December 31 — Este Día en la Historia
380 entradas
Eventos
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406
Vandals, Alans and Suebians cross the Rhine, beginning an invasion of Gaul.
Vandals · Alans · Suebi · Crossing of the Rhine · Gaul
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535
Byzantine general Belisarius completes the conquest of Sicily, defeating the Gothic garrison of Palermo (Panormos), and ending his consulship for the year.
Byzantine Empire · Belisarius · Sicily · Ostrogoths · Palermo
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870
Battle of Englefield: The Vikings clash with ealdorman Æthelwulf of Berkshire. The invaders are driven back to Reading (East Anglia), many Danes are killed.
Battle of Englefield · Vikings · Æthelwulf of Berkshire · Reading, Berkshire · Kingdom of East Anglia
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1225
The Lý dynasty of Vietnam ends after 216 years by the enthronement of the boy emperor Trần Thái Tông, husband of the last Lý monarch, Lý Chiêu Hoàng, starting the Trần dynasty.
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1229
James I of Aragon the Conqueror enters Medina Mayurqa (now known as Palma, Spain) thus consummating the Christian reconquest of the island of Majorca.
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1501
The First Battle of Cannanore commences.
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1600
The British East India Company is chartered.
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1660
James II of England is named Duke of Normandy by Louis XIV of France.
James II of England · Duke of Normandy · Louis XIV of France
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1687
The first Huguenots set sail from France to the Cape of Good Hope.
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1757
Empress Elizabeth I of Russia issues her ukase incorporating Königsberg into Russia.
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1759
Arthur Guinness signs a 9,000 year lease at £45 per annum and starts brewing Guinness.
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1775
American Revolutionary War: Battle of Quebec: British forces repulse an attack by Continental Army General Richard Montgomery.
American Revolutionary War · Battle of Quebec (1775) · Continental Army · Richard Montgomery
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1790
Efimeris, the oldest Greek newspaper of which issues have survived till today, is published for the first time.
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1796
The incorporation of Baltimore as a city.
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1831
Gramercy Park is deeded to New York City.
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1853
A dinner party is held inside a life-size model of an iguanodon created by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins and Sir Richard Owen in south London, England.
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1857
Queen Victoria chooses Ottawa, then a small logging town, as the capital of Canada.
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1862
American Civil War: Abraham Lincoln signs an act that admits West Virginia to the Union, thus dividing Virginia in two.
American Civil War · Abraham Lincoln · West Virginia · Union (American Civil War) · Virginia
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1862
American Civil War: The Battle of Stones River begins near Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
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1878
Karl Benz, working in Mannheim, Germany, filed for a patent on his first reliable two-stroke gas engine, and he was granted the patent in 1879.
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1879
Thomas Edison demonstrates incandescent lighting to the public for the first time, in Menlo Park, New Jersey.
Thomas Edison · Incandescent light bulb · Menlo Park, New Jersey
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1906
Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar signs the Persian Constitution of 1906.
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1907
The first New Year's Eve celebration is held in Times Square (then known as Longacre Square) in Manhattan.
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1944
World War II: Hungary declares war on Nazi Germany.
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1944
World War II: Operation Nordwind, the last major German offensive on the Western Front begins.
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1946
President Harry S. Truman officially proclaims the end of hostilities in World War II.
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1951
The Marshall Plan expires after distributing more than US$13.3 billion in foreign aid to rebuild Europe.
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1955
General Motors becomes the first U.S. corporation to make over US$1 billion in a year.
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1961
RTÉ, Ireland's state broadcaster, launches its first national television service.
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1963
The Central African Federation officially collapses, subsequently becoming Zambia, Malawi and Rhodesia.
Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland · Zambia · Malawi · Rhodesia
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1965
Jean-Bédel Bokassa, leader of the Central African Republic army, and his military officers begins a coup d'état against the government of President David Dacko.
Jean-Bédel Bokassa · Central African Republic · Saint-Sylvestre coup d'état · List of heads of state of the Central African Republic and Central African Empire · David Dacko
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1968
The first flight of the Tupolev Tu-144, the first civilian supersonic transport.
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1981
A coup d'état in Ghana removes President Hilla Limann's PNP government and replaces it with the Provisional National Defence Council led by Flight lieutenant Jerry Rawlings.
Coup d'état · Ghana · List of heads of state of Ghana · Hilla Limann · People's National Party (Ghana)
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1983
The AT&T Bell System is broken up by the United States Government.
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1983
In Nigeria a coup d'état led by Major General Muhammadu Buhari ends the Second Nigerian Republic.
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1985
United Kingdom founds a member state of UNESCO.
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1986
Arson at the Dupont Plaza Hotel in San Juan, Puerto Rico kills 97 people and injures 140.
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1991
All official Soviet Union institutions have ceased operations by this date 5 days after the Soviet Union is officially dissolved.
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1992
Czechoslovakia is peacefully dissolved in what is dubbed by media as the Velvet Divorce, resulting in the creation of the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
Czechoslovakia · Dissolution of Czechoslovakia · Czech Republic · Slovakia
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1994
This date is skipped altogether in Kiribati as the Phoenix Islands and Line Islands change time zones from UTC−11:00 to UTC+13:00 and UTC−10:00 to UTC+14:00, respectively.
Kiribati · Phoenix Islands · Line Islands · UTC−11:00 · UTC+13:00
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1994
The First Chechen War: Russian army began a New Year's storming of Grozny.
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1998
The European Exchange Rate Mechanism freezes the values of the legacy currencies in the Eurozone, and establishes the value of the euro currency.
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1999
First President of Russia, Boris Yeltsin, resigns from office, leaving Prime Minister Vladimir Putin as the acting President and successor.
President of Russia · Boris Yeltsin · Prime Minister of Russia · Vladimir Putin
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1999
The United States Government hands control of the Panama Canal (as well all the adjacent land to the canal known as the Panama Canal Zone) to Panama. This act complied with the signing of the 1977 Torrijos-Carter Treaties.
Panama Canal · Panama Canal Zone · Panama · Torrijos-Carter Treaties
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1999
Indian Airlines Flight 814 hijacking ended after seven days with the release of 190 survivors at Kandahar Airport, Afghanistan.
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2004
The official opening of Taipei 101, the tallest skyscraper at that time in the world, standing at a height of 509 metres (1,670 ft).
Taipei 101 · List of tallest buildings and structures in the world · Skyscraper
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2009
Both a blue moon and a lunar eclipse occur.
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2010
Tornadoes touch down in midwestern and southern United States, including Washington County, Arkansas; Greater St. Louis, Sunset Hills, Missouri, Illinois, and Oklahoma, with a few tornadoes in the early hours. A total 36 tornadoes touched down, resulting in the deaths of nine people and $113 million in damages.
2010 New Year's Eve tornado outbreak · Midwestern United States · Southern United States · Washington County, Arkansas · Greater St. Louis
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2011
NASA succeeds in putting the first of two Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory satellites in orbit around the Moon.
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2014
A New Year's Eve celebration stampede in Shanghai kills at least 36 people and injures 49 others.
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2015
A fire broke out at the Downtown Address Hotel in Downtown Dubai, United Arab Emirates located near the Burj Khalifa 2 hours before the fireworks display was due to commence. 16 injuries were reported; one had a heart attack, another suffered a major injury, and fourteen others with minor injuries,
Nacimientos Famosos
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695
Muhammad bin Qasim, Syrian general (d. 715)
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1378
Pope Callixtus III (d. 1458)
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1491
Jacques Cartier, French navigator and explorer (d. 1557)
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1493
Eleonora Gonzaga, Duchess of Urbino (d. 1570)
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1504
Beatrice of Portugal, Duchess of Savoy (d. 1538)
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1514
Andreas Vesalius, Belgian anatomist, physician, and author (d. 1564)
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1539
John Radcliffe, English politician (d. 1568)
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1550
Henry I, Duke of Guise (d. 1588)
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1552
Simon Forman, English occultist and astrologer (d. 1611)
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1572
Emperor Go-Yōzei of Japan, (d. 1617)
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1585
Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, Spanish general and politician, 24th Governor of the Duchy of Milan (d. 1645)
Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba (1585-1645) · Governor of the Duchy of Milan
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1668
Herman Boerhaave, Dutch botanist and physician (d. 1738)
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1714
Arima Yoriyuki, Japanese mathematician and educator (d. 1783)
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1720
Charles Edward Stuart, Italian husband of Princess Louise of Stolberg-Gedern (d. 1788)
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1738
Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, English general and politician, 3rd Governor-General of India (d. 1805)
Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis · Governor-General of India
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1741
Gottfried August Bürger, German poet and academic (d. 1794)
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1763
Pierre-Charles Villeneuve, French admiral (d. 1806)
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1776
Johann Spurzheim, German-American physician and phrenologist (d. 1832)
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1798
Friedrich Robert Faehlmann, Estonian physician, philologist, and academic (d. 1850)
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1805
Marie d'Agoult, German-French historian and author (d. 1876)
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1815
George Meade, American general and engineer (d. 1872)
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1830
Isma'il Pasha, Egyptian ruler (d. 1895)
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1830
Alexander Smith, Scottish poet and critic (d. 1867)
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1838
Émile Loubet, French lawyer and politician, 7th President of France (d. 1929)
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1842
Giovanni Boldini, Italian painter (d. 1931)
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1851
Henry Carter Adams, American economist and academic (d. 1921)
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1855
Giovanni Pascoli, Italian poet and scholar (d. 1912)
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1857
King Kelly, American baseball player and manager (d. 1894)
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1860
Joseph S. Cullinan, American businessman, co-founded Texaco (d. 1937)
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1864
Robert Grant Aitken, American astronomer and academic (d. 1951)
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1869
Henri Matisse, French painter and sculptor (d. 1954)
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1872
Fred Marriott, American race car driver (d. 1956)
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1873
Konstantin Konik, Estonian surgeon and politician, 19th Estonian Minister of Education (d. 1936)
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1874
Julius Meier, American businessman and politician, 20th Governor of Oregon (d. 1937)
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1877
Lawrence Beesley, English journalist and author (d. 1967)
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1878
Elizabeth Arden, Canadian businesswoman, founded Elizabeth Arden, Inc. (d. 1966)
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1878
Horacio Quiroga, Uruguayan-Argentinian author, poet, and playwright (d. 1937)
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1880
Fred Beebe, American baseball player and coach (d. 1957)
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1880
George Marshall, American general and politician, 50th United States Secretary of State, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1959)
George Marshall · United States Secretary of State · Nobel Peace Prize
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1881
Max Pechstein, German painter and academic (d. 1955)
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1884
Bobby Byrne, American baseball and soccer player (d. 1964)
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1884
Mihály Fekete, Hungarian actor, screenwriter, and film director (d. 1960)
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1885
Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein (d. 1970)
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1899
Silvestre Revueltas, Mexican violinist, composer, and conductor (d. 1940)
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1901
Nikos Ploumpidis, Greek educator and politician (d. 1954)
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1902
Lionel Daunais, Canadian singer-songwriter (d. 1982)
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1902
Roy Goodall, English footballer (d. 1982)
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1904
William Heynes, English engineer (d. 1989)
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1905
Helen Dodson Prince, American astronomer and academic (d. 2002)
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1905
Jule Styne, English-American composer (d. 1994)
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1908
Simon Wiesenthal, Ukrainian-Austrian nazi hunter and author (d. 2005)
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1909
Jonah Jones, American trumpet player and saxophonist (d. 2000)
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1910
Carl Dudley, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1973)
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1910
Enrique Maier, Spanish tennis player (d. 1981)
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1911
Dal Stivens, Australian soldier and author (d. 1997)
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1912
John Frost, Indian-English general (d. 1993)
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1914
Mary Logan Reddick, American neuroembryologist (d. 1966)
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1915
Sam Ragan, American journalist, author, and poet (d. 1996)
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1917
Evelyn Knight, American singer (d. 2007)
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1917
Wilfrid Noyce, English mountaineer and author (d. 1962)
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1918
Ray Graves, American football player and coach (d. 2015)
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1919
Tommy Byrne, American baseball player, coach, and politician (d. 2007)
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1919
Carmen Contreras-Bozak, Puerto Rican-American soldier (d. 2017)
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1920
Rex Allen, American actor and singer-songwriter (d. 1999)
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1922
Tomás Balduino, Brazilian bishop (d. 2014)
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1922
Halina Czerny-Stefańska, Polish pianist and educator (d. 2001)
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1922
Luis Zuloaga, Venezuelan baseball player (d. 2013)
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1923
Giannis Dalianidis, Greek actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2010)
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1924
Taylor Mead, American actor and poet (d. 2013)
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1925
Irina Korschunow, German author and screenwriter (d. 2013)
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1925
Sri Lal Sukla, Indian author (d. 2011)
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1925
Daphne Oram, British composer and electronic musician (d. 2003)
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1926
Valerie Pearl, English historian and academic (d. 2016)
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1926
Billy Snedden, Australian lawyer and politician, 17th Attorney-General for Australia (d. 1987)
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1928
Ross Barbour, American pop singer (d. 2011)
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1928
Tatyana Shmyga, Russian actress and singer (d. 2011)
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1928
Siné, French cartoonist (d. 2016)
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1928
Veijo Meri, Finnish author and translator (d. 2015)
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1929
Mies Bouwman, Dutch television host
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1929
Peter May, English cricketer (d. 1994)
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1930
Odetta, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress (d. 2008)
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1930
Jaime Escalante, Bolivian-American educator (d. 2010)
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1931
Bob Shaw, Northern Irish journalist and author (d. 1996)
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1932
Don James, American football player and coach (d. 2013)
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1932
Felix Rexhausen, German journalist and author (d. 1992)
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1933
Edward Bunker, American author, screenwriter, and actor (d. 2005)
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1934
Ameer Muhammad Akram Awan, Indian author, poet, and scholar
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1935
Salman of Saudi Arabia, King of Saudi Arabia
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1937
Avram Hershko, Hungarian-Israeli biochemist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate
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1937
Anthony Hopkins, Welsh actor, director, and composer
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1937
Barry Hughes, Welsh footballer and manager
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1937
Tess Jaray, Austrian-English painter and educator
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1938
Rosalind Cash, American singer and actress (d. 1995)
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1938
Atje Keulen-Deelstra, Dutch speed skater (d. 2013)
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1939
Willye White, American sprinter and long jumper (d. 2007)
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1940
Mani Neumeier, German drummer
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1941
Alex Ferguson, Scottish footballer and manager
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1941
Sarah Miles, English actress
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1942
Andy Summers, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer
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1943
John Denver, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (d. 1997)
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1943
Ben Kingsley, English actor
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1943
Pete Quaife, English bass player, author, and artist (d. 2010)
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1944
Taylor Hackford, American director, producer, and screenwriter
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1945
Connie Willis, American author
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1946
Roy Greenslade, English journalist and academic
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1946
Bryan Hamilton, Northern Irish footballer and coach
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1946
Raphael Kaplinsky, South African international development academic
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1946
Pius Ncube, Zimbabwean archbishop
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1946
Lyudmila Pakhomova, Russian ice dancer (d. 1986)
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1946
Cliff Richey, American tennis player
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1946
Eric Robson, Scottish journalist and author
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1946
Nigel Rudd, English businessman, founded Williams Holdings
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1946
Tim Stevens, English bishop
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1946
Diane von Fürstenberg, Belgian-American fashion designer
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1947
Burton Cummings, Canadian singer-songwriter and keyboard player
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1947
Rita Lee, Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress
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1947
Tim Matheson, American actor, director, and producer
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1948
Joe Dallesandro, American actor
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1948
Sandy Jardine, Scottish footballer and manager (d. 2014)
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1948
René Robert, Canadian ice hockey player
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1948
Donna Summer, American singer-songwriter (d. 2012)
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1949
Ellen Datlow, American anthologist and author
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1949
Susan Shwartz, American author
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1950
Phil Blakeway, Welsh-English rugby player
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1950
Bob Gilder, American golfer
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1950
Inge Helten, German sprinter
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1950
Cheryl Womack, American businesswoman
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1951
Tom Hamilton, American bass player and songwriter
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1951
Kenny Roberts, American motorcycle racer
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1952
Vaughan Jones, New Zealand mathematician and academic
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1952
Jean-Pierre Rives, French rugby player, painter, and sculptor
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1953
Jane Badler, American actress
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1954
Alex Salmond, Scottish economist and politician, 4th First Minister of Scotland
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1954
Hermann Tilke, German race car driver and engineer
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1956
Robert Goodwill, English farmer and politician
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1956
Helma Knorscheidt, German shot putter
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1956
Steve Rude, American author and illustrator
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1958
Geoff Marsh, Australian cricketer and coach
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1958
Bebe Neuwirth, American actress and dancer
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1959
Liveris Andritsos, Greek basketball player
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1959
Val Kilmer, American actor
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1959
Phill Kline, American lawyer and politician, Kansas Attorney General
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1959
Baron Waqa, Nauruan composer and politician, 14th President of Nauru
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1959
Paul Westerberg, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1960
Steve Bruce, English footballer and manager
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1961
Rick Aguilera, American baseball player and coach
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1961
Jeremy Heywood, English economist and civil servant
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1962
Tyrone Corbin, American basketball player and coach
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1962
Chris Hallam, English-Welsh swimmer and wheelchair racer (d. 2013)
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1963
Scott Ian, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1964
Winston Benjamin, Antiguan cricketer
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1964
Michael McDonald, American comedian, actor, and director
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1965
Tony Dorigo, Australian-English footballer and sportscaster
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1965
Julie Doucet, Canadian cartoonist and author
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1965
Gong Li, Chinese actress
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1965
Laxman Sivaramakrishnan, Indian cricketer
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1965
Nicholas Sparks, American author, screenwriter, and producer
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1967
Paul McGregor, Australian rugby league player and coach
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1968
Gerry Dee, Canadian comedian, actor, and screenwriter
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1968
Junot Diaz, Dominican-born American novelist, short story writer, and essayist
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1970
Jorge Alberto da Costa Silva, Brazilian footballer
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1970
Danny McNamara, English singer-songwriter
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1970
Carlos Morales Quintana, Spanish-Danish architect and sailor
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1970
Bryon Russell, American basketball player
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1971
Brent Barry, American basketball player and sportscaster
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1971
Esteban Loaiza, Mexican baseball player
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1972
Joey McIntyre, American singer-songwriter and actor
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1973
Shandon Anderson, American basketball player
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1973
Malcolm Middleton, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1973
Curtis Myden, Canadian swimmer
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1974
Joe Abercrombie, English author
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1974
Mario Aerts, Belgian cyclist
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1974
Tony Kanaan, Brazilian race car driver
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1974
Ryan Sakoda, Japanese-American wrestler and trainer
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1975
Rami Alanko, Finnish ice hockey player
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1975
Toni Kuivasto, Finnish footballer and coach
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1975
Rob Penders, Dutch footballer
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1975
Sander Schutgens, Dutch runner
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1976
Luís Carreira, Portuguese motorcycle racer (d. 2012)
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1976
Matthew Hoggard, English cricketer
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1977
Wardy Alfaro, Costa Rican footballer and coach
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1977
Psy, South Korean singer-songwriter, producer, and dancer
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1977
Donald Trump, Jr., American businessman and son of billionaire Donald Trump
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1979
Paul O'Neill, English race car driver
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1979
Jeff Waldstreicher, American lawyer and politician
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1980
Jesse Carlson, American baseball player
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1980
Matt Cross, American wrestler
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1980
Richie McCaw, New Zealand rugby player
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1980
Carsten Schlangen, German runner
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1981
Jason Campbell, American football player
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1981
Matthew Pavlich, Australian footballer
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1981
Margaret Simpson, Ghanaian heptathlete
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1981
Ricky Whittle, English actor
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1982
Julio DePaula, Dominican baseball player
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1982
Craig Gordon, Scottish footballer
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1982
Luke Schenscher, Australian basketball player
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1982
The Rocket Summer, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
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1984
Ben Hannant, Australian rugby league player
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1984
Édgar Lugo, Mexican footballer
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1984
Calvin Zola, Congolese footballer
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1985
Jonathan Horton, American gymnast
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1985
Jan Smit, Dutch singer and television host
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1986
Nate Freiman, American baseball player
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1986
Kade Snowden, Australian rugby league player
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1987
Javaris Crittenton, American basketball player
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1987
Danny Holla, Dutch footballer
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1987
Émilie Le Pennec, French gymnast
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1987
Nemanja Nikolić, Hungarian footballer
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1990
Patrick Chan, Canadian figure skater
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1991
Camila Giorgi, Italian tennis player
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1991
Bojana Jovanovski, Serbian tennis player
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1992
Amy Cure, Australian track cyclist
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1992
Karl Kruuda, Estonian race car driver
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1993
Ryan Blaney, American race car driver
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1995
Gabby Douglas, American gymnast
Muertes Famosas
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45 BC
Quintus Fabius Maximus, consul suffectus
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192
Commodus, Roman emperor (b. 161)
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335
Pope Sylvester I
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669
Li Shiji, Chinese general (b. 594)
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878
Seiwa, Japanese emperor (b. 850)
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1164
Ottokar III of Styria (b. 1124)
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1194
Leopold V, Duke of Austria (b. 1157)
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1298
Humphrey de Bohun, 3rd Earl of Hereford, English politician, Lord High Constable of England (b. 1249)
Humphrey de Bohun, 3rd Earl of Hereford · Lord High Constable of England
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1299
Margaret, Countess of Anjou (b. 1273)
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1302
Frederick III, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1238)
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1384
John Wycliffe, English philosopher, theologian, and translator (b. 1331)
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1386
Johanna of Bavaria, Queen of Bohemia (b. c. 1362)
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1426
Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter (b. 1377)
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1439
Margaret Holland, English noblewoman (b. 1385)
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1460
Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury, English politician, Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom (b. 1400)
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1510
Bianca Maria Sforza, Holy Roman Empress (b. 1472)
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1535
William Skeffington, English-Irish politician, Lord Deputy of Ireland (b. 1465)
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1568
Shimazu Tadayoshi, Japanese daimyo (b. 1493)
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1575
Pierino Belli, Italian commander and jurist (b. 1502)
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1583
Thomas Erastus, Swiss physician and theologian (b. 1524)
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1610
Ludolph van Ceulen, German-Dutch mathematician and academic (b. 1540)
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1650
Dorgon, Chinese emperor (b. 1612)
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1655
Janusz Radziwiłł, Polish-Lithuanian politician (b. 1612)
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1673
Oliver St John, English judge and politician, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas (b. 1598)
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1679
Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Italian physiologist and physicist (b. 1608)
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1691
Robert Boyle, Irish chemist and physicist (b. 1627)
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1691
Dudley North, English merchant and economist (b. 1641)
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1705
Catherine of Braganza (b. 1638)
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1719
John Flamsteed, English astronomer and academic (b. 1646)
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1730
Carlo Gimach, Maltese architect, engineer and poet (b. 1651)
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1742
Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine (b. 1661)
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1775
Richard Montgomery, American general (b. 1738)
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1799
Jean-François Marmontel, French historian and author (b. 1723)
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1872
Aleksis Kivi, Finnish author and playwright (b. 1834)
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1876
Catherine Labouré, French nun and saint (b. 1806)
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1877
Gustave Courbet, French-Swiss painter and sculptor (b. 1819)
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1888
Samson Raphael Hirsch, German rabbi and scholar (b. 1808)
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1889
Ion Creangă, Romanian author and educator (b. 1837)
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1890
Pancha Carrasco, Costa Rican soldier (b. 1826)
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1891
Samuel Ajayi Crowther, Nigerian bishop and linguist (b. 1809)
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1894
Thomas Joannes Stieltjes, Dutch mathematician and academic (b. 1856)
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1909
Spencer Trask, American financier and philanthropist (b. 1844)
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1910
Archibald Hoxsey, American pilot (b. 1884)
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1910
John Moisant, American pilot and engineer (b. 1868)
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1921
Boies Penrose, American lawyer and politician (b. 1860)
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1936
Miguel de Unamuno, Spanish philosopher, author, and poet (b. 1864)
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1948
Malcolm Campbell, English race car driver and journalist (b. 1885)
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1949
Rıza Tevfik Bölükbaşı, Turkish philosopher, poet, and politician (b. 1869)
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1949
Raimond Valgre, Estonian pianist and composer (b. 1913)
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1950
Charles Koechlin, French composer and educator (b. 1867)
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1953
Albert Plesman, Dutch businessman, founded KLM (b. 1889)
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1964
Bobby Byrne, American baseball and soccer player (b. 1884)
-
1964
Ólafur Thors, Icelandic lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Iceland (b. 1892)
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1964
Henry Maitland Wilson, English field marshal (b. 1881)
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1968
George Lewis, American clarinet player and composer (b. 1900)
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1972
Roberto Clemente, Puerto Rican-American baseball player and soldier (b. 1934)
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1972
Henry Gerber, German-American activist, founded the Society for Human Rights (b. 1892)
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1978
Basil Wolverton, American illustrator (b. 1909)
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1980
Marshall McLuhan, Canadian philosopher and theorist (b. 1911)
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1980
Raoul Walsh, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1887)
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1983
Sevim Burak, Turkish author and playwright (b. 1931)
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1985
Ricky Nelson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1940)
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1987
Jerry Turner, American journalist (b. 1929)
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1988
Nicolas Calas, Greek-American poet and critic (b. 1907)
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1990
George Allen, American football player and coach (b. 1918)
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1990
Vasily Lazarev, Russian physician, colonel, and astronaut (b. 1928)
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1990
Giovanni Michelucci, Italian architect and urban planner, designed the Firenze Santa Maria Novella railway station (b. 1891)
Giovanni Michelucci · Firenze Santa Maria Novella railway station
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1993
Zviad Gamsakhurdia, Georgian anthropologist and politician, 1st President of Georgia (b. 1939)
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1993
Brandon Teena, American murder victim (b. 1972)
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1994
Woody Strode, American football player, wrestler, and actor (b. 1914)
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1996
Wesley Addy, American actor (b. 1913)
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1997
Floyd Cramer, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1933)
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1997
Billie Dove, American actress (b. 1903)
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1998
Ted Glossop, Australian rugby league player and coach (b. 1934)
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1999
Elliot Richardson, American lawyer and politician, 69th United States Attorney General (b. 1920)
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2000
Alan Cranston, American journalist and politician (b. 1914)
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2000
José Greco, Italian-American dancer and choreographer (b. 1918)
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2000
Binyamin Ze'ev Kahane, American-Israeli rabbi and scholar (b. 1966)
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2001
Eileen Heckart, American actress (b. 1919)
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2002
Kevin MacMichael, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (b. 1951)
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2003
Arthur R. von Hippel German-American physicist and author (b. 1898)
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2004
Gérard Debreu, French economist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1921)
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2005
Enrico Di Giuseppe, American tenor and educator (b. 1932)
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2005
Phillip Whitehead, English screenwriter, producer, and politician (b. 1937)
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2006
Seymour Martin Lipset, American sociologist, author, and academic (b. 1922)
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2006
George Sisler, Jr., American businessman (b. 1917)
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2007
Roy Amara, American scientific researcher (b. 1925)
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2007
Michael Goldberg, American painter and educator (b. 1924)
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2007
Bill Idelson, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1919)
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2007
Milton L. Klein, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1910)
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2007
Ettore Sottsass, Austrian-Italian architect and designer (b. 1917)
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2008
Donald E. Westlake, American author and screenwriter (b. 1933)
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2009
Cahal Daly, Irish cardinal and philosopher (b. 1917)
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2009
Justin Keating, Irish surgeon, journalist, and politician, Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (b. 1930)
Justin Keating · Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
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2010
Raymond Impanis, Belgian cyclist (b. 1925)
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2010
Per Oscarsson, Swedish actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1927)
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2012
Peter Ebert, English director and producer (b. 1918)
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2012
Tarak Mekki, Tunisian businessman and politician (b. 1958)
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2012
Jovette Marchessault, Canadian author and playwright (b. 1938)
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2012
Günter Rössler, German photographer and journalist (b. 1926)
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2013
James Avery, American actor (b. 1945)
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2013
Roberto Ciotti, Italian guitarist and composer (b. 1953)
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2013
Bob Grant, American radio host (b. 1929)
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2013
Irina Korschunow, German author and screenwriter (b. 1925)
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2014
Edward Herrmann, American actor (b. 1943)
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2014
Abdullah Hussain, Malaysian author (b. 1920)
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2014
Norm Phelps, American author and activist (b. 1939)
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2014
S. Arthur Spiegel, American captain, lawyer, and judge (b. 1920)
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2014
Valerian Wellesley, 8th Duke of Wellington, British soldier and politician (b. 1915)
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2015
Natalie Cole, American singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1950)
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2015
Marvin Panch, American race car driver (b. 1926)
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2015
Wayne Rogers, American actor and investor (b. 1933)
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2015
Beth Howland, American actress (b. 1941)
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2016
William Christopher, American actor (b. 1932)