July 10 — Este Día en la Historia
373 entradas
Eventos
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48 BC
Battle of Dyrrhachium: Julius Caesar barely avoids a catastrophic defeat by Pompey in Macedonia.
Battle of Dyrrhachium (48 BC) · Julius Caesar · Pompey · Macedonia (Roman province)
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138
Emperor Hadrian dies of heart failure at Baiae; he is buried at Rome in the Tomb of Hadrian beside his late wife, Vibia Sabina.
Hadrian · Heart failure · Baiae · Ancient Rome · Castel Sant'Angelo
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645
Isshi Incident: Prince Naka-no-Ōe and Fujiwara no Kamatari assassinate Soga no Iruka during a coup d'état at the imperial palace.
Isshi Incident · Emperor Tenji · Fujiwara no Kamatari · Soga no Iruka · Coup d'état
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988
The Norse King Glúniairn recognises Máel Sechnaill mac Domnaill, High King of Ireland, and agrees to pay taxes and accept Brehon Law; the event is considered to be the founding of the city of Dublin.
Glúniairn · Máel Sechnaill mac Domnaill · Brehon Law · Dublin
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1086
King Canute IV of Denmark is killed by rebellious peasants.
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1212
The most severe of several early fires of London burns most of the city to the ground.
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1460
Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, defeats the king's Lancastrian forces and takes King Henry VI prisoner in the Battle of Northampton.
Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick · House of Lancaster · Henry VI of England · Battle of Northampton (1460)
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1499
The Portuguese explorer Nicolau Coelho returns to Lisbon after discovering the sea route to India as a companion of Vasco da Gama.
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1512
The Spanish conquest of Iberian Navarre commences with the capture of Goizueta.
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1519
Zhu Chenhao declares the Ming dynasty's Zhengde Emperor a usurper, beginning the Prince of Ning rebellion, and leads his army north in an attempt to capture Nanjing.
Zhu Chenhao · Ming dynasty · Zhengde Emperor · Prince of Ning rebellion · Nanjing
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1553
Lady Jane Grey takes the throne of England.
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1584
William I of Orange is assassinated in his home in Delft, Holland, by Balthasar Gérard.
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1645
English Civil War: The Battle of Langport takes place.
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1778
American Revolution: Louis XVI of France declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain.
American Revolution · Louis XVI of France · Kingdom of Great Britain
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1789
Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Mackenzie River delta.
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1806
The Vellore Mutiny is the first instance of a mutiny by Indian sepoys against the British East India Company.
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1821
The United States takes possession of its newly bought territory of Florida from Spain.
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1832
U.S. President Andrew Jackson vetoes a bill that would re-charter the Second Bank of the United States.
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1850
U.S. President Millard Fillmore is sworn in, a day after becoming President upon Zachary Taylor's death.
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1869
Gävle, Sweden, is largely destroyed in a fire; 80% of its 10,000 residents are left homeless.
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1877
The then-villa of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, formally receives its city charter from the Royal Crown of Spain.
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1882
War of the Pacific: Chile suffers its last military defeat in the Battle of La Concepción when a garrison of 77 men is annihilated by a 1,300-strong Peruvian force, many of them armed with spears.
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1890
Wyoming is admitted as the 44th U.S. state.
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1913
The temperature in Death Valley, California, hits 134 °F (57 °C), the highest temperature ever to be recorded on Earth.
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1921
Belfast's Bloody Sunday: Sixteen people are killed and 161 houses destroyed during rioting and gun battles in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
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1925
Meher Baba begins his silence of 44 years. His followers observe Silence Day on this date in commemoration.
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1925
Scopes Trial: In Dayton, Tennessee, the so-called "Monkey Trial" begins of John T. Scopes, a young high school science teacher accused of teaching evolution in violation of the Butler Act.
Scopes Trial · Dayton, Tennessee · John T. Scopes · Evolution · Butler Act
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1927
Kevin O'Higgins TD, Vice-President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State is assassinated by the IRA.
Kevin O'Higgins · Teachta Dála · Irish Free State · Irish Republican Army
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1938
Howard Hughes sets a new record by completing a 91-hour airplane flight around the world.
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1940
World War II: The Vichy government is established in France.
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1941
Jedwabne pogrom: Massacre of Polish Jews living in and near the village of Jedwabne.
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1942
Diplomatic relations between the Netherlands and the Soviet Union are established.
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1942
World War II: An American pilot spots a downed, intact Mitsubishi A6M Zero on Akutan Island (the "Akutan Zero") that the US Navy uses to learn the aircraft's flight characteristics.
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1943
World War II: Operation Husky begins in Sicily.[1]
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1947
Muhammad Ali Jinnah is recommended as the first Governor-General of Pakistan by the British Prime Minister, Clement Attlee.
Muhammad Ali Jinnah · Governor-General of Pakistan · Clement Attlee
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1951
Korean War: Armistice negotiations begin at Kaesong.
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1962
Telstar, the world's first communications satellite, is launched into orbit.
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1966
The Chicago Freedom Movement, led by Martin Luther King, Jr., holds a rally at Soldier Field in Chicago. As many as 60,000 people attend.
Chicago Freedom Movement · Martin Luther King, Jr. · Soldier Field
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1973
The Bahamas gain full independence within the Commonwealth of Nations.
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1973
National Assembly of Pakistan passes a resolution on the recognition of Bangladesh.
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1976
Four mercenaries (one American and three British) are executed in Angola following the Luanda Trial.
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1978
ABC World News Tonight premieres on ABC.
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1978
President Moktar Ould Daddah of Mauritania is ousted in a bloodless coup d'état.
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1985
The Greenpeace vessel Rainbow Warrior is bombed and sunk in Auckland harbour by French DGSE agents, killing Fernando Pereira.
Greenpeace · Rainbow Warrior (1978) · Sinking of the Rainbow Warrior · Auckland · DGSE
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1985
An Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-154 stalls and crashes near Uchkuduk, Uzbekistan (then part of the Soviet Union), killing all 200 people on board in the USSR's worst-ever airline disaster.
Aeroflot · Tupolev Tu-154 · Aeroflot Flight 7425 · Uchkuduk · Uzbekistan
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1991
The South African cricket team is readmitted into the International Cricket Council following the end of Apartheid.
South African cricket team · International Cricket Council · Apartheid
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1991
Boris Yeltsin takes office as the first elected President of Russia.
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1992
In Miami, former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega is sentenced to 40 years in prison for drug and racketeering violations.
Miami · Panamanian · Manuel Noriega · Recreational drug use · Racketeering
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1997
In London, scientists report the findings of the DNA analysis of a Neanderthal skeleton which supports the "out of Africa theory" of human evolution, placing an "African Eve" at 100,000 to 200,000 years ago.
DNA · Neanderthal · Out of Africa theory · Human evolution · African Eve
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1997
Miguel Ángel Blanco, a member of Partido Popular (Spain), is kidnapped (and later murdered) in the Basque city of Ermua by ETA members, sparking widespread protests.
Miguel Ángel Blanco · People's Party (Spain) · Ermua · ETA (separatist group)
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1998
Catholic Church sexual abuse cases: The Diocese of Dallas agrees to pay $23.4 million to nine former altar boys who claimed they were sexually abused by Rudolph Kos, a former priest.
Catholic Church sexual abuse cases · Roman Catholic Diocese of Dallas · Child sexual abuse · Rudolph Kos
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2000
EADS, the world's second-largest aerospace group is formed by the merger of Aérospatiale-Matra, DASA, and CASA.
EADS · Aérospatiale-Matra · DaimlerChrysler Aerospace · Construcciones Aeronáuticas SA
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2002
At a Sotheby's auction, Peter Paul Rubens' painting The Massacre of the Innocents is sold for £49.5 million (US$76.2 million) to Lord Thomson.
Sotheby's · Peter Paul Rubens · Massacre of the Innocents (Rubens) · Kenneth Thomson, 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet
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2005
Hurricane Dennis slams into the Florida Panhandle, causing billions of dollars in damage.
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2007
Erden Eruç begins the first solo human-powered circumnavigation of the world.
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2008
Former Macedonian Interior Minister Ljube Boškoski is acquitted of all war-crimes charges by a United Nations Tribunal.
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2011
Russian cruise ship Bulgaria sinks in Volga near Syukeyevo, Tatarstan, causing 122 deaths.
Nacimientos Famosos
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1419
Emperor Go-Hanazono of Japan (d. 1471)
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1451
James III of Scotland (d. 1488)
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1501
Cho Shik, Korean poet and scholar (d. 1572)
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1509
John Calvin, French pastor and theologian (d. 1564)
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1515
Francisco de Toledo, Viceroy of Peru (d. 1582)
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1517
Odet de Coligny, French cardinal (d. 1571)
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1533
Antonio Possevino, Italian diplomat (d. 1611)
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1592
Pierre d'Hozier, French genealogist and historian (d. 1660)
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1614
Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey, Irish-English politician (d. 1686)
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1625
Jean Herauld Gourville, French adventurer (d. 1703)
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1638
David Teniers III, Flemish painter (d. 1685)
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1666
John Ernest Grabe, German theologian and academic (d. 1711)
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1682
Roger Cotes, English mathematician and astronomer (d. 1716)
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1723
William Blackstone, English lawyer, judge, and politician (d. 1780)
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1724
Eva Ekeblad, Swedish noble and agronomist (d. 1786)
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1792
George M. Dallas, American lawyer and politician, 11th Vice President of the United States (d. 1864)
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1802
Robert Chambers, Scottish geologist and publisher, co-founded Chambers Harrap (d. 1871)
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1804
Emma Smith, American religious leader (d. 1879)
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1809
Friedrich August von Quenstedt, German geologist and palaeontologist (d. 1889)
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1823
Louis-Napoléon Casault, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (d. 1908)
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1830
Camille Pissarro, Danish-French painter (d. 1903)
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1832
Alvan Graham Clark, American astronomer (d. 1897)
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1834
James Abbott McNeill Whistler, American-English painter and illustrator (d. 1903)
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1835
Henryk Wieniawski, Polish violinist and composer (d. 1880)
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1839
Adolphus Busch, German brewer, co-founded Anheuser-Busch (d. 1913)
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1856
Nikola Tesla, Serbian-American physicist and engineer (d. 1943)
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1864
Austin Chapman, Australian businessman and politician, 4th Australian Minister for Defence (d. 1926)
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1867
Prince Maximilian of Baden (d. 1929)
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1871
Marcel Proust, French novelist, critic, and essayist (d. 1922)
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1874
Sergey Konenkov, Russian sculptor (d. 1971)
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1875
Mary McLeod Bethune, American educator and activist (d. 1955)
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1877
Ernst Bresslau, German zoologist (d. 1935)
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1878
Otto Freundlich, German painter and sculptor (d. 1943)
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1882
Ima Hogg, American society leader, philanthropist, patron and collector of the arts (d. 1975)
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1883
Johannes Blaskowitz, German general (d. 1948)
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1883
Hugo Raudsepp, Estonian playwright and politician (d. 1952)
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1888
Giorgio de Chirico, Greek-Italian painter and set designer (d. 1978)
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1888
Toyohiko Kagawa, Japanese evangelist, author, and activist (d. 1960)
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1891
Edith Quimby, American medical researcher and physicist (d. 1982)
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1894
Jimmy McHugh, American composer (d. 1969)
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1895
Carl Orff, German composer and educator (d. 1982)
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1896
Thérèse Casgrain, Canadian politician (d. 1981)
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1897
Legs Diamond, American gangster (d. 1931)
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1897
Karl Plagge, German general and engineer (d. 1957)
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1898
Renée Björling, Swedish actress (d. 1975)
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1899
John Gilbert, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1936)
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1899
Heiri Suter, Swiss cyclist (d. 1978)
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1900
Mitchell Parish, Lithuanian-American songwriter (d. 1993)
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1900
Sampson Sievers, Russian monk and mystic (d. 1979)
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1902
Kurt Alder, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1958)
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1902
Nicolás Guillén, Cuban poet, journalist, and activist (d. 1989)
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1903
Werner Best, German SS officer and jurist (d. 1989)
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1903
John Wyndham, English soldier and author (d. 1969)
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1904
Lili Damita, French-American actress (d. 1994)
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1905
Mildred Benson, American journalist and author (d. 2002)
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1905
Thomas Gomez, American actor (d. 1971)
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1905
Wolfram Sievers, German physician (d. 1948)
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1907
Blind Boy Fuller, American singer and guitarist (d. 1941)
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1909
Donald Sinclair, English lieutenant and businessman (d. 1981)
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1911
Terry-Thomas, English comedian and character actor (d. 1990)
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1911
Cootie Williams, American trumpeter and bandleader (d. 1985)
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1913
Salvador Espriu, Spanish author, poet, and playwright (d. 1985)
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1914
Joe Shuster, Canadian-American illustrator, co-created Superman (d. 1992)
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1916
Judith Jasmin, Canadian journalist (d. 1972)
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1917
Hugh Alexander, American baseball player and scout (d. 2000)
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1917
Reg Smythe, English cartoonist (d. 1998)
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1918
James Aldridge, Australian-English journalist and author (d. 2015)
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1918
Chuck Stevens, American major baseball
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1918
Frank L. Lambert, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry at Occidental College
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1918
Fred Wacker, American race driver and engineer (d. 1998)
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1919
Pierre Gamarra, French author, poet, and critic (d. 2009)
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1919
Ian Wallace, English actor and singer (d. 2009)
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1920
David Brinkley, American journalist (d. 2003)
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1920
Owen Chamberlain, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2006)
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1920
Cyril Grant, English footballer (d. 2002)
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1921
Harvey Ball, American illustrator, created the Smiley (d. 2001)
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1921
Jeff Donnell, American actress (d. 1988)
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1921
John K. Singlaub, U.S Army Major General
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1921
Eunice Kennedy Shriver, American activist, co-founded the Special Olympics (d. 2009)
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1922
Jean Kerr, American author and playwright (d. 2003)
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1922
Herb McKenley, Jamaican sprinter (d. 2007)
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1922
Jake LaMotta, American boxer and actor (d. 2017)
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1923
John Bradley, American soldier (d. 1994)
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1923
Suzanne Cloutier, Canadian actress and producer (d. 2003)
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1923
G. A. Kulkarni, Indian author and academic (d. 1987)
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1924
Johnny Bach, American basketball player and coach (d. 2016)
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1924
Bobo Brazil, American wrestler (d. 1998)
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1925
Mahathir Mohamad, Malaysian physician and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Malaysia
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1926
Fred Gwynne, American actor (d. 1993)
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1927
Grigory Barenblatt, Russian mathematician and academic
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1927
David Dinkins, American soldier and politician, 106th Mayor of New York City
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1928
Don Bolles, American investigative reporter (d. 1976)
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1928
Bernard Buffet, French painter and illustrator (d. 1999)
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1928
Alejandro de Tomaso, Argentinian-Italian race car driver and businessman, founded De Tomaso (d. 2003)
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1928
Moshe Greenberg, American-Israeli rabbi and scholar (d. 2010)
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1929
Winnie Ewing, Scottish lawyer and politician
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1929
George Clayton Johnson, American author and screenwriter (d. 2015)
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1929
Moe Norman, Canadian golfer (d. 2004)
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1930
Josephine Veasey, English soprano and actress
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1931
Nick Adams, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1968)
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1931
Jerry Herman, American composer and songwriter
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1931
Julian May, American author
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1931
Alice Munro, Canadian short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate
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1932
Carlo Maria Abate, Italian race car driver
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1933
Jumpin' Gene Simmons, American rockabilly singer-songwriter (d. 2006)
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1933
C.K. Yang, Taiwanese decathlete and pole vaulter (d. 2007)
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1934
Jerry Nelson, American puppeteer and voice actor (d. 2012)
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1935
Tura Satana, American actress and dancer (d. 2011)
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1935
Wilson Tuckey, Australian politician
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1935
Wilson Whineray, New Zealand rugby player and businessman (d. 2012)
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1936
Herbert Boyer, American businessman, co-founded Genentech
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1936
Tunne Kelam, Estonian journalist and politician
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1937
Edwards Barham, American farmer and politician (d. 2014)
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1937
Gun Svensson, Swedish politician
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1938
Paul Andreu, French architect
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1938
Lee Morgan, American trumpet player and composer (d. 1972)
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1939
Phil Kelly, Irish-English footballer and manager (d. 2012)
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1939
Ahmet Taner Kışlalı, Turkish political scientist, journalist and educator (d. 1999)
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1939
Mavis Staples, American singer
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1940
Meghnad Desai, Baron Desai, Indian-English economist and politician
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1940
Helen Donath, American soprano and actress
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1940
Brian Priestley, English pianist and composer
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1940
Keith Stackpole, Australian cricketer
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1941
Jake Eberts, Canadian film producer (d. 2012)
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1941
David G. Hartwell, American anthologist, author, and critic (d. 2016)
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1941
Robert Pine, American actor and director
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1941
Ian Whitcomb, English singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
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1942
Ronnie James Dio, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2010)
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1942
Pyotr Klimuk, Belarusian general, pilot, and astronaut
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1942
Sixto Rodriguez, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1943
Arthur Ashe, American tennis player and journalist (d. 1993)
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1943
Jerry Miller, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1944
Mick Grant, English racing motorcyclist
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1944
Norman Hammond, English archaeologist and academic
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1945
Ron Glass, American actor (d. 2016)
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1945
Hal McRae, American baseball player and manager
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1945
John Motson, English sportscaster
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1945
Jean-Marie Poiré, French director, producer, and screenwriter
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1945
Virginia Wade, English tennis player and sportscaster
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1946
Jean-Pierre Jarier, French racing driver
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1947
Arlo Guthrie, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
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1948
Ronnie Cutrone, American painter (d. 2013)
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1948
Chico Resch, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
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1948
Natalya Sedykh, Russian figure skater, ballet dancer, actor
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1949
Anna Czerwińska, Polish mountaineer and author
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1949
Sunil Gavaskar, Indian cricketer and sportscaster
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1949
Greg Kihn, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1949
John Whitehead, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2004)
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1950
Tony Baldry, English colonel, lawyer, and politician, British Minister of State for Agriculture
Tony Baldry · Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (United Kingdom)
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1950
Prokopis Pavlopoulos, President of Greece, Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister for the Interior
Prokopis Pavlopoulos · President of Greece · Ministry of the Interior (Greece)
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1951
Cheryl Wheeler, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1952
Kim Mitchell, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1952
Peter van Heemst, Dutch politician
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1953
Rik Emmett, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
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1954
Tommy Bowden, American football player and coach
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1954
Andre Dawson, American baseball player
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1954
Neil Tennant, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player
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1955
Nic Dakin, English educator and politician
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1956
Tom McClintock, American lawyer and politician
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1957
Derry Grehan, Canadian rock guitarist and songwriter (Honeymoon Suite)
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1958
Béla Fleck, American banjo player and songwriter
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1958
Fiona Shaw, Irish actress and director
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1959
Ellen Kuras, American director and cinematographer
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1959
Sandy West, American singer-songwriter and drummer (d. 2006)
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1963
Ian Lougher, Welsh motorcycle racer
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1964
Martin Laurendeau, Canadian tennis player and coach
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1964
Urban Meyer, American football player and coach
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1964
Wilfried Peeters, Belgian cyclist
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1965
Scott McCarron, American golfer
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1965
Ken Mellons, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1966
Clive Efford, English politician
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1966
Johnny Grunge, American wrestler (d. 2006)
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1966
Christian Stangl, Austrian skier and mountaineer
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1966
Anna Bråkenhielm, Swedish business executive
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1967
Rebekah Del Rio, American singer-songwriter
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1967
Gillian Tett, English journalist and author
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1967
John Yoo, South Korean-American lawyer, author, and educator
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1969
Marty Cordova, American baseball player
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1970
Gary LeVox, American singer-songwriter
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1970
Jason Orange, English singer-songwriter and dancer
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1971
Adam Foote, Canadian ice hockey player
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1971
Gregory Goodridge, Barbadian footballer and coach
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1972
Peter Serafinowicz, English actor
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1972
Sofía Vergara, Colombian-American actress and producer
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1972
Tilo Wolff, German-Swiss singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
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1974
Imelda May, Irish singer-songwriter, musician, and producer
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1975
Andrew Firestone, American businessman
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1975
Brendan Gaughan, American race car driver
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1975
Alain Nasreddine, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
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1975
Stefán Karl Stefánsson, Icelandic actor
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1975
Richard Westbrook, English race car driver
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1976
Edmílson, Brazilian footballer
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1976
Elijah Blue Allman, American singer and guitarist
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1976
Ludovic Giuly, French footballer
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1976
Adrian Grenier, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
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1976
Brendon Lade, Australian footballer and coach
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1976
Lars Ricken, German footballer
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1977
Chiwetel Ejiofor, English actor
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1979
Mvondo Atangana, Cameroon footballer
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1980
Alejandro Millán, Mexican singer-songwriter and keyboard player
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1980
Adam Petty, American race car driver (d. 2000)
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1980
Claudia Leitte, Brazilian singer-songwriter
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1980
James Rolfe, American actor, director, and producer
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1980
Jessica Simpson, American singer-songwriter, actress, and fashion designer
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1981
Aleksandar Tunchev, Bulgarian footballer
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1982
Alex Arrowsmith, American guitarist and producer
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1982
Juliya Chernetsky, Ukrainian-American television host
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1982
Sebastian Mila, Polish footballer
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1982
Jeffrey Walker, Australian actor and director
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1983
Giuseppe De Feudis, Italian footballer
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1983
Matthew Egan, Australian footballer
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1983
Joelson José Inácio, Brazilian footballer
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1983
Doug Kramer, Filipino basketball player
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1983
Anthony Watmough, Australian rugby player
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1984
Nikolaos Mitrou, Greek footballer
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1985
Park Chu-young, South Korean footballer
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1985
B. J. Crombeen, American ice hockey player
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1985
Mario Gómez, German footballer
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1988
Antonio Brown, American football player
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1988
Heather Hemmens, American actress, director, and producer
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1988
Sarah Walker, New Zealand BMX rider
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1990
Adam Reynolds, Australian rugby league player
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1990
Chiyonokuni Toshiki, Japanese sumo wrestler
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1991
Daishōmaru Shōgo, Japanese sumo wrestler
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2001
Isabela Moner, American actress
Muertes Famosas
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138
Hadrian, Roman emperor (b. 76)
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645
Soga no Iruka, Japanese politician
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649
Emperor Taizong of Tang (b. 598)
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831
Zubaidah bint Ja`far, Abbasid Princess
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1086
King Canute IV of Denmark (b. 1043)
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1103
Eric I of Denmark (b. 1060)
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1290
Ladislaus IV of Hungary (b. 1262)
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1460
Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham, English commander and politician, Lord High Constable of England (b. 1402)
Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham · Lord High Constable of England
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1460
John Talbot, 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury (b. c. 1413)
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1461
Stephen Thomas of Bosnia (b. 1412)
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1473
James II of Cyprus (b. c. 1440)
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1480
René of Anjou (b. 1410)
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1510
Catherine Cornaro, Queen of Cyprus (b. 1454)
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1559
Henry II of France (b. 1519)
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1584
William I of Orange (b. 1533)
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1590
Charles II, Archduke of Austria (b. 1540)
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1594
Paolo Bellasio, Italian organist and composer (b. 1554)
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1603
Joan Terès i Borrull, Spanish archbishop and academic (b. 1538)
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1621
Charles Bonaventure de Longueval, Count of Bucquoy, French commander (b. 1571)
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1653
Gabriel Naudé, French librarian and scholar (b. 1600)
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1680
Louis Moréri, French priest and scholar (b. 1643)
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1683
François Eudes de Mézeray, French historian and author (b. 1610)
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1686
John Fell, English bishop and academic (b. 1625)
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1776
Richard Peters, English lawyer and minister (b. 1704)
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1794
Gaspard de Bernard de Marigny, French general (d. 1754)
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1806
George Stubbs, English painter and academic (b. 1724)
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1851
Louis Daguerre, French photographer and physicist, invented the daguerreotype (b. 1787)
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1863
Clement Clarke Moore, American author and educator (b. 1779)
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1881
Georg Hermann Nicolai, German architect and academic (b. 1812)
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1884
Paul Morphy, American chess player (b. 1837)
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1908
Phoebe Knapp, American organist and composer (b. 1839)
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1915
Hendrik Willem Mesdag, Dutch painter (b. 1831)
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1920
John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher, British admiral (b. 1841)
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1929
Ève Lavallière, French actress (b. 1866)
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1941
Jelly Roll Morton, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1890)
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1950
Richard Maury, American-Argentinian engineer (b. 1882)
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1952
Rued Langgaard, Danish organist and composer (b. 1893)
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1954
Calogero Vizzini, Italian mob boss (b. 1877)
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1956
Joe Giard, American baseball player (b. 1898)
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1960
Sæbjørn Buttedahl, Norwegian actor and sculptor (b. 1876)
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1962
Yehuda Leib Maimon, Israeli rabbi and politician (b. 1875)
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1963
Teddy Wakelam, English rugby player and sportscaster (b. 1893)
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1970
Bjarni Benediktsson, Icelandic academic and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Iceland (b. 1908)
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1971
Laurent Dauthuille, French boxer (b. 1924)
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1971
George Kenner, German-American painter and illustrator (b. 1888)
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1972
Lovie Austin, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1887)
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1978
John D. Rockefeller III, American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Asia Society (b. 1906)
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1979
Arthur Fiedler, American conductor (b. 1894)
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1980
Joseph Krumgold, American author and screenwriter (b. 1908)
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1985
Fernando Pereira, Dutch photographer (b. 1950)
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1986
Tadeusz Piotrowski, Polish mountaineer and author (b. 1940)
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1987
John Hammond, American record producer, critic, and activist (b. 1910)
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1989
Mel Blanc, American voice actor (b. 1908)
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1993
Ruth Krauss, American author and poet (b. 1901)
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1993
Sam Rolfe, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1924)
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1995
Mehmet Ali Aybar, Turkish lawyer and politician (b. 1908)
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1996
Eno Raud, Estonian author (b. 1928)
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2000
Vakkom Majeed, Indian journalist and politician (b. 1909)
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2002
Jean-Pierre Côté, Canadian politician, 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1926)
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2002
Evangelos Florakis, Greek general (b. 1943)
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2002
Laurence Janifer, American author (b. 1933)
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2003
Winston Graham, English author (b. 1908)
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2003
Hartley Shawcross, Baron Shawcross, German-English lawyer and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales (b. 1902)
Hartley Shawcross, Baron Shawcross · Attorney General for England and Wales
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2004
Pati Behrs, Russian-American ballerina and actress (b. 1922)
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2005
A. J. Quinnell, English author (b. 1940)
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2006
Shamil Basayev, Chechen terrorist rebel leader (b. 1965)
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2007
Doug Marlette, American cartoonist and author (b. 1949)
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2008
Hiroaki Aoki, Japanese-American wrestler and businessman, founded Benihana (b. 1938)
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2008
Mike Souchak, American golfer (b. 1927)
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2011
Pierrette Alarie, Canadian soprano and educator (b. 1921)
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2011
Roland Petit, French dancer and choreographer (b. 1924)
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2012
Dolphy, Filipino actor, singer, and producer (b. 1928)
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2012
Peter Kyros, American lawyer and politician (b. 1925)
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2012
Berthe Meijer, German-Dutch journalist and author (b. 1938)
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2012
Fritz Langanke, German lieutenant (b. 1919)
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2012
Viktor Suslin, Russian-German composer (b. 1942)
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2013
Philip Caldwell, American businessman (b. 1920)
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2013
Józef Gara, Polish poet and linguist (b. 1929)
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2013
Concha García Campoy, Spanish journalist (b. 1958)
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2013
Caroline Duby Glassman, American lawyer and jurist (b. 1922)
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2013
Ku Ok-hee, South Korean golfer (b. 1956)
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2013
Gokulananda Mahapatra, Indian author and academic (b. 1922)
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2014
Robert C. Broomfield, American lawyer and judge (b. 1933)
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2014
Juozas Kazickas, Lithuanian-American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1918)
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2014
Paul G. Risser, American ecologist and academic (b. 1939)
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2014
Zohra Sehgal, Indian actress, dancer, and choreographer (b. 1912)
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2014
Gloria Schweigerdt, American baseball player (b. 1934)
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2015
Roger Rees, Welsh-American actor and director (b. 1944)
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2015
Omar Sharif, Egyptian actor (b. 1932)
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2015
Jon Vickers, Canadian tenor (b. 1926)
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2016
Katharina Focke, German politician (b. 1922)