September 17 — On This Day
425 entries
Events
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456
Remistus, Roman general (magister militum), is besieged by a Gothic force at Ravenna and later executed in the Palace in Classis, outside the city.
Remistus · Magister militum · Siege · Goths · Ravenna
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1111
Highest Galician nobility led by Pedro Fróilaz de Traba and the bishop Diego Gelmírez crown Alfonso VII as "King of Galicia".
Pedro Fróilaz de Traba · Diego Gelmírez · Alfonso VII of León and Castile · Kingdom of Galicia
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1176
The Battle of Myriokephalon is the last attempt by the Byzantine Empire to recover Anatolia from the Seljuk Turks.
Battle of Myriokephalon · Byzantine Empire · Anatolia · Seljuk Turks
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1382
Louis the Great's daughter, Mary, is crowned "king" of Hungary.
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1462
A Polish army under Piotr Dunin decisively defeats the Teutonic Order at the Battle of Świecino.
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1577
The Treaty of Bergerac is signed between Henry III of France and the Huguenots.
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1620
The Ottoman Empire defeats the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth during the Battle of Cecora.
Ottoman Empire · Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth · Battle of Cecora (1620)
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1630
The city of Boston, Massachusetts is founded.
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1631
Sweden wins a major victory at the Battle of Breitenfeld against the Holy Roman Empire during the Thirty Years' War.
Battle of Breitenfeld (1631) · Holy Roman Empire · Thirty Years' War
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1658
The Battle of Vilanova is fought between Portugal and Spain during the Portuguese Restoration War.
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1683
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek writes a letter to the Royal Society describing "animalcules": the first known description of protozoa.
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek · Royal Society · Animalcule · Protozoa
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1775
American Revolutionary War: The Invasion of Canada begins with the Siege of Fort St. Jean.
American Revolutionary War · Invasion of Canada (1775) · Siege of Fort St. Jean
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1776
The Presidio of San Francisco is founded in New Spain.
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1778
The Treaty of Fort Pitt is signed. It is the first formal treaty between the United States and a Native American tribe (the Lenape or Delaware Indians).
Treaty of Fort Pitt · Native Americans in the United States · Lenape
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1787
The United States Constitution is signed in Philadelphia.
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1793
France's Army of the Eastern Pyrenees defeats a Spanish force at the Battle of Peyrestortes.
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1794
France completes its conquest of the Austrian Netherlands at the Battle of Sprimont.
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1809
Peace between Sweden and Russia in the Finnish War; the territory that will become Finland is ceded to Russia by the Treaty of Fredrikshamn.
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1849
American abolitionist Harriet Tubman escapes from slavery.
Abolitionism in the United States · Harriet Tubman · Slavery
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1859
Joshua A. Norton declares himself "Norton I, Emperor of the United States."
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1861
Argentine Civil Wars: The State of Buenos Aires defeats the Argentine Confederation at the Battle of Pavón.
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1862
American Civil War: George B. McClellan halts the northward drive of Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army in the single-day Battle of Antietam, the bloodiest day in American military history.
American Civil War · George B. McClellan · Robert E. Lee · Confederate Army · Battle of Antietam
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1862
American Civil War: The Allegheny Arsenal explosion results in the single largest civilian disaster during the war.
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1894
Battle of the Yalu River, the largest naval engagement of the First Sino-Japanese War.
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1900
Philippine-American War: Filipinos under Juan Cailles defeat Americans under Colonel Benjamin F. Cheatham Jr. at Mabitac.
Philippine-American War · Filipino people · Juan Cailles · Colonel (United States) · Battle of Mabitac
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1901
Second Boer War: A Boer column defeats a British force at the Battle of Blood River Poort.
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1901
Second Boer War: Boers capture a squadron of the 17th Lancers at the Battle of Elands River.
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1908
The Wright Flyer flown by Orville Wright, with Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge as passenger, crashes, killing Selfridge, who becomes the first airplane fatality.
Wright Model A · Orville Wright · Lieutenant · Thomas Selfridge
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1914
Andrew Fisher becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.
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1914
World War I: The Race to the Sea begins.
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1916
World War I: Manfred von Richthofen ("The Red Baron"), a flying ace of the German Luftstreitkräfte, wins his first aerial combat near Cambrai, France.
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1924
The Border Protection Corps is established in the Second Polish Republic for the defence of the eastern border against armed Soviet raids and local bandits.
Border Protection Corps · Second Polish Republic · Soviet Union
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1925
Frida Kahlo suffers near-fatal injuries in a bus accident in Mexico, causing her to abandon her medical studies and take up art
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1928
The Okeechobee hurricane strikes southeastern Florida, killing more than 2,500 people.
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1930
The Kurdish Ararat rebellion is suppressed by the Turks.
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1932
A speech by Laureano Gómez leads to the escalation of the Leticia Incident.
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1939
World War II: The Soviet Union joins Nazi Germany's invasion of Poland during the Polish Defensive War of 1939.
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1939
World War II: German submarine U-29 sinks the British aircraft carrier HMS Courageous.
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1940
World War II: Following Nazi Germany's defeat in the Battle of Britain, Hitler postpones Operation Sea Lion indefinitely.
Nazi Germany · Battle of Britain · Adolf Hitler · Operation Sea Lion
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1941
World War II: A decree of the Soviet State Committee of Defense, restoring Vsevobuch in the face of the Great Patriotic War, is issued.
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1941
World War II: Soviet forces enter Tehran marking the end of the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran.
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1944
World War II: Allied Airborne troops parachute into the Netherlands as the "Market" half of Operation Market Garden.
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1944
World War II: Soviet troops launch the Tallinn Offensive against Germany and pro independence Estonian units.
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1944
World War II: German forces are attacked by the Allies in the Battle of San Marino.
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1948
The Lehi (also known as the Stern gang) assassinates Count Folke Bernadotte, who was appointed by the United Nations to mediate between the Arab nations and Israel.
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1948
The Nizam of Hyderabad surrenders his sovereignty over the Hyderabad State and joins the Indian Union.
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1949
The Canadian steamship SS Noronic burns in Toronto Harbour with the loss of over 118 lives.
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1954
The novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding is first published.
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1961
The world's first retractable roof stadium, the Civic Arena, opens in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Retractable roof · Civic Arena (Pittsburgh) · Pittsburgh · Pennsylvania
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1965
The Battle of Chawinda is fought between Pakistan and India.
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1974
Bangladesh, Grenada and Guinea-Bissau join the United Nations.
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1976
The first Space Shuttle, Enterprise, is unveiled by NASA.
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1978
The Camp David Accords are signed by Israel and Egypt.
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1980
After weeks of strikes at the Lenin Shipyard in Gdańsk, Poland, the nationwide independent trade union Solidarity is established.
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1980
Former Nicaraguan President Anastasio Somoza Debayle is killed in Asunción, Paraguay.
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1983
Vanessa Williams becomes the first black Miss America.
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1991
Estonia, North Korea, South Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, the Marshall Islands and Micronesia join the United Nations.
Estonia · North Korea · South Korea · Latvia · Lithuania
- 1991
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1992
An Iranian Kurdish leader and his two joiners are assassinated by political militants in Berlin, Germany.
Iranian Kurdistan · Mykonos restaurant assassinations · Berlin
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2001
The New York Stock Exchange reopens for trading after the September 11 attacks, the longest closure since the Great Depression.
New York Stock Exchange · September 11 attacks · Great Depression
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2006
Fourpeaked Mountain in Alaska erupts, marking the first eruption for the long-dormant volcano in at least 10,000 years.
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2006
An audio tape of a private speech by Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány is leaked to the public, in which he confessed that his Hungarian Socialist Party had lied to win the 2006 election, sparking widespread protests across the country.
Őszöd speech · Ferenc Gyurcsány · Hungarian Socialist Party · Hungarian parliamentary election, 2006 · 2006 protests in Hungary
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2011
Occupy Wall Street movement begins in Zuccotti Park, New York City.
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2016
Two bombs explode in Seaside Park, New Jersey, and Manhattan, New York. 31 people are injured in the Manhattan bombing.
2016 New York and New Jersey bombings · Seaside Park, New Jersey · Manhattan
Famous Births
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879
Charles the Simple, Frankish king (d. 929)
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1192
Minamoto no Sanetomo, Japanese shogun (d. 1219)
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1433
James of Portugal, Portuguese cardinal (d. 1459)
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1479
Celio Calcagnini, Italian astronomer (d. 1541)
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1550
Pope Paul V (d. 1621)
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1565
Edward Fortunatus, German nobleman (d. 1600)
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1578
John Prideaux, Academic administrator and bishop (d. 1650)
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1605
Francesco Sacrati, Italian composer (d. 1650)
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1629
Sir John Perceval, 1st Baronet, Irish nobleman (d. 1665)
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1630
Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma (d. 1694)
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1639
Hans Herr, Swiss bishop (d. 1725)
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1674
Ernest Augustus, Duke of York and Albany (d. 1728)
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1677
Stephen Hales, English physiologist and chemist, invented Forceps (d. 1761)
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1687
Durastante Natalucci, Italian historian and scholar (d. 1772)
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1688
Maria Luisa of Savoy (d. 1714)
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1730
Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, Prussian-American general (d. 1794)
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1739
John Rutledge, American judge and politician, 2nd Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1800)
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1743
Marquis de Condorcet, French mathematician and political scientist (d. 1794)
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1771
Johann August Apel, German jurist and author (d. 1816)
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1773
Jonathan Alder, American captain and farmer (d. 1849)
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1783
Nadezhda Durova, Russian soldier (d. 1866)
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1797
Heinrich Kuhl, German naturalist and zoologist (d. 1821)
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1819
Marthinus Wessel Pretorius, South African general and politician, 1st President of the South African Republic (d. 1901)
Marthinus Wessel Pretorius · President of the South African Republic
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1820
Émile Augier, French playwright (d. 1889)
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1821
Arthur Saint-Léon, French playwright (d. 1870)
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1825
Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II, American jurist and politician, 16th United States Secretary of the Interior (d. 1893)
Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II · United States Secretary of the Interior
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1826
Bernhard Riemann, German-Italian mathematician and academic (d. 1866)
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1850
Guerra Junqueiro, Portuguese journalist, lawyer, and politician (d. 1923)
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1854
David Dunbar Buick, Scottish-American businessman, founded Buick Motor Company (d. 1929)
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1857
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Russian scientist and engineer (d. 1935)
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1859
Frank Dawson Adams, Canadian geologist and academic (d. 1942)
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1859
Billy the Kid, American gunman (d. 1881)
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1859
I. L. Patterson, American politician, 18th Governor of Oregon (d. 1929)
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1860
Mihkel Martna, Estonian journalist and politician (d. 1934)
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1864
Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky, Ukrainian writer (d. 1913)
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1864
James Tancred, English admiral (d. 1943)
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1865
William Murray McPherson, Australian politician, 31st Premier of Victoria (d. 1932)
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1867
Vera Yevstafievna Popova, Russian chemist (d. 1896)
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1868
James Alexander Calder, Canadian educator and politician, Canadian Minister of Militia and Defence (d. 1956)
James Alexander Calder · Minister of Militia and Defence (Canada)
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1869
Christian Lous Lange, Norwegian political scientist, historian, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1938)
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1874
Walter Murdoch, Australian author and academic (d. 1970)
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1878
Vincenzo Tommasini, Italian composer (d. 1950)
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1879
Rube Foster, American baseball player and manager (d. 1930)
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1879
Periyar E. V. Ramasamy, Indian businessman and politician (d. 1973)
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1881
Alfred Carpenter, English admiral, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1955)
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1883
William Carlos Williams, American poet, short story writer, and essayist (d. 1963)
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1884
Charles Griffes, American pianist and composer (d. 1920)
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1886
Anton Irv, Estonian captain (d. 1919)
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1897
Earl Webb, American baseball player and coach (d. 1965)
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1900
Hughie Critz, American baseball player (d. 1980)
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1900
Lena Frances Edwards, African-American physician, awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom (d. 1986)
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1900
J. Willard Marriott, American businessman, founded the Marriott Corporation (d. 1985)
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1900
Martha Ostenso, Canadian screenwriter and novelist (d. 1963)
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1900
Hedwig Ross, New Zealand-born educator and political activist, founding member of the Communist Party of New Zealand (d. 1971)
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1901
Francis Chichester, English pilot and sailor (d. 1972)
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1902
Bea Miles, Australian author (d. 1973)
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1903
Karel Miljon, Dutch boxer (d. 1984)
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1903
Frank O'Connor, Irish short story writer, novelist, and poet (d. 1966)
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1903
Minanogawa Tōzō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 34th Yokozuna (d. 1971)
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1906
J. R. Jayewardene, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 2nd President of Sri Lanka (d. 1996)
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1906
Edgar Wayburn, American physician and environmentalist (d. 2010)
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1907
Warren E. Burger, American lawyer and judge, 15th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1995)
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1908
John Creasey, English author and politician (d. 1973)
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1908
Rafael Israelyan, Armenian architect and educator, designed the Sardarapat Memorial and St. Vartan Cathedral (d. 1973)
Rafael Israelyan · Sardarapat Memorial · St. Vartan Cathedral
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1909
Elizabeth Enright, American author and illustrator (d. 1968)
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1912
Irena Kwiatkowska, Polish actress (d. 2011)
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1912
Maksim Tank, Belarusian poet, journalist, and translator (d. 1995)
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1914
Thomas J. Bata, Czech-Canadian businessman (d. 2008)
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1914
William Grut, Swedish pentathlete (d. 2012)
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1914
Shin Kanemaru, Japanese politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1996)
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1915
M. F. Husain, Indian painter and director (d. 2011)
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1916
Mary Stewart, English-Scottish author and poet (d. 2014)
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1917
Ib Melchior, Danish-American author and screenwriter (d. 2015)
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1917
Isang Yun, South Korean-German composer and educator (d. 1995)
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1918
Lea Gottlieb, Hungarian-Israeli fashion designer, founded the Gottex Company (d. 2012)
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1918
Chaim Herzog, Irish-born Israeli general and politician, 6th President of Israel (d. 1997)
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1920
Dinah Sheridan, English actress (d. 2012)
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1922
Agostinho Neto, Angolan poet and politician, 1st President of Angola (d. 1979)
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1923
Ralph Sharon, English-American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 2015)
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1923
Hank Williams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1953)
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1925
Dorothy Loudon, American actress and singer (d. 2003)
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1926
Bill Black, American bass player and bandleader (d. 1965)
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1926
Curtis Harrington, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2007)
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1926
Hovie Lister, American minister and pianist (d. 2001)
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1926
Jean-Marie Lustiger, French cardinal (d. 2007)
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1926
Jack McDuff, American singer and organist (d. 2001)
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1927
George Blanda, American football player (d. 2010)
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1928
Park Honan, American author and academic (d. 2014)
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1928
Roddy McDowall, English-American actor (d. 1998)
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1929
Sil Austin, American saxophonist (d. 2001)
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1929
David Craig, Baron Craig of Radley, Northern Irish air marshal and politician
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1929
Stirling Moss, English race car driver and sportscaster
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1930
David Huddleston, American actor (d. 2016)
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1930
Lalgudi Jayaraman, Indian violinist and composer (d. 2013)
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1930
Theo Loevendie, Dutch clarinet player and composer
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1930
Edgar Mitchell, American captain, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2016)
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1930
Jim Rohn, American philosopher and author (d. 2009)
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1930
Thomas P. Stafford, American general, pilot, and astronaut
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1931
Anne Bancroft, American actress (d. 2005)
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1931
Jean-Claude Carrière, French actor and screenwriter
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1932
Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani, emir of Qatar (d. 2016)
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1932
Robert B. Parker, American author and academic (d. 2010)
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1932
Indarjit Singh, Indian-English journalist
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1932
Samuel Ogbemudia, Nigerian army officer and politician (d. 2017)
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1933
Bulldog Brower, American wrestler (d. 1997)
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1933
Chuck Grassley, American lawyer and politician
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1933
Claude Provost, Canadian-American ice hockey player (d. 1984)
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1934
Maureen Connolly, American tennis player (d. 1969)
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1935
Ken Kesey, American novelist, essayist, and poet (d. 2001)
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1936
Gerald Guralnik, American physicist and academic (d. 2014)
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1936
Michael Hennagin, American composer and educator (d. 1993)
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1937
Nigel Boocock, English-Australian motorcycle racer (d. 2015)
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1937
Orlando Cepeda, Puerto Rican-American baseball player
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1937
Sitakant Mahapatra, Indian poet and literary critic
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1938
Paul Benedict, American actor (d. 2008)
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1938
Perry Robinson, American clarinet player and composer
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1938
Bobby Wine, American baseball player and coach
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1939
Carl Dennis, American poet and educator
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1939
Shelby Flint, American singer-songwriter and voice actress
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1939
David Souter, American lawyer and jurist
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1940
Jan Eliasson, Swedish politician and diplomat, 4th Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations
Jan Eliasson · Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations
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1940
Peter Lever, English cricketer
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1940
Gilberto Parlotti, Italian motorcycle racer (d. 1972)
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1941
Bob Matsui, American lawyer and politician (d. 2005)
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1942
Robert Graysmith, American author and illustrator
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1942
Des Lynam, Irish-English journalist and author
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1942
Lupe Ontiveros, American actress (d. 2012)
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1944
Les Emmerson, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1944
Reinhold Messner, Italian mountaineer and explorer
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1944
Jean Taylor, American mathematician and academic
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1945
David Emerson, Canadian economist and politician, 8th Minister of Foreign Affairs for Canada
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1945
Phil Jackson, American basketball player and coach
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1945
Bhakti Charu Swami, Indian religious leader
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1946
Billy Bonds, English footballer and manager
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1946
Heimar Lenk, Estonian journalist and politician
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1947
Tessa Jowell, English social worker and politician, Minister for the Cabinet Office
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1947
Enrique Krauze, Mexican historian, critic, and publisher
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1947
Gail Carson Levine, American author
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1947
Jeff MacNelly, American cartoonist (d. 2000)
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1948
Raphy Leavitt, Puerto Rican-American accordion player and composer (d. 2015)
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1948
Kemal Monteno, Bosnian singer-songwriter (d. 2015)
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1948
John Ritter, American actor and producer (d. 2003)
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1949
Ron Stevens, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 2014)
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1950
Narendra Modi, Chief Minister of Gujarat, India (2001-14) and politician, 15th Prime Minister of India
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1950
Fee Waybill, American singer-songwriter and producer
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1951
Russell Brown, Scottish politician
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1951
Piet Kleine, Dutch speed skater and coach
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1951
Cassandra Peterson, American actress, television host, and producer
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1952
Harold Solomon, American tennis player and coach
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1953
Luís Amado, Portuguese politician, former minister of Minister of Foreign Affairs
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1953
Tamasin Day-Lewis, English chef and author
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1953
Altaf Hussain, Pakistani-English soldier and politician
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1953
Rita Rudner, American actress, comedian, and screenwriter
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1954
Joël-François Durand, French pianist and composer
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1954
Bill Irwin, American wrestler
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1955
Brendan O'Carroll, Irish actor, director, and screenwriter
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1955
Scott Simpson, American golfer
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1955
Charles Martinet, American actor
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1956
Almazbek Atambayev, Kyrgyz politician, 4th President of Kyrgyzstan
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1956
Thad Bosley, American baseball player and coach
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1956
Mandawuy Yunupingu, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2013)
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1957
David Bintley, English ballet dancer and director
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1957
Steve Bryles, American businessman and politician (d. 2012)
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1958
Janez Janša, Slovenian politician, 5th Prime Minister of Slovenia
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1958
Tom Waddell, Scottish-American baseball player
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1960
John Bottomley, Canadian singer-songwriter (d. 2011)
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1960
John Franco, American baseball player
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1960
Damon Hill, English race car driver and guitarist
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1960
Alan Krueger, American economist and academic
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1961
Jim Cornette, American wrestling manager and sportscaster
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1961
Giorgos Koumoutsakos, Greek politician
- 1961
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1962
Baz Luhrmann, Australian director, producer, and screenwriter
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1962
Dustin Nguyen, Vietnamese-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
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1962
Hesham Qandil, Egyptian engineer and politician, 51st Prime Minister of Egypt
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1962
Wayne Riley, Australian golfer
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1962
BeBe Winans, American singer-songwriter and producer
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1963
Masahiro Chono, American-Japanese wrestler and manager
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1963
James Urbaniak, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
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1965
Kyle Chandler, American actor
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1965
Yuji Naka, Japanese video game designer, created Sonic the Hedgehog
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1965
Guy Picciotto, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
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1965
Bryan Singer, American director, producer, and screenwriter
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1966
Doug E. Fresh, American rapper and producer
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1967
Michael Carbajal, American boxer
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1968
Cheryl Strayed, American author
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1968
Tito Vilanova, Spanish footballer and manager (d. 2014)
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1969
Adam Devlin, English guitarist and songwriter
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1969
Ken Doherty, Irish snooker player
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1969
Keith Flint, English singer-songwriter
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1969
Greg King, New Zealand lawyer and television host (d. 2012)
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1969
Tarvo Seeman, Estonian chess player
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1969
Paul Varelans, American MMA fighter and wrestler
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1970
Mark Brunell, American football player and coach
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1971
Nate Berkus, American interior designer and television host
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1971
Mike Catt, South African-English rugby player and coach
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1971
Andy Edwards, English footballer
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1971
Steve Kerrigan, American businessman and politician
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1971
Mauro Milanese, Italian footballer and manager
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1972
Bobby Lee, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter
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1973
Diego Albanese, Argentine rugby player
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1973
Demis Nikolaidis, Greek footballer
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1974
Tormod Granheim, Norwegian skier and explorer
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1974
Mirah, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1974
Craig Spence, Australian golfer
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1974
Rasheed Wallace, American basketball player and coach
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1975
Wilko de Vogt, Dutch footballer
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1975
Jade Esteban Estrada, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
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1975
Jimmie Johnson, American race car driver
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1975
Pumpkinhead, American rapper (d. 2015)
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1977
Sam Esmail, American screenwriter
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1977
Simone Perrotta, Italian footballer
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1978
Sheeri Cabral, American computer scientist and blogger
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1978
Shawn Horcoff, Canadian ice hockey player
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1979
Steffen Algreen, Danish footballer
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1979
Akin Ayodele, American football player
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1979
Flo Rida, American rapper
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1980
Dan Haren, American baseball player
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1980
Shabana Mahmood, English lawyer and politician, Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury
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1980
Oliver Risser, Namibian footballer
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1981
Casey Janssen, American baseball player
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1981
Bakari Koné, Ivorian footballer
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1981
Francis Manioru, Solomon sprinter
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1982
Hope Larson, American illustrator
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1982
Garth Murray, Canadian ice hockey player
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1984
Domenico Citro, Italian footballer
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1984
Mary DeScenza, American swimmer
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1984
John Kucera, Canadian skier
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1984
Patrick van Luijk, Dutch sprinter
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1984
Eugenia Volodina, Russian model
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1985
Tomáš Berdych, Czech tennis player
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1985
Brendan Clarke, Irish footballer
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1985
José Gonçalves, Portuguese footballer
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1985
Brendan Oake, Australian rugby league player
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1985
Alexander Ovechkin, Russian ice hockey player
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1985
Mason Raymond, Canadian ice hockey player
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1985
Jon Walker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1986
Ravichandran Ashwin, Indian cricketer
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1986
Paolo De Ceglie, Italian footballer
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1986
Yussef Suleiman, Syrian footballer (d. 2013)
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1987
Paul Huntington, English footballer
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1989
Kate Deines, American soccer player
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1990
Sean Scannell, English footballer
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1990
Pixie Geldof, English model and singer
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1991
Ryo Ishikawa, Japanese golfer
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1991
Justyna Jegiołka, Polish tennis player
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1991
Cameron King, Australian rugby league player
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1991
Sanne Wevers, Dutch gymnast
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1993
Sofiane Boufal, Moroccan footballer
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1996
Ella Purnell, British actress
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1997
Auston Matthews, American ice hockey player
Famous Deaths
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456
Remistus, Roman general
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936
Unni, archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen
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958
Li Jingsui, Chinese prince (b. 920)
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1025
Hugh Magnus, co-king of France (b. 1007)
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1148
Conan III, duke of Brittany (b. 1070)
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1179
Hildegard of Bingen, German mystic, composer, and saint (b. 1098)
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1322
Robert III, Count of Flanders (b. 1249)
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1415
Michael de la Pole, 2nd Earl of Suffolk (b. 1367)
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1422
Constantine II of Bulgaria (b. 1370)
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1482
William III, Duke of Luxembourg (b. 1430)
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1563
Henry Manners, 2nd Earl of Rutland, English soldier (b. 1526)
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1574
Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, Spanish admiral and explorer, founded St. Augustine, Florida (b. 1519)
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1575
Heinrich Bullinger, Swiss theologian and reformer (b. 1504)
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1609
Judah Loew ben Bezalel, Bohemian rabbi, mystic and philosopher (b. 1520)
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1621
Robert Bellarmine, Italian cardinal and saint (b. 1542)
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1626
Johann Schweikhard von Kronberg, German cleric and politician, Archbishop-Elector of Mainz (b. 1553)
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1630
Thomas Lake, English politician, English Secretary of State (b. 1567)
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1665
Philip IV, king of Spain (b. 1605)
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1676
Sabbatai Zevi, Turkish rabbi and scholar (b. 1626)
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1679
John of Austria the Younger, Spanish general and politician, Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands (b. 1629)
John of Austria the Younger · List of governors of the Habsburg Netherlands
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1762
Francesco Geminiani, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1687)
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1771
Tobias Smollett, Scottish-Italian author and poet (b. 1721)
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1803
Franz Xaver Süssmayr, Austrian composer and director (b. 1766)
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1808
Benjamin Bourne, American judge and politician (b. 1755)
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1817
Jacques Bernard d'Anselme, French general (b. 1740)
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1836
Antoine Laurent de Jussieu, French botanist and author (b. 1748)
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1858
Dred Scott, American slave (b. 1795)
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1863
Charles Robert Cockerell, English archaeologist and architect (b. 1788)
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1863
Alfred de Vigny, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1797)
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1864
Walter Savage Landor, English author and poet (b. 1775)
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1868
Roman Nose, Native American warrior (b. circa 1823)
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1877
Henry Fox Talbot, English photographer, developed the Calotype Process (b. 1800)
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1878
Orélie-Antoine de Tounens, French lawyer and adventurer (b. 1825)
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1879
Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, French architect and theorist (b. 1814)
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1894
Deng Shichang, Chinese captain (b. 1849)
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1899
Charles Alfred Pillsbury, American businessman, co-founded the Pillsbury Company (b. 1842)
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1907
Ignaz Brüll, Czech-Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1846)
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1908
Henri Julien, Canadian cartoonist (b. 1852)
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1908
Thomas Selfridge, American lieutenant and pilot (b. 1882)
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1909
Thomas Bent, Australian businessman and politician, 22nd Premier of Victoria (b. 1838)
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1911
Edmonia Lewis, American sculptor (b. 1844)
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1923
Stefanos Dragoumis, Greek judge and politician, 92nd Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1842)
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1925
Carl Eytel, German-American painter and illustrator (b. 1862)
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1933
Joseph De Piro, Maltese priest and missionary (b. 1877)
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1936
Ettie Annie Rout, New Zealand author and activist (b. 1877)
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1937
Walter Dubislav, German logician and philosopher of science, Vienna circle member (b. 1895)
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1938
Bruno Jasieński, Polish poet and author (b. 1901)
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1943
Friedrich Zickwolff, German general (b. 1893)
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1948
Ruth Benedict, American anthropologist and academic (b. 1887)
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1948
Folke Bernadotte, Swedish soldier and diplomat (b. 1895)
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1951
Jimmy Yancey, American pianist and composer (b. 1898)
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1953
David Munson, American runner (b. 1884)
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1953
Hans Feige, German general (Wehrmacht) (b. 1880)
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1961
Adnan Menderes, Turkish lawyer and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1899)
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1965
Alejandro Casona, Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1903)
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1966
Fritz Wunderlich, German tenor and actor (b. 1930)
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1971
Carlos Lamarca, Brazilian captain (b. 1937)
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1972
Akim Tamiroff, American actor (b. 1899)
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1973
Hugo Winterhalter, American bandleader and composer (b. 1909)
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1975
Nicola Moscona, Greek-American singer-songwriter (b. 1907)
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1980
Anastasio Somoza Debayle, Nicaraguan commander and politician, 73rd President of Nicaragua (b. 1925)
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1982
Manos Loïzos, Egyptian-Greek composer (b. 1937)
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1983
Humberto Sousa Medeiros, Portuguese-American cardinal (b. 1915)
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1984
Richard Basehart, American actor and director (b. 1914)
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1985
Laura Ashley, Welsh fashion designer, founded Laura Ashley plc (b. 1925)
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1987
Harry Locke, English actor (b. 1913)
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1991
Zino Francescatti, French violinist and composer (b. 1902)
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1992
Roger Wagner, American conductor and educator (b. 1914)
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1993
Willie Mosconi, American pool player and actor (b. 1913)
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1993
Christian Nyby, American director and producer (b. 1913)
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1994
John Delafose, American accordion player (b. 1939)
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1994
Vitas Gerulaitis, American tennis player and coach (b. 1954)
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1994
Karl Popper, Austrian-English philosopher and academic (b. 1902)
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1995
Isadore Epstein, Estonian-American astronomer and academic (b. 1919)
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1995
Lucien Victor, Belgian cyclist (b. 1931)
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1996
Spiro Agnew, American soldier and politician, 39th Vice President of the United States (b. 1918)
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1997
Red Skelton, American actor and comedian (b. 1913)
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1998
Ted Binion, American poker player and businessman (b. 1943)
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1998
Geoffrey Dutton, Australian historian and author (b. 1922)
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1999
Frankie Vaughan, English singer and actor (b. 1928)
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2000
Georgiy Gongadze, Georgian-Ukrainian journalist and director (b. 1969)
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2003
Erich Hallhuber, German actor (b. 1951)
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2005
Jacques Lacarrière, French journalist and critic (b. 1925)
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2005
Alfred Reed, American composer and educator (b. 1921)
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2009
Dick Durock, American stuntman and actor (b. 1937)
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2009
Noordin Mohammad Top, Malaysian terrorist (b. 1968)
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2011
Colin Madigan, Australian architect and author, designed the National Gallery of Australia (b. 1921)
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2012
Melvin Charney, Canadian sculptor and architect (b. 1935)
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2012
Lou Kenton, English soldier and potter (b. 1908)
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2012
Russell E. Train, American soldier and civil servant (b. 1920)
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2013
Kristian Gidlund, Swedish drummer and journalist (b. 1983)
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2013
Larry Lake, American-Canadian trumpet player and composer (b. 1943)
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2013
Bernie McGann, Australian saxophonist and composer (b. 1937)
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2013
Alex Naumik, Lithuanian-Norwegian singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1949)
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2013
Michael J. Noonan, Irish farmer and politician, 25th Irish Minister of Defence (b. 1935)
Michael J. Noonan (Fianna Fáil) · Minister for Defence (Ireland)
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2013
Marvin Rainwater, American singer-songwriter (b. 1925)
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2013
Eiji Toyoda, Japanese businessman (b. 1913)
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2014
George Hamilton IV, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1937)
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2014
Andriy Husin, Ukrainian footballer and manager (b. 1972)
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2014
Wakachichibu Komei, Japanese sumo wrestler (b. 1939)
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2014
Charles Read, Australian air marshal (b. 1918)
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2014
Peter von Bagh, Finnish historian, director, and screenwriter (b. 1943)
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2014
China Zorrilla, Uruguayan actress (b. 1922)
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2015
Ingrīda Andriņa, Latvian actress (b. 1944)
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2015
Dettmar Cramer, German footballer and manager (b. 1925)
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2015
Milo Hamilton, American sportscaster (b. 1927)
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2015
Vadim Kuzmin, Russian physicist and academic (b. 1937)
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2015
David Willcocks, English organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1919)
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2016
Bahman Golbarnezhad, Iranian racing cyclist (b. 1968)
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2016
Sigge Parling, Swedish footballer (b. 1936)