September 18 — On This Day
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Events
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AD 96
Nerva is proclaimed Roman emperor after Domitian is assassinated.
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324
Constantine the Great decisively defeats Licinius in the Battle of Chrysopolis, establishing Constantine's sole control over the Roman Empire.
Constantine the Great · Licinius · Battle of Chrysopolis · Roman Empire
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1066
Norwegian king Harald Hardrada lands on the beaches of Scarborough and begins his invasion of England.
Harald Hardrada · Scarborough, North Yorkshire · Kingdom of England
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1180
Philip Augustus becomes king of France.
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1454
In the Battle of Chojnice, the Polish army is defeated by the Teutonic army during the Thirteen Years' War.
Battle of Chojnice (1454) · Teutonic Knights · Thirteen Years' War (1454-66)
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1502
Christopher Columbus lands at Honduras on his fourth, and final, voyage.
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1618
The twelfth Baktun in the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar begins.
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1635
Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II of Austria declares war on France.
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1679
New Hampshire becomes a county of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
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1714
George I, the first Hanoverian king, arrives in Great Britain after becoming king on August 1st.
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1739
The Treaty of Belgrade is signed, ceding Belgrade to the Ottoman Empire.
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1759
Seven Years' War: The British capture Quebec City.
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1793
The first cornerstone of the Capitol building is laid by George Washington.
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1809
The Royal Opera House in London opens.
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1810
First Government Junta in Chile. Though supposed to rule only in the absence of the king, it is in fact the first step towards independence from Spain, and is commemorated as such.
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1812
The 1812 Fire of Moscow dies down after destroying more than three-quarters of the city. Napoleon returns from the Petrovsky Palace to the Moscow Kremlin, spared from the fire.
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1837
Tiffany and Co. (first named Tiffany & Young) is founded by Charles Lewis Tiffany and Teddy Young in New York City. The store is called a "stationery and fancy goods emporium".
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1838
The Anti-Corn Law League is established by Richard Cobden.
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1850
The U.S. Congress passes the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850.
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1851
First publication of The New-York Daily Times, which later becomes The New York Times.
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1870
Old Faithful Geyser is observed and named by Henry D. Washburn during the Washburn-Langford-Doane Expedition to Yellowstone.
Old Faithful Geyser · Henry D. Washburn · Washburn-Langford-Doane Expedition · Yellowstone
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1872
King Oscar II accedes to the throne of Sweden-Norway.
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1873
Panic of 1873: The U.S. bank Jay Cooke & Company declares bankruptcy, triggering a series of bank failures.
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1882
The Pacific Stock Exchange opens.
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1895
Booker T. Washington delivers the "Atlanta compromise" address.
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1898
Fashoda Incident: Lord Kitchener's ships reach Fashoda, Sudan.
Fashoda Incident · Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener · Fashoda · Sudan
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- 1910
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1911
Russian Premier Pyotr Stolypin is shot at the Kiev Opera House.
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1914
The Irish Home Rule Act becomes law, but is delayed until after World War I.
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1914
World War I: South African troops land in German South-West Africa.
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1919
The Netherlands gives women the right to vote.
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1919
Fritz Pollard becomes the first African American to play professional football for a major team, the Akron Pros.
Fritz Pollard · African American · Football (American) · Akron Pros
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1922
Hungary is admitted to the League of Nations.
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1927
The Columbia Broadcasting System goes on the air.
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1928
Juan de la Cierva makes the first autogyro crossing of the English Channel.
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1931
The Mukden Incident gives Japan a pretext to invade and occupy Manchuria.
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1934
The USSR is admitted to the League of Nations.
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1939
World War II: Polish government of Ignacy Mościcki flees to Romania.
World War II · Second Polish Republic · Ignacy Mościcki · Kingdom of Romania
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1939
Lord Haw-Haw begins transmitting pro-Nazi/anti-Allied propaganda.
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1940
The British liner SS City of Benares is sunk by German submarine U-48; those killed include 77 child refugees.
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1943
World War II: The Jews of Minsk are massacred at Sobibór.
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1943
World War II: Adolf Hitler orders the deportation of Danish Jews.
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1944
World War II: The British submarine HMS Tradewind torpedoes Jun'yō Maru, 5,600 killed.
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1945
General Douglas MacArthur moves his command headquarters to Tokyo.
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1947
The United States Air Force becomes an independent branch of the United States Armed Forces.
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1947
The National Security Council and the Central Intelligence Agency are established in the United States under the National Security Act.
United States National Security Council · Central Intelligence Agency · National Security Act of 1947
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1948
Operation Polo is terminated after the Indian Army accepts the surrender of the army of Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII, Nizam of Hyderabad.
Operation Polo · Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII · Nizam of Hyderabad
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1948
Margaret Chase Smith of Maine becomes the first woman elected to the United States Senate without completing another senator's term, when she defeats Democratic opponent Adrian Scolten.
Margaret Chase Smith · Maine · United States Senate · Senator · Democratic Party of the United States
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1959
Vanguard 3 is launched into Earth orbit.
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1960
Fidel Castro arrives in New York City as the head of the Cuban delegation to the United Nations.
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1961
U.N. Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld dies in a plane crash while attempting to negotiate peace in the war-torn Katanga region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
U.N. Secretary-General · Dag Hammarskjöld · Katanga Province · Democratic Republic of the Congo
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1961
The NAFC and CCCF merge into CONCACAF.
North American Football Confederation · Confederación Centroamericana y del Caribe de Fútbol · CONCACAF
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1962
Burundi, Jamaica, Rwanda and Trinidad and Tobago are admitted to the United Nations.
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1964
North Vietnamese Army begins infiltration of South Vietnam.
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1973
The Bahamas, East Germany and West Germany are admitted to the United Nations.
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1974
Hurricane Fifi strikes Honduras with 110 mph winds, killing 5,000 people.
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1977
Voyager I takes first photograph of the Earth and the Moon together.
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1981
Assemblée Nationale votes to abolish capital punishment in France.
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1982
Christian militia begin killing 600 Palestinians in Lebanon.
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1984
Joe Kittinger completes the first solo balloon crossing of the Atlantic.
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1988
End of pro-democracy uprisings in Myanmar after a bloody military coup by the State Law and Order Restoration Council. Thousands, mostly monks and civilians (primarily students), are killed by the Tatmadaw.
8888 Uprising · Myanmar · Military coup · State Law and Order Restoration Council · Monk
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1990
Liechtenstein becomes a member of the United Nations.
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1991
Yugoslavia begins a naval blockade of seven Adriatic port cities.
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1992
An explosion rocks Giant Mine at the height of a labor dispute, killing nine replacement workers in Yellowknife, Canada.
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1997
United States media magnate Ted Turner donates US$1 billion to the United Nations.
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1997
Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention is adopted.
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2001
First mailing of anthrax letters from Trenton, New Jersey in the 2001 anthrax attacks.
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2007
Pervez Musharraf announces that he will step down as army chief and restore civilian rule to Pakistan, but only after he is re-elected president.
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2007
Buddhist monks join anti-government protesters in Myanmar, starting what some call the Saffron Revolution.
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2011
The 2011 Sikkim earthquake was felt across northeastern India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and southern Tibet.
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2014
Scotland votes against independence from the United Kingdom.
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2015
Two security personnel, 17 worshippers in a mosque, and 13 militants are killed following a Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan attack on a Pakistan Air Force base on the outskirts of Peshawar.
Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan · 2015 Camp Badaber attack · Pakistan Air Force · Peshawar
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2016
Seventeen Indian Army security personnel killed in the Indian Administrated Kashmir by anti-government militants.
Famous Births
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AD 53
Trajan, Roman emperor (d. 117)
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524
Kan B'alam I, ruler of Palenque (d. 583)
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1344
Marie of France, Duchess of Bar (d. 1404)
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1434
Eleanor of Portugal, Holy Roman Empress (d. 1467)
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1501
Henry Stafford, 1st Baron Stafford (d. 1563)
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1554
Haydar Mirza Safavi, Safavid prince (d. 1576)
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1587
Francesca Caccini, Italian singer-songwriter and lute player (d. 1640)
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1606
Zhang Xianzhong, Chinese rebel leader (d. 1647)
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1643
Gilbert Burnet, Scottish bishop, historian, and theologian (d. 1715)
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1676
Eberhard Louis, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1733)
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1684
Johann Gottfried Walther, German organist and composer (d. 1748)
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1709
Samuel Johnson, English lexicographer and poet (d. 1784)
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1711
Ignaz Holzbauer, Austrian composer and educator (d. 1783)
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1733
George Read, American lawyer and politician, 3rd Governor of Delaware (d. 1798)
George Read (U.S. statesman) · List of Governors of Delaware
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1750
Tomás de Iriarte y Oropesa, Spanish poet and playwright (d. 1791)
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1752
Adrien-Marie Legendre, French mathematician and theorist (d. 1833)
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1765
Pope Gregory XVI (d. 1846)
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1779
Joseph Story, American lawyer, jurist, and politician (d. 1845)
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1786
Christian VIII of Denmark (d. 1848)
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1786
Justinus Kerner, German poet and author (d. 1862)
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1812
Herschel Vespasian Johnson, American lawyer and politician, 41st Governor of Georgia (d. 1880)
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1819
Léon Foucault, French physicist and academic (d. 1868)
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1837
Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos, Portuguese archbishop (d. 1880)
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1838
Anton Mauve, Dutch painter and educator (d. 1888)
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1846
Richard With, Norwegian captain, businessman, and politician, founded Vesteraalens Dampskibsselskab (d. 1930)
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1848
Francis Grierson, English-American pianist and composer (d. 1927)
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1857
John Hessin Clarke, American lawyer and judge (d. 1945)
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1858
Kate Booth, English Salvation Army officer (d. 1955)
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1859
John L. Bates, American lawyer and politician, 41st Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1946)
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1859
Lincoln Loy McCandless, American businessman and politician (d. 1940)
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1860
Alberto Franchetti, Italian-American composer and educator (d. 1942)
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1870
Clark Wissler, American anthropologist, author, and educator (d. 1947)
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1872
Carl Friedberg, German-Italian pianist and educator (d. 1955)
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1872
Adolf Schmal, Austrian fencer and cyclist (d. 1919)
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1875
Tomás Burgos, Chilean philanthropist (d. 1945)
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1876
James Scullin, Australian journalist and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1953)
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1878
James O. Richardson, American admiral (d. 1974)
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1883
Gerald Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th Baron Berners, English composer, painter, and author (d. 1950)
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1885
Uzeyir Hajibeyov, Azerbaijani composer, conductor, and playwright (d. 1948)
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1888
Grey Owl, English-Canadian environmentalist and author (d. 1938)
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1888
Toni Wolff, Swiss psychologist and author (d. 1953)
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1889
Doris Blackburn, Australian activist and politician (d. 1970)
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1889
Leslie Morshead, Australian general, businessman, and educator (d. 1959)
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1891
Rafael Pérez y Pérez, Spanish author (d. 1984)
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1893
Arthur Benjamin, Australian pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1960)
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1893
William March, American soldier and author (d. 1954)
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1894
Fay Compton, English actress (d. 1978)
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1895
Jean Batmale, French footballer and manager (d. 1973)
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1895
John Diefenbaker, Canadian lawyer and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1979)
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1895
Walter Koch, German astrologer and author (d. 1970)
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1895
Tomoji Tanabe, Japanese super-centenarian (d. 2009)
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1897
Pablo Sorozábal, Spanish composer and conductor (d. 1988)
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1900
Willis Laurence James, American violinist and educator (d. 1966)
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1900
Seewoosagur Ramgoolam, Mauritian philanthropist and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Mauritius (d. 1985)
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1901
Harold Clurman, American director and producer (d. 1980)
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1904
Bun Cook, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1988)
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1904
Jose de Rivera, American soldier and sculptor (d. 1985)
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1904
David Eccles, 1st Viscount Eccles, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for Education (d. 1999)
David Eccles, 1st Viscount Eccles · Secretary of State for Education
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1905
Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, American actor (d. 1977)
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1905
Agnes de Mille, American dancer and choreographer (d. 1993)
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1905
Greta Garbo, Swedish-American actress (d. 1990)
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1906
Kaka Hathrasi, Indian poet and author (d. 1995)
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1906
Maurice Maillot, French actor (d. 1968)
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1906
Julio Rosales, Filipino cardinal (d. 1983)
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1907
Leon Askin, Austrian actor (d. 2005)
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1907
Edwin McMillan, American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1991)
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1908
Victor Ambartsumian, Georgian-Armenian astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic (d. 1996)
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1910
Joseph F. Enright, American captain (d. 2000)
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1910
Bernard Kangro, Estonian journalist, author, and poet (d. 1994)
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1910
Josef Tal, Israeli pianist and composer (d. 2008)
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1911
Syd Howe, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1976)
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1911
Brinsley Le Poer Trench, 8th Earl of Clancarty, Irish ufologist and politician (d. 1995)
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1912
María de la Cruz, Chilean journalist and activist (d. 1995)
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1914
Jack Cardiff, English director, cinematographer, and photographer (d. 2009)
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1916
Frank Bell, English soldier and educator (d. 1989)
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1916
Rossano Brazzi, Italian actor (d. 1994)
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1916
John Jacob Rhodes, American lawyer and politician (d. 2003)
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1917
June Foray, American actress and voice artist (d. 2017)
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1917
Phil Taylor, English footballer and manager (d. 2012)
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1917
Francis Parker Yockey, American lawyer and philosopher (d. 1960)
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1918
Johnny Mantz, American racing driver (d. 1972)
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1919
Tommy Hunter, American fiddler (d. 1993)
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1920
Jack Warden, American actor (d. 2006)
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1922
Grayson Hall, American actress (d. 1985)
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1922
Ray Steadman-Allen, English composer (d. 2014)
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1923
Queen Anne of Romania (d. 2016)
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1923
Peter Smithson, English architect, co-designed Robin Hood Gardens (d. 2003)
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1923
Bertha Wilson, Scottish-Canadian lawyer and jurist, 60th Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada (d. 2007)
Bertha Wilson · List of Justices of the Supreme Court of Canada
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1924
J. D. Tippit, American police officer (d. 1963)
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1924
Eloísa Mafalda, Brazilian actress
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1925
Harvey Haddix, American baseball player and coach (d. 1994)
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1925
Dorothy Wedderburn, English economist and academic (d. 2012)
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1926
Bud Greenspan, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2010)
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1926
Joe Kubert, American author and illustrator, founded The Kubert School (d. 2012)
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1926
Bob Toski, American golfer and coach
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1927
Phyllis Kirk, American actress (d. 2006)
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1927
Muriel Turner, Baroness Turner of Camden, English politician
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1929
Teddi King, American singer (d. 1977)
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1929
Nancy Littlefield, American director and producer (d. 2007)
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1930
John Tolos, Greek-Canadian wrestler (d. 2009)
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1931
Julio Grondona, Argentinian businessman (d. 2014)
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1932
Nikolay Rukavishnikov, Russian physicist and astronaut (d. 2002)
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1933
Bob Bennett, American soldier and politician (d. 2016)
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1933
Robert Blake, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
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1933
Scotty Bowman, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
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1933
Mark di Suvero, Italian-American sculptor
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1933
Leonid Kharitonov, Russian actor and singer
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1933
Christopher Ricks, English scholar and critic
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1933
Charles Roach, Trinidadian-Canadian lawyer and activist (d. 2012)
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1933
Jimmie Rodgers, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1935
Peter Clarke, English cartoonist (d. 2012)
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1935
John Spencer, English snooker player and sportscaster (d. 2006)
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1936
Big Tom, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1937
Ralph Backstrom, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
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1938
Billy Robinson, English-American wrestler and trainer (d. 2014)
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1939
Gerry Harvey, Australian businessman, co-founded Harvey Norman
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1939
Jorge Sampaio, Portuguese lawyer and politician, 18th President of Portugal
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1939
Fred Willard, American actor and comedian
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1939
Jan Camiel Willems, Belgian mathematician and theorist (d. 2013)
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1940
Frankie Avalon, American singer and actor
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1942
Şenes Erzik, Turkish businessman
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1942
Alex Stepney, English footballer and coach
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1944
Michael Franks, American singer-songwriter
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1944
Rocío Jurado, Spanish singer and actress (d. 2006)
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1944
Charles L. Veach, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (d. 1995)
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1945
P. F. Sloan, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2015)
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1945
John McAfee, Scottish-American computer programmer, founded McAfee
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1946
Benjamín Brea, Spanish-Venezuelan saxophonist, clarinet player, and conductor (d. 2014)
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1946
Nicholas Clay, English actor (d. 2000)
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1946
Kelvin Coe, Australian ballet dancer (d. 1992)
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1946
Meredith Oakes, Australian-English playwright, translator, and educator
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1946
Otis Sistrunk, American football player and wrestler
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1947
Russ Abbot, English comedian, actor, and singer
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1947
Drew Gilpin Faust, American historian and academic
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1947
Giancarlo Minardi, Italian businessman, founded the Minardi Racing Team
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1947
Paul Seed, British television director and former actor
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1948
Lynn Abbey, American computer programmer and author
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1948
Ken Brett, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2003)
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1948
Christopher Skase, Australian businessman (d. 2001)
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1949
Kerry Livgren, American guitarist and songwriter
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1949
Jim McCrery, American lawyer and politician
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1949
Mo Mowlam, English academic and politician, Minister for the Cabinet Office (d. 2005)
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1949
Peter Shilton, English footballer and manager
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1950
Siobhan Davies, English dancer and choreographer
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1950
Vishnuvardhan, Indian actor (d. 2009)
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1950
Chris Heister, Swedish politician, Governor of Stockholm County
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1950
Darryl Sittler, Canadian ice hockey player
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1950
Anna Deavere Smith, American actress and playwright
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1951
Ben Carson, American neurosurgeon and author
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1951
Dee Dee Ramone, American singer-songwriter and bass player (d. 2002)
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1951
Tony Scott, American baseball player and coach
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1951
Darryl Stingley, American football player and scout (d. 2007)
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1951
Marc Surer, Swiss race car driver and sportscaster
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1952
Giorgos Dimitrakopoulos, Greek politician
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1952
Rick Pitino, American basketball player and coach
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1953
Carl Jackson, American singer-songwriter and producer
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1953
John McGlinn, American conductor and historian (d. 2009)
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1954
Murtaza Bhutto, Pakistani politician (d. 1996)
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1954
Takao Doi, Japanese engineer and astronaut
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1954
Dennis Johnson, American basketball player and coach (d. 2007)
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1954
Steven Pinker, Canadian-American psychologist, linguist, and author
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1954
Tommy Tuberville, American football player and coach
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1955
Paul Butler, English bishop
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1955
Keith Morris, American singer-songwriter
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1956
Chris Hedges, American journalist and author
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1956
Peter Šťastný, Slovak ice hockey player and politician
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1958
John Aldridge, English-Irish footballer and manager
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1958
Winston Davis, Vincentian cricketer
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1958
Malcolm Press, English ecologist and academic
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1958
Derek Pringle, Kenyan-English cricketer and journalist
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1959
Ian Arkwright, English footballer
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1959
Mark Romanek, American director and screenwriter
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1959
Ryne Sandberg, American baseball player, coach, and manager
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1960
Stephen Flaherty, American composer
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1960
Carolyn Harris, British politician
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1960
Ian Lucas, English lawyer and politician
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1960
Blue Panther, Mexican wrestler
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1961
James Gandolfini, American actor and producer (d. 2013)
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1961
Konstantin Kakanias, Greek-American painter and illustrator
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1961
Mark Olson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1962
Joanne Catherall, English singer
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1962
John Fashanu, English footballer and manager
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1962
John Mann, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
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1962
Aden Ridgeway, Australian public servant and politician
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1962
Boris Said, American race car driver
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1963
Jim Pocklington, English race car driver
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1963
John Powell, English-Canadian composer and conductor
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1963
Dan Povenmire, American animator
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1964
Jens Henschel, German footballer
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1964
Marco Masini, Italian singer-songwriter
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1964
Holly Robinson Peete, American actress and singer
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1966
Tom Chorske, American ice hockey player and sportscaster
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1967
Ricky Bell, American singer
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1967
Tara Fitzgerald, English actress
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1968
Toni Kukoč, Croatian basketball player
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1968
Upendra Rao, Indian actor, director, and politician
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1969
Brad Beven, Australian triathlete
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1969
Cappadonna, American rapper
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1970
Mike Compton, American football player and coach
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1970
Dan Eldon, English photographer and journalist (d. 1993)
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1970
Darren Gough, English cricketer
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1970
Aisha Tyler, American actress, television host, and author
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1971
Lance Armstrong, American cyclist and activist, founded the Lance Armstrong Foundation
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1971
Anna Netrebko, Russian-Austrian soprano and actress
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1971
Jada Pinkett Smith, American actress
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1972
Brigitte Becue, Belgian swimmer
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1972
Adam Cohen, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1972
David Jefferies, English motorcycle racer (d. 2003)
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1972
Iain Stewart, Scottish accountant and politician
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1973
Paul Brousseau, Canadian ice hockey player
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1973
James Marsden, American actor
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1973
Ami Onuki, Japanese singer and voice actress
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1973
Louise Sauvage, Australian wheelchair racer
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1973
Mark Shuttleworth, South African-English businessman, founded Canonical Ltd.
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1973
Aitor Karanka, Spanish footballer and manager
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1974
Sol Campbell, English footballer and politician
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1974
Andrew Hansen, Australian comedian, singer, and screenwriter
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1974
Damon Jones, American football player and coach
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1974
Ticha Penicheiro, Portuguese basketball player
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1974
Xzibit, American rapper, actor, and television host
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1975
Kanstantsin Lukashyk, Belarusian target shooter
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1975
Jason Sudeikis, American actor and comedian
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1975
Guillermo Vargas, Costa Rican photographer and painter
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1976
Gabriel Gervais, Canadian soccer player
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1976
Ronaldo, Brazilian footballer
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1977
Kieran West, English rower
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1978
Iain Lees-Galloway, New Zealand politician
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1978
Ryan Lowe, English footballer
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1978
Augustine Simo, Cameroonian footballer
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1979
Daniel Aranzubia, Spanish footballer
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1979
Robert Pruett, American criminal
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1980
Jonathan Biss, American pianist and educator
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1980
Mickey Higham, English rugby league player
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1980
Avi Strool, Israeli footballer
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1980
Chris Tarrant, Australian footballer
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1980
Petri Virtanen, Finnish basketball player
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1981
Lucy Aharish, Israeli journalist and actress
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1981
Sebastián Decoud, Argentinian tennis player
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1981
JeA, South Korean singer-songwriter and producer
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1981
Jennifer Tisdale, American actress and singer
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1981
Kristaps Valters, Latvian basketball player
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1981
Han Ye-seul, South Korean actress
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1982
Alessandro Cibocchi, Italian footballer
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1982
Arvydas Eitutavičius, Lithuanian basketball player
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1982
Leono, Mexican wrestler
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1982
Alfredo Talavera, Mexican footballer
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1983
Kevin Doyle, Irish footballer
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1983
Giulio Scandella, Canadian ice hockey player
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1984
Dashon Goldson, American football player
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1984
Anthony Gonzalez, American football player
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1984
Dizzee Rascal, British hip hop musician
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1985
Tarah Gieger, Puerto Rican-American motocross racer
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1988
Lukas Forchhammer, Danish singer
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1989
Serge Ibaka, Congolese-Spanish basketball player
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1990
Lewis Holtby, German footballer
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1992
Edrick Lee, Australian rugby league player
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1995
Max Meyer, German footballer
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1995
Matt Targett, English footballer
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1998
Christian Pulisic, American soccer player
Famous Deaths
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AD 96
Domitian, Roman emperor (b. AD 51)
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411
Constantine III, Roman usurper
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869
Wenilo, Frankish archbishop
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887
Pietro I Candiano, doge of Venice (b. 842)
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893
Zhang Xiong, Chinese warlord
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958
Liu Sheng, Chinese emperor (b. 920)
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1137
Eric II, king of Denmark
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1180
Louis VII, king of France (b. 1120)
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1261
Konrad von Hochstaden, archbishop of Cologne
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1302
Eudokia Palaiologina, empress of Trebizond (b. c. 1265)
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1361
Louis V, duke of Bavaria (b. 1315)
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1385
Balša II, ruler of Zeta
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1443
Lewis of Luxembourg, archbishop of Rouen
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1598
Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Japanese daimyo (b. 1536)
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1630
Melchior Klesl, Austrian cardinal (b. 1552)
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1675
Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1604)
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1721
Matthew Prior, English poet, politician, and diplomat, British Ambassador to France (b. 1664)
Matthew Prior · List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to France
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1722
André Dacier, French scholar and academic (b. 1651)
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1783
Leonhard Euler, Swiss mathematician and physicist (b. 1707)
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1783
Benjamin Kennicott, English theologian and scholar (b. 1718)
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1792
August Gottlieb Spangenberg, German bishop and theologian (b. 1704)
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1812
Safranbolulu Izzet Mehmet Pasha, Ottoman politician, 186th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1743)
Safranbolulu Izzet Mehmet Pasha · List of Ottoman Grand Viziers
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1830
William Hazlitt, English philosopher, painter, and critic (b. 1778)
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1857
Karol Kurpiński, Polish composer and conductor (b. 1785)
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1860
Joseph Locke, English engineer and politician (b. 1805)
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1872
Charles XV of Sweden (b. 1826)
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1890
Dion Boucicault, Irish-American actor and playwright (b. 1820)
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1896
Hippolyte Fizeau, French physicist and academic (b. 1819)
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1905
George MacDonald, Scottish minister, author, and poet (b. 1824)
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1909
Grigore Tocilescu, Romanian archaeologist and historian (b. 1850)
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1911
Pyotr Stolypin, Russian lawyer and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Russia (b. 1862)
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1924
F. H. Bradley, English philosopher and author (b. 1846)
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1939
Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Polish author, painter, and photographer (b. 1885)
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1941
Fred Karno, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1866)
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1944
Robert G. Cole, American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1915)
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1949
Frank Morgan, American actor (b. 1890)
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1951
Gelett Burgess, American author and poet (b. 1866)
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1952
Frances Alda, New Zealand-Australian soprano and actress (b. 1879)
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1953
Charles de Tornaco, Belgian race car driver (b. 1927)
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1956
Adélard Godbout, Canadian agronomist and politician, 15th Premier of Quebec (b. 1892)
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1958
Olaf Gulbransson, Norwegian painter and illustrator (b. 1873)
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1959
Benjamin Péret, French poet and journalist (b. 1899)
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1961
Dag Hammarskjöld, Swedish economist and diplomat, 2nd Secretary-General of the United Nations, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1905)
Dag Hammarskjöld · Secretary-General of the United Nations · Nobel Peace Prize
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1962
Therese Neumann, German mystic (b. 1898)
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1964
Clive Bell, English philosopher and critic (b. 1881)
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1964
Seán O'Casey, Irish dramatist and memoirist (b. 1880)
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1967
John Cockcroft, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)
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1968
Franchot Tone, American actor, singer, and producer (b. 1905)
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1970
Jimi Hendrix, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1942)
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1974
Amanat Ali Khan, Pakistani classical singer (b. 1922)
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1975
Fairfield Porter, American painter and critic (b. 1907)
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1977
Paul Bernays, English-Swiss mathematician and philosopher (b. 1888)
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1980
Katherine Anne Porter, American short story writer, novelist, and essayist (b. 1890)
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1987
Américo Tomás, Portuguese admiral and politician, 14th President of Portugal (b. 1894)
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1988
Alan Watt, Australian public servant and diplomat, Australian Ambassador to Japan (b. 1901)
Alan Watt (diplomat) · List of Australian Ambassadors to Japan
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1992
Mohammad Hidayatullah, Indian lawyer, judge, and politician, 6th Vice President of India (b. 1905)
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1997
Jimmy Witherspoon, American singer (b. 1920)
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1998
Charlie Foxx, American singer and guitarist (Inez and Charlie Foxx) (b. 1939)
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1998
Kathleen Collins African-American filmmaker and playwright (b. 1942)
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2001
Ernie Coombs, American-Canadian television host (b. 1927)
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2002
Bob Hayes, American sprinter and football player (b. 1942)
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2002
Mauro Ramos, Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1930)
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2002
Margita Stefanović, Serbian keyboard player (b. 1959)
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2003
Emil Fackenheim, German rabbi and philosopher (b. 1916)
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2003
Bob Mitchell, English educator and politician (b. 1927)
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2004
Norman Cantor, Canadian-American historian and educator (b. 1929)
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2004
Russ Meyer, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1922)
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2005
Michael Park, English race car driver (b. 1966)
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2005
Clint C. Wilson, Sr., American cartoonist (b. 1914)
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2006
Edward J. King, American football player, lawyer, and politician, 66th Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1925)
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2007
Pepsi Tate, Welsh bass player and producer (b. 1965)
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2008
Leo de Berardinis, Italian actor and director (b. 1940)
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2008
Mauricio Kagel, Argentinian-German composer and educator (b. 1931)
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2008
Ron Lancaster, American-Canadian football player and coach (b. 1938)
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2012
Santiago Carrillo, Spanish theorist and politician (b. 1915)
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2012
Haim Hefer, Polish-Israeli songwriter and poet (b. 1925)
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2012
Jack Kralick, American baseball player (b. 1935)
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2012
Steve Sabol, American director and producer, co-founded NFL Films (b. 1942)
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2013
Veliyam Bharghavan, Indian politician (b. 1928)
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2013
Lindsay Cooper, English bassoon player and composer (b. 1951)
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2013
Arthur Lamothe, French-Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1928)
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2013
Ken Norton, American boxer (b. 1943)
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2013
Marcel Reich-Ranicki, Polish-German author and critic (b. 1920)
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2013
Richard C. Sarafian, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1930)
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2014
Milan Marcetta, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1936)
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2014
Earl Ross, Canadian race car driver (b. 1941)
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2014
Hirofumi Uzawa, Japanese economist and academic (b. 1928)
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2014
Kenny Wheeler, Canadian-English trumpet player and composer (b. 1930)
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2015
Eduardo Bonvallet, Chilean footballer and manager (b. 1955)
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2015
James R. Houck, American astrophysicist and academic (b. 1940)
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2015
Mario Benjamín Menéndez, Argentinian general and politician (b. 1930)
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2015
Marcin Wrona, Polish director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1973)
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2017
Afzal Ahsan Randhawa, Pakistani writer, poet, translator and playwright (b. 1937)