September 14 — On This Day
432 entries
Events
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AD 81
Domitian becomes Emperor of the Roman Empire upon the death of his brother Titus.
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629
Emperor Heraclius enters Constantinople in triumph after his victory over the Persian Empire.
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786
"Night of the three Caliphs": Harun al-Rashid becomes the Abbasid caliph upon the death of his brother al-Hadi. Birth of Harun's son al-Ma'mun.
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919
Battle of Islandbridge: High King Niall Glúndub is killed while leading an Irish coalition against the Vikings of Uí Ímair, led by King Sitric Cáech.
Battle of Islandbridge · Niall Glúndub · Vikings · Uí Ímair · Sitric Cáech
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1180
Battle of Ishibashiyama in Japan.
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1402
Battle of Homildon Hill results in an English victory over Scotland.
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1607
Flight of the Earls from Lough Swilly, Donegal, Ireland.
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1682
Bishop Gore School, one of the oldest schools in Wales, is founded.
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1723
Grand Master António Manoel de Vilhena lays down the first stone of Fort Manoel in Malta.
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1741
George Frideric Handel completes his oratorio Messiah.
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1752
The British Empire adopts the Gregorian calendar, skipping eleven days (the previous day was September 2).
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1763
Seneca warriors defeat British forces at the Battle of Devil's Hole during Pontiac's War.
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1791
The Papal States lose Avignon to Revolutionary France.
Papal States · Avignon · National Constituent Assembly (France)
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1808
Finnish War: Russians defeat the Swedes at the Battle of Oravais.
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1812
Napoleonic Wars: The French Grande Armée enters Moscow. The Fire of Moscow begins as soon as Russian troops leave the city.
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1814
Battle of Baltimore: The poem Defence of Fort McHenry is written by Francis Scott Key. The poem is later used as the lyrics of The Star-Spangled Banner.
Battle of Baltimore · Francis Scott Key · The Star-Spangled Banner
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1829
The Ottoman Empire signs the Treaty of Adrianople with Russia, thus ending the Russo-Turkish War.
Ottoman Empire · Treaty of Adrianople (1829) · Russo-Turkish War (1828-29)
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1846
Jang Bahadur and his brothers massacre about 40 members of the Nepalese palace court.
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1862
American Civil War: The Battle of South Mountain, part of the Maryland Campaign, is fought.
American Civil War · Battle of South Mountain · Maryland Campaign
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1901
U.S. President William McKinley dies after an assassination attempt on September 6, and is succeeded by Vice President Theodore Roosevelt.
William McKinley · Assassination of William McKinley · September 6 · Theodore Roosevelt
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1914
HMAS AE1, the Royal Australian Navy's first submarine, was lost at sea with all hands near East New Britain, Papua New Guinea.
HMAS AE1 · Royal Australian Navy · East New Britain · Papua New Guinea
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1917
Russia is officially proclaimed a republic.
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1936
Raoul Villain, who assassinated the French Socialist Jean Jaures, is himself killed by Spanish Republicans in Ibiza
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1939
World War II: The Estonian military boards the Polish submarine ORP Orzeł in Tallinn, sparking a diplomatic incident that the Soviet Union will later use to justify the annexation of Estonia.
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1940
Ip massacre: The Hungarian Army, supported by local Hungarians, kill 158 Romanian civilians in Ip, Sălaj, a village in Northern Transylvania, an act of ethnic cleansing.
Ip massacre · Hungarians in Romania · Romania · Ip, Sălaj · Northern Transylvania
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1943
World War II: The Wehrmacht starts a three-day retaliatory operation targeting several Greek villages in the region of Viannos, whose death toll would eventually exceed 500 persons.
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1944
World War II: Maastricht becomes the first Dutch city to be liberated by allied forces.
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1954
In a top secret nuclear test, a Soviet Tu-4 bomber drops a 40 kiloton atomic weapon just north of Totskoye village.
Totskoye nuclear exercise · Tupolev Tu-4 · Kiloton · Totskoye
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1958
The first two German post-war rockets, designed by the German engineer Ernst Mohr, reach the upper atmosphere.
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1959
The Soviet probe Luna 2 crashes onto the Moon, becoming the first man-made object to reach it.
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1960
The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is founded.
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1960
Congo Crisis: With CIA help, Mobutu Sese Seko seizes power in a military coup, suspending parliament and the constitution.
Congo Crisis · Central Intelligence Agency · Mobutu Sese Seko
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1969
The US Selective Service selects September 14 as the First Draft Lottery date.
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1975
The first American saint, Elizabeth Ann Seton, is canonized by Pope Paul VI.
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1979
Afghan President Nur Muhammad Taraki is assassinated upon the order of Hafizullah Amin, who becomes the new president.
President of Afghanistan · Nur Muhammad Taraki · Hafizullah Amin
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1982
President-elect of Lebanon Bachir Gemayel is assassinated.
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1984
Joe Kittinger becomes the first person to fly a gas balloon alone across the Atlantic Ocean.
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1985
Penang Bridge, the longest bridge in Malaysia, connecting the island of Penang to the mainland, opens to traffic.
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1992
The Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina declares the breakaway Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia to be illegal.
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1994
The Major League Baseball season is canceled because of a strike.
Major League Baseball · 1994-95 Major League Baseball strike
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1997
Eighty-one killed as five bogies of the Ahmedabad-Howrah Express plunge into a river in Bilaspur district of Madhya Pradesh, India.
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1998
Telecommunications companies MCI Communications and WorldCom complete their $37 billion merger to form MCI WorldCom.
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1999
Kiribati, Nauru and Tonga join the United Nations.
Kiribati · Nauru · Tonga · United Nations
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2000
Microsoft releases Windows ME.
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2001
Historic National Prayer Service held at Washington National Cathedral for victims of the September 11 attacks. A similar service is held in Canada on Parliament Hill, the largest vigil ever held in the nation's capital.
Washington National Cathedral · September 11, 2001 attacks · Parliament Hill
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2003
In a referendum, Estonia approves joining the European Union.
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2007
Financial crisis of 2007-2008: The Northern Rock bank experiences the first bank run in the United Kingdom in 150 years.
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2015
The first observation of gravitational waves was made, announced by the LIGO and Virgo collaborations on 11 February 2016.
First observation of gravitational waves · LIGO · Virgo interferometer
Famous Births
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208
Diadumenian, Roman emperor (d. 218)
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938
Sahib ibn Abbad, Persian scholar and statesman (d. 995)
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953
Guo Zongxun, Chinese emperor (d. 973)
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1032
Dao Zong, emperor of the Liao Dynasty (d. 1101)
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1246
John FitzAlan, 7th Earl of Arundel (d. 1272)
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1384
Ephraim of Nea Makri, Greek martyr and saint (d. 1426)
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1388
Claudius Clavus, Danish geographer and cartographer (d. 1438)
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1401
Maria of Castile, Queen of Aragon, Queen consort of Aragon and Naples (d. 1458)
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1485
Anna of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Landgravine of Hesse (d. 1525)
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1486
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, German theologian, astrologer, and alchemist (d. 1535)
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1543
Claudio Acquaviva, Italian priest, 5th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (d. 1615)
Claudio Acquaviva · Superior General of the Society of Jesus
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1547
Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, Dutch politician (d. 1619)
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1580
Francisco de Quevedo, Spanish poet and politician (d. 1645)
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1643
Jeremiah Dummer, American silversmith (d. 1718)
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1656
Thomas Baker, English historian and author (d. 1746)
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1713
Johann Kies, German astronomer and mathematician (d. 1781)
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1721
Eliphalet Dyer, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (d. 1807)
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1736
Robert Raikes, English philanthropist, founded Sunday school (d. 1811)
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1737
Michael Haydn, Austrian singer and composer (d. 1806)
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1769
Alexander von Humboldt, German geographer and explorer (d. 1859)
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1774
Lord William Bentinck, English general and politician, 14th Governor-General of India (d. 1839)
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1791
Franz Bopp, German linguist and academic (d. 1867)
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1804
John Gould, English ornithologist and illustrator (d. 1881)
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1804
Louis Désiré Maigret, French bishop (d. 1882)
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1837
Nikolai Bugaev, Georgian-Russian mathematician and philosopher (d. 1903)
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1847
Fanny Holland, English actress and singer (d. 1931)
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1850
Anton Mahnič, Slovenian bishop, philosopher, and theologian (d. 1920)
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1853
Ponnambalam Arunachalam, Sri Lankan civil servant and politician (d. 1924)
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1857
Julia Platt, American embryologist and politician (d. 1935)
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1860
Hamlin Garland, American novelist, poet, essayist, and short story writer (d. 1940)
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1864
Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, English lawyer and politician, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1958)
Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood · Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs · Nobel Peace Prize
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1867
Charles Dana Gibson, American illustrator (d. 1944)
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1868
Théodore Botrel, French singer-songwriter, poet, and playwright (d. 1925)
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1869
Kid Nichols, American baseball player and manager (d. 1953)
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1872
John Olof Dahlgren, Swedish-American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1963)
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1879
Margaret Sanger, American nurse and activist (d. 1966)
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1880
Benjamin, Russian bishop and missionary (d. 1961)
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1880
Archie Hahn, American sprinter, football player, and coach (d. 1955)
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1883
Richard Gerstl, Austrian painter and illustrator (d. 1908)
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1885
Vittorio Gui, Italian conductor, composer, and critic (d. 1975)
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1886
Jan Masaryk, Czech soldier and politician, Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 1948)
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1887
Paul Kochanski, Polish violinist and composer (d. 1934)
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1891
Ivan Matveyevich Vinogradov, Russian mathematician and academic (d. 1983)
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1892
Laurence W. Allen, English lieutenant and pilot (d. 1968)
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1896
José Mojica, Mexican tenor and actor (d. 1974)
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1898
Lawrence Gellert, Hungarian-American musicologist and song collector (d. 1979)
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1898
Ernest Nash, German-Italian photographer and scholar (d. 1974)
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1898
Hal B. Wallis, American film producer (d. 1986)
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1902
Giorgos Papasideris, Greek singer-songwriter (d. 1977)
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1902
Alice Tully, American soprano and philanthropist (d. 1993)
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1903
Mart Raud, Estonian poet and author (d. 1980)
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1904
Richard Mohaupt, German composer and Kapellmeister (d. 1957)
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1907
Yuri Ivask, Russian-American poet and critic (d. 1986)
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1909
Peter Scott, English ornithologist, painter, and sailor (d. 1989)
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1909
Stuff Smith, American violinist (d. 1967)
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1910
Lehman Engel, American composer and conductor (d. 1982)
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1910
Jack Hawkins, English actor and producer (d. 1973)
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1910
Yiannis Latsis, Greek businessman (d. 2003)
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1910
Rolf Liebermann, Swiss-French composer and manager (d. 1999)
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1911
William H. Armstrong, American author and educator (d. 1999)
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1913
Jacobo Árbenz, Guatemalan captain and politician, President of Guatemala (d. 1971)
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1913
Rubby Sherr, American physicist and academic (d. 2013)
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1914
Mae Boren Axton, American composer and educator (d. 1997)
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1914
Clayton Moore, American actor (d. 1999)
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1915
John Dobson, Chinese-American astronomer and author, designed the Dobsonian telescope (d. 2014)
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1916
Eric Bentley, English-American singer, playwright, and critic
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1916
John Heyer, Australian director and producer (d. 2001)
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1917
Rudolf Baumgartner, Swiss violinist and conductor (d. 2002)
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1918
Georges Berger, Belgian race car driver (d. 1967)
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1918
Cachao López, Cuban-American bassist and composer (d. 2008)
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1919
Deryck Cooke, English musicologist and broadcaster (d. 1976)
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1919
Gil Langley, Australian cricketer, footballer, and politician (d. 2001)
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1919
Olga Lowe, South African-English actress (d. 2013)
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1919
Kay Medford, American actress (d. 1980)
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1920
Mario Benedetti, Uruguayan journalist and author (d. 2009)
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1920
Lawrence Klein, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013)
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1920
Alberto Calderón, Argentinian-American mathematician and academic (d. 1998)
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1921
Constance Baker Motley, American lawyer, judge, and politician (d. 2005)
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1921
A. Jean de Grandpré, Canadian lawyer, businessman, and academic
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1921
Paul Poberezny, American pilot and businessman, founded the Experimental Aircraft Association (d. 2013)
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1921
Dario Vittori, Italian-Argentinian actor and producer (d. 2001)
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1922
Michel Auclair, German-French actor (d. 1988)
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1922
Frances Bergen, American model and actress (d. 2006)
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1922
Alfred Käärmann, Estonian soldier and author (d. 2010)
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1923
Nicholas Georgiadis, Greek painter and costume designer (d. 2001)
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1924
Patricia Barringer, American baseball player and accountant (d. 2007)
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1924
Jerry Coleman, American baseball player and manager (d. 2014)
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1924
Abioseh Nicol, Sierra Leonean-English physician, academic, and diplomat (d. 1994)
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1924
Wim Polak, Dutch journalist and politician, Mayor of Amsterdam (d. 1999)
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1926
Michel Butor, French author and critic (d. 2016)
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1926
Richard Ellsasser, American organist, composer, and conductor (d. 1972)
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1927
Martin Caidin, American author and screenwriter (d. 1997)
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1927
Janet Davies, English actress (d. 1986)
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1927
Gardner Dickinson, American golfer (d. 1998)
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1927
Jim Fanning, American-Canadian baseball player and manager (d. 2015)
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1927
Edmund Szoka, American cardinal (d. 2014)
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1928
Jay Cameron, American reed player and saxophonist (d. 2001)
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1928
Alberto Korda, Cuban photographer (d. 2001)
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1928
Angus Ogilvy, English businessman (d. 2004)
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1929
Larry Collins, American-French journalist, historian, and author (d. 2005)
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1930
Allan Bloom, American philosopher and academic (d. 1992)
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1930
Romola Costantino, Australian pianist and critic (d. 1988)
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1930
Eugene I. Gordon, American physicist and engineer (d. 2014)
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1932
Harry Sinden, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager
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1932
John Tembo, Malawian politician
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1933
Zoe Caldwell, Australian actress
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1933
Harve Presnell, American actor and singer (d. 2009)
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1934
Sarah Kofman, French philosopher and academic (d. 1994)
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1934
Paul Little, New Zealand rugby player (d. 1993)
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1934
Kate Millett, American author and activist (d. 2017)
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1934
Don Walser, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2006)
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1935
Fujio Akatsuka, Japanese illustrator (d. 2008)
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1936
Harry Danielsen, Norwegian educator and politician (d. 2011)
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1936
Terence Donovan, English photographer and director (d. 1996)
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1936
Walter Koenig, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
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1936
Ferid Murad, American physician and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate
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1936
Lucas Samaras, Greek-American painter and photographer
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1937
Renzo Piano, Italian architect and engineer, designed The Shard and The New York Times Building
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1938
Franco Califano, Libya-born Italian singer-songwriter (d. 2013)
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1938
Nicol Williamson, Scottish actor (d. 2011)
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1939
DeWitt Weaver, American golfer
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1940
Ventseslav Konstantinov, Bulgarian writer and translator
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1940
Larry Brown, American basketball player and coach
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1941
Bruce Hyde, American actor and academic (d. 2015)
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1941
Ian Kennedy, English lawyer and academic
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1941
Joan Trumpauer Mulholland, American civil rights activist
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1941
Alberto Naranjo, Venezuelan drummer, composer, and bandleader
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1941
Alex St. Clair, American guitarist and songwriter (d. 2006)
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1942
Oliver Lake, American saxophonist, flute player, and composer
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1942
Roger Lyons, English trade union leader
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1942
Bernard MacLaverty, Irish author, playwright, and screenwriter
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1943
Irwin Goodman, Finnish singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1991)
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1943
Marcos Valle, Brazilian singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
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1944
Joey Heatherton, American actress, singer, and dancer
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1944
Günter Netzer, German footballer and manager
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1945
Martin Tyler, English sportscaster
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1946
Pete Agnew, Scottish rock bassist and singer (Nazareth)
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1946
Jim Angle, American soldier and journalist
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1946
Wolfgang Sühnholz, German-American soccer player and coach
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1947
Jon Bauman, American singer
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1947
Sam Neill, Northern Irish-New Zealand actor and director
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1948
Marc Reisner, American environmentalist and author (d. 2000)
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1949
Steve Gaines, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1977)
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1949
Ed King, American guitarist and songwriter (Strawberry Alarm Clock, Lynyrd Skynyrd)
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1949
Tommy Seebach, Danish singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (d. 2003)
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1949
Fred "Sonic" Smith, American guitarist and songwriter (d. 1994)
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1949
Eikichi Yazawa, Japanese singer-songwriter
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1950
Paul Kossoff, English guitarist and songwriter (d. 1976)
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1950
Masami Kuwashima, Japanese race car driver
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1950
Mike Nifong, American lawyer and politician
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1950
John Steptoe, American author and illustrator (d. 1989)
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1953
Tom Cora, American cellist and composer (d. 1998)
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1953
Judy Playfair, Australian swimmer
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1954
Barry Cowsill, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (d. 2005)
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1954
David Wojnarowicz, American painter and photographer (d. 1992)
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1955
Steve Berlin, American saxophonist, keyboard player, and producer
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1955
Geraldine Brooks, Australian-American novelist and journalist
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1955
William Jackson, Scottish harp player and composer
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1955
Edu Manzano, American-Filipino actor and politician
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1956
Paul Allott, English cricketer and sportscaster
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1956
Kostas Karamanlis, Greek lawyer and politician, 181st Prime Minister of Greece
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1956
Nathalie Roussel, French actress
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1956
Ray Wilkins, English footballer and manager
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1956
Lefteris Zagoritis, Greek lawyer and politician
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1957
Tim Wallach, American baseball player and coach
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1957
Kepler Wessels, South African cricketer, coach, and sportscaster
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1958
Paul Clark, English footballer and manager
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1958
Jeff Crowe, New Zealand cricketer, referee, and manager
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1958
Arlindo Cruz, Brazilian singer-songwriter
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1958
Beth Nielsen Chapman, American singer-songwriter
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1959
John Berry, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1959
Morten Harket, Norwegian singer-songwriter
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1960
Ronald Lengkeek, Dutch footballer
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1960
Melissa Leo, American actress
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1960
Callum Keith Rennie, English-Canadian actor and producer
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1961
Freeman Mbowe, Tanzanian politician
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1961
Wendy Thomas, American businesswoman
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1962
Robert Herjavec, Croatian-Canadian businessman
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1962
Tom Kurvers, American ice hockey player and sportscaster
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1962
Bonnie Jo Campbell, American novelist and short story writer
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1963
Robin Singh, Trinidadian-Indian cricketer and coach
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1964
Faith Ford, American actress
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1965
Emily Bell, English journalist and academic
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1965
Dmitry Medvedev, Russian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Russia
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1965
Kevin O'Hare, English ballet dancer and director
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1966
Aamer Sohail, Pakistani cricketer and politician
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1967
Jens Lien, Norwegian director, producer, and screenwriter
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1967
John Power, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1968
Grant Shapps, English politician
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1968
Michelle Stafford, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
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1969
Denis Betts, English rugby league player and coach
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1969
Konstandinos Koukodimos, Australian-Greek long jumper and politician
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1970
Francesco Casagrande, Italian cyclist
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1970
Ben Garant, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
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1970
Satoshi Kojima, Japanese wrestler
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1970
Jason Martin, Australian rugby league player, singer, and guitarist
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1970
Craig Montoya, American singer-songwriter and bass player
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1970
Mark Webber, English guitarist
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1971
Jeff Loomis, American guitarist and songwriter
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1971
Andre Matos, Brazilian singer-songwriter and pianist
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1971
Christopher McCulloch, American voice actor, producer, and screenwriter
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1971
Kimberly Williams-Paisley, American actress, director, and producer
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1972
Notah Begay III, American golfer
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1972
David Bell, American baseball player and coach
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1973
Tony Bui, Vietnamese director, producer, and screenwriter
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1973
Terrell Fletcher, American football player
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1973
Andrew Lincoln, English actor
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1973
Nas, American rapper
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1973
Linvoy Primus, English footballer
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1973
Mike Ward, Canadian comedian and actor
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1974
Chad Bradford, American baseball player
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1974
Hicham El Guerrouj, Moroccan runner
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1974
Mattias Marklund, Swedish guitarist
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1974
Helgi Sigurðsson, Icelandic footballer
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1974
Patrick van Balkom, Dutch sprinter
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1976
Agustín Calleri, Argentinian tennis player
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1977
Mattias Agabus, Estonian architect
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1977
Malik Bendjelloul, Swedish director and producer (d. 2014)
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1977
Miyu Matsuki, Japanese voice actress and singer (d. 2015)
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1978
Ben Cohen, English rugby union player
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1978
Carmen Kass, Estonian model and actress
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1978
Danielle Peck, American singer-songwriter
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1979
Ivica Olić, Croatian footballer
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1979
Stefan Stam, Dutch footballer
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1980
Ayọ, German singer-songwriter and actress
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1980
Gareth Maybin, Northern Irish professional golfer
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1981
Miyavi, Japanese singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
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1981
Katie Lee, American chef, author, and critic
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1981
Stefan Reisinger, German footballer
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1981
Yumi Adachi, Japanese actress and singer
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1982
SoShy, French-American singer-songwriter
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1982
Petr Průcha, Czech ice hockey player
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1983
Arash Borhani, Iranian footballer
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1983
Josh Outman, American baseball player
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1983
Frostee Rucker, American football player
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1983
Amy Winehouse, English singer-songwriter (d. 2011)
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1985
Paolo Gregoletto, American bass player and songwriter
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1985
Trevis Smith, American football player
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1985
Aya Ueto, Japanese actress and singer
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1985
Delmon Young, American baseball player
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1986
Jonathan Monaghan, American director, producer, and screenwriter
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1986
Steven Naismith, Scottish footballer
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1986
Barış Özbek, German-Turkish footballer
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1986
Alan Sheehan, Irish footballer
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1986
Ai Takahashi, Japanese singer and actress
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1987
Michael Crabtree, American football player
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1987
Tinchy Stryder, Ghanaian-English rapper and producer
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1988
Martin Fourcade, French biathlete
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1988
Diogo Salomão, Portuguese footballer
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1989
Jessica Brown Findlay, English actress
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1989
Logan Henderson, American singer-songwriter
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1989
Jesse James, American actor
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1989
Lee Jong-suk, South Korean actor and model
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1990
Douglas Costa, Brazilian footballer
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1990
Petar Filipović, German-born Croatian footballer
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1990
Belinda Hocking, Australian backstroke swimmer
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1990
Cecilie Pedersen, Norwegian footballer
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1991
Dee Milliner, American football player
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1991
Nana, South Korean singer, actress and model
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1992
Connor Fields, American cyclist
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1992
Zico, South Korean rapper
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1994
Brahim Darri, Dutch footballer
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1994
Daniel O'Shaughnessy, Finnish professional football central defender
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1994
Krasimir Stanoev, Bulgarian footballer
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1995
Deshaun Watson, American football player
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1996
Hugh Bernard, English cricketer
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1996
Myles Wright, English professional footballer
Famous Deaths
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AD 23
Drusus Julius Caesar, Roman son of Tiberius (b. 13 BC)
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258
Cyprian, African bishop and saint (b. 200)
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407
John Chrysostom, Byzantine archbishop and saint (b. 347)
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585
Bidatsu, emperor of Japan (b. 538)
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619
Gongdi, emperor of the Sui Dynasty (b. 605)
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775
Constantine V, Byzantine emperor (b. 718)
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786
Al-Hadi, Abbasid caliph (b. 764)
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820
Li Yong, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty
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891
Stephen V, pope of the Catholic Church
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919
Niall Glúndub, High King of Ireland
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927
Cele Dabhaill mac Scannal, Irish abbot
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949
Fujiwara no Tadahira, Japanese statesman (b. 880)
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1146
Imad ad-Din Zengi, Syrian ruler (b. 1087)
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1164
Emperor Sutoku of Japan (b. 1119)
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1214
Albert Avogadro, Italian lawyer, patriarch, and saint (b. 1149)
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1321
Dante Alighieri, Italian writer (b. 1265)
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1404
Albert IV, duke of Austria (b. 1377)
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1435
John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford, English politician, Lord High Admiral (b. 1389)
John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford · List of Lords High Admiral
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1487
Mara Branković, Serbian princess (b. 1416)
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1523
Pope Adrian VI (b. 1459)
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1538
Henry III of Nassau-Breda (b. 1483)
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1605
Jan Tarnowski, Polish archbishop (b. 1550)
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1613
Thomas Overbury, English poet
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1638
John Harvard, English-American minister and philanthropist (b. 1607)
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1646
Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire (b. 1591)
Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex · Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire
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1712
Giovanni Domenico Cassini, Italian-French mathematician, astronomer, and engineer (b. 1625)
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1715
Dom Pérignon, French monk and priest (b. 1638)
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1743
Nicolas Lancret, French painter (b. 1690)
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1749
Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham, English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire (b. 1675)
Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham · Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire
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1759
Louis-Joseph de Montcalm, French general (b. 1712)
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1807
George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend, English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1724)
George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend · Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
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1821
Heinrich Kuhl, German naturalist and zoologist (b. 1797)
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1836
Aaron Burr, American colonel and politician, 3rd Vice President of the United States (b. 1756)
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1851
James Fenimore Cooper, American novelist, short story writer, and historian (b. 1789)
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1852
Augustus Pugin, English architect and critic, designed Scarisbrick Hall (b. 1812)
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1852
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Irish-English field marshal and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1769)
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington · Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
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1862
Charles Pearson, English lawyer and politician (b. 1793)
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1862
Charles Lennox Richardson, English-Chinese merchant (b. 1834)
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1879
Bernhard von Cotta, German geologist and author (b. 1808)
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1891
Johannes Bosboom, Dutch painter (b. 1817)
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1898
William Seward Burroughs I, American businessman, founded the Burroughs Corporation (b. 1857)
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1901
William McKinley, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 25th President of the United States (b. 1843)
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1905
Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, Italian-French explorer (b. 1852)
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1916
José Echegaray, Spanish engineer, mathematician, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1832)
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1927
Isadora Duncan, American-Russian dancer and choreographer (b. 1877)
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1931
Tom Roberts, English-Australian painter and educator (b. 1856)
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1936
Ossip Gabrilowitsch, Russian-American pianist and conductor (b. 1878)
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1936
Irving Thalberg, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1899)
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1937
Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, Czech sociologist and politician, 1st President of Czechoslovakia (b. 1850)
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1942
E. S. Gosney, American eugenicist and philanthropist, founded Human Betterment Foundation (b. 1855)
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1951
Fritz Busch, German conductor and director (b. 1890)
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1952
John McPhee, Australian businessman and politician, 27th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1874)
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1959
Wayne Morris, American actor, singer, and producer (b. 1914)
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1960
M. Karagatsis, Greek author, playwright, and critic (b. 1908)
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1961
Ernst Gustav Kühnert, Estonian-German architect and historian (b. 1885)
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1962
Frederick Schule, American hurdler, football player, and coach (b. 1879)
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1965
J. W. Hearne, English cricketer (b. 1891)
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1966
Gertrude Berg, American actress and screenwriter (b. 1899)
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1966
Hiram Wesley Evans, American Ku Klux Klan leader (b. 1881)
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1966
Cemal Gürsel, Turkish general and politician, 4th President of Turkey (b. 1895)
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1975
Walter Herbert, German-American conductor (b. 1902)
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1979
Nur Muhammad Taraki, Afghan journalist and politician, 3rd President of Afghanistan (b. 1917)
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1981
Furry Lewis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1899)
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1981
William Loeb III, American publisher (b. 1905)
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1982
Christian Ferras, French violinist (b. 1933)
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1982
John Gardner, American novelist, essayist, and critic (b. 1933)
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1982
Bachir Gemayel, Lebanese commander and politician (b. 1947)
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1982
Grace Kelly, American-Monacan actress; Princess of Monaco (b. 1929)
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1984
Janet Gaynor, American actress (b. 1906)
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1986
Gordon McLendon, American broadcaster, founded the Liberty Broadcasting System (b. 1921)
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1989
Pérez Prado, Cuban-Mexican singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1916)
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1991
Julie Bovasso, American actress and playwright (b. 1930)
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1991
Russell Lynes, American historian, photographer, and author (b. 1910)
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1992
August Komendant, Estonian-American engineer and academic (b. 1906)
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1992
Paul Joseph James Martin, Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1903)
Paul Joseph James Martin · Minister of Foreign Affairs (Canada)
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1994
Marika Krevata, Greek actress (b. 1910)
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1995
Maurice K. Goddard, American colonel and politician (b. 1912)
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1996
Rose Ouellette, Canadian actress and manager (b. 1903)
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1996
Juliet Prowse, Indian-South African actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1937)
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1998
Yang Shangkun, Chinese politician, and 4th President of China (b. 1907)
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1999
Charles Crichton, English director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1910)
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1999
Giannos Kranidiotis, Greek politician and diplomat (b. 1947)
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2000
Beah Richards, American actress (b. 1920)
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2000
Jerzy Giedroyc, Belarusian-Polish soldier and activist (b. 1906)
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2001
Stelios Kazantzidis, Greek singer and guitarist (b. 1931)
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2001
Dorothy McGuire, American actress (b. 1918)
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2002
LaWanda Page, American actress (b. 1920)
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2003
Jerry Fleck, American actor and director (b. 1947)
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2003
Garrett Hardin, American ecologist and author (b. 1915)
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2003
John Serry, Sr., American accordion player and composer (b. 1915)
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2005
William Berenberg, American physician and academic (b. 1915)
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2005
Vladimir Volkoff, French soldier and author (b. 1932)
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2005
Robert Wise, American director and producer (b. 1914)
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2006
Mickey Hargitay, Hungarian-American bodybuilder and actor (b. 1926)
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2006
Esme Melville, Australian actress (b. 1918)
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2007
Jacques Martin, French television host and producer (b. 1933)
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2007
Robert Savoie, Canadian opera singer (b. 1927)
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2008
Hyman Golden, American businessman, co-founded Snapple (b. 1923)
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2009
Keith Floyd, English chef and author (b. 1943)
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2009
Henry Gibson, American actor and (b. 1935)
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2009
Jody Powell, American diplomat, White House Press Secretary (b. 1943)
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2009
Patrick Swayze, American actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1952)
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2011
Malcolm Wallop, American politician (b. 1933)
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2012
Jacques Antoine, French game show producer, created The Crystal Maze and Fort Boyard (b. 1924)
Jacques Antoine · The Crystal Maze · Fort Boyard (TV series)
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2012
Eduardo Castro Luque, Mexican businessman and politician (b. 1963)
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2012
Winston Rekert, Canadian actor and director (b. 1949)
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2012
Kan Yuet-keung, Hong Kong banker, lawyer, and politician (b. 1913)
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2013
Maksym Bilyi, Ukrainian footballer (b. 1989)
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2013
Osama El-Baz, Egyptian soldier and diplomat (b. 1931)
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2013
Faith Leech, Australian swimmer (b. 1941)
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2014
Tony Auth, American illustrator (b. 1942)
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2014
Peter Gutteridge, New Zealand singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1961)
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2014
E. Jennifer Monaghan, English-American historian, author, and academic (b. 1933)
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2015
Davey Browne, Australian boxer (b. 1986)
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2015
Fred DeLuca, American businessman, co-founded Subway (b. 1947)
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2015
Martin Kearns, English drummer (b. 1977)
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2015
Corneliu Vadim Tudor, Romanian journalist and politician (b. 1949)