September 25 — On This Day
411 entries
Events
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275
In Rome (after the assassination of Aurelian), the Senate proclaims Marcus Claudius Tacitus Emperor.
Aurelian · Roman Senate · Marcus Claudius Tacitus · Roman emperor
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762
Led by Muhammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyya, the Hasanid branch of the Alids begins the Alid Revolt against the Abbasid Caliphate.
Muhammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyya · Hasan ibn Ali · Alids · Alid Revolt (762-63) · Abbasid Caliphate
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1066
The Battle of Stamford Bridge saw the defeat of Harald Hardrada King of Norway by King Harold II of England.
Battle of Stamford Bridge · Harald Hardrada · Harold Godwinson
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1237
England and Scotland sign the Treaty of York, establishing the location of their common border.
Kingdom of England · Kingdom of Scotland · Treaty of York · Anglo-Scottish border
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1396
Ottoman Emperor Bayezid I defeats a Christian army at the Battle of Nicopolis.
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1513
Spanish explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa reaches what would become known as the Pacific Ocean.
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1555
The Peace of Augsburg is signed in Augsburg by Charles V and the princes of the Schmalkaldic League.
Peace of Augsburg · Augsburg · Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor · Schmalkaldic League
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1690
Publick Occurrences Both Forreign and Domestick, the first newspaper to appear in the Americas, is published for the first and only time.
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1775
American Revolutionary War: Ethan Allen surrenders to British forces after attempting to capture Montreal during the Battle of Longue-Pointe. Benedict Arnold and his expeditionary company set off from Fort Western, bound for Quebec City.
American Revolutionary War · Ethan Allen · Montreal · Battle of Longue-Pointe · Benedict Arnold
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1789
The United States Congress passes twelve amendments to the United States Constitution: The Congressional Apportionment Amendment (which was never ratified), the Congressional Compensation Amendment, and the ten that are known as the Bill of Rights.
United States Congress · United States Constitution · Congressional Apportionment Amendment · Twenty-seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution · United States Bill of Rights
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1790
Peking opera is born when the Four Great Anhui Troupes introduce Anhui opera to Beijing in honor of the Qianlong Emperor's eightieth birthday.
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1804
The Teton Sioux (a subdivision of the Lakota) demand one of the boats from the Lewis and Clark Expedition as a toll for allowing the expedition to move further upriver.
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1868
The Imperial Russian steam frigate Alexander Nevsky is shipwrecked off Jutland while carrying Grand Duke Alexei of Russia.
Russian frigate Alexander Nevsky · Jutland · Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia
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1890
The United States Congress establishes Sequoia National Park.
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1906
Leonardo Torres y Quevedo demonstrates the Telekino, guiding a boat from the shore, in what is considered to be the first use of a remote control.
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1911
An explosion of badly degraded propellant charges on board the French battleship Liberté detonates the forward ammunition magazines and destroys the ship.
Propellant · French battleship Liberté · Magazine (artillery)
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1912
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is founded in New York City.
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism · New York City
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1915
World War I: The Second Battle of Champagne begins.
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1926
The international Convention to Suppress the Slave Trade and Slavery is first signed.
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1937
Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Eighth Route Army gains a minor, but morale-boosting victory in the Battle of Pingxingguan.
Second Sino-Japanese War · Eighth Route Army · Battle of Pingxingguan
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1942
World War II: Swiss Police instruction dictates that "Under current practice ... refugees on the grounds of race alone are not political refugees", effectively denying entry to Jews trying to flee occupied Europe during the Holocaust.
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1944
World War II: Surviving elements of the British 1st Airborne Division withdraw from Arnhem in the Netherlands, thus ending the Battle of Arnhem and Operation Market Garden.
1st Airborne Division (United Kingdom) · Operation Berlin (Arnhem) · Battle of Arnhem · Operation Market Garden
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1955
The Royal Jordanian Air Force is founded.
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1956
TAT-1, the first submarine transatlantic telephone cable system, is inaugurated.
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1957
Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, is integrated by the use of United States Army troops.
Little Rock Central High School · Little Rock, Arkansas · Racial integration
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1959
Solomon Bandaranaike, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka is mortally wounded by a Buddhist monk, Talduwe Somarama, and dies the next day.
Solomon Bandaranaike · Prime Minister of Sri Lanka · Monk · Talduwe Somarama
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1962
The People's Democratic Republic of Algeria is formally proclaimed. Ferhat Abbas is elected President of the provisional government.
People's Democratic Republic of Algeria · Ferhat Abbas · President of Algeria
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1962
The North Yemen Civil War begins when Abdullah al-Sallal dethrones the newly crowned Imam al-Badr and declares Yemen a republic under his presidency.
North Yemen Civil War · Abdullah al-Sallal · Muhammad al-Badr · Yemen Arab Republic
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1963
Lord Denning releases the UK government's official report on the Profumo Affair.
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1964
The Mozambican War of Independence against Portugal begins.
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1969
The charter establishing the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation is signed.
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1970
Ceasefire between Jordan and the Fedayeen ends fighting triggered by four hijackings on September 6 and 9.
Ceasefire · Jordan · Fedayeen · September 6 · September 9
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1974
The first ulnar collateral ligament replacement surgery (Tommy John surgery) performed, on baseball player Tommy John.
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1977
About 4,200 people take part in the first running of the Chicago Marathon.
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1978
PSA Flight 182, a Boeing 727, collides in mid-air with a Cessna 172 and crashes in San Diego, killing 144 people.
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1981
Belize joins the United Nations.
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1983
Maze Prison escape: Thirty-eight IRA prisoners, armed with six handguns, hijack a prison meals lorry and smash their way out of the Maze prison.
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1992
NASA launches the Mars Observer, a $511 million probe to Mars, in the first U.S. mission to the planet in 17 years. Eleven months later, the probe would fail.
NASA · Mars Observer · Mars
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2003
The 8.3 Mw Hokkaidō earthquake strikes just offshore Hokkaidō, Japan.
Famous Births
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1358
Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, Japanese shogun (d. 1408)
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1403
Louis III of Naples (d. 1434)
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1525
Steven Borough, English explorer and navigator (d. 1584)
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1528
Otto II, Duke of Brunswick-Harburg (d. 1603)
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1529
Günther XLI, Count of Schwarzburg-Arnstadt (d. 1583)
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1599
Francesco Borromini, Swiss-Italian architect, designed the San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane and Sant'Agnese in Agone (d. 1667)
Francesco Borromini · San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane · Sant'Agnese in Agone
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1636
Ferdinand Joseph, Prince of Dietrichstein, German prince (d. 1698)
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1644
Ole Rømer, Danish astronomer and instrument maker (d. 1710)
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1663
Johann Nikolaus Hanff, German organist and composer (d. 1711)
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1683
Jean-Philippe Rameau, French composer and theorist (d. 1764)
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1694
Henry Pelham, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1754)
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1711
Qianlong Emperor of China (d. 1799)
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1738
Nicholas Van Dyke, American lawyer and politician, 7th Governor of Delaware (d. 1789)
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1741
Wenzel Pichl, Czech violinist, composer, and director (d. 1805)
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1744
Frederick William II of Prussia (d. 1797)
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1758
Josepha Barbara Auernhammer, Austrian pianist and composer (d. 1820)
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1764
Fletcher Christian, English sailor (d. 1793)
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1766
Armand-Emmanuel de Vignerot du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu, French general and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of France (d. 1822)
Armand-Emmanuel de Vignerot du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu · Prime Minister of France
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1771
Nikolay Raevsky, Russian general and politician (d. 1829)
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1773
Agostino Bassi, Italian entomologist and author (d. 1856)
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1782
Charles Maturin, Irish author and playwright (d. 1824)
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1798
Jean-Baptiste Élie de Beaumont, French geologist and engineer (d. 1874)
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1816
Georg August Rudolph, German lawyer and politician, 3rd Mayor of Marburg (d. 1893)
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1825
William Pitt Ballinger, American lawyer and politician (d. 1888)
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1825
Joachim Heer, Swiss lawyer and politician, President of the National Council (d. 1879)
Joachim Heer · List of Presidents of the National Council of Switzerland
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1839
Karl Alfred von Zittel, German palaeontologist and geologist (d. 1904)
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1862
Léon Boëllmann, French organist and composer (d. 1897)
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1862
Billy Hughes, English-Australian carpenter and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1952)
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1865
Henri Lebasque, French artist (d. 1937)
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1866
Thomas Hunt Morgan, American biologist, geneticist, and embryologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1945)
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1867
Yevgeny Miller, Russian general (d. 1938)
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1879
Lope K. Santos, Filipino lawyer and politician, 4th Governor of Rizal (d. 1963)
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1881
Lu Xun, Chinese author and critic (d. 1936)
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1884
Adolf Bolm, Russian ballet dancer and choreographer (d. 1951)
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1888
Hanna Ralph, German actress (d. 1978)
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1889
Charles Kenneth Scott Moncrieff, Scottish author and translator (d. 1930)
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1893
Harald Cramér, Swedish mathematician and statistician (d. 1985)
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1896
Sandro Pertini, Italian journalist and politician, 7th President of Italy (d. 1990)
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1897
William Faulkner, American novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1962)
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1898
Robert Brackman, Ukrainian-American painter and educator (d. 1980)
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1899
Udumalai Narayana Kavi, Indian poet and songwriter (d. 1981)
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1900
Artur Sirk, Estonian soldier, lawyer, and politician (d. 1937)
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1901
Robert Bresson, French director and screenwriter (d. 1999)
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1901
Gordon Coventry, Australian footballer (d. 1968)
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1903
Mark Rothko, Latvian-American painter and educator (d. 1970)
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1906
Volfgangs Dārziņš, Latvian composer, pianist, and music critic (d. 1962)
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1906
Phyllis Pearsall, English painter, cartographer, and author (d. 1996)
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1906
Dmitri Shostakovich, Russian pianist and composer (d. 1975)
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1908
Jacqueline Audry, French director and screenwriter (d. 1977)
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1910
Ralph Jordan, American football player and coach (d. 1980)
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1911
Eric Williams, Trinidadian historian and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago (d. 1981)
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1916
Jessica Anderson, Australian author and playwright (d. 2010)
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1916
Deendayal Upadhyaya, Indian economist, sociologist, and journalist (d. 1968)
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1917
Phil Rizzuto, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2007)
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1920
Sergei Bondarchuk, Ukrainian-Russian actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1994)
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1920
Satish Dhawan, Indian engineer (d. 2002)
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1921
Rob Muldoon, New Zealand sergeant, accountant, and politician, 31st Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1992)
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1922
Hammer DeRoburt, Nauruian educator and politician, 1st President of Nauru (d. 1992)
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1923
Robert Laxalt, American author and academic (d. 2001)
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1923
Sam Rivers, American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer (d. 2011)
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1924
Norman Ayrton, English actor and director (d. 2017)
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1924
Red Webb, American baseball player (d. 1996)
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1925
Silvana Pampanini, Italian model, actress, and director, Miss Italy 1946 (d. 2016)
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1926
Jack Hyles, American pastor and author (d. 2001)
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1926
Aldo Ray, American actor (d. 1991)
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1927
Colin Davis, English conductor and educator (d. 2013)
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1929
Ronnie Barker, English actor and screenwriter (d. 2005)
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1929
Delia Scala, Italian ballerina and actress (d. 2004)
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1929
Barbara Walters, American journalist, producer, and author
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1930
Nino Cerruti, Italian fashion designer, founded Cerruti
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1930
Shel Silverstein, American author, poet, illustrator, and songwriter (d. 1999)
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1931
Manouchehr Atashi, Iranian journalist and poet (d. 2005)
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1931
Bryan John Birch, English mathematician and scholar
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1932
Glenn Gould, Canadian pianist and composer (d. 1982)
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1932
Terry Medwin, Welsh footballer and manager
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1932
Adolfo Suárez, Spanish lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Spain (d. 2014)
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1933
Hubie Brown, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster
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1933
Ian Tyson, Canadian folk singer-songwriter and musician
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1936
Ken Forsse, American toy creator and author, created Teddy Ruxpin (d. 2014)
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1936
Juliet Prowse, South African-American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 1996)
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1936
Moussa Traoré, Malian general and politician 2nd President of Mali
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1937
Mary Allen Wilkes, American computer scientist and lawyer
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1938
Ron Hill, English runner and businessman
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1938
Jonathan Motzfeldt, Greenlandic priest and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Greenland (d. 2010)
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1938
Enn Tarto, Estonian politician
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1939
Leon Brittan, English lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (d. 2015)
Leon Brittan · Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
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1939
Feroz Khan, Indian actor, director, and producer (d. 2009)
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1939
David S. Mann, American lawyer and politician, Mayor of Cincinnati
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1940
Tim Severin, Indian-English explorer, historian, and author
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1941
Vivien Stern, Baroness Stern, English academic and politician
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1942
Oscar Bonavena, Argentinian boxer (d. 1976)
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1942
Robert Miano, American actor and producer
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1942
Henri Pescarolo, French race car driver
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1942
John Taylor, English pianist and educator (d. 2015)
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1942
Dee Dee Warwick, American singer (d. 2008)
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1943
Robert Gates, American lieutenant, academic, and politician, 22nd United States Secretary of Defense
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1943
John Locke, American keyboard player (d. 2006)
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1943
Aram Saroyan, American poet and novelist
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1943
Robert Walden, American actor, director, and screenwriter
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1944
Michael Douglas, American actor and producer
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1944
Doris Matsui, American politician
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1944
Grayson Shillingford, Dominican cricketer (d. 2009)
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1945
Kathleen Brown, American lawyer and politician, 29th California State Treasurer
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1945
Carol Vadnais, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2014)
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1946
Bishan Singh Bedi, Indian cricketer and coach
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1946
Felicity Kendal, English actress
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1946
Bryan MacLean, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 1998)
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1946
Janusz Majer, Polish mountaineer
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1946
Gil Morgan, American golfer
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1946
Ali Parvin, Iranian footballer
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1946
Jerry Penrod, American bass player
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1947
Giannos Kranidiotis, Greek politician and diplomat (d. 1999)
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1947
Cheryl Tiegs, American model and actress
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1947
Cecil Womack, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2013)
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1948
Mimi Kennedy, American actress and screenwriter
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1948
Vladimir Yevtushenkov, Russian businessman
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1949
Pedro Almodóvar, Spanish director, producer, and screenwriter
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1949
Jeff Borowiak, American tennis player
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1949
Steve Mackay, American saxophonist and composer (d. 2015)
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1950
Stanisław Szozda, Polish cyclist and trainer (d. 2013)
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1951
Yardena Arazi, Israeli singer
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1951
Burleigh Drummond, American drummer and songwriter
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1951
Graeme Knowles, English bishop
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1951
Mark Hamill, American actor, singer, and producer
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1951
Bob McAdoo, American basketball player and coach
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1952
Colin Friels, Scottish-Australian actor
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1952
Jimmy Garvin, American wrestler and manager
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1952
bell hooks, American author and activist
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1952
Cherríe Moraga, American poet, playwright, and activist
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1952
Tommy Norden, American actor
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1952
Chris Pond, English politician
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1952
Christopher Reeve, American actor, producer, and activist (d. 2004)
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1953
Richard Harvey, English mandolin player, keyboard player, and composer
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1953
Ron Rash, American novelist, short story writer, poet
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1954
Sylvester Croom, American football player and coach
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1954
Joep Lange, Dutch physician and academic (d. 2014)
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1954
Juande Ramos, Spanish footballer and manager
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1955
Ludo Coeck, Belgian footballer (d. 1985)
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1955
Zucchero Fornaciari, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1955
Amyr Klink, Brazilian sailor and explorer
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1955
Luanne Rice, American author and activist
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1955
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, German footballer and manager
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1955
Steven Severin, English bass player, songwriter, and producer
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1956
W. Daniel Hillis, American computer scientist, engineer, and author, founded the Thinking Machines Corporation
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1956
Jamie Hyneman, American special effects designer and television host, founded M5 Industries
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1956
Miroslav Volf, Croatian Protestant theologian and public intellectual
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1957
Michael Madsen, American actor and producer
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1957
Vladimir Popovkin, Russian general (d. 2014)
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1958
Randy Kerber, American keyboard player, composer, and conductor
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1959
Jeon Soo-il, South Korean director, producer, and screenwriter
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1960
Igor Belanov, Ukrainian footballer and manager
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1961
Mehmet Aslantuğ, Turkish actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
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1961
Heather Locklear, American actress
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1961
Steve Scott, British journalist and presenter
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1961
Tim Zoehrer, Australian cricketer
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1962
Kalthoum Sarrai, Tunisian-French psychologist and journalist (d. 2010)
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1962
Aida Turturro, American actress
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1962
Dariusz Wdowczyk, Polish footballer and coach
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1963
Tate Donovan, American actor
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1963
Keely Shaye Smith, American journalist and author
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1964
Gary Ayles, English race car driver
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1964
Barbara Dennerlein, German organist
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1964
Rebecca Gablé, German novelist
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1964
Kikuko Inoue, Japanese singer-songwriter and voice actress
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1964
Joey Saputo, Canadian businessman
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1965
Matt Battaglia, American football player, actor, and producer
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1965
Gordon Currie, Canadian actor
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1965
Saffron Henderson, Canadian voice actress and singer
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1965
Scottie Pippen, American basketball player and sportscaster
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1965
Anne Roumanoff, French actress and screenwriter
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1965
Dave Rundle, South African cricketer
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1965
Rob Schmidt, American director and screenwriter
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1965
Rafael Martín Vázquez, Spanish footballer and coach
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1965
Nicky Winmar, Australian footballer
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1966
Stanislav Bunin, Russian pianist and educator
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1966
Todd Philcox, American football player
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1967
Kim Issel, Canadian ice hockey player
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1967
Ashwin Sood, English-Canadian drummer and producer
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1968
John A. List, American economist and academic
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1968
Will Smith, American actor, producer, and rapper
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1968
John Worsfold, Australian footballer and coach
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1969
Hansie Cronje, South African cricketer (d. 2002)
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1969
Bill Simmons, American journalist and author
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1969
Tony Womack, American baseball player
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1969
Catherine Zeta-Jones, Welsh actress
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1970
Curtis Buckley, American football player and psychiatrist
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1971
Nikos Boudouris, Greek basketball player and manager
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1971
John Lynch, American football player and sportscaster
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1971
Seb Sanders, English jockey
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1972
Douglas September, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
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1973
Tijani Babangida, Nigerian footballer
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1973
Jenny Chapman, English politician
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1974
Bill Bowler, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
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1974
Olivier Dacourt, French footballer
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1974
John Granville, American scholar and diplomat (d. 2008)
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1974
Paul Hurst, English footballer and manager
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1974
Daniel Alexander Kessler, English-American singer and guitarist
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1974
Frank Leder, German fashion designer
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1974
Robbie Mears, Australian rugby league player and coach
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1974
Eric Moss, American football player
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1974
Joel Prpic, Canadian ice hockey player
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1974
Javier Rosas, Mexican triathlete
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1974
Kemel Thompson, Jamaican hurdler
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1975
Declan Donnelly, English entertainer
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1975
Matt Hasselbeck, American football player
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1975
Dat Nguyen, American football player and coach
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1976
Santigold, American singer-songwriter and producer
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1976
Chauncey Billups, American basketball player
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1976
Eric Roberson, American singer-songwriter and producer
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1977
Clea DuVall, American actress
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1977
Joel David Moore, American actor
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1977
Mike Krahulik, American illustrator
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1977
Wil Nieves, Puerto Rican-American baseball player
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1978
Joe Cotton, Canadian-New Zealand singer
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1978
Roudolphe Douala, Cameroonian footballer
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1978
Ricardo Gardner, Jamaican footballer
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1978
Jodie Kidd, English model and actress
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1978
Ryan Leslie, American singer-songwriter and producer
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1978
Joel Piñeiro, Puerto Rican baseball player
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1979
Kyle Bennett, American BMX rider (d. 2012)
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1979
Rashad Evans, American mixed martial artist and wrestler
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1979
Jason Koumas, Welsh footballer
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1979
Jean-René Lisnard, French tennis player
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1980
T.I., American rapper, songwriter, producer, and actor
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1981
Rocco Baldelli, American baseball player
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1981
Jason Bergmann, American baseball player
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1982
Hyun Bin, South Korean actor
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1983
Donald Glover, American actor, rapper, producer, and screenwriter
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1983
Terrance Pennington, American football player
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1984
Cherine Anderson, Jamaican singer-songwriter and actress
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1984
Matías Silvestre, Argentinian footballer
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1985
Gökhan Güleç, Turkish footballer
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1985
Marvin Matip, German footballer
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1986
Heidi El Tabakh, Egyptian-Canadian tennis player
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1986
Jamie O'Hara, English footballer
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1986
Marten Strauch, German rugby player
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1986
Steve Forrest, American drummer
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1986
Choi Yoon-young, South Korean actress
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1987
Monica Niculescu, Romanian tennis player
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1988
Mustafa Yumlu, Turkish footballer
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1989
Cuco Martina, Curaçaoan footballer
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1989
Aldon Smith, American football player
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1990
Mao Asada, Japanese figure skater
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1990
Daria Strokous, Russian model, actress, and photographer
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1991
Emmy Clarke, American actress
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1991
Alessandro Crescenzi, Italian footballer
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1991
Calle Järnkrok, Swedish ice hockey player
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1992
Zoël Amberg, Swiss race car driver
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1992
Kerrod Holland, Australian rugby league player
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1992
Massimo Luongo, Australian footballer
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1992
Keauna McLaughlin, American figure skater
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1992
Ruslan Zhiganshin, Russian ice dancer
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1993
Toby Greene, Australian footballer
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1996
Anett Vilipuu, Estonian footballer
Famous Deaths
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744
Yazid III, Umayyad caliph (b. 701)
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1066
Harald Hardrada, Norwegian king (b. 1015)
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1066
Maria Haraldsdotter, Norwegian princess
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1066
Tostig Godwinson, English son of Godwin, Earl of Wessex
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1086
William VIII, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 1025)
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1087
Simon I de Montfort, French nobleman (b. c. 1025)
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1333
Prince Morikuni, Japanese shogun (b. 1301)
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1367
Jakushitsu Genkō, Japanese poet (b. 1290)
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1396
Jean de Carrouges, French knight (b. 1330)
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1396
Jean de Vienne, French general and admiral (b. 1341)
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1496
Piero Capponi, Italian soldier and politician (b. 1447)
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1506
Philip I of Castile (b. 1478)
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1534
Pope Clement VII (b. 1478)
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1536
Johannes Secundus, Dutch author and poet (b. 1511)
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1550
Georg von Blumenthal, German bishop (b. 1490)
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1588
Tilemann Heshusius, German Gnesio-Lutheran theologian (b. 1527)
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1602
Caspar Peucer, German physician, scholar, and reformer (b. 1525)
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1615
Arbella Stuart, English noblewoman and woman of letters (b. 1575)
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1617
Emperor Go-Yōzei of Japan (b. 1572)
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1617
Francisco Suárez, Spanish priest, philosopher, and theologian (b. 1548)
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1621
Mary Sidney, English writer,
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1626
Lancelot Andrewes, English bishop and scholar (b. 1555)
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1630
Ambrogio Spinola, 1st Marquis of the Balbases, Italian general and politician, Governor of the Duchy of Milan (b. 1569)
Ambrogio Spinola, 1st Marquis of the Balbases · List of Governors of the Duchy of Milan
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1665
Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (b. 1610)
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1703
Archibald Campbell, 1st Duke of Argyll, Scottish general (b. 1658)
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1774
John Bradstreet, Canadian-English general (b. 1714)
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1777
Johann Heinrich Lambert, Swiss mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (b. 1728)
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1791
William Bradford, American soldier and publisher (b. 1719)
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1792
Adam Gottlob Moltke, Danish politician and diplomat (b. 1710)
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1794
Paul Rabaut, French pastor (b. 1718)
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1828
Charlotta Seuerling, Swedish singer, harpsichord player, and composer (b. 1783)
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1849
Johann Strauss I, Austrian composer (b. 1804)
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1867
Oliver Loving, American rancher, co-developed the Goodnight-Loving Trail (b. 1812)
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1893
Louise von François, German author (b. 1817)
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1900
Félix-Gabriel Marchand, Canadian journalist and politician, 11th Premier of Québec (b. 1832)
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1900
John M. Palmer, American general and politician, 15th Governor of Illinois (b. 1817)
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1901
Arthur Fremantle, English general and politician, Governor of Malta (b. 1835)
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1905
Jacques Marie Eugène Godefroy Cavaignac, French educator and politician (b. 1853)
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1917
Thomas Ashe, Irish Republican Brotherhood volunteer, and rebel commander (b. 1885)
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1918
Mikhail Alekseyev, Russian general (b. 1857)
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1926
Herbert Booth, English songwriter and bandleader (b. 1862)
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1928
Richard F. Outcault, American cartoonist, created The Yellow Kid and Buster Brown (b. 1863)
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1929
Miller Huggins, American baseball player and manager (b. 1879)
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1933
Ring Lardner, American journalist and author (b. 1885)
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1939
Ali Saip Ursavaş, Turkish soldier and politician (b. 1885)
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1941
Foxhall P. Keene, American polo player, golfer, and race car driver (b. 1867)
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1943
Alexander Hall, Scottish-Canadian soccer player (b. 1880)
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1946
Hans Eppinger, Austrian physician (b. 1879)
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1958
John B. Watson, American psychologist and academic (b. 1878)
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1960
Emily Post, American author and educator (b. 1873)
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1961
Frank Fay, American actor and singer (b. 1897)
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1968
Hans F. K. Günther, German eugenicist and academic (b. 1891)
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1968
Cornell Woolrich, American author and screenwriter (b. 1903)
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1970
Erich Maria Remarque, German-Swiss author and translator (b. 1898)
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1971
Hugo Black, American captain, jurist, and politician (b. 1886)
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1980
John Bonham, English drummer and songwriter (b. 1948)
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1980
Lewis Milestone, Russian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1895)
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1980
Marie Under, Estonian author and poet (b. 1883)
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1983
Leopold III of Belgium (b. 1901)
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1984
Walter Pidgeon, Canadian-American actor (b. 1897)
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1986
Darshan Singh Canadian, Indian-Canadian trade union leader and activist (b. 1917)
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1986
Donald MacDonald, Canadian union leader and politician (b. 1909)
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1986
Nikolay Semyonov, Russian physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1896)
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1986
Hans Vogt, Norwegian linguist and academic (b. 1909)
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1987
Mary Astor, American actress (b. 1906)
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1987
Emlyn Williams, Welsh actor and playwright (b. 1905)
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1988
Billy Carter, American farmer and businessman (b. 1937)
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1988
Arthur Võõbus, Estonian-American orientalist and scholar (b. 1909)
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1990
Prafulla Chandra Sen, Indian accountant and politician, 3rd Chief Minister of West Bengal (b. 1897)
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1991
Klaus Barbie, German SS captain, known as the "Butcher of Lyon" (b. 1913)
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1991
Viviane Romance, French actress and producer (b. 1912)
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1992
Ivan Vdović, Serbian musician (b. 1961)
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1995
Dave Bowen, Welsh footballer and manager (b. 1928)
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1995
Annie Elizabeth Delany, American dentist and author (b. 1891)
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1997
Hélène Baillargeon, Canadian singer and actress (b. 1916)
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1997
Jean Françaix, French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1912)
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1999
Marion Zimmer Bradley, American author (b. 1930)
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2003
Aqila al-Hashimi, Iraqi translator and politician (b. 1953)
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2003
Herb Gardner, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1934)
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2003
Franco Modigliani, Italian-American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)
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2003
George Plimpton, American writer and literary editor (b. 1927)
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2003
Edward Said, Palestinian-American philosopher and critic (b. 1935)
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2005
Don Adams, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1923)
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2005
Madeline-Ann Aksich, Canadian businesswoman and philanthropist (b. 1956)
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2005
George Archer, American golfer (b. 1939)
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2005
Urie Bronfenbrenner, Russian-American psychologist and ecologist (b. 1917)
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2005
Ghulam Mustafa Khan, Pakistani linguist and critic (b. 1912)
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2005
M. Scott Peck, American psychiatrist and author (b. 1936)
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2005
Friedrich Peter, Austrian lawyer and politician (b. 1921)
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2006
Jeff Cooper, American target shooter and author (b. 1920)
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2006
John M. Ford, American author and poet (b. 1957)
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2007
Haidar Abdel-Shafi, Palestinian physician and politician (b. 1919)
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2007
André Emmerich, German-American art dealer (b. 1924)
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2008
Derog Gioura, Nauruan politician, 23rd President of Nauru (b. 1932)
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2009
Alicia de Larrocha, Spanish pianist (b. 1923)
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2009
Pierre Falardeau, Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1946)
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2011
Wangari Maathai, Kenyan environmentalist and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1940)
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2012
Billy Barnes, American composer and songwriter (b. 1927)
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2012
John Bond, English footballer and manager (b. 1923)
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2012
Eric Ives, English historian and academic (b. 1931)
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2012
Alonso Lujambio, Mexican academic and politician (b. 1962)
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2012
Andy Williams, American singer (b. 1927)
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2013
Ron Fenton, English footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1940)
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2013
Choi In-ho, South Korean author and screenwriter (b. 1945)
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2013
José Montoya, American poet and academic (b. 1932)
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2013
Billy Mure, American guitarist and composer (b. 1915)
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2013
Pablo Verani, Italian-Argentinian lawyer and politician (b. 1938)
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2013
Bennet Wong, Canadian psychiatrist and academic, co-founded Haven Institute (b. 1930)
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2014
Ulrick Chérubin, Haitian-Canadian educator and politician (b. 1943)
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2014
Sulejman Tihić, Bosnian lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1951)
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2014
Dorothy Tyler-Odam, English high jumper (b. 1920)
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2015
Claudio Baggini, Italian Roman Catholic prelate (b. 1936)
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2015
John Galvin, American general (b. 1929)
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2015
Tom Kelley, American baseball player and manager (b. 1944)
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2015
Moti Kirschenbaum, Israeli journalist (b. 1939)
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2016
José Fernández, Cuban-American baseball player (b. 1992)
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2016
Arnold Palmer, American golfer (b. 1929)
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2016
Nahid Hattar, Jordanian writer and political activist (b. 1960)