June 26 — Este Día en la Historia
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Eventos
- 4 AD
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221
Roman emperor Elagabalus adopts his cousin Alexander Severus as his heir and receives the title of Caesar.
Roman emperor · Elagabalus · Alexander Severus · Caesar (title)
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363
Roman emperor Julian is killed during the retreat from the Sasanian Empire. General Jovian is proclaimed Emperor by the troops on the battlefield.
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684
Pope Benedict II chosen.
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699
En no Ozuno, a Japanese mystic and apothecary who will later be regarded as the founder of a folk religion Shugendō, is banished to Izu Ōshima.
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1243
Mongols defeat the Seljuk Turks at the Battle of Köse Dağ.
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1295
Przemysł II crowned king of Poland, following Ducal period. The white eagle is added to the Polish coat of arms.
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1407
Ulrich von Jungingen becomes Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights.
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1409
Western Schism: The Roman Catholic Church is led into a double schism as Petros Philargos is crowned Pope Alexander V after the Council of Pisa, joining Pope Gregory XII in Rome and Pope Benedict XII in Avignon.
Western Schism · Roman Catholic Church · Schism (religion) · Pope Alexander V · Council of Pisa
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1460
Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, and Edward, Earl of March, land in England with a rebel army and march on London.
Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick · Edward IV of England
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1483
Richard III becomes King of England.
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1522
Ottomans begin the second Siege of Rhodes.
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1541
Francisco Pizarro is assassinated in Lima by the son of his former companion and later antagonist, Diego de Almagro the younger. Almagro is later caught and executed.
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1579
Livonian campaign of Stephen Báthory begins.
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1718
Alexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia, Peter the Great's son, mysteriously dies after being sentenced to death by his father for plotting against him.
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1723
After a siege and bombardment by cannon, Baku surrenders to the Russians.
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1740
A combined force of Spanish, free blacks and allied Indians defeat a British garrison at the Siege of Fort Mose near St. Augustine during the War of Jenkins' Ear.
Siege of Fort Mose · St. Augustine, Florida · War of Jenkins' Ear
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1794
French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Fleurus marked the first successful military use of aircraft.
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1830
William IV becomes king of Britain and Hanover.
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1843
Treaty of Nanking comes into effect, Hong Kong Island is ceded to the British "in perpetuity".
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1848
End of the June Days Uprising in Paris.
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1857
The first investiture of the Victoria Cross in Hyde Park, London.
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1870
The Christian holiday of Christmas is declared a federal holiday in the United States.
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1886
Henri Moissan isolated elemental Fluorine for the first time.
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1889
Bangui is founded by Albert Dolisie and Alfred Uzac in what was then the upper reaches of the French Congo.
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1906
The first Grand Prix motor racing event held.
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1909
The Science Museum in London comes into existence as an independent entity.
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1917
The American Expeditionary Forces begin to arrive in France. They will first enter combat four months later.
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1918
Allied Forces under John J. Pershing and James Harbord defeat Imperial German Forces under Wilhelm, German Crown Prince in the Battle of Belleau Wood.
John J. Pershing · James Harbord · Wilhelm, German Crown Prince · Battle of Belleau Wood
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1924
The American occupation of the Dominican Republic ends after eight years.
United States occupation of the Dominican Republic (1916-24)
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1927
The Cyclone roller coaster opens on Coney Island.
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1934
United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Federal Credit Union Act, which establishes credit unions.
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1936
Initial flight of the Focke-Wulf Fw 61, the first practical helicopter.
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1940
World War II: Under the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, the Soviet Union presents an ultimatum to Romania requiring it to cede Bessarabia and the northern part of Bukovina.
World War II · Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact · Soviet Union · June 1940 Soviet Ultimatum · Romania
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1941
World War II: Soviet planes bomb Kassa, Hungary (now Košice, Slovakia), giving Hungary the impetus to declare war the next day.
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1942
The first flight of the Grumman F6F Hellcat.
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1944
World War II: San Marino, a neutral state, is mistakenly bombed by the RAF based on faulty information, leading to 35 civilian deaths.
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1944
The Battle of Osuchy in Osuchy, Poland, one of the largest battles between Nazi Germany and Polish resistance forces, ends with the defeat of the latter.
Battle of Osuchy · Osuchy · Polish resistance movement in World War II
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1948
The first supply flights are made in response to the Berlin Blockade.
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1948
William Shockley files the original patent for the grown-junction transistor, the first bipolar junction transistor.
William Shockley · Grown-junction transistor · Bipolar junction transistor
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1948
Shirley Jackson's short story The Lottery is published in The New Yorker magazine.
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1952
The Pan-Malayan Labour Party is founded in Malaya, as a union of statewide labour parties.
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1953
Lavrentiy Beria, head of MVD, is arrested by Nikita Khrushchev and other members of the Politburo.
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1955
The South African Congress Alliance adopts the Freedom Charter at the Congress of the People in Kliptown.
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1959
Swedish boxer Ingemar Johansson becomes world champion of heavy weight boxing, by defeating American Floyd Patterson on technical knockout after two minutes and three seconds in the third round at Yankee Stadium.
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1960
The former British Protectorate of British Somaliland gains its independence as Somaliland.
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1960
Madagascar gains its independence from France.
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1963
U.S. President John F. Kennedy gave his "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech, underlining the support of the United States for democratic West Germany shortly after Soviet-supported East Germany erected the Berlin Wall.
John F. Kennedy · Ich bin ein Berliner · Soviet Union · East Germany · Berlin Wall
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1967
Karol Wojtyła (later John Paul II) made a cardinal by Pope Paul VI.
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1974
The Universal Product Code is scanned for the first time to sell a package of Wrigley's chewing gum at the Marsh Supermarket in Troy, Ohio.
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1975
Two FBI agents and a member of the American Indian Movement are killed in a shootout on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota; Leonard Peltier is later convicted of the murders in a controversial trial.
FBI · American Indian Movement · Pine Ridge Indian Reservation · South Dakota · Leonard Peltier
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1977
Elvis Presley held his final concert in Indianapolis, Indiana at Market Square Arena
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1978
Air Canada Flight 189, flying to Toronto, overruns the runway and crashes into the Etobicoke Creek ravine. Two of the 107 passengers on board perish.
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1991
The Yugoslav People's Army begins the Ten-Day War in Slovenia.
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1995
Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani deposes his father Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani, the Emir of Qatar, in a bloodless coup d'état.
Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani · Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani · Emir · Qatar · Coup d'état
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1997
The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the Communications Decency Act violates the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.
Supreme Court of the United States · Communications Decency Act · First Amendment to the United States Constitution
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2000
The Human Genome Project announces the completion of a "rough draft" sequence.
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2000
Pope John Paul II reveals the third secret of Fátima.
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2003
The U.S. Supreme Court rules in Lawrence v. Texas that gender-based sodomy laws are unconstitutional.
Supreme Court of the United States · Lawrence v. Texas · Sodomy law
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2006
Mari Alkatiri, the first Prime Minister of East Timor, resigns after weeks of political unrest.
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2007
Pope Benedict XVI reinstates the traditional laws of papal election in which a successful candidate must receive two-thirds of the votes.
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2008
A suicide bomber dressed as an Iraqi policeman detonates an explosive vest, killing 25 people.
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2012
The Waldo Canyon fire descends into the Mountain Shadows neighborhood in Colorado Springs burning 347 homes in a matter of hours and killing two people.
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2013
Riots in China's Xinjiang region kill at least 36 people and injure 21 others.
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2013
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled, 5-4, that Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional and in violation of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
Supreme Court of the United States · United States v. Windsor · Defense of Marriage Act · Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution
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2015
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled, 5-4, that same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marriage under the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution.
Supreme Court of the United States · Obergefell v. Hodges · Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
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2015
Five different terrorist attacks in France, Tunisia, Somalia, Kuwait, and Syria occurred on what was dubbed Bloody Friday by international media. Upwards of 750 people were either killed or injured in these uncoordinated attacks.
Nacimientos Famosos
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12 BC
Agrippa Postumus, Roman son of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa and Julia the Elder (d. 14)
Agrippa Postumus · Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa · Julia the Elder
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1399
John, Count of Angoulême (d. 1467)
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1575
Anne Catherine of Brandenburg (d. 1612)
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1581
San Pedro Claver, Spanish Jesuit saint (d. 1654)
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1600
Juan de Palafox y Mendoza, Spanish-born bishop and viceroy of New Spain (d. 1659)
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1681
Hedvig Sophia of Sweden (d. 1708)
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1689
Edward Holyoke, American pastor and academic (d. 1769)
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1694
Georg Brandt, Swedish chemist and mineralogist (d. 1768)
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1699
Marie Thérèse Rodet Geoffrin, French businesswoman (d. 1777)
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1702
Philip Doddridge, English hymn-writer and educator (d. 1751)
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1703
Thomas Clap, American minister and academic (d. 1767)
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1726
Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia (d. 1796)
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1730
Charles Messier, French astronomer and academic (d. 1817)
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1764
Jan Paweł Łuszczewski, Polish politician (d. 1812)
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1796
Jan Paweł Lelewel, Polish painter and engineer (d. 1847)
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1798
Wolfgang Menzel, German poet and critic (d. 1873)
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1817
Branwell Brontë, English painter and poet (d. 1848)
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1819
Abner Doubleday, American general (d. 1893)
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1821
Bartolomé Mitre, Argentinian soldier, journalist, and politician, 6th President of Argentina (d. 1906)
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1824
William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, Irish-Scottish physicist and engineer (d. 1907)
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1835
Thomas W. Knox, American journalist and author (d. 1896)
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1838
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, Bengali poet and journalist (d. 1894)
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1839
Sam Watkins, American soldier and author (d. 1901)
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1852
Daoud Corm, Lebanese painter (d. 1930)
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1854
Robert Laird Borden, Canadian lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1937)
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1865
Bernard Berenson, Lithuanian-American historian and author (d. 1959)
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1866
George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, English archaeologist and banker (d. 1923)
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1869
Martin Andersen Nexø, Danish journalist and author (d. 1954)
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1878
Leopold Löwenheim, German mathematician and logician (d. 1957)
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1880
Mitchell Lewis, American actor (d. 1956)
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1881
Ya'akov Cohen, Israeli linguist, poet, and playwright (d. 1960)
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1892
Pearl S. Buck, American novelist, essayist, short story writer Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1973)
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1893
Dorothy Fuldheim, American journalist and author (d. 1989)
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1895
George Hainsworth, Canadian ice hockey player and politician (d. 1950)
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1898
Willy Messerschmitt, German engineer and businessman (d. 1978)
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1898
Chesty Puller, American general (d. 1971)
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1899
Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (d. 1918)
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1901
Stuart Symington, American lieutenant and politician, 1st United States Secretary of the Air Force (d. 1988)
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1902
Hugues Cuénod, Swiss tenor and educator (d. 2010)
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1903
Big Bill Broonzy, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1958)
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1904
Frank Scott Hogg, Canadian astronomer and academic (d. 1951)
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1904
Peter Lorre, Slovak-American actor and singer (d. 1964)
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1905
Lynd Ward, American author and illustrator (d. 1985)
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1906
Alberto Rabagliati, Italian singer (d. 1974)
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1906
Viktor Schreckengost, American sculptor and educator (d. 2008)
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1907
Debs Garms, American baseball player (d. 1984)
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1908
Salvador Allende, Chilean physician and politician, 29th President of Chile (d. 1973)
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1909
Colonel Tom Parker, Dutch-American talent manager (d. 1997)
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1909
Wolfgang Reitherman, German-American animator, director, and producer (d. 1985)
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1911
Babe Didrikson Zaharias, American golfer and basketball player (d. 1956)
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1911
Bronisław Żurakowski, Polish pilot and engineer (d. 2009)
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1913
Aimé Césaire, French poet, author, and politician (d. 2008)
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1913
Maurice Wilkes, English computer scientist and physicist (d. 2010)
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1914
Laurie Lee, English author and poet (d. 1997)
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1914
Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark, European royalty (d. 2001)
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1915
Paul Castellano, American gangster (d. 1985)
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1915
George Haigh, English professional footballer
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1915
Charlotte Zolotow, American author and poet (d. 2013)
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1916
Virginia Satir, American psychotherapist and author (d. 1988)
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1916
Giuseppe Taddei, Italian actor and singer (d. 2010)
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1917
Idriz Ajeti, Albanian albanologist
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1918
Leo Rosner, Polish-born Austrian Jewish musician (d. 2008)
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1918
Raleigh Rhodes, American combat fighter pilot (d. 2007)
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1919
Richard Neustadt, American political scientist and academic (d. 2003)
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1919
Jimmy Newberry, American pitcher
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1919
Donald M. Ashton, English art director (d. 2004)
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1920
Jean-Pierre Roy, Canadian-American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster (d. 2014)
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1921
Violette Szabo, French secret agent (d. 1945)
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1922
Walter Farley, American author (d. 1989)
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1922
Eleanor Parker, American actress (d. 2013)
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1923
Franz-Paul Decker, German conductor (d. 2014)
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1924
Kostas Axelos, Greek-French philosopher and author (d. 2010)
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1925
Pavel Belyayev, Russian soldier, pilot, and astronaut (d. 1970)
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1925
Wolfgang Unzicker, German chess player (d. 2006)
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1927
Robert Kroetsch, Canadian author and poet (d. 2011)
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1928
Jacob Druckman, American composer and academic (d. 1996)
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1928
Yoshiro Nakamatsu, Japanese inventor
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1929
June Bronhill, Australian soprano and actress (d. 2005)
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1929
Fred Bruemmer, Latvian-Canadian photographer and author (d. 2013)
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1929
Milton Glaser, American illustrator and graphic designer
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1930
Jackie Fargo, American wrestler and trainer (d. 2013)
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1931
Colin Wilson, English philosopher and author (d. 2013)
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1933
Claudio Abbado, Italian conductor (d. 2014)
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1933
Gene Green, American baseball player (d. 1981)
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1934
Dave Grusin, American pianist and composer
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1935
Carlo Facetti, Italian race car driver
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1935
Dwight York, American singer
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1936
Benjamin Adekunle, Nigerian general (d. 2014)
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1936
Hal Greer, American basketball player
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1936
Robert Maclennan, Baron Maclennan of Rogart, Scottish politician
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1936
Edith Pearlman, American short story writer
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1936
Jean-Claude Turcotte, Canadian cardinal (d. 2015)
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1936
Nancy Willard, American author and poet (d. 2017)
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1937
Robert Coleman Richardson, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013)
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1937
Reggie Workman, American bassist and composer
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1938
Neil Abercrombie, American sociologist and politician, 7th Governor of Hawaii
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1938
Billy Davis Jr., American pop-soul singer
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1938
Gerald North, American climatologist and academic
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1939
Chuck Robb, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 64th Governor of Virginia
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1941
Yves Beauchemin, Canadian author and academic
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1942
J.J. Dillon, American wrestler and manager
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1942
Gilberto Gil, Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and politician, Brazilian Minister of Culture
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1943
Georgie Fame, English singer, pianist, and keyboard player
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1943
Warren Farrell, American author and educator
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1944
Gennady Zyuganov, Russian colonel and politician
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1946
Candace Pert, American neuroscientist and pharmacologist (d. 2013)
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1949
Fredric Brandt, American dermatologist and author (d. 2015)
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1949
Adrian Gurvitz, English singer-songwriter and producer
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1949
Mary Styles Harris, American biologist and geneticist
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1951
Gary Gilmour, Australian cricketer and manager (d. 2014)
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1952
Gordon McQueen, Scottish footballer and manager
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1955
Mick Jones, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1955
Gedde Watanabe, American actor
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1956
Chris Isaak, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
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1956
Patrick Mercer, English colonel and politician
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1957
Al Hunter Ashton, English actor and screenwriter (d. 2007)
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1957
Philippe Couillard, Canadian surgeon and politician, 31st Premier of Quebec
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1957
Patty Smyth, American singer-songwriter and musician
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1959
Mark McKinney, Canadian actor and screenwriter
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1960
Mark Durkan, Irish politician
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1961
Greg LeMond, American cyclist
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1961
Terri Nunn, American singer-songwriter and actress
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1962
Jerome Kersey, American basketball player and coach (d. 2015)
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1963
Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Russian-Swiss businessman and philanthropist
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1963
Mark McClellan, American economist and politician
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1963
Harriet Wheeler, English singer-songwriter
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1964
Tommi Mäkinen, Finnish race car driver
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1966
Dany Boon, French actor, director, and screenwriter
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1966
Kirk McLean, Canadian ice hockey player
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1966
Jürgen Reil, American drummer
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1967
Inha Babakova, Ukrainian high jumper
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1967
Olivier Dahan, French director and screenwriter
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1968
Guðni Th. Jóhannesson, Icelandic lecturer and politician, 6th President of Iceland
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1968
Paolo Maldini, Italian footballer
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1968
Shannon Sharpe, American football player and sportscaster
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1969
Colin Greenwood, English bass player and songwriter
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1969
Ingrid Lempereur, Belgian swimmer
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1969
Geir Moen, Norwegian sprinter
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1969
Mike Myers, American baseball player
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1970
Paul Thomas Anderson, American director, producer, and screenwriter
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1970
Paul Bitok, Kenyan runner
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1970
Irv Gotti, American record producer, co-founded Murder Inc Records
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1970
Sean Hayes, American actor
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1970
Adam Ndlovu, Zimbabwean footballer
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1970
Chris O'Donnell, American actor
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1970
Nick Offerman, American actor
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1971
Max Biaggi, Italian motorcycle racer
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1972
Jai Taurima, Australian long jumper and police officer
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1973
Gretchen Wilson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1974
Derek Jeter, American baseball player
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1974
Jason Kendall, American baseball player
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1975
Chris Armstrong, Canadian ice hockey player
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1975
Terry Skiverton, English footballer and manager
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1976
Ed Jovanovski, Canadian ice hockey player
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1976
Pommie Mbangwa, Zimbabwean cricketer and sportscaster
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1976
Chad Pennington, American football player and sportscaster
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1977
Quincy Lewis, American basketball player
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1979
Ryō Fukuda, Japanese race car driver
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1979
Walter Herrmann, Argentinian basketball player
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1979
Ryan Tedder, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
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1980
Hamílton Hênio Ferreira Calheiros, Togolese footballer
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1980
Michael Jackson, English footballer
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1980
Jason Schwartzman, American singer-songwriter, drummer, and actor
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1980
Chris Shelton, American baseball player
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1980
Michael Vick, American football player
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1981
Natalya Antyukh, Russian sprinter and hurdler
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1981
Paolo Cannavaro, Italian footballer
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1981
Kanako Kondō, Japanese voice actress and singer
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1981
Takashi Toritani, Japanese baseball player
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1982
Zuzana Kučová, Slovak tennis player
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1983
Vinícius Rodrigues Almeida, Brazilian footballer
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1983
Nick Compton, South African-English cricketer
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1983
Toyonoshima Daiki, Japanese sumo wrestler
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1983
Felipe Melo, Brazilian footballer
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1983
Antonio Rosati, Italian footballer
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1984
Indila, French singer
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1984
José Juan Barea, Puerto Rican-American basketball player
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1984
Yankuba Ceesay, Gambian footballer
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1984
Elijah Dukes, American baseball player
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1984
Raymond Felton, American basketball player
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1984
Priscah Jeptoo, Kenyan runner
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1984
Jūlija Tepliha, Latvian figure skater
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1984
Deron Williams, American basketball player
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1985
Ogyen Trinley Dorje, Tibetan spiritual leader, 17th Karmapa Lama
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1986
Duvier Riascos, Colombian footballer
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1987
Carlos Iaconelli, Brazilian race car driver
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1987
Samir Nasri, French footballer
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1988
Oliver Stang, German footballer
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1990
Belaynesh Oljira, Ethiopian runner
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1990
Igor Subbotin, Estonian footballer
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1991
Houssem Chemali, French footballer
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1991
Diego Falcinelli, Italian footballer
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1991
Dustin Martin, Australian rules footballer
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1992
Joel Campbell, Costa Rican footballer
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1992
Rudy Gobert, French basketball player
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1993
Ariana Grande, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
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1994
Hollie Arnold, English javelin thrower
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1997
Callum Taylor, English cricketer
Muertes Famosas
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116 BC
Ptolemy VIII, king of Egypt
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363
Julian the Apostate, Roman emperor (b. 332)
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405
Vigilius, bishop of Trent (b. 353)
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822
Saichō, Japanese Buddhist monk (b. 767)
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969
George El Mozahem, Egyptian martyr (b. 940)
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1090
Jaromír, bishop of Prague
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1095
Robert, bishop of Hereford
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1265
Anne of Bohemia, duchess of Silesia (b. 1203 or 1204)
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1274
Nasir al-Din al-Tusi, Persian scientist and writer (b. 1201)
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1487
John Argyropoulos, Byzantine philosopher and scholar (b. 1415)
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1541
Francisco Pizarro, Spanish explorer and politician, Governor of New Castile (b. c. 1471)
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1574
Gabriel, comte de Montgomery, captain of the Scottish Guard of Henry II of France (b. 1530)
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1688
Ralph Cudworth, English philosopher and academic (b. 1617)
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1752
Giulio Alberoni, Spanish cardinal (b. 1664)
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1757
Maximilian Ulysses Browne, Austrian field marshal (b. 1705)
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1784
Caesar Rodney, American lawyer and politician, 4th Governor of Delaware (b. 1728)
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1793
James Dickey, Irish revolutionary (b. 1776)
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1793
Gilbert White, English ornithologist and ecologist (b. 1720)
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1795
Johannes Jährig, German linguist and translator (b. 1747)
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1808
Ludwik Tyszkiewicz, Polish poet and politician (b. 1748)
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1810
Joseph-Michel Montgolfier, French inventor, co-invented the hot air balloon (b. 1740)
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1830
George IV of the United Kingdom (b. 1762)
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1836
Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, French soldier and composer (b. 1760)
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1856
Max Stirner, German philosopher and author (b. 1806)
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1870
Armand Barbès, French lawyer and politician (b. 1809)
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1878
Mercedes of Orléans (b. 1860)
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1879
Richard H. Anderson, American general (b. 1821)
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1883
Edward Sabine, Irish-English astronomer, geophysicist, and ornithologist (b. 1788)
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1918
Peter Rosegger, Austrian poet and author (b. 1843)
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1922
Albert I, Prince of Monaco (b. 1848)
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1932
Adelaide Ames, American astronomer and academic (b. 1900)
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1932
William Murray McPherson, Australian politician, 31st Premier of Victoria (b. 1865)
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1938
James Weldon Johnson, American poet, lawyer and politician (b. 1871)
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1938
Daria Pratt, American golfer (b. 1859)
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1939
Ford Madox Ford, English novelist, poet, and critic (b. 1873)
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1943
Karl Landsteiner, Austrian biologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1868)
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1945
Emil Hácha, Czech lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Czechoslovakia (b. 1872)
- 1946
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1946
Yōsuke Matsuoka, Japanese politician, Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1880)
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1947
R. B. Bennett, Canadian lawyer and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1870)
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1949
Kim Koo, South Korean educator and politician, 13th President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea (b. 1876)
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1955
Engelbert Zaschka, German engineer (b. 1895)
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1956
Clifford Brown, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1930)
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1956
Richie Powell, American pianist (b. 1931)
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1957
Alfred Döblin, Polish-German physician and author (b. 1878)
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1957
Malcolm Lowry, English novelist and poet (b. 1909)
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1958
George Orton, Canadian runner and hurdler (b. 1873)
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1958
Andrija Štampar, Croatian physician and scholar (b. 1888)
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1964
Léo Dandurand, American-Canadian businessman (b. 1889)
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1967
Françoise Dorléac, French actress and singer (b. 1942)
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1975
Josemaría Escrivá, Spanish priest and saint (b. 1902)
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1979
Akwasi Afrifa, Ghanaian soldier and politician, 3rd Head of State of Ghana (b. 1936)
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1989
Howard Charles Green, Canadian lawyer and politician, 27th Canadian Minister of Public Works (b. 1895)
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1990
Anni Blomqvist, Finnish author (b. 1909)
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1992
Buddy Rogers, American wrestler (b. 1921)
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1993
Roy Campanella, American baseball player and coach (b. 1921)
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1993
William H. Riker, American political scientist and academic (b. 1920)
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1994
Jahanara Imam, Bangladeshi author and activist (b. 1929)
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1996
Veronica Guerin, Irish journalist (b. 1958)
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1996
Necmettin Hacıeminoğlu, Turkish linguist and academic (b. 1932)
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1997
Don Hutson, American football player and coach (b. 1913)
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1998
Hacı Sabancı, Turkish businessman and philanthropist (b. 1935)
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2002
Jay Berwanger, American football player (b. 1914)
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2002
Arnold Brown, English-Canadian 11th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1913)
Arnold Brown (General of The Salvation Army) · General of The Salvation Army
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2003
Marc-Vivien Foé, Cameroon footballer (b. 1975)
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2003
Denver Randleman, American sergeant (b. 1920)
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2003
Denis Thatcher, English soldier and businessman (b. 1915)
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2003
Strom Thurmond, American general, lawyer, and politician, 103rd Governor of South Carolina (b. 1902)
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2004
Ott Arder, Estonian poet and translator (b. 1950)
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2004
Yash Johar, Indian film producer, founded Dharma Productions (b. 1929)
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2004
Naomi Shemer, Israeli singer-songwriter (b. 1930)
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2005
Tõnno Lepmets, Estonian basketball player (b. 1938)
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2005
Richard Whiteley, English journalist and game show host (b. 1943)
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2006
Tommy Wonder, Dutch magician (b. 1953)
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2007
Liz Claiborne, Belgian-American fashion designer, founded Liz Claiborne (b. 1929)
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2007
Joey Sadler, New Zealand rugby player (b. 1914)
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2010
Algirdas Brazauskas, Lithuanian engineer and politician, 2nd President of Lithuania (b. 1932)
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2010
Harald Keres, Estonian physicist and academic (b. 1912)
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2011
Edith Fellows, American actress (b. 1923)
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2011
Jan van Beveren, Dutch footballer and coach (b. 1948)
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2012
Sverker Åström, Swedish diplomat, Swedish Permanent Representative to the United Nations (b. 1915)
Sverker Åström · Permanent Representative of Sweden to the United Nations
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2012
Pat Cummings, American basketball player (b. 1956)
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2012
Nora Ephron, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1941)
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2012
Mario O'Hara, Filipino director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1944)
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2012
Doris Singleton, American actress (b. 1919)
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2012
Risley C. Triche, American lawyer and politician (b. 1927)
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2013
Henrik Otto Donner, Finnish trumpet player and composer (b. 1939)
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2013
Edward Huggins Johnstone, Brazilian-American sergeant and judge (b. 1922)
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2013
Byron Looper, American politician (b. 1964)
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2013
Justin Miller, American baseball player (b. 1977)
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2013
Marc Rich, Belgian-American businessman (b. 1934)
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2014
Howard Baker, American lawyer, politician, and diplomat, 12th White House Chief of Staff (b. 1925)
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2014
Bill Frank, American-Canadian football player (b. 1938)
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2014
Rollin King, American businessman, co-founded Southwest Airlines (b. 1931)
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2014
Bob Mischak, American football player and coach (b. 1932)
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2014
Julius Rudel, Austrian-American conductor (b. 1921)
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2014
Mary Rodgers, American composer and author (b. 1931)
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2015
Yevgeny Primakov, Ukrainian-Russian journalist and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Russia (b. 1929)
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2015
Chris Thompson, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1952)