October 29 — Este Día en la Historia
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Eventos
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539 BC
Cyrus the Great (founder of Persian Empire) entered the capital of Babylon and allowed the Jews to return to their land.
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312
Constantine the Great enters Rome after his victory at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge, stages a grand adventus in the city, and is met with popular jubilation. Maxentius' body is fished out of the Tiber and beheaded.
Constantine the Great · Battle of the Milvian Bridge · Adventus (ceremony) · Maxentius · Tiber
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437
Valentinian III, Western Roman Emperor, marries Licinia Eudoxia, daughter of his cousin Theodosius II, Eastern Roman Emperor in Constantinople unifying the two branches of the House of Theodosius.
Valentinian III · Western Roman Emperor · Licinia Eudoxia · Theodosius II · Eastern Roman Emperor
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969
Byzantine troops occupy Antioch, Syria.
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1268
Conradin is executed along with his companion Frederick I, Margrave of Baden by Charles I of Sicily.
Conradin · Frederick I, Margrave of Baden · Charles I of Sicily
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1390
First trial for witchcraft in Paris leading to the death of three people.
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1467
Battle of Brustem:Charles the Bold defeats Prince-Bishopric of Liège.
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1591
Pope Innocent IX is elected.
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1611
Russian homage to the King of Poland, Sigismund III Vasa.
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1618
English adventurer, writer, and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh is beheaded for allegedly conspiring against James I of England.
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1658
Second Northern War: Naval forces of the Dutch Republic defeat the Swedes in the Battle of the Sound.
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1665
Portuguese forces defeat the Kingdom of Kongo and decapitate King António I of Kongo, also known as Nvita a Nkanga.
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1675
Leibniz makes the first use of the long s (∫) as a symbol of the integral in calculus.
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1787
Mozart's opera Don Giovanni receives its first performance in Prague.
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1792
Mount Hood (Oregon) is named after Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood by Lt. William E. Broughton who sighted the mountain near the mouth of the Willamette River.
Mount Hood · Oregon · Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood · Willamette River
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1863
Eighteen countries meet in Geneva and agree to form the International Red Cross.
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1863
American Civil War: Battle of Wauhatchie: Forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant repel a Confederate attack led by General James Longstreet. Union forces thus open a supply line into Chattanooga, Tennessee.
American Civil War · Battle of Wauhatchie · United States · Ulysses S. Grant · Confederate States of America
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1888
The Convention of Constantinople is signed, guaranteeing free maritime passage through the Suez Canal during war and peace.
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1901
In Amherst, Massachusetts, nurse Jane Toppan is arrested for murdering the Davis family of Boston with an overdose of morphine.
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1901
Leon Czolgosz, the assassin of U.S. President William McKinley, is executed by electrocution.
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1914
Ottoman entry into World War I.
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1918
The German High Seas Fleet is incapacitated when sailors mutiny on the night of the 29th-30th, an action which would trigger the German Revolution of 1918-19.
German Empire · High Seas Fleet · Wilhelmshaven mutiny · German Revolution of 1918-19
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1921
The Link River Dam, a part of the Klamath Reclamation Project, is completed.
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1921
United States: Second trial of Sacco and Vanzetti in Boston, Massachusetts.
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1921
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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1922
King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy appoints Benito Mussolini as Prime Minister.
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1923
Turkey becomes a republic following the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire.
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1929
The New York Stock Exchange crashes in what will be called the Crash of '29 or "Black Tuesday", ending the Great Bull Market of the 1920s and beginning the Great Depression.
New York Stock Exchange · Wall Street Crash of 1929 · Great Depression
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1941
The Holocaust: In the Kaunas Ghetto over 10,000 Jews are shot by German occupiers at the Ninth Fort, a massacre known as the "Great Action".
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1942
The Holocaust: In the United Kingdom, leading clergymen and political figures hold a public meeting to register outrage over Nazi Germany's persecution of Jews.
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1944
The Dutch city of Breda is liberated by 1st Polish Armoured Division.
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1944
World War II: The Soviet Red Army enters Hungary.
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1948
Safsaf massacre: Israeli soldiers capture the Palestinian village of Safsaf in the Galilee; after, between 52 and 64 villagers are massacred by the IDF.
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1953
BCPA Flight 304 DC-6 crashes near San Francisco.
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1955
The Soviet battleship Novorossiysk strikes a World War II mine in the harbor at Sevastopol.
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1956
Suez Crisis begins: Israeli forces invade the Sinai Peninsula and push Egyptian forces back toward the Suez Canal.
Suez Crisis · Israel · Sinai Peninsula · Egypt · Suez Canal
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1957
Israel's prime minister David Ben-Gurion and five of his ministers are injured when Moshe Dwek throws a grenade into Israel's Knesset.
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1960
In Louisville, Kentucky, Cassius Clay (who later takes the name Muhammad Ali) wins his first professional fight.
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1960
An airplane carrying the Cal Poly football team crashes on takeoff in Toledo, Ohio.
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1961
Syria exits from the United Arab Republic.
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1964
The United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar is renamed the United Republic of Tanzania.
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1964
A collection of irreplaceable gems, including the 565 carat (113 g) Star of India, is stolen by a group of thieves (among them is "Murph the surf") from the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.
Gemstone · Star of India (gem) · Jack Roland Murphy · American Museum of Natural History
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- 1969
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1971
In Macon, Georgia, guitarist Duane Allman is killed in a motorcycle accident.
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1972
The three surviving perpetrators of the Munich massacre are released from prison in exchange for the hostages of hijacked Lufthansa Flight 615.
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1980
Demonstration flight of a secretly modified C-130 for an Iran hostage crisis rescue attempt ends in crash landing at Eglin Air Force Base's Duke Field, Florida leading to cancellation of Operation Credible Sport.
C-130 Hercules · Iran hostage crisis · Eglin Air Force Base · Florida · Operation Credible Sport
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1985
Major General Samuel K. Doe is announced the winner of the first multi-party election in Liberia.
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1986
British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher opens the last stretch of the M25 motorway.
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1991
The American Galileo spacecraft makes its closest approach to 951 Gaspra, becoming the first probe to visit an asteroid.
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1994
Francisco Martin Duran fires over two dozen shots at the White House; he is later convicted of trying to kill US President Bill Clinton.
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1998
In South Africa, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission presents its report, which condemns both sides for committing atrocities.
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1998
Space Shuttle Discovery blasts off on STS-95 with 77-year-old John Glenn on board, making him the oldest person to go into space.
- 1998
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1998
While en route from Adana to Ankara, a Turkish Airlines flight with a crew of six and 33 passengers is hijacked by a Kurdish militant who orders the pilot to fly to Switzerland. The plane instead lands in Ankara after the pilot tricked the hijacker into thinking that he is landing in the Bulgarian capital of Sofia to refuel.
Adana · Ankara · Turkish Airlines · Kurd · Bulgaria
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1998
Hurricane Mitch, the second deadliest Atlantic hurricane in history, makes landfall in Honduras.
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1998
The Gothenburg discothèque fire in Sweden kills 63 and injures 200.
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1999
A large cyclone devastates Odisha, India.
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2002
Ho Chi Minh City ITC fire, a fire destroys a luxurious department store where 1500 people are shopping. Over 60 people die and over 100 are unaccounted for. It is the deadliest disaster in Vietnam during peacetime.
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2004
The Arabic-language news network Al Jazeera broadcasts an excerpt from a 2004 Osama bin Laden video in which the terrorist leader first admits direct responsibility for the September 11, 2001 attacks and references the 2004 U.S. presidential election.
Al Jazeera · 2004 Osama bin Laden video · September 11, 2001 attacks · 2004 U.S. presidential election
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2005
Bombings in Delhi, India kill more than 60.
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2008
Delta Air Lines merges with Northwest Airlines, creating the world's largest airline and reducing the number of US legacy carriers to five.
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2012
Hurricane Sandy hits the east coast of the United States, killing 148 directly and 138 indirectly, while leaving nearly $70 billion in damages and causing major power outages.
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2015
China announces the end of One-child policy after 35 years.
Nacimientos Famosos
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1463
Alessandro Achillini, Italian physician and philosopher (d. 1512)
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1497
Benedetto Accolti the Younger, Italian cardinal (d. 1549)
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1504
Shin Saimdang, South Korean painter and poet (d. 1551)
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1507
Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, Spanish general (d. 1582)
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1682
Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix, French historian, explorer, and author (d. 1761)
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1690
Martin Folkes, English mathematician and astronomer (d. 1754)
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1704
John Byng, English admiral and politician, 11th Commodore Governor of Newfoundland (d. 1757)
John Byng · List of lieutenant governors of Newfoundland and Labrador
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1740
James Boswell, Scottish lawyer and author (d. 1795)
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1808
Caterina Scarpellini, Italian astronomer and meteorologist (d. 1873)
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1815
Dan Emmett, American composer (d. 1904)
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1822
Mieczysław Halka-Ledóchowski, Russian-Polish cardinal (d. 1902)
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1831
James Boucaut, English-Australian politician, 11th Premier of South Australia (d. 1916)
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1832
Narcisa de Jesús, Ecuadorian saint (d. 1869)
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1855
Paul Bruchési, Canadian archbishop (d. 1939)
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1856
Jacques Curie, French physicist and academic (d. 1941)
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1861
Andrei Ryabushkin, Russian painter (d. 1904)
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1866
Antonio Luna, Filipino general and politician (d. 1899)
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1875
Marie of Romania (d. 1938)
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1877
Narcisa de Leon, Filipino film producer (d. 1966)
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1877
Wilfred Rhodes, English cricketer and coach (d. 1973)
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1879
Alva B. Adams, American lawyer and politician (d. 1941)
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1879
Franz von Papen, German soldier and politician, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1969)
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1880
Abram Ioffe, Russian physicist and academic (d. 1960)
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1881
John DeWitt, American football player and hammer thrower (d. 1930)
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1882
Jean Giraudoux, French author and playwright (d. 1944)
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1883
Victor Hochepied, French swimmer and water polo player (d. 1966)
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1891
Fanny Brice, American actress and singer (d. 1951)
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1897
Joseph Goebbels, German lawyer and politician, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1945)
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1897
Billy Walker, English footballer (d. 1964)
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1898
Alan Barker, English soldier (d. 1984)
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1899
Kate Seredy, Hungarian-American author and illustrator (d. 1975)
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1899
Akim Tamiroff, Georgian-American actor (d. 1972)
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1905
Henry Green, English author (d. 1973)
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1906
Fredric Brown, American author (d. 1972)
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1907
Edwige Feuillère, French actress (d. 1998)
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1910
A. J. Ayer, English philosopher and author (d. 1989)
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1913
Al Suomi, American ice hockey player and referee (d. 2014)
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1914
Maxim of Bulgaria, Bulgarian patriarch (d. 2012)
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1915
William Berenberg, American physician and academic (d. 2005)
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1917
Eddie Constantine, American-French actor and singer (d. 1993)
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1918
Bernard Gordon, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2007)
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1918
Diana Serra Cary, American actress and author
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1920
Baruj Benacerraf, Venezuelan-American physician and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2011)
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1921
Baselios Thoma Didymos I, Indian metropolitan (d. 2014)
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1921
Baku Mahadeva, Sri Lankan civil servant and academic (d. 2013)
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1921
Bill Mauldin, American soldier and cartoonist (d. 2003)
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1922
Neal Hefti, American trumpet player and composer (d. 2008)
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1923
Carl Djerassi, Austrian-American chemist, author, and playwright (d. 2015)
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1923
Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs, Dutch runner, hurdler, and long jumper (d. 2015)
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1925
Dominick Dunne, American journalist and author (d. 2009)
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1925
Robert Hardy, English actor (d. 2017)
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1925
Haim Hefer, Polish-Israeli songwriter and poet (d. 2012)
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1925
Zoot Sims, American saxophonist and composer (d. 1985)
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1925
Klaus Roth, British mathematician (d. 2015)
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1926
Jon Vickers, Canadian tenor and actor (d. 2015)
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1926
Necmettin Erbakan, Turkish engineer and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Turkey (d. 2011)
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1927
Frank Sedgman, Australian tennis player
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1929
Yevgeny Primakov, Ukrainian-Russian journalist and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Russia (d. 2015)
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1930
Bertha Brouwer, Dutch sprinter (d. 2006)
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1930
Niki de Saint Phalle, French sculptor and painter (d. 2002)
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1930
Omara Portuondo, Cuban singer and dancer (Cuarteto d'Aida and Buena Vista Social Club)
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1930
Natalie Sleeth, American pianist and composer (d. 1992)
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1932
Joyce Gould, Baroness Gould of Potternewton, English pharmacist and politician
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1933
William Harrison, American author and screenwriter (d. 2013)
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1935
David Allen, English cricketer (d. 2014)
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1935
Eddie Hopkinson, English footballer (d. 2004)
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1937
Sonny Osborne, American bluegrass singer and banjo player
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1938
Ralph Bakshi, American director, producer, and screenwriter
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1938
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberian politician, 24th President of Liberia, Nobel Prize laureate
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf · President of Liberia · Nobel Peace Prize
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1938
Peter Stampfel, American fiddle player, violinist, and singer-songwriter (The Holy Modal Rounders)
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1940
Connie Mack III, American lawyer and politician
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1940
Jack Shepherd, English actor, director, and playwright
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1940
Galen Weston, English-Canadian businessman and philanthropist, founded George Weston Limited
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1941
George Davies, English fashion designer
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1941
Paul Tyler, Baron Tyler, English politician
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1942
Lee Clayton, American rock/country musician and songwriter
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1942
Bob Ross, American painter and television host (d. 1995)
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1943
Don Simpson, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1996)
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1944
Claude Brochu, Canadian businessman
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1944
Mehmet Haberal, Turkish surgeon and academic
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1944
Denny Laine, English singer-songwriter and musician (The Moody Blues; Wings)
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1944
Robbie van Leeuwen, Dutch musician and songwriter
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1945
Mick Gallagher, English keyboard player and songwriter
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1945
Ron Maag, American businessman and politician
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1945
Melba Moore, American singer-songwriter and actress
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1945
Gerrit Ybema, Dutch civil servant and politician (d. 2012)
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1946
Peter Green, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1947
Helen Coonan, Australian lawyer and politician, 52nd Australian Minister for Communications
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1947
Richard Dreyfuss, American actor and activist
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1948
Frans de Waal, Dutch-American ethologist, author, and academic
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1948
Kate Jackson, American actress, director, and producer
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1949
Kieron Baker, English footballer
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1949
Paul Orndorff, American football player and wrestler
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1949
David Paton, Scottish guitarist
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1949
James Williamson, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
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1949
Raphael Carl Lee, American surgeon and academic
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1950
Abdullah Gül, Turkish academic and politician, 11th President of Turkey
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1951
Dirk Kempthorne, American businessman and politician, 49th United States Secretary of the Interior
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1951
Tiff Needell, English race car driver and television host
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1952
Marcia Fudge, American lawyer and politician
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1953
Denis Potvin, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
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1955
Kevin DuBrow, American heavy metal singer-songwriter (Quiet Riot) (d. 2007)
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1956
Wilfredo Gómez, Puerto Rican-American boxer
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1957
Dan Castellaneta, American actor, voice artist, comedian, singer and producer
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1958
Blažej Baláž, Slovak painter, sculptor, and illustrator
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1958
David Remnick, American journalist and author
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1959
Jesse Barfield, American baseball player and sportscaster
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1959
Mike Gartner, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
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1960
Fabiola Gianotti, Italian physicist and academic
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1960
Thorsten Schlumberger, German footballer
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1961
Randy Jackson, American singer-songwriter and dancer
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1961
Joel Otto, American ice hockey player and coach
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1962
Einar Örn Benediktsson, Icelandic singer, trumpet player, and politician
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1963
Gerald Morris, American author
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1964
Yasmin Le Bon, English model
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1964
Eddie McGuire, Australian businessman and television host
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1965
Tyler Collins, American singer-songwriter and actress
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1965
Andrew Ettingshausen, Australian rugby league player and television host
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1965
Michael Passons, American singer-songwriter
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1966
Mary Bucholtz, American linguist and academic
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1967
Joely Fisher, American actress and director
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1967
Rufus Sewell, English actor
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1968
Johann Olav Koss, Norwegian speed skater and physician
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1969
David Farr, English director and playwright
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1969
Chris Verene, American photographer
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1970
Phillip Cocu, Dutch footballer and manager
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1970
Kaido Reivelt, Estonian physicist and academic
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1970
Toby Smith, English keyboardist and songwriter (Jamiroquai) (d. 2017)
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1970
Edwin van der Sar, Dutch footballer and sportscaster
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1971
Daniel J. Bernstein, American mathematician, cryptologist, and academic
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1971
Greg Blewett, Australian cricketer, coach, and sportscaster
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1971
Matthew Hayden, Australian cricketer
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1971
Winona Ryder, American actress and producer
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1972
Takafumi Horie, Japanese businessman, founded Livedoor
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1972
Tracee Ellis Ross, American actress and producer
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1972
Gabrielle Union, American actress and producer
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1973
Adam Bacher, South African cricketer
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1973
Vonetta Flowers American bobsledder, sprinter, and long jumper
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1973
Éric Messier, Canadian ice hockey player
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1973
Robert Pirès, French footballer
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1974
Michael Vaughan, English cricketer and sportscaster
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1974
Yenny Wahid, Indonesian activist and politician
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1975
Kelly Lin, Chinese model and actress
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1975
Baba Ali, Iranian-born American comedian, games developer, businessman, and actor
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1976
Stephen Craigan, Irish footballer and manager
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1976
Milena Govich, American actress, singer, and dancer
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1976
Raghava Lawrence, Indian actor, director, and choreographer
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1977
Jon Abrahams, American actor
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1977
Brendan Fehr, Canadian actor
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1977
Vaggelis Kaounos, Greek footballer
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1978
Travis Henry, American football player
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1978
Kelly Smith, English footballer
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1979
Andrew-Lee Potts, English actor, director, and producer
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1979
Ignasi Giménez Renom, Catalan lawyer and politician
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1980
Ben Foster, American actor
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1980
Nadejda Ostrovskaya, Belarusian tennis player
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1980
Kaine Robertson, New Zealand-Italian rugby player
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1981
Amanda Beard, American swimmer
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1981
Jonathan Brown, Australian footballer
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1981
Angelika dela Cruz, Filipino actress and singer
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1981
Georgios Fotakis, Greek footballer
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1982
Ariel Lin, Taiwanese actress and singer
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1982
Chelan Simmons, Canadian model and actress
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1983
Richard Brancatisano, Australian actor
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1983
Maurice Clarett, American football player
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1983
Freddy Eastwood, Welsh footballer
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1983
Dana Eveland, American baseball player
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1983
Nurcan Taylan, Turkish weightlifter
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1984
Chris Baio, American bass player (Vampire Weekend)
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1984
Les Davies, Welsh footballer
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1984
Eric Staal, Canadian ice hockey player
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1984
Lee Chung-ah, South Korean actress
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1985
Cal Crutchlow, English motorcycle racer
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1985
Janet Montgomery, English actress and dancer
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1985
Jefferson Severino, Brazilian footballer
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1985
Vijender Singh, Indian boxer
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1986
Sarita Pérez de Tagle, Filipino actress
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1986
Nataly Dawn, American singer
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1987
Andy Dalton, American football player
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1987
Jessica Dubé, Canadian figure skater
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1987
Tove Lo, Swedish singer
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1987
Makoto Ogawa, Japanese singer and actress
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1988
Florin Gardoș, Romanian footballer
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1988
Sam Hutsby, English golfer
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1988
Roman Van Uden, New Zealand cyclist
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1989
Primož Roglič, Slovenian ski jumper and cyclist
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1990
Eric Saade, Swedish singer
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1991
Grant Hall, English footballer
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1993
Ágnes Bukta, Hungarian tennis player
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1993
India Eisley, American actress
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1998
Lance Stroll, Canadian race car driver
Muertes Famosas
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632
Saint Colman mac Duagh, Irish abbot and bishop
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1050
Eadsige, archbishop of Canterbury
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1266
Margaret of Austria, Queen of Bohemia (b. c. 1204)
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1268
Conradin, Italian king (b. 1252)
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1268
Frederick I, Margrave of Baden (b. 1249)
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1321
Stefan Milutin, King of Serbia (b. 1253)
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1339
Alexander I, Grand Prince of Tver (b. 1301)
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1590
Dirck Coornhert, Dutch philosopher, theologian, and politician (b. 1522)
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1618
Walter Raleigh, English admiral, explorer, and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Jersey (b. 1554)
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1650
David Calderwood, Scottish historian and theologian (b. 1575)
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1666
Edmund Calamy the Elder, English minister and activist (b. 1600)
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1666
James Shirley, English dramatist (b. 1596)
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1783
Jean le Rond d'Alembert, French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (b. 1717)
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1829
Maria Anna Mozart, Austrian pianist (b. 1751)
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1877
Nathan Bedford Forrest, American general and KKK leader (b. 1821)
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1892
William Harnett, American painter (b. 1848)
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1897
Henry George, American journalist, philosopher, and economist (b. 1839)
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1901
Leon Czolgosz, American assassin of William McKinley (b. 1873)
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1905
Étienne Desmarteau, Canadian weight thrower and shot putter (b. 1873)
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1911
Joseph Pulitzer, Hungarian-American publisher, lawyer, and politician, founded Pulitzer, Inc. (b. 1847)
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1916
John Sebastian Little, American lawyer and politician, 21st Governor of Arkansas (b. 1851)
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1918
Rudolf Tobias, Estonian-German organist and composer (b. 1873)
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1919
Albert Benjamin Simpson, Canadian preacher, theologian, and author, founded the Christian and Missionary Alliance (b. 1843)
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1924
Frances Hodgson Burnett, English-American novelist and playwright (b. 1849)
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1932
Joseph Babinski, French neurologist and academic (b. 1857)
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1933
Albert Calmette, French physician, bacteriologist, and immunologist (b. 1863)
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1933
George Luks, American painter and illustrator (b. 1867)
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1933
Paul Painlevé, French mathematician and politician, 84th Prime Minister of France (b. 1853)
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1936
Ramiro de Maeztu, Spanish journalist and theorist (b. 1874)
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1939
Dwight B. Waldo, American historian and academic (b. 1864)
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1941
Harvey Hendrick, American baseball player (b. 1897)
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1949
George Gurdjieff, Armenian-French monk, psychologist, and philosopher (b. 1872)
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1950
Gustaf V of Sweden (b. 1858)
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1953
William Kapell, American pianist (b. 1922)
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1956
Louis Rosier, French race car driver (b. 1905)
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1957
Louis B. Mayer, Belarusian-American production manager and producer (b. 1885)
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1958
Zoë Akins, American author, poet, and playwright (b. 1886)
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1961
Astrid Holm, Danish actress (b. 1893)
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1963
Adolphe Menjou, American actor (b. 1890)
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1969
Pops Foster, American bassist and trumpet player (b. 1892)
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1971
Duane Allman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1946)
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1971
Arne Tiselius, Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)
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1977
Chiyonoyama Masanobu, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 41st Yokozuna (b. 1926)
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1980
Giorgio Borġ Olivier, Maltese lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1911)
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1981
Georges Brassens, French singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1921)
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1986
Mimis Fotopoulos, Greek actor, singer, and academic (b. 1913)
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1987
Woody Herman, American singer, clarinet player, saxophonist, and bandleader (b. 1913)
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1988
Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay, Indian author and activist (b. 1903)
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1993
Lipman Bers, Latvian-American mathematician and academic (b. 1914)
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1994
Shlomo Goren, Israeli rabbi, general, and scholar (b. 1918)
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1995
Terry Southern, American novelist, essayist, screenwriter, (b. 1924)
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1996
Eugen Kapp, Estonian composer and educator (b. 1908)
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1997
Anton LaVey, American occultist, founded the Church of Satan (b. 1930)
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1997
Andreas Gerasimos Michalitsianos, Greek-American astronomer and astrophysicist (b. 1947)
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1998
Paul Misraki, Turkish-French pianist and composer (b. 1908)
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1999
Greg, Belgian author and illustrator (b. 1931)
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2000
Carlos Guastavino, Argentinian pianist and composer (b. 1912)
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2002
Glenn McQueen, Canadian-American animator (b. 1960)
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2003
Hal Clement, American pilot, author, and educator (b. 1922)
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2003
Franco Corelli, Italian tenor and actor (b. 1921)
-
2004
Ordal Demokan, Turkish physicist and academic (b. 1946)
-
2004
Edward Oliver LeBlanc, Dominican lawyer and politician, Premier of Dominica (b. 1923)
Edward Oliver LeBlanc · List of heads of government of Dominica
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2004
Peter Twinn, English mathematician and entomologist (b. 1916)
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2005
Lloyd Bochner, Canadian-American actor (b. 1924)
-
2005
Ion Irimescu, Romanian sculptor and illustrator (b. 1903)
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2008
Mike Baker, American singer-songwriter (b. 1963)
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2011
Jimmy Savile, English radio and television host (b. 1926)
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2012
Letitia Baldrige, American etiquette expert and author (b. 1926)
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2012
J. Bernlef, Dutch author, poet, and songwriter (b. 1937)
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2012
Kenneth G. Ryder, American academic (b. 1924)
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2012
Wallace L. W. Sargent, English-American astronomer and academic (b. 1935)
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2012
Jack Vaughn, American boxer and diplomat (b. 1920)
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2013
Jean Rénald Clérismé, Haitian priest and politician, Foreign Ministers of Haiti (b. 1937)
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2013
Sherman Halsey, American director and producer (b. 1957)
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2013
John Spence, American soldier and engineer (b. 1918)
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2013
Graham Stark, English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1922)
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2014
Roger Freeman, American lawyer and politician (b. 1965)
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2014
Klas Ingesson, Swedish footballer and manager (b. 1968)
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2014
H. Gary Morse, American businessman (b. 1936)
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2015
Luther Burden, American basketball player and coach (b. 1953)
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2015
Ernesto Herrera, Filipino businessman and politician (b. 1942)
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2015
Boris Kristančič, Slovene basketball player and coach (b. 1931)
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2015
Ranko Žeravica, Serbian basketball player and coach (b. 1929)