diciembre 9 — Este Día en la Historia
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Eventos
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480
Odoacer, first King of Italy, occupies Dalmatia. He later establishes his political power with the co-operation of the Roman Senate.
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536
Gothic War: The Byzantine general Belisarius enters Rome unopposed; the Gothic garrison flee the capital.
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730
Battle of Marj Ardabil: The Khazars annihilate an Umayyad army and kill its commander, Al-Jarrah Ibn Abdallah Al-Hakami.
Battle of Marj Ardabil · Khazars · Umayyad · Al-Jarrah ibn Abdallah al-Hakami
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1425
The Catholic University of Leuven is founded.
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1531
The Virgin of Guadalupe first appears to Juan Diego at Tepeyac, Mexico City.
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1688
Glorious Revolution: Williamite forces defeat Jacobites at Battle of Reading, forcing flight of James II from the country.
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1775
American Revolutionary War: British troops lose the Battle of Great Bridge, and leave Virginia soon afterward.
American Revolutionary War · Battle of Great Bridge · Virginia
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1793
New York City's first daily newspaper, the American Minerva, is established by Noah Webster.
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1824
Patriot forces led by General Antonio José de Sucre defeat a Royalist army in the Battle of Ayacucho, putting an end to the Peruvian War of Independence.
Antonio José de Sucre · Battle of Ayacucho · Peruvian War of Independence
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1835
Texas Revolution: The Texian Army captures San Antonio, Texas.
- 1851
- 1856
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1861
American Civil War: The Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War is established by the U.S. Congress.
American Civil War · Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War · Congress of the United States
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1872
In Louisiana, P. B. S. Pinchback becomes the first African-American governor of a U.S. state.
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1875
The Massachusetts Rifle Association, "America's Oldest Active Gun Club", is founded.
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1892
English soccer club Newcastle United is founded
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1897
Activist Marguerite Durand founds the feminist daily newspaper La Fronde in Paris.
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1905
In France, the law separating church and state is passed.
1905 French law on the Separation of the Churches and the State
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1911
A mine explosion near Briceville, Tennessee, kills 84 miners despite rescue efforts led by the United States Bureau of Mines.
Cross Mountain Mine disaster · Briceville, Tennessee · United States Bureau of Mines
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1917
World War I: Field Marshal Allenby captures Jerusalem, Palestine.
World War I · Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby · Battle of Jerusalem · History of Palestine
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1922
Gabriel Narutowicz is elected the first president of Poland.
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1931
The Constituent Cortes approves a constitution which establishes the Second Spanish Republic.
Constituent Cortes · Spanish Constitution of 1931 · Second Spanish Republic
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1935
Walter Liggett, American newspaper editor and muckraker, is killed in a gangland murder.
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1935
The Downtown Athletic Club Trophy, later renamed the Heisman Trophy, is awarded for the first time. The winner is halfback Jay Berwanger of the University of Chicago.
Downtown Athletic Club · Heisman Trophy · Jay Berwanger · University of Chicago
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1937
Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Nanking: Japanese troops under the command of Lt. Gen. Asaka Yasuhiko launch an assault on the Chinese city of Nanjing (Nanking).
Second Sino-Japanese War · Battle of Nanking · Empire of Japan · Asaka Yasuhiko · Republic of China (1912-49)
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1940
World War II: Operation Compass: British and Indian troops under the command of Major-General Richard O'Connor attack Italian forces near Sidi Barrani in Egypt.
World War II · Operation Compass · Richard O'Connor · Military history of Italy during World War II · Sidi Barrani
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1941
World War II: The Republic of China, Cuba, Guatemala, and the Philippine Commonwealth, declare war on Germany and Japan.
Republic of China (1912-49) · Cuba · Guatemala · Commonwealth of the Philippines · Nazi Germany
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1941
World War II: The American 19th Bombardment Group attacks Japanese ships off the coast of Vigan, Luzon.
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1946
The "Subsequent Nuremberg trials" begin with the "Doctors' trial", prosecuting physicians and officers alleged to be involved in Nazi human experimentation and mass murder under the guise of euthanasia.
Subsequent Nuremberg trials · Doctors' trial · Nazi human experimentation · Action T4
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1946
The Constituent Assembly of India meets for the first time to write the Constitution of India.
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1947
Security Council passes a resolution to internationalize Jerusalem.
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1948
The Genocide Convention is adopted.
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1950
Cold War: Harry Gold is sentenced to 30 years in jail for helping Klaus Fuchs pass information about the Manhattan Project to the Soviet Union. His testimony is later instrumental in the prosecution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.
Cold War · Harry Gold · Klaus Fuchs · Manhattan Project · Soviet Union
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1953
Red Scare: General Electric announces that all communist employees will be discharged from the company.
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1956
Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 810, a Canadair North Star, crashes near Hope, British Columbia, Canada, killing all 62 people on board.
Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 810 · Canadair North Star · Hope, British Columbia
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1958
The John Birch Society is founded in the United States.
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1960
The first episode of Coronation Street, the world's longest-running television soap opera, is broadcast in the United Kingdom.
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1961
Tanganyika becomes independent from Britain.
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1962
The Petrified Forest National Park is established in Arizona.
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1965
Kecksburg UFO incident: A fireball is seen from Michigan to Pennsylvania; witnesses report something crashing in the woods near Pittsburgh. In 2005 NASA admits that it examined the object.
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1965
A Charlie Brown Christmas, first in a series of Peanuts television specials, debuts on CBS.
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1968
Douglas Engelbart gave what became known as "The Mother of All Demos", publicly debuting the computer mouse, hypertext, and the bit-mapped graphical user interface using the oN-Line System (NLS).
Douglas Engelbart · The Mother of All Demos · Computer mouse · Hypertext · Graphical user interface
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1969
U.S. Secretary of State William P. Rogers proposes his plan for a ceasefire in the War of Attrition; Egypt and Jordan accept it over the objections of the PLO, which leads to civil war in Jordan in September 1970.
William P. Rogers · Rogers Plan · War of Attrition · Palestine Liberation Organization · Black September in Jordan
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1971
Indo-Pakistani War: The Indian Air Force executes an airdrop of Indian Army units, bypassing Pakistani defences.
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 · Indian Air Force · Meghna Heli Bridge · Indian Army
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1973
British and Irish authorities sign the Sunningdale Agreement in an attempt to establish a power-sharing Northern Ireland Executive and a cross-border Council of Ireland.
Sunningdale Agreement · Northern Ireland Executive (1974) · Council of Ireland
- 1979
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1982
Explosion in office belonging to the Kuwait Airways in Athens.
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1987
Israeli-Palestinian conflict: The First Intifada begins in the Gaza Strip and West Bank.
Israeli-Palestinian conflict · First Intifada · Gaza Strip · West Bank
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1988
The Michael Hughes Bridge in Sligo, Ireland, is officially opened.
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1992
American troops land in Somalia for Operation Restore Hope.
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1996
Gwen Jacob is acquitted of committing an indecent act, giving women the right to be topfree in Ontario, Canada.
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2003
A blast in the center of Moscow kills six people and wounds several more.
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2008
The Governor of Illinois, Rod Blagojevich, is arrested by federal officials for crimes including attempting to sell the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by President-elect Barack Obama.
Governor of Illinois · Rod Blagojevich · United States Senate · President-elect of the United States · Barack Obama
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2012
A plane crash in Mexico kills seven people.
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2013
At least seven are dead and 63 are injured following a train accident near Bintaro, Indonesia.
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2015
The start of the thirty-sixth GCC summit in Riyadh business.
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2016
President Park Geun-hye of South Korea is impeached by the country's National Assembly in response to a major political scandal. Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn becomes Acting President, later denying to run for a full term.
President of South Korea · Park Geun-hye · South Korea · Impeachment of Park Geun-hye · National Assembly (South Korea)
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2016
At least 57 people are killed and a further 177 injured when two schoolgirl suicide bombers attack a market area in Madagali, Northeastern Nigeria in the Madagali suicide bombings.
Nacimientos Famosos
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1392
Peter, Duke of Coimbra (d. 1449)
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1447
Chenghua Emperor of China (d. 1487)
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1482
Frederick II, Elector Palatine (d. 1556)
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1493
Íñigo López de Mendoza, 4th Duke of the Infantado (d. 1566)
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1508
Gemma Frisius, Dutch mathematician and cartographer (d. 1555)
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1561
Edwin Sandys, English lawyer and politician (d. 1629)
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1571
Metius, Dutch mathematician and astronomer (d. 1635)
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1579
Martin de Porres, Peruvian saint (d. 1639)
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1594
Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden (d. 1632)
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1608
John Milton, English poet and philosopher (d. 1674)
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1610
Baldassare Ferri, Italian singer and actor (d. 1680)
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1617
Richard Lovelace, English poet (d. 1657)
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1652
Augustus Quirinus Rivinus, German physician and botanist (d. 1723)
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1667
William Whiston, English mathematician, historian, and theologian (d. 1752)
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1717
Johann Joachim Winckelmann, German archaeologist and historian (d. 1768)
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1721
Peter Pelham, English-American organist and composer (d. 1805)
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1728
Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi, Italian composer (d. 1804)
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1745
Maddalena Laura Sirmen, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1818)
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1748
Claude Louis Berthollet, French chemist and academic (d. 1822)
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1752
Antoine Étienne de Tousard, French general and engineer (d. 1813)
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1787
John Dobson, English architect, designed Eldon Square and Lilburn Tower (d. 1865)
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1779
Tabitha Babbitt, American tool maker and inventor (d. ca. 1853)
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1806
Jean-Olivier Chénier, Canadian physician (d. 1838)
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1813
Thomas Andrews, Irish chemist and physicist (d. 1885)
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1837
Émile Waldteufel, French pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1915)
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1842
Peter Kropotkin, Russian zoologist, economist, geographer, and philosopher (d. 1921)
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1845
Joel Chandler Harris, American journalist and author (d. 1908)
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1850
Emma Abbott, American soprano and actress (d. 1891)
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1861
Hélène Smith, French psychic and occultist (d. 1929)
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1867
Gregorios Xenopoulos, Greek journalist and author (d. 1951)
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1868
Fritz Haber, Polish-German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1934)
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1870
Ida S. Scudder, Indian physician and missionary (d. 1960)
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1871
Joe Kelley, American baseball player and manager (d. 1943)
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1873
George Blewett, Canadian philosopher, author, and academic (d. 1912)
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1875
Harry Miller, American engineer (d. 1943)
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1876
Berton Churchill, Canadian-American actor and singer (d. 1940)
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1882
Elmer Booth, American actor (d. 1915)
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1882
Joaquín Turina, Spanish-French composer, critic, and educator (d. 1949)
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1883
Nikolai Luzin, Russian mathematician, theorist, and academic (d. 1950)
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1883
Alexander Papagos, Greek general and politician, 152nd Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1955)
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1883
Joseph Pilates, German-American fitness expert, developed Pilates (d. 1967)
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1886
Clarence Birdseye, American businessman, founded Birds Eye (d. 1956)
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1887
Tim Moore, American actor (d. 1958)
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1889
Hannes Kolehmainen, Finnish-American runner (d. 1966)
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1890
Laura Salverson, Canadian author (d. 1970)
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1891
Maksim Bahdanovič, Belarusian poet and critic (d. 1917)
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1892
André Randall, French actor (d. 1974)
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1895
Dolores Ibárruri, Spanish activist, journalist and politician (d. 1989)
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1895
Conchita Supervía, Spanish soprano and actress (d. 1936)
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1897
Hermione Gingold, English actress and singer (d. 1987)
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1898
Emmett Kelly, American clown and actor (d. 1979)
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1899
Jean de Brunhoff, French author and illustrator (d. 1937)
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1900
Albert Weisbord, American activist, founded the Communist League of Struggle (d. 1977)
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1901
Jean Mermoz, French pilot and politician (d. 1936)
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1901
Ödön von Horváth, Hungarian-German author and playwright (d. 1938)
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1902
Margaret Hamilton, American schoolteacher, actress and voice artist (d. 1985)
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1904
Robert Livingston, American actor and singer (d. 1988)
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1905
Dalton Trumbo, American author, screenwriter, and blacklistee (d. 1976)
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1906
Grace Hopper, American admiral and computer scientist, designed COBOL (d. 1992)
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1909
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., American captain, actor, and producer (d. 2000)
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1911
Broderick Crawford, American actor (d. 1986)
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1911
Ryūzō Sejima, Japanese colonel and businessman (d. 2007)
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1912
Tip O'Neill, American lawyer and politician, 55th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 1994)
Tip O'Neill · Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
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1912
Jim Turnesa, American golfer (d. 1971)
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1914
Max Manus, Norwegian lieutenant (d. 1996)
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1914
Frances Reid, American actress (d. 2010)
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1914
Ljubica Sokić, Serbian painter and illustrator (d. 2009)
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1915
Eloise Jarvis McGraw, American author (d. 2000)
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1915
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, German-Austrian soprano and actress (d. 2006)
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1916
Jerome Beatty, Jr., American soldier, journalist, and author (d. 2002)
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1916
Kirk Douglas, American actor, singer, and producer
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1916
Colin McCool, Australian cricketer (d. 1986)
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1917
James Jesus Angleton, American CIA agent (d. 1987)
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1917
James Rainwater, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1986)
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1918
Joyce Redman, Irish-born British actress (d. 2012)
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1919
V. Dakshinamoorthy, Indian singer-songwriter (d. 2013)
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1919
William Lipscomb, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2011)
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1920
Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, Italian economist and politician, 10th President of Italy (d. 2016)
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1920
Bruno Ruffo, Italian motorcycle racer and race car driver (d. 2007)
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1922
Redd Foxx, American actor (d. 1991)
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1925
Roy Rubin, American basketball player and coach (d. 2013)
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1926
Henry Way Kendall, American physicist, photographer, and mountaineer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1999)
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1926
David Nathan, British journalist (d. 2001)
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1926
Jan Křesadlo, Czech-English psychologist and author (d. 1995)
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1926
Lorenzo Wright, American sprinter and coach (d. 1972)
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1927
Pierre Henry, French composer (d. 2017)
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1928
Joan Blos, American author and educator
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1928
André Milhoux, Belgian race car driver
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1928
Dick Van Patten, American actor (d. 2015)
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1929
John Cassavetes, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1989)
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1929
Bob Hawke, Australian union leader and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Australia
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1930
Buck Henry, American actor, director, and screenwriter
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1930
Óscar Humberto Mejía Victores, Guatemalan soldier and politician, 27th President of Guatemala (d. 2016)
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1931
William Reynolds, American actor
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1931
Ladislav Smoljak, Czech actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2010)
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1931
Paddi Edwards, English-American actress (d. 1999)
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1932
Donald Byrd, American trumpet player and academic (d. 2013)
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1932
Bill Hartack, American jockey (d. 2007)
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1932
Billy Edd Wheeler, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and playwright
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1933
Ashleigh Brilliant, English-American author and illustrator
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1933
Milt Campbell, American decathlete and football player (d. 2012)
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1933
Morton Downey, Jr., American singer-songwriter, actor, and talk show host (d. 2001)
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1933
Orville Moody, American golfer (d. 2008)
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1934
Judi Dench, English actress
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1934
Junior Wells, American blues singer-songwriter and harmonica player (d. 1998)
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1938
David Houston, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1993)
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1938
Deacon Jones, American football player, sportscaster, and actor (d. 2013)
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1938
Dimitrios Trichopoulos, Greek epidemiologist, oncologist, and academic (d. 2014)
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1940
Clancy Eccles, Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2005)
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1941
Mehmet Ali Birand, Turkish journalist and author (d. 2013)
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1941
Beau Bridges, American actor, director, and producer
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1941
Dan Hicks, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2016)
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1942
Billy Bremner, Scottish footballer and manager (d. 1997)
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1942
Dick Butkus, American football player, sportscaster, and actor
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1942
Germain Gagnon, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2014)
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1942
Joe McGinniss, American journalist and author (d. 2014)
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1943
Pit Martin, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2008)
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1943
Joanna Trollope, English author, playwright, and director
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1944
Neil Innes, English singer-songwriter
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1944
Ki Longfellow, American author, playwright, and producer
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1944
Bob O'Connor, American businessman and politician, 57th Mayor of Pittsburgh (d. 2006)
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1945
Michael Nouri, American actor
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1946
David Currie, Baron Currie of Marylebone, English economist and academic
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1946
Dennis Dunaway, American bass player and songwriter
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1946
Sonia Gandhi, Italian-Indian politician
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1946
Nicholas Reade, English bishop
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1947
Tom Daschle, American soldier, academic, and politician
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1947
Jaak Jõerüüt, Estonian politician, 24th Estonian Minister of Defense
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1947
Allan Jones, English cricketer and umpire
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1948
Marleen Gorris, Dutch director and screenwriter
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1948
Jonathan Sumption, English historian, author, and judge
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1949
Tom Kite, American golfer and architect
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1950
Joan Armatrading, Kittian-English singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1952
Liaqat Baloch, Pakistani politician
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1953
Cornelis de Bondt, Dutch composer and educator
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1953
World B. Free, American basketball player
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1953
John Malkovich, American actor and producer
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1954
Phil Bryant, American academic and politician, 63rd Governor of Mississippi
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1954
Jean-Claude Juncker, Luxembourger lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Luxembourg
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1954
Henk ten Cate, Dutch footballer and manager
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1955
Otis Birdsong, American basketball player and radio host
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1955
Chamras Saewataporn, Thai singer-songwriter
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1956
Jean-Pierre Thiollet, French journalist and author
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1957
Peter O'Mara, Australian guitarist and composer
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1957
Donny Osmond, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor
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1957
Steve Taylor, American singer-songwriter and producer
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1958
Nick Seymour, Australian bass player, songwriter, and producer
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1959
Susan Bullock, English soprano
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1960
Stefen Fangmeier, American visual effects designer and director
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1960
Caroline Lucas, English activist and politician
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1960
Terry Moran, American journalist
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1960
Dobroslav Paraga, Croatian politician
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1960
Juan Samuel, Dominican-American baseball player and manager
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1961
David Anthony Higgins, American actor and screenwriter
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1962
Felicity Huffman, American actress and producer
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1962
Roxanne Swentzell, Santa Clara Pueblo (Native American) ceramic sculptor
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1963
Masako, Crown Princess of Japan
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1963
Dave Hilton, Jr., Canadian boxer
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1964
Michael Foster, American drummer
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1964
Hape Kerkeling, German actor and singer
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1964
Les Kiss, Australian rugby league player
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1964
Johannes B. Kerner, German journalist and sportscaster
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1964
Paul Landers, German guitarist
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1965
Joe Ausanio, American baseball player and coach
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1966
Kirsten Gillibrand, American lawyer and politician
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1966
Dave Harold, English snooker player
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1966
Gideon Sa'ar, Israeli lawyer and politician, 24th Israeli Minister of Internal Affairs
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1966
Martin Taylor, English footballer and coach
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1967
Joshua Bell, American violinist and conductor
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1967
Jason Dozzell, English footballer and manager
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1967
Gheorghe Popescu, Romanian footballer
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1968
Brian Bell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1968
Brent Price, American basketball player
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1969
Jakob Dylan, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1969
Saskia Garel, Jamaican-Canadian singer-songwriter
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1969
Lori Greiner, American businesswoman
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1969
Bixente Lizarazu, French footballer
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1969
Raphaël Rouquier, French mathematician and academic
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1970
Kara DioGuardi, American singer-songwriter and producer
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1970
Lance Krall, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
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1971
Geoff Barrow, English drummer, DJ, composer, and producer
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1971
Nick Hysong, American pole vaulter and coach
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1971
Petr Nedvěd, Czech-Canadian ice hockey player
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1972
Reiko Aylesworth, American actress
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1972
Tré Cool, German-American drummer and songwriter
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1972
Michael Corcoran, American singer-songwriter and producer
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1972
Fabrice Santoro, Tahitian-French tennis player and sportscaster
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1973
Fabio Artico, Italian footballer
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1973
Vénuste Niyongabo, Burundian runner
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1973
Bárbara Padilla, Mexican-American soprano
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1974
Canibus, Jamaican-American rapper
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1974
Aloísio da Silva Filho, Brazilian footballer
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1974
Wendy Dillinger, American soccer player, coach, and manager
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1976
Chris Booker, American baseball player
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1977
Shayne Graham, American football player
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1977
Imogen Heap, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player
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1978
Gastón Gaudio, Argentinian tennis player
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1978
Jesse Metcalfe, American actor and musician
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1979
Olivia Lufkin, Japanese-American singer-songwriter
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1979
Stephen McPhail, Irish footballer
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1979
Aiko Uemura, Japanese skier
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1980
Simon Helberg, American actor, comedian, and musician
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1980
Ryder Hesjedal, Canadian cyclist
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1980
Mark Riddell, Australian rugby league player and spostscaster
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1981
Mardy Fish, American tennis player
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1982
Tamilla Abassova, Russian cyclist
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1982
Nathalie De Vos, Belgian runner
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1982
Ryan Grant, American football player
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1982
Bastian Swillims, German sprinter
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1983
Jermaine Beckford, English-Jamaican footballer
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1983
Neslihan Demir Darnel, Turkish volleyball player
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1983
Dariusz Dudka, Polish footballer
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1984
Michael Adam, German politician
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1984
Ángel Guirado, Spanish-Filipino footballer
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1984
Leon Hall, American football player
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1985
Wil Besseling, Dutch golfer
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1987
Kostas Giannoulis, Greek footballer
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1987
Mat Latos, American baseball player
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1987
Hikaru Nakamura, Japanese-American chess player
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1988
Kwadwo Asamoah, Ghanaian footballer
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1990
Denise Hannema, Dutch cricketer
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1991
Choi Minho, Korean singer and actor
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1993
Mark McMorris, Canadian snowboarder
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1993
Laura Smulders, Dutch cyclist
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1995
McKayla Maroney, American gymnast
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1996
MyKayla Skinner, American gymnast
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1998
BJ, Filipino musician, actor and businessman
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2000
Diāna Ņikitina, Latvian figure skater
Muertes Famosas
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638
Sergius I of Constantinople
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730
Al-Jarrah ibn Abdallah, Arab general
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748
Nasr ibn Sayyar, Umayyad general and politician (b. 663)
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933
Li Congrong, prince of Later Tang
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1048
Al-Biruni, Persian mathematician (b. 973)
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1117
Gertrude of Brunswick, Markgräfin of Meißen
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1165
Malcolm IV of Scotland (b. 1141)
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1242
Richard le Gras, Lord Keeper of England and Abbot of Evesham
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1268
Vaišvilkas, Prince of Black Ruthenia
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1299
Bohemond I, Archbishop of Trier
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1437
Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1368)
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1544
Teofilo Folengo, Italian poet (b. 1491)
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1565
Pope Pius IV (b. 1499)
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1603
William Watson, English priest (b. 1559)
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1625
Ubbo Emmius, Dutch historian and geographer (b. 1547)
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1636
Fabian Birkowski, Polish preacher and author (b. 1566)
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1641
Anthony van Dyck, Belgian-English painter and illustrator (b. 1599)
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1669
Pope Clement IX (b. 1600)
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1674
Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, English historian and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1609)
Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon · Chancellor of the Exchequer
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1706
Peter II of Portugal (b. 1648)
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1718
Vincenzo Coronelli, Italian monk and cartographer (b. 1650)
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1793
Yolande de Polastron, French-Austrian educator (b. 1749)
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1798
Johann Reinhold Forster, German pastor, botanist, and ornithologist (b. 1729)
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1830
Heinrich Christian Friedrich Schumacher, Danish surgeon, botanist, and academic (b. 1757)
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1854
Almeida Garrett, Portuguese journalist and author (b. 1799)
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1858
Robert Baldwin, Canadian lawyer and politician, 3rd Premier of Canada West (b. 1804)
Robert Baldwin · List of Joint Premiers of the Province of Canada
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1887
Mahmadu Lamine, Senegalese religious leader
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1906
Ferdinand Brunetière, French author and critic (b. 1849)
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1916
Natsume Sōseki, Japanese author and poet (b. 1867)
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1924
Bernard Zweers, Dutch composer and educator (b. 1854)
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1930
Rube Foster, American baseball player and manager (b. 1879)
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1932
Karl Blossfeldt, German photographer, sculptor, and educator (b. 1865)
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1932
Begum Rokeya, Bangladeshi social worker and author (b. 1880)
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1935
Walter Liggett, American journalist and activist (b. 1886)
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1937
Lilias Armstrong, English phonetician (b. 1882)
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1937
Gustaf Dalén, Swedish physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1869)
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1941
Dmitry Merezhkovsky, Russian author, poet, and philosopher (b. 1865)
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1943
Georges Dufrénoy, French painter (b. 1870)
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1944
Laird Cregar, American actor (b. 1913)
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1945
Yun Chi-ho, South Korean activist and politician (b. 1864)
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1957
Ali İhsan Sâbis, Turkish general (b. 1882)
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1963
Daniel O. Fagunwa, Nigerian author and educator (b. 1903)
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1963
Perry Miller, American historian, author, and academic (b. 1905)
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1964
Edith Sitwell, English poet and critic (b. 1887)
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1965
Branch Rickey, American baseball player and manager (b. 1884)
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1967
Charles Léon Hammes, Luxembourgian lawyer and judge, 3rd President of the European Court of Justice (b. 1898)
Charles Léon Hammes · List of members of the European Court of Justice
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1968
Enoch L. Johnson, American mob boss (b. 1883)
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1970
Artem Mikoyan, Armenian-Russian engineer and businessman, co-founded the Mikoyan Company (b. 1905)
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1970
Feroz Khan Noon, Pakistani politician, 7th Prime Minister of Pakistan (b. 1893)
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1971
Ralph Bunche, American political scientist, academic, and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)
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1971
Sergey Konenkov, Russian sculptor and painter (b. 1874)
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1972
Louella Parsons, American writer and columnist (b. 1881)
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1975
William A. Wellman, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1896)
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1979
Fulton J. Sheen, American archbishop (b. 1895)
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1982
Leon Jaworski, American lawyer and politician (b. 1905)
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1991
Berenice Abbott, American photographer (b. 1898)
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1992
Vincent Gardenia, American actor (b. 1922)
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1993
Danny Blanchflower, Northern Irish footballer and manager (b. 1926)
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1995
Toni Cade Bambara, American author and academic (b. 1939)
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1995
Douglas Corrigan, American pilot (b. 1907)
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1996
Patty Donahue, American singer-songwriter (b. 1956)
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1996
Mary Leakey, English archaeologist and anthropologist (b. 1913)
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1996
Alain Poher, French lawyer and politician, President of France (b. 1909)
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1996
Diana Morgan, Welsh playwright and screenwriter (b. 1908)
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1998
Shaughnessy Cohen, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1948)
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1998
Archie Moore, American boxer and actor (b. 1913)
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2001
Michael Carver, Baron Carver, English field marshal (b. 1915)
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2002
Mary Hansen, Australian singer and guitarist (b. 1966)
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2002
Ian Hornak, American painter and sculptor (b. 1944)
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2002
Stan Rice, American painter and poet (b. 1942)
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2003
Norm Sloan, American basketball player and coach (b. 1926)
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2003
Paul Simon, American soldier, journalist, and politician, 39th Lieutenant Governor of Illinois (b. 1928)
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2005
György Sándor, Hungarian-American pianist and educator (b. 1912)
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2005
Robert Sheckley, American author (b. 1928)
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2006
Georgia Gibbs, American singer (b. 1919)
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2007
Rafael Sperafico, Brazilian race car driver (b. 1981)
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2007
Gordon Zahn, American sociologist, author, and academic (b. 1918)
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2008
Ibrahim Dossey, Ghanaian footballer (b. 1972)
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2008
Yury Glazkov, Russian general, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1939)
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2009
Gene Barry, American actor (b. 1919)
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2010
James Moody, American saxophonist, flute player, and composer (b. 1925)
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2010
Dov Shilansky, Lithuanian-Israeli lawyer and politician, 10th Speaker of the Knesset (b. 1924)
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2012
Béla Nagy Abodi, Hungarian painter and academic (b. 1918)
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2012
Patrick Moore, English lieutenant, astronomer, and educator (b. 1923)
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2012
Alex Moulton, English engineer and businessman, founded the Moulton Bicycle Company (b. 1920)
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2012
Jenni Rivera, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress (b. 1969)
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2012
Charles Rosen, American pianist and musicologist (b. 1927)
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2012
Riccardo Schicchi, Italian director and producer, co-founded Diva Futura (b. 1953)
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2012
Norman Joseph Woodland, American inventor, co-created the bar code (b. 1921)
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2013
John Gabbert, American soldier, lawyer, and judge (b. 1909)
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2013
Barbara Hesse-Bukowska, Polish pianist and educator (b. 1930)
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2013
Eleanor Parker, American actress (b. 1922)
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2013
John Wilbur, American football player (b. 1943)
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2014
Sacvan Bercovitch, Canadian-American author, critic, and academic (b. 1933)
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2014
Jane Freilicher, American painter and poet (b. 1924)
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2014
Jorge María Mejía, Argentinian cardinal (b. 1923)
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2014
Mary Ann Mobley, American model and actress, Miss America 1959 (b. 1937)
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2014
Blagoje Paunović, Serbian footballer and manager (b. 1947)
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2014
Jože Toporišič, Slovenian linguist and author (b. 1926)
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2015
Soshana Afroyim, Austrian painter (b. 1927)
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2015
Norman Breslow, American statistician and academic (b. 1941)
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2015
Juvenal Juvêncio, Brazilian lawyer and politician (b. 1934)
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2015
Julio Terrazas Sandoval, Bolivian cardinal (b. 1936)