August 14 — Este Día en la Historia
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Eventos
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29 BC
Octavian holds the second of three consecutive triumphs in Rome to celebrate the victory over the Dalmatian tribes.
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1040
King Duncan I is killed in battle against his first cousin and rival Macbeth. The latter succeeds him as King of Scotland.
Duncan I of Scotland · Macbeth, King of Scotland · List of Scottish monarchs
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1183
Taira no Munemori and the Taira clan take the young Emperor Antoku and the three sacred treasures and flee to western Japan to escape pursuit by the Minamoto clan (traditional Japanese date: Twenty-fifth Day of the Seventh Month of the Second Year of Juei).
Taira no Munemori · Taira clan · Emperor Antoku · Imperial Regalia of Japan · Minamoto clan
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1288
Count Adolf VIII of Berg grants town privileges to Düsseldorf, the village on the banks of the Düssel.
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1352
War of the Breton Succession: Anglo-Bretons defeat the French in the Battle of Mauron.
War of the Breton Succession · Kingdom of France · Battle of Mauron
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1370
Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, grants city privileges to Carlsbad which is subsequently named after him.
Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor · City privileges · Karlovy Vary
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1385
Portuguese Crisis of 1383-85: Battle of Aljubarrota: Portuguese forces commanded by King John I and his general Nuno Álvares Pereira defeat the Castilian army of King John I.
1383-85 Portuguese interregnum · Battle of Aljubarrota · John I of Portugal · General officer · Nuno Álvares Pereira
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1457
Publication of the Mainz Psalter, the first book to feature a printed date of publication and printed colophon
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1480
Battle of Otranto: Ottoman troops behead 800 Christians for refusing to convert to Islam; they are later honored in the Church.
Ottoman invasion of Otranto · Ottoman Empire · Christian · Islam · Martyrs of Otranto
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1592
The first sighting of the Falkland Islands by John Davis.
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1598
Nine Years' War: Battle of the Yellow Ford: Irish forces under Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, defeats an English expeditionary force under Henry Bagenal.
Nine Years' War (Ireland) · Battle of the Yellow Ford · Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone · Henry Bagenal
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1720
The Spanish military Villasur expedition is wiped out by Pawnee and Otoe warriors near present-day Columbus, Nebraska.
Villasur expedition · Pawnee people · Otoe tribe · Columbus, Nebraska
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1791
Slaves from plantations in Saint-Domingue hold a Vodou ceremony lead by houngan Dutty Boukman at Bois Caïman, marking the start of the Haitian Revolution.
Saint-Domingue · Haitian Vodou · Houngan · Dutty Boukman · Bois Caïman
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1814
A cease fire agreement, called the Convention of Moss, ended the Swedish-Norwegian War.
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1816
The United Kingdom formally annexes the Tristan da Cunha archipelago, administering the islands from the Cape Colony in South Africa.
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1842
American Indian Wars: Second Seminole War ends, with the Seminoles forced from Florida to Oklahoma.
American Indian Wars · Seminole Wars · Seminole · Florida · Oklahoma
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1848
Oregon Territory is organized by act of Congress.
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1880
Construction of Cologne Cathedral, the most famous landmark in Cologne, Germany, is completed.
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1885
Japan's first patent is issued to the inventor of a rust-proof paint.
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1888
An audio recording of English composer Arthur Sullivan's "The Lost Chord", one of the first recordings of music ever made, is played during a press conference introducing Thomas Edison's phonograph in London, England.
Sound recording and reproduction · Arthur Sullivan · The Lost Chord · Thomas Edison · Phonograph
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1893
France becomes the first country to introduce motor vehicle registration.
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1900
The Eight-Nation Alliance occupies Beijing, China, in a campaign to end the bloody Boxer Rebellion in China.
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1901
The first claimed powered flight, by Gustave Whitehead in his Number 21.
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1911
United States Senate leaders agree to rotate the office of President pro tempore of the Senate among leading candidates to fill the vacancy left by William P. Frye's death.
United States Senate · Presidents pro tempore of the United States Senate, 1911-1913 · President pro tempore of the United States Senate · William P. Frye
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1912
U.S. Marines invade Nicaragua to support the U.S.-backed government installed there after José Santos Zelaya had resigned three years earlier.
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1914
World War I: Start of the Battle of Lorraine, an unsuccessful French offensive designed to recover the lost province of Moselle from Germany.
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1916
Romania declares war on Austria-Hungary.
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1921
Tannu Uriankhai, later Tuvan People's Republic is established as a completely independent country (which is supported by Soviet Russia).
Tannu Uriankhai · Tuvan People's Republic · Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
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1933
Loggers cause a forest fire in the Coast Range of Oregon, later known as the first forest fire of the Tillamook Burn; it is not fully extinguished until September 5, after destroying 240,000 acres (970 km2).
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1935
Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act, creating a government pension system for the retired.
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1936
Rainey Bethea is hanged in Owensboro, Kentucky in the last known public execution in the United States.
Rainey Bethea · Owensboro, Kentucky · Capital punishment in the United States
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1937
The beginning of air-to-air combat of the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II in general, when six Japanese bombers are shot down by Chinese fighters while raiding Chinese air bases.
Air combat manoeuvring · Second Sino-Japanese War · World War II · Aerial engagements of the Second Sino-Japanese War
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1941
World War II: Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt sign the Atlantic Charter of war stating postwar aims.
Winston Churchill · Franklin D. Roosevelt · Atlantic Charter
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1945
Japan accepts the Allied terms of surrender in World War II and the Emperor records the Imperial Rescript on Surrender (August 15 in Japan Standard Time).
Japanese Instrument of Surrender · Emperor of Japan · Gyokuon-hōsō · August 15 · Japan Standard Time
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1945
The Viet Minh launches August Revolution amid the political confusion and power vacuum engulfing Vietnam.
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1947
Pakistan gains Independence from the British Empire and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.
Pakistan · Pakistan Movement · British Empire · Commonwealth of Nations
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1959
Founding and first official meeting of the American Football League.
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1967
UK Marine Broadcasting Offences Act declares participation in offshore pirate radio illegal.
Marine, &c., Broadcasting (Offences) Act 1967 · Pirate radio
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1969
Operation Banner: British troops are deployed in Northern Ireland.
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1971
Bahrain declares independence as the State of Bahrain.
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1972
An Ilyushin Il-62 airliner crashes near Königs Wusterhausen, East Germany, due to an in-flight fire, killing 156.
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1973
The Pakistan Constitution of 1973 comes into effect.
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1975
The Rocky Horror Picture Show, the longest-running release in film history, opens in London.
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1980
Lech Wałęsa leads strikes at the Gdańsk, Poland shipyards.
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1994
Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, also known as "Carlos the Jackal", is captured.
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1996
Greek Cypriot refugee Solomos Solomou is murdered by Turkish forces while trying to climb a flagpole in order to remove a Turkish flag from its mast in the United Nations Buffer Zone in Cyprus.
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2003
A widescale power blackout affects the northeast United States and Canada.
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2005
Helios Airways Flight 522, en route from Larnaca, Cyprus to Prague, Czech Republic via Athens, crashes in the hills near Grammatiko, Greece, killing 121 passengers and crew.
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2006
Sixty-one schoolgirls killed in Chencholai bombing by Sri Lankan Air Force air strike.
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2007
The Kahtaniya bombings kills at least 334 people.
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2013
Egypt declares a state of emergency as security forces kill hundreds of demonstrators supporting former president Mohamed Morsi.
Egypt · State of emergency · August 2013 Rabaa massacre · Mohamed Morsi
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2015
The US Embassy in Havana, Cuba re-opens after 54 years of being closed when Cuba-United States relations were broken off.
Embassy of the United States, Havana · Havana, Cuba · Cuba-United States relations
Nacimientos Famosos
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928
Qian Hongzuo, king of Wuyue (d. 947)
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1297
Emperor Hanazono of Japan (d. 1348)
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1473
Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury (d. 1541)
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1479
Catherine of York (d. 1527)
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1499
John de Vere, 14th Earl of Oxford, English politician, Lord Great Chamberlain (d. 1526)
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1502
Pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter (d. 1550)
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1530
Giambattista Benedetti, Italian mathematician and physicist (d. 1590)
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1552
Paolo Sarpi, Italian writer (d. 1623)
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1561
Christopher Heydon, English politician (d. 1623)
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1575
Robert Hayman, English-Canadian poet and politician (d. 1629)
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1586
William Hutchinson, founder of Rhode Island (d. 1642)
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1599
Méric Casaubon, Swiss-English scholar and author (d. 1671)
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1625
François de Harlay de Champvallon, French archbishop (d. 1695)
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1642
Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1723)
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1645
Carlos de Sigüenza y Góngora, Mexican secular priest, scientist, and savant (d. 1700)
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1653
Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle, English colonel and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica (d. 1688)
Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle · Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica
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1688
Frederick William I of Prussia (d. 1740)
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1714
Claude Joseph Vernet, French painter (d. 1789)
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1738
Leopold Hofmann, Austrian composer and conductor (d. 1793)
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1740
Pope Pius VII (d. 1823)
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1758
Carle Vernet, French painter and lithographer (d. 1835)
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1777
Hans Christian Ørsted, Danish physicist and chemist (d. 1851)
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1817
Alexander H. Bailey, American lawyer, judge, and politician (d. 1874)
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1840
Richard von Krafft-Ebing, German-Austrian psychologist and author (d. 1902)
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1847
Robert Comtesse, Swiss lawyer and politician, President of the Swiss National Council (d. 1922)
Robert Comtesse · List of Presidents of the National Council of Switzerland
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1848
Margaret Lindsay Huggins, Anglo-Irish astronomer and author (d. 1915)
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1851
Yannoulis Chalepas, Greek sculptor (d. 1938)
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1851
Doc Holliday, American dentist and gambler (d. 1887)
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1857
Max Wagenknecht, German organist, composer, and educator (d. 1922)
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1863
Ernest Thayer, American poet and author (d. 1940)
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1865
Guido Castelnuovo, Italian mathematician and academic (d. 1952)
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1866
Charles Jean de la Vallée-Poussin, Belgian mathematician and academic (d. 1962)
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1867
Cupid Childs, American baseball player (d. 1912)
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1867
John Galsworthy, English novelist and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1933)
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1870
Nelson McDowell, American actor (d. 1947)
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1871
Guangxu Emperor of China (d. 1908)
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1875
Mstislav Dobuzhinsky, Russian-Lithuanian-American painter and illustrator (d. 1957)
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1876
Alexander I of Serbia (d. 1903)
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1880
Fred Alexander, American tennis player (d. 1969)
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1881
Francis Ford, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1953)
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1886
Arthur Jeffrey Dempster, Canadian-American physicist and academic (d. 1950)
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1887
Marija Leiko, Latvian actress (d. 1937)
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1889
Otto Tief, Estonian lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Estoria (d. 1976)
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1890
Bruno Tesch, German chemist and businessman (d. 1946)
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1892
Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji, English pianist, composer, and critic (d. 1988)
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1893
Francis Dvornik, Czech priest and academic (d. 1975)
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1895
Jack Gregory, Australian cricketer (d. 1973)
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1896
Albert Ball, English fighter pilot (d. 1917)
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1896
Theodor Luts, Estonian director and cinematographer (d. 1980)
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1900
Margret Boveri, German journalist, recipient of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (d. 1975)
Margret Boveri · Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
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1900
Benita von Falkenhay, German baroness, spy for the Second Polish Republic pre-WWII (d. 1935)
Benita von Falkenhay (page does not exist) · Second Polish Republic
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1901
Alice Rivaz, Swiss pianist and author (d. 1998)
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1903
Lodewijk Bruckman, Dutch painter and illustrator (d. 1995)
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1907
Skinnay Ennis, American bandleader and singer (d. 1963)
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1910
Willy Ronis, French photographer (d. 2009)
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1910
Pierre Schaeffer, French composer and producer (d. 1995)
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1911
Jan Koetsier, Dutch composer and conductor (d. 2006)
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1911
Vethathiri Maharishi, Indian spiritual leader, philosopher, and author (d. 2006)
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1912
Frank Oppenheimer, American physicist and academic (d. 1985)
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1913
Hector Crawford, Australian director and producer (d. 1991)
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1913
Paul Dean, American baseball player (d. 1981)
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1914
Herman Branson, African-American physicist, chemist, and academic (d. 1995)
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1915
B. A. Santamaria, Australian political activist and publisher (d. 1998)
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1916
Frank and John Craighead, American naturalists (twins, Frank d. 2001, John d. 2016)
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1916
Fumio Fujimura, Japanese baseball player and manager (d. 1992)
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1916
Wellington Mara, American businessman (d. 2005)
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1918
Patsy Smart, English actress (d. 1996)
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1922
Leslie Marr, English race car driver
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1923
Patriarch Diodoros of Jerusalem (d. 2000)
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1923
Alice Ghostley, American actress (d. 2007)
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1924
Sverre Fehn, Norwegian architect, designed the Hedmark Museum (d. 2009)
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1924
Holger Juul Hansen, Danish actor (d. 2013)
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1924
Georges Prêtre, French conductor (d. 2017)
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1924
Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, 16th Karmapa, Tibetan spiritual leader (d. 1981)
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1925
Russell Baker, American critic and essayist
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1926
René Goscinny, French author and illustrator (d. 1977)
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1926
Buddy Greco, American singer and pianist (d. 2017)
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1928
Lina Wertmüller, Italian director and screenwriter
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1929
Kinnaird R. McKee, American admiral (d. 2013)
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1929
Gene Scott, American pastor and broadcaster (d. 2005)
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1929
Dick Tiger, Nigerian boxer (d. 1971)
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1930
Earl Weaver, American baseball player and manager (d. 2013)
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1931
Frederic Raphael, American journalist, author, and screenwriter
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1932
Lee Hoffman, American author (d. 2007)
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1933
Richard R. Ernst, Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
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1935
John Brodie, American football player and golfer
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1940
Darrell "Dash" Crofts, American singer-songwriter and musician
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1940
Galen Hall, American football player and coach
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1941
David Crosby, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1941
Connie Smith, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1941
Ernest Everett Just, African-American biologist and academic (d. 1941)
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1942
Willie Dunn, Canadian singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2013)
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1942
Lionel Morton, English singer-songwriter, guitarist and television presenter
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1943
Ronnie Campbell, English miner and politician
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1943
Ben Sidran, American jazz and rock keyboardist, producer, label owner, and music writer
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1944
John Dunt, English admiral
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1945
Steve Martin, American actor, comedian, musician, producer, and screenwriter
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1945
Wim Wenders, German director, producer, and screenwriter
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1946
Larry Graham, American soul/funk bass player and singer-songwriter
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1946
Susan Saint James, American actress
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1946
Tom Walkinshaw, Scottish race car driver and businessman (d. 2010)
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1947
Bruce Nash, American director, producer, and screenwriter
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1947
Maddy Prior, English folk singer
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1947
Danielle Steel, American author
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1947
Jiro Taniguchi, Japanese author and illustrator
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1947
Joop van Daele, Dutch footballer and manager
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1948
Terry Adams, American pianist and composer
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1948
Bruce Thomas, English bass player and author
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1949
Morten Olsen, Danish footballer and coach
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1950
Gary Larson, American cartoonist
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1951
Slim Dunlap, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1951
Norbert Hofmann, German footballer and manager
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1952
Debbie Meyer, American swimmer
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1953
James Horner, American composer and conductor (d. 2015)
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1954
Mark Fidrych, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2009)
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1954
Stanley A. McChrystal, American general
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1956
Sharon Bryant, American R&B singer
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1956
Jackée Harry, American actress and television personality
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1956
Andy King, English footballer and manager (d. 2015)
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1956
Rusty Wallace, American race car driver and sportscaster
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1956
Erica Flapan, American mathematician
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1957
Peter Costello, Australian lawyer and politician, 35th Treasurer of Australia
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1958
Philip Dunne, English farmer and politician, Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology
Philip Dunne (Ludlow MP) · Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology
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1958
Bobby Eaton, American wrestler and trainer
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1959
Frank Brickowski, American basketball player
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1959
Marcia Gay Harden, American actress
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1959
Magic Johnson, American basketball player and coach
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1960
Sarah Brightman, English singer-songwriter and actress
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1960
Fred Roberts, American basketball player and educator
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1961
Eddie Gilbert, American wrestler and manager (d. 1995)
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1962
Mark Gubicza, American baseball player and sportscaster
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1962
Kevin Harris, Canadian skateboarder
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1962
Andres Herkel, Estonian academic and politician
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1962
Rameez Raja, Pakistani cricketer and sportscaster
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1963
Emmanuelle Béart, French actress
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1963
José Cóceres, Argentinian golfer
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1964
Neal Anderson, American football player and coach
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1964
Jason Dunstall, Australian footballer and sportscaster
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1965
Brannon Braga, American producer, director, and screenwriter
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1965
Paul Broadhurst, English golfer
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1965
Terry Richardson, American photographer and director
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1966
Halle Berry, American model, actress, and producer, Miss World United States 1986
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1966
Karl Petter Løken, Swedish-Norwegian footballer and sportscaster
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1966
Tuncay Özkan, Turkish journalist and politician
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1967
Erik Gandini, Italian-Swedish director, producer, and screenwriter
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1968
Pravin Amre, Indian cricketer and coach
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1968
Catherine Bell, English-American actress and producer
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1968
Darren Clarke, Northern Irish golfer
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1968
Jason Leonard, English rugby player
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1968
Medy van der Laan, Dutch politician
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1969
Tracy Caldwell Dyson, American chemist and astronaut
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1969
Stig Tøfting, Danish footballer and manager
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1970
Kevin Cadogan, American rock singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Third Eye Blind)
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1971
Raoul Bova, Italian actor, producer, and screenwriter
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1971
Mark Loretta, American baseball player and coach
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1971
Pramodya Wickramasinghe, Sri Lankan cricketer
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1972
Tamer El Said, Egyptian director, producer, and screenwriter
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1972
Laurent Lamothe, Haitian businessman and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Haiti
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1973
Jared Borgetti, Mexican footballer
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1973
Jay-Jay Okocha, Nigerian footballer
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1973
Kieren Perkins, Australian swimmer and sportscaster
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1974
Chucky Atkins, American basketball player and coach
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1975
Mike Vrabel, American football player and coach
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1976
Fabrizio Donato, Italian triple jumper
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1977
Ed Harcourt, English singer-songwriter and producer
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1977
Juan Pierre, American baseball player
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1978
Randika Galhenage, Sri Lankan cricketer
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1978
Anastasios Kyriakos, Greek footballer
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1978
Greg Rawlinson, South African-New Zealand rugby player
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1979
Jérémie Bréchet, French footballer
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1979
Paul Burgess, Australian pole vaulter
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1979
Yōichirō Morikawa, Japanese actor, director, and screenwriter
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1980
Aydın Toscalı, Turkish footballer
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1980
Roy Williams, American football player
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1981
Earl Barron, American basketball player
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1981
Matthew Etherington, English footballer
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1981
Paul Gallen, Australian rugby league player
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1981
Julius Jones, American football player
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1981
Kofi Kingston, Ghanaian-American wrestler
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1982
Simon Andrews, English motorcycle racer (d. 2014)
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1983
Elena Baltacha, Ukrainian-Scottish tennis player (d. 2014)
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1983
Mila Kunis, Ukrainian-born American actress
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1983
Juan Oviedo, Dominican baseball player
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1983
Spencer Pratt, American television personality
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1984
Eva Birnerová, Czech tennis player
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1984
Clay Buchholz, American baseball player
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1984
Giorgio Chiellini, Italian footballer
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1984
Josh Gorges, Canadian ice hockey player
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1984
Nick Grimshaw, English radio and television host
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1984
Nicola Slater, Scottish tennis player
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1984
Robin Söderling, Swedish tennis player
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1985
Christian Gentner, German footballer
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1985
Shea Weber, Canadian ice hockey player
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1986
Cameron Jerome, English footballer
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1986
Sam Moa, Tongan-New Zealand rugby league player
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1986
Braian Rodríguez, Uruguayan footballer
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1987
Tim Tebow, American football and baseball player, television personality and sportscaster
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1989
Florian Abel, German footballer
-
1989
Ander Herrera, Spanish footballer
-
1989
Kyle Turris, Canadian ice hockey player
Muertes Famosas
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582
Tiberius II Constantine, Byzantine emperor (b. 535)
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902
Badr al-Mu'tadidi, commander-in-chief of the Abbasid Caliphate under al-Mu'tadid
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1040
Duncan I of Scotland (b. 1001)
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1167
Rainald of Dassel, Italian archbishop (b. 1120)
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1204
Minamoto no Yoriie, Japanese shogun (b. 1182)
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1297
Frederick III, Burgrave of Nuremberg (b. c. 1220)
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1319
Waldemar, Margrave of Brandenburg-Stendal (b. c. 1280)
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1388
James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Douglas
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1390
John FitzAlan, 2nd Baron Arundel, English soldier (b. 1364)
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1433
John I of Portugal (b. 1357)
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1464
Pope Pius II (b. 1405)
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1573
Saitō Tatsuoki, Japanese daimyo (b. 1548)
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1657
Giovanni Paolo Lascaris, 57th Grandmaster of the Knights Hospitaller (b. 1560)
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1691
Richard Talbot, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell, Irish soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1630)
Richard Talbot, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell · Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
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1727
William Croft, English organist and composer (b. 1678)
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1774
Johann Jakob Reiske, German physician and scholar (b. 1716)
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1784
Nathaniel Hone the Elder, Irish-born English painter and academic (b. 1718)
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1856
Constant Prévost, French geologist and academic (b. 1787)
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1860
André Marie Constant Duméril, French zoologist and entomologist (b. 1774)
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1870
David Farragut, American admiral (b. 1801)
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1874
Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs, American minister and politician (b. 1821)
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1890
Michael J. McGivney, American priest, founded the Knights of Columbus (b. 1852)
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1905
Simeon Solomon, English soldier and painter (b. 1840)
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1909
William Stanley, American engineer and philanthropist (b. 1829)
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1926
John H. Moffitt, American sergeant and politician, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1843)
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1928
Klabund, German author and poet (b. 1890)
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1938
Hugh Trumble, Australian cricketer and accountant (b. 1876)
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1941
Maximilian Kolbe, Polish martyr and saint (b. 1894)
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1941
Paul Sabatier, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1854)
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1943
Lore Berger, Swiss author and translator (b. 1921)
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1943
Joe Kelley, American baseball player and manager (b. 1871)
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1951
William Randolph Hearst, American publisher and politician, founded the Hearst Corporation (b. 1863)
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1954
Hugo Eckener, German pilot and designer (b. 1868)
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1954
Nikos Ploumpidis, Greek activist (b. 1901)
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1955
Herbert Putnam, American lawyer and publisher, Librarian of Congress (b. 1861)
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1956
Bertolt Brecht, German poet, playwright, and director (b. 1898)
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1958
Frédéric Joliot-Curie, French physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1900)
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1958
Konstantin von Neurath, German lawyer and politician, Reich Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1873)
Konstantin von Neurath · Minister for Foreign Affairs (Germany)
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1963
Clifford Odets, American director, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1906)
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1964
Johnny Burnette, American singer-songwriter (b. 1934)
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1965
Vello Kaaristo, Estonian skier (b. 1911)
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1966
Tip Snooke, South African cricketer (b. 1881)
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1967
Bob Anderson, English motorcycle racer and race car driver (b. 1931)
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1972
Oscar Levant, American actor, pianist, and composer (b. 1906)
-
1972
Jules Romains, French author and poet (b. 1885)
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1973
Fred Gipson, American journalist and author (b. 1908)
-
1978
Nicolas Bentley, English author and illustrator (b. 1907)
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1980
Dorothy Stratten, Canadian-American model and actress (b. 1960)
-
1981
Karl Böhm, Austrian conductor and director (b. 1894)
-
1981
Dudley Nourse, South African cricketer (b. 1910)
-
1982
Mahasi Sayadaw, Burmese monk and philosopher (b. 1904)
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1984
Spud Davis, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1904)
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1984
J. B. Priestley, English novelist and playwright (b. 1894)
-
1985
Gale Sondergaard, American actress (b. 1899)
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1988
Roy Buchanan, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1939)
-
1988
Robert Calvert, South African-English singer-songwriter and playwright (b. 1945)
-
1988
Enzo Ferrari, Italian race car driver and businessman, founded Ferrari (b. 1898)
-
1989
Ricky Berry, American basketball player (b. 1964)
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1991
Alberto Crespo, Argentinian race car driver (b. 1920)
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1992
John Sirica, American lawyer and judge (b. 1904)
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1994
Elias Canetti, Bulgarian-Swiss novelist, playwright, memoirist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1905)
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1994
Alice Childress, American actress, playwright, and author (b. 1912)
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1996
Sergiu Celibidache, Romanian conductor and composer (b. 1912)
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1999
Pee Wee Reese, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1918)
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2000
Alain Fournier, French-Canadian computer scientist and academic (b. 1943)
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2002
Larry Rivers, American painter and sculptor (b. 1923)
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2003
Helmut Rahn, German footballer (b. 1929)
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2004
Czesław Miłosz, Polish-born American novelist, essayist, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
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2004
Trevor Skeet, New Zealand-English lawyer and politician (b. 1918)
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2006
Adriaan de Groot, Dutch psychologist and chess player (b. 1914)
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2006
Bruno Kirby, American actor (b. 1949)
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2007
Pinchas Goldstein, Israeli politician (b. 1939)
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2007
Tikhon Khrennikov, Russian pianist and composer (b. 1913)
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2007
Kotozakura Masakatsu, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 53rd Yokozuna (b. 1940)
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2010
Rallis Kopsidis, Greek painter and author (b. 1929)
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2010
Herman Leonard, American soldier and photographer (b. 1923)
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2011
Fritz Korbach, German footballer and manager (b. 1945)
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2012
Maja Bošković-Stulli, Croatian historian and academic (b. 1922)
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2012
Vilasrao Deshmukh, Indian lawyer and politician, 14th Chief Minister of Maharashtra (b. 1945)
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2012
Svetozar Gligorić, Serbian chess player and theoretician (b. 1923)
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2012
Sergey Kapitsa, English-Russian physicist and demographer (b. 1928)
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2012
Phyllis Thaxter, American actress (b. 1919)
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2013
Jack Garfinkel, American basketball player and coach (b. 1918)
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2013
Jack Germond, American journalist and author (b. 1928)
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2013
Paddy Power, Irish educator and politician, 22nd Irish Minister for Defence (b. 1928)
Paddy Power (Irish politician) · Minister for Defence (Ireland)
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2014
Leonard Fein, American journalist and academic, co-founded Moment Magazine (b. 1934)
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2014
George V. Hansen, American soldier and politician (b. 1930)
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2015
Agustín Cejas, Argentinian footballer (b. 1945)
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2015
Bob Farrell, American businessman, founded Farrell's Ice Cream Parlour (b. 1927)
Bob Farrell (motivational speaker) · Farrell's Ice Cream Parlour
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2015
Bob Johnston, American songwriter and producer (b. 1932)
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2016
Philip "Fyuvsh" Finkel, American actor (b. 1922)