August 12 — Este Día en la Historia
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Eventos
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1099
First Crusade: Battle of Ascalon Crusaders under the command of Godfrey of Bouillon defeat Fatimid forces led by Al-Afdal Shahanshah. This is considered the last engagement of the First Crusade.
First Crusade · Battle of Ascalon · Godfrey of Bouillon · Fatimid Caliphate · Al-Afdal Shahanshah
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1121
Battle of Didgori: The Georgian army under King David IV wins a decisive victory over the famous Seljuk commander Ilghazi.
Battle of Didgori · Georgia (country) · David IV of Georgia · Seljuq dynasty · Ilghazi
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1164
Battle of Harim: Nur ad-Din Zangi defeats the Crusader armies of the County of Tripoli and the Principality of Antioch.
Battle of Harim · Nur ad-Din Zangi · Crusades · County of Tripoli · Principality of Antioch
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1323
Signature of the Treaty of Nöteborg between Sweden and Novgorod Republic, that regulates the border between the two countries for the first time.
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1492
Christopher Columbus arrives in the Canary Islands on his first voyage to the New World.
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1499
First engagement of the Battle of Zonchio between Venetian and Ottoman fleets.
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1624
The president of Louis XIII of France's royal council is arrested, leaving Cardinal Richelieu in the role of the King's principal minister.
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1676
Praying Indian John Alderman shoots and kills Metacomet, the Wampanoag war chief, ending King Philip's War.
Praying Indian · John Alderman · Metacomet · Wampanoag people · King Philip's War
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1687
Battle of Mohács: Charles of Lorraine defeats the Ottoman Empire.
Battle of Mohács (1687) · Charles V, Duke of Lorraine · Ottoman Empire
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1765
Treaty of Allahabad is signed. The Treaty marks the political and constitutional involvement and the beginning of Company rule in India.
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1793
The Rhône and Loire départments are created when the former département of Rhône-et-Loire is split into two.
Rhône (department) · Loire (department) · Departments of France · Rhône-et-Loire
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1806
Santiago de Liniers, 1st Count of Buenos Aires re-takes the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina after the first British invasion.
Santiago de Liniers, 1st Count of Buenos Aires · Buenos Aires · Argentina · British invasions of the River Plate
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1831
French intervention forces William I of the Netherlands to abandon his attempt to suppress the Belgian Revolution.
William I of the Netherlands · Ten Days' Campaign · Belgian Revolution
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1851
Isaac Singer is granted a patent for his sewing machine.
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1865
Joseph Lister, British surgeon and scientist, performs 1st antiseptic surgery.
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1883
The last quagga dies at the Natura Artis Magistra, a zoo in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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1898
The Hawaiian flag is lowered from ʻIolani Palace in an elaborate annexation ceremony and replaced with the flag of the United States to signify the transfer of sovereignty from the Republic of Hawaii to the United States.
Flag of Hawaii · ʻIolani Palace · Flag of the United States · Republic of Hawaii
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1914
World War I: The United Kingdom declares war on Austria-Hungary; the countries of the British Empire follow suit.
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1914
World War I: The Battle of Halen a.k.a. Battle of the Silver Helmets a clash between large Belgian and German cavalry formations at Halen, Belgium.
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1944
Waffen-SS troops massacre 560 people in Sant'Anna di Stazzema.
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1944
Nazi German troops end the week-long Wola massacre, during which time at least 40,000 people were killed indiscriminately or in mass executions.
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1944
Alençon is liberated by General Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque, the first city in France to be liberated from the Nazis by French forces.
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1950
Korean War: Bloody Gulch massacre: American POWs are massacred by North Korean Army.
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1952
The Night of the Murdered Poets: Thirteen prominent Jewish intellectuals are murdered in Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union.
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1953
The first testing of a real thermonuclear weapon (not test devices): The Soviet atomic bomb project continues with the detonation of "RDS-6s" (Joe 4), the first Soviet thermonuclear bomb.
Nuclear weapons testing · Thermonuclear weapon · Soviet atomic bomb project · Joe 4
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1953
The 7.2 Ms Ionian earthquake shakes the southern Ionian Islands with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). Between 445 and 800 people were killed.
1953 Ionian earthquake · Ionian Islands · Mercalli intensity scale
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1960
Echo 1A, NASA's first successful communications satellite, is launched.
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1964
South Africa is banned from the Olympic Games due to the country's racist policies.
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1969
Violence erupts after the Apprentice Boys of Derry march in Derry, Northern Ireland, resulting in a three-day communal riot known as the Battle of the Bogside.
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1976
Between 1,000 and 3,500 Palestinians are killed in the Tel al-Zaatar massacre, one of the bloodiest events of the Lebanese Civil War
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1977
The first free flight of the Space Shuttle Enterprise.
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1977
The Sri Lanka Riots:, targeting the minority Sri Lankan Tamils, begin, less than a month after the United National Party came to power. Over 300 Tamils are killed.
1977 riots in Sri Lanka · Sri Lanka · Tamils · United National Party
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1981
The IBM Personal Computer is released.
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1985
Japan Airlines Flight 123 crashes into Osutaka ridge in Gunma Prefecture, Japan, killing 520, to become the worst single-plane air disaster.
Japan Airlines Flight 123 · Mount Osutaka · Gunma Prefecture
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1990
Sue, the largest and most complete Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton found to date, is discovered by Sue Hendrickson in South Dakota.
Sue (dinosaur) · Tyrannosaurus Rex · Sue Hendrickson · South Dakota
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1992
Canada, Mexico and the United States announce completion of negotiations for the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
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1994
Major League Baseball players go on strike, forcing the cancellation of the 1994 World Series.
Major League Baseball · 1994-95 Major League Baseball strike · 1994 World Series
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2000
The Russian Navy submarine Kursk explodes and sinks in the Barents Sea during a military exercise, killing her entire 118-man crew.
Russian Navy · Russian submarine Kursk (K-141) · Kursk submarine disaster · Barents Sea · Military exercise
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2015
At least two massive explosions kill 173 people and injure nearly 800 more in Tianjin, China.
Nacimientos Famosos
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1452
Abraham Zacuto, Jewish astronomer, astrologer, mathematician, rabbi and historian (d. 1515)
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1503
Christian III of Denmark (d. 1559)
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1506
Franciscus Sonnius, Dutch counter-Reformation theologian (d. 1576)
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1591
Louise de Marillac, co-founder of the Daughters of Charity (d. 1660)
Louise de Marillac · Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul
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1599
Sir William Curtius FRS, German magistrate, English baronet (d. 1678).
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1604
Tokugawa Iemitsu, Japanese shogun (d. 1651)
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1626
Giovanni Legrenzi, Italian composer (d. 1690)
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1629
Archduchess Isabella Clara of Austria, Austrian archduchess (d. 1685)
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1644
Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, Bohemian-Austrian violinist and composer (d. 1704)
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1686
John Balguy, English philosopher and author (d. 1748)
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1696
Maurice Greene, English organist and composer (d. 1755)
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1762
George IV of the United Kingdom (d. 1830)
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1773
Karl Faber, Prussian historian and academic (d. 1853)
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1774
Robert Southey, English poet and author (d. 1843)
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1831
Helena Blavatsky, Russian theosophist and scholar (d. 1891)
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1852
Michael J. McGivney, American priest, founded the Knights of Columbus (d. 1890)
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1856
Diamond Jim Brady, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1917)
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1857
Ernestine von Kirchsberg, Austrian painter and educator (d. 1924)
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1859
Katharine Lee Bates, American poet and author (d. 1929)
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1860
Klara Hitler, Austrian mother of Adolf Hitler (d. 1907)
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1866
Jacinto Benavente, Spanish playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1954)
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1866
Henrik Sillem, Dutch target shooter, mountaineer, and jurist (d. 1907)
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1867
Edith Hamilton, German-American author and educator (d. 1963)
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1870
Henry Reuterdahl, Swedish-American artist (d. 1925)
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1871
Gustavs Zemgals, Latvian politician, 2nd President of Latvia (d. 1939)
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1876
Mary Roberts Rinehart, American author and playwright (d. 1958)
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1877
Albert Bartha, Hungarian general and politician, Hungarian Minister of Defence (d. 1960)
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1880
Radclyffe Hall, English poet, author, and activist (d. 1943)
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1880
Christy Mathewson, American baseball player and manager (d. 1925)
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1881
Cecil B. DeMille, American director and producer (d. 1959)
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1883
Martha Hedman, Swedish-American actress and playwright (d. 1974)
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1883
Marion Lorne, American actress (d. 1968)
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1885
Jean Cabannes, French physicist and academic (d. 1959)
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1885
Keith Murdoch, Australian journalist (d. 1952)
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1885
Juhan Simm, Estonian composer and conductor (d. 1959)
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1887
Erwin Schrödinger, Austrian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1961)
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1889
Zerna Sharp, American author and educator (d. 1981)
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1891
C. E. M. Joad, English philosopher and academic (d. 1953)
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1891
John McDermott, American golfer (d. 1971)
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1892
Alfred Lunt, American actor and director (d. 1977)
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1897
Maurice Fernandes, Guyanese cricketer (d. 1981)
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1899
Ben Sealey, Trinidadian cricketer (d. 1963)
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1902
Mohammad Hatta, Indonesian politician, 1st Vice President of Indonesia (d. 1980)
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1904
Idel Jakobson, Latvian-Estonian NKVD officer (d. 1997)
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1904
Tamás Lossonczy, Hungarian painter (d. 2009)
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1904
Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia (d. 1918)
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1906
Harry Hopman, Australian tennis player and coach (d. 1985)
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1906
Tedd Pierce, American animator, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1972)
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1907
Gladys Bentley, American blues singer (d. 1960)
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1907
Joe Besser, American actor (d. 1988)
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1907
Boy Charlton, Australian swimmer (d. 1975)
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1907
Benjamin Sheares, Singaporean physician and politician, 2nd President of Singapore (d. 1981)
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1909
Bruce Matthews, Canadian general and businessman (d. 1991)
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1910
Yusof bin Ishak, Singaporean journalist and politician, 1st President of Singapore (d. 1970)
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1910
Jane Wyatt, American actress (d. 2006)
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1911
Cantinflas, Mexican actor, screenwriter, and producer (d. 1993)
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1912
Samuel Fuller, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1997)
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1913
Richard L. Bare, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2015)
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1914
Gerd Buchdahl, German-English philosopher and author (d. 2001)
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1914
Ruth Lowe, Canadian pianist and songwriter (d. 1981)
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1915
Michael Kidd, American dancer and choreographer (d. 2007)
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1916
Ioan Dicezare, Romanian general and pilot (d. 2012)
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1916
Edward Pinkowski, American writer, journalist and Polonia historian
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1917
Oliver Crawford, American screenwriter and author (d. 2008)
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1918
Sid Bernstein, American record producer (d. 2013)
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1918
Guy Gibson, Anglo-Indian commander and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1944)
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1919
Margaret Burbidge, English-American astrophysicist and academic
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1919
Vikram Sarabhai, Indian physicist and academic (d. 1971)
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1920
Charles Gibson, American ethnohistorian (d. 1985)
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1920
Percy Mayfield, American R&B singer-songwriter (d. 1984)
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1922
Fulton Mackay, Scottish actor and playwright (d. 1987)
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1922
Miloš Jakeš, Czech communist politician
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1923
John Holt, Jamaican cricketer (d. 1997)
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1924
Derek Shackleton, English cricketer, coach, and umpire (d. 2007)
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1924
Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, Pakistani general and politician, 6th President of Pakistan (d. 1988)
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1925
Dale Bumpers, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 38th Governor of Arkansas (d. 2016)
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1925
Guillermo Cano Isaza, Colombian journalist (d. 1986)
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1925
Donald Justice, American poet and writing teacher (d. 2004)
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1925
Norris McWhirter, Scottish publisher and activist co-founded the Guinness World Records (d. 2004)
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1925
Ross McWhirter, Scottish publisher and activist, co-founded the Guinness World Records (d. 1975)
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1925
George Wetherill, American physicist and academic (d. 2006)
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1926
John Derek, American actor, director, and cinematographer (d. 1998)
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1926
Joe Jones, American R&B singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2005)
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1927
Porter Wagoner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2007)
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1928
Charles Blackman, Australian painter and illustrator
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1928
Bob Buhl, American baseball player (d. 2001)
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1928
Dan Curtis, American director and producer (d. 2006)
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1929
Buck Owens, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2006)
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1930
George Soros, Hungarian-American businessman and investor, founded the Soros Fund Management
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1930
Kanagaratnam Sriskandan, Sri Lankan engineer and civil servant (d. 2010)
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1930
Jacques Tits, Belgian-French mathematician and academic
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1931
William Goldman, American author, playwright, and screenwriter
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1932
Dallin H. Oaks, American lawyer, jurist, and religious leader
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1932
Charlie O'Donnell, American radio and television announcer (d. 2010)
- 1932
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1933
Parnelli Jones, American race car driver and businessman
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1933
Frederic Lindsay, Scottish author and educator (d. 2013)
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1934
Robin Nicholson, English metallurgist and academic
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1935
John Cazale, American actor (d. 1978)
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1936
Kjell Grede, Swedish director and screenwriter
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1937
Walter Dean Myers, American author and poet (d. 2014)
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1938
Jean-Paul L'Allier, Canadian journalist and politician, 38th Mayor of Quebec City (d. 2016)
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1939
George Hamilton, American actor
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1939
Pam Kilborn, Australian track and field athlete
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1939
David King, South African chemist and academic
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1939
Sushil Koirala, Nepalese politician, 37th Prime Minister of Nepal (d. 2016)
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1939
Roy Romanow, Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Premier of Saskatchewan
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1940
Eddie Barlow, South African cricketer and coach (d. 2005)
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1941
L. M. Kit Carson, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2014)
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1941
Réjean Ducharme, Canadian author and playwright
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1941
Dana Ivey, American actress
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1942
Hans-Wilhelm Müller-Wohlfahrt, German physician and author
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1945
Dorothy E. Denning, American computer scientist and academic
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1945
Ron Mael, American keyboard player and songwriter
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1946
Terry Nutkins, English television host and author (d. 2012)
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1948
Siddaramaiah, Indian lawyer and politician, 22nd Chief Minister of Karnataka
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1948
Graham J. Zellick, English academic and jurist
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1949
Panagiotis Chinofotis, Greek admiral and politician
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1949
Mark Knopfler, Scottish-English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
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1949
Lou Martin, Northern Irish pianist, songwriter, and producer (d. 2012)
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1949
Alex Naumik, Lithuanian-Norwegian singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2013)
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1949
Rick Ridgeway, American mountaineer and photographer
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1950
Jim Beaver, American actor, director, and screenwriter
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1950
August "Kid Creole" Darnell, American musician, bandleader, singer-songwriter, and record producer
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1951
Klaus Toppmöller, German football manager and former player
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1952
Daniel Biles, American associate justice of the Kansas Supreme Court
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1954
Rob Borbidge, Australian politician, 35th Premier of Queensland
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1954
Leung Chun-ying, Hong Kong businessman and politician, 3rd Chief Executive of Hong Kong
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1954
Ibolya Dávid, Hungarian lawyer and politician, Minister of Justice of Hungary
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1954
François Hollande, French lawyer and politician, 24th President of France
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1954
Pat Metheny, American jazz guitarist and composer
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1956
Lee Freedman, Australian horse trainer
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1956
Bruce Greenwood, Canadian actor and producer
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1956
Sidath Wettimuny, Sri Lankan cricketer
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1957
Friedhelm Schütte, German footballer
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1958
Jürgen Dehmel, German bass player and songwriter
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1959
Kerry Boustead, Australian rugby league player
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1959
Amanda Redman, English actress
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1960
Laurent Fignon, French cyclist and sportscaster (d. 2010)
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1960
Greg Thomas, Welsh-English cricketer
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1961
Roy Hay, English guitarist, keyboard player, and composer
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1961
Mark Priest, New Zealand cricketer
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1963
Kōji Kitao, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 60th Yokozuna
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1963
Campbell Newman, Australian politician, 38th Premier of Queensland
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1963
Sir Mix-a-Lot, American rapper, producer, and actor
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1964
Michael Hagan, Australian rugby league player and coach
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1965
Peter Krause, American actor
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1966
Tobias Ellwood, American-English captain and politician
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1967
Andy Hui, Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actor
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1967
Andrey Plotnikov, Russian race walker
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1967
Regilio Tuur, Dutch boxer
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1968
Thorsten Boer, German footballer and manager
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1968
Ülar Mark, Estonian architect
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1969
Aga Muhlach, Filipino actor and politician
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1969
Stuart Williams, Nevisian cricketer
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1970
Aleksandar Đurić, Bosnian footballer
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1970
Charles Mesure, English-Australian actor and screenwriter
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1970
Toby Perkins, English businessman and politician
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1970
Jim Schlossnagle, American baseball player and coach
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1970
Anthony Swofford, American soldier and author
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1971
Michael Ian Black, American comedian, actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
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1971
Rebecca Gayheart, American actress
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1971
Pete Sampras, American tennis player
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1972
Demir Demirkan, Turkish singer-songwriter and producer
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1972
Mark Kinsella, Irish footballer and manager
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1972
Takanohana Kōji, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 65th Yokozuna
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1972
Gyanendra Pandey, Indian cricketer
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1973
Jonathan Coachman, American basketball player, wrestler, and sportscaster
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1973
Todd Marchant, American ice hockey player and coach
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1974
Matt Clement, American baseball player and coach
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1974
Karl Stefanovic, Australian television host
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1975
Casey Affleck, American actor
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1976
Pedro Collins, Barbadian cricketer
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1976
Mikko Lindström, Finnish guitarist
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1976
Henry Tuilagi, Samoan rugby player
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1976
Antoine Walker, American basketball player
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1977
Plaxico Burress, American football player
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1977
Jesper Grønkjær, Danish footballer
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1978
Chris Chambers, American football player
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1978
Hayley Wickenheiser, Canadian ice hockey player
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1979
D. J. Houlton, American baseball player
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1979
Ian Hutchinson, English motorcycle racer
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1979
Cindy Klassen, Canadian speed skater
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1979
Austra Skujytė, Lithuanian pentathlete
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1980
Javier Chevantón, Uruguayan footballer
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1980
Maggie Lawson, American actress
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1980
Dominique Swain, American actress
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1980
Matt Thiessen, Canadian-American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1981
Tony Capaldi, Norwegian-Northern Irish footballer
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1981
Djibril Cissé, French footballer
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1982
Boban Grnčarov, Macedonian footballer
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1982
Alexandros Tzorvas, Greek footballer
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1983
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, Dutch footballer
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1983
Kléber Giacomance de Souza Freitas, Brazilian footballer
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1983
Manoa Vosawai, Italian rugby player
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1984
Bryan Pata, American football player (d. 2006)
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1985
Danny Graham, English footballer
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1985
Franck Moutsinga, German rugby player
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1986
Andrei Agius, Maltese footballer
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1986
Kyle Arrington, American football player
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1987
Vanessa Watts, West Indian cricketer
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1988
Tyson Fury, English boxer
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1988
Matt Gillett, Australian rugby league player
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1989
Tom Cleverley, English footballer
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1989
Hong Jeong-ho, South Korean footballer
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1990
Mario Balotelli, Italian footballer
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1990
Marvin Zeegelaar, Dutch footballer
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1990
Martin Zurawsky, German footballer
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1991
Jesinta Campbell, Australian model
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1991
Sam Hoare, Australian rugby league player
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1992
Cara Delevingne, English model and actress
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1992
Isabella Escobar, Guatemalan tennis player
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1992
Jacob Loko, Australian rugby player
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1992
Teo Gheorghiu, Swiss pianist and actor
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1993
Ewa Farna, Czech singer-songwriter
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1996
Julio Urías, Mexican baseball player
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1999
Matthijs de Ligt, Dutch footballer
Muertes Famosas
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792
Jænberht, archbishop of Canterbury
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875
Louis II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 825)
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960
Li Gu, chancellor of Later Zhou (b. 903)
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961
Yuan Zong, emperor of Southern Tang (b. 916)
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1222
Vladislaus III, duke of Bohemia
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1295
Charles Martel, king of Hungary (b. 1271)
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1319
Rudolf I, duke of Bavaria (b. 1274)
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1315
Guy de Beauchamp, 10th Earl of Warwick, English nobleman
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1335
Prince Moriyoshi, Japanese shogun (b. 1308)
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1424
Yongle, emperor of the Ming Empire (b. 1360)
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1484
Sixtus IV, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1414)
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1546
Francisco de Vitoria, Spanish theologian (b. 1492)
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1577
Thomas Smith, English scholar and diplomat (b. 1513)
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1588
Alfonso Ferrabosco the elder, Italian-English composer (b. 1543)
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1602
Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak, Mughal vizier and historian (b. 1551)
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1612
Giovanni Gabrieli, Italian organist and composer (b. 1557)
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1638
Johannes Althusius, German jurist and philosopher (b. 1557)
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1674
Philippe de Champaigne, Belgian-French painter and educator (b. 1602)
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1689
Pope Innocent XI (b. 1611)
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1778
Peregrine Bertie, 3rd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire (b. 1714)
Peregrine Bertie, 3rd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven · Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire
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1809
Mikhail Kamensky, Russian field marshal (b. 1738)
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1810
Étienne Louis Geoffroy, French pharmacist and entomologist (b. 1725)
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1822
Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh, Irish-English politician, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (b. 1769)
Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh · Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
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1827
William Blake, English poet and painter (b. 1757)
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1829
Charles Sapinaud de La Rairie, French general (b. 1760)
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1848
George Stephenson, English engineer and academic (b. 1781)
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1849
Albert Gallatin, Swiss-American ethnologist, linguist, and politician, 4th United States Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1761)
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1851
John Elliot Drinkwater Bethune, British lawyer and activist (b. 1801)
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1861
Eliphalet Remington, American inventor and businessman, founded Remington Arms (b. 1793)
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1864
Sakuma Shōzan, Japanese scholar and politician (b. 1811)
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1865
William Jackson Hooker, English botanist and academic (b. 1785)
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1891
James Russell Lowell, American poet and critic (b. 1819)
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1896
Thomas Chamberlain, American colonel (b. 1841)
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1900
Wilhelm Steinitz, Austrian chess player and theoretician (b. 1836)
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1901
Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, Finnish-Swedish botanist, geologist, mineralogist, and explorer (b. 1832)
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1904
William Renshaw, English tennis player (b. 1861)
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1914
John Philip Holland, Irish engineer, designed the HMS Holland 1 (b. 1840)
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1918
William Thompson, American archer (b. 1848)
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1921
Pyotr Boborykin, Russian playwright and journalist (b. 1836)
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1922
Arthur Griffith, Irish journalist and politician, 3rd President of Dáil Éireann (b. 1871)
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1924
Sándor Bródy, Hungarian journalist and author (b. 1863)
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1928
Leoš Janáček, Czech composer and educator (b. 1854)
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1934
Hendrik Petrus Berlage, Dutch architect, designed the Beurs van Berlage (b. 1856)
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1935
Friedrich Schottky, German mathematician and academic (b. 1851)
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1940
Nikolai Triik, Estonian painter, illustrator, and academic (b. 1884)
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1941
Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon, English soldier and politician, 56th Governor General of Canada (b. 1866)
Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon · Governor General of Canada
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1941
Bobby Peel, English cricketer and umpire (b. 1857)
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1943
Vittorio Sella, Italian photographer and mountaineer (b. 1859)
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1944
Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., American lieutenant and pilot (b. 1915)
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1952
David Bergelson, Ukrainian author and playwright (b. 1884)
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1955
Thomas Mann, German author and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1875)
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1955
James B. Sumner, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887)
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1959
Mike O'Neill, Irish-American baseball player and manager (b. 1877)
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1964
Ian Fleming, English spy, journalist, and author (b. 1908)
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1966
Artur Alliksaar, Estonian poet and author (b. 1923)
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1967
Esther Forbes, American historian and author (b. 1891)
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1973
Walter Rudolf Hess, Swiss physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881)
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1973
Karl Ziegler, German chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898)
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1978
John Williams, English motorcycle racer (b. 1946)
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1979
Ernst Boris Chain, German-Irish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906)
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1982
Henry Fonda, American actor (b. 1905)
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1982
Salvador Sánchez, Mexican boxer (b. 1959)
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1983
Theodor Burchardi, German admiral (b. 1892)
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1985
Kyu Sakamoto, Japanese singer-songwriter (b. 1941)
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1985
Manfred Winkelhock, German race car driver (b. 1951)
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1986
Evaline Ness, American author and illustrator (b. 1911)
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1988
Jean-Michel Basquiat, American painter (b. 1960)
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1989
William Shockley, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1910)
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1990
Dorothy Mackaill, English-American actress (b. 1903)
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1992
John Cage, American composer and theorist (b. 1912)
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1996
Victor Ambartsumian, Georgian-Armenian astrophysicist and academic (b. 1908)
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1996
Mark Gruenwald, American author and illustrator (b. 1953)
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1997
Jack Delano, American photographer and composer (b. 1914)
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1999
Jean Drapeau, Canadian lawyer and politician, 37th Mayor of Montreal (b. 1916)
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2000
Gennady Lyachin, Russian captain (b. 1955)
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2000
Loretta Young, American actress (b. 1913)
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2002
Enos Slaughter, American baseball player and manager (b. 1916)
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2004
Godfrey Hounsfield, English biophysicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1919)
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2005
John Loder, English sound engineer and producer, founded Southern Studios (b. 1946)
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2007
Merv Griffin, American actor, singer, and producer, created Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune (b. 1925)
Merv Griffin · Jeopardy! · Wheel of Fortune (U.S. game show)
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2007
Mike Wieringo, American author and illustrator (b. 1963)
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2008
Christie Allen, English-Australian singer (b. 1954)
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2009
Les Paul, American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1915)
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2010
Isaac Bonewits, American Druid, author, and activist; founded Ár nDraíocht Féin (b. 1949)
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2010
Guido de Marco, Maltese lawyer and politician, 6th President of Malta (b. 1931)
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2010
Richie Hayward, American drummer and songwriter (b. 1946)
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2010
André Kim, South Korean fashion designer (b. 1935)
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2011
Robert Robinson, English journalist and author (b. 1927)
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2012
Jimmy Carr, American football player and coach (b. 1933)
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2012
Jerry Grant, American race car driver (b. 1935)
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2012
Joe Kubert, Polish-American illustrator, founded The Kubert School (b. 1926)
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2012
Édgar Morales Pérez, Mexican engineer and politician
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2012
Alf Morris, English politician and activist (b. 1928)
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2013
Tereza de Arriaga, Portuguese painter (b. 1915)
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2013
Hans-Ekkehard Bob, German soldier and pilot (b. 1917)
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2013
Pauline Maier, American historian and academic (b. 1938)
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2013
David McLetchie, Scottish lawyer and politician (b. 1952)
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2013
Vasiliy Mihaylovich Peskov, Russian ecologist and journalist (b. 1930)
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2014
Lauren Bacall, American model, actress, and singer (b. 1924)
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2014
Futatsuryū Jun'ichi, Japanese sumo wrestler (b. 1950)
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2014
Kongō Masahiro, Japanese sumo wrestler (b. 1948)
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2015
Jaakko Hintikka, Finnish philosopher and academic (b. 1929)
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2015
Stephen Lewis, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1926)
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2015
Meshulim Feish Lowy, Hungarian-Canadian rabbi and author (b. 1921)
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2015
John Scott, English organist and conductor (b. 1956)
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2017
Bryan Murray, Canadian ice hockey coach (b. 1942)