September 8 — On This Day
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Events
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617
Battle of Huoyi: Li Yuan defeats a Sui dynasty army, opening the path to his capture of the imperial capital Chang'an and the eventual establishment of the Tang dynasty.
Battle of Huoyi · Emperor Gaozu of Tang · Sui dynasty · Chang'an · Tang dynasty
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1100
Election of Antipope Theodoric.
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1198
Philip of Swabia, Prince of Hohenstaufen, is crowned King of Germany (King of the Romans)
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1253
Pope Innocent IV canonised Stanislaus of Szczepanów, killed by king Bolesław II.
Pope Innocent IV · Stanislaus of Szczepanów · Bolesław II the Generous
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1264
The Statute of Kalisz, guaranteeing Jews safety and personal liberties and giving battei din jurisdiction over Jewish matters, is promulgated by Bolesław the Pious, Duke of Greater Poland.
Statute of Kalisz · Beth din · Jurisdiction · Bolesław the Pious · Duke of Greater Poland
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1276
Pope John XXI is chosen.
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1331
Stefan Dušan declares himself king of Serbia
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1380
Battle of Kulikovo: Russian forces defeat a mixed army of Tatars and Mongols, stopping their advance.
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1504
Michelangelo's David is unveiled in Piazza della Signoria in Florence.
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1514
Battle of Orsha: In one of the biggest battles of the century, Lithuanians and Poles defeat the Russian army.
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1551
The foundation day in Vitória, Brazil.
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1565
St. Augustine, Florida was founded by Spanish admiral and Florida's first governor, Pedro Menéndez de Avilés.
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1565
The Knights of Malta lift the Ottoman siege of Malta that began on May 18.
Knights of Malta · Ottoman Empire · Great Siege of Malta · May 18
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1612
The foundation day in São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil.
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1655
Warsaw falls without resistance to a small force under the command of Charles X Gustav of Sweden during The Deluge, making it the first time the city is captured by a foreign army.
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1727
A barn fire during a puppet show in the village of Burwell in Cambridgeshire, England kills 78 people, many of whom are children.
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1755
French and Indian War: Battle of Lake George.
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1756
French and Indian War: Kittanning Expedition.
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1761
Marriage of King George III of the United Kingdom to Duchess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
George III of the United Kingdom · Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
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1775
The unsuccessful Rising of the Priests in Malta.
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1781
American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Eutaw Springs in South Carolina, the war's last significant battle in the Southern theater, ends in a narrow British tactical victory.
American Revolutionary War · Battle of Eutaw Springs · South Carolina · Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War
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1793
French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Hondschoote.
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1796
French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Bassano: French forces defeat Austrian troops at Bassano del Grappa.
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1810
The Tonquin sets sail from New York Harbor with 33 employees of John Jacob Astor's newly created Pacific Fur Company on board. After a six-month journey around the tip of South America, the ship arrives at the mouth of the Columbia River and Astor's men establish the fur-trading town of Astoria, Oregon.
Tonquin (1807) · New York Harbor · John Jacob Astor · Pacific Fur Company · Columbia River
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1831
William IV and Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
William IV of the United Kingdom · Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen
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1831
November uprising: Battle of Warsaw ends, effectively ending the Insurrection.
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1860
The steamship PS Lady Elgin sinks on Lake Michigan, with the loss of around 300 lives.
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1862
Millennium of Russia monument unveiled in Novgorod.
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1863
American Civil War: Second Battle of Sabine Pass: On the Texas-Louisiana border at the mouth of the Sabine River, a small Confederate force thwarts a Union invasion of Texas.
American Civil War · Second Battle of Sabine Pass · Texas · Louisiana · Sabine River (Texas-Louisiana)
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1883
The Northern Pacific Railway (reporting mark NP) was completed in a ceremony at Gold Creek, Montana. Former president Ulysses S. Grant drove in the final "golden spike" in an event attended by rail and political luminaries.
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1888
In Spain, the first travel of Isaac Peral's submarine.
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1888
In London, the body of Jack the Ripper's second murder victim, Annie Chapman, is found.
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1888
In England the first six Football League matches are played.
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1892
The Pledge of Allegiance is first recited.
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1900
Galveston hurricane: A powerful hurricane hits Galveston, Texas killing about 8,000 people.
1900 Galveston hurricane · Tropical cyclone · Galveston, Texas
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1905
The 7.2 Mw Calabria earthquake shakes Southern Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing between 557 and 2,500 people.
1905 Calabria earthquake · Southern Italy · Mercalli intensity scale
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1914
World War I: Private Thomas Highgate becomes the first British soldier to be executed for desertion during the war.
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1921
Margaret Gorman, a 16-year-old, wins the Atlantic City Pageant's Golden Mermaid trophy; pageant officials later dubbed her the first Miss America.
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1923
Honda Point disaster: Nine US Navy destroyers run aground off the California coast. Seven are lost, and twenty-three sailors killed.
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1925
Rif War: Spanish forces including troops from the Foreign Legion under Colonel Francisco Franco landing at Al Hoceima, Morocco.
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1930
3M begins marketing Scotch transparent tape.
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1933
Ghazi bin Faisal became King of Iraq.
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1934
Off the New Jersey coast, a fire aboard the passenger liner SS Morro Castle kills 137 people.
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1935
US Senator from Louisiana Huey Long is fatally shot in the Louisiana State Capitol building.
United States Senate · Louisiana · Huey Long · Louisiana State Capitol
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1941
World War II: Siege of Leningrad begins. German forces begin the siege of Leningrad.
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1943
World War II: United States General Dwight D. Eisenhower publicly announces the Allied armistice with Italy.
Dwight D. Eisenhower · Allies of World War II · Armistice with Italy
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1944
World War II: London is hit by a V-2 rocket for the first time.
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1945
Cold War: United States troops arrive to partition the southern part of Korea in response to Soviet troops occupying the northern part of the peninsula a month earlier.
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1946
A 95.6% vote in favor of abolishing the monarchy in Bulgaria.
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1951
Treaty of San Francisco: In San Francisco, 48 nations sign a peace treaty with Japan in formal recognition of the end of the Pacific War.
Treaty of San Francisco · San Francisco · Peace treaty · Pacific War
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1952
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation makes its first televised broadcast on the second escape of the Boyd Gang.
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1954
The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) is established.
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1960
In Huntsville, Alabama, US President Dwight D. Eisenhower formally dedicates the Marshall Space Flight Center (NASA had already activated the facility on July 1).
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1962
Last run of the famous Pines Express over the Somerset and Dorset Railway line (UK) fittingly using the last steam locomotive built by British Railways, 9F locomotive 92220 Evening Star.
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1966
The landmark American science fiction television series Star Trek premieres with its first-aired episode, "The Man Trap".
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1971
In Washington, D.C., the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is inaugurated, with the opening feature being the premiere of Leonard Bernstein's Mass.
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts · Leonard Bernstein · Mass (Bernstein)
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1974
Watergate scandal: US President Gerald Ford pardons former President Richard Nixon for any crimes Nixon may have committed while in office.
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1975
Gays in the military: US Air Force Tech Sergeant Leonard Matlovich, a decorated veteran of the Vietnam War, appears in his Air Force uniform on the cover of Time magazine with the headline "I Am A Homosexual". He is given a general discharge, later upgraded to honorable.
Gays in the military · Leonard Matlovich · Vietnam War · Time (magazine)
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1978
Black Friday, a massacre by soldiers against protesters in Tehran, results in 700-3000 deaths, it marks the beginning of the end of the monarchy in Iran.
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1988
Yellowstone National Park is closed for the first time in U.S. history due to ongoing fires.
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1989
Partnair Flight 394 dived into the North Sea, killing 55 people. The investigation showed that the tail of the plane vibrated loose in flight due to sub-standard connecting bolts that had been fraudulently sold as aircraft-grade.
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1991
The Republic of Macedonia becomes independent.
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1994
USAir Flight 427, on approach to Pittsburgh International Airport, suddenly crashes in clear weather killing all 132 aboard; resulting in the most extensive aviation investigation in world history and altering manufacturing practices in the industry.
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2004
NASA's unmanned spacecraft Genesis crash-lands when its parachute fails to open.
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2005
Two Ilyushin Il-76 aircraft from EMERCOM land at a disaster aid staging area at Little Rock Air Force Base; the first time Russia has flown such a mission to North America.
Famous Births
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Emperor Xuanzong of Tang (d. 762)
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Ansgar, German archbishop and saint (d. 865)
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828
Ali al-Hadi, Hijazi (Western Arabian), 10th of the Twelve Imams (d. 868)
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1157
Richard I of England (d. 1199)
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1209
Sancho II of Portugal (d. 1248)
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1271
Charles Martel of Anjou (d. 1295)
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1380
Bernardino of Siena, Italian priest, missionary, and saint (d. 1444)
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1413
Catherine of Bologna, Italian nun and saint (d. 1463)
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1442
John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford, English commander and politician, Lord Great Chamberlain of England (d. 1513)
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1462
Henry Medwall, first known English vernacular dramatist (d. 1501)
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1474
Ludovico Ariosto, Italian playwright and poet (d. 1533)
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1515
Alfonso Salmeron, Spanish priest and scholar (d. 1585)
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1588
Marin Mersenne, French mathematician, philosopher, and theologian (d. 1648)
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1593
Toyotomi Hideyori, Japanese nobleman (d. 1615)
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1611
Johann Friedrich Gronovius, German scholar and critic (d. 1671)
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1621
Louis, Grand Condé, French general (d. 1686)
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1633
Ferdinand IV, King of the Romans (d. 1654)
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1672
Nicolas de Grigny, French organist and composer (d. 1703)
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1698
François Francoeur, French violinist and composer (d. 1787)
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1742
Ozias Humphry, English painter and academic (d. 1810)
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1749
Yolande de Polastron, French educator (d. 1793)
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1750
Tanikaze Kajinosuke, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 4th Yokozuna (d. 1795)
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1752
Carl Stenborg, Swedish opera singer, actor, and director (d. 1813)
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1767
August Wilhelm Schlegel, German poet and critic (d. 1845)
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1774
Anne Catherine Emmerich, German nun and mystic (d. 1824)
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1779
Mustafa IV, Ottoman sultan (d. 1808)
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1783
N. F. S. Grundtvig, Danish pastor, philosopher, and author (d. 1872)
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1804
Eduard Mörike, German pastor, poet, and academic (d. 1875)
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1814
Charles Étienne Brasseur de Bourbourg, French archaeologist, ethnographer, and historian (d. 1874)
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1815
Giuseppina Strepponi, Italian soprano and educator (d. 1897)
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1822
Karl von Ditmar, German geologist and explorer (d. 1892)
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1824
Jaime Nunó, Spanish-American composer, conductor, and director (d. 1908)
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1828
Joshua Chamberlain, American general and politician, 32nd Governor of Maine (d. 1914)
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1828
Clarence Cook, American author and critic (d. 1900)
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1830
Frédéric Mistral, French poet and lexicographer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1914)
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1831
Wilhelm Raabe, German author and painter (d. 1910)
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1841
Antonín Dvořák, Czech composer and academic (d. 1904)
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1846
Paul Chater, Indian-Hong Kong businessman and politician (d. 1926)
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1851
John Jenkins, American-Australian businessman and politician, 22nd Premier of South Australia (d. 1923)
John Jenkins (Australian politician) · Premier of South Australia
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1852
Gojong of Korea (d. 1919)
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1857
Georg Michaelis, German academic and politician, 6th Chancellor of Germany (d. 1936)
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1863
Mary of the Divine Heart, German nun and saint (d. 1899)
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1863
W.W. Jacobs, English novelist and short story writer (d. 1943)
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1867
Alexander Parvus, Belarusian-German theoretician and activist (d. 1924)
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1868
Seth Weeks, American mandolin player, composer, and bandleader (d. 1953)
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1869
José María Pino Suárez, Mexican politician, Vice President of Mexico, murdered in a military coup (d. 1913)
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1871
Samuel McLaughlin, Canadian businessman and philanthropist, founded the McLaughlin Carriage Company (d. 1972)
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1873
Alfred Jarry, French author and playwright (d. 1907)
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1873
David O. McKay, American religious leader, 9th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1970)
David O. McKay · President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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1881
Harry Hillman, American runner and hurdler (d. 1945)
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1881
Refik Saydam, Turkish physician and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Turkey (d. 1942)
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1884
Théodore Pilette, Belgian race car driver (d. 1921)
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1886
Siegfried Sassoon, English captain, journalist, and poet (d. 1967)
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1886
Ninon Vallin, French soprano and actress (d. 1961)
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1889
Robert A. Taft, American lawyer and politician (d. 1953)
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1894
John Samuel Bourque, Canadian soldier and politician (d. 1974)
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1894
Willem Pijper, Dutch composer and critic (d. 1947)
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1896
Howard Dietz, American publicist and songwriter (d. 1983)
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1897
Jimmie Rodgers, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1933)
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1900
Tilly Devine, English-Australian organised crime boss (d. 1970)
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1900
Claude Pepper, American lawyer and politician (d. 1989)
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1901
Hendrik Verwoerd, Dutch-South African journalist and politician, 7th Prime Minister of South Africa (d. 1966)
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1903
Jane Arbor, English author (d. 1994)
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1906
Andrei Kirilenko, Russian engineer and politician (d. 1990)
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1907
William Wentworth, Australian economist and politician, 11th Australian Minister for Human Services (d. 2003)
William Wentworth (Australian politician) · Minister for Human Services (Australia)
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1909
Józef Noji, Polish runner (d. 1943)
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1910
Jean-Louis Barrault, French actor and director (d. 1994)
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1914
Patriarch Demetrios I of Constantinople (d. 1991)
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1914
Denys Lasdun, English architect, designed the Royal National Theatre (d. 2001)
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1915
N. V. M. Gonzalez, Filipino novelist, poet, and writer (d. 1999)
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1917
Jan Sedivka, Czech-Australian violinist and educator (d. 2009)
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1918
Derek Barton, English-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)
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1919
Gianni Brera, Italian journalist and author (d. 1992)
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1919
Maria Lassnig, Austrian painter and academic (d. 2014)
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1921
Harry Secombe, Welsh-English actor (d. 2001)
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1922
Sid Caesar, American comic actor and writer (d. 2014)
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1922
Lyndon LaRouche, American politician and activist, founded the LaRouche movement
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1923
Rasul Gamzatov, Russian poet (d. 2003)
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1923
Wilbur Ware, American double-bassist (d. 1979)
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1924
Wendell H. Ford, American lieutenant and politician, 53rd Governor of Kentucky (d. 2015)
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1924
Marie-Claire Kirkland, American-Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (d. 2016)
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1924
Grace Metalious, American author (d. 1964)
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1924
Mimi Parent, Canadian-Swiss painter (d. 2005)
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1925
Jacqueline Ceballos, American activist, founded the Veteran Feminists of America
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1925
Peter Sellers, English actor and comedian (d. 1980)
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1926
Bhupen Hazarika, Indian singer-songwriter, poet, and director (d. 2011)
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1927
Harlan Howard, American songwriter (d. 2002)
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1927
Robert L. Rock, American soldier and politician, 42nd Lieutenant Governor of Indiana (d. 2013)
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1927
Marguerite Frank, American-French mathematician
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1929
Christoph von Dohnányi, German conductor
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1930
Nguyễn Cao Kỳ, Vietnamese general and politician, 16th Prime Minister of the Republic of Vietnam (d. 2011)
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1931
Marion Brown, American saxophonist and composer (d. 2010)
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1931
John Garrett, English soldier and politician (d. 2007)
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1932
Patsy Cline, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1963)
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1933
Michael Frayn, English author and playwright
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1933
Jeffrey Koo Sr., Taiwanese banker and businessman (d. 2012)
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1933
Eric Salzman, American composer, producer, and critic
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1933
Maigonis Valdmanis, Latvian basketball player and coach (d. 1999)
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1934
Rodrigue Biron, Canadian politician
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1934
Ross Brown, New Zealand rugby player (d. 2014)
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1934
Peter Maxwell Davies, English composer and conductor (d. 2016)
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1934
Bernard Donoughue, Baron Donoughue, English academic and politician
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1936
Roy Newman, English admiral
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1937
Barbara Frum, American-Canadian journalist (d. 1992)
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1937
Archie Goodwin, American author and illustrator (d. 1998)
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1938
Adrian Cronauer, American sergeant and radio host
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1938
Kenichi Horie, Japanese sailor
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1938
Sam Nunn, American lawyer and politician
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1939
Carsten Keller, German field hockey player and coach
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1939
Guitar Shorty, American singer and guitarist
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1940
Quentin L. Cook, American religious leader
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1940
Jerzy Robert Nowak, Polish historian and journalist
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1940
Jack Prelutsky, American author and poet
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1941
Bernie Sanders, American politician
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1942
Brian Cole, American bass player (d. 1972)
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1942
Judith Hann, English journalist and author
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1942
Sal Valentino, American rock singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1943
Adelaide C. Eckardt, American academic and politician
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1944
Peter Bellamy, English singer-songwriter (d. 1991)
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1944
Margaret Hodge, English economist and politician
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1944
Terry Jenner, Australian cricketer and coach (d. 2011)
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1945
Lem Barney, American football player
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1945
Kelly Groucutt, English bass player (Electric Light Orchestra) (d. 2009)
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1945
Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player (d. 1973)
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1945
Vinko Puljić, Croatian cardinal
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1945
Rogie Vachon, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
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1946
L. C. Greenwood, American football player (d. 2013)
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1946
Aziz Sancar, Turkish-American biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
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1947
Valery Afanassiev, Russian pianist and conductor
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1947
Halldór Ásgrímsson, Icelandic accountant and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Iceland (d. 2015)
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1947
Ann Beattie, American novelist and short story writer
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1947
Benjamin Orr, American singer-songwriter and bass player (The Cars) (d. 2000)
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1947
Marianne Wiggins, American author
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1948
Great Kabuki, Japanese wrestler
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1948
Jean-Pierre Monseré, Belgian cyclist (d. 1971)
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1949
Edward Hinds, English physicist and academic
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1950
Ian Davidson, Scottish lawyer and politician
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1950
Zachary Richard, American singer-songwriter and poet
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1950
Mike Simpson, American dentist and politician
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1951
Tim Gullikson, American tennis player and coach (d. 1996)
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1951
Tom Gullikson, American tennis player and coach
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1951
John McDonnell, English politician
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1951
Dezső Ránki, Hungarian pianist
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1952
Will Lee, American bass player
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1952
Geoff Miller, English cricketer
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1952
Graham Mourie, New Zealand rugby player
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1953
Pascal Greggory, French actor
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1953
Stein-Erik Olsen, Norwegian guitarist
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1954
Mark Lindsay Chapman, English actor
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1954
Ruby Bridges, American civil rights activist
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1954
Michael Shermer, American historian, author, and academic, founded The Skeptics Society
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1955
David O'Halloran, Australian footballer (d. 2013)
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1955
Terry Tempest Williams, American environmentalist and author
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1956
Mick Brown, American drummer
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1956
David Carr, American journalist and author (d. 2015)
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1956
Maurice Cheeks, American basketball player and coach
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1956
Stefan Johansson, Swedish race car driver
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1957
Walt Easley, American football player (d. 2013)
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1958
Bart Batten, American wrestler
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1958
Brad Batten, American wrestler (d. 2014)
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1958
Michael Lardie, American keyboard player, songwriter, and producer
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1960
Aimee Mann, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress
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1960
David Steele, English bass player and songwriter
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1960
Aguri Suzuki, Japanese race car driver
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1961
Timothy Well, American wrestler (d. 2017)
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1963
Alexandros Alexiou, Greek footballer
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1963
Daniel Wolpert, American scientist
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1964
Michael Johns, American businessman and political activist
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1964
Joachim Nielsen, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2000)
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1964
Raven, American wrestler
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1965
Darlene Zschech, Australian singer-songwriter and pastor
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1965
Tutilo Burger, German Benedictine monk and abbot
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1966
Peter Furler, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
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1967
Eerik-Niiles Kross, Estonian politician and diplomat
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1967
James Packer, Australian businessman
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1967
Kimberly Peirce, American director, producer, and screenwriter
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1968
Wolfram Klein, German footballer
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1968
Ray Wilson, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1969
Lars Bohinen, Norwegian footballer and manager
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1969
Petter Hegre, Norwegian photographer
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1969
Oswaldo Ibarra, Ecuadorian footballer
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1969
Chris Powell, English footballer and manager
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1969
Gary Speed, Welsh footballer and manager (d. 2011)
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1970
Neko Case, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1970
Paul DiPietro, Canadian-Swiss ice hockey player
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1970
Nidal Malik Hasan, American soldier, psychiatrist, and mass murderer
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1970
Latrell Sprewell, American basketball player
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1970
Lodi, American wrestler
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1970
Andy Ward, Irish rugby player and coach
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1970
John Welborn, Australian rugby player
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1971
David Arquette, American actor, director, producer, screenwriter, and wrestler
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1971
Martin Freeman, English actor
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1971
Lachlan Murdoch, English-Australian businessman
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1971
Dustin O'Halloran, American pianist and composer
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1971
Daniel Petrov, Bulgarian boxer
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1971
Pierre Sévigny, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
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1972
Markus Babbel, German footballer and manager
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1972
Os du Randt, South African rugby player and coach
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1972
Lisa Kennedy Montgomery, American radio and television host
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1973
Khamis Al-Dosari, Saudi Arabian footballer
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1973
Gabrial McNair, American saxophonist, keyboard player, and composer
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1973
Troy Sanders, American singer-songwriter and bass player
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1974
Marios Agathokleous, Cypriot footballer
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1974
Tanaz Eshaghian, Iranian-American director and producer
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1974
Braulio Luna, Mexican footballer
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1974
Rick Michaels, American wrestler
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1975
Lee Eul-yong, South Korean footballer and manager
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1975
Richard Hughes, English drummer
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1975
Chris Latham, Australian rugby player
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1975
Elena Likhovtseva, Russian tennis player
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1975
Larenz Tate, American actor, director, and producer
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1976
Gerald Drummond, Costa Rican footballer
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1976
Jervis Drummond, Costa Rican footballer
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1976
Sjeng Schalken, Dutch tennis player
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1977
Jay McKee, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
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1978
Gerard Autet, Spanish footballer and manager
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1978
Emanuele Ferraro, Italian footballer
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1978
Gil Meche, American baseball player
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1978
Angela Rawlings, Canadian-American author and poet
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1978
Rebel, American wrestler
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1979
Pink, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
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1981
Kate Abdo, English journalist
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1981
Selim Benachour, Tunisian footballer
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1981
Māris Ļaksa, Latvian basketball player
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1981
Morten Gamst Pedersen, Norwegian footballer
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1981
Jonathan Taylor Thomas, American actor
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1982
Travis Daniels, American football player
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1983
Kate Beaton, Canadian cartoonist
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1983
Diego Benaglio, Swiss footballer
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1983
Will Blalock, American basketball player
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1983
Chris Judd, Australian footballer
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1983
Wali Lundy, American football player
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1983
Lewis Roberts-Thomson, Australian footballer
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1984
Bobby Parnell, American baseball player
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1984
Vitaly Petrov, Russian race car driver
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1984
Jürgen Säumel, Austrian footballer
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1984
Tiago Treichel, Brazilian footballer
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1984
Peter Whittingham, English footballer
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1985
Tomasz Jodłowiec, Polish footballer
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1986
Brett Anderson, Australian rugby league player
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1986
Carlos Bacca, Colombian footballer
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1986
Matt Grothe, American football player
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1986
Dan Hunt, Australian rugby league player
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1986
João Moutinho, Portuguese footballer
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1986
Kirill Nababkin, Russian footballer
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1987
Alexandre Bilodeau, Canadian skier
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1987
Danielle Frenkel, Israeli high jumper
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1987
Wiz Khalifa, Haitian rapper and actor
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1987
Illya Marchenko, Ukrainian tennis player
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1987
Marcel Nguyen, German gymnast
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1988
Arrelious Benn, American football player
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1988
Chantal Jones, American model and actress
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1988
Rie Kaneto, Japanese swimmer
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1989
Gylfi Sigurðsson, Icelandic footballer
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1989
Avicii, Swedish electronic musician
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1990
Matt Barkley, American football player
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1990
Tokelo Rantie, South African footballer
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1990
Musa Nizam, Turkish footballer
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1990
Jos Buttler, English cricketer
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1991
Ignacio González, Mexican footballer
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1991
Joe Sugg, British Vlogger
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1992
Nino Niederreiter, Swiss ice hockey player
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1992
Kilian Pruschke, German footballer
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1994
Marco Benassi, Italian footballer
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1995
Ellie Black, Canadian gymnast
Famous Deaths
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394
Arbogast, Frankish general
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701
Pope Sergius I (b. 650)
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780
Leo IV the Khazar, Byzantine emperor (b. 750)
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869
Ahmad ibn Isra'il al-Anbari, Muslim vizier
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1100
Antipope Clement III (b. 1029)
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1306
Sir Simon Fraser, Scottish knight, hung drawn and quartered by the English
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1397
Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester, English politician, Lord High Constable of England (b. 1355)
Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester · Lord High Constable of England
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1425
Charles III of Navarre (b. 1361)
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1539
John Stokesley, English bishop (b. 1475)
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1555
Saint Thomas of Villanueva, Spanish bishop and saint(b. 1488)
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1560
Amy Robsart, English noblewoman (b. 1536)
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1613
Carlo Gesualdo, Italian lute player and composer (b. 1566)
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1637
Robert Fludd, English physician, mathematician, and cosmologist (b. 1574)
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1644
John Coke, English civil servant and politician (b. 1563)
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1644
Francis Quarles, English poet and author (b. 1592)
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1645
Francisco de Quevedo, Spanish poet and politician (b. 1580)
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1656
Joseph Hall, English bishop (b. 1574)
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1682
Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish mathematician and philosopher (b. 1606)
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1721
Michael Brokoff, Czech sculptor (b. 1686)
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1755
Ephraim Williams, American soldier and philanthropist (b. 1715)
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1761
Bernard Forest de Bélidor, French mathematician and engineer (b. 1698)
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1780
Enoch Poor, American general (b. 1736)
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1784
Ann Lee, English-American religious leader (b. 1736)
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1811
Peter Simon Pallas, German zoologist and botanist (b. 1741)
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1831
John Aitken, Scottish-American publisher (b. 1745)
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1853
Frédéric Ozanam, French scholar, co-founded the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul (b. 1813)
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1882
Joseph Liouville, French mathematician and academic (b. 1809)
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1916
Friedrich Baumfelder, German pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1836)
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1894
Hermann von Helmholtz, German physician and physicist (b. 1821)
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1909
Vere St. Leger Goold, Irish tennis player (b. 1853)
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1933
Faisal I of Iraq (b. 1883)
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1935
Carl Weiss, American physician (b. 1906)
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1940
Hemmo Kallio, Finnish actor (b. 1863)
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1942
Rıza Nur, Turkish surgeon and politician (b. 1879)
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1943
Julius Fučík, Czech journalist (b. 1903)
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1944
Jan van Gilse, Dutch composer and conductor (b. 1881)
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1949
Richard Strauss, German composer and manager (b. 1864)
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1954
André Derain, French painter and sculptor (b. 1880)
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1963
Maurice Wilks, English engineer and businessman (d. 1904)
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1965
Dorothy Dandridge, American actress and singer (b. 1922)
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1965
Hermann Staudinger, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881)
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1969
Bud Collyer, American game show host (b. 1908)
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1969
Alexandra David-Néel, Belgian-French explorer and activist (b. 1868)
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1970
Percy Spencer, American engineer, invented the microwave oven (b. 1894)
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1974
Wolfgang Windgassen, French-German tenor (b. 1914)
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1977
Zero Mostel, American actor and comedian (b. 1915)
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1980
Willard Libby, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1908)
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1981
Nisargadatta Maharaj, Indian guru, philosopher, and educator (b. 1897)
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1981
Roy Wilkins, American journalist and activist (b. 1901)
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1981
Hideki Yukawa, Japanese physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1907)
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1983
Antonin Magne, French cyclist (b. 1904)
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1985
John Franklin Enders, American virologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887)
John Franklin Enders · Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
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1990
Denys Watkins-Pitchford, English author and illustrator (b. 1905)
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1991
Alex North, American composer and conductor (b. 1910)
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1997
Derek Taylor, English journalist and author (b. 1932)
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1999
Moondog, American-German singer-songwriter, drummer, and poet (b. 1916)
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1999
Michalis Kounelis, Greek violinist (b. 1928)
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2001
Bill Ricker, Canadian entomologist and author (b. 1908)
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2002
Laurie Williams, Jamaican cricketer (b. 1968)
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2003
Leni Riefenstahl, German actress, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1902)
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2004
Frank Thomas, American animator, voice actor, and screenwriter (b. 1913)
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2005
Noel Cantwell, Irish cricketer, footballer, and manager (b. 1932)
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2005
Donald Horne, Australian journalist, author, and critic (b. 1921)
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2006
Hilda Bernstein, English-South African author and activist (b. 1915)
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2006
Peter Brock, Australian race car driver and sportscaster (b. 1945)
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2007
Vincent Serventy, Australian ornithologist, conservationist, and author (b. 1916)
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2008
Ralph Plaisted, American explorer (b. 1927)
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2009
Aage Bohr, Danish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1922)
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2009
Mike Bongiorno, American-Italian television host (b. 1924)
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2012
Ronald Hamowy, Canadian historian and academic (b. 1937)
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2012
Bill Moggridge, English-American designer, author, and educator, co-founded IDEO (b. 1943)
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2012
Thomas Szasz, Hungarian-American psychiatrist and academic (b. 1920)
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2013
Goose Gonsoulin, American football player (b. 1938)
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2013
Don Reichert, Canadian painter and photographer (b. 1932)
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2013
Jean Véronis, French linguist, computer scientist, and blogger (b. 1955)
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2014
Marvin Barnes, American basketball player (b. 1952)
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2014
S. Truett Cathy, American businessman, founded Chick-fil-A (b. 1921)
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2014
Sean O'Haire, American wrestler, mixed martial artist, and kick-boxer (b. 1971)
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2014
Magda Olivero, Italian soprano (b. 1910)
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2014
Gerald Wilson, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1918)
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2014
George Zuverink, American baseball player (b. 1924)
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2015
Joaquín Andújar, Dominican baseball player (b. 1952)
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2015
Andrew Kohut, American political scientist and academic (b. 1942)
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2015
Tyler Sash, American football player (b. 1988)
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2015
Joost Zwagerman, Dutch author and poet (b. 1963)
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2016
Hannes Arch, Austrian race pilot (b. 1967)
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2016
Dragiša Pešić, Montenegrin politician, 5th Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (b. 1954)
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2016
Prince Buster, Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1938)