December 29 — Este Día en la Historia
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Eventos
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875
Charles the Bald, King of the Franks, is crowned as Holy Roman Emperor Charles II.
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1170
Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, is assassinated inside Canterbury Cathedral by followers of King Henry II; he subsequently becomes a saint and martyr in the Anglican Communion and the Catholic Church.
Thomas Becket · Archbishop of Canterbury · Canterbury Cathedral · Henry II of England · Anglican Communion
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1427
The Ming army begins its withdraw from Hanoi, ending the Chinese domination of Đại Việt.
Ming dynasty · Hanoi · Fourth Chinese domination of Vietnam · Đại Việt
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1503
The Battle of Garigliano (1503) was fought between a Spanish army under Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba and a French army commanded by Ludovico II, Marquess of Saluzzo
Battle of Garigliano (1503) · Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba · Ludovico II, Marquess of Saluzzo
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1508
Portuguese forces under the command of Francisco de Almeida attack Khambhat at the Battle of Dabul.
Portuguese Empire · Francisco de Almeida · Khambhat · Battle of Dabul
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1778
American Revolutionary War: Three thousand British soldiers under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell capture Savannah, Georgia.
American Revolutionary War · Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom) · Archibald Campbell (British Army officer, born 1739) · Capture of Savannah · Savannah, Georgia
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1786
French Revolution: The Assembly of Notables is convened.
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1812
The USS Constitution under the command of Captain William Bainbridge, captures the HMS Java off the coast of Brazil after a three-hour battle.
USS Constitution · Captain (United States O-6) · William Bainbridge · HMS Java (1811)
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1835
The Treaty of New Echota is signed, ceding all the lands of the Cherokee east of the Mississippi River to the United States.
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1845
In accordance with International Boundary delimitation, the United States annexes the Republic of Texas, following the manifest destiny doctrine. The Republic of Texas, which had been independent since the Texas Revolution of 1836, is thereupon admitted as the 28th U.S. state.
Boundary delimitation · Republic of Texas · Manifest destiny · U.S. state
- 1851
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1860
The launch of HMS Warrior, with her combination of screw propeller, iron hull and iron armour, renders all previous warships obsolete.
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1874
The military coup of Gen. Martinez Campos in Sagunto ends the failed First Spanish Republic and Prince Alfonso is proclaimed King of Spain.
Arsenio Martínez-Campos y Antón · Sagunto · First Spanish Republic · Alfonso XII of Spain · Spain
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1876
The Ashtabula River railroad disaster occurs, leaving 64 injured and 92 dead at Ashtabula, Ohio.
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1890
Wounded Knee Massacre on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, 300 Lakota killed by the United States 7th Cavalry Regiment.
Wounded Knee Massacre · Pine Ridge Indian Reservation · Lakota people · 7th Cavalry Regiment
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1911
Mongolia gains independence from the Qing dynasty, enthroning 9th Jebtsundamba Khutughtu as Khagan of Mongolia.
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1911
Sun Yat-sen becomes the provisional President of the Republic of China; he formally takes office on January 1, 1912.
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1916
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, the first novel by James Joyce, was first published as a book by an American publishing house B. W. Huebschis after it had been serialized in The Egoist (1914-15).
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man · James Joyce · The Egoist (periodical)
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1930
Sir Muhammad Iqbal's presidential address in Allahabad introduces the two-nation theory and outlines a vision for the creation of Pakistan.
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1934
Japan renounces the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 and the London Naval Treaty of 1930.
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1937
The Irish Free State is replaced by a new state called Ireland with the adoption of a new constitution.
Irish Free State · Republic of Ireland · Constitution of Ireland
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1940
World War II: In the Second Great Fire of London, the Luftwaffe fire-bombs London, England, killing almost 200 civilians.
World War II · Second Great Fire of London · Luftwaffe · London
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1949
KC2XAK of Bridgeport, Connecticut becomes the first Ultra high frequency (UHF) television station to operate a daily schedule.
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1972
Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 (a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar) crashes on approach to Miami International Airport, Florida, killing 101.
Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 · Lockheed L-1011 TriStar · Miami International Airport · Florida
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1975
A bomb explodes at LaGuardia Airport in New York City, killing 11 people and injuring 74.
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1989
Czech writer, philosopher and dissident Václav Havel is elected the first post-communist President of Czechoslovakia.
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1992
Fernando Collor de Mello, president of Brazil, tries to resign amidst corruption charges, but is then impeached.
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1996
Guatemala and leaders of Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity sign a peace accord ending a 36-year civil war.
Guatemala · Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity · Guatemalan Civil War
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1997
Hong Kong begins to kill all the nation's 1.25 million chickens to stop the spread of a potentially deadly influenza strain.
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1998
Leaders of the Khmer Rouge apologize for the 1970s genocide in Cambodia that claimed over one million lives.
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2003
The last known speaker of Akkala Sami dies, rendering the language extinct.
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2006
UK settles its Anglo-American loan, post-WWII loan debt.
- 2011
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2012
A Tupolev Tu-204 airliner crashes in a ditch between the airport fence and the M3 highway after overshooting a runway at Vnukovo International Airport in Moscow, Russia, killing five people and leaving three others critically injured.
Tupolev Tu-204 · Red Wings Airlines Flight 9268 · M3 highway (Russia) · Vnukovo International Airport
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2013
A suicide bomb attack at the Volgograd-1 railway station in the southern Russian city of Volgograd kills at least 18 people and wounds 40 others.
December 2013 Volgograd bombings · Volgograd railway station · Volgograd
Nacimientos Famosos
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765
Ali al-Ridha, Arabian 8th of the Twelve Imams (d. 818)
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1019
King Munjong of Goryeo (d. 1083)
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1536
Henry VI, Burgrave of Plauen (d. 1572)
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1550
García de Silva Figueroa, Spanish diplomat and traveller (d. 1624)
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1633
Johannes Zollikofer, Swiss vicar (d. 1692)
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1709
Elizabeth of Russia (d. 1762)
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1746
Saverio Cassar, Gozitan priest and rebel leader (d. 1805)
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1766
Charles Macintosh, Scottish chemist and the inventor of waterproof fabric (d. 1843)
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1796
Johann Christian Poggendorff, German physicist and journalist (d. 1877)
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1800
Charles Goodyear, American chemist and engineer (d. 1860)
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1808
Andrew Johnson, American general and politician, 17th President of the United States (d. 1875)
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1809
William Ewart Gladstone, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1898)
William Ewart Gladstone · Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
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1816
Carl Ludwig, German physician and physiologist (d. 1895)
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1844
Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee, Indian barrister and was the first president of Indian National Congress. (d. 1906)
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1855
August Kitzberg, Estonian author and poet (d. 1927)
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1856
Thomas Joannes Stieltjes, Dutch-French mathematician and academic (d. 1894)
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1859
Venustiano Carranza, Mexican soldier and politician, 37th President of Mexico (d. 1920)
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1874
François Brandt, Dutch rower and bishop (d. 1949)
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1876
Pablo Casals, Catalan cellist and conductor (d. 1973)
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1879
Billy Mitchell, American general and pilot (d. 1936)
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1881
Jess Willard, American boxer (d. 1968)
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1885
Roman von Ungern-Sternberg, Austrian-Russian general (d. 1921)
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1886
Norman Hallows, English runner and captain (d. 1968)
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1895
Oswald Freisler, German lawyer and author (d. 1939)
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1896
David Alfaro Siqueiros, Mexican painter (d. 1974)
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1899
Nie Rongzhen, Chinese general and politician, Mayor of Beijing (d. 1992)
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1902
Nels Stewart, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1957)
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1903
Candido Portinari, Brazilian painter (d. 1962)
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1904
Kuvempu, Indian author and poet (d. 1994)
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1908
Helmut Gollwitzer, German theologian and author (d. 1993)
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1908
Magnus Pyke, English scientist and author (d. 1992)
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1910
Ronald Coase, English-American economist, author, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013)
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1911
Klaus Fuchs, German physicist and spy (d. 1988)
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1914
Zainul Abedin, Bangladeshi painter and academic (d. 1976)
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1914
Billy Tipton, American pianist and saxophonist (d. 1989)
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1914
Albert Tucker, Australian painter and illustrator (d. 1999)
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1915
Bill Osmanski, American football player and coach (d. 1996)
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1915
Robert Ruark, American hunter and author (d. 1965)
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1915
Jo Van Fleet, American actress (d. 1996)
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1917
Tom Bradley, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 38th Mayor of Los Angeles (d. 1998)
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1917
Ramanand Sagar, Indian director and producer (d. 2005)
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1919
Alfred de Grazia, American political scientist and author (d. 2014)
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1919
Roman Vlad, Italian pianist and composer (d. 2013)
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1920
Viveca Lindfors, Swedish-American actress, singer and poet (d. 1995)
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1921
Dobrica Ćosić, Serbian politician, 1st President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (d. 2014)
Dobrica Ćosić · President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
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1922
Little Joe Cook, American singer-songwriter (d. 2014)
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1922
William Gaddis, American author and academic (d. 1998)
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1923
Cheikh Anta Diop, Senegalese historian, anthropologist, and physicist (d. 1986)
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1923
Morton Estrin, American pianist and educator
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1923
Dina Merrill, American actress, game show panelist, socialite, heiress, and businesswoman (d. 2017)
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1923
Shlomo Venezia, Greek-Italian author and Holocaust survivor (d. 2012)
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1923
Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat, French mathematician and physicist
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1924
Joe Allbritton, American businessman and publisher, founded the Allbritton Communications Company (d. 2012)
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1925
Pete Dye, American golfer and architect
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1927
Andy Stanfield, American sprinter (d. 1985)
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1929
Matt Murphy, American guitarist
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1931
Stasys Stonkus, Lithuanian basketball player and coach (d. 2012)
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1932
Inga Swenson, American actress and singer
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1933
Samuel Brittan, English journalist and author
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1934
Ed Flanders, American actor (d. 1995)
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1936
Mary Tyler Moore, American actress and producer (d. 2017)
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1936
Ray Nitschke, American football player (d. 1998)
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1937
Wayne Huizenga, American businessman, founded AutoNation
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1938
Harvey Smith, English horse rider and sportscaster
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1938
Jon Voight, American actor and producer
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1939
Ed Bruce, American country music singer-songwriter
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1941
Ray Thomas, English singer-songwriter and flute player
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1942
Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, Honduran cardinal
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1943
Bill Aucoin, American talent manager (d. 2010)
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1943
Molly Bang, American author and illustrator
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1943
Rick Danko, Canadian singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (d. 1999)
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1944
Rodney Redmond, New Zealand cricketer
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1945
Birendra of Nepal, King of Nepal from 1972 to 2001 (d. 2001)
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1946
Marianne Faithfull, English singer-songwriter and actress
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1946
Laffit Pincay, Jr., Panamanian jockey
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1947
Richard Crandall, American physicist and computer scientist (d. 2012)
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1947
Ted Danson, American actor and producer
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1947
Leonhard Lapin, Estonian architect and poet
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1947
Cozy Powell, English drummer, songwriter, and producer (d. 1998)
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1947
David Tanner, English rower and coach
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1947
Vincent Winter, Scottish actor, director, and production manager (d. 1998)
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1948
Peter Robinson, Northern Irish politician, 3rd First Minister of Northern Ireland
Peter Robinson (Northern Ireland politician) · First Minister of Northern Ireland
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1949
David Topliss, English rugby league player and coach (d. 2008)
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1952
Gelsey Kirkland, American ballerina and choreographer
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1953
Thomas Bach, German lawyer and fencer, 9th President of the International Olympic Committee
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1953
Alan Rusbridger, Zambia-born English journalist and academic
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1953
Kate Schmidt, American javelin thrower and coach
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1953
Stanley Williams, American gang leader, co-founded the Crips (d. 2005)
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1953
Charlayne Woodard, American actress and playwright
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1954
Albrecht Böttcher, German mathematician and author
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1956
Katy Munger, American writer
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1957
Brad Grey, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2017)
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1957
Oliver Hirschbiegel, German actor, director, and producer
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1957
Iain Paxton, Scottish rugby player and coach
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1957
Paul Rudnick, American author, playwright, and screenwriter
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1958
Nancy J. Currie, American colonel, engineer, and astronaut
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1959
Keith Crossan, Irish rugby player
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1959
Patricia Clarkson, American actress
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1959
Ann Demeulemeester, Belgian fashion designer
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1959
Milton Ottey, Jamaican-Canadian high jumper and coach
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1959
Paula Poundstone, American comedian and author
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1960
David Boon, Australian cricketer
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1960
David Gilbert, Australian cricketer
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1960
Thomas Lubanga Dyilo, Congolese militia leader, founded the Union of Congolese Patriots
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1961
Kevin Granata, American engineer and academic (d. 2007)
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1961
Jim Reid, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1961
Richard Horton, English physician and journalist
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1962
Wynton Rufer, New Zealand footballer
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1962
Devon White, Jamaican-American baseball player
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1962
Carles Puigdemont, Catalan politician and former president
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1963
Des Foy, English rugby player
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1963
Dave McKean, English illustrator, photographer, director, and pianist
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1963
Sean Payton, American football player and coach
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1963
Liisa Savijarvi, Canadian skier
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1964
Michael Cudlitz, American actor
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1965
Laurent Boudouani, French boxer
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1965
Dexter Holland, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1965
Danilo Pérez, Panamanian pianist and composer
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1966
Stefano Eranio, Italian footballer and coach
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1966
Martin Offiah, English rugby league player and sportscaster
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1967
Ashleigh Banfield, Canadian-American journalist
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1967
Evan Seinfeld, American bass player, actor, and director
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1968
Ri Pun-hui, North Korean table tennis player
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1969
Jennifer Ehle, American actress
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1969
Allan McNish, Scottish race car driver and journalist
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1970
Aled Jones, Welsh singer and television host
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1971
Besnik Hasi, Kosovo Albanian football manager and former player
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1972
Jude Law, English actor
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1973
Theo Epstein, American businessman
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1974
Mekhi Phifer, American actor and producer
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1974
Richie Sexson, American baseball player and coach
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1974
Ryan Shore, Canadian composer and producer
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1975
Shawn Hatosy, American actor
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1975
Jaret Wright, American baseball player
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1976
Filip Kuba, Czech ice hockey player
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1976
Danny McBride, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
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1977
Jimmy Journell, American baseball player
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1978
Jake Berry, English lawyer and politician
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1978
Matthew Carr, Australian footballer
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1978
Pierre Dagenais, Canadian ice hockey player
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1978
Kieron Dyer, English footballer and coach
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1978
Danny Higginbotham, English footballer and journalist
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1978
Steve Kemp, English drummer
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1979
Mitsuhiro Ishida, Japanese mixed martial artist
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1979
Diego Luna, Mexican actor, director, and producer
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1979
Moe Oshikiri, Japanese model and actress
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1981
Shizuka Arakawa, Japanese figure skater and sportscaster
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1981
Shaun Suisham, American football player
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1981
Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko, Estonian footballer
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1982
Alison Brie, American actress and singer
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1982
Brian Hill, Canadian swimmer
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1982
Dale Morris, Australian footballer
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1982
Norbert Siedler, Austrian race car driver
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1983
Jessica Andrews, American singer-songwriter
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1983
James Kelly, Australian footballer
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1984
Brenton Lawrence, Australian rugby league player
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1984
Reimo Tamm, Estonian basketball player
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1986
Joe Anyon, English footballer
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1986
Kim Ok-bin, South Korean actress and singer
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1987
Yuhi Sekiguchi, Japanese race car driver
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1988
Eric Berry, American football player
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1988
Christen Press, American footballer
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1988
Ágnes Szávay, Hungarian tennis player
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1989
Kei Nishikori, Japanese tennis player
Muertes Famosas
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721
Empress Genmei of Japan (b. 660)
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1125
Agnes I, Abbess of Quedlinburg (b.c. 1090)
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1170
Thomas Becket, English archbishop and saint (b. 1118)
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1208
Emperor Zhangzong of Jin, (b. 1168)
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1416
Mathew Swetenham, bow bearer of Henry IV
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1550
Bhuvanaikabahu VII, King of Kotte (b. 1468)
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1563
Sebastian Castellio, French preacher and theologian (b. 1515)
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1565
Queen Munjeong of Korea (b. 1501)
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1606
Stephen Bocskay, Prince of Transylvania (b. 1557)
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1634
John Albert Vasa, Polish cardinal (b. 1612)
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1661
Antoine Girard de Saint-Amant, French poet (b. 1594)
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1689
Thomas Sydenham, English physician and author (b. 1624)
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1720
Maria Margarethe Kirch, German astronomer and educator (b. 1670)
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1731
Brook Taylor, English mathematician and theorist (b. 1685)
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1737
Joseph Saurin, French minister and mathematician (b. 1659)
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1785
Johan Herman Wessel, Norwegian-Danish poet and playwright (b. 1742)
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1825
Jacques-Louis David, French painter and illustrator (b. 1748)
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1887
Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Estonian-Russian linguist and botanist (b. 1805)
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1890
Spotted Elk, American tribal leader (b. 1826)
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1891
Leopold Kronecker, Polish-German mathematician and academic (b. 1823)
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1894
Christina Rossetti, English poet and hymn-writer (b. 1830)
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1897
William James Linton, English-American painter, author, and activist (b. 1812)
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1910
Reginald Doherty, English tennis player (b. 1872)
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1924
Carl Spitteler, Swiss poet and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1845)
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1925
Félix Vallotton, Swiss/French painter (b. 1865)
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1926
Rainer Maria Rilke, Austrian poet and author (b. 1875)
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1929
Wilhelm Maybach, German engineer and businessman, founded Maybach (b. 1846)
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1937
Don Marquis, American journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1878)
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1941
Tullio Levi-Civita, Italian mathematician and scholar (b. 1873)
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1944
Khasan Israilov, Chechen rebel (b. 1910)
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1949
Tyler Dennett, American historian and author (b. 1883)
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1952
Fletcher Henderson, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1897)
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1959
Robin Milford, English soldier and composer (b. 1903)
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1960
Eden Phillpotts, English author and poet (b. 1862)
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1967
Paul Whiteman, American violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1890)
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1968
Austin Farrer, English theologian and philosopher (b. 1904)
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1970
Marie Menken, American director and painter (b. 1909)
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1972
Joseph Cornell, American sculptor and director (b. 1903)
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1972
Chrysostomos Papasarantopoulos, Greek priest and missionary (b. 1903)
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1976
Ivo Van Damme, Belgian runner (b. 1954)
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1980
Nadezhda Mandelstam, Russian author and educator (b. 1899)
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1981
Miroslav Krleža, Croatian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1893)
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1986
Harold Macmillan, English captain and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1894)
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1986
Andrei Tarkovsky, Russian director and screenwriter (b. 1932)
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1988
Mike Beuttler, Egyptian race car driver (b. 1940)
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1996
Mireille Hartuch, French singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1906)
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1998
Jean-Claude Forest, French author and illustrator (b. 1930)
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1999
Leon Radzinowicz, Polish-English criminologist and academic (b. 1906)
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2000
Adele Stimmel Chase, American sculptor and painter (b. 1917)
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2001
Takashi Asahina, Japanese conductor (b. 1908)
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2003
Bob Monkhouse, English comedian, actor, and game show host (b. 1928)
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2004
Julius Axelrod, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1912)
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2004
Ken Burkhart, American baseball player and umpire (b. 1915)
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2007
Phil O'Donnell, Scottish footballer (b. 1972)
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2008
Freddie Hubbard, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1938)
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2009
Steven Williams, American professional wrestler (b. 1960)
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2010
Avi Cohen, Israeli footballer and manager (b. 1956)
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2012
Tony Greig, South African-Australian cricketer and sportscaster (b. 1946)
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2012
Roland Griffiths-Marsh, Australian soldier and author (b. 1923)
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2012
Edward Meneeley, American painter and sculptor (b. 1927)
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2012
Paulo Rocha, Portuguese director and screenwriter (b. 1935)
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2012
Bruce Stark, American cartoonist (b. 1933)
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2013
C. T. Hsia, Chinese-American critic and scholar (b. 1921)
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2013
Benjamin Curtis, American guitarist, drummer, and songwriter (b. 1978)
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2013
Connie Dierking, American basketball player (b. 1936)
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2013
Eero Mäntyranta, Finnish skier (b. 1937)
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2013
Jagadish Mohanty, Indian author and translator (b. 1951)
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2013
Paul Sally, American mathematician and academic (b. 1933)
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2014
Hari Harilela, Indian-Hong Kong businessman and philanthropist (b. 1922)
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2014
Juanito Remulla, Sr., Filipino lawyer and politician, Governor of Cavite (b. 1933)
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2015
Om Prakash Malhotra, Indian general and politician, 25th Governor of Punjab (b. 1922)
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2015
Pavel Srníček, Czech footballer and coach (b. 1968)
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2016
Keion Carpenter, American football defensive back (b. 1977)
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2016
LaVell Edwards, American football head coach (b. 1930)