August 17 — Este Día en la Historia
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Eventos
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309/310
Pope Eusebius is banished by the Emperor Maxentius to Sicily, where he dies, perhaps from a hunger strike.
309 · 310 · Pope Eusebius · Maxentius · Sicilia (Roman province)
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682
St Leo II begins his reign as Catholic Pope.
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986
Byzantine-Bulgarian wars: Battle of the Gates of Trajan: The Bulgarians under the Comitopuli Samuel and Aron defeat the Byzantine forces at the Gate of Trajan, with Byzantine Emperor Basil II barely escaping.
Byzantine-Bulgarian wars · Battle of the Gates of Trajan · First Bulgarian Empire · Cometopuli dynasty · Samuel of Bulgaria
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1186
Georgenberg Pact: Ottokar IV, Duke of Styria and Leopold V, Duke of Austria sign a heritage agreement in which Ottokar gives his duchy to Leopold and to his son Frederick under the stipulation that Austria and Styria would henceforth remain undivided.
Georgenberg Pact · Ottokar IV, Duke of Styria · Leopold V, Duke of Austria · Frederick I, Duke of Austria (Babenberg)
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1386
Karl Topia, the ruler of Princedom of Albania forges an alliance with the Republic of Venice, committing to participate in all wars of the Republic and receiving coastal protection against the Ottomans in return.
Karl Topia · Princedom of Albania · Republic of Venice · Ottomans
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1424
Hundred Years' War: Battle of Verneuil: An English force under John, Duke of Bedford defeats a larger French army under Jean II, Duke of Alençon, John Stewart, and Earl Archibald of Douglas.
Hundred Years' War · Battle of Verneuil · John, Duke of Bedford · Jean II, Duke of Alençon · John Stewart, 2nd Earl of Buchan
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1498
Cesare Borgia, son of Pope Alexander VI, becomes the first person in history to resign the cardinalate; later that same day, King Louis XII of France names him Duke of Valentinois.
Cesare Borgia · Pope Alexander VI · Cardinal (Catholic Church) · Louis XII of France · Duke of Valentinois
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1549
Battle of Sampford Courtenay: The Prayer Book Rebellion is quashed in England.
Battle of Sampford Courtenay · Prayer Book Rebellion · Kingdom of England
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1560
The Roman Catholic Church is overthrown and Protestantism is established as the national religion in Scotland.
Roman Catholic Church · Protestantism · Scottish Reformation Parliament · Kingdom of Scotland
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1585
Eighty Years' War: Siege of Antwerp: Antwerp is captured by Spanish forces under Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma, who orders Protestants to leave the city and as a result over half of the 100,000 inhabitants flee to the northern provinces.
Eighty Years' War · Siege of Antwerp (1584-85) · Antwerp · Spanish Empire · Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma
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1585
A first group of colonists sent by Sir Walter Raleigh under the charge of Ralph Lane lands in the New World to create Roanoke Colony on Roanoke Island, off the coast of present-day North Carolina.
Sir Walter Raleigh · Ralph Lane · New World · Roanoke Colony · Roanoke Island
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1597
Islands Voyage: Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, and Sir Walter Raleigh set sail on an expedition to the Azores.
Islands Voyage · Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex · Walter Raleigh · Azores
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1668
A magnitude 8.0 earthquake causes 8,000 deaths in Anatolia, Ottoman Empire.
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1712
Action of 17 August 1712 New Deep naval battle between Denmark and Sweden.
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1717
Austro-Turkish War of 1716-18: The month-long Siege of Belgrade ends with Prince Eugene of Savoy's Austrian troops capturing the city from the Ottoman Empire.
Austro-Turkish War of 1716-18 · Siege of Belgrade (1717) · Prince Eugene of Savoy · Habsburg Monarchy · Ottoman Empire
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1723
Ioan Giurgiu Patachi becomes Bishop of Făgăraș and is festively installed in his position at the St. Nicolas Cathedral in Făgăraș, after being formally confirmed earlier by Pope Clement XI.
Ioan Giurgiu Patachi · Bishop of Făgăraș · Făgăraș · Pope Clement XI
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1740
Pope Benedict XIV, previously known as Prospero Lambertini, succeeds Clement XII as the 247th Pope.
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1784
Classical composer Luigi Boccherini receives a pay rise of 12000 reals from his employer, the Infante Luis, Count of Chinchón.
Luigi Boccherini · Spanish real · Infante Luis, Count of Chinchón
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1798
The Vietnamese Roman Catholics report a Marian apparition in Quảng Trị, an event which is called Our Lady of La Vang.
Vietnam · Marian apparition · Quảng Trị · Our Lady of La Vang
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1807
Robert Fulton's North River Steamboat leaves New York City for Albany, New York, on the Hudson River, inaugurating the first commercial steamboat service in the world.
Robert Fulton · North River Steamboat · Albany, New York · Hudson River · Steamboat
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1827
Dutch King Willem I and Pope Leo XII sign concord
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1836
British parliament accepts registration of births, marriages and deaths
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1862
American Indian Wars: The Dakota War of 1862 begins in Minnesota as Lakota warriors attack white settlements along the Minnesota River.
American Indian Wars · Dakota War of 1862 · Minnesota · Lakota people · Minnesota River
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1862
American Civil War: Major General J. E. B. Stuart is assigned command of all the cavalry of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia.
American Civil War · J. E. B. Stuart · Confederate States of America · Army of Northern Virginia
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1863
American Civil War: In Charleston, South Carolina, Union batteries and ships bombard Confederate-held Fort Sumter.
Charleston, South Carolina · Union (American Civil War) · Fort Sumter
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1864
American Civil War: Battle of Gainesville: Confederate forces defeat Union troops near Gainesville, Florida.
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1866
The Grand Duchy of Baden announces her withdrawal from the German Confederation and signs a treaty of peace and alliance with Prussia.
Grand Duchy of Baden · German Confederation · History of Baden-Württemberg · Prussia
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1883
The first public performance of the Dominican Republic's national anthem, Himno Nacional.
Dominican Republic · National anthem · National Anthem of the Dominican Republic
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1907
Pike Place Market, a popular tourist destination and registered historic district in Seattle, opened.
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1908
Fantasmagorie, the first animated cartoon, created by Émile Cohl, is shown in Paris, France.
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1914
World War I: Battle of Stallupönen: The German army of General Hermann von François defeats the Russian force commanded by Paul von Rennenkampf near modern-day Nesterov, Russia.
World War I · Battle of Stallupönen · General officer · Hermann von François · Paul von Rennenkampf
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1915
Jewish American Leo Frank is lynched in Marietta, Georgia after a 13-year-old girl is murdered.
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1915
A Category 4 hurricane hits Galveston, Texas with winds at 135 miles per hour (217 km/h).
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1918
Bolshevik revolutionary leader Moisei Uritsky is assassinated.
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1942
World War II: U.S. Marines raid the Japanese-held Pacific island of Makin.
United States Marine Corps · Makin Island raid · Empire of Japan
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1943
World War II: The U.S. Eighth Air Force suffers the loss of 60 bombers on the Schweinfurt-Regensburg mission.
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1943
World War II: The U.S. Seventh Army under General George S. Patton arrives in Messina, Italy, followed several hours later by the British 8th Army under Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, thus completing the Allied conquest of Sicily.
U.S. Seventh Army · George S. Patton · Messina · Bernard Montgomery · Allies of World War II
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1943
World War II: First Québec Conference of Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and William Lyon Mackenzie King begins.
Quebec Conference, 1943 · Winston Churchill · Franklin D. Roosevelt · William Lyon Mackenzie King
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1943
World War II: The Royal Air Force begins Operation Hydra, the first air raid of the Operation Crossbow strategic bombing campaign against Germany's V-weapon program.
Royal Air Force · Operation Hydra (1943) · Operation Crossbow · Strategic bombing during World War II · V-weapons
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1945
Sukarno and Mohammad Hatta proclaim the independence of Indonesia, igniting the Indonesian National Revolution against the Dutch Empire.
Sukarno · Mohammad Hatta · Proclamation of Indonesian Independence · Indonesia · Indonesian National Revolution
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1945
The novella Animal Farm by George Orwell is first published.
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1947
The Radcliffe Line, the border between the Dominions of India and Pakistan, is revealed.
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1953
Addiction: First meeting of Narcotics Anonymous takes place, in Southern California.
Substance dependence · Narcotics Anonymous · Southern California
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1958
Pioneer 0, America's first attempt at lunar orbit, is launched using the first Thor-Able rocket and fails. Notable as one of the first attempted launches beyond Earth orbit by any country.
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1959
Quake Lake is formed by the magnitude 7.5 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake near Hebgen Lake in Montana.
Quake Lake · 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake · Hebgen Lake · Montana
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1962
Peter Fechter is shot and bleeds to death while trying to cross the new Berlin Wall.
Killing of Peter Fechter · List of deaths at the Berlin Wall
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1969
Category 5 Hurricane Camille hits the U.S. Gulf Coast, killing 256 and causing $1.42 billion in damage.
Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale · Hurricane Camille · Gulf Coast of the United States
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1977
The Soviet icebreaker Arktika becomes the first surface ship to reach the North Pole.
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1978
Double Eagle II becomes first balloon to cross the Atlantic Ocean when it lands in Miserey, France near Paris, 137 hours after leaving Presque Isle, Maine.
Double Eagle II · Balloon (aeronautics) · Miserey · Presque Isle, Maine
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1988
President of Pakistan Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq and U.S. Ambassador Arnold Raphel are killed in a plane crash.
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1991
Strathfield massacre: In Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, taxi driver Wade Frankum shoots seven people and injures six others before turning the gun on himself.
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1998
Lewinsky scandal: US President Bill Clinton admits in taped testimony that he had an "improper physical relationship" with White House intern Monica Lewinsky; later that same day he admits before the nation that he "misled people" about the relationship.
Lewinsky scandal · Bill Clinton · White House · Monica Lewinsky
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1999
The 7.6 Mw İzmit earthquake shakes northwestern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), leaving 17,118-17,127 dead and 43,953-50,000 injured.
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2004
The National Assembly of Serbia unanimously adopts new state symbols for Serbia: Bože pravde becomes the new anthem and the coat of arms is adopted for the whole country.
National Assembly of Serbia · Serbia · Bože pravde · Coat of arms of Serbia
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2005
The first forced evacuation of settlers, as part of Israeli disengagement from Gaza, starts.
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2005
Over 500 bombs are set off by terrorists at 300 locations in 63 out of the 64 districts of Bangladesh
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2008
American swimmer Michael Phelps becomes the first person to win eight gold medals at one Olympic Games.
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2009
An accident at the Sayano-Shushenskaya Dam in Khakassia, Russia, kills 75 and shuts down the hydroelectric power station, leading to widespread power failure in the local area.
2009 Sayano-Shushenskaya power station accident · Sayano-Shushenskaya Dam · Khakassia
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2015
A bomb explodes near the Erawan Shrine in Bangkok, Thailand, killing at least 19 people and injuring 123 others.
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2017
2017 Barcelona attacks: A van is driven into pedestrians in La Rambla, killing 14 and injuring at least 100.
Nacimientos Famosos
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1153
William IX, Count of Poitiers (d. 1156)
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1465
Philibert I, Duke of Savoy (d. 1482)
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1473
Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York (d. 1483)
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1501
Philipp II, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg (d. 1529)
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1556
Alexander Briant, English martyr and saint (d. 1581)
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1578
Francesco Albani, Italian painter (d. 1660)
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1578
Johann, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, first prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (d. 1638)
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1582
John Matthew Rispoli, Maltese philosopher (d. 1639)
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1586
Johann Valentin Andrea, German theologian (d. 1654)
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1607
Pierre de Fermat, French lawyer and mathematician (d. 1665)
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1603
Lennart Torstensson, Swedish Field Marshal, Privy Councillour and Governor-General (d. 1651)
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1612
Jeremi Wiśniowiecki, Polish nobleman (d. 1651)
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1629
John III Sobieski, Polish-Lithuanian king (d. 1696)
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1686
Nicola Porpora, Italian composer and educator (d. 1768)
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1753
Josef Dobrovský, Bohemian philologist and historian (d. 1828)
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1768
Louis Desaix, French general (d. 1800)
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1786
Davy Crockett, American soldier and politician (d. 1836)
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1786
Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (d. 1861)
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1828
Jules Bernard Luys, French neurologist and physician (d. 1897)
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1840
Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, English poet and activist (d. 1922)
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1849
William Kidston, Scottish-Australian politician, 17th Premier of Queensland (d. 1919)
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1863
Gene Stratton-Porter, American author and photographer (d. 1924)
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1865
Julia Marlowe, English-American actress (d. 1950)
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1866
Mahbub Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VI, Indian 6th Nizam of Hyderabad (d. 1911)
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1873
John A. Sampson, American gynecologist and academic (d. 1946)
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1877
Ralph McKittrick, American golfer and tennis player (d. 1923)
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1878
Reggie Duff, Australian cricketer (d. 1911)
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1880
Percy Sherwell, South African cricketer and tennis player (d. 1948)
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1887
Charles I of Austria (d. 1922)
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1887
Marcus Garvey, Jamaican journalist and activist, founded Black Star Line (d. 1940)
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1888
Monty Woolley, American actor, raconteur, and pundit (d. 1963)
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1890
Stefan Bastyr, Polish soldier and pilot (d. 1920)
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1890
Harry Hopkins, American politician and diplomat, 8th United States Secretary of Commerce (d. 1946)
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1893
John Brahm, German-American director and production manager (d. 1982)
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1893
Mae West, American actress, playwright, and screenwriter (d. 1980)
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1894
William Rootes, 1st Baron Rootes, English businessman, founded Rootes Group (d. 1964)
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1896
Leslie Groves, American general and engineer (d. 1970)
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1896
Tõnis Kint, Estonian lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of Estonia in exile (d. 1991)
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1896
Oliver Waterman Larkin, American historian and author (d. 1970)
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1900
Vivienne de Watteville, British travel writer and adventurer (d. 1957)
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1900
Pauline A. Young, African-American teacher, historian, aviator and activist (d. 1991)
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1904
Mary Cain, American journalist and politician (d. 1984)
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1904
Leopold Nowak, Austrian composer and musicologist (d. 1991)
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1909
Larry Clinton, American trumpet player and bandleader (d. 1985)
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1909
Wilf Copping, English footballer (d. 1980)
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1911
Mikhail Botvinnik, Russian chess player and engineer (d. 1995)
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1911
Martin Sandberger, German colonel and lawyer (d. 2010)
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1913
Mark Felt, American lawyer and agent, 2nd Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (d. 2008)
Mark Felt · Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
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1913
Oscar Alfredo Gálvez, Argentinian race car driver (d. 1989)
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1913
Rudy York, American baseball player and manager (d. 1970)
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1914
Bill Downs, American journalist (d. 1978)
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1914
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr., American lawyer and politician (d. 1988)
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1916
Moses Majekodunmi, Nigerian physician and politician (d. 2012)
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1918
Evelyn Ankers, British-American actress (d. 1985)
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1918
Ike Quebec, American saxophonist and pianist (d. 1963)
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1918
Michael John Wise, English geographer and academic (d. 2015)
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1919
Georgia Gibbs, American singer (d. 2006)
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1920
Maureen O'Hara, Irish-American actress and singer (d. 2015)
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1920
Lida Moser, American photographer and author (d. 2014)
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1921
Geoffrey Elton, German-English historian and academic (d. 1994)
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1922
Roy Tattersall, English cricketer (d. 2011)
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1923
Larry Rivers, American painter and sculptor (d. 2002)
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1924
Evan S. Connell, American novelist, poet, and short story writer (d. 2013)
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1926
Valerie Eliot, English businesswoman (d. 2012)
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1926
Jiang Zemin, Chinese engineer and politician, former General Secretary of the Communist Party of China and 5th President of China
Jiang Zemin · General Secretary of the Communist Party of China · President of the People's Republic of China
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1927
Sam Butera, American saxophonist and bandleader (d. 2009)
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1927
F. Ray Keyser Jr., American lawyer and politician, 72nd Governor of Vermont (d. 2015)
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1928
T. J. Anderson, American composer, conductor, and educator
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1928
Willem Duys, Dutch tennis player, sportscaster, and producer (d. 2011)
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1929
Francis Gary Powers, American captain and pilot (d. 1977)
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1930
Harve Bennett, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2015)
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1930
Ted Hughes, English poet and playwright (d. 1998)
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1931
Tony Wrigley, English historian, demographer, and academic
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1932
V. S. Naipaul, Trinidadian-English novelist and essayist, Nobel Prize laureate
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1932
Duke Pearson, American pianist and composer (d. 1980)
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1932
Jean-Jacques Sempé, French cartoonist
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1933
Mark Dinning, American pop singer (d. 1986)
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1934
João Donato, Brazilian pianist and composer
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1934
Ron Henry, English footballer (d. 2014)
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1936
Seamus Mallon, Irish educator and politician, Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland
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1936
Margaret Heafield Hamilton, American computer scientist, systems engineer, and business owner.
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1938
Theodoros Pangalos, Greek lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Greece
Theodoros Pangalos (politician) · Deputy Prime Minister of Greece
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1939
Luther Allison, American blues guitarist and singer (d. 1997)
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1940
Eduardo Mignogna, Argentinian director and screenwriter (d. 2006)
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1940
Barry Sheerman, English academic and politician
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1941
Lothar Bisky, German businessman and politician (d. 2013)
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1941
Jean Pierre Lefebvre, Canadian director and screenwriter
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1942
Shane Porteous, Australian actor, animator, and screenwriter
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1943
Edward Cowie, English composer, painter, and author
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1943
Robert De Niro, American actor, entrepreneur, director, and producer
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1943
John Humphrys, Welsh journalist and author
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1943
Dave "Snaker" Ray, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2002)
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1944
Larry Ellison, American businessman, co-founded the Oracle Corporation
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1944
Jean-Bernard Pommier, French pianist and conductor
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1945
Rachel Pollack, American author, poet, and educator
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1946
Hugh Baiocchi, South African golfer
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1946
Martha Coolidge, American director, producer, and screenwriter
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1946
Patrick Manning, Trinidadian-Tobagonian politician, 4th Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago (d. 2016)
Patrick Manning · List of Prime Ministers of Trinidad and Tobago
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1947
Mohamed Abdelaziz, President of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (1976-2016) (d. 2016)
Mohamed Abdelaziz (Sahrawi politician) · President of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
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1947
Gary Talley, American guitarist (The Box Tops), singer-songwriter, and author
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1948
Alexander Ivashkin, Russian-English cellist and conductor (d. 2014)
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1949
Norm Coleman, American lawyer and politician, 52nd Mayor of St. Paul
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1949
Sue Draheim, American fiddler and composer (d. 2013)
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1949
Julian Fellowes, English actor, director, screenwriter, and politician
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1949
Sib Hashian, American rock drummer (Boston) (d. 2017)
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1951
Richard Hunt (puppeteer), Muppet performer (d. 1992)
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1952
Aleksandr Maksimenkov, Russian footballer and coach (d. 2012)
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1952
Nelson Piquet, Brazilian race car driver and businessman
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1952
Mario Theissen, German engineer and businessman
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1952
Guillermo Vilas, Argentinian tennis player
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1953
Mick Malthouse, Australian footballer and coach
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1953
Herta Müller, Romanian-German poet and author, Nobel Prize laureate
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1953
Korrie Layun Rampan, Indonesian author, poet, and critic (d. 2015)
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1953
Kevin Rowland, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1954
Eric Johnson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
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1954
Andrés Pastrana Arango, Colombian lawyer and politician, 38th President of Colombia
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1955
Colin Moulding, English singer-songwriter and bassist
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1956
Gail Berman, American businessman, co-founded BermanBraun
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1956
Álvaro Pino, Spanish cyclist
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1957
Ken Kwapis, American director and screenwriter
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1957
Laurence Overmire, American poet, author, and actor
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1957
Robin Cousins, British competitive figure skater
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1958
Belinda Carlisle, American singer-songwriter
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1958
Fred Goodwin, Scottish banker and accountant
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1958
Maurizio Sandro Sala, Brazilian race car driver
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1959
Jonathan Franzen, American novelist and essayist
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1959
Jacek Kazimierski, Polish footballer
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1959
Eric Schlosser, American journalist and author
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1960
Stephan Eicher, Swiss singer-songwriter
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1960
Sean Penn, American actor, director, and political activist
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1962
Gilby Clarke, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
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1962
Dan Dakich, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster
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1963
Jon Gruden, American football player, coach, and sportscaster
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1964
Colin James, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
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1964
Maria McKee, American singer-songwriter (Lone Justice)
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1964
Dave Penney, English footballer and manager
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1965
Steve Gorman, American drummer
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1965
Dottie Pepper, American golfer
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1966
Jüri Luik, Estonian politician and diplomat, 18th Estonian Minister of Defense
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1966
Rodney Mullen, American skateboarder and stuntman
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1966
Don Sweeney, Canadian ice hockey player and manager
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1968
Andriy Kuzmenko, Ukrainian singer-songwriter (d. 2015)
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1968
Ed McCaffrey, American football player and sportscaster
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1968
Helen McCrory, English actress
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1969
Christian Laettner, American basketball player and coach
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1969
Donnie Wahlberg, American singer-songwriter, actor and producer
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1969
Kelvin Mercer, American rapper, songwriter and producer (De La Soul)
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1970
Jim Courier, American tennis player and sportscaster
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1970
Andrus Kivirähk, Estonian author
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1970
Øyvind Leonhardsen, Norwegian footballer and coach
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1971
Uhm Jung-hwa, South Korean singer and actress
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1971
Jorge Posada, Puerto Rican-American baseball player
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1971
Shaun Rehn, Australian footballer and coach
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1972
Habibul Bashar, Bangladeshi cricketer
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1974
Johannes Maria Staud, Austrian composer
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1976
Eric Boulton, Canadian ice hockey player
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1976
Geertjan Lassche, Dutch journalist and director
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1976
Serhiy Zakarlyuka, Ukrainian footballer and manager (d. 2014)
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1977
Nathan Deakes, Australian race walker
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1977
William Gallas, French footballer
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1977
Thierry Henry, French footballer
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1977
Mike Lewis, Welsh guitarist
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1977
Tarja Turunen, Finnish singer-songwriter and producer
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1979
Antwaan Randle El, American football player and journalist
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1980
Keith Dabengwa, Zimbabwean cricketer
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1980
Daniel Güiza, Spanish footballer
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1980
Jan Kromkamp, Dutch footballer
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1980
Lene Marlin, Norwegian singer-songwriter
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1982
Phil Jagielka, English footballer
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1982
Cheerleader Melissa, American wrestler and manager
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1983
Dustin Pedroia, American baseball player
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1984
Dee Brown, American basketball player
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1984
Oksana Domnina, Russian ice dancer
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1984
Garrett Wolfe, American football player
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1985
Yu Aoi, Japanese actress and model
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1986
Rudy Gay, American basketball player
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1986
Tyrus Thomas, American basketball player
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1988
Natalie Sandtorv, Norwegian singer-songwriter
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1988
Jihadi John, Kuwaiti-British member of ISIS (d. 2015)
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1988
Erika Toda, Japanese actress
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1992
Alex Elisala, New Zealand-Australian rugby player (d. 2013)
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1992
Chanel Mata'utia, Australian rugby league player
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1992
Paige, English professional wrestler
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1993
Sarah Sjöström, Swedish swimmer
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1995
Gracie Gold, American figure skater
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1995
Dallin Watene-Zelezniak, New Zealand rugby league player
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1996
Jake Virtanen, Canadian ice hockey player
Muertes Famosas
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754
Carloman, mayor of the palace of Austrasia
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949
Li Shouzhen, Chinese general and governor
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1153
Eustace IV, Count of Boulogne (b. 1130)
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1304
Emperor Go-Fukakusa of Japan (b. 1243)
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1324
Irene of Brunswick (b. 1293)
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1338
Nitta Yoshisada, Japanese samurai (b. 1301)
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1424
John Stewart, Earl of Buchan (b. c. 1381)
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1510
Edmund Dudley, English politician, Speaker of the House of Commons (b. 1462)
Edmund Dudley · Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom)
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1510
Richard Empson, English statesman
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1547
Katharina von Zimmern, Swiss sovereign abbess (b. 1478)
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1673
Regnier de Graaf, Dutch physician and anatomist (b. 1641)
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1676
Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen, German author (b. 1621)
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1720
Anne Dacier, French scholar and translator (b. 1654)
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1723
Joseph Bingham, English scholar and academic (b. 1668)
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1768
Vasily Trediakovsky, Russian poet and playwright (b. 1703)
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1785
Jonathan Trumbull, English-American merchant and politician, 16th Governor of Connecticut (b. 1710)
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1786
Frederick the Great, Prussian king (b. 1712)
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1814
John Johnson, English architect and surveyor (b. 1732)
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1834
Husein Gradaščević, Ottoman general (b. 1802)
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1838
Lorenzo Da Ponte, Italian playwright and poet (b. 1749)
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1850
José de San Martín, Argentinian general and politician, 1st President of Peru (b. 1778)
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1861
Alcée Louis la Branche, American politician and diplomat, 1st United States Ambassador to Texas (b. 1806)
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1870
Perucho Figueredo, Cuban poet and activist (b. 1818)
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1875
Wilhelm Bleek, German linguist and anthropologist (b. 1827)
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1897
William Jervois, English engineer and diplomat, 10th Governor of South Australia (b. 1821)
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1901
Edmond Audran, French organist and composer (b. 1842)
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1903
Hans Gude, Norwegian-German painter and academic (b. 1825)
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1908
Radoje Domanović, Serbian satirist and journalist (b. 1873)
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1909
Madan Lal Dhingra, Indian activist (b. 1883)
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1918
Moisei Uritsky, Russian activist and politician (b. 1873)
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1920
Ray Chapman, American baseball player (b. 1891)
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1924
Tom Kendall, English-Australian cricketer and journalist (b. 1851)
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1925
Ioan Slavici, Romanian journalist and author (b. 1848)
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1935
Adam Gunn, American decathlete (b. 1872)
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1935
Charlotte Perkins Gilman, American sociologist and author (b. 1860)
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1936
José María of Manila, Spanish-Filipino priest and martyr (b. 1880)
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1940
Billy Fiske, American soldier and pilot (b. 1911)
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1945
Reidar Haaland, Norwegian police officer and soldier (b. 1919)
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1949
Gregorio Perfecto, Filipino journalist, jurist, and politician (b. 1891)
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1958
Arthur Fox, English-American fencer (b. 1878)
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1966
Ken Miles, English race car driver and engineer (b. 1918)
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1969
Otto Stern, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
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1970
Rattana Pestonji, Thai director and producer (b. 1908)
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1971
Maedayama Eigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 39th Yokozuna (b. 1914)
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1971
Wilhelm List, German field marshal (b. 1880)
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1973
Conrad Aiken, American novelist, short story writer, critic, and poet (b. 1889)
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1973
Jean Barraqué, French pianist and composer (b. 1928)
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1973
Paul Williams, American singer and choreographer (b. 1939)
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1979
John C. Allen, American roller coaster designer (b. 1907)
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1979
Vivian Vance, American actress and singer (b. 1909)
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1983
Ira Gershwin, American songwriter (b. 1896)
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1987
Gary Chester, Italian drummer and educator (b. 1924)
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1987
Rudolf Hess, German soldier and politician (b. 1894)
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1987
Shaike Ophir, Israeli actor and screenwriter (b. 1929)
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1988
Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, Pakistani general and politician, 6th President of Pakistan (b. 1924)
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1988
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr., American lawyer and politician (b. 1914)
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1988
Victoria Shaw, Australian-American actress (b. 1935)
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1990
Pearl Bailey, American actress and singer (b. 1918)
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1993
Feng Kang, Chinese mathematician and academic (b. 1920)
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1994
Luigi Chinetti, Italian-American race car driver and businessman (b. 1901)
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1994
Jack Sharkey, American boxer and referee (b. 1902)
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1995
Howard E. Koch, American playwright and screenwriter (b. 1902)
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1995
Ted Whitten, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1933)
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1998
Władysław Komar, Polish shot putter and actor (b. 1940)
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1998
Tadeusz Ślusarski, Polish pole vaulter (b. 1950)
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2000
Jack Walker, English businessman (b. 1929)
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2004
Thea Astley, Australian author and educator (b. 1925)
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2005
John N. Bahcall, American astrophysicist and academic (b. 1934)
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2006
Shamsur Rahman, Bangladeshi poet and journalist (b. 1929)
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2007
Bill Deedes, English journalist and politician (b. 1913)
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2007
Eddie Griffin, American basketball player (b. 1982)
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2008
Franco Sensi, Italian businessman and politician (b. 1926)
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2010
Francesco Cossiga, Italian lawyer and politician, 8th President of Italy (b. 1928)
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2012
Aase Bjerkholt, Norwegian politician, Minister of Children, Equality and Social Inclusion (b. 1915)
Aase Bjerkholt · Minister of Children, Equality and Social Inclusion
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2012
Victor Poor, American engineer, developed the Datapoint 2200 (b. 1933)
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2012
Patrick Ricard, French businessman (b. 1945)
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2012
John Lynch-Staunton, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1930)
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2013
Odilia Dank, American educator and politician (b. 1938)
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2013
Jack Harshman, American baseball player (b. 1927)
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2013
John Hollander, American poet and critic (b. 1929)
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2013
Frank Martínez, American painter (b. 1924)
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2013
Gus Winckel, Dutch lieutenant and pilot (b. 1912)
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2014
Børre Knudsen, Norwegian minister and activist (b. 1937)
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2014
Wolfgang Leonhard, German historian and author (b. 1921)
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2014
Sophie Masloff, American civil servant and politician, 56th Mayor of Pittsburgh (b. 1917)
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2014
Miodrag Pavlović, Serbian poet and critic (b. 1928)
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2014
Pierre Vassiliu, French singer-songwriter (b. 1937)
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2015
Yvonne Craig, American ballet dancer and actress (b. 1937)
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2015
Mike Gaechter, American football player (b. 1940)
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2015
Gerhard Mayer-Vorfelder, German businessman (b. 1933)
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2015
László Paskai, Hungarian cardinal (b. 1927)
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2016
Arthur Hiller, Canadian actor, director, and producer (b. 1923)