September 27 — Este Día en la Historia
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Eventos
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1066
William the Conqueror and his army set sail from the mouth of the River Somme, beginning the Norman conquest of England.
William the Conqueror · River Somme · Norman conquest of England
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1331
The Battle of Płowce between the Kingdom of Poland and the Teutonic Order is fought.
Battle of Płowce · Kingdom of Poland (1025-1385) · Teutonic Order
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1422
After the brief Gollub War the Teutonic Knights sign the Treaty of Melno with the Kingdom of Poland and Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Gollub War · Teutonic Knights · Treaty of Melno · History of Poland during the Jagiellonian dynasty · Grand Duchy of Lithuania
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1529
The Siege of Vienna begins when Suleiman I attacks the city.
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1540
The Society of Jesus (Jesuits) receives its charter from Pope Paul III.
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1590
Pope Urban VII dies 13 days after being chosen as the Pope, making his reign the shortest papacy in history.
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1605
The armies of Sweden are defeated by the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the Battle of Kircholm.
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1669
The Venetians surrender the fortress of Candia to the Ottomans, thus ending the 21-year-long Siege of Candia.
Republic of Venice · Kingdom of Candia · Ottoman Empire · Siege of Candia
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1777
American Revolutionary War: Lancaster, Pennsylvania becomes the capital of the United States, for one day after the Second Continental Congress evacuates Philadelphia to avoid invading British forces.
American Revolutionary War · Lancaster, Pennsylvania · Second Continental Congress · Philadelphia
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1779
The Continental Congress appoints John Adams to travel to France as minister plenipotentiary in charge of negotiating treaties of peace and commerce with Great Britain during the American Revolutionary War.
Continental Congress · John Adams · France · Great Britain · American Revolutionary War
- 1791
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1822
Jean-François Champollion announces that he has deciphered the Rosetta Stone.
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1825
The world's first public railway to use steam locomotives, the Stockton and Darlington Railway, is ceremonially opened.
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1854
The steamship SS Arctic sinks with 300 people on board. This marks the first great disaster in the Atlantic Ocean.
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1875
The merchant sailing ship Ellen Southard is wrecked in a storm at Liverpool.
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1903
The Wreck of the Old 97, an American rail disaster that became the subject of a popular ballad.
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1905
The physics journal Annalen der Physik received Albert Einstein's paper, "Does the Inertia of a Body Depend Upon Its Energy Content?", introducing the equation E=mc².
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1908
The first production of the Ford Model T automobile was built at the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit, Michigan.
Ford Model T · Ford Piquette Avenue Plant · Detroit · Michigan
- 1916
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1922
King Constantine I of Greece abdicates his throne in favor of his eldest son, George II.
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1928
The Republic of China is recognized by the United States.
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1930
Bobby Jones wins the U.S. Amateur Championship to complete the Grand Slam of golf. The old structure of the grand slam was the U.S. Open, The Open Championship, U.S. Amateur, and British Amateur.
Bobby Jones (golfer) · United States Amateur Championship (men's golf) · Grand Slam (golf) · U.S. Open (golf) · The Open Championship
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1938
Ocean liner Queen Elizabeth launched in Glasgow.
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1940
World War II: The Tripartite Pact is signed in Berlin by Germany, Japan and Italy.
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1941
The National Liberation Front (Greece) is established and Georgios Siantos is appointed acting leader.
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1941
The SS Patrick Henry is launched becoming the first of more than 2,700 Liberty ships.
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1942
Last day of the September Matanikau action on Guadalcanal as United States Marine Corps troops barely escape after being surrounded by Japanese forces near the Matanikau River.
Actions along the Matanikau · Guadalcanal · United States Marine Corps · Empire of Japan · Matanikau River
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1944
The Kassel Mission results in the largest loss by a USAAF group on any mission in World War II.
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1949
The first Plenary Session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference approves the design of the Flag of the People's Republic of China.
Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference · Flag of the People's Republic of China
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1954
The nationwide debut of Tonight Starring Steve Allen (The Tonight Show) hosted by Steve Allen on NBC.
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1956
USAF Captain Milburn G. Apt becomes the first man to exceed Mach 3 while flying the Bell X-2. Shortly thereafter, the craft goes out of control and Captain Apt is killed.
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1959
Typhoon Vera kills nearly 5,000 people in Japan.
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1962
The Yemen Arab Republic is established.
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1962
Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring is published, inspiring an environmental movement and the creation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Rachel Carson · Silent Spring · United States Environmental Protection Agency
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1964
The British TSR-2 aircraft XR219 makes its maiden flight from Boscombe Down in Wiltshire.
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1968
The stage musical Hair opens at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London, where it played 1,998 performances until its closure was forced by the roof collapsing in July 1973.
Musical theatre · Hair (musical) · Shaftesbury Theatre · 1973
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1975
The last use of capital punishment in Spain sees the executions of five members of militant organisations, sparking worldwide protests against the Spanish government and the withdrawal of numerous ambassadors.
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1979
The United States Department of Education receives final approval from the U.S. Congress to become the 13th US Cabinet agency.
United States Department of Education · Congress of the United States · Cabinet (government)
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1983
Richard Stallman announces the GNU Project to develop a free Unix-like operating system.
Richard Stallman · GNU Project · Unix-like · Operating system
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1988
National League for Democracy is formed by Aung San Suu Kyi and various others to help fight against dictatorship in Myanmar.
National League for Democracy · Aung San Suu Kyi · Dictatorship · Myanmar
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1993
The Sukhumi massacre takes place in Abkhazia.
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1996
In Afghanistan, the Taliban capture the capital city Kabul after driving out President Burhanuddin Rabbani and executing former leader Mohammad Najibullah.
Afghanistan · Taliban · Kabul · Burhanuddin Rabbani · Mohammad Najibullah
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1996
The Julie N., a tanker ship, spills thousands of gallons of oil after crashing into the Million Dollar Bridge in Portland, Maine.
Julie N. oil spill · Million Dollar Bridge (Maine) · Portland, Maine
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1998
The Google internet search engine retroactively claims this date as its birthday.
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2001
Zug massacre: In Zug, Switzerland, Friedrich Leibacher shoots 18 citizens, killing 14 and then himself.
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2003
SMART-1 satellite is launched.
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2007
NASA launches the Dawn probe.
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2008
CNSA astronaut Zhai Zhigang becomes the first Chinese person to perform a spacewalk while flying on Shenzhou 7.
China National Space Administration · Zhai Zhigang · Shenzhou 7
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2012
A mass shooting takes place at Accent Signage Systems, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, killing six people, including the gunman who committed suicide, and wounding two others.
2012 Minneapolis workplace shooting · Minneapolis, Minnesota
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2014
Eruption of Mount Ontake in Japan occurs.
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Nacimientos Famosos
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808
Ninmyō, Japanese emperor (d. 850)
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823
Ermentrude of Orléans (d. 869)
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1271
Wenceslaus II of Bohemia (d. 1305)
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1275
John II, Duke of Brabant (d. 1312)
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1300
Adolf, Count Palatine of the Rhine (d. 1327)
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1389
Cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (d. 1464)
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1433
Stanisław Kazimierczyk, Polish canon regular and saint (d. 1489)
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1442
John de la Pole, 2nd Duke of Suffolk (d. 1491)
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1496
Hieronymus Łaski, Polish diplomat (d. 1542)
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1507
Guillaume Rondelet, French physician (d. 1566)
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1533
Stefan Batory, King of Poland (d. 1586)
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1544
Takenaka Shigeharu, Japanese samurai (d. 1579)
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1552
Flaminio Scala, Italian playwright and stage actor (d. 1624)
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1598
Robert Blake, English admiral (d. 1657)
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1601
Louis XIII of France (d. 1643)
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1627
Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, French bishop and theologian (d. 1704)
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1643
Solomon Stoddard, American pastor and librarian (d. 1729)
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1657
Sofia Alekseyevna of Russia (d. 1704)
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1677
Giovanni Carlo Maria Clari, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1754)
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1696
Alphonsus Maria de' Liguori, Italian bishop and saint (d. 1787)
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1719
Abraham Gotthelf Kästner, German mathematician and epigrammatist (d. 1800)
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1722
Samuel Adams, American philosopher and politician, 4th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1803)
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1729
Michael Denis, Austrian lepidopterist, author, and poet (d. 1800)
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1739
Francis Russell, Marquess of Tavistock, Irish politician (d. 1767)
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1765
Antoine Philippe de La Trémoille, French general (d. 1794)
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1783
Agustín de Iturbide, Mexican royalist turned insurgent; first emperor of Mexico (d. 1824)
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1803
Samuel Francis Du Pont, American admiral (d. 1865)
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1805
George Müller, German-English evangelist and missionary, founded the Ashley Down Orphanage (d. 1898)
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1818
Hermann Kolbe, German chemist and academic (d. 1884)
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1821
Henri-Frédéric Amiel, Swiss philosopher, poet, and critic (d. 1881)
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1824
William "Bull" Nelson, American general (d. 1862)
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1830
William Babcock Hazen, American general (d. 1887)
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1838
Lawrence Sullivan Ross, American general and politician, 19th Governor of Texas (d. 1898)
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1840
Alfred Thayer Mahan, American captain and historian (d. 1914)
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1840
Thomas Nast, German-American cartoonist (d. 1902)
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1842
Alphonse François Renard, Belgian geologist and petrographer (d. 1903)
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1843
Gaston Tarry, French mathematician and academic (d. 1913)
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1861
Corinne Roosevelt Robinson, American poet and author (d. 1933)
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1864
Andrej Hlinka, Slovak priest and politician (d. 1938)
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1866
Eurosia Fabris, Italian saint (d. 1932)
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1871
Grazia Deledda, Italian novelist and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1936)
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1879
Hans Hahn, Austrian mathematician and philosopher (d. 1934)
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1879
Frederick Schule, American hurdler and coach (d. 1962)
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1879
Cyril Scott, English poet and composer (d. 1970)
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1882
Dorothy Greenhough-Smith, English figure skater and tennis player (d. 1965)
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1885
Harry Blackstone, Sr., American magician (d. 1965)
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1885
Charles Benjamin Howard, Canadian businessman and politician (d. 1964)
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1892
George Bambridge, English diplomat (d. 1943)
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1894
Lothar von Richthofen, German lieutenant and pilot (d. 1922)
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1895
Woolf Barnato, English race car driver and financier (d. 1948)
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1896
Gilbert Ashton, English cricketer (d. 1981)
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1896
Sam Ervin, American soldier and politician (d. 1985)
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1898
Vincent Youmans, American composer and producer (d. 1946)
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1904
Edvard Kocbek, Slovenian poet and politician (d. 1981)
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1905
Conrad Heidkamp, German footballer and manager (d. 1994)
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1906
William Empson, English poet and critic (d. 1984)
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1906
Jim Thompson, American author and screenwriter (d. 1977)
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1906
Sergei Varshavsky, Russian art collector and author (d. 1980)
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1907
Maurice Blanchot, French philosopher and theorist (d. 2003)
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1907
Bernard Miles, English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1991)
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1911
Marcey Jacobson, American-Mexican photographer (d. 2009)
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1913
Albert Ellis, American psychologist and author (d. 2007)
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1916
S. Yizhar, Israeli academic and politician (d. 2006)
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1917
Louis Auchincloss, American novelist and essayist (d. 2010)
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1917
Carl Ballantine, American magician and actor (d. 2009)
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1917
William T. Orr, American actor and producer (d. 2002)
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1917
Benjamin Rubin, American microbiologist (d. 2010)
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1918
Martin Ryle, English astronomer and author, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1984)
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1918
Malcolm Shepherd, 2nd Baron Shepherd (d. 2001)
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1919
Jayne Meadows, Chinese-American actress and author (d. 2015)
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1919
Charles H. Percy, American lieutenant and politician (d. 2011)
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1919
James H. Wilkinson, American mathematician and computer scientist (d. 1986)
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1920
William Conrad, American actor, director, and producer (d. 1994)
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1921
Miklós Jancsó, Hungarian director and screenwriter (d. 2014)
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1921
Milton Subotsky, American screenwriter and producer, co-founded Amicus Productions (d. 1991)
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1921
Bernard Waber, American author and illustrator (d. 2013)
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1922
Sammy Benskin, American pianist and bandleader (d. 1992)
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1922
Arthur Penn, American director and producer (d. 2010)
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1924
Ernest Becker, American-Canadian anthropologist, author, and academic (d. 1974)
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1924
Bud Powell, American pianist and composer (d. 1966)
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1924
Fred Singer, Austrian-American physicist and academic
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1924
Josef Škvorecký, Czech-Canadian author and publisher (d. 2012)
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1925
Robert Edwards, English physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013)
Robert Edwards (physiologist) · Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
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1925
George Gladir, American author (d. 2013)
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1926
Steve Stavro, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (d. 2006)
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1927
Chrysostomos I of Cyprus (d. 2007)
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1927
Red Rodney, American trumpet player (d. 1994)
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1927
Romano Scarpa, Italian author and illustrator (d. 2005)
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1927
Sada Thompson, American actress (d. 2011)
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1928
Margaret Rule, English archaeologist and historian (d. 2015)
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1929
Calvin Jones, American pianist, composer, and educator (d. 2004)
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1929
Bruno Junk, Estonian race walker (d. 1995)
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1929
Barbara Murray, English actress (d. 2014)
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1930
Paul Reichmann, Austrian-Canadian businessman, founded Olympia and York (d. 2013)
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1931
Freddy Quinn, Austrian singer, guitarist, and actor
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1932
Geoff Bent, English footballer (d. 1958)
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1932
Michael Colvin, English captain and politician (d. 2000)
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1932
Gabriel Loubier, Canadian politician
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1932
Oliver E. Williamson, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
Oliver E. Williamson · Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
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1932
Marcia Neugebauer, American geophysicist
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1933
Rodney Cotterill, Danish-English physicist and neuroscientist (d. 2007)
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1933
Paul Goble, English-American author and illustrator (d. 2017)
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1933
Greg Morris, American actor (d. 1996)
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1934
Wilford Brimley, American actor
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1934
Claude Jarman, Jr., American actor and producer
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1934
Dick Schaap, American sportscaster and author (d. 2001)
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1935
Al MacNeil, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
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1936
Don Cornelius, American television host and producer (Soul Train) (d. 2012)
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1936
Gordon Honeycombe, English actor, playwright, and author (d. 2015)
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1937
Vasyl Durdynets, Ukrainian politician and diplomat, 8th Prime Minister of Ukraine
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1938
Jean-Loup Dabadie, French journalist, songwriter, and screenwriter
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1939
Nicholas Haslam, English interior designer and author
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1939
Carol Lynn Pearson, American author, poet, and playwright
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1939
Kathy Whitworth, American golfer
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1940
Josephine Barstow, English soprano and actress
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1940
Benoni Beheyt, Belgian cyclist
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1941
Peter Bonetti, English footballer and coach
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1941
Serge Ménard, Canadian lawyer and politician
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1941
Don Nix, American saxophonist, songwriter, and producer
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1942
Dith Pran, Cambodian photographer and journalist (d. 2008)
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1942
Alvin Stardust, English singer and actor (d. 2014)
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1943
Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta
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1943
Randy Bachman, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1944
Ian Garnett, English admiral
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1944
Gary Sutherland, American baseball player and scout
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1945
Jack Goldstein, Canadian-American painter (d. 2003)
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1945
Bob Spiers, Scottish-English director and producer (d. 2008)
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1946
Nicos Anastasiades, Cypriot lawyer and politician, 7th President of Cyprus
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1946
T. C. Cannon, American painter and sculptor (d. 1978)
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1947
Dick Advocaat, Dutch football manager and former player
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1947
Richard Court, Australian politician, 26th Premier of Western Australia
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1947
Barbara Dickson, Scottish singer-songwriter and actress
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1947
Denis Lawson, Scottish actor, director, and screenwriter
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1947
Meat Loaf, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
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1948
Tom Braidwood, Canadian actor, director, and producer
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1948
Les Chapman, English footballer and manager
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1948
Duncan Fletcher, Rhodesian-Zimbabwean cricketer and coach
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1949
Graham Richardson, Australian journalist and politician, 39th Australian Minister for Health
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1949
Mike Schmidt, American baseball player and coach
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1949
Jahn Teigen, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1950
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Japanese-American actor and martial artist
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1951
Paul Craig, English author and academic
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1951
Geoff Gallop, Australian politician, 27th Premier of Western Australia
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1951
Michel Rivard, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1951
Jim Shooter, American author and illustrator
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1951
David Starobin, American guitarist, producer, and director
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1951
Steve Soper, English race car driver
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1952
Katie Fforde, English author
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1952
Dumitru Prunariu, Romanian pilot, engineer, and astronaut
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1953
Diane Abbott, English journalist and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for International Development
Diane Abbott · Shadow Secretary of State for International Development
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1953
Mata Amritanandamayi, Indian guru and saint
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1953
Claudio Gentile, Italian footballer and manager
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1953
Greg Ham, Australian keyboard player, saxophonist and songwriter (d. 2012)
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1954
Ray Hadley, Australian radio host and sportscaster
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1954
Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Russian violinist and conductor
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1954
Larry Wall, American computer programmer and author
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1956
Steve Archibald, Scottish footballer and manager
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1957
Bill Athey, English cricketer, footballer, and coach
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1957
Peter Sellars, American actor, director, and screenwriter
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1958
Shaun Cassidy, American actor, singer, producer, and screenwriter
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1958
Irvine Welsh, Scottish author and playwright
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1959
Beth Heiden, American speed skater and cyclist
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1960
Jean-Marc Barr, German-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
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1962
Gavin Larsen, New Zealand cricketer and sportscaster
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1963
Marc Maron, American comedian, actor, and radio host
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1964
Predrag Brzaković, Serbian footballer (d. 2012)
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1964
Tracy Camp, American computer scientist and academic
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1964
Johnny du Plooy, South African boxer (d. 2013)
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1964
Stephan Jenkins, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
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1965
Steve Kerr, American basketball player and sportscaster
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1965
Bernard Lord, Canadian lawyer and politician, 30th Premier of New Brunswick
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1965
Peter MacKay, Canadian lawyer and politician, 50th Canadian Minister of Justice
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1965
Alexis Stewart, American radio and television host
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1966
Don Jamieson, American comedian and television host
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1966
Debbie Wasserman Schultz, American politician
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1966
Stephanie Wilson, American engineer and astronaut
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1966
Lorenzo Cherubini, Italian singer-songwriter and rapper
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1967
Uche Okechukwu, Nigerian footballer
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1968
Mari Kiviniemi, Finnish politician, 41st Prime Minister of Finland
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1970
Yoshiharu Habu, Japanese chess player and author
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1970
Tamara Taylor, Canadian actress
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1971
Horacio Sandoval, Mexican illustrator
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1972
Sylvia Crawley, American basketball player and coach
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1972
Clara Hughes, Canadian cyclist and speed skater
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1972
Gwyneth Paltrow, American actress, blogger, and businesswoman
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1972
Craig L. Rice, American politician
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1974
Carrie Brownstein, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress
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1976
Matt Harding, American video game designer and dancer
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1976
Jason Phillips, American baseball player and coach
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1976
Francesco Totti, Italian footballer
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1977
Andrus Värnik, Estonian javelin thrower
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1978
Brad Arnold, American rock singer-songwriter (3 Doors Down)
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1978
Jon Rauch, American baseball player
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1978
Mihaela Ursuleasa, Romanian pianist (d. 2012)
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1979
Jon Garland, American baseball player
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1979
Zita Görög, Hungarian actress and model
-
1979
Christian Jones, Australian race car driver
-
1979
Steve Simpson, Australian rugby league player
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1980
Asashōryū Akinori, Mongolian sumo wrestler, the 68th Yokozuna
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1980
Ehron VonAllen, American singer-songwriter and producer
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1981
Sophie Crumb, American author and illustrator
-
1981
Brendon McCullum, New Zealand cricketer
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1981
Lakshmipathy Balaji, Indian cricketer
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1982
Jon McLaughlin, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
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1982
Markus Rosenberg, Swedish footballer
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1982
Lil Wayne, American rapper, producer, and actor
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1982
Darrent Williams, American football player (d. 2007)
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1983
Jeon Hye-bin, South Korean actress and singer
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1984
Paul Bevan, Australian footballer
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1984
Davide Capello, Italian footballer
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1984
John Lannan, American baseball player
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1984
Avril Lavigne, Canadian singer-songwriter, actress, and fashion designer
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1984
Wouter Weylandt, Belgian cyclist (d. 2011)
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1985
Massimo Bertocchi, Canadian decathlete
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1985
Daniel Pudil, Czech footballer
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1985
Ibrahim Touré, Ivorian footballer (d. 2014)
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1986
Vin Mazzaro, American baseball player
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1986
Matt Shoemaker American baseball player
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1986
Ricardo Risatti, Argentinian race car driver
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1987
Ádám Bogdán, Hungarian footballer
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1987
Austin Carlile, American singer-songwriter
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1987
Vanessa James, French figure skater
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1987
Olga Puchkova, Russian tennis player
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1988
Lisa Ryzih, German pole vaulter
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1989
Park Tae-hwan, South Korean swimmer
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1991
Ousmane Barry, Guinean footballer
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1991
Simona Halep, Romanian tennis player
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1991
Anete Paulus, Estonian footballer
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1991
Rio Uchida, Japanese model and actress
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1992
Lachlan Burr, Australian rugby league player
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1992
Luc Castaignos, Dutch footballer
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1992
Pak Kwang-ryong, North Korean footballer
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1992
Ryan O'Shaughnessy, Irish singer-songwriter and actor
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1992
Gabriel Vasconcelos Ferreira, Brazilian footballer
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1992
Granit Xhaka, Swiss footballer
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1993
Lisandro Magallán, Argentinian footballer
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1993
Monica Puig, Puerto Rican-American tennis player
-
1993
Vinnie Sunseri, American football player
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1994
Dylan Walker, Australian rugby league player
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1998
Ioana Mincă, Romanian tennis player
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Muertes Famosas
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765
Pugu Huai'en, Chinese general during the Tang Dynasty
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936
Gyeon Hwon, king of Hubaekje (b. 867)
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1111
Vekenega, Croatian Benedictine abbess
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1125
Richeza of Berg, Duchess of Bohemia (b.c. 1095)
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1194
Renaud de Courtenay, Anglo-Norman nobleman (b. 1125)
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1249
Raymond VII, Count of Toulouse (b. 1197)
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1404
William of Wykeham, English bishop (b. 1320)
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1536
Felice della Rovere, illegitimate daughter of Pope Julius II (b. 1483)
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1612
Piotr Skarga, Polish Jesuit and polemicist (b. 1536)
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1637
Lorenzo Ruiz, Filipino saint (b. c.1600)
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1657
Olimpia Maidalchini, Roman noble (b. 1591)
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1557
Emperor Go-Nara of Japan (b. 1497)
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1590
Pope Urban VII (b. 1521)
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1651
Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria (b. 1573)
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1660
Vincent de Paul, French priest and saint (b. 1581)
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1674
Robert Arnauld d'Andilly, French writer (b. 1589)
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1700
Pope Innocent XII (b. 1615)
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1719
George Smalridge, English bishop (b. 1662)
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1730
Laurence Eusden, English poet and author (b. 1688)
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1735
Peter Artedi, Swedish ichthyologist and zoologist (b. 1705)
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1742
Hugh Boulter, Irish archbishop (b. 1672)
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1783
Étienne Bézout, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1730)
-
1832
Karl Christian Friedrich Krause, German philosopher and author (b. 1781)
-
1833
Ram Mohan Roy, Indian humanitarian and reformer (b. 1772)
-
1838
Bernard Courtois, French chemist and pharmacist (b. 1777)
-
1876
Braxton Bragg, American general (b. 1817)
-
1886
Charles Gordon Greene, American journalist and politician (b. 1804)
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1891
Ivan Goncharov, Russian author and critic (b. 1812)
-
1898
Thomas Joseph Byrnes, Australian politician, 12th Premier of Queensland (b. 1860)
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1911
Auguste Michel-Lévy, French geologist and academic (b. 1844)
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1915
Remy de Gourmont, French novelist, poet, and critic (b. 1858)
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1917
Edgar Degas, French painter and sculptor (b. 1834)
-
1919
Adelina Patti, Italian-French opera singer (b. 1843)
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1921
Engelbert Humperdinck, German composer and educator (b. 1854)
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1935
Alan Gray, English composer and organist (b. 1855)
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1940
Walter Benjamin, German philosopher and critic (b. 1892)
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1940
Julius Wagner-Jauregg, Austrian physician and neuroscientist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1857)
Julius Wagner-Jauregg · Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
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1942
Douglas Albert Munro, United States Coast Guard signalman, posthumously awarded Medal of Honor, (b. 1919)
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1944
Aimee Semple McPherson, Canadian-American evangelist, founded the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel (b. 1890)
Aimee Semple McPherson · International Church of the Foursquare Gospel
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1956
Gerald Finzi, English composer and educator (b. 1901)
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1956
Babe Didrikson Zaharias, American basketball player and golfer (b. 1911)
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1960
Sylvia Pankhurst, English activist (b. 1882)
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1960
Hilda Doolittle. American poet, novelist, and memoirist (b. 1886)
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1965
Clara Bow, American actress (b. 1905)
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1965
William Stanier, English engineer, co-designed the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (b. 1876)
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1967
Felix Yusupov, Russian husband of Princess Irina Alexandrovna of Russia (b. 1887)
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1972
S. R. Ranganathan, Indian mathematician, librarian, and academic (b. 1892)
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1974
Silvio Frondizi, Argentinian lawyer and academic (b. 1907)
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1975
Jack Lang, Australian lawyer and politician, 23rd Premier of New South Wales (b. 1876)
Jack Lang (Australian politician) · Premier of New South Wales
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1979
Gracie Fields, English actress and singer (b. 1898)
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1979
Jimmy McCulloch, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1953)
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1981
Robert Montgomery, American actor, singer, director, and producer (b. 1904)
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1983
Wilfred Burchett, Australian journalist and author (b. 1911)
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1984
Chronis Exarhakos, Greek actor (b. 1932)
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1985
Lloyd Nolan, American actor (b. 1902)
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1986
Cliff Burton, American bass player and songwriter (b. 1962)
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1991
Joe Hulme, English footballer and cricketer (b. 1904)
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1993
Jimmy Doolittle, American general, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1896)
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1993
Fraser MacPherson, Canadian saxophonist and educator (b. 1928)
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1996
Mohammad Najibullah, Afghan physician and politician, 7th President of Afghanistan (b. 1947)
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1997
Walter Trampler, American viola player and educator (b. 1915)
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1998
Doak Walker, American football player (b. 1927)
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2003
Jean Lucas, French racing driver (b. 1927)
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2003
Donald O'Connor, American actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1925)
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2004
John E. Mack, American psychiatrist and author (b. 1929)
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2005
Ronald Golias, Brazilian comedian and actor (b. 1929)
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2005
Mary Lee Settle, American novelist, essayist, and memoirist (b. 1918)
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2006
Helmut Kallmeyer, German chemist and soldier (b. 1910)
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2007
Dale Houston, American singer-songwriter (b. 1940)
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2007
Kenji Nagai, Japanese photographer and journalist (b. 1957)
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2008
Henri Pachard, American director and producer (b. 1939)
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2009
Ivan Dykhovichny, Russian director and screenwriter (b. 1947)
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2009
Charles Houston, American physician and mountaineer (b. 1913)
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2009
William Safire, American author and journalist (b. 1929)
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2010
George Blanda, American football player (b. 1927)
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2010
Balaji Sadasivan, Singaporean neurosurgeon and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Singapore (b. 1955)
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2010
Trevor Taylor, English race car driver (b. 1936)
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2011
David Croft, English director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1922)
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2011
Imre Makovecz, Hungarian architect (b. 1935)
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2011
Johnny "Country" Mathis, American singer-songwriter (b. 1933)
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2012
Eddie Bert, American trombonist (b. 1922)
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2012
Herbert Lom, Czech-English actor (b. 1917)
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2012
John Silber, American academic and politician (b. 1926)
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2012
Sanjay Surkar, Indian director and screenwriter (b. 1959)
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2012
Frank Wilson, American songwriter and producer (b. 1940)
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2013
Gates Brown, American baseball player and coach (b. 1939)
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2013
Oscar Castro-Neves, Brazilian-American guitarist, composer, and conductor (b. 1940)
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2013
Elvin R. Heiberg III, American general and engineer (b. 1932)
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2013
Tuncel Kurtiz, Turkish actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1936)
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2013
A. C. Lyles, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1918)
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2013
Albert Naughton, English rugby player (b. 1929)
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2014
Gaby Aghion, French fashion designer, founded Chloé (b. 1921)
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2014
Eugie Foster, American journalist and author (b. 1971)
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2014
Taylor Hardwick, American architect and educator, designed Haydon Burns Library and Friendship Fountain Park (b. 1925)
Taylor Hardwick · Haydon Burns Library · Friendship Fountain Park
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2014
Wally Hergesheimer, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1927)
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2014
Abdelmajid Lakhal, Tunisian actor and director (b. 1939)
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2014
James Traficant, American lawyer and politician (b. 1941)
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2015
Syed Ahmed, Indian author and politician, 16th Governor of Manipur (b. 1945)
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2015
Wilton Felder, American saxophonist and bass player (b. 1940)
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2015
Pietro Ingrao, Italian journalist and politician (b. 1915)
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2015
Denise Lor, American singer and actress (b. 1929)
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2015
Kallen Pokkudan, Indian activist and author (b. 1937)
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2015
Frank Tyson, English-Australian cricketer, coach, and journalist (b. 1930)
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2016
David Hahn, American Boy Scout famous for attempting to build a nuclear reactor in a shed in his backyard (b. 1976)
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2017
Hugh Hefner, American publisher, founder of Playboy Enterprises (b. 1926)
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