1921 in History
632 entries
Events
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Greco-Turkish War: The First Battle of İnönü, the first battle of the war, begins near Eskişehir in Anatolia.
Greco-Turkish War (1919-22) · First Battle of İnönü · Eskişehir · Anatolia
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Acting to restore confidence in baseball after the Black Sox Scandal, Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis is elected as Major League Baseball's first commissioner.
Black Sox Scandal · Kenesaw Mountain Landis · Major League Baseball
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The Marxist Left in Slovakia and the Transcarpathian Ukraine holds its founding congress in Ľubochňa.
Marxist Left in Slovakia and the Transcarpathian Ukraine · Ľubochňa
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The first Constitution of Turkey is adopted, making fundamental changes in the source and exercise of sovereignty by consecrating the principle of national sovereignty.
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Bolsheviks launch a revolt in Georgia as a preliminary to the Red Army invasion of Georgia.
Bolsheviks · Democratic Republic of Georgia · Red Army invasion of Georgia
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Kingdom of Romania establishes its legation in Helsinki.
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Constituent Assembly of the Democratic Republic of Georgia adopts the country's first constitution.
Constituent Assembly of Georgia · Democratic Republic of Georgia
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Rezā Shāh takes control of Tehran during a successful coup
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After Russian forces under Baron Roman von Ungern-Sternberg drive the Chinese out, the Bogd Khan is reinstalled as the emperor of Mongolia.
Roman von Ungern-Sternberg · Bogd Khan · Khagan · Mongolia (1911-24)
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Tbilisi, capital of the Democratic Republic of Georgia, is occupied by Bolshevist Russia.
Tbilisi · Democratic Republic of Georgia · Soviet invasion of Georgia · Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
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The International Working Union of Socialist Parties is founded in Vienna.
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The Australian cricket team captained by Warwick Armstrong becomes the first team to complete a whitewash of The Ashes, something that would not be repeated for 86 years.
Australia national cricket team · Warwick Armstrong · Whitewash (sport) · The Ashes
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Portuguese Communist Party is founded as the Portuguese Section of the Communist International.
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Spanish Prime Minister Eduardo Dato Iradier is assassinated while exiting the parliament building in Madrid.
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İstiklâl Marşı is adopted in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey.
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Mongolia is proclaimed an independent monarchy, ruled by Russian military officer Roman von Ungern-Sternberg as a dictator.
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Talaat Pasha, former Grand Vizir of the Ottoman Empire and chief architect of the Armenian Genocide is assassinated in Berlin by a 23-year-old Armenian, Soghomon Tehlirian.
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The Second Polish Republic adopts the March Constitution.
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The second Peace of Riga is signed between Poland and the Soviet Union.
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Irish War of Independence: One of the biggest engagements of the war takes place at Crossbarry, County Cork. About 100 Irish Republican Army (IRA) volunteers escape an attempt by over 1,300 British forces to encircle them.
Irish War of Independence · Crossbarry Ambush · Crossbarry · County Cork · Irish Republican Army (1917-22)
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The Upper Silesia plebiscite was a plebiscite mandated by the Versailles Treaty to determine a section of the border between Weimar Germany and Poland.
Upper Silesia plebiscite · Versailles Treaty · Weimar Germany · Poland
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The New Economic Policy is implemented by the Bolshevik Party in response to the economic failure as a result of war communism.
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The 1921 Women's Olympiad begins in Monte Carlo, first international women's sports event
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The Royal Australian Air Force is formed.
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The Autonomous Government of Khorasan, a military government encompassing the modern state of Iran, is established.
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Emir Abdullah establishes the first centralised government in the newly created British protectorate of Transjordan.
Emir · Abdullah I of Jordan · British protectorate · Emirate of Transjordan
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West Virginia becomes the first state to legislate a broad sales tax, but does not implement it until a number of years later due to enforcement issues.
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The Partition of Ireland; The Government of Ireland Act 1920 is passed, dividing Ireland into Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland.
Partition of Ireland · Government of Ireland Act 1920 · Ireland · Northern Ireland · Southern Ireland (1921-22)
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The United States Congress passes the Emergency Quota Act establishing national quotas on immigration.
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Tulsa race riot: civil unrest in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The official death toll was given as 39, but other estimates of black fatalities vary from 55 to about 300.
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Southwark Bridge in London is opened to traffic by King George V and Queen Mary.
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Bessie Coleman earns her pilot's license, becoming the first female pilot of African-American descent.
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Workers of Buckingham and Carnatic Mills in the city of Chennai, India, begin a four-month strike.
Buckingham and Carnatic Mills · Chennai · 1921 Buckingham and Carnatic Mills Strike
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Serbian King Alexander I proclaims the new constitution of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, known thereafter as the Vidovdan Constitution.
Alexander I of Serbia · Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes · Vidovdan Constitution
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U.S. President Warren G. Harding appoints former President William Howard Taft Chief Justice of the United States.
Warren G. Harding · William Howard Taft · Chief Justice of the United States
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World War I: U.S. President Warren G. Harding signs the Knox-Porter Resolution formally ending the war between the United States and Imperial Germany.
Warren G. Harding · Knox-Porter Resolution · Imperial Germany
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Belfast's Bloody Sunday: Sixteen people are killed and 161 houses destroyed during rioting and gun battles in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
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A truce in the Irish War of Independence comes into effect.
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The Red Army captures Mongolia from the White Army and establishes the Mongolian People's Republic.
Red Army · Mongolia · White movement · Mongolian People's Republic
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Former President of the United States William Howard Taft is sworn in as 10th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, becoming the only person ever to hold both offices.
President of the United States · William Howard Taft · Chief Justice of the United States · Supreme Court of the United States
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The Communist Party of China (CPC) is established at the founding National Congress.
Communist Party of China · 1st National Congress of the Communist Party of China
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Researchers at the University of Toronto, led by biochemist Frederick Banting, prove that the hormone insulin regulates blood sugar.
University of Toronto · Biochemist · Frederick Banting · Hormone · Insulin
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Adolf Hitler becomes leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party.
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Major League Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis confirms the ban of the eight Chicago Black Sox, the day after they were acquitted by a Chicago court.
Commissioner of Baseball · Kenesaw Mountain Landis · Black Sox Scandal
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Tannu Uriankhai, later Tuvan People's Republic is established as a completely independent country (which is supported by Soviet Russia).
Tannu Uriankhai · Tuvan People's Republic · Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
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British airship R-38 experiences structural failure over Hull in England and crashes in the Humber estuary. Of her 49 British and American training crew, only four survive.
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Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle party in San Francisco ends with the death of the young actress Virginia Rappe: One of the first scandals of the Hollywood community.
Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle · San Francisco · Virginia Rappe · Cinema in the United States
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In Atlantic City, New Jersey, the first Miss America Pageant, a two-day event, is held.
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The Legion of Mary, the largest apostolic organization of lay people in the Catholic Church, is founded in Dublin, Ireland.
Legion of Mary · Consecrated life · Catholic Church · Dublin
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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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Nahalal, the first moshav in Palestine, is settled as part of a Zionist plan of creating a Jewish state, later to be Israel.
Nahalal · Moshav · Mandatory Palestine · Zionist · Israel
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A storage silo in Oppau, Germany, explodes, killing 500-600 people.
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The World Series is the first to be broadcast on radio.
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KDKA in Pittsburgh's Forbes Field conducts the first live broadcast of a football game.
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The Soviet republics of Russia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia sign the Treaty of Kars with the Grand National Assembly of Turkey to establish the contemporary borders between Turkey and the South Caucasus states.
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic · Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic · Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic · Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic · Treaty of Kars
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The Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic is formed as part of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.
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Portuguese Prime Minister António Granjo and other politicians are murdered in a Lisbon coup.
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President Warren G. Harding delivers the first speech by a sitting U.S. President against lynching in the deep South.
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The Chicago Theatre opens.
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The Link River Dam, a part of the Klamath Reclamation Project, is completed.
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United States: Second trial of Sacco and Vanzetti in Boston, Massachusetts.
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The Harvard University football team loses to Centre College, ending a 25-game winning streak. This is considered one of the biggest upsets in college football.
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The Saalschutz Abteilung (hall defense detachment) of the Nazi Party is renamed the Sturmabteilung (storm detachment) after a large riot in Munich.
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Japanese Prime Minister Hara Takashi is assassinated in Tokyo.
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The Tomb of the Unknowns is dedicated by US President Warren G. Harding at Arlington National Cemetery.
Tomb of the Unknowns · Warren G. Harding · Arlington National Cemetery
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Foundation of the Communist Party of Spain.
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The Anglo-Irish Treaty is signed in London by British and Irish representatives.
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Opening of Visva-Bharati College, also known as Santiniketan College, now Visva Bharati University, India.
Visva-Bharati College · Santiniketan · Visva-Bharati University
Famous Births
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1921
Ismail al-Faruqi, Palestinian-American philosopher and academic (d. 1986)
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César Baldaccini, French sculptor and academic (d. 1998)
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Regina Bianchi, Italian actress (d. 2013)
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John Strawson, English general (d. 2014)
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Glen Harmon, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2007)
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Chetan Anand, Indian director and screenwriter (d. 1997)
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Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Swiss author and playwright (d. 1990)
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Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Luxembourgish soldier and aristocrat
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John H. Reed, American politician and diplomat, 67th Governor of Maine (d. 2012)
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Marianne Grunberg-Manago, Russian-French biochemist and academic (d. 2013)
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Cary Middlecoff, American golfer and sportscaster (d. 1998)
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Esmeralda Arboleda Cadavid, Colombian politician (d. 1997)
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Chester Kallman, American poet and translator (d. 1975)
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Lister Sinclair, Indian-Canadian broadcaster and playwright (d. 2006)
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John Sperling, American businessman, founded the University of Phoenix (d. 2014)
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Rodger Ward, American race car driver and sportscaster (d. 2004)
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Gory Guerrero, American wrestler and trainer (d. 1990)
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Juanita M. Kreps, American economist and politician, 24th United States Secretary of Commerce (d. 2010)
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Necati Cumalı, Greek-Turkish author and poet (d. 2001)
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Dachine Rainer, American-English author and poet (d. 2000)
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Murray Bookchin, American author and philosopher (d. 2006)
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Kenneth Bulmer, American author (d. 2005)
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Babasaheb Bhosale, Indian lawyer and politician, 8th Chief Minister of Maharashtra (d. 2007)
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Frank Thornton, English actor (d. 2013)
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Francesco Scavullo, American photographer (d. 2004)
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Asghar Khan, Pakistani general and politician
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Antonio Prohías, Cuban cartoonist (d. 1998)
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Yoichiro Nambu, Japanese-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2015)
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Patricia Highsmith, American novelist and short story writer (d. 1995)
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Telmo Zarra, Spanish footballer (d. 2006)
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Lincoln Alexander, Canadian lawyer and politician, 23rd Canadian Minister of Labour (d. 2012)
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Samuel T. Cohen, American physicist and academic (d. 2010)
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Eddie Barclay, French record producer, founded Barclay Records (d. 2005)
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Akio Morita, Japanese businessman, co-founded Sony (d. 1999)
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Donna Reed, American actress (d. 1986)
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Vytautas Norkus, Lithuanian-American basketball player (d. 2014)
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Geraldine Pittman Woods, American science administrator and embryologist (d. 1999)
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John Agar, American actor (d. 2002)
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Carol Channing, American actress, singer, and dancer
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E. Fay Jones, American architect, designed the Thorncrown Chapel (d. 2004)
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Mario Lanza, American tenor and actor (d. 1959)
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Peter Sallis, English actor (d. 2017)
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Renata Tebaldi, Italian soprano and actress (d. 2004)
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Patricia Robins, British writer and WAAF officer (d. 2016).
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Betty Friedan, American author and feminist (d. 2006)
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Lotfi Zadeh, Iranian-American mathematician and computer scientist and founder of fuzzy logic (d. 2017)
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Ken Adam, German-born English production designer and art director (d. 2016)
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Carl Neumann Degler, American historian and author (d. 2014)
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Bob Scott, New Zealand rugby player (d. 2012)
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Athol Rowan, South African cricketer (d. 1998)
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Barney Danson, Canadian colonel and politician, 21st Canadian Minister of National Defence (d. 2011)
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Lana Turner, American actress (d. 1995)
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Lloyd Bentsen, American colonel and politician, 69th United States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 2006)
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Ottavio Missoni, Italian hurdler and fashion designer, founded Missoni (d. 2013)
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Edward Seidensticker, American scholar and translator (d. 2007)
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Jeanne Demessieux, French pianist and composer (d. 1968)
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Aung Khin, Burmese painter (d. 1996)
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Hugh Downs, American journalist, game show host, and producer
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Hazel McCallion, Canadian businesswoman and politician, 3rd Mayor of Mississauga
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Vera-Ellen, German-American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 1981)
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Jean Behra, French race car driver (d. 1959)
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John Galbraith Graham, English priest and academic (d. 2013)
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Duane Gish, American biochemist and academic (d. 2013)
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Mary Amdur, American toxicologist and public health researcher (d. 1998)
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Oscar Feltsman, Ukrainian-Russian pianist and composer (d. 2013)
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Buddy Rogers, American wrestler (d. 1992)
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John Rawls, American philosopher and academic (d. 2002)
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Richard T. Whitcomb, American aeronautical engineer (d. 2009)
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Jean-Bédel Bokassa, Central African general and politician, 2nd President of the Central African Republic (d. 1996)
Jean-Bédel Bokassa · President of the Central African Republic
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Giulietta Masina, Italian actress (d. 1994)
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Abe Vigoda, American actor (d. 2016)
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Pierre Laporte, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician, Deputy Premier of Quebec (d. 1970)
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Andy Pafko, American baseball player and manager (d. 2013)
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Betty Hutton, American actress and singer (d. 2007)
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Theodore Van Kirk, American soldier, pilot, and navigator (d. 2014)
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Pierre Clostermann, French pilot, engineer, and author (d. 2006)
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Cameron Argetsinger, American race car driver and lawyer (d. 2008)
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Terence Cooke, American cardinal (d. 1983)
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Richard Wilbur, American poet, translator, and essayist
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Kazimierz Górski, Polish footballer and coach (d. 2006)
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Ernst Haas, Austrian-American photographer and journalist (d. 1986)
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Diana Barrymore, American actress (d. 1960)
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Halim El-Dabh, Egyptian-American composer and educator
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Joan Greenwood, English actress (d. 1987)
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Dinny Pails, English-Australian tennis player (d. 1986)
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Elmer Valo, American baseball player and coach (d. 1998)
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Leo Bretholz, Austrian-American holocaust survivor and author (d. 2014)
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Alan Hale, Jr., American actor (d. 1990)
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Sahir Ludhianvi, Indian poet and songwriter (d. 1980)
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Carl Betz, American actor (d. 1978)
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Dimitris Horn, Greek actor (d. 1998)
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Frank Harary, American mathematician and academic (d. 2005)
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Jeff Stollmeyer, Trinidadian cricketer (d. 1989)
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Astor Piazzolla, Argentine tango composer and bandoneon player (d. 1992)
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Gianni Agnelli, Italian businessman (d. 2003)
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Gordon MacRae, American actor and singer (d. 1986)
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Al Jaffee, American cartoonist
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S. Truett Cathy, American businessman, founded Chick-fil-A (d. 2014)
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Ada Louise Huxtable, American author and critic (d. 2013)
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Madelyn Pugh, American television writer and producer (d. 2011)
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Meir Amit, Israeli general and politician, 12th Israeli Minister of Communications (d. 2009)
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Tommy Cooper, British magician and prop comedian (d. 1984)
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Dušan Pirjevec, Slovenian historian and philosopher (d. 1977)
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Alfréd Rényi, Hungarian mathematician and theorist (d. 1970)
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Arthur Grumiaux, Belgian violinist and pianist (d. 1986)
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Antony Hopkins, English pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 2014)
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Nino Manfredi, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2004)
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Donald Campbell, English racing driver (d. 1967)
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Peter Lawler, Australian public servant (d. 2017)
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Vasily Smyslov, Russian chess player (d. 2010)
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Nancy Kelly, American actress (d. 1995)
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Simone Signoret, Jewish French actress (d. 1985)
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Phil Chess, Czech-American record producer, co-founded Chess Records (d. 2016)
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Moacir Barbosa Nascimento, Brazilian footballer and coach (d. 2000)
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Harold Nicholas, American actor and dancer (d. 2000)
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Harold Agnew, American physicist and academic (d. 2013)
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Dirk Bogarde, English actor and author (d. 1999)
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Herschel Grynszpan, German assassin of Ernst vom Rath (d. 1960)
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Walter Neugebauer, Croatian-German author and illustrator (d. 1992)
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Sam Loxton, Australian cricketer, footballer, and politician (d. 2011)
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André Fontaine, French historian and journalist (d. 2013)
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Lowell Fulson, African-American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1999)
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Peggy Rea, American actress and casting director (d. 2011)
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William Bergsma, American composer and educator (d. 1994)
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Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith, American guitarist, fiddler, and composer (d. 2014)
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Robert Karvelas, American actor (d. 1991)
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Jan Sterling, American actress (d. 2004)
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Elizabeth Wilson, American actress (d. 2015)
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Wilbur Thompson, American shot putter (d. 2013)
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Feza Gürsey, Turkish mathematician and physicist (d. 1992)
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Franco Corelli, Italian tenor and actor (d. 2003)
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Jan Novák, Czech composer (d. 1984)
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Herman van Raalte, Dutch footballer (d. 2013)
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Jean-Marie Balestre, French businessman (d. 2008)
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Yitzhak Navon, Israeli politician (d. 2015)
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Frankie Thomas, American actor (d. 2006)
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Mary Jackson, African American mathematician and aerospace engineer (d. 2005)
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Chuck Connors, American baseball player and actor (d. 1992)
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Jake Warren, Canadian soldier and diplomat, Canadian Ambassador to the United States (d. 2008)
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Jim Hearn, American baseball player (d. 1998)
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Jack Rayner, Australian rugby league player and coach (d. 2008)
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Robert Cliche, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (d. 1978)
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Thomas Schelling, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2016)
Thomas Schelling · Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
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Georgy Beregovoy, Ukrainian-Russian general, pilot, and astronaut (d. 1995)
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Angelo DiGeorge, American physician and endocrinologist (d. 2009)
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Arlin M. Adams, American lawyer and judge (d. 2015)
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Wolfgang Leonhard, German historian and author (d. 2014)
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Peter Ustinov, English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2004)
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Jean Richard, French actor and singer (d. 2001)
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Anna Lee Aldred, American jockey (d. 2006)
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Leon Henkin, American logician (d. 2006)
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Roberto Tucci, Italian cardinal and theologian (d. 2015)
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Cleto Bellucci, Italian archbishop (d. 2013)
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Janet Blair, American actress and singer (d. 2007)
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Warren Spahn, American baseball player and coach (d. 2003)
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Karel Appel, Dutch painter and sculptor (d. 2006)
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Jimmy Giuffre, American clarinet player, saxophonist, and composer (d. 2008)
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Robert Dhéry, French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2004)
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Rowland Evans, American soldier, journalist, and author (d. 2001)
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Simin Daneshvar, Iranian author and academic (d. 2012)
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Roger L. Easton, American scientist, co-invented the GPS (d. 2014)
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Vladimir Colin, Romanian journalist and author (d. 1991)
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Satyajit Ray, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1992)
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Sugar Ray Robinson, American boxer (d. 1989)
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Patsy Garrett, American actress and singer (d. 2015)
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John van Kesteren, Dutch-American tenor and actor (d. 2008)
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Edo Murtić, Croatian painter, sculptor, and illustrator (d. 2005)
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Arthur Leonard Schawlow, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1999)
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Erich Fried, Austrian-German author, poet, and translator (d. 1988)
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Asa Briggs, Baron Briggs, English historian and academic (d. 2016)
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Gaston Rébuffat, French mountaineer and author (d. 1985)
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Daniel Berrigan, American priest, poet, and activist (d. 2016)
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Sophie Scholl, German activist (d. 1943)
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Mona Van Duyn, American poet and academic (d. 2004)
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Robin Barbour, Scottish minister and author (d. 2014)
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Hildegard Hamm-Brücher, German politician (d. 2016)
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Joseph Beuys, German sculptor and illustrator (d. 1986)
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Farley Mowat, Canadian environmentalist and author (d. 2014)
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Harry Carey, Jr., American actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012)
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Dennis Brain, English composer (d. 1957)
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Bob Merrill, American composer and screenwriter (d. 1998)
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Michael A. Epstein, English pathologist and academic
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Leslie Broderick, English lieutenant and pilot (d. 2013)
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Harry W. Brown, American colonel and pilot (d. 1991)
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Daniel Gélin, French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2002)
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Yuri Kochiyama, American activist (d. 2014)
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Karel van het Reve, Dutch historian and author (d. 1999)
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Wolfgang Borchert, German author and playwright (d. 1947)
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Hal Newhouser, American baseball player and scout (d. 1998)
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Hao Wang, Chinese-American logician, philosopher, and mathematician (d. 1995)
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Sandy Douglas, English computer scientist and academic, designed OXO (d. 2010)
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Andrei Sakharov, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1989)
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George S. Hammond, American scientist (d. 2005)
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Hal David, American songwriter and composer (d. 2012)
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Kitty Kallen, American singer (d. 2016)
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Jack Steinberger, German-Swiss physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
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Inge Borkh, German soprano
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Bob Godfrey, Australian-English animator, director, and voice actor (d. 2013)
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D. V. Paluskar, Indian Hindustani classical musician (d. 1955)
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Heinz G. Konsalik, German journalist and author (d. 1999)
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Tom Uren, Australian soldier, boxer, and politician (d. 2015)
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Norman Hetherington, Australian cartoonist and puppeteer (d. 2010)
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Edna Doré, English actress (d. 2014)
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Andrew Grima, Anglo-Italian jewellery designer (d. 2007)
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Howard Reig, American radio and television announcer (d. 2008)
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Alida Valli, Austrian-Italian actress and singer (d. 2006)
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Nelson Riddle, American composer and bandleader (d. 1985)
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Betty Freeman, American photographer and philanthropist (d. 2009)
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Ernie Royal, American trumpet player (d. 1983)
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Sigmund Sternberg, Hungarian-English businessman and philanthropist (d. 2016)
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András József Szennay, Hungarian priest (d. 2012)
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1921
Forbes Carlile, Australian pentathlete and coach (d. 2016)
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1921
Jean Dréjac, French singer and composer (d. 2003)
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1921
Milan Komar, Slovenian-Argentinian philosopher and academic (d. 2006)
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1921
Bobby Wanzer, American basketball player and coach (d. 2016)
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Myrtle Edwards, Australian cricketer and softball player (d. 2010)
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Brian Talboys, New Zealand politician, 7th Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 2012)
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Gordon McLendon, American broadcaster and businessman (d. 1986)
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1921
Olga Nardone, American actress (d. 2010)
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1921
LeRoy Neiman, American soldier and painter (d. 2012)
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1921
Alexis Smith, Canadian-born American actress and singer (d. 1993)
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1921
Suharto, Indonesian soldier and politician, 2nd President of Indonesia (d. 2008)
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1921
Arthur Hertzberg, American rabbi and scholar (d. 2006)
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1921
Jean Lacouture, French journalist, historian, and author (d. 2015)
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1921
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
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1921
Jean Robic, French cyclist (d. 1980)
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1921
Luis García Berlanga, Spanish director and screenwriter (d. 2010)
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1921
Christopher Derrick, English author, critic, and academic (d. 2007)
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1921
James Archibald Houston, Canadian author and illustrator (d. 2005)
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1921
Lennart Strand, Swedish runner (d. 2004)
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1921
Martha Greenhouse, American actress (d. 2013)
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1921
Erroll Garner, American pianist and composer (d. 1977)
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1921
Louis Jourdan, French-American actor and singer (d. 2015)
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1921
Byron Farwell, American historian and author (d. 1999)
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1921
Pancho Segura, Ecuadorian tennis player
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1921
Judy Holliday, American actress and singer (d. 1965)
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1921
Jane Russell, American actress and singer (d. 2011)
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1921
William Edwin Self, American actor, producer, and production manager (d. 2010)
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1921
Joseph Papp, American director and producer (d. 1991)
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1921
Barbara Vucanovich, American lawyer and politician (d. 2013)
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1921
Gerhard Sommer, German soldier
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1921
Celia Franca, English-Canadian ballerina and choreographer, founded the National Ballet of Canada (d. 2007)
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1921
Violette Szabo, French secret agent (d. 1945)
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1921
Muriel Pavlow, English actress
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1921
P. V. Narasimha Rao, Indian lawyer and politician, 9th Prime Minister of India (d. 2004)
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1921
Frédéric Dard, French author and screenwriter (d. 2000)
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1921
Jean Kent, English actress (d. 2013)
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1921
Reinhard Mohn, German businessman (d. 2009)
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1921
Harry Schell, French-American race car driver (d. 1960)
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1921
Seretse Khama, Batswana lawyer and politician, 1st President of Botswana (d. 1980)
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1921
Michalina Wisłocka, Polish gynecologist and sexologist (d. 2005)
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1921
Susan Peters, American actress (d. 1952)
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1921
François Reichenbach, French director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1993)
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Gérard Debreu, French economist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004)
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1921
Metropolitan Mikhail of Asyut (d. 2014)
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1921
Philip Rose, American actor, playwright, and producer (d. 2011)
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1921
Tibor Varga, Hungarian violinist and conductor (d. 2003)
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1921
Viktor Kulikov, Russian marshal (d. 2013)
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1921
Nanos Valaoritis, Greek author, poet, and playwright
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1921
Allan MacEachen, Canadian economist and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Canada (d. 2017)
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1921
Billy Mauch, American actor (d. 2006)
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1921
Bobby Mauch, American actor (d. 2007)
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Nancy Reagan, American actress and activist, 42nd First Lady of the United States (d. 2016)
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1921
Ezzard Charles, American boxer and bassist (d. 1975)
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1921
Adolf von Thadden, German lieutenant and politician (d. 1996)
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1921
David C. Jones, American general (d. 2013)
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1921
Harvey Ball, American illustrator, created the Smiley (d. 2001)
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1921
Jeff Donnell, American actress (d. 1988)
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1921
John K. Singlaub, U.S Army Major General
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1921
Eunice Kennedy Shriver, American activist, co-founded the Special Olympics (d. 2009)
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1921
Ernest Gold, Austrian-American composer and conductor (d. 1999)
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1921
Sixto Durán Ballén, American-Ecuadorian architect and politician, 48th President of Ecuador (d. 2016)
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1921
Leon Garfield, English author (d. 1996)
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1921
Armand Gaudreault, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2013)
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1921
Geoffrey Wilkinson, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1996)
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1921
Jack Beeson, American pianist and composer (d. 2010)
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1921
Henri Colpi, Swiss-French director and screenwriter (d. 2006)
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Robert Bruce Merrifield, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2006)
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1921
George Barnes, American guitarist, producer, and songwriter (d. 1977)
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Louis Lachenal, French mountaineer (d. 1955)
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Mary Osborne, American guitarist (d. 1992)
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Toni Stone, American baseball player (d. 1996)
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1921
František Zvarík, Slovakian actor (d. 2008)
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1921
Peter Austin, English brewer, founded Ringwood Brewery (d. 2014)
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1921
Aaron T. Beck, American psychiatrist and academic
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1921
John Glenn, American colonel, astronaut, and politician (d. 2016)
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1921
Richard Leacock, English-French director and producer (d. 2011)
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1921
Heinz Bennent, German actor (d. 2011)
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1921
Harold Camping, American evangelist, author, radio host (d. 2013)
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1921
André Moynet, French soldier, race car driver, and politician (d. 1993)
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1921
Elizabeth Spencer, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright
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1921
Rosalyn Sussman Yalow, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2011)
Rosalyn Sussman Yalow · Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
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Henri Alleg, English-French journalist and author (d. 2013)
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James Cooke Brown, American sociologist and author (d. 2000)
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1921
John Horsley, English actor (d. 2014)
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1921
William V. Roth Jr., American lawyer and politician (d. 2003)
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1921
Calvert DeForest, American actor (d. 2007)
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1921
Giuseppe Di Stefano, Italian tenor and actor (d. 2008)
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1921
Billy Taylor, American pianist and composer (d. 2010)
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Adolph Herseth, American soldier and trumpet player (d. 2013)
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Lionel Terray, French mountaineer (d. 1965)
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Tom Saffell, American baseball player and manager (d. 2012)
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Jean Shepherd, American radio host, actor, and screenwriter (d. 1999)
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Garry Davis, American pilot and activist, created the World Passport (d. 2013)
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Émile Genest, Canadian-American actor (d. 2003)
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1921
Richard Egan, American actor (d. 1987)
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1921
Chris Marker, French photographer and journalist (d. 2012)
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Grant Johannesen, American pianist and educator (d. 2005)
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1921
Peter Benenson, English lawyer and activist, founded Amnesty International (d. 2005)
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Donald Malarkey, American sergeant and author
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Whitney Young, American activist (d. 1971)
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Jack Kramer, American tennis player, sailor, and sportscaster (d. 2009)
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Pat McDonald, Australian actress (d. 1990)
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1921
Alan Whicker, Egyptian-English journalist (d. 2013)
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Richard Adler, American composer and producer (d. 2012)
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Marilyn Maxwell, American actress (d. 1972)
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Herb Ellis, American guitarist (d. 2010)
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Maurice Richard, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2000)
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Terry Becker, American actor, director, and producer (d. 2014)
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1921
Manitas de Plata, French guitarist (d. 2014)
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Karel Husa, Czech-American composer and conductor (d. 2016)
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William Asher, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012)
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Webb Pierce, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1991)
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Esther Williams, American swimmer and actress (d. 2013)
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Ernest Angley, American evangelist and author
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J. James Exon, American soldier and politician, 33rd Governor of Nebraska (d. 2005)
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Alex Haley, American historian and author (d. 1992)
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Louis Frémaux, French conductor (d. 2017)
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Jimmy McCracklin, American blues/R&B singer-songwriter and pianist (d 2012)
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August Kowalczyk, Polish actor and director (d. 2012)
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Geoffrey Elton, German-English historian and academic (d. 1994)
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Lydia Litvyak, Russian lieutenant and pilot (d. 1943)
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Zdzisław Żygulski, Polish historian and academic (d. 2015)
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Gene Roddenberry, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1991)
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Jack Wilson, Australian cricketer (d. 1985)
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1921
Reuven Feuerstein, Romanian-Israeli psychologist and academic (d. 2014)
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Dinos Dimopoulos, Greek director and screenwriter (d. 2003)
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Tony Pawson, English cricketer, footballer, and journalist (d. 2012)
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Kenneth Arrow, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2017)
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Sam Cook, English cricketer and umpire (d. 1996)
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Sam Tingle, English-Zimbabwean race car driver (d. 2008)
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Eric Simms, English ornithologist and conservationist (d. 2009)
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Monty Hall, Canadian-American television personality and game show host (d. 2017)
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Bryce Mackasey, Canadian businessman and politician, 20th Canadian Minister of Labour (d. 1999)
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Brian Moore, Northern Irish-Canadian author and screenwriter (d. 1999)
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1921
Shimshon Amitsur, Israeli mathematician and scholar (d. 1994)
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Benjamin C. Bradlee, American journalist and author (d. 2014)
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Georg Alexander, Duke of Mecklenburg (d. 1996)
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Leo Penn, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1998)
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John Herbert Chapman, Canadian physicist and engineer (d. 1979)
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Fernando Fernán Gómez, Spanish actor, director, and playwright (d. 2007)
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Nancy Kulp, American actress and soldier (d. 1991)
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Lidia Gueiler Tejada, the first female President of Bolivia (d. 2011)
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Otis G. Pike, American judge and politician (d. 2014)
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1921
Raymond Williams, Welsh author and academic (d. 1988)
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1921
Willem Frederik Hermans, Dutch author, poet, and playwright (d. 1995)
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John Aston Sr., English footballer (d. 2003)
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Thurston Dart, English pianist, conductor, and musicologist (d. 1971)
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Marguerite Higgins, American journalist and author (d. 1966)
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Murray Henderson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2013)
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1921
Jack Valenti, American businessman, created the MPAA film rating system (d. 2007)
Jack Valenti · Motion Picture Association of America film rating system
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Carmen Laforet, Spanish author (d. 2004)
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Norman Joseph Woodland, American inventor, co-created the bar code (d. 2012)
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Peter A. Peyser, American soldier and politician (d. 2014)
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1921
Harry Secombe, Welsh-English actor (d. 2001)
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1921
Joann Lõssov, Estonian basketball player and coach (d. 2000)
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John W. Morris, American general (d. 2013)
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1921
Leaford Bearskin, American tribal leader and colonel (d. 2012)
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Edwin Richfield, English actor and screenwriter (d. 1990)
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Frank McGee, American journalist (d. 1974)
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1921
Stanisław Lem, Ukrainian-Polish philosopher and author (d. 2006)
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Turgut Cansever, Turkish Architect, city planner, thinker (d. 2009)
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1921
Constance Baker Motley, American lawyer, judge, and politician (d. 2005)
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1921
A. Jean de Grandpré, Canadian lawyer, businessman, and academic
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1921
Paul Poberezny, American pilot and businessman, founded the Experimental Aircraft Association (d. 2013)
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1921
Dario Vittori, Italian-Argentinian actor and producer (d. 2001)
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1921
Richard Gordon, English surgeon and author (d. 2017)
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1921
Gene Roland, American pianist and composer (d. 1982)
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Ursula Franklin, German-Canadian metallurgist (d. 2016)
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Jon Hendricks, American singer-songwriter
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1921
Korla Pandit, American pianist and composer (d. 1998)
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1921
Paulo Freire, Brazilian philosopher, theorist, and academic (d. 1997)
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Billy Ward, American R&B singer-songwriter (d. 2002)
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1921
Chico Hamilton, American drummer, composer, and bandleader (d. 2013)
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John McHale, American baseball player and manager (d. 2008)
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Will Elder, Jewish-American illustrator (d. 2008)
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Jim McKay, American sportscaster and journalist (d. 2008)
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Sheila MacRae, English-American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 2014)
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Rob Muldoon, New Zealand sergeant, accountant, and politician, 31st Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1992)
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Miklós Jancsó, Hungarian director and screenwriter (d. 2014)
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Milton Subotsky, American screenwriter and producer, co-founded Amicus Productions (d. 1991)
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1921
Bernard Waber, American author and illustrator (d. 2013)
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John Ritchie, New Zealand composer and educator (d. 2014)
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Albie Roles, English footballer and manager (d. 2012)
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Deborah Kerr, Scottish-English actress (d. 2007)
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1921
Aldo Parisot, Brazilian-American cellist and educator
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1921
James Whitmore, American actor (d. 2009)
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Albert Scott Crossfield, American pilot and engineer (d. 2006)
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Robert Runcie, English archbishop (d. 2000)
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Ray Lindwall, Australian cricketer and soldier (d. 1996)
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Bill Willis, American football player and coach (d. 2007)
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1921
Evgenii Landis, Ukrainian-Russian mathematician and theorist (d. 1997)
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Joseph Lowery, American minister and activist
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1921
Raymond Goethals, Belgian footballer and coach (d. 2004)
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1921
Abraham Sarmiento, Filipino lawyer and jurist (d. 2010)
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Michel Boisrond, French director and screenwriter (d. 2002)
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Tadeusz Różewicz, Polish poet and playwright (d. 2014)
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Art Clokey, American animator, producer, screenwriter, and voice actor, created Gumby (d. 2010)
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1921
Jaroslav Drobný, Czech-English tennis player and ice hockey player (d. 2001)
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Yves Montand, Italian-French actor and singer (d. 1991)
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José Arraño Acevedo, Chilean journalist and historian (d. 2009)
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Angelica Rozeanu, Romanian-Israeli table tennis player (d. 2006)
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Matt Batts, American baseball player and coach (d. 2013)
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George Mackay Brown, Scottish author, poet, and playwright (d. 1996)
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Priscilla Buckley, American journalist and author (d. 2012)
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Maria Gorokhovskaya, Russian-Israeli gymnast (d. 2001)
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Tom Poston, American actor and comedian (d. 2007)
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Jerry Cooke, Ukrainian-American photographer and journalist (d. 2005)
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Jesse Helms, American soldier, journalist, and politician (d. 2008)
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Beatrice Helen Worsley, Mexican-Canadian computer scientist and academic (d. 1972)
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George Nader, American actor (d. 2002)
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Manny Ayulo, American racing driver (d. 1955)
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Hans Warren, Dutch poet and author (d. 2001)
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Malcolm Arnold, English composer (d. 2006)
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Bruce Beeby, Australian-English actor (d. 2013)
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1921
Robert Clothier, Canadian actor (d. 1999)
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Jim Shumate, American fiddler and composer (d. 2013)
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Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld, Dutch astronomer and academic (d. 2015)
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Georges Brassens, French singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1981)
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Alexander Kronrod, Russian mathematician and computer scientist (d. 1986)
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Ted Ditchburn, English footballer and manager (d. 2005)
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R. K. Laxman, Indian illustrator (d. 2015)
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Warren Allen Smith, American journalist, author, and activist (d. 2017)
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1921
Azumafuji Kin'ichi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 40th Yokozuna (d. 1973)
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Baselios Thoma Didymos I, Indian metropolitan (d. 2014)
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Baku Mahadeva, Sri Lankan civil servant and academic (d. 2013)
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Bill Mauldin, American soldier and cartoonist (d. 2003)
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John W. Peterson, American pilot and songwriter (d. 2006)
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Harald Quandt, German businessman (d. 1967)
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Shepard Menken, American actor (d. 1999)
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Bill Mosienko, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1994)
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Charles Bronson, American soldier and actor (d. 2003)
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Mary Sherman Morgan, American scientist and engineer (d. 2004)
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Georges Cziffra, Hungarian pianist and composer (d. 1994)
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Fawzia Fuad of Egypt (d. 2013)
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James Jones, American novelist (d. 1977)
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Geoff Rabone, New Zealand cricketer (d. 2006)
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Lisa Ben, American singer-songwriter and journalist (d. 2015)
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Jack Fleck, American soldier and golfer (d. 2014)
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Susanne Hirzel, member of the White Rose (d. 2012)
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Douglas Townsend, American composer, musicologist, and academic (d. 2012)
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Pierrette Alarie, Canadian soprano and actress (d. 2011)
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Viktor Chukarin, Ukrainian gymnast and coach (d. 1984)
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Terrel Bell, American sergeant, academic, and politician, 2nd United States Secretary of Education (d. 1996)
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Joonas Kokkonen, Finnish pianist and composer (d. 1996)
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Ea Jansen, Estonian historian and academic (d. 2005)
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Brian Keith, American actor and director (d. 1997)
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Albert Bertelsen, Danish painter and illustrator
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Roy Campanella, American baseball player and coach (d. 1993)
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Peter Ruckman, American pastor and educator (d. 2016)
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Jim Garrison, American lawyer and judge (d. 1992)
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Donald Sheldon, American pilot (d. 1975)
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Brian Cleeve, Irish sailor, author, and playwright (d. 2003)
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Rodney Dangerfield, American comedian, actor, rapper, and screenwriter (d. 2004)
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Fred Buscaglione, Italian singer and actor (d. 1960)
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John Lindsay, American lawyer and politician, 103rd Mayor of New York City (d. 2000)
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Dora Dougherty Strother, American pilot and academic (d. 2013)
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Alexander Dubček, Slovak soldier and politician (d. 1992)
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Vernon McGarity, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2013)
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Carlo Furno, Italian cardinal (d. 2015)
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Phyllis Curtin, American soprano and academic (d. 2016)
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John Doar, American lawyer and activist (d. 2014)
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1921
Alvy Moore, American actor and producer (d. 1997)
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Otto Graham, American football player and coach (d. 2003)
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Piero Piccioni, Italian lawyer, pianist, and composer (d. 2004)
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Pramukh Swami Maharaj, Indian guru and scholar (d. 2016)
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Ilmar Laaban, Estonian poet and publicist (d. 2000)
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Liz Smith, English actress (d. 2016)
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Turgut Demirağ, Turkish film producer, director and screenwriter (d. 1987)
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Alan Freed, American radio host (d. 1965)
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Eulalio González, Mexican singer-songwriter, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2003)
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Lore Berger, German-Swiss author and translator (d. 1943)
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Dimitri Fampas, Greek guitarist and composer (d. 1996)
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Hawkshaw Hawkins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1963)
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Guy Beaulne, Canadian actor and director (d. 2001)
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Bill Dudley, American football player (d. 2010)
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Zaib-un-Nissa Hamidullah, Indian-Pakistani journalist and author (d. 2000)
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Steve Otto, Polish-Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 1989)
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John Severin, American illustrator (d. 2012)
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Steve Allen, American actor, singer, talk show host, and screenwriter (d. 2000)
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Johnny Otis, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2012)
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Dobrica Ćosić, Serbian politician, 1st President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (d. 2014)
Dobrica Ćosić · President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
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Rashid Karami, Lebanese lawyer and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Lebanon (d. 1987)
Famous Deaths
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Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, German lawyer and politician, 5th Chancellor of Germany (b. 1856)
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Gervase Elwes, English tenor and actor (b. 1866)
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Mary Watson Whitney, American astronomer and academic (b. 1847)
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George Streeter, American captain and businessman (b. 1837)
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Mykola Leontovych, Ukrainian composer and conductor (b. 1877)
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Maurice Buckley, Australian sergeant (b. 1891)
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Mustafa Suphi, Turkish journalist and politician (b. 1883)
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John J. Gardner, American politician (b. 1845)
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George Formby Sr, English actor and singer (b. 1876)
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Peter Kropotkin, Russian zoologist, geographer, and philologist (b. 1842)
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Carl Menger, Polish-Austrian economist and academic (b. 1840)
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Schofield Haigh, English cricketer and umpire (b. 1871)
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Champ Clark, American lawyer and politician, 41st Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1850)
Champ Clark · Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
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Jenny Twitchell Kempton, American opera singer and educator (b. 1835)
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Larry McLean, Canadian-American baseball player (b. 1881)
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Talaat Pasha, Ottoman politician, 281st Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1874)
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Harry Barron, English general and politician, 16th Governor of Western Australia (b. 1847)
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Manwel Dimech, Maltese journalist, author, and philosopher (b. 1860)
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Arthur Mold, English cricketer (b. 1863)
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Théodore Pilette, Belgian race car driver (b. 1883)
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Alfred Hermann Fried, Austrian journalist and publicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864)
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Jean Aicard, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1848)
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Karl Mantzius, Danish actor and director (b. 1860)
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August Nilsson, Swedish shot putter and tug of war competitor (b. 1872)
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Abbott Handerson Thayer, American painter and educator (b. 1849)
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Coenraad Hiebendaal, Dutch rower and physician (b. 1879)
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Will Crooks, English trade unionist and politician (b. 1852)
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Georges Feydeau, French playwright (b. 1862)
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Ramón López Velarde, Mexican poet and author (b. 1888)
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James Mitchel, Irish-American weight thrower (b. 1864)
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Gabriel Lippmann, Luxembourger physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1845)
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Howard Vernon, Australian actor (b. 1848)
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Myrddin Fardd, Welsh writer and antiquarian scholar (b. 1836)
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T.J. Ryan, Australian politician, 19th Premier of Queensland (b. 1876)
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Dimitrios Rallis, Greek lawyer and politician, 78th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1844)
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1921
Juhani Aho, Finnish journalist and author (b. 1861)
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1921
Mary Sumner, English philanthropist, founded the Mothers' Union (b. 1828)
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1921
Pyotr Boborykin, Russian playwright and journalist (b. 1836)
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1921
Peter I of Serbia (b. 1844)
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1921
Nikolay Gumilyov, Russian poet and critic (b. 1886)
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1921
Matthias Erzberger, German publicist and politician (b. 1875)
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1921
Sándor Wekerle, Hungarian jurist and politician, Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1848)
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1921
Henry Austin Dobson, English poet and critic (b. 1840)
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1921
Alfred William Rich, English author and painter (b. 1856)
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1921
Subramania Bharati, Indian journalist, poet, and activist (b. 1882)
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1921
Roman von Ungern-Sternberg, Austrian-Russian general (b. 1886)
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1921
Engelbert Humperdinck, German composer and educator (b. 1854)
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1921
John Storey, Australian politician, 20th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1869)
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1921
Ludwig III of Bavaria (b. 1845)
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1921
John Boyd Dunlop, Scottish businessman, founded Dunlop Rubber (b. 1840)
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1921
Bat Masterson, American lawman, buffalo hunter, and sport writer (b. 1853)
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1921
Hara Takashi, Japanese politician, 10th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1856)
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1921
Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav, Slovak poet and playwright (b. 1849)
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1921
Léon Moreaux, French target shooter (b. 1852)
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1921
Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil (b. 1846)
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1921
Douglas Cameron, Canadian contractor and politician, 8th Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba (b. 1854)
Douglas Cameron (politician) · Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba
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1921
`Abdu'l-Bahá, Head of the Bahá’í Faith (b. 1844)
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1921
Said Halim Pasha, Ottoman politician, 280th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1865)
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1921
Henrietta Swan Leavitt, American astronomer and academic (b. 1868)
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1921
Camille Saint-Saëns, French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1835)
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1921
Hans Hartwig von Beseler, German general and politician (b. 1850)
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1921
Vladimir Korolenko, Russian journalist, author, and activist (b. 1853)
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1921
Boies Penrose, American lawyer and politician (b. 1860)