1745)
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1838
William Clark, American soldier, explorer, and politician, 4th Governor of Missouri Territory (b. 1770)
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1839
Izidor Guzmics, Hungarian theologian and educator (b. 1786)
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1868
Ferenc Gyulay, Hungarian-Austrian commander and politician (b. 1799)
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1922
Samu Pecz, Hungarian architect and academic (b. 1854)
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1930
Peeter Põld, Estonian scientist and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of Education (b. 1878)
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1943
Charles Atangana, Cameroonian ruler (b. 1880)
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1947
Frederick Russell Burnham, American soldier and adventurer (b. 1861)
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1953
Bernard O'Dowd, Australian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1866)
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1967
Siegfried Sassoon, English captain and poet (b. 1886)
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1969
Drew Pearson, American journalist and author (b. 1897)
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1970
François Mauriac, French novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1885)
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1971
Alan Brown, English soldier (b. 1909)
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1974
Gerd Neggo, Estonian dancer, dance teacher, and choreographer (b. 1891)
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1977
Ethel Waters, American singer and actress (b. 1896)
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1981
Ann Harding, American actress (b. 1901)
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1981
Albert Speer, German architect and author (b. 1905)
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1982
Haskell Curry, American mathematician and academic (b. 1900)
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1982
Władysław Gomułka, Polish activist and politician (b. 1905)
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1983
Henry M. Jackson, American lawyer and politician (b. 1912)
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1983
Larry McDonald, American physician and politician (b. 1935)
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1984
Madeleine de Bourbon-Busset, Duchess of Parma (b. 1898)
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1985
Stefan Bellof, German race car driver (b. 1957)
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1986
Murray Hamilton, American actor (b. 1923)
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1988
Luis Walter Alvarez, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
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1989
A. Bartlett Giamatti, American businessman and academic (b. 1938)
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1989
Kazimierz Deyna, Polish footballer (b. 1947)
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1989
Tadeusz Sendzimir, Polish-American engineer (b. 1894)
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1990
Edwin O. Reischauer, American scholar and diplomat (b. 1910)
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1991
Otl Aicher, German graphic designer and typographer (b. 1922)
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1997
Zoltán Czibor, Hungarian footballer (b. 1929)
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1998
Józef Krupiński, Polish poet and author (b. 1930)
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1998
Cary Middlecoff, American golfer and sportscaster (b. 1921)
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1998
Osman F. Seden, Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1924)
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1999
W. Richard Stevens, Zambian computer scientist and author (b. 1951)
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2003
Rand Brooks, American actor and producer (b. 1918)
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2003
Terry Frost, English painter and academic (b. 1915)
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2004
Ahmed Kuftaro, Syrian religious leader, Grand Mufti of Syria (b. 1915)
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2004
Alastair Morton, South African businessman (b. 1938)
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2005
R. L. Burnside, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1926)
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2006
György Faludy, Hungarian author and poet (b. 1910)
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2006
Warren Mitofsky, American journalist (b. 1934)
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2006
Bob O'Connor, American businessman and politician, 57th Mayor of Pittsburgh (b. 1944)
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2006
Kyffin Williams, Welsh painter and educator (b. 1918)
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2007
Roy McKenzie, New Zealand horse racer and philanthropist (b. 1922)
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2008
Thomas J. Bata, Czech-Canadian businessman (b. 1914)
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2008
Jerry Reed, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1937)
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2010
Wakanohana Kanji I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 45th Yokozuna (b. 1928)
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2012
Sean Bergin, South African saxophonist, flute player, and composer (b. 1948)
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2012
Hal David, American songwriter and composer (b. 1921)
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2012
Smarck Michel, Haitian businessman and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Haiti (b. 1937)
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2012
William Petzäll, Swedish politician (b. 1988)
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2012
Arnaldo Putzu, Italian illustrator (b. 1927)
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2013
Ignacio Eizaguirre, Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1920)
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2013
Gordon Steege, Australian soldier (b. 1917)
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2013
Margaret Mary Vojtko, American linguist and academic (b. 1930)
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2013
Ken Wallis, English commander and pilot (b. 1916)
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2014
Ahmed Abdi Godane, Somali militant leader (b. 1977)
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2014
Rogers McKee, American baseball player (b. 1926)
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2014
Joseph Shivers, American chemist and academic, developed spandex (b. 1920)
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2015
Gurgen Dalibaltayan, Armenian general (b. 1926)
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2015
Dean Jones, American actor and singer (b. 1931)
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2015
Richard G. Hewlett, American historian and author (b. 1923)
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2015
Ben Kuroki, American sergeant and pilot (b. 1917)