March 17 — Este Día en la Historia
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Eventos
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45 BC
In his last victory, Julius Caesar defeats the Pompeian forces of Titus Labienus and Pompey the Younger in the Battle of Munda.
Julius Caesar · Pompey · Titus Labienus · Gnaeus Pompeius (son of Pompey the Great) · Battle of Munda
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180
Marcus Aurelius dies leaving Commodus the sole emperor of the Roman Empire.
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455
Petronius Maximus becomes, with support of the Roman Senate, emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
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1001
The Raja of Butuan in what is now the Philippines sends a tributary mission to the Song dynasty.
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1337
Edward, the Black Prince is made Duke of Cornwall, the first Duchy in England.
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1452
The Battle of Los Alporchones is fought in the context of the Spanish Reconquista between the Emirate of Granada and the combined forces of the Kingdom of Castile and Murcia resulting in a Christian victory.
Battle of Los Alporchones · Reconquista · Emirate of Granada · Kingdom of Castile · Taifa of Murcia
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1560
Fort Coligny on Villegagnon Island in Rio de Janeiro is attacked and destroyed during the Portuguese campaign against France Antarctique.
Fort Coligny · Villegagnon Island · Rio de Janeiro · Portuguese Empire · France Antarctique
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1677
The Siege of Valenciennes, during the Franco-Dutch War, ends with France's taking of the city.
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1776
American Revolution: British forces evacuate Boston, ending the Siege of Boston, after George Washington and Henry Knox place artillery in positions overlooking the city.
American Revolution · Evacuation Day (Massachusetts) · Boston · Siege of Boston · George Washington
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1780
American Revolution: George Washington grants the Continental Army a holiday "as an act of solidarity with the Irish in their fight for independence".
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1805
The Italian Republic, with Napoleon as president, becomes the Kingdom of Italy, with Napoleon as King.
Italian Republic (Napoleonic) · Napoleon · Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic)
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1824
The Malay archipelago splits into two domains after the Anglo-Dutch Treaty is signed in London. As a result, the Malay Peninsula is dominated by the British, while Sumatra and Java and surrounding areas are dominated by the Dutch.
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1842
The Relief Society of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is formed;
Relief Society · The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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1860
The First Taranaki War begins in Taranaki, New Zealand, a major phase of the New Zealand land wars.
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1861
The Kingdom of Italy is proclaimed.
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1891
SS Utopia collides with HMS Anson in the Bay of Gibraltar and sinks, killing 562 of the 880 passengers on board.
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1921
The Second Polish Republic adopts the March Constitution.
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1939
Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Nanchang between the Kuomintang and Japan begins,
Second Sino-Japanese War · Battle of Nanchang · Kuomintang · Empire of Japan
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1941
In Washington, D.C., the National Gallery of Art is officially opened by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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1942
Holocaust: The first Jews from the Lvov Ghetto are gassed at the Belzec death camp in what is today eastern Poland.
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1945
The Ludendorff Bridge in Remagen, Germany, collapses, ten days after its capture.
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1947
First flight of the B-45 Tornado strategic bomber.
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1948
Belgium, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom sign the Treaty of Brussels, a precursor to the North Atlantic Treaty establishing NATO.
Belgium · France · Luxembourg · Netherlands · United Kingdom
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1950
Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley announce the creation of element 98, which they name "californium".
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1957
A plane crash in Cebu, Philippines kills Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay and 24 others.
1957 Cebu Douglas C-47 crash · Cebu · Philippines · President of the Philippines · Ramon Magsaysay
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1958
The United States launches the Vanguard 1 satellite.
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1959
Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, flees Tibet for India.
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1960
U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the National Security Council directive on the anti-Cuban covert action program that will ultimately lead to the Bay of Pigs Invasion.
Dwight D. Eisenhower · United States National Security Council · Cuba · Bay of Pigs Invasion
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1963
Mount Agung erupted on Bali killing more than 1,100 people.
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1966
Off the coast of Spain in the Mediterranean, the DSV Alvin submarine finds a missing American hydrogen bomb.
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1968
As a result of nerve gas testing in Skull Valley, Utah, over 6,000 sheep are found dead.
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1969
Golda Meir becomes the first female Prime Minister of Israel.
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1970
My Lai Massacre: The United States Army charges 14 officers with suppressing information related to the incident.
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1973
The Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph Burst of Joy is taken, depicting a former prisoner of war being reunited with his family, which came to symbolize the end of United States involvement in the Vietnam War.
Pulitzer Prize · Burst of Joy · Prisoner of war · Vietnam War
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1979
The Penmanshiel Tunnel collapses during engineering works, killing two workers.
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1985
Serial killer Richard Ramirez, aka the "Night Stalker", commits the first two murders in his Los Angeles murder spree.
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1988
A Colombian Boeing 727 jetliner, Avianca Flight 410, crashes into a mountainside near the Venezuelan border killing 143.
Colombia · Boeing 727 · Jet airliner · Avianca Flight 410 · Venezuela
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1988
Eritrean War of Independence: The Nadew Command, an Ethiopian army corps in Eritrea, is attacked on three sides by military units of the Eritrean People's Liberation Front in the opening action of the Battle of Afabet.
Eritrean War of Independence · Ethiopia · Eritrea · Eritrean People's Liberation Front · Battle of Afabet
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1992
Israeli Embassy attack in Buenos Aires: Car bomb attack kills 29 and injures 242.
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1992
A referendum to end apartheid in South Africa is passed 68.7% to 31.2%.
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2000
Five hundred thirty members of the Ugandan cult Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God die in a fire, considered to be a mass murder or suicide orchestrated by leaders of the cult. Elsewhere another 248 members are later found dead.
Uganda · Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God
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2003
Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Robin Cook, resigns from the British Cabinet in disagreement with government plans for the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs · Robin Cook · Cabinet of the United Kingdom · 2003 invasion of Iraq
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2004
Unrest in Kosovo: More than 22 are killed and 200 wounded. Thirty-five Serbian Orthodox shrines in Kosovo and two mosques in Serbia are destroyed.
2004 unrest in Kosovo · Serbian Orthodox Church · Kosovo · Mosque · Serbia
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2011
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1972 relating to Somalia is adopted.
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2011
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973 relating to Libyan Civil War is adopted.
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973 · Libyan Civil War (2011)
Nacimientos Famosos
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763
Harun al-Rashid, Abbasid caliph (d. 809)
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1231
Emperor Shijō of Japan (d. 1242)
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1473
James IV of Scotland (d. 1513)
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1523
Giovanni Francesco Commendone, Catholic cardinal (d. 1584)
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1537
Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Japanese daimyō (d. 1598)
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1611
Robert Douglas, Count of Skenninge, Swedish field marshal (d. 1662)
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1665
Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre, French harpsichord player and composer (d. 1729)
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1676
Thomas Boston, Scottish philosopher and theologian (d. 1732)
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1686
Jean-Baptiste Oudry, French painter and engraver (d. 1755)
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1725
Lachlan McIntosh, Scottish-American general and politician (d. 1806)
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1777
Patrick Brontë, Irish-English priest and author (d. 1861)
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1777
Roger B. Taney, American politician and jurist, 5th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1864)
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1780
Thomas Chalmers, Scottish minister, economist, and educator (d. 1847)
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1781
Ebenezer Elliott, English poet and educator (d. 1849)
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1804
Jim Bridger, American fur trader and explorer (d. 1881)
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1806
Norbert Rillieux, African American inventor and chemical engineer (d. 1894)
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1820
Jean Ingelow, English poet and author (d. 1897)
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1834
Gottlieb Daimler, German engineer and businessman, co-founded Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft (d. 1900)
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1839
Josef Rheinberger, Liechtensteiner-German organist and composer (d. 1901)
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1846
Kate Greenaway, English author and illustrator (d. 1901)
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1849
Charles F. Brush, American businessman and philanthropist, co-invented the Arc lamp (d. 1929)
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1849
Cornelia Clapp, American marine biologist (d. 1934)
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1856
Mikhail Vrubel, Russian painter (d. 1910)
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1862
Silvio Gesell, Belgian merchant and economist (d. 1930)
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1864
Joseph Baptista, Indian engineer, lawyer, and politician (d. 1930)
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1866
Pierce Butler, American lawyer and jurist (d. 1939)
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1867
Patrice Contamine de Latour, Spanish poet (d. 1926)
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1877
Otto Gross, Austrian-German psychoanalyst and philosopher (d. 1920)
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1880
Patrick Hastings, English lawyer and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales (d. 1952)
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1880
Lawrence Oates, English lieutenant and explorer (d. 1912)
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1881
Walter Rudolf Hess, Swiss physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1973)
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1884
Alcide Nunez, American clarinet player (d. 1934)
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1885
Ralph Rose, American shot putter, discus thrower, and tug of war competitor (d. 1913)
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1886
Princess Patricia of Connaught (d. 1974)
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1888
Paul Ramadier, French lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of France (d. 1961)
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1889
Harry Clarke, Irish stained-glass artist and book illustrator (d. 1931)
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1892
Sayed Darwish, Egyptian singer-songwriter and producer (d. 1923)
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1894
Paul Green, American playwright and academic (d. 1981)
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1895
Lloyd Rees, Australian painter (d. 1988)
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1901
Alfred Newman, American composer and conductor (d. 1970)
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1902
Bobby Jones, American golfer and lawyer (d. 1971)
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1904
Chaim Gross, Austrian-American sculptor and educator (d. 1991)
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1906
Brigitte Helm, German-Swiss actress (d. 1996)
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1907
Jean Van Houtte, Belgian academic and politician, 50th Prime Minister of Belgium (d. 1991)
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1907
Takeo Miki, Japanese politician, 41st Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1988)
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1910
Sonny Werblin, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1991)
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1912
Bayard Rustin, American activist (d. 1987)
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1914
Sammy Baugh, American football player and coach (d. 2008)
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1915
Ray Ellington, English drummer and bandleader (d. 1985)
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1915
Bill Roycroft, Australian equestrian rider (d. 2011)
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1919
Nat King Cole, American singer, pianist, and television host (d. 1965)
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1920
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bangladeshi politician, 1st President of Bangladesh (d. 1975)
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1921
Meir Amit, Israeli general and politician, 12th Israeli Minister of Communications (d. 2009)
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1922
Patrick Suppes, American psychologist and philosopher (d. 2014)
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1924
Stephen Dodgson, English composer and educator (d. 2013)
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1925
Gabriele Ferzetti, Italian actor (d. 2015)
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1926
Siegfried Lenz, Polish-German author and playwright (d. 2014)
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1927
Betty Allen, American soprano and educator (d. 2009)
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1928
William John McKeag, Canadian businessman and politician, 17th Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba (d. 2007)
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1930
Paul Horn, American-Canadian flute player and saxophonist (d. 2014)
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1930
James Irwin, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (d. 1991)
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1931
Patricia Breslin, American actress (d. 2011)
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1931
David Peakall, English-American chemist and toxicologist (d. 2001)
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1933
Myrlie Evers-Williams, American journalist and activist
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1933
Penelope Lively, English author
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1935
Fred T. Mackenzie, American biologist and academic
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1935
Adam Wade, American singer, drummer, and actor
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1936
Ladislav Kupkovič, Slovakian composer and conductor (d. 2016)
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1936
Ken Mattingly, American admiral, pilot, and astronaut
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1937
Galina Samsova, Russian ballerina
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1938
Rudolf Nureyev, Russian-French dancer and choreographer (d. 1993)
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1938
Keith O'Brien, Northern Ireland-born Scottish cleric, theologian, and cardinal
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1938
Zola Taylor, American singer (d. 2007)
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1939
Jim Gary, American sculptor (d. 2006)
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1939
Bill Graham, Canadian academic and politician, 4th Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs
Bill Graham (Canadian politician) · Minister of Foreign Affairs (Canada)
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1939
Robin Knox-Johnston, English sailor and first person to perform a single-handed non-stop circumnavigation of the globe
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1939
Giovanni Trapattoni, Italian footballer and manager
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1940
Mark White, American lawyer and politician, 43rd Governor of Texas
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1941
Wang Jin-pyng, Taiwanese soldier and politician
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1941
Paul Kantner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2016)
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1941
Max Stafford-Clark, English director and academic
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1943
Jeff Banks, Welsh fashion designer
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1943
Andrew Brook, Canadian philosopher, author, and academic
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1944
Pattie Boyd, English model, author, and photographer
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1944
Cito Gaston, American baseball player and manager
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1944
John Sebastian, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1945
Michael Hayden, American general, 20th Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
Michael Hayden (general) · Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
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1947
Yury Chernavsky, Russian-American songwriter and producer
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1948
William Gibson, American-Canadian author and screenwriter
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1948
Alex MacDonald, Scottish footballer and manager
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1949
Patrick Duffy, American actor, director, and producer
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1949
Pat Rice, Irish footballer and coach
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1949
Stuart Rose, English businessman
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1951
Scott Gorham, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1951
Craig Ramsay, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
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1951
Kurt Russell, American actor and producer
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1952
Barry Horne, English activist (d. 2001)
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1953
Filemon Lagman, Filipino activist (d. 2001)
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1953
Chuck Muncie, American football player (d. 2013)
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1954
Lesley-Anne Down, English actress
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1955
Cynthia McKinney, American activist and politician
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1955
Paul Overstreet, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1955
Gary Sinise, American actor, director, and bass player
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1956
Patrick McDonnell, American author and illustrator
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1956
Rory McGrath, British comedian, television personality, and writer
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1957
Michael Kelly, American journalist and author (d. 2003)
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1958
Christian Clemenson, American actor
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1958
Jorge Ramos, Mexican-American journalist and author
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1959
Danny Ainge, American baseball and basketball player
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1959
Paul Black, American singer-songwriter and drummer
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1960
Arye Gross, American actor
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1960
Vicki Lewis, American actress and singer
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1961
Sam Bowie, American basketball player
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1961
Dana Reeve, American actress, singer, and activist (d. 2006)
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1961
Casey Siemaszko, American actor
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1962
Carsten Almqvist, Swedish business executive
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1962
Ank Bijleveld, Dutch politician
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1962
Janet Gardner, American singer and guitarist
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1963
Roger Harper, Guyanese cricketer and coach
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1964
Stefano Borgonovo, Italian footballer (d. 2013)
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1964
Lee Dixon, English footballer and journalist
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1964
Rob Lowe, American actor and producer
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1964
Jacques Songo'o, Cameroonian footballer and coach
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1965
Andrew Hudson, South African cricketer
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1966
Andrew Rosindell, English journalist and politician
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1967
Jason Alchin, Australian rugby league player
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1967
Billy Corgan, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
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1967
Barry Minkow, American pastor and businessman
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1968
Eri Nitta, Japanese singer-songwriter and actress
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1968
Mathew St. Patrick, American actor and producer
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1969
Edgar Grospiron, French skier
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1969
Alexander McQueen, English fashion designer, founded own eponymous brand (d. 2010)
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1970
Patrick Lebeau, Canadian ice hockey player
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1970
Gene Ween, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1971
Bill Mueller, American baseball player and coach
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1972
Melissa Auf der Maur, Canadian-American singer-songwriter and bass player
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1972
Torquil Campbell, English-Canadian singer-songwriter and actor
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1972
Mia Hamm, American soccer player
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1973
Rico Blanco, Filipino singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor
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1973
Caroline Corr, Irish singer and drummer
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1973
Vance Wilson, American baseball player and manager
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1974
Mark Dolan, English comedian and television host
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1975
Justin Hawkins, English singer-songwriter
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1975
Puneeth Rajkumar, Indian actor, singer, and producer
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1975
Test, Canadian-American wrestler (d. 2009)
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1975
Natalie Zea, American actress
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1976
Scott Downs, American baseball player
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1977
Tamar Braxton, American singer-songwriter and actress
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1978
Zachery Kouwe, American journalist
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1979
Andrew Ference, Canadian ice hockey player
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1979
Stephen Kramer Glickman, Canadian-American actor, director, producer, and fashion designer
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1979
Samoa Joe, American professional wrestler
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1980
Danny Califf, American soccer player
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1980
Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi, Pakistani tennis player
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1981
Aaron Baddeley, American-Australian golfer
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1981
Servet Çetin, Turkish footballer
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1981
Kyle Korver, American basketball player
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1982
Steven Pienaar, South African footballer
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1983
Raul Meireles, Portuguese footballer
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1984
Ryan Rottman, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
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1986
Chris Davis, American baseball player
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1986
Edin Džeko, Bosnian footballer
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1986
Miles Kane, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1986
Silke Spiegelburg, German pole vaulter
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1987
Federico Fazio, Argentinian footballer
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1987
Krisnan Inu, New Zealand rugby league player
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1987
Ryan Parent, Canadian ice hockey player
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1987
Bobby Ryan, American ice hockey player
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1988
Rasmus Elm, Swedish footballer
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1988
Fraser Forster, English footballer
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1988
Grimes, Canadian artist musician and music video director
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1988
Ryan White, Canadian ice hockey player
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1989
Shinji Kagawa, Japanese footballer
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1990
Hozier, Irish singer-songwriter and musician
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1990
Saina Nehwal, Indian Badminton Player
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1991
Jack De Belin, Australian rugby league player
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1993
Matteo Bianchetti, Italian footballer
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1995
Ashley Taylor, Australian rugby league player
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1997
Katie Ledecky, American swimmer
Muertes Famosas
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45 BC
Titus Labienus, Roman tribune and general (b. 100 BC)
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45 BC
Publius Attius Varus, Roman governor of Africa
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180
Marcus Aurelius, Roman emperor (b. 121)
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624
Amr ibn Hishām, Arab polytheist
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659
Gertrude of Nivelles, Belgian nun and saint (b. 626)
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836
Haito, bishop of Basel
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905
Li Yu, prince of the Tang Dynasty
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1040
Harold Harefoot, English king (b. 1015)
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1058
Lulach, King of Scotland
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1199
Jocelin of Glasgow, Scottish monk and bishop (b. 1130)
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1267
Peter of Montereau, architect (b. c. 1200)
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1270
Philip of Montfort, Lord of Tyre
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1272
Emperor Go-Saga of Japan (b. 1220)
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1361
An-Nasir Hasan, Mamluk Sultan of Egypt (b. 1334/35)
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1394
Louis, Count of Enghien, Count of Conversano and Brienne
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1516
Giuliano de' Medici, Duke of Nemours (b. 1479)
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1527
Rana Sanga, Indian ruler (b. 1484)
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1565
Alexander Ales, Scottish theologian and academic (b. 1500)
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1611
Princess Sophia of Sweden (b. 1547)
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1620
John Sarkander, Polish-Moravian priest and saint (b. 1576)
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1640
Philip Massinger, English playwright (b. 1583)
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1649
Gabriel Lalemant, French missionary and saint (b. 1610)
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1680
François de La Rochefoucauld, French author (b. 1613)
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1704
Menno van Coehoorn, Dutch soldier and engineer (b. 1641)
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1715
Gilbert Burnet, Scottish bishop and historian (b. 1643)
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1741
Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, French poet and playwright (b. 1671)
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1764
George Parker, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield, English astronomer and politician (b. 1695)
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1782
Daniel Bernoulli, Dutch-Swiss mathematician and physicist (b. 1700)
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1828
James Edward Smith, English botanist and entomologist (b. 1759)
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1829
Princess Sophia Albertina of Sweden (b. 1753)
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1830
Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr, French general and politician, French Minister of War (b. 1764)
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1846
Friedrich Bessel, German astronomer, mathematician, and physicist (b. 1784)
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1849
William II of the Netherlands (b. 1792)
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1853
Christian Doppler, Austrian physicist and mathematician (b. 1803)
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1871
Robert Chambers, Scottish geologist and publisher, co-founded Chambers Harrap (b. 1802)
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1875
Ferdinand Laub, Czech violinist and composer (b. 1832)
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1893
Jules Ferry, French lawyer and politician, 44th Prime Minister of France (b. 1832)
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1917
Franz Brentano, German philosopher and psychologist (b. 1838)
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1926
Aleksei Brusilov, Georgian-Russian general (b. 1853)
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1937
Austen Chamberlain, English politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1863)
Austen Chamberlain · Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs · Nobel Peace Prize
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1946
Dai Li, Chinese general (b. 1897)
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1949
Aleksandra Ekster, Russian-French painter and set designer (b. 1882)
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1956
Fred Allen, American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and author (b. 1894)
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1956
Irène Joliot-Curie, French physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)
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1957
Ramon Magsaysay, Filipino captain and politician, 7th President of the Philippines (b. 1907)
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1958
John Pius Boland, Irish tennis player and politician (b. 1870)
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1958
Bertha De Vriese, Belgian physician (b. 1877)
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1961
Susanna M. Salter, American activist and politician (b. 1860)
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1965
Amos Alonzo Stagg, American football player and coach (b. 1862)
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1974
Louis Kahn, American architect and academic, designed Jatiyo Sangsad Bhaban (b. 1901)
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1976
Luchino Visconti, Italian director and screenwriter (b. 1906)
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1981
Paul Dean, American baseball player (b. 1913)
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1983
Haldan Keffer Hartline, American physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)
Haldan Keffer Hartline · Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
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1983
Louisa E. Rhine, American botanist and parapsychologist (b. 1891)
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1990
Capucine, French model and actress (b. 1928)
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1992
Grace Stafford, American actress (b. 1903)
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1993
Helen Hayes, American actress (b. 1900)
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1994
Mai Zetterling, Swedish-English actress and director (b. 1925)
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1996
René Clément, French director and screenwriter (b. 1913)
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1996
Terry Stafford, American singer-songwriter (b. 1941)
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1997
Jermaine Stewart, American singer-songwriter and dancer (b. 1957)
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1999
Ernest Gold, Austrian-American composer (b. 1921)
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1999
Jean Pierre-Bloch, French activist (b. 1905)
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2002
Rosetta LeNoire, American actress and producer (b. 1911)
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2002
Văn Tiến Dũng, Vietnamese general and politician, 6th Minister of Defence for Vietnam (b. 1917)
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2002
Sylvester "Pat" Weaver, American television broadcaster and producer (b. 1908)
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2005
Royce Frith, Canadian lawyer, politician, and diplomat, Canadian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (b. 1923)
Royce Frith · Canadian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom
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2005
George F. Kennan, American historian and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union (b. 1904)
George F. Kennan · United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union
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2005
Andre Norton, American author (b. 1912)
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2006
Oleg Cassini, French-American fashion designer (b. 1913)
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2006
Ray Meyer, American basketball player and coach (b. 1913)
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2006
İstemihan Taviloğlu, Turkish composer and educator (b. 1945)
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2007
John Backus, American mathematician and computer scientist, designed Fortran (b. 1924)
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2007
Roger Bennett, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1959)
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2008
Roland Arnall, French-American businessman and diplomat, 63rd United States Ambassador to the Netherlands (b. 1939)
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2009
Clodovil Hernandes, Brazilian television host and politician (b. 1937)
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2010
Alex Chilton, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1950)
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2010
Sid Fleischman, American author and screenwriter (b. 1920)
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2011
Michael Gough, English actor (b. 1916)
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2012
Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria (b. 1923)
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2012
Margaret Whitlam, Australian swimmer and author (b. 1919)
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2013
William B. Caldwell III, American general (b. 1925)
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2013
Lawrence Fuchs, American scholar and academic (b. 1927)
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2013
A.B.C. Whipple, American journalist and historian (b. 1918)
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2014
Marek Galiński, Polish cyclist (b. 1974)
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2014
Joseph Kerman, American musicologist and critic (b. 1924)
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2014
Rachel Lambert Mellon, American gardener, philanthropist, art collector and political patron (b. 1910)
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2015
Frank Perris, Canadian motorcycle racer (b. 1931)
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2016
Meir Dagan, Israeli general (b. 1945)
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2016
Zoltán Kamondi, Hungarian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1960)