October 16 — Este Día en la Historia
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Eventos
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456
Magister militum Ricimer defeats Emperor Avitus at Piacenza and becomes master of the Western Roman Empire.
Magister militum · Ricimer · Avitus · Piacenza · Western Roman Empire
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690
Empress Wu Zetian ascends to the throne of the Tang dynasty and proclaims herself ruler of the Chinese Empire.
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955
Battle on the Raxa: King Otto I defeats the Obotrite federation led by Nako and his brother Stoigniew near Mecklenburg.
Battle on the Raxa · Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor · Obotrites · Nako (Obotrite prince) · Stoigniew
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1384
Jadwiga is crowned King of Poland, although she is a woman.
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1590
Carlo Gesualdo, composer, Prince of Venosa and Count of Conza, murders his wife, Donna Maria d'Avalos, and her lover Fabrizio Carafa, the Duke of Andria at the Palazzo San Severo in Naples.
Carlo Gesualdo · Venosa · Count of Conza · Fabrizio Carafa · Andria
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1780
Royalton, Vermont and Tunbridge, Vermont are the last major raids of the American Revolutionary War.
Royalton, Vermont · Tunbridge, Vermont · Royalton raid · American Revolutionary War
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1793
Marie Antoinette, widow of Louis XVI, is guillotined at the height of the French Revolution.
Marie Antoinette · Louis XVI of France · Guillotine · French Revolution
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1793
The Battle of Wattignies ends in a French victory.
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1813
The Sixth Coalition attacks Napoleon Bonaparte in the Battle of Leipzig.
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1834
Much of the ancient structure of the Palace of Westminster in London burns to the ground.
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1836
Battle of Vegkop between Afrikaner voortrekkers and Matabele warriors in South Africa.
Battle of Vegkop · Afrikaner · Voortrekker · Northern Ndebele people · South Africa
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1841
Queen's University is founded in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
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1843
Sir William Rowan Hamilton comes up with the idea of quaternions, a non-commutative extension of complex numbers.
William Rowan Hamilton · Quaternion · Commutative property · Complex number
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1846
William T. G. Morton first demonstrated ether anesthesia at the Massachusetts General Hospital in the Ether Dome.
William T. G. Morton · Anesthesia · Massachusetts General Hospital · Ether Dome
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1847
The novel Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë is published in London.
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1859
John Brown leads a raid on Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.
John Brown (abolitionist) · John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry · Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
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1869
The Cardiff Giant, one of the most famous American hoaxes, is "discovered".
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1869
Girton College, Cambridge is founded, becoming England's first residential college for women.
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1875
Brigham Young University is founded in Provo, Utah.
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1882
The Nickel Plate Railroad opens for business.
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1905
The Partition of Bengal in India takes place.
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1906
The Captain of Köpenick fools the city hall of Köpenick and several soldiers by impersonating a Prussian officer.
Wilhelm Voigt · City hall (administration) · Köpenick · Prussia
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1909
William Howard Taft and Porfirio Díaz hold a summit, a first between a U.S. and a Mexican president, and they only narrowly escape assassination.
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1916
In Brooklyn, New York, Margaret Sanger opens the first family planning clinic in the United States.
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1923
The Walt Disney Company is founded by Walt Disney and his brother, Roy Disney.
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1934
Chinese Communists begin the Long March; it ended a year and four days later, by which time Mao Zedong had regained his title as party chairman.
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1939
World War II: No. 603 Squadron RAF intercepts the first Luftwaffe raid on Britain.
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1940
The Holocaust in Poland: The Warsaw Ghetto is established.
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1943
Holocaust in Italy: Raid of the Ghetto of Rome
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1946
Nuremberg trials: Execution of the convicted Nazi leaders of the Main Trial.
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1947
Republic of the Philippines takes over the administration of the Turtle Islands and the Mangsee Islands from the United Kingdom.
Republic of the Philippines · Turtle Islands, Tawi-Tawi · Mangsee Islands · United Kingdom
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1949
Nikos Zachariadis, leader of the Communist Party of Greece, announces a "temporary cease-fire", effectively ending the Greek Civil War.
Nikos Zachariadis · Communist Party of Greece · Greek Civil War
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1950
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis is published, starting The Chronicles of Narnia series.
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe · C.S. Lewis · The Chronicles of Narnia
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1951
The first Prime Minister of Pakistan, Liaquat Ali Khan, is assassinated in Rawalpindi.
Prime Minister of Pakistan · Liaquat Ali Khan · Assassination · Rawalpindi
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1964
China detonates its first nuclear weapon.
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1964
Soviet leaders Leonid Brezhnev and Alexei Kosygin are inaugurated as General Secretary of the CPSU and Premier, respectively and the collective leadership is established.
Leonid Brezhnev · Alexei Kosygin · General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union · Premier of the Soviet Union · All-People's Government
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1968
United States athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos are kicked off the US team for participating in the 1968 Olympics Black Power salute.
Tommie Smith · John Carlos · 1968 Olympics Black Power salute
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1968
Kingston, Jamaica is rocked by the Rodney riots, inspired by the barring of Walter Rodney from the country.
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1968
Yasunari Kawabata becomes the first Japanese person to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
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1970
In response to the October Crisis terrorist kidnapping, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau of Canada invokes the War Measures Act.
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1973
Henry Kissinger and Lê Đức Thọ are awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
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1975
The Balibo Five, a group of Australian-based television journalists based in the town of Balibo in the then Portuguese Timor (now East Timor), are killed by Indonesian troops.
Balibo Five · Balibo · Portuguese Timor · East Timor · Indonesia
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1975
Rahima Banu, a two-year-old girl from the village of Kuralia in Bangladesh, is the last known person to be infected with naturally occurring smallpox.
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1975
The Australian Coalition opposition parties using their senate majority, vote to defer the decision to grant supply of funds for the Whitlam Government's annual budget, sparking the 1975 Australian constitutional crisis.
Coalition (Australia) · Gough Whitlam · 1975 Australian constitutional crisis
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1978
Karol Wojtyla is elected Pope John Paul II after the October 1978 Papal conclave, the first non-Italian pontiff since 1523.
Karol Wojtyla · Pope John Paul II · Papal conclave, October 1978 · Pontiff · 1523
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1984
Desmond Tutu is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
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1991
Luby's shooting: George Hennard runs amok in Killeen, Texas, killing 23 and wounding 20 in Luby's Cafeteria.
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1993
Anti-Nazism riot breaks out in Welling in Kent, after police stop protesters approaching the British National Party headquarters.
Welling · Kent · Metropolitan Police Service · British National Party
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1995
The so-called Million Man March, which, according to the National Park Service, only about 400,000 attended,[1] takes place in Washington, D.C.
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1995
The Skye Bridge is opened.
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1996
Eighty-four people are killed and more than 180 injured as 47,000 football fans attempt to squeeze into the 36,000-seat Estadio Mateo Flores in Guatemala City.
Association football · Estadio Mateo Flores · Guatemala City
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1998
Former Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet is arrested in London on a warrant from Spain requesting his extradition on murder charges.
Chile · Augusto Pinochet · Indictment and arrest of Augusto Pinochet · Extradition
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2002
Bibliotheca Alexandrina in the Egyptian city of Alexandria, a commemoration of the Library of Alexandria that was lost in antiquity, is officially inaugurated.
Bibliotheca Alexandrina · Alexandria · Library of Alexandria · Classical antiquity
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2013
Lao Airlines Flight 301 crashes on approach to Pakse International Airport in Laos, killing 49 people.
Lao Airlines Flight 301 · Pakse International Airport · Laos
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2017
Hurricane Ophelia makes eerie red sun and yellow sky from Sahara dust and ashes from Iberia causes 200,000 homes in Ireland without power and damage
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Nacimientos Famosos
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1351
Gian Galeazzo Visconti, first Duke of Milan (d. 1402)
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1396
William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English admiral (d. 1450)
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1430
James II of Scotland (d. 1460)
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1483
Gasparo Contarini, Italian cardinal and diplomat (d. 1542)
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1535
Niwa Nagahide, Japanese samurai (d. 1585)
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1588
Luke Wadding, Irish Franciscan friar and historian (d. 1657)
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1605
Charles Coypeau d'Assoucy, French writer and composer (d. 1677)
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1620
Pierre Paul Puget, French painter and sculptor (d. 1694)
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1678
Anna Waser, Swiss painter (d. 1714)
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1679
Jan Dismas Zelenka, Czech viol player and composer (d. 1745)
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1710
András Hadik, Austrian-Hungarian field marshal (d. 1790)
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1714
Giovanni Arduino, Italian geologist and academic (d. 1795)
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1726
Daniel Chodowiecki, Polish-German painter and educator (d. 1801)
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1729
Pierre van Maldere, Belgian violinist and composer (d. 1768)
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1752
Johann Gottfried Eichhorn, German theologian and academic (d. 1827)
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1754
Morgan Lewis, American general, lawyer, and politician, 3rd Governor of New York (d. 1844)
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1758
Noah Webster, American lexicographer (d. 1843)
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1762
Paul Hamilton, American soldier and politician, 3rd United States Secretary of the Navy (d. 1816)
Paul Hamilton (politician) · United States Secretary of the Navy
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1789
William Burton, American physician and politician, 39th Governor of Delaware (d. 1866)
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1795
William Buell Sprague, American minister, historian, and author (d. 1876)
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1802
Isaac Murphy, American educator and politician, 8th Governor of Arkansas (d. 1882)
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1804
Benjamin Russell, American painter and educator (d. 1885)
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1806
William P. Fessenden, American lawyer and politician, 26th United States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 1869)
William P. Fessenden · United States Secretary of the Treasury
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1815
Francis Lubbock, American colonel and politician, 9th Governor of Texas (d. 1905)
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1818
William Forster, Indian-Australian politician, 4th Premier of New South Wales (d. 1882)
William Forster (Australian politician) · Premier of New South Wales
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1819
Austin F. Pike, American lawyer and politician (d. 1886)
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1831
Lucy Stanton, American activist (d. 1910)
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1832
Vicente Riva Palacio, Mexican liberal intellectual, novelist (d. 1896)
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1840
Kuroda Kiyotaka, Japanese general and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1900)
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1841
Itō Hirobumi, Japanese lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1909)
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1844
Ismail Qemali, Albanian civil servant and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Albania (d. 1919)
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1847
Maria Pia of Savoy (d. 1911)
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1852
Carl von In der Maur, Governor of Liechtenstein (d. 1913)
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1854
Karl Kautsky, Czech-German journalist, philosopher, and theologian (d. 1938)
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1854
Oscar Wilde, Irish playwright, novelist, and poet (d. 1900)
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1855
Samad bey Mehmandarov, Azerbaijani general and politician, 3rd Azerbaijani Minister of Defense (d. 1931)
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1861
J. B. Bury, Irish historian and scholar (d. 1927)
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1861
Richard Sears, American tennis player (d. 1943)
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1863
Austen Chamberlain, English businessman and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1937)
Austen Chamberlain · Chancellor of the Exchequer · Nobel Peace Prize
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1867
Mario Ruspoli, 2nd Prince of Poggio Suasa (d. 1963)
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1869
Claude H. Van Tyne, American historian and author (d. 1930)
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1872
Walter Buckmaster, English polo player and businessman, co-founded Buckmaster & Moore (d. 1942)
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1876
Jimmy Sinclair, South African cricketer and rugby player (d. 1913)
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1881
William Orthwein, American swimmer and water polo player (d. 1955)
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1884
Rembrandt Bugatti, Italian sculptor (d. 1916)
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1886
David Ben-Gurion, Polish-Israeli soldier and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Israel (d. 1973)
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1888
Eugene O'Neill, American playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1953)
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1888
Paul Popenoe, American founder of relationship counseling (d. 1979)
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1890
Michael Collins, Irish general and politician, 2nd Irish Minister for Finance (d. 1922)
Michael Collins (Irish leader) · Minister for Finance (Ireland)
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1890
Maria Goretti, Italian martyr and saint (d. 1902)
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1890
Paul Strand, American photographer and director (d. 1975)
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1897
Louis de Cazenave, French soldier (d. 2008)
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1898
William O. Douglas, American lawyer and jurist (d. 1980)
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1900
Edward Ardizzone, Vietnamese-English author and illustrator (d. 1979)
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1900
Primo Conti, Italian painter and poet (d. 1988)
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1900
Goose Goslin, American baseball player and manager (d. 1971)
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1903
Cecile de Brunhoff, French author and pianist (d. 2003)
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1903
Big Joe Williams, American Delta blues singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1982)
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1904
Björn Berglund, Swedish actor (d. 1968)
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1905
Ernst Kuzorra, German footballer and manager (d. 1990)
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1906
León Klimovsky, Argentinian actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1996)
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1907
Richard Titmuss, English sociologist and academic (d. 1973)
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1908
Olivia Coolidge, English-American author and educator (d. 2006)
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1908
Enver Hoxha, Albanian general and politician, Prime Minister of Albania (d. 1985)
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1911
Otto von Bülow, German commander (d. 2006)
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1912
Clifford Hansen, American rancher and politician, 26th Governor of Wyoming (d. 2009)
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1918
Louis Althusser, Algerian-French philosopher and academic (d. 1990)
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1918
Abraham Nemeth, American mathematician and academic (d. 2013)
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1918
Tony Rolt, English racing driver and engineer (d. 2008)
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1919
Kathleen Winsor, American journalist and author (d. 2003)
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1921
Matt Batts, American baseball player and coach (d. 2013)
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1921
MacKenzie Miller, American horse trainer and breeder (d. 2010)
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1922
Max Bygraves, English-Australian actor and singer (d. 2012)
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1922
Leon Sullivan, American minister and activist (d. 2001)
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1923
Linda Darnell, American actress (d. 1965)
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1923
Bert Kaempfert, German conductor and composer (d. 1980)
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1923
Bill McLaren, Scottish rugby player and sportscaster (d. 2010)
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1924
Gerard Parkes, Irish-Canadian actor (d. 2014)
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1925
Angela Lansbury, English-American actress, singer, and producer
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1926
Charles Dolan, American businessman, founded Cablevision and HBO
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1927
Günter Grass, German novelist, poet, playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2015)
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1928
Mary Daly, American philosopher and theologian (d. 2010)
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1928
Ann Morgan Guilbert, American actress (d. 2016)
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1929
Fernanda Montenegro, Brazilian actress
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1930
John Polkinghorne, English physicist, theologian and priest
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1930
Carmen Sevilla, Spanish actress
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1931
Charles Colson, American lawyer and politician (d. 2012)
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1931
Valery Klimov, Ukrainian-Russian violinist and educator
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1931
Rosa Rosal, Filipino actress
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1931
P. W. Underwood, American football player and coach (d. 2013)
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1932
John Grant, English journalist and politician (d. 2000)
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1932
Henry Lewis, American bassist and conductor (d. 1996)
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1932
Lucien Paiement, Canadian physician and politician (d. 2013)
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1934
Peter Ashdown, English racing driver
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1936
Peter Bowles, English actor and screenwriter
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1936
Andrei Chikatilo, Ukrainian-Russian serial killer (d. 1994)
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1936
Mladen Koščak, Croatian footballer (d. 1997)
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1936
Akira Machida, Japanese lawyer and judge, 15th Chief Justice of Japan
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1938
Carl Gunter, Jr., American politician (d. 1999)
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1938
Nico, German singer-songwriter, model, and actress (d. 1988)
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1940
Barry Corbin, American actor and producer
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1940
Dave DeBusschere, American basketball player and coach (d. 2003)
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1940
Ivan Della Mea, Italian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and journalist (d. 2009)
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1941
Tim McCarver, American baseball player, sportscaster, and singer
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1941
Emma Nicholson, Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne, English computer programmer and politician
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1943
Fred Turner, Canadian singer-songwriter and bass player
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1944
Kaizer Motaung, South African footballer and manager
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1945
Stefan Buczacki, English horticulturalist, botanist, and television host
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1945
Roger Hawkins, American session drummer
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1945
Paul Monette, American author and poet (d. 1995)
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1946
Geoff Barnett, English footballer
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1946
Suzanne Somers, American actress and producer
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1947
Nicholas Day, English actor
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1947
Terry Griffiths, Welsh snooker player and coach
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1947
Bob Weir, American singer-songwriter, and guitarist
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1947
David Zucker, American director, producer, and screenwriter
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1948
Alison Chitty, English production designer and costume designer
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1948
Bruce Fleisher, American golfer
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1948
Hema Malini, Indian actress, director, producer, and politician
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1948
Leo Mazzone, American baseball player and coach
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1949
Crazy Mohan, Indian actor, screenwriter, and playwright
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1950
Károly Horváth, Romanian-Hungarian cellist, flute player, and composer (d. 2015)
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1952
Christopher Cox, American lawyer and politician
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1952
Cordell Mosson, American bass player (d. 2013)
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1952
Glenys Thornton, Baroness Thornton, English politician
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1953
Tony Carey, American keyboard player, songwriter, and producer
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1953
Paulo Roberto Falcão, Brazilian footballer and manager
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1954
Lorenzo Carcaterra, American author and blogger
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1954
Michael Forsyth, Baron Forsyth of Drumlean, Scottish politician, Secretary of State for Scotland
Michael Forsyth, Baron Forsyth of Drumlean · Secretary of State for Scotland
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1954
Serafino Ghizzoni, Italian rugby player
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1954
Corinna Harfouch, German actress
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1955
Ellen Dolan, American actress
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1956
Marin Alsop, American violinist and conductor
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1956
John Chavis, American football player and coach
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1956
Meg Rosoff, American-English author
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1956
Rudra Mohammad Shahidullah, Bangladeshi poet, author, and playwright (d. 1992)
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1957
Priidu Beier, Estonian poet and educator
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1958
Roy McDonough, English footballer and manager
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1958
Tim Robbins, American actor, director, and screenwriter
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1959
Kevin Brennan, Welsh journalist and politician
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1959
Brian Harper, American baseball player
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1959
Gary Kemp, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
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1959
Philip Maini, mathematician at the University of Oxford
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1959
Tessa Munt, English lawyer and politician
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1959
Jamie Salmon, English-New Zealand rugby player and sportscaster
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1959
Erkki-Sven Tüür, Estonian flute player and composer
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1959
John Whittingdale, English politician, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
John Whittingdale · Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
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1960
Guy LeBlanc, Canadian keyboard player and songwriter (d. 2015)
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1960
Bob Mould, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
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1961
Marc Levy, French author
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1961
Randy Vasquez, American actor, director, and producer
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1962
Flea, Australian-American bass player, songwriter, and actor
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1962
Manute Bol, Sudanese-American basketball player and activist (d. 2010)
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1962
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Russian opera singer
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1962
Nico Lazaridis, German footballer
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1962
Tamara McKinney, American skier
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1963
Brendan Kibble, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1963
Timothy Leighton, English physicist and academic
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1964
Shawn Little, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 2012)
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1964
James Thompson, American-Finnish author (d. 2014)
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1965
Kang Kyung-ok, South Korean illustrator
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1965
Tom Tolbert, American basketball player and sportscaster
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1966
Olof Lundh, Swedish journalist
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1966
Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, American voice actress, singer, and director
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1967
Michael Laffy, Australian footballer
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1967
Davina McCall, English television host and actress
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1968
Randall Batinkoff, American actor and producer
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1968
Mark Lee, Singaporean actor and singer
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1968
Francesco Libetta, Italian pianist, composer, and conductor
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1968
Todd Stashwick, American actor and writer.
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1968
Elsa Zylberstein, French actress
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1969
Roy Hargrove, American trumpet player and composer
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1969
Takao Omori, Japanese wrestler
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1969
Terri J. Vaughn, American actress and producer
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1969
Wendy Wilson, American singer-songwriter
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1970
Kazuyuki Fujita, Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist
-
1970
Mehmet Scholl, German footballer and manager
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1971
Chad Gray, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1971
Paul Sparks, American actor
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1971
Frank Cuesta, Television presenter
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1972
Adrianne Frost, American comedian, actress, and author
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1972
Darius Kasparaitis, Lithuanian-Russian ice hockey player and coach
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1972
Kordell Stewart, American football player and radio host
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1973
Justin Credible, American wrestler
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1973
David Unsworth, English footballer and manager
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1974
Aurela Gaçe, Albanian singer
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1974
Paul Kariya, Canadian ice hockey player
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1975
Ernesto Noel Aquino, Honduran footballer
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1975
Brynjar Gunnarsson, Icelandic footballer
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1975
Jacques Kallis, South African cricketer
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1975
Kellie Martin, American actress, director, and producer
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1977
John Mayer, American singer-songwriter, rapper, guitarist, and producer
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1977
Laura Wade, English playwright
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1978
Ethan Luck, American guitarist and drummer
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1979
Nicola Blackwood, South African-English politician
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1979
Erin Brown, American actress, director, and screenwriter
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1980
Sue Bird, American basketball player
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1980
Timana Tahu, Australian rugby league player
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1981
Martin Halle, Danish footballer
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1981
Boyd Melson, American boxer
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1981
Anthony Reyes, American baseball player
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1982
Frédéric Michalak, French rugby player
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1982
Cristian Riveros, Paraguayan footballer
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1982
Prithviraj Sukumaran, Indian actor, singer, and producer
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1983
Philipp Kohlschreiber, German tennis player
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1983
Loreen, Swedish singer and producer
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1983
Kenny Omega, Canadian professional wrestler
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1984
François Pervis, French track cyclist
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1984
Rachel Reilly, American talk show host and actress
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1985
Jay Beagle, Canadian ice hockey player
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1985
Verena Sailer, German sprinter
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1985
Casey Stoner, Australian motorcycle racer
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1985
Peter Wallace, Australian rugby league player
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1986
Nicky Adams, English-Welsh footballer
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1986
Derk Boerrigter, Dutch footballer
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1988
Zoltán Stieber, Hungarian footballer
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1989
Dan Biggar, Welsh rugby player
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1990
Jóhanna Guðrún Jónsdóttir, Danish-Icelandic singer
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1991
Jedward, Irish twin singers
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1992
Bryce Harper, American baseball player
-
1992
Kostas Fortounis, Greek footballer
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1993
Caroline Garcia, French tennis player
-
1994
Adam Elliott, Australian rugby league player
-
1994
Amelia Lily, English singer-songwriter
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Muertes Famosas
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385
Fú Jiān, emperor of the Chinese Di state Former Qin (b. 337)
- 786
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1130
Pedro González de Lara, Castilian magnate
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1323
Amadeus V, Count of Savoy (b. 1249)
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1333
Antipope Nicholas V (b. 1260)
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1438
Anne of Gloucester, English noblewoman (b. 1383)
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1355
Louis, King of Sicily (b. 1337)
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1523
Luca Signorelli, Italian painter (b. c.1450)
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1553
Lucas Cranach the Elder, German painter and engraver (b. 1472)
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1555
Hugh Latimer, English bishop and saint (b. 1487)
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1555
Nicholas Ridley, English bishop and martyr (b. 1500)
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1591
Pope Gregory XIV (b. 1535)
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1594
William Allen, English cardinal (b. 1532)
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1621
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Dutch organist and composer (b. 1562)
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1628
François de Malherbe, French poet and critic (b. 1555)
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1649
Isaac van Ostade, Dutch painter and illustrator (b. 1621)
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1655
Joseph Solomon Delmedigo, Italian physician, mathematician, and theorist (b. 1591)
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1660
John Cook, English politician, Solicitor General for England and Wales (b. 1608)
John Cook (regicide) · Solicitor General for England and Wales
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1679
Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery, Irish-English soldier and politician (b. 1621)
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1680
Raimondo Montecuccoli, Italian-Austrian field marshal (b. 1609)
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1730
Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac, French-American explorer and politician, 3rd French Governor of Louisiana (b. 1658)
Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac · List of colonial governors of Louisiana
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1730
Nevşehirli Damat Ibrahim Pasha, Greek politician, 139th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1666)
Nevşehirli Damat Ibrahim Pasha · List of Ottoman Grand Viziers
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1750
Sylvius Leopold Weiss, German lute player and composer (b. 1687)
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1755
Gerard Majella, Italian saint (b. 1725)
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1774
Robert Fergusson, Scottish poet (b. 1750)
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1781
Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, English admiral (b. 1705)
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1791
Grigory Potemkin, Russian general and politician (b. 1739)
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1793
Marie Antoinette, Austrian-born queen consort of Louis XVI of France (b. 1755)
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1793
John Hunter, Scottish-English surgeon and philosopher (b. 1728)
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1796
Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia (b. 1726)
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1799
Veerapandiya Kattabomman Indian activist (b. 1760)
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1810
Nachman of Breslov, Ukrainian religious leader, founded the breslov hasidic group (b. 1772)
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1822
Eva Marie Veigel, Austrian-English dancer (b. 1724)
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1877
Théodore Barrière, French playwright (b. 1823)
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1888
John Wentworth, American journalist and politician, 19th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1815)
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1908
Joseph Leycester Lyne, English monk (b. 1837)
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1909
Jakub Bart-Ćišinski, German poet and playwright (b. 1856)
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1913
Ralph Rose, American shot putter, discus, and hammer thrower (b. 1885)
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1937
Jean de Brunhoff, French poet and playwright (b. 1899)
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1946
Nuremberg trial executions of the Main Trial:
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1946
Hans Frank, German lawyer, politician and war criminal (b. 1900)
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1946
Wilhelm Frick, German lawyer and politician, German Minister of the Interior (b. 1877)
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1946
Alfred Jodl, German general (b. 1890)
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1946
Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Austrian SS officer (b. 1903)
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1946
Wilhelm Keitel, German field marshal (b. 1882)
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1946
Alfred Rosenberg, Estonian architect and politician (b. 1893)
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1946
Fritz Sauckel, German sailor and politician (b. 1894)
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1946
Arthur Seyss-Inquart, Austrian lawyer and politician, 16th Federal Chancellor of Austria (b. 1892)
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1946
Julius Streicher, German journalist and politician (b. 1887)
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1946
Joachim von Ribbentrop, German lieutenant and politician, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Germany (b. 1893)
Joachim von Ribbentrop · Minister for Foreign Affairs (Germany)
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1951
Liaquat Ali Khan, Indian-Pakistani lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Pakistan (b 1895)
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1956
Jules Rimet, French businessman (b. 1873)
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1957
John Anthony Sydney Ritson, English rugby player, mines inspector, engineer and educator (b. 1887)
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1958
Robert Redfield, American anthropologist of Mexico (b. 1897)
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1959
Minor Hall, American drummer (b. 1897)
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1959
George Marshall, American general and politician, 3rd United States Secretary of Defense, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1880)
George Marshall · United States Secretary of Defense · Nobel Peace Prize
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1962
Gaston Bachelard, French poet and philosopher (b. 1884)
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1964
Patsy Callighen, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1906)
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1966
George O'Hara, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1899)
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1968
Ellis Kinder, American baseball player (b. 1914)
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1971
Robin Boyd, Australian architect and educator, designed the Domain Park Flats (b. 1919)
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1972
Nick Begich, American lawyer and politician (b. 1932)
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1972
Hale Boggs, American lawyer and politician (b. 1914)
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1972
Leo G. Carroll, English-American actor (b. 1886)
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1973
Gene Krupa, American drummer, composer, and actor (b. 1909)
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1975
Vittorio Gui, Italian conductor and composer (b. 1885)
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1978
Dan Dailey, American actor, singer, dancer, and director (b. 1913)
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1979
Johan Borgen, Norwegian author and critic (b. 1903)
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1981
Moshe Dayan, Israeli general and politician, 5th Foreign Affairs Minister of Israel (b. 1915)
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1981
Eugene Eisenmann, Panamanian-American lawyer and ornithologist (b. 1906)
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1982
Mario Del Monaco, Italian tenor (b. 1915)
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1983
Jakov Gotovac, Croatian composer and conductor (b. 1895)
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1986
Arthur Grumiaux, Belgian violinist and pianist (b. 1921)
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1989
Walter Farley, American author and educator (b. 1915)
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1989
Scott O'Dell, American journalist and author (b. 1898)
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1989
Cornel Wilde, American actor (b. 1915)
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1990
Art Blakey, American drummer and bandleader (b. 1919)
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1990
Jorge Bolet, Cuban-American pianist and educator (b. 1914)
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1992
Shirley Booth, American actress and singer (b. 1898)
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1996
Jason Bernard, American actor (b. 1938)
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1996
Eric Malpass, English author (b. 1910)
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1997
Audra Lindley, American actress (b. 1918)
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1997
James A. Michener, American author and philanthropist (b. 1907)
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1998
Jon Postel, American computer scientist and academic (b. 1943)
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1999
Jean Shepherd, American radio host, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1921)
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2000
Mel Carnahan, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 51st Governor of Missouri (b. 1934)
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2000
Rick Jason, American actor (b. 1923)
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2001
Etta Jones, American singer-songwriter (b. 1928)
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2003
Avni Arbaş, Turkish painter (b. 1919)
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2003
Stu Hart, Canadian wrestler and trainer (b. 1915)
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2003
László Papp, Hungarian boxer (b. 1926)
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2004
Pierre Salinger, American journalist and politician, 11th White House Press Secretary (b. 1925)
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2006
John Victor Murra, Ukrainian-American anthropologist and academic (b. 1916)
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2006
Valentín Paniagua, Peruvian lawyer and politician, 91st President of Peru (b. 1936)
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2007
Deborah Kerr, Scottish actress (b. 1921)
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2007
Toše Proeski, Macedonian singer-songwriter (b. 1981)
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2008
Dagmar Normet, Estonian author and translator (b. 1921)
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2010
Eyedea, American rapper and producer (b. 1981)
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2010
Barbara Billingsley, American actress (b. 1915)
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2011
Dan Wheldon, English racing driver (b. 1978)
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2012
Frank Moore Cross, American scholar and academic (b. 1921)
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2012
John A. Durkin, American lawyer and politician (b. 1936)
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2012
Mario Gallegos, Jr., American firefighter and politician (b. 1950)
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2012
Bódog Török, Hungarian handball player and coach (b. 1923)
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2012
Eddie Yost, American baseball player and coach (b. 1926)
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2013
Govind Purushottam Deshpande, Indian playwright and academic (b. 1938)
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2013
George Hourmouziadis, Greek archaeologist and academic (b. 1932)
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2013
Laurel Martyn, Australian ballerina and choreographer (b. 1916)
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2013
Robert B. Rheault, American colonel (b. 1925)
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2013
Saggy Tahir, Pakistani-American lawyer and politician (b. 1944)
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2014
Ioannis Charalambopoulos, Greek colonel and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1919)
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2014
Allen Forte, American musicologist and theorist (b. 1926)
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2014
Seppo Kuusela, Finnish basketball player and coach (b. 1934)
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2014
John Spencer-Churchill, 11th Duke of Marlborough, English businessman (b. 1926)
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2015
Richard J. Cardamone, American lawyer and judge (b. 1925)
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2015
James W. Fowler, American psychologist and academic (b. 1940)
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2015
William James, Australian general and physician (b. 1930)
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2015
Vera Williams, American author and illustrator (b. 1927)
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2015
Memduh Ün, Turkish film producer, director, actor and screenwriter (b. 1920)
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2016
Calvin Carl "Kelly" Gotlieb, Canadian professor and computer scientist (b. 1921)
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2017
Daphne Caruana Galizia, Maltese journalist and blogger (b. 1964)
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2017
Roy Dotrice, British actor (b. 1923)
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2017
John Dunsworth, Canadian actor (b. 1946)
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2017
Sean Hughes, British-born Irish stand-up comedian (b. 1965)
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