August 6 — Este Día en la Historia
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Eventos
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135
The Roman Empire lays siege to Betar, effectively ending the Bar Kokhba revolt.
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1284
The Republic of Pisa is defeated in the Battle of Meloria by the Republic of Genoa, thus losing its naval dominance in the Mediterranean.
Republic of Pisa · Battle of Meloria (1284) · Republic of Genoa
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1506
The Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeated the Crimean Khanate in the Battle of Kletsk
Grand Duchy of Lithuania · Crimean Khanate · Battle of Kletsk
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1538
Bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada.
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1661
The Treaty of The Hague is signed by Portugal and the Dutch Republic.
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1777
American Revolutionary War: The bloody Battle of Oriskany prevents American relief of the Siege of Fort Stanwix.
American Revolutionary War · Battle of Oriskany · Siege of Fort Stanwix
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1787
Sixty proof sheets of the Constitution of the United States are delivered to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
United States Constitution · Constitutional Convention (United States) · Philadelphia
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1806
Francis II, the last Holy Roman Emperor, abdicates, ending the Holy Roman Empire.
Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor · Holy Roman Emperor · Holy Roman Empire
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1819
Norwich University is founded in Vermont as the first private military school in the United States.
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1824
Battle of Junín Peru.
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1825
Bolivia gains independence from Spain.
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1862
American Civil War: The Confederate ironclad CSS Arkansas is scuttled on the Mississippi River after suffering catastrophic engine failure near Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
American Civil War · Confederate States of America · Ironclad warship · CSS Arkansas · Mississippi River
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1870
Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Spicheren is fought, resulting in a Prussian victory.
Franco-Prussian War · Battle of Spicheren · Kingdom of Prussia
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1870
Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Wörth results in a decisive Prussian victory.
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1890
At Auburn Prison in New York, murderer William Kemmler becomes the first person to be executed by electric chair.
Auburn Correctional Facility · William Kemmler · Capital punishment · Electric chair
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1901
Kiowa land in Oklahoma is opened for white settlement, effectively dissolving the contiguous reservation.
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1912
The Bull Moose Party meets at the Chicago Coliseum.
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1914
World War I: First Battle of the Atlantic: Two days after the United Kingdom had declared war on Germany over the German invasion of Belgium, ten German U-boats leave their base in Heligoland to attack Royal Navy warships in the North Sea.
World War I · First Battle of the Atlantic · U-boat · Heligoland · Royal Navy
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1914
World War I: Serbia declares war on Germany; Austria declares war on Russia.
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1915
World War I: Battle of Sari Bair: The Allies mount a diversionary attack timed to coincide with a major Allied landing of reinforcements at Suvla Bay.
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1917
World War I: Battle of Mărășești between the Romanian and German armies begins.
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1926
Gertrude Ederle becomes the first woman to swim across the English Channel.
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1926
In New York City, the Warner Bros.' Vitaphone system premieres with the movie Don Juan starring John Barrymore.
Warner Bros. · Vitaphone · Don Juan (1926 film) · John Barrymore
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1930
Judge Joseph Force Crater steps into a taxi in New York and disappears never to be seen again.
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1940
Estonia was illegally annexed by the Soviet Union.
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1942
Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands becomes the first reigning queen to address a joint session of the United States Congress.
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1944
The Warsaw Uprising occurs on August 1. It is brutally suppressed and all able-bodied men in Kraków are detained afterwards to prevent a similar uprising, the Kraków Uprising, that was planned but never carried out.
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1945
World War II: Hiroshima, Japan is devastated when the atomic bomb "Little Boy" is dropped by the United States B-29 Enola Gay. Around 70,000 people are killed instantly, and some tens of thousands die in subsequent years from burns and radiation poisoning.
World War II · Hiroshima · Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki · Nuclear weapon · Little Boy
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1956
After going bankrupt in 1955, the American broadcaster DuMont Television Network makes its final broadcast, a boxing match from St. Nicholas Arena in New York in the Boxing from St. Nicholas Arena series.
1955 · DuMont Television Network · St. Nicholas Rink · Boxing from St. Nicholas Arena
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1960
Cuban Revolution: Cuba nationalizes American and foreign-owned property in the nation.
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1962
Jamaica becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
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1965
US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act of 1965 into law.
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1986
A low-pressure system that redeveloped off the New South Wales coast dumps a record 328 millimeters (13 inches) of rain in a day on Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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1990
Gulf War: The United Nations Security Council orders a global trade embargo against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait.
Gulf War · United Nations Security Council · Embargo · Iraq · Kuwait
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1991
Tim Berners-Lee releases files describing his idea for the World Wide Web. WWW debuts as a publicly available service on the Internet.
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1991
Takako Doi, chair of the Social Democratic Party, becomes Japan's first female speaker of the House of Representatives.
Takako Doi · Social Democratic Party (Japan) · House of Representatives (Japan)
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1996
The Ramones played their farewell concert at The Palace, Los Angeles, CA.
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1996
NASA announces that the ALH 84001 meteorite, thought to originate from Mars, contains evidence of primitive life-forms.
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1997
Korean Air Flight 801 crashed at Nimitz Hill, Guam killing 228 of 254 people on board.
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2001
Erwadi fire incident, 28 mentally ill persons tied to a chain were burnt to death at a faith based institution at Erwadi, Tamil Nadu.
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2008
A military junta led by Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz stages a coup d'état in Mauritania, overthrowing president Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi.
Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz · 2008 Mauritanian coup d'état · Mauritania · Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi
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2010
Flash floods across a large part of Jammu and Kashmir, India, damages 71 towns and kills at least 255 people.
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2011
War in Afghanistan: A United States military helicopter is shot down, killing 30 American special forces members and a working dog, 7 Afghan soldiers, and 1 Afghan civilian. It was the deadliest single event for the United States in the War in Afghanistan.
War in Afghanistan (2001-present) · 2011 Chinook shootdown in Afghanistan
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2012
NASA's Curiosity rover lands on the surface of Mars.
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2015
A suicide bomb attack kills at least 15 people at a mosque in the Saudi city of Abha.
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Nacimientos Famosos
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1180
Emperor Go-Toba of Japan (d. 1239)
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1504
Matthew Parker, English archbishop (d. 1575)
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1572
Fakhr-al-Din II, Ottoman prince (d. 1635)
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1605
Bulstrode Whitelocke, English lawyer (d. 1675)
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1609
Richard Bennett, English-American politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia (d. 1675)
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1619
Barbara Strozzi, Italian composer and singer-songwriter (d. 1677)
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1622
Tjerk Hiddes de Vries, Dutch admiral (d. 1666)
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1638
Nicolas Malebranche, French priest and philosopher (d. 1715)
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1644
Louise de La Vallière, French mistress of Louis XIV of France (d. 1710)
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1651
François Fénelon, French archbishop and poet (d. 1715)
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1656
Claude de Forbin, French general (d. 1733)
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1666
Maria Sophia of Neuburg (d. 1699)
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1667
Johann Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (d. 1748)
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1697
Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1745)
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1715
Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues, French author (d. 1747)
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1765
Petros Mavromichalis, Greek general and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1848)
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1766
William Hyde Wollaston, English chemist and physicist (d. 1828)
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1768
Jean-Baptiste Bessières, French general and politician (d. 1813)
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1775
Daniel O'Connell, Irish lawyer and politician, Lord Mayor of Dublin (d. 1847)
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1809
Alfred, Lord Tennyson, English poet (d. 1892)
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1826
Thomas Alexander Browne, English-Australian author (d. 1915)
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1835
Hjalmar Kiærskou, Danish botanist (d. 1900)
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1844
Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (d. 1900)
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1844
James Henry Greathead, South African-English engineer (d. 1896)
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1846
Anna Haining Bates, Canadian-American giant (d. 1888)
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1868
Paul Claudel, French poet and playwright (d. 1955)
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1874
Charles Fort, American author (d. 1932)
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1877
Wallace H. White, Jr., American lawyer and politician (d. 1952)
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1880
Hans Moser, Austrian actor and singer (d. 1964)
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1881
Leo Carrillo, American actor (d. 1961)
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1881
Alexander Fleming, Scottish biologist, pharmacologist, and botanist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1955)
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1881
Louella Parsons, American journalist (d. 1972)
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1883
Scott Nearing, American economist and educator (d. 1983)
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1886
Edward Ballantine, American composer and academic (d. 1971)
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1887
Dudley Benjafield, English race car driver (d. 1957)
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1889
George Kenney, Canadian-American general (d. 1977)
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1889
John Middleton Murry, English poet and author (d. 1957)
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1890
Wentworth Beaumont, 2nd Viscount Allendale, English captain and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Northumberland (d. 1956)
Wentworth Beaumont, 2nd Viscount Allendale · Lord Lieutenant of Northumberland
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1891
William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim, English field marshal and politician, 13th Governor-General of Australia (d. 1970)
William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim · Governor-General of Australia
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1892
Hoot Gibson, American actor, director, and producer (d. 1962)
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1893
Wright Patman, American lieutenant and politician (d. 1976)
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1895
Ernesto Lecuona, Cuban pianist and composer (d. 1963)
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1895
Frank Nicklin, Australian politician, 28th Premier of Queensland (d. 1978)
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1900
Cecil Howard Green, English-American geophysicist and businessman, co-founded Texas Instruments (d. 2003)
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1902
Dutch Schultz, American gangster (d. 1935)
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1904
Jean Dessès, Greek-Egyptian fashion designer (d. 1970)
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1904
Henry Iba, American basketball player and coach (d. 1993)
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1906
Vic Dickenson, American trombonist (d. 1984)
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1908
Helen Jacobs, American tennis player and commander (d. 1997)
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1908
Lajos Vajda, Hungarian painter and illustrator (d. 1941)
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1909
Diana Keppel, Countess of Albemarle (d. 2013)
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1910
Adoniran Barbosa, Brazilian musician, singer, composer, humorist, and actor (d. 1982)
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1910
Charles Crichton, English director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1999)
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1911
Lucille Ball, American actress, television producer and businesswoman (d. 1989)
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1911
Norman Gordon, South African cricketer (d. 2014)
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1911
Constance Heaven, English author and actress (d. 1995)
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1912
Richard C. Miller, American photographer (d. 2010)
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1914
Gordon Freeth, Australian lawyer and politician, 24th Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs (d. 2001)
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1916
Richard Hofstadter, American historian and academic (d. 1970)
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1916
Dom Mintoff, Maltese journalist and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Malta (d. 2012)
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1917
Barbara Cooney, American author and illustrator (d. 2000)
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1917
Robert Mitchum, American actor (d. 1997)
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1918
Norman Granz, American-Swiss record producer and manager (d. 2001)
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1919
Pauline Betz, American tennis player (d. 2011)
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1920
Selma Diamond, Canadian-American actress and screenwriter (d. 1985)
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1920
John Graves, American author (d. 2013)
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1920
Ella Raines, American actress (d. 1988)
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1922
Freddie Laker, English businessman, founded Laker Airways (d. 2006)
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1922
Dan Walker, American lawyer and politician, 36th Governor of Illinois (d. 2015)
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1923
Jess Collins, American painter (d. 2004)
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1923
Paul Hellyer, Canadian engineer and politician, 16th Canadian Minister of Defence
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1924
Samuel Bowers, American activist, co-founded the White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (d. 2006)
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1926
Elisabeth Beresford, French-English journalist and author (d. 2010)
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1926
Frank Finlay, English actor (d. 2016)
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1926
Clem Labine, American baseball player and manager (d. 2007)
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1926
János Rózsás, Hungarian author (d. 2012)
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1926
Norman Wexler, American screenwriter (d. 1999)
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1928
Herb Moford, American baseball player (d. 2005)
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1928
Andy Warhol, American painter and photographer (d. 1987)
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1929
Mike Elliott, Jamaican saxophonist
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1929
Roch La Salle, Canadian politician, 42nd Canadian Minister of Public Works (d. 2007)
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1930
Abbey Lincoln, American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2010)
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1931
Chalmers Johnson, American scholar and author (d. 2010)
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1932
Michael Deeley, English screenwriter and producer
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1932
Howard Hodgkin, English painter (d. 2017)
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1932
Charles Wood, English playwright and screenwriter
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1933
A. G. Kripal Singh, Indian cricketer (d. 1987)
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1934
Piers Anthony, English-American soldier and author
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1934
Chris Bonington, English mountaineer and author
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1934
Billy Boston, Welsh rugby player and soldier
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1935
Fortunato Baldelli, Italian cardinal (d. 2012)
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1935
Octavio Getino, Spanish-Argentinian director and screenwriter (d. 2012)
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1937
Baden Powell de Aquino, Brazilian guitarist and composer (d. 2000)
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1937
Charlie Haden, American bassist and composer (d. 2014)
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1937
Barbara Windsor, English actress
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1938
Paul Bartel, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2000)
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1938
Peter Bonerz, American actor and director
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1938
Bert Yancey, American golfer (d. 1994)
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1940
Mukhu Aliyev, Russian philologist and politician, 2nd President of Dagestan
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1940
Egil Kapstad, Norwegian pianist and composer
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1940
Louise Sorel, American actress
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1941
Ray Culp, American baseball player
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1941
Andrew Green, Baron Green of Deddington, English diplomat
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1942
Byard Lancaster, American saxophonist and flute player (d. 2012)
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1943
Jon Postel, American computer scientist and academic (d. 1998)
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1944
Inday Badiday, Filipino journalist and actress (d. 2003)
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1944
Michael Mingos, English chemist and academic
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1944
Martin Wharton, English bishop
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1945
Ron Jones, English director and production manager (d. 1993)
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1946
Allan Holdsworth, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer (d. 2017)
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1947
Radhia Cousot, French computer scientist and academic
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1947
Tony Dell, English-Australian cricketer and soldier
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1948
William McCrea, Northern Irish politician
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1949
Dino Bravo, Italian-Canadian wrestler (d. 1993)
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1949
Richard Prince, American painter and photographer
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1949
Clarence Richard Silva, American bishop
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1950
Dorian Harewood, American actor
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1951
Catherine Hicks, American actress
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1951
Daryl Somers, Australian television host and singer
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1952
Pat MacDonald, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1952
David McLetchie, Scottish lawyer and politician (d. 2013)
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1952
Ton Scherpenzeel, Dutch keyboard player, songwriter, and producer
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1954
Mark Hughes, English-Australian rugby league player
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1956
Bill Emmott, English journalist and author
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1957
Bob Horner, American baseball player
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1957
Jim McGreevey, American lawyer and politician, 52nd Governor of New Jersey
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1958
Randy DeBarge, American singer-songwriter and bass player
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1959
Rajendra Singh, Indian environmentalist
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1960
Dale Ellis, American basketball player
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1961
Mary Ann Sieghart, English journalist and radio host
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1962
Michelle Yeoh, Malaysian-Hong Kong actress and producer
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1963
Charles Ingram, English soldier, author, and game show contestant
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1963
Kevin Mitnick, American computer hacker and author
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1964
Kemi Omololu-Olunloyo, Nigerian journalist, activist, social media expert, and pharmacist
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1965
Vishal Bhardwaj, Indian film director, screenwriter, producer, music composer and playback singer
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1965
Yuki Kajiura, Japanese pianist and composer
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1965
David Robinson, American basketball player and lieutenant
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1965
Vince Wells, English cricketer
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1967
Lorna Fitzsimons, English businesswoman and politician
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1967
Mike Greenberg, American journalist and sportscaster
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1967
Julie Snyder, Canadian talk show host and producer
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1968
Jack de Gier, Dutch footballer
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1969
Simon Doull, New Zealand cricketer and sportscaster
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1969
Elliott Smith, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2003)
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1970
M. Night Shyamalan, Indian-American director, producer, and screenwriter
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1972
Paolo Bacigalupi, American author
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1972
Darren Eales, English footballer and lawyer
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1972
Geri Halliwell, English singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
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1972
Ray Lucas, American football player and sportscaster
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1973
Vera Farmiga, American actress
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1973
Max Kellerman, American sportscaster and radio host
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1973
Iain Morris, English screenwriter and producer
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1973
Stuart O'Grady, Australian cyclist
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1974
Bobby Petta, Dutch footballer
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1974
Luis Vizcaíno, Dominican baseball player
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1974
Alvin Williams, American basketball player and coach
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1975
Jason Crump, English-Australian motorcycle racer
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1975
Renate Götschl, Austrian skier
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1975
Víctor Zambrano, Venezuelan baseball player
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1976
Soleil Moon Frye, American actress and producer
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1976
Melissa George, Australian-American actress
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1976
Adam Ritson, Australian rugby league player
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1976
Shaun Timmins, Australian rugby league player
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1977
Leandro Amaral, Brazilian footballer
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1977
Rebecca Maddern, Australian journalist and television host
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1977
Jimmy Nielsen, Danish footballer and manager
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1977
Luciano Zavagno, Argentinian footballer
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1978
Marvel Smith, American football player
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1979
Francesco Bellotti, Italian cyclist
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1979
Jaime Correa, Mexican footballer
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1979
Travis Reed, American basketball player
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1980
Danny Collins, English-Welsh footballer
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1980
Seneca Wallace, American football player
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1980
Roman Weidenfeller, German footballer
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1981
Vitantonio Liuzzi, Italian race car driver
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1981
Diána Póth, Hungarian figure skater
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1983
Neil Harvey, English-Barbadian footballer
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1983
C. J. Mosley, American football player
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1983
Robin van Persie, Dutch footballer
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1984
Vedad Ibišević, Bosnian footballer
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1984
Jesse Ryder, New Zealand cricketer
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1985
Viktoria Baškite, Estonian chess player
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1985
Mickaël Delage, French cyclist
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1985
Bafétimbi Gomis, French footballer
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1985
Garrett Weber-Gale, American swimmer
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1986
Mehmet Akgün, Turkish footballer
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1986
Raphael Pyrasch, German rugby player
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1991
Jiao Liuyang, Chinese swimmer
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1992
Tara Moore, British tennis player
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1995
Rebecca Peterson, Swedish tennis player
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Muertes Famosas
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258
Pope Sixtus II
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523
Pope Hormisdas (b. 450)
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750
Marwan II, Umayyad general and caliph (b. 688)
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1027
Richard III, Duke of Normandy
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1162
Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona (b. 1113)
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1195
Henry the Lion, Duke of Saxony and Bavaria (b. 1129)
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1221
Saint Dominic, Spanish priest, founded the Dominican Order (b. 1170)
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1272
Stephen V of Hungary (b. 1239)
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1384
Francesco I of Lesbos
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1414
Ladislaus of Naples (b. 1377)
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1458
Pope Callixtus III (b. 1378)
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1530
Jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (b. 1458)
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1553
Girolamo Fracastoro, Italian physician (b. 1478)
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1628
Johannes Junius, German lawyer and politician (b. 1573)
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1637
Ben Jonson, English poet and playwright (b. 1572)
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1645
Lionel Cranfield, 1st Earl of Middlesex, English merchant and politician (b. 1575)
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1657
Bohdan Khmelnytsky, Ukrainian soldier and politician, 1st Hetman of Zaporizhian Host (b. 1595)
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1660
Diego Velázquez, Spanish painter and educator (b. 1599)
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1666
Tjerk Hiddes de Vries, Frisian naval hero and commander (b. 1622)
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1679
John Snell, Scottish-English soldier and philanthropist, founded the Snell Exhibition (b. 1629)
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1694
Antoine Arnauld, French mathematician and philosopher (b. 1612)
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1695
François de Harlay de Champvallon, French archbishop (b. 1625)
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1753
Georg Wilhelm Richmann, Estonian-Russian physicist and academic (b. 1711)
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1757
Ádám Mányoki, Hungarian painter (b. 1673)
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1794
Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst, English lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1714)
Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst · Lord Chancellor of Great Britain
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1815
James A. Bayard, American lawyer and politician (b. 1767)
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1828
Konstantin von Benckendorff, Russian general and diplomat (b. 1785)
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1850
Edward Walsh, Irish poet and songwriter (b. 1805)
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1866
John Mason Neale, English priest, scholar, and hymnwriter (b. 1818)
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1881
James Springer White, American religious leader, co-founded the Seventh-day Adventist Church (b. 1821)
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1884
Robert Spear Hudson, English businessman and philanthropist (b. 1812)
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1893
Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel, Swiss lawyer and politician (b. 1811)
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1904
Eduard Hanslick, Austrian author and critic (b. 1825)
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1906
George Waterhouse, English-New Zealand politician, 7th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1824)
George Waterhouse (politician) · Prime Minister of New Zealand
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1920
Stefan Bastyr, Polish pilot and author (b. 1890)
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1925
Surendranath Banerjee, Indian academic and politician (b. 1848)
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1925
Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro, Italian mathematician (b. 1853)
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1931
Bix Beiderbecke, American cornet player, pianist, and composer (b. 1903)
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1945
Richard Bong, American soldier and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1920)
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1945
Hiram Johnson, American lawyer and politician, 23rd Governor of California (b. 1866)
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1946
Tony Lazzeri, American baseball player and coach (b. 1903)
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1959
Preston Sturges, American director, screenwriter, and playwright (b. 1898)
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1964
Cedric Hardwicke, English actor and director (b. 1893)
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1969
Theodor W. Adorno, German sociologist and philosopher (b. 1903)
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1970
Nikos Tsiforos, Greek director and screenwriter (b. 1912)
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1973
Fulgencio Batista, Cuban colonel and politician, 9th President of Cuba (b. 1901)
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1976
Gregor Piatigorsky, Russian-American cellist and educator (b. 1903)
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1978
Pope Paul VI (b. 1897)
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1978
Edward Durell Stone, American architect, designed Radio City Music Hall and the Kennedy Center (b. 1902)
Edward Durell Stone · Radio City Music Hall · Kennedy Center
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1979
Feodor Felix Konrad Lynen, German biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
Feodor Felix Konrad Lynen · Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
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1983
Klaus Nomi, German singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1944)
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1985
William Anstruther-Gray, Baron Kilmany, Scottish soldier and politician (b. 1905)
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1985
Forbes Burnham, Guyanese politician, 2nd President of Guyana (b. 1923)
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1986
Emilio Fernández, Mexican actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1904)
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1987
Ira C. Eaker, American general (b. 1896)
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1990
Jacques Soustelle, French anthropologist and politician (b. 1912)
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1991
Shapour Bakhtiar, Iranian soldier and politician, 74th Prime Minister of Iran (b. 1915)
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1991
Roland Michener, Canadian lawyer and politician, 20th Governor General of Canada (b. 1900)
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1991
Harry Reasoner, American journalist, co-created 60 Minutes (b. 1923)
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1992
Leszek Błażyński, Polish boxer (b. 1949)
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1993
Tex Hughson, American baseball player (b. 1916)
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1994
Domenico Modugno, Italian singer-songwriter and politician (b. 1928)
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1997
Shin Ki-ha, South Korean lawyer and politician (b. 1941)
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1998
André Weil, French-American mathematician and academic (b. 1906)
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2001
Jorge Amado, Brazilian novelist and poet (b. 1912)
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2001
Adhar Kumar Chatterji, Chief of the Naval Staff of the Indian Navy from 1966 until 1970. (b. 1914)
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2001
Wilhelm Mohnke, German general (b. 1911)
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2001
Shan Ratnam, Sri Lankan physician and academic (b. 1928)
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2001
Dorothy Tutin, English actress (b. 1930)
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2002
Edsger W. Dijkstra, Dutch physicist, computer scientist, and academic (b. 1930)
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2003
Julius Baker, American flute player and educator (b. 1915)
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2004
Rick James, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1948)
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2004
Donald Justice, American poet and academic (b. 1925)
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2005
Robin Cook, Scottish educator and politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (b. 1946)
Robin Cook · Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
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2007
Heinz Barth, German lieutenant (b. 1920)
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2007
Zsolt Daczi, Hungarian guitarist (b. 1969)
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2008
Angelos Kitsos, Greek lawyer and author (b. 1934)
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2009
Riccardo Cassin, Italian mountaineer and author (b. 1909)
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2009
Willy DeVille, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1950)
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2009
John Hughes, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1950)
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2011
Fe del Mundo, Filipino pediatrician and educator (b. 1911)
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2012
Richard Cragun, American-Brazilian ballet dancer and choreographer (b. 1944)
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2012
Marvin Hamlisch, American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1944)
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2012
Robert Hughes, Australian-American author and critic (b. 1938)
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2012
Bernard Lovell, English physicist and astronomer (b. 1913)
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2012
Mark O'Donnell, American playwright (b. 1954)
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2012
Ruggiero Ricci, American violinist and educator (b. 1918)
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2012
Dan Roundfield, American basketball player (b. 1953)
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2013
Jeremy Geidt, English-American actor and educator (b. 1930)
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2013
Stan Lynde, American author and illustrator (b. 1931)
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2013
Mava Lee Thomas, American baseball player (b. 1929)
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2013
Jerry Wolman, American businessman (b. 1927)
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2014
Ralph Bryans, Northern Irish motorcycle racer (b. 1941)
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2014
Ananda W.P. Guruge, Sri Lankan scholar and diplomat (b. 1928)
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2014
John Woodland Hastings, American biochemist and academic (b. 1927)
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2015
Ray Hill, American football player (b. 1975)
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2015
Frederick R. Payne, Jr., American general and pilot (b. 1911)
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2015
Orna Porat, German-Israeli actress (b. 1924)
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2017
Darren Daulton, American baseball player (b. 1962)
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2017
Betty Cuthbert, Australian sprinter (b. 1938)
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