May 20 — Este Día en la Historia
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Eventos
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325
The First Council of Nicaea is formally opened, starting the first ecumenical council of the Christian Church.
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491
Empress Ariadne marries Anastasius I. The widowed Augusta is able to choose her successor for the Byzantine throne, after Zeno (late emperor) dies of dysentery.
Ariadne (empress) · Anastasius I Dicorus · Augusta (honorific) · Byzantine Empire · Zeno (emperor)
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526
An earthquake kills about 250,000 people in what is now Syria and Antiochia.
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685
The Battle of Dun Nechtain is fought between a Pictish army under King Bridei III and the invading Northumbrians under King Ecgfrith, who are decisively defeated.
Battle of Dun Nechtain · Picts · Bridei III · Northumbrians · Ecgfrith of Northumbria
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794
King Æthelberht II of East Anglia visits the royal Mercian court at Sutton Walls, with a view to marrying princess Ælfthryth. He is taken captive and beheaded.
Æthelberht II of East Anglia · Mercia · Sutton Walls Hill Fort · Ælfthryth of Crowland · Decapitation
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1217
The Second Battle of Lincoln is fought near Lincoln, England, resulting in the defeat of Prince Louis of France by William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke.
Second Battle of Lincoln · Lincoln, England · Louis VIII of France · William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke
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1293
King Sancho IV of Castile creates the Estudio de Escuelas de Generales in Alcalá de Henares.
Sancho IV of Castile · Estudio de Escuelas de Generales · Alcalá de Henares
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1449
The Battle of Alfarrobeira is fought, establishing the House of Braganza as a principal royal family of Portugal.
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1497
John Cabot sets sail from Bristol, England, on his ship Matthew looking for a route to the west (other documents give a May 2 date).
John Cabot · Bristol · Matthew (ship) · May 2
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1498
Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama discovers the sea route to India when he arrives at Kozhikode (previously known as Calicut), India.
Vasco da Gama · Discovery of the sea route to India · Kozhikode
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1520
The massacre at the festival of Tóxcatl takes place during the Fall of Tenochtitlan, resulting in turning the Aztecs against the Spanish.
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1521
Ignatius of Loyola is seriously wounded in the Battle of Pampeluna.
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1570
Cartographer Abraham Ortelius issues Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, the first modern atlas.
Cartography · Abraham Ortelius · Theatrum Orbis Terrarum · Atlas
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1609
Shakespeare's sonnets are first published in London, perhaps illicitly, by the publisher Thomas Thorpe.
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1631
The city of Magdeburg in Germany is seized by forces of the Holy Roman Empire and most of its inhabitants massacred, in one of the bloodiest incidents of the Thirty Years' War.
Magdeburg · Holy Roman Empire · Sack of Magdeburg · Thirty Years' War
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1645
Yangzhou massacre: the 10-day massacre of 800,000 residents of the city of Yangzhou, part of the Transition from Ming to Qing.
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1775
The controversial Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence is allegedly signed in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence · Charlotte, North Carolina
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1802
By the Law of 20 May 1802, Napoleon Bonaparte reinstates slavery in the French colonies, revoking its abolition in the French Revolution.
Law of 20 May 1802 · Napoleon Bonaparte · Slavery · French colonial empire · French Revolution
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1813
Napoleon Bonaparte leads his French troops into the Battle of Bautzen in Saxony, Germany, against the combined armies of Russia and Prussia. The battle ends the next day with a French victory.
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1840
York Minster is badly damaged by fire.
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1861
American Civil War: The state of Kentucky proclaims its neutrality, which will last until September 3 when Confederate forces enter the state. Meanwhile, the State of North Carolina secedes from the Union.
American Civil War · Kentucky · Country neutrality (international relations) · September 3 · Confederate States of America
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1862
U.S. President Abraham Lincoln signs the Homestead Act into law.
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1864
American Civil War: Battle of Ware Bottom Church: In the Virginia Bermuda Hundred Campaign, 10,000 troops fight in this Confederate victory.
Battle of Ware Bottom Church · Virginia · Bermuda Hundred Campaign
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1873
Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive a U.S. patent for blue jeans with copper rivets.
Levi Strauss · Jacob W. Davis · Patent · Jeans · Copper
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1875
Signing of the Metre Convention by 17 nations leading to the establishment of the International System of Units.
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1882
The Triple Alliance between the German Empire, Austria-Hungary and the Kingdom of Italy is formed.
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1883
Krakatoa begins to erupt; the volcano explodes three months later, killing more than 36,000 people.
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1891
History of cinema: The first public display of Thomas Edison's prototype kinetoscope.
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1902
Cuba gains independence from the United States. Tomás Estrada Palma becomes the country's first President.
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1927
Treaty of Jeddah: The United Kingdom recognizes the sovereignty of King Ibn Saud in the Kingdoms of Hejaz and Nejd, which later merge to become the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Treaty of Jeddah (1927) · Sovereignty · Ibn Saud · Hejaz · Najd
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1932
Amelia Earhart takes off from Newfoundland to begin the world's first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean by a female pilot, landing in Ireland the next day.
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1940
The Holocaust: The first prisoners arrive at a new concentration camp at Auschwitz.
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1941
World War II: Battle of Crete: German paratroops invade Crete.
Battle of Crete · Nazi Germany · Fallschirmjäger (World War II) · Crete
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1948
Chiang Kai-shek is elected as the first President of the Republic of China.
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1949
In the United States, the Armed Forces Security Agency, the predecessor to the National Security Agency, is established.
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1956
In Operation Redwing, the first United States airborne hydrogen bomb is dropped over Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean.
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1964
Discovery of the cosmic microwave background radiation by Robert Woodrow Wilson and Arno Penzias.
Cosmic microwave background radiation · Robert Woodrow Wilson · Arno Penzias
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1967
The Popular Movement of the Revolution political party is established in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Popular Movement of the Revolution · Political party · Democratic Republic of the Congo
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1969
The Battle of Hamburger Hill in Vietnam ends.
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1971
In the Chuknagar massacre, Pakistani forces massacre thousands, mostly Bengali Hindus.
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1980
In a referendum in Quebec, the population rejects, by 60% of the vote, a government proposal to move towards independence from Canada.
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1983
First publications of the discovery of the HIV virus that causes AIDS in the journal Science by Luc Montagnier.
HIV · Virus · AIDS · Science (journal) · Luc Montagnier
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1983
Church Street bombing: A car bomb planted by Umkhonto we Sizwe explodes on Church Street in South Africa's capital, Pretoria, killing 19 people and injuring 217 others.
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1985
Radio Martí, part of the Voice of America service, begins broadcasting to Cuba.
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1989
The Chinese authorities declare martial law in the face of pro-democracy demonstrations, setting the scene for the Tiananmen Square massacre.
- 1990
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1996
Civil rights: The Supreme Court of the United States rules in Romer v. Evans against a law that would have prevented any city, town or county in the state of Colorado from taking any legislative, executive, or judicial action to protect the rights of gays and lesbians.
LGBT rights in the United States · Supreme Court of the United States · Romer v. Evans · Colorado · Homosexuality
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2002
The independence of East Timor is recognized by Portugal, formally ending 23 years of Indonesian rule and three years of provisional UN administration (Portugal itself is the former colonizer of East Timor until 1976).
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2012
At least 27 people are killed and 50 others injured when a 6.0-magnitude earthquake strikes northern Italy.
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2013
An EF5 tornado strikes the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore, killing 24 people and injuring 377 others.
Enhanced Fujita scale · 2013 Moore tornado · Oklahoma City · Moore, Oklahoma
Nacimientos Famosos
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1315
Bonne of Luxembourg, Queen of John II of France (d. 1349)
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1470
Pietro Bembo, Italian cardinal, poet, and scholar (d. 1547)
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1505
Levinus Lemnius, Dutch writer (d. 1568)
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1531
Thado Minsaw of Ava, Viceroy of Ava (d. 1584)
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1537
Hieronymus Fabricius, Italian anatomist (d. 1619)
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1575
Robert Heath, English judge and politician (d. 1649)
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1664
Andreas Schlüter, German sculptor and architect (d. 1714)
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1726
Francis Cotes, English painter and academic (d. 1770)
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1743
Toussaint Louverture, Haitian revolutionary, Lieutenant Governor of Saint-Domingue (d. 1803)
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1759
William Thornton, Virgin Islander-American architect, designed the United States Capitol (d. 1828)
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1769
Andreas Vokos Miaoulis, Greek admiral and politician (d. 1835)
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1772
Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet, English inventor and politician, developed Congreve rockets (d. 1828)
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1776
Simon Fraser, American-Canadian fur trader and explorer (d. 1862)
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1799
Honoré de Balzac, French novelist and playwright (d. 1850)
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1806
John Stuart Mill, English economist, civil servant, and philosopher (d. 1873)
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1811
Alfred Domett, English-New Zealand poet and politician, 4th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1887)
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1818
William Fargo, American businessman and politician, co-founded Wells Fargo and American Express (d. 1881)
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1822
Frédéric Passy, French economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1912)
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1824
Cadmus M. Wilcox, Confederate States Army general (d. 1890)
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1830
Hector Malot, French author (d. 1907)
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1838
Jules Méline, French lawyer and politician, 65th Prime Minister of France (d. 1925)
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1851
Emile Berliner, German-American inventor, invented the Gramophone record (d. 1929)
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1854
George Prendergast, Australian politician, 28th Premier of Victoria (d. 1937)
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1856
Henri-Edmond Cross, French Neo-Impressionist painter (d. 1910)
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1860
Eduard Buchner, German chemist, zymologist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1917)
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1875
Hendrik Offerhaus, Dutch rower (d. 1953)
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1877
Pat Leahy, Irish-American jumper (d. 1927)
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1879
Hans Meerwein, German chemist (d. 1965)
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1882
Sigrid Undset, Danish-Norwegian novelist, essayist, and translator, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1949)
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1883
Faisal I of Iraq (d. 1933)
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1886
Ali Sami Yen, Turkish footballer and manager, founded the Galatasaray Sports Club (d. 1951)
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1894
Chandrashekarendra Saraswati, Indian guru and scholar (d. 1994)
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1895
R. J. Mitchell, English engineer, designed the Supermarine Spitfire and Supermarine S.6B (d. 1937)
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1897
Diego Abad de Santillán, Spanish economist and author (d. 1983)
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1897
Malcolm Nokes, English hammer and discus thrower (d. 1986)
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1898
Eduard Ole, Estonian painter (d. 1995)
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1899
Aleksandr Deyneka, Russian painter and sculptor (d. 1969)
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1899
John Marshall Harlan II, American lawyer and jurist (d. 1971)
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1900
Sumitranandan Pant, Indian poet and author (d. 1977)
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1901
Max Euwe, Dutch chess player, mathematician, and author (d. 1981)
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1901
Doris Fleeson, American journalist (d. 1970)
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1904
Margery Allingham, English author of detective fiction (d. 1966)
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1906
Giuseppe Siri, Italian cardinal (d. 1989)
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1907
Carl Mydans, American photographer and journalist (d. 2004)
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1908
Henry Bolte, Australian politician, 38th Premier of Victoria (d. 1990)
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1908
Louis Daquin, French actor and director (d. 1980)
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1908
Francis Raymond Fosberg, American botanist and author (d. 1993)
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1908
James Stewart, American actor (d. 1997)
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1911
Gardner Fox, American author (d. 1986)
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1911
Annie M. G. Schmidt, Dutch author and playwright (d. 1995)
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1913
Teodoro Fernández, Peruvian footballer (d. 1996)
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1913
William Redington Hewlett, American engineer, co-founded Hewlett-Packard (d. 2001)
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1915
Peter Copley, English actor (d. 2008)
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1915
Moshe Dayan, Israeli general and politician, 5th Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 1981)
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1915
Joff Ellen, Australian comedian and actor (d. 1999)
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1916
Owen Chadwick, English rugby player, historian, and academic (d. 2015)
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1916
Alexey Maresyev, Russian soldier and pilot (d. 2001)
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1916
Ondina Valla, Italian sprinter and hurdler (d. 2006)
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1917
Tony Cliff, Israeli-English author and activist (d. 2000)
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1917
Guy Favreau, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician, 28th Canadian Minister of Justice (d. 1967)
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1918
Edward B. Lewis, American biologist, geneticist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004)
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1919
George Gobel, American comedian (d. 1991)
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1920
John Cruickshank, Scottish lieutenant and banker, Victoria Cross recipient
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1921
Wolfgang Borchert, German author and playwright (d. 1947)
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1921
Hal Newhouser, American baseball player and scout (d. 1998)
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1921
Hao Wang, Chinese-American logician, philosopher, and mathematician (d. 1995)
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1923
Edith Fellows, American actress (d. 2011)
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1924
David Chavchavadze, English-American CIA officer and author (d. 2014)
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1924
Zelmar Michelini, Uruguayan journalist and politician (d. 1976)
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1925
Alexei Tupolev, Russian engineer, designed the Tupolev Tu-144 (d. 2001)
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1926
Bob Sweikert, American race car driver (d. 1956)
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1927
Bud Grant, American football player and coach
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1927
David Hedison, American actor
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1927
Franciszek Macharski, Polish cardinal (d. 2016)
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1929
Gilles Loiselle, Canadian politician and diplomat, 33rd Canadian Minister of Finance
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1930
Sam Etcheverry, American football player and coach (d. 2009)
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1931
Ken Boyer, American baseball player and manager (d. 1982)
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1931
Louis Smith, American trumpeter
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1933
Constance Towers, American actress and singer
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1935
José Mujica, Uruguayan guerrilla leader and politician, 40th President of Uruguay
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1936
Anthony Zerbe, American actor
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1937
Dave Hill, American golfer (d. 2011)
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1939
Balu Mahendra, Sri Lankan-Indian director, cinematographer, and screenwriter (d. 2014)
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1940
Shorty Long, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 1969)
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1940
Stan Mikita, Slovak-Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
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1940
Sadaharu Oh, Japanese-Taiwanese baseball player and manager
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1941
Goh Chok Tong, Singaporean politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Singapore
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1941
John Strasberg, American actor and teacher
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1942
Raymond Chrétien, Canadian lawyer and diplomat, Canadian Ambassador to the United States
Raymond Chrétien · List of Canadian ambassadors to the United States
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1942
Lynn Davies, Welsh sprinter and long jumper
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1942
Carlos Hathcock, American sergeant and sniper (d. 1999)
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1942
Frew McMillan, South African tennis player
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1943
Albano Carrisi, Italian singer, actor, and winemaker
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1943
Deryck Murray, Trinidadian cricketer
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1944
Joe Cocker, English singer-songwriter (d. 2014)
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1944
Boudewijn de Groot, Indonesian-Dutch singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1944
Keith Fletcher, English cricketer and manager
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1944
Dietrich Mateschitz, Austrian businessman, co-founded Red Bull GmbH
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1945
Vladimiro Montesinos, Peruvian intelligence officer
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1946
Cher, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
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1946
Bobby Murcer, American baseball player, coach, manager, and sportscaster (d. 2008)
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1947
Steve Currie, English bass player (d. 1981)
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1947
Greg Dyke, English journalist and academic
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1949
Robert Morin, Canadian director, cinematographer, and screenwriter
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1949
Michèle Roberts, English author and poet
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1949
Dave Thomas, Canadian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
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1950
Andy Johns, English-American engineer and producer (d. 2013)
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1950
Reinaldo Merlo, Argentinian footballer and coach
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1951
Thomas Akers, American colonel, engineer, and astronaut
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1951
Mike Crapo, American lawyer and politician
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1952
Roger Milla, Cameroonian footballer and manager
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1952
Michael Wills, English politician, British Minister of Justice
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1953
Robert Doyle, Australian educator and politician, 103rd Lord Mayor of Melbourne
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1954
David Paterson, American lawyer and politician, 55th Governor of New York
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1954
Colin Sutherland, Lord Carloway, Scottish lawyer and judge
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1955
Steve George, American keyboard player and songwriter (Mr. Mister)
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1955
Zbigniew Preisner, Polish composer and producer
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1956
Ingvar Ambjørnsen, Norwegian-German author and critic
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1956
Douglas Preston, American journalist and author
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1957
Yoshihiko Noda, Japanese lawyer and politician, 62nd Prime Minister of Japan
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1958
Ron Reagan, American journalist and radio host
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1958
Jane Wiedlin, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress
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1959
Susan Cowsill, American singer-songwriter
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1960
Tony Goldwyn, American actor and director
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1961
Clive Allen, English footballer and manager
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1961
Nick Heyward, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1963
David Wells, American baseball player and sportscaster
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1964
Kōichirō Genba, Japanese politician, 80th Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs
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1964
Edin Osmanović, Slovenian footballer, coach, and manager
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1964
Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer, English journalist and author
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1965
Ted Allen, American television host and author
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1965
Stu Grimson, Canadian ice hockey player, sportscaster, and lawyer
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1966
Dan Abrams, American journalist and author
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1967
Graham Brady, English politician
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1967
Gabriele Muccino, Italian director, producer, and screenwriter
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1968
Timothy Olyphant, American actor and producer
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1969
Road Dogg, American wrestler, producer, and soldier
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1970
Terrell Brandon, American basketball player
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1970
Louis Theroux, Singaporean-English journalist and producer
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1971
Šárka Kašpárková, Czech triple jumper and coach
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1971
Tony Stewart, American race car driver
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1972
Michael Diamond, Australian shooter
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1972
Christophe Dominici, French rugby player
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1972
Busta Rhymes, American rapper, producer, and actor
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1973
Nathan Long, Australian rugby league player
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1974
Allison Amend, American novelist and short story writer
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1975
Juan Minujín, Argentinian actor, director, and screenwriter
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1976
Ramón Hernández, Venezuelan-American baseball player
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1976
Tomoya Satozaki, Japanese baseball player
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1977
Matt Czuchry, American actor
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1977
Leo Franco, Argentinian footballer
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1977
Angela Goethals, American actress
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1977
Stirling Mortlock, Australian rugby player
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1977
Vesa Toskala, Finnish ice hockey player
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1978
Hristos Banikas, Greek chess player
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1978
Pavla Hamáčková-Rybová, Czech pole vaulter
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1978
Nils Schumann, German runner
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1979
Andrew Scheer, Canadian politician, 35th Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons
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1979
Jayson Werth, American baseball player
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1980
Austin Kearns, American baseball player
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1980
Kassim Osgood, American football player
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1981
Iker Casillas, Spanish footballer
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1981
Rachel Platten, American singer and songwriter
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1981
Lindsay Taylor, American basketball player
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1981
Mark Winterbottom, Australian race car driver
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1982
Petr Čech, Czech footballer
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1982
Imran Farhat, Pakistani cricketer
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1982
Jessica Raine, English actress
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1982
Daniel Ribeiro, Brazilian director, producer, and screenwriter
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1983
Óscar Cardozo, Paraguayan footballer
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1983
Matt Langridge, English rower
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1984
Mauro Rafael da Silva, Brazilian footballer
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1984
Patrick Ewing, Jr., American basketball player
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1984
Keith Grennan, American football player
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1985
Chris Froome, Kenyan-English cyclist
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1985
Brendon Goddard, Australian footballer
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1986
Dexter Blackstock, English footballer
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1986
Stéphane Mbia, Cameroonian footballer
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1986
Jiřina Svobodová, Czech pole vaulter
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1987
Mike Havenaar, Japanese footballer
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1987
Julian Wright, American basketball player
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1988
Joel Moon, Australian rugby league player
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1989
Siosia Vave, Australian-Tongan rugby league player
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1991
Bastian Baker, Swiss singer, songwriter, and performer
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1991
Emre Colak, Turkish footballer
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1992
Cate Campbell, Australian swimmer
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1992
Jack Gleeson, Irish actor
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1992
Enes Kanter, Turkish basketball player
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1993
Caroline Zhang, American figure skater
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1996
Brian Kelly, Australian rugby league player
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1998
Jamie Chadwick, English race car driver
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1998
Nam Nguyen, Canadian figure skater
Muertes Famosas
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685
Ecgfrith of Northumbria (b. 645)
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794
Æthelberht II, king of East Anglia
- 965
- 1062
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1277
Pope John XXI (b. 1215)
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1285
John II of Jerusalem (b. 1259)
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1366
Maria of Calabria, Empress of Constantinople (b. 1329)
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1444
Bernardino of Siena, Italian-Spanish missionary and saint (b. 1380)
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1449
Álvaro Vaz de Almada, 1st Count of Avranches
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1449
Infante Pedro, Duke of Coimbra (b. 1392)
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1501
Columba of Rieti, Italian Dominican tertiary Religious Sister (b. 1467)
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1503
Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de' Medici, Italian banker and politician (b. 1463)
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1506
Christopher Columbus, Italian explorer, discovered the Americas (b. 1451)
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1550
Ashikaga Yoshiharu, Japanese shogun (b. 1510)
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1579
Isabella Markham, English courtier (b. 1527)
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1622
Osman II, Ottoman sultan (b. 1604)
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1645
Shi Kefa, Chinese general and calligrapher (b. 1601)
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1648
Władysław IV Vasa, Polish son of Sigismund III Vasa (b. 1595)
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1677
George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol, Spanish-English politician, English Secretary of State (b. 1612)
George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol · Secretary of State (England)
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1713
Thomas Sprat, English bishop (b. 1635)
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1717
John Trevor, Welsh lawyer and politician, 102nd Speaker of the House of Commons (b. 1637)
John Trevor (speaker) · Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom)
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1722
Sébastien Vaillant, French botanist and mycologist (b. 1669)
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1732
Thomas Boston, Scottish author and educator (b. 1676)
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1782
William Emerson, English mathematician and academic (b. 1701)
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1793
Charles Bonnet, Swiss botanist and biologist (b. 1720)
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1812
Count Hieronymus von Colloredo, Austrian archbishop (b. 1732)
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1834
Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, French general (b. 1757)
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1841
Joseph Blanco White, Spanish poet and theologian (b. 1775)
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1873
George-Étienne Cartier, Canadian soldier, lawyer, and politician, 9th Premier of East Canada (b. 1814)
George-Étienne Cartier · List of Joint Premiers of the Province of Canada
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1880
Ana Néri, Brazilian nurse and philanthropist (b. 1814)
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1896
Clara Schumann, German pianist and composer (b. 1819)
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1909
Ernest Hogan, American actor and composer (b. 1859)
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1917
Valentine Fleming, Scottish soldier and politician (b. 1887)
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1917
Philipp von Ferrary, Italian stamp collector (b. 1850)
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1924
Bogd Khan, Mongolian ruler
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1925
Joseph Howard, Maltese politician, 1st Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1862)
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1931
Ernest Noel, Scottish businessman and politician (b. 1831)
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1940
Verner von Heidenstam, Swedish author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
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1942
Hector Guimard, French Architect (b. 1867)
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1946
Jacob Ellehammer, Danish pilot and engineer (b. 1871)
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1947
Philipp Lenard, Slovak-German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
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1947
Georgios Siantos, Greek sergeant and politician (b. 1890)
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1949
Damaskinos of Athens, Greek archbishop and politician, 137th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1891)
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1956
Max Beerbohm, English essayist, parodist, and caricaturist (b. 1872)
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1956
Zoltán Halmay, Hungarian swimmer and trainer (b. 1881)
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1961
Josef Priller, German colonel and pilot (b. 1915)
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1964
Rudy Lewis, American singer (b. 1936)
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1971
Waldo Williams, Welsh poet and academic (b. 1904)
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1973
Renzo Pasolini, Italian motorcycle racer (b. 1938)
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1973
Jarno Saarinen, Finnish motorcycle racer (b. 1945)
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1975
Barbara Hepworth, English sculptor and lithographer (b. 1903)
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1976
Syd Howe, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1911)
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1976
Zelmar Michelini, Uruguayan journalist and politician (b. 1924)
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1976
Héctor Gutiérrez Ruiz, Uruguayan politician (b. 1934)
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1989
John Hicks, English economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)
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1989
Gilda Radner, American actress and comedian (b. 1946)
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1995
Les Cowie, Australian rugby league player (b. 1925)
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1996
Jon Pertwee, English actor, portrayed the Third Doctor (b. 1919)
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1998
Robert Normann, Norwegian guitarist (b. 1916)
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2000
Jean-Pierre Rampal, French flute player (b. 1922)
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2000
Malik Sealy, American basketball player and actor (b. 1970)
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2000
Yevgeny Khrunov, Russian colonel, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1933)
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2001
Renato Carosone, Italian singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1920)
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2002
Stephen Jay Gould, American paleontologist, biologist, and academic (b. 1941)
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2005
Paul Ricœur, French philosopher and academic (b. 1913)
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2005
William Seawell, American general (b. 1918)
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2007
Norman Von Nida, Australian golfer (b. 1914)
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2008
Hamilton Jordan, American politician, 8th White House Chief of Staff (b. 1944)
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2009
Arthur Erickson, Canadian architect and urban planner, designed Roy Thomson Hall (b. 1924)
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2009
Pierre Gamarra, French author, poet, and critic (b. 1919)
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2011
Randy Savage, American wrestler and actor (b. 1952)
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2012
Leela Dube, Indian anthropologist and scholar (b. 1923)
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2012
Robin Gibb, Manx-English singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1949)
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2012
David Littman, English-Swiss historian, author, and academic (b. 1933)
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2012
Ken Lyons, American bass guitarist (b. 1953)
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2012
Eugene Polley, American engineer, invented the remote control (b. 1915)
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2012
Andrew B. Steinberg, American lawyer (b. 1958)
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2013
Flavio Costantini, Italian painter and illustrator (b. 1926)
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2013
Billie Dawe, Canadian ice hockey player and manager (b. 1924)
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2013
Anders Eliasson, Swedish composer (b. 1947)
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2013
Miloslav Kříž, Czech basketball player and coach (b. 1924)
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2013
Ray Manzarek, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (b. 1939)
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2013
Denys Roberts, English judge and politician (b. 1923)
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2013
Zach Sobiech, American singer-songwriter (b. 1995)
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2014
Sandra Bem, American psychologist and academic (b. 1944)
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2014
Ross Brown, New Zealand rugby player (b. 1934)
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2014
Robyn Denny, English-French painter (b. 1930)
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2014
Arthur Gelb, American journalist, author, and critic (b. 1924)
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2014
Prince Rupert Loewenstein, Spanish-English businessman (b. 1933)
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2014
Barbara Murray, English actress (b. 1929)
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2015
Bob Belden, American saxophonist, composer, and producer (b. 1956)
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2015
Femi Robinson, Nigerian actor and playwright (b. 1940)