July 23 — Este Día en la Historia
368 entradas
Eventos
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811
Byzantine emperor Nikephoros I plunders the Bulgarian capital of Pliska and captures Khan Krum's treasury.
Byzantine Empire · Nikephoros I · First Bulgarian Empire · Pliska · Krum
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1319
A Knights Hospitaller fleet scores a crushing victory over an Aydinid fleet off Chios.
Knights Hospitaller · Battle of Chios (1319) · Aydinid · Chios
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1632
Three hundred colonists bound for New France depart from Dieppe, France.
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1677
Scanian War: Denmark-Norway captures the harbor town of Marstrand from Sweden.
Scanian War · Denmark-Norway · Battle of Marstrand · Marstrand
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1793
Kingdom of Prussia re-conquers Mainz from France.
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1793
Roger Sherman, a Connecticut Patriot and member of the Committee of Five selected to draft the Declaration of Independence, dies of typhoid in New Haven, Connecticut, at age 72.
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1821
While the Mora Rebellion continues, Greeks capture Monemvasia Castle. Turkish troops and citizens are transferred to Minor Asia coasts.
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1829
In the United States, William Austin Burt patents the typographer, a precursor to the typewriter.
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1840
The Province of Canada is created by the Act of Union.
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1862
American Civil War: Henry Halleck takes command of the Union Army.
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1874
Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos is appointed the Archbishop of the Portuguese colonial enclave of Goa, India.
Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos · Archbishop · Kingdom of Portugal · Portuguese Goa
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1881
The Boundary Treaty of 1881 between Chile and Argentina is signed in Buenos Aires.
Boundary Treaty of 1881 between Chile and Argentina · Buenos Aires
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1885
President Ulysses S. Grant dies of throat cancer
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1903
The Ford Motor Company sells its first car.
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1908
The Second Constitution accepted by the Ottomans.
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1914
Austria-Hungary issues a series of demands in an ultimatum to the Kingdom of Serbia demanding Serbia to allow the Austrians to determine who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Serbia accepts all but one of those demands and Austria declares war on July 28.
Austria-Hungary · July Crisis · Kingdom of Serbia · Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria · Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria
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1921
The Communist Party of China (CPC) is established at the founding National Congress.
Communist Party of China · 1st National Congress of the Communist Party of China
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1926
Fox Film buys the patents of the Movietone sound system for recording sound onto film.
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1927
The first station of the Indian Broadcasting Company goes on the air in Bombay.
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1929
The Fascist government in Italy bans the use of foreign words.
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1936
In Catalonia, Spain, the Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia is founded through the merger of Socialist and Communist parties.
Catalonia · Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia · Socialism · Communism
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1940
The United States' Under Secretary of State Sumner Welles issues a declaration on the U.S. non-recognition policy of the Soviet annexation and incorporation of three Baltic states: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
Under Secretary of State · Sumner Welles · Welles Declaration · Soviet Union · Baltic states
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1942
The Holocaust: The Treblinka extermination camp is opened.
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1942
World War II: The German offensives Operation Edelweiss and Operation Braunschweig begin.
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1942
Bulgarian poet and Communist leader Nikola Vaptsarov is executed by firing squad.
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1943
The Rayleigh bath chair murder occurred in Rayleigh, Essex, England.
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1943
World War II: The British destroyers HMS Eclipse and HMS Laforey sink the Italian submarine Ascianghi in the Mediterranean after she torpedoes the cruiser HMS Newfoundland.
HMS Eclipse (H08) · HMS Laforey (G99) · Italian submarine Ascianghi · HMS Newfoundland (59)
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1945
The post-war legal processes against Philippe Pétain begin.
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1952
General Muhammad Naguib leads the Free Officers Movement (formed by Gamal Abdel Nasser, the real power behind the coup) in overthrowing King Farouk of Egypt.
Muhammad Naguib · Free Officers Movement (Egypt) · Gamal Abdel Nasser · Egyptian revolution of 1952 · Farouk of Egypt
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1961
The Sandinista National Liberation Front is founded in Nicaragua.
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1962
Telstar relays the first publicly transmitted, live trans-Atlantic television program, featuring Walter Cronkite.
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1962
The International Agreement on the Neutrality of Laos is signed.
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1967
Detroit Riots: In Detroit, one of the worst riots in United States history begins on 12th Street in the predominantly African American inner city. It ultimately kills 43 people, injures 342 and burns about 1,400 buildings.
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1968
Glenville shootout: In Cleveland, Ohio, a violent shootout between a Black Militant organization and the Cleveland Police Department occurs. During the shootout, a riot begins and lasts for five days.
Glenville shootout · Cleveland, Ohio · Cleveland Division of Police
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1968
The only successful hijacking of an El Al aircraft takes place when a Boeing 707 carrying ten crew and 38 passengers is taken over by three members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. The aircraft was en route from Rome, to Lod, Israel.
El Al · Boeing 707 · El Al Flight 426 hijacking · Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine · Lod
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1970
Qaboos bin Said al Said becomes Sultan of Oman after overthrowing his father, Said bin Taimur initiating massive reforms, modernization programs and end to a decade long civil war.
- 1972
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1974
The Greek military junta collapses, and former Prime Minister Konstantinos Karamanlis is invited to lead the new government, beginning Greece's metapolitefsi era.
Greek military junta of 1967-74 · Konstantinos Karamanlis · Metapolitefsi
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1980
Phạm Tuân becomes the first Vietnamese citizen and the first Asian in space when he flies aboard the Soyuz 37 mission as an Intercosmos Research Cosmonaut.
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1982
Outside Santa Clarita, California, actor Vic Morrow and two children are killed when a helicopter crashes onto them while shooting a scene from Twilight Zone: The Movie.
Santa Clarita, California · Vic Morrow · Twilight Zone accident · Twilight Zone: The Movie
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1983
Thirteen Sri Lanka Army soldiers are killed after a deadly ambush by the militant Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.
Sri Lanka Army · Four Four Bravo · Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
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1983
Gimli Glider: Air Canada Flight 143 runs out of fuel and makes a deadstick landing at Gimli, Manitoba.
Gimli Glider · Air Canada · Deadstick landing · Rural Municipality of Gimli
- 1988
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1992
A Vatican commission, led by Joseph Ratzinger, establishes that limiting certain rights of homosexual people and non-married couples is not equivalent to discrimination on grounds of race or gender.
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1992
Abkhazia declares independence from Georgia.
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1995
Comet Hale-Bopp is discovered; it becomes visible to the naked eye on Earth nearly a year later.
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1997
Digital Equipment Corporation files antitrust charges against chipmaker Intel.
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1999
ANA Flight 61 is hijacked in Tokyo, Japan by Yuji Nishizawa.
All Nippon Airways Flight 61 · Aircraft hijacking · Tokyo · Japan · All Nippon Airways Flight 61
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2005
Three bombs explode in the Naama Bay area of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, killing 88 people.
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2015
NASA announces discovery of Kepler-452b by Kepler.
- 2016
Nacimientos Famosos
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1301
Otto, Duke of Austria (d. 1339)
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1339
Louis I, Duke of Anjou (d. 1384)
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1370
Pier Paolo Vergerio the Elder, humanist (d. 1444 or 1445)
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1401
Francesco I Sforza, Italian husband of Bianca Maria Visconti (d. 1466)
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1441
Danjong of Joseon, King of Joseon (d. 1457)
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1503
Anne of Bohemia and Hungary (d. 1547)
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1614
Bonaventura Peeters the Elder, Flemish painter (d. 1652)
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1635
Adam Dollard des Ormeaux, New France garrison commander (d. 1660)
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1649
Pope Clement XI (d. 1721)
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1705
Francis Blomefield, English historian and author (d. 1752)
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1773
Thomas Brisbane, Scottish general and politician, 6th Governor of New South Wales (d. 1860)
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1775
Étienne-Louis Malus, French physicist and mathematician (d. 1812)
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1777
Philipp Otto Runge, German painter and illustrator (d. 1810)
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1796
Franz Berwald, Swedish surgeon and composer (d. 1868)
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1823
Alexandre-Antonin Taché, Canadian archbishop and missionary (d. 1894)
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1838
Édouard Colonne, French violinist and conductor (d. 1910)
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1851
Peder Severin Krøyer, Norwegian-Danish painter (d. 1909)
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1856
Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Indian lawyer and journalist (d. 1920)
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1864
Apolinario Mabini, Filipino lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Philippines (d. 1903)
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1865
Henry Norris, English businessman and politician (d. 1934)
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1866
Francesco Cilea, Italian composer and academic (d. 1950)
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1878
James Thomas Milton Anderson, Canadian lawyer and politician, 5th Premier of Saskatchewan (d. 1946)
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1882
Kâzım Karabekir, Turkish general and politician, 5th Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (b. 1948)
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1883
Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke, French-English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of the County of London (d. 1963)
Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke · Lord Lieutenant of the County of London
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1884
Emil Jannings, Swiss-German actor (d. 1950)
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1885
Izaak Killam, Canadian financier and philanthropist (d. 1955)
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1885
Georges V. Matchabelli, Georgian-American businessman, created Prince Matchabelli perfume (d. 1935)
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1886
Salvador de Madariaga, Spanish historian and diplomat (d. 1978)
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1886
Walter H. Schottky, Swiss-German physicist and engineer (d. 1976)
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1888
Raymond Chandler, American crime novelist and screenwriter (d. 1959)
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1891
Louis T. Wright, American surgeon and civil rights activist (d. 1952)
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1892
Haile Selassie, Ethiopian emperor (d. 1975)
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1894
Arthur Treacher, English-American actor and television personality (d. 1975)
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1895
Aileen Pringle, American actress (d. 1989)
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1898
Daniel Cosío Villegas, Mexican historian, economist (d. 1976)
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1898
Bengt Djurberg, Swedish actor and singer (d. 1941)
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1898
Red Dutton, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1987)
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1898
Herman Kruusenberg, Estonian wrestler (d. 1970)
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1898
Jacob Marschak, Ukrainian-American economist, journalist, and author (d. 1977)
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1899
Gustav Heinemann, German lawyer and politician, 3rd President of West Germany (d. 1976)
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1900
Julia Davis Adams, American author and journalist (d. 1993)
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1900
John Babcock, Canadian-American sergeant (d. 2010)
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1900
Inger Margrethe Boberg, Danish folklore researcher and writer (d. 1957)
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1901
Hank Worden, American actor and singer (d. 1992)
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1905
Leopold Engleitner, Austrian author and educator (d. 2013)
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1906
Vladimir Prelog, Croatian-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)
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1906
Chandra Shekhar Azad, Indian activist (d. 1931)
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1909
John William Finn, American lieutenant, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2010)
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1912
M. H. Abrams, American author, critic, and academic (d. 2015)
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1912
Michael Wilding, English actor (d. 1979)
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1913
Michael Foot, English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Employment (d. 2010)
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1914
Nassos Daphnis, Greek-American painter (d.2010)
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1914
Virgil Finlay, American illustrator (d. 1971)
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1914
Elly Annie Schneider, German-American actress (d. 2004)
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1916
Laurel Martyn, Australian ballerina and choreographer (d. 2013)
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1918
Abraham Bueno de Mesquita, Dutch comedian and actor (d. 2005)
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1918
Ruth Duccini, American actress (d. 2014)
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1918
Pee Wee Reese, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 1999)
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1921
Calvert DeForest, American actor (d. 2007)
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1922
Damiano Damiani, Italian director and screenwriter (d. 2013)
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1923
Luis Aloma, Cuban-American baseball player (d. 1997)
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1923
Morris Halle, Latvian-American linguist and academic
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1923
Amalia Mendoza, Mexican singer and actress (d. 2001)
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1924
Gavin Lambert, English-American screenwriter and author (d. 2005)
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1924
Gazanfer Bilge, Turkish wrestler (d. 2008)
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1925
Tajuddin Ahmad, Bangladeshi politician, 1st Prime Minister of Bangladesh (d. 1975)
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1925
Quett Masire, Botswana politician, the former Vice-President of Botswana (d. 2017)
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1925
Alain Decaux, French historian and author
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1925
Gloria DeHaven, American actress and singer (d. 2016)
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1926
Ludvík Vaculík, Czech journalist and author (d. 2015)
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1927
Gérard Brach, French director and screenwriter (d. 2006)
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1928
Leon Fleisher, American pianist and conductor
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1928
Vera Rubin, American astronomer and academic (d. 2016)
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1928
Hubert Selby, Jr., American author and screenwriter (d. 2004)
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1929
Danny Barcelona, American drummer (d. 2007)
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1929
Lateef Jakande, Nigerian journalist and politician, 5th Governor of Lagos State
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1931
Te Atairangikaahu, Māori queen (d. 2006)
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1931
Claude Fournier, Canadian director, screenwriter, and cinematographer
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1931
Guy Fournier, Canadian author and screenwriter
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1933
Raimund Abraham, Austrian architect, designed the Austrian Cultural Forum (d. 2010)
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1933
Bert Convy, American actor, singer, and game show host (d. 1991)
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1933
Benedict Groeschel, American priest, psychologist, and talk show host (d. 2014)
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1933
Richard Rogers, Italian-English architect, designed the Millennium Dome and Lloyd's building
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1935
Jim Hall, American race car driver
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1936
Don Drysdale, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 1993)
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1936
Anthony Kennedy, American lawyer and jurist
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1937
Dave Webster, American football player and engineer
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1938
Juliet Anderson, American porn actress and producer (d. 2010)
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1938
Ronny Cox, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
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1938
Charles Harrelson, American murderer (d. 2007)
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1938
Bert Newton, Australian actor and television host
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1940
Danielle Collobert, French author, poet, and journalist (d. 1978)
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1940
Don Imus, American radio host
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1940
Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, Italian economist and politician, Italian Minister of Finance (d. 2010)
Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa · Ministry of Economy and Finances (Italy)
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1941
Christopher Andrew, English historian and academic
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1941
Richie Evans, American race car driver (d. 1985)
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1941
Sergio Mattarella, Italian lawyer, judge, and politician, 12th President of Italy
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1942
Sallyanne Atkinson, Australian journalist and politician, Lord Mayor of Brisbane
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1942
Madeline Bell, American singer-songwriter
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1942
Richard E. Dauch, American businessman, co-founded American Axle (d. 2013)
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1942
Dimitris Liantinis, Greek philosopher and author (d. 1998)
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1943
Randall Forsberg, American scientist (d. 2007)
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1943
Tony Joe White, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1944
Dino Danelli, American drummer
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1944
Maria João Pires, Portuguese pianist
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1945
Edward Gregson, English composer and educator
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1945
Jon Sammels, English footballer
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1946
Andy Mackay, English oboe player and composer
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1946
René Ricard, American poet, painter, and critic (d. 2014)
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1947
Gardner Dozois, American journalist and author
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1947
David Essex, English singer-songwriter, and actor
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1947
Torsten Palm, Swedish race car driver
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1947
Robin Simon, English historian, critic, and academic
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1948
Ross Cranston, Australian-English lawyer, judge, and politician, Solicitor General for England and Wales
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1948
John Cushnahan, Northern Irish educator and politician
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1948
John Hall, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and politician
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1948
Stanisław Targosz, Polish general (d. 2013)
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1949
Clive Rice, South African cricketer and coach (d. 2015)
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1950
Alex Kozinski, Romanian-born American lawyer and judge
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1950
Ian Thomas, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1950
Blair Thornton, Canadian guitarist and songwriter
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1950
Alan Turner, Australian cricketer
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1952
Paul Hibbert, Australian cricketer and coach (d. 2008)
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1952
Bill Nyrop, American ice hockey player and coach (d. 1995)
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1952
John Rutsey, Canadian drummer (d. 2008)
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1952
Janis Siegel, American jazz singer (The Manhattan Transfer)
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1953
Graham Gooch, English cricketer and coach
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1953
Najib Razak, Malaysian politician, 6th Prime Minister of Malaysia
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1957
Jo Brand, English comedian, actress, and screenwriter
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1957
Nikos Galis, American basketball player
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1957
Theo van Gogh, Dutch actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2004)
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1957
Quentin Willson, English TV presenter, Top Gear.
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1958
Ken Green, American golfer
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1958
Tomy Winata, Indonesian businessman and philanthropist, founded the Artha Graha Peduli Foundation
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1959
Nancy Savoca, American director, producer, and screenwriter
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1960
Gary Ella, Australian rugby player
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1960
Susan Graham, American soprano and educator
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1960
Al Perez, American wrestler
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1961
André Ducharme, Canadian comedian and author
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1961
Michael Durant, American pilot and author
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1961
Martin Gore, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
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1961
Woody Harrelson, American actor and activist
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1961
Milind Gunaji, Indian actor, model, television show host, and author
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1962
Eriq La Salle, American actor, director, and producer
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1962
Mark Laurie, Australian rugby league player
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1962
Alain Lefèvre, Canadian pianist and composer
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1963
Slobodan Zivojinovic, Serbian tennis player
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1964
Uwe Barth, German politician
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1964
Nick Menza, German drummer and songwriter (d. 2016)
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1965
Rob Dickinson, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1965
Slash, English-American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
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1967
Philip Seymour Hoffman, American actor, director, and producer (d. 2014)
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1968
Elden Campbell, American basketball player
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1968
Gary Payton, American basketball player and actor
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1968
Stephanie Seymour, American model and actress
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1969
Andrew Cassels, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
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1970
Charisma Carpenter, American actress
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1970
Thea Dorn, German author and playwright
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1970
Sam Watters, American singer-songwriter and producer
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1971
Dalvin DeGrate, American rapper and producer
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1971
Alison Krauss, American singer-songwriter and fiddler
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1971
Joel Stein, American journalist
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1972
Suat Kılıç, Turkish journalist, lawyer, and politician, Turkish Minister of Youth and Sports
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1972
Floyd Reifer, Barbadian cricketer and coach
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1972
Marlon Wayans, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
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1972
Zinedine Zidane, French footballer and manager
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1973
Nomar Garciaparra, American baseball player and sportscaster
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1973
Fran Healy, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1973
Himesh Reshammiya, Indian singer-songwriter, producer, actor, and director
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1973
Andrea Scanavacca, Italian rugby player and manager
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1974
Terry Glenn, American football player and coach
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1974
Maurice Greene, American sprinter
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1974
Rik Verbrugghe, Belgian cyclist
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1975
Dan Rogerson, English politician
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1976
Judit Polgár, Hungarian chess player
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1977
Scott Clemmensen, American ice hockey player and coach
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1977
Gail Emms, English badminton player
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1977
Néicer Reasco, Ecuadorian footballer
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1977
Shawn Thornton, Canadian ice hockey player
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1978
Stuart Elliott, Northern Irish footballer
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1978
Stefanie Sun, Singaporean singer-songwriter and pianist
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1978
Lauren Groff, American novelist and short story writer
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1979
Perro Aguayo Jr., Mexican wrestler and promoter (d. 2015)
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1979
Sotirios Kyrgiakos, Greek footballer
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1979
Richard Sims, Zimbabwean cricketer
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1979
Ricardo Sperafico, Brazilian race car driver
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1979
Cathleen Tschirch, German sprinter
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1980
Sandeep Parikh, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
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1980
Michelle Williams, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
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1981
Steve Jocz, Canadian singer-songwriter, drummer, and director
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1981
Dmitriy Karpov, Kazakhstani decathlete
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1981
Aleksandr Kulik, Estonian footballer
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1981
Jarkko Nieminen, Finnish tennis player
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1982
Ömer Aysan Barış, Turkish footballer
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1982
Joe Mather, American baseball player
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1982
Gökhan Ünal, Turkish footballer
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1982
Gerald Wallace, American basketball player
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1982
Paul Wesley, American actor, director, and producer
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1983
Bec Hewitt, Australian actress
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1983
Aaron Piersol, American swimmer
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1983
David Strettle, English rugby player
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1984
Walter Gargano, Uruguayan footballer
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1984
Matthew Murphy, English singer and guitarist
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1984
Brandon Roy, American basketball player
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1984
Celeste Thorson, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
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1985
Luis Ángel Landín, Mexican footballer
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1986
Aya Uchida, Japanese voice actress and singer
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1986
Nelson Philippe, French race car driver
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1986
Yelena Sokolova, Russian long jumper
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1987
Alessio Cerci, Italian footballer
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1987
Felipe Dylon, Brazilian singer
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1987
Serdar Kurtuluş, Turkish footballer
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1989
Daniel Radcliffe, English actor
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1989
Donald Young, American tennis player
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1990
Kevin Reynolds, Canadian figure skater
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1991
Lauren Mitchell, Australian gymnast
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1991
Jarrod Wallace, Australian rugby league footballer
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1992
Danny Ings, English footballer
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1996
Alexandra Andresen, Norwegian heiress and equestrian
Muertes Famosas
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955
He Ning, Chinese chancellor (b. 898)
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997
Nuh II, Samanid emir (b. 963)
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1100
Warner of Grez, French nobleman, relative of Godfrey of Bouillon
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1227
Qiu Chuji, Chinese religious leader, founded the Dragon Gate Taoism (b. 1148)
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1298
Thoros III, Armenian king (b. c. 1271)
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1373
Bridget of Sweden, Swedish mystic and saint, founded the Bridgettine Order (b. 1303)
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1403
Thomas Percy, 1st Earl of Worcester, English rebel (b. 1343)
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1531
Louis de Brézé, French husband of Diane de Poitiers
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1536
Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1519)
Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset · Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
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1562
Götz von Berlichingen, German knight and poet (b. 1480)
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1584
John Day, English printer (b. 1522)
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1596
Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon (b. 1526)
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1645
Michael I, Russian tsar (b. 1596)
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1692
Gilles Ménage, French lawyer, philologist, and scholar (b. 1613)
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1727
Simon Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt, English politician, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1661)
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1757
Domenico Scarlatti, Italian harpsichord player and composer (b. 1685)
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1773
George Edwards, English biologist and ornithologist (b. 1693)
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1781
John Joachim Zubly, Swiss-American pastor and politician (b. 1724)
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1793
Roger Sherman, American lawyer and politician (b. 1721)
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1833
Anselmo de la Cruz, Chilean politician, Chilean Minister of Finance (b. 1777)
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1853
Andries Pretorius, South African general (b. 1798)
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1875
Isaac Singer, American businessman, founded the Singer Corporation (b. 1811)
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1878
Carl von Rokitansky, Bohemian physician, pathologist, and politician (b. 1804)
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1885
Ulysses S. Grant, American general and politician, 18th President of the United States (b. 1822)
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1904
John Douglas, English-Australian politician, 7th Premier of Queensland (b. 1828)
John Douglas (Queensland politician) · Premier of Queensland
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1909
Frederick Holder, Australian politician, 19th Premier of South Australia (b. 1850)
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1916
William Ramsay, Scottish-English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
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1919
Spyridon Lambros, Greek historian and politician, 100th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1851)
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1920
Conrad Kohrs, German-American rancher and politician (b. 1835)
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1924
Frank Frost Abbott, American author and scholar (b. 1850)
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1926
Viktor Vasnetsov, Russian painter (b. 1848)
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1927
Reginald Dyer, British brigadier general (b. 1864)
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1930
Glenn Curtiss, American pilot and engineer (b. 1878)
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1932
Tenby Davies, Welsh runner (b. 1884)
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1941
George Lyman Kittredge, American scholar and educator (b. 1860)
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1941
José Quiñones Gonzales, Peruvian soldier and pilot (b. 1914)
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1942
Adam Czerniaków, Polish engineer and politician (b. 1880)
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1942
Andy Ducat, English cricketer and footballer (b. 1886)
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1948
D. W. Griffith, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1875)
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1950
Shigenori Tōgō, Japanese politician and diplomat, Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1882)
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1951
Robert J. Flaherty, American director and producer (b. 1884)
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1951
Philippe Pétain, French general and politician, 119th Prime Minister of France (b. 1856)
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1954
Herman Groman, American runner (b. 1882)
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1955
Cordell Hull, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 47th United States Secretary of State, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1871)
Cordell Hull · United States Secretary of State · Nobel Peace Prize
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1957
Bob Shiring, American football player and coach (b. 1870)
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1966
Montgomery Clift, American actor (b. 1920)
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1968
Henry Hallett Dale, English pharmacologist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1875)
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1971
Van Heflin, American actor (b. 1910)
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1972
Esther Applin, American geologist and paleontologist (b. 1895)
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1973
Eddie Rickenbacker, American pilot and race car driver, founded Rickenbacker Motors (b. 1890)
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1979
Joseph Kessel, French journalist and author (b. 1898)
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1980
Sarto Fournier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 38th Mayor of Montreal (b. 1908)
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1980
Keith Godchaux, American keyboard player and songwriter (b. 1948)
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1980
Mollie Steimer, Russian activist (b. 1897)
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1982
Vic Morrow, American actor (b. 1929)
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1983
Georges Auric, French composer (b. 1899)
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1985
Johnny Wardle, English cricketer and manager (b. 1923)
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1989
Donald Barthelme, American short story writer and novelist (b. 1931)
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1990
Kenjiro Takayanagi, Japanese engineer (b. 1899)
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1996
Jean Muir, American actress (b. 1911)
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1997
Chūhei Nambu, Japanese jumper and journalist (b. 1904)
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1999
Hassan II of Morocco (b. 1929)
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2001
Eudora Welty, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1909)
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2002
Leo McKern, Australian-English actor (b. 1920)
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2002
William Luther Pierce, American activist and author (b. 1933)
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2002
Chaim Potok, American novelist and rabbi (b. 1929)
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2002
Clark Gesner, American author and composer (b. 1938)
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2003
James E. Davis, American police officer and politician (b. 1962)
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2004
Mehmood Ali, Indian actor, director, and producer (b. 1932)
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2004
Carlos Paredes, Portuguese guitarist and composer (b. 1925)
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2004
Piero Piccioni, Italian pianist, conductor, and composer (b. 1921)
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2005
Ted Greene, American guitarist and journalist (b. 1946)
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2006
Jean-Paul Desbiens, Canadian journalist and academic (b. 1927)
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2007
Ron Miller, American songwriter and producer (b. 1933)
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2007
Mohammed Zahir Shah, Afghan king (b. 1914)
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2008
Kurt Furgler, Swiss lawyer and politician, 70th President of the Swiss Confederation (b. 1924)
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2009
E. Lynn Harris, American author and screenwriter (b. 1955)
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2010
Daniel Schorr, American journalist and author (b. 1916)
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2011
Amy Winehouse, English singer-songwriter (b. 1983)
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2012
Margaret Mahy, New Zealand author (b. 1936)
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2012
Sally Ride, American physicist and astronaut (b. 1951)
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2012
Lakshmi Sahgal, Indian soldier and politician (b. 1914)
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2012
Esther Tusquets, Spanish publisher and author (b. 1936)
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2012
José Luis Uribarri, Spanish television host and director (b. 1936)
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2013
Dominguinhos, Brazilian singer-songwriter and accordion player (b. 1941)
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2013
Pauline Clarke, English author (b. 1921)
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2013
Arthur J. Collingsworth, American diplomat (b. 1944)
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2013
Emile Griffith, American boxer and trainer (b. 1938)
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2013
Kim Jong-hak, South Korean director and producer (b. 1951)
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2013
Djalma Santos, Brazilian footballer (b. 1929)
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2014
Dora Bryan, English actress and restaurateur (b. 1923)
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2014
Norman Leyden, American composer and conductor (b. 1917)
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2014
Ariano Suassuna, Brazilian author and playwright (b. 1927)
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2014
Jordan Tabor, English footballer (b. 1990)
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2015
Shigeko Kubota, Japanese-American sculptor and director (b. 1937)
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2015
Don Oberdorfer, American journalist, author, and academic (b. 1931)
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2015
William Wakefield Baum, American cardinal (b. 1926)
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2017
John Kundla, American basketball coach (b. 1916)