January 10 — Ce Jour-là dans l'Histoire
343 entrées
Événements
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49 BC
Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signalling the start of civil war.
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AD 9
The Western Han dynasty ends when Wang Mang claims that the divine Mandate of Heaven called for the end of the dynasty and the beginning of his own, the Xin dynasty.
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AD 69
Lucius Calpurnius Piso Licinianus is appointed by Galba as deputy Roman Emperor.
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236
Pope Fabian succeeds Anterus to become the twentieth pope of Rome.
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1072
Robert Guiscard conquers Palermo.
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1475
Stephen III of Moldavia defeats the Ottoman Empire at the Battle of Vaslui.
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1645
Archbishop William Laud is beheaded at the Tower of London.
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1776
Thomas Paine publishes his pamphlet Common Sense.
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1791
The Siege of Dunlap's Station begins near Cincinnati during the Northwest Indian War.
Siege of Dunlap's Station · Cincinnati · Northwest Indian War
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1806
Dutch settlers in Cape Town surrender to the British.
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1812
The first steamboat on the Ohio River or the Mississippi River arrives in New Orleans, 82 days after departing from Pittsburgh.
New Orleans (steamboat) · Ohio River · Mississippi River · New Orleans · Pittsburgh
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1861
American Civil War: Florida secedes from the Union.
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1863
The Metropolitan Railway, the world's oldest underground railway, opens between Paddington and Farringdon, marking the beginning of the London Underground.
Metropolitan Railway · Paddington tube station (Circle and Hammersmith & City lines) · Farringdon station · London Underground
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1870
John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil.
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1901
The first great Texas oil gusher is discovered at Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas.
Texas · Blowout (well drilling) · Spindletop · Beaumont, Texas
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1916
World War I: In the Erzurum Offensive, Russia defeats the Ottoman Empire.
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1920
The Treaty of Versailles takes effect, officially ending World War I.
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1927
Fritz Lang's futuristic film Metropolis is released in Germany.
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1941
World War II: The Greek army captures Kleisoura.
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1946
The first General Assembly of the United Nations opens in London. Fifty-one nations are represented.
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1946
The United States Army Signal Corps successfully conducts Project Diana, bouncing radio waves off the Moon and receiving the reflected signals.
Signal Corps (United States Army) · Project Diana · Radio wave
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1954
BOAC Flight 781, a de Havilland DH.106 Comet 1, explodes and falls into the Tyrrhenian Sea killing 35 people.
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1962
Apollo program: NASA announces plans to build the C-5 rocket launch vehicle, which became known as the Saturn V Moon rocket, which launched every Apollo Moon mission.
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1966
Tashkent Declaration, a peace agreement between India and Pakistan signed that resolved the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.
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1972
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman returns to the newly independent Bangladesh as president after spending over nine months in prison in Pakistan.
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1981
Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensive, gaining control of most of Morazán and Chalatenango departments
Salvadoran Civil War · Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front · Morazán Department · Chalatenango Department
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1984
Holy See-United States relations: The United States and Holy See (Vatican City) re-establish full diplomatic relations after almost 117 years, overturning the United States Congress's 1867 ban on public funding for such a diplomatic envoy.
Holy See-United States relations · Holy See · Vatican City · United States Congress · 1867
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1985
Sandinista Daniel Ortega becomes president of Nicaragua and vows to continue the transformation to socialism and alliance with the Soviet Union and Cuba; American policy continues to support the Contras in their revolt against the Nicaraguan government.
Sandinista National Liberation Front · Daniel Ortega · Nicaragua · Contras
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1990
Time Warner is formed by the merger of Time Inc. and Warner Communications.
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2007
A general strike begins in Guinea in an attempt to get President Lansana Conté to resign.
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2012
A bombing in Khyber Agency, Pakistan, kills at least 30 people and 78 others injured.
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2013
More than 100 people are killed and 270 injured in several bomb blasts in Pakistan.
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2015
A mass poisoning at a funeral in Mozambique involves beer that was deliberately contaminated with crocodile bile leaving at least 56 dead and nearly 200 hospitalized.
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2015
A traffic accident between an oil tanker truck and passenger coach en route to Shikarpur from Karachi on the Pakistan National Highway Link Road near Gulshan-e-Hadeed, Karachi, killing at least 62 people.
2015 Karachi traffic accident · Shikarpur, Sindh · Karachi · Pakistan · National Highways of Pakistan
Naissances Célèbres
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1392
Johanna van Polanen, Dutch noblewoman (d. 1445)
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1480
Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy (d. 1530)
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1538
Louis of Nassau (d. 1574)
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1573
Simon Marius, German astronomer (d. 1624)
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1607
Isaac Jogues, French priest and missionary (d. 1646)
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1628
George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire (d. 1687)
George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham · Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire
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1644
Louis François, duc de Boufflers, French general (d. 1711)
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1654
Joshua Barnes, English historian and scholar (d. 1712)
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1702
Johannes Zick, German painter (d. 1762)
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1715
Christian August Crusius, German philosopher and theologian (d. 1775)
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1729
Lazzaro Spallanzani, Italian priest, biologist, and physiologist (d. 1799)
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1745
Isaac Titsingh, Dutch surgeon, scholar, and diplomat (d. 1812)
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1750
Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine, Scottish-English lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (d. 1823)
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1760
Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg, German composer and conductor (d. 1802)
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1769
Michel Ney, French general (d. 1815)
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1776
George Birkbeck, English physician and academic, founded Birkbeck, University of London (d. 1841)
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1780
Martin Lichtenstein, German physician and explorer (d. 1857)
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1802
Carl Ritter von Ghega, Italian-Austrian engineer, designed the Semmering railway (d. 1860)
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1810
Ferdinand Barbedienne, French engineer (d. 1892)
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1810
Jeremiah S. Black, American jurist and politician, 23rd United States Secretary of State (d. 1883)
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1812
Georg Hermann Nicolai, German architect and academic (d. 1881)
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1828
Herman Koeckemann, German bishop and missionary (d. 1892)
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1829
Epameinondas Deligeorgis, Greek lawyer, journalist and politician, Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1879)
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1834
John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton, Italian-English historian and politician (d. 1902)
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1836
Charles Ingalls, American farmer and carpenter (d. 1902)
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1840
Louis-Nazaire Bégin, Canadian cardinal (d. 1925)
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1842
Luigi Pigorini, Italian palaeontologist, archaeologist, and ethnographer (d. 1925)
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1843
Frank James, American soldier and criminal (d. 1915)
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1848
Reinhold Sadler, American merchant and politician, 9th Governor of Nevada (d. 1906)
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1849
Robert Crosbie, Canadian theosophist, founded the United Lodge of Theosophists (d. 1919)
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1850
John Wellborn Root, American architect, designed the Rookery Building and Monadnock Building (d. 1891)
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1854
Ramón Corral, Mexican general and politician, 6th Vice President of Mexico (d. 1912)
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1858
Heinrich Zille, German illustrator and photographer (d. 1929)
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1859
Francesc Ferrer i Guàrdia, Spanish philosopher and academic (d. 1909)
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1860
Charles G. D. Roberts, Canadian poet and author (d. 1943)
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1864
Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia (d. 1931)
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1873
Algernon Maudslay, English sailor (d. 1948)
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1873
Jack O'Neill, Irish-American baseball player (d. 1935)
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1873
George Orton, Canadian runner and hurdler (d. 1958)
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1875
Issai Schur, German mathematician and academic (d. 1941)
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1877
Frederick Gardner Cottrell, American physical chemist, inventor and philanthropist (d. 1948)
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1878
John McLean, American hurdler, football player, and coach (d. 1955)
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1880
Manuel Azaña, Spanish jurist and politician, 7th President of Spain (d. 1940)
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1881
Leslie Rainey, Australian cricketer and footballer (d. 1962)
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1883
Francis X. Bushman, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1966)
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1883
Alfred Saalwächter, German admiral (d. 1945)
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1883
Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy, Russian journalist, author, and poet (d. 1945)
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1887
Robinson Jeffers, American poet and philosopher (d. 1962)
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1890
Pina Menichelli, Italian actress (d. 1984)
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1891
Heinrich Behmann, German mathematician and academic (d. 1970)
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1891
Ann Shoemaker, American actress (d. 1978)
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1892
Dumas Malone, American historian and author (d. 1986)
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1892
Melchior Wańkowicz, Polish soldier, journalist, and author (d. 1974)
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1893
Albert Jacka, Australian captain, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1932)
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1894
Pingali Lakshmikantam, Indian poet and author (d. 1972)
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1895
Percy Cerutty, Australian athletics coach (d. 1975)
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1898
Katharine Burr Blodgett, American physicist and engineer (d. 1979)
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1900
Violette Cordery, English race car driver (d. 1983)
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1902
Dobriša Cesarić, Croatian poet and translator (d. 1980)
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1903
Barbara Hepworth, English sculptor (d. 1975)
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1903
Pud Thurlow, Australian cricketer (d. 1975)
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1903
Voldemar Väli, Estonian wrestler (d. 1997)
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1904
Ray Bolger, American actor and dancer (d. 1987)
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1907
Gordon Kidd Teal, American engineer and inventor (d. 2003)
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1908
Paul Henreid, Italian-American actor and director (d. 1992)
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1910
Jean Martinon, French conductor and composer (d. 1976)
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1911
Binod Bihari Chowdhury, Bangladeshi activist (d. 2013)
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1911
Norman Heatley, English biologist and chemist (d. 2004)
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1912
Maria Mandl, Austrian SS guard (d. 1948)
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1913
Franco Bordoni, Italian race car driver and pilot (d. 1975)
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1913
Gustáv Husák, Slovak politician, 9th President of Czechoslovakia (d. 1991)
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1913
Mehmet Shehu, Albanian soldier and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Albania (d. 1981)
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1914
Pierre Cogan, French cyclist (d. 2013)
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1914
Yu Kuo-hwa, Chinese politician, 23rd Premier of the Republic of China (d. 2000)
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1915
Dean Dixon, American-Swiss conductor (d. 1976)
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1915
Cynthia Freeman, American author (d. 1988)
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1916
Sune Bergström, Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004)
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1916
Eldzier Cortor, American painter (d. 2015)
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1916
Don Metz, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2007)
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1917
Jerry Wexler, American journalist and producer (d. 2008)
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1918
Les Bennett, English footballer and manager (d. 1999)
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1918
Arthur Chung, Guyanese lawyer and politician, 1st President of Guyana (d. 2008)
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1918
Harry Merkel, German race car driver (d. 1995)
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1919
Terukuni Manzō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 38th Yokozuna (d. 1977)
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1919
Milton Parker, American businessman, co-founded the Carnegie Deli (d. 2009)
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1920
Rosella Hightower, American ballerina (d. 2008)
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1920
Roberto M. Levingston, Argentinian general and politician, 36th President of Argentina (d. 2015)
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1920
Max Patkin, American baseball player and clown (d. 1999)
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1921
Rodger Ward, American race car driver and sportscaster (d. 2004)
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1922
Billy Liddell, Scottish-English footballer (d. 2001)
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1924
Ludmilla Chiriaeff, Canadian ballerina, choreographer, and director (d. 1996)
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1924
Max Roach, American drummer and composer (d. 2007)
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1925
Billie Sol Estes, American financier and businessman (d. 2013)
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1926
Musallam Bseiso, Palestinian journalist and politician
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1927
Gisele MacKenzie, Canadian-American singer and actress (d. 2003)
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1927
Johnnie Ray, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1990)
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1927
Otto Stich, Swiss lawyer and politician, 140th President of the Swiss Confederation (d. 2012)
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1928
Philip Levine, American poet and academic (d. 2015)
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1928
Peter Mathias, English historian and academic (d. 2016)
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1929
Tony Soper, English ornithologist and author
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1930
Roy E. Disney, American businessman (d. 2009)
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1931
Peter Barnes, English playwright and screenwriter (d. 2004)
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1931
Rosalind Howells, Baroness Howells of St Davids, Grenadian-English academic and politician
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1931
Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat, Malaysian cleric and politician, 12th Menteri Besar of Kelantan (d. 2015)
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1931
John Zizioulas, Greek metropolitan
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1934
Leonid Kravchuk, Ukrainian politician, 1st President of Ukraine
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1935
Ronnie Hawkins, American rockabilly singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1935
Sherrill Milnes, American opera singer and educator
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1936
Stephen E. Ambrose, American historian and author (d. 2002)
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1936
Walter Bodmer, German-English geneticist and academic
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1936
Al Goldstein, American publisher and pornographer (d. 2013)
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1936
Robert Woodrow Wilson, American physicist and astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate
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1937
Daniel Walker Howe, American historian and academic
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1937
Thomas Penfield Jackson, American soldier, lawyer, and judge (d. 2013)
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1938
Donald Knuth, American computer scientist and mathematician
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1938
Frank Mahovlich, Canadian ice hockey player and politician
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1938
Willie McCovey, American baseball player
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1939
Jared Carter, American poet and author
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1939
David Horowitz, American activist and author
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1939
William Levy, American-Dutch journalist, author, and poet
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1939
Sal Mineo, American actor (d. 1976)
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1940
Godfrey Hewitt, English geneticist and academic (d. 2013)
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1940
Walter Hill, American director, producer, and screenwriter
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1941
Tom Clarke, Scottish politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland
Tom Clarke (politician) · Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland
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1942
Graeme Gahan, Australian footballer and coach
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1943
Jim Croce, American singer-songwriter (d. 1973)
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1944
Frank Sinatra, Jr., American singer and actor (d. 2016)
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1945
John Fahey, New Zealand-Australian lawyer and politician, 38th Premier of New South Wales
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1945
Rod Stewart, English singer-songwriter
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1945
Gunther von Hagens, German anatomist, invented plastination
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1946
Aynsley Dunbar, English drummer and songwriter
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1947
George Alec Effinger, American author (d. 2002)
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1947
James Morris, American opera singer
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1947
Neal Smith, American rock drummer and songwriter
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1947
Peer Steinbrück, German politician, German Minister of Finance
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1947
Tiit Vähi, Estonian engineer and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Estonia
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1948
Donald Fagen, American singer-songwriter and musician
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1948
Bernard Thévenet, French cyclist and sportscaster
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1949
Kemal Derviş, Turkish economist and politician, Turkish Minister of Economy
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1949
George Foreman, American boxer, actor, and businessman
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1949
Linda Lovelace, American porn actress and activist (d. 2002)
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1950
Roy Blunt, American academic and politician
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1952
Scott Thurston, American guitarist and songwriter
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1953
Pat Benatar, American singer-songwriter
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1953
Bobby Rahal, American race car driver
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1954
John Gidman, English footballer and manager
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1954
Greg Towns, Australian footballer
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1955
Michael Schenker, German guitarist, songwriter, and producer
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1955
Franco Tancredi, Italian footballer and manager
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1956
Shawn Colvin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1956
George Merrill, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player
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1956
Antonio Muñoz Molina, Spanish author
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1958
Eddie Cheever, American race car driver
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1958
Anatoly Pisarenko, Ukrainian weightlifter and trainer
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1959
Chandra Cheeseborough, American sprinter and coach
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1959
Bernhard Hoff, German sprinter
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1959
Chris Van Hollen, American lawyer and politician
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1959
Fran Walsh, New Zealand screenwriter and producer
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1960
Gurinder Chadha, Kenyan-English director, producer, and screenwriter
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1960
Brian Cowen, Irish lawyer and politician, 12th Taoiseach of Ireland
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1960
John Mann, English lawyer and politician
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1960
Benoît Pelletier, Canadian lawyer and politician
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1961
Janet Jones, American actress
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1961
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, Italian-American violinist, author, and educator
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1962
Michael Fortier, Canadian lawyer and politician
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1962
Kathryn S. McKinley, American computer scientist and academic
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1963
Kira Ivanova, Russian figure skater (d. 2001)
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1963
Mark Pryor, American lawyer and politician, 53rd Arkansas Attorney General
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1964
Brad Roberts, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1966
Steve Kramer, American engineer and politician
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1967
Maciej Śliwowski, Polish footballer
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1970
Buff Bagwell, American wrestler and actor
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1970
Alisa Marić, Serbian chess player and politician, Serbian Minister of Youth and Sports
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1972
Mohammed Benzakour, Moroccan-Dutch journalist, poet, and author
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1973
Glenn Robinson, American basketball player
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1973
Félix Trinidad, Puerto Rican-American boxer
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1975
Jake Delhomme, American football player
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1976
Ian Poulter, English golfer
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1978
Johan van der Wath, South African cricketer
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1979
Simone Cavalli, Italian footballer
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1981
James Coppinger, English footballer
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1981
Jared Kushner, American real estate investor and political figure
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1982
Julien Brellier, French footballer
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1982
Tomasz Brzyski, Polish footballer
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1984
Marouane Chamakh, Moroccan footballer
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1984
Ariane Friedrich, German high jumper
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1984
Kalki Koechlin, Indian actress
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1986
Kirsten Flipkens, Belgian tennis player
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1986
Hideaki Ikematsu, Japanese footballer
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1986
Kenneth Vermeer, Dutch footballer
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1987
César Cielo, Brazilian swimmer
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1987
Vicente Guaita, Spanish footballer
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1988
Leonard Patrick Komon, Kenyan runner
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1988
Vladimir Zharkov, Russian ice hockey player
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1989
Emily Meade, American actress
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1989
Kyle Reimers, Australian footballer
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1990
Mirko Bortolotti, Italian race car driver
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1990
Ishiura Masakatsu, Japanese sumo wrestler
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1990
Cody Walker, Australian rugby league player
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1990
John Carlson, American ice hockey player
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1991
Chad Townsend, Australian rugby league player
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1991
Romain Wattel, French golfer
Décès Célèbres
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259
Polyeuctus, Roman saint
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314
Pope Miltiades
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681
Pope Agatho
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976
John I Tzimiskes, Byzantine emperor (b. 925)
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1055
Bretislav I, Duke of Bohemia
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1094
Al-Mustansir Billah, Egyptian caliph (b. 1029)
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1218
Hugh I of Cyprus
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1276
Pope Gregory X (b. 1210)
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1322
Petrus Aureolus, scholastic philosopher
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1358
Abu Inan Faris, Marinid ruler of Morocco (b. 1329)
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1552
Johann Cochlaeus, German humanist and controversialist (b. 1479)
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1645
William Laud, English archbishop and academic (b. 1573)
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1654
Nicholas Culpeper, English botanist, physician, and astrologer (b. 1616)
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1698
Louis-Sébastien Le Nain de Tillemont, French priest and historian (b. 1637)
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1754
Edward Cave, English publisher, founded The Gentleman's Magazine (b. 1691)
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1761
Edward Boscawen, English admiral and politician (b. 1711)
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1778
Carl Linnaeus, Swedish botanist and physician (b. 1707)
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1794
Georg Forster, German-Polish ethnologist and journalist (b. 1754)
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1811
Joseph Chénier, French poet, playwright, and politician (b. 1764)
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1824
Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia (b. 1759)
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1828
François de Neufchâteau, French poet, academic, and politician, French Minister of the Interior (b. 1750)
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1829
Gregorio Funes, Argentinian clergyman, historian, and educator (b. 1749)
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1833
Adrien-Marie Legendre, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1752)
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1843
Dimitrie Macedonski, Greek-Romanian captain and politician (b. 1780)
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1851
Karl Freiherr von Müffling, Prussian field marshal (b. 1775)
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1855
Mary Russell Mitford, English author and playwright (b. 1787)
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1862
Samuel Colt, American engineer and businessman, founded Colt's Manufacturing Company (b. 1814)
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1863
Lyman Beecher, American minister and activist, co-founded the American Temperance Society (b. 1775)
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1895
Eli Whitney Blake, Jr., American chemist, physicist, and academic (b. 1836)
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1895
Benjamin Godard, French violinist and composer (b. 1849)
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1901
James Robert Dickson, Australian businessman and politician, 1st Australian Minister for Defence (b. 1832)
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1904
Jean-Léon Gérôme, French painter and sculptor (b. 1824)
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1905
Kārlis Baumanis, Latvian composer (b. 1835)
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1917
Buffalo Bill, American soldier and hunter (b. 1846)
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1917
Feliks Leparsky, Russian fencer and captain (b. 1875)
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1920
Sali Nivica, Albanian journalist and politician (b. 1890)
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1922
Frank Tudor, Australian politician, 6th Australian Minister for Trade and Investment (b. 1866)
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1926
Eino Leino, Finnish poet and journalist (b. 1878)
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1935
Edwin Flack, Australian tennis player and runner (b. 1873)
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1935
Charlie McGahey, English cricketer and footballer (b. 1871)
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1941
Frank Bridge, English viola player and composer (b. 1879)
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1941
John Lavery, Irish painter and academic (b. 1856)
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1941
Joe Penner, Hungarian-American actor (b. 1904)
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1941
Issai Schur, Belarusian-German mathematician and academic (b. 1875)
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1949
Erich von Drygalski, German geographer and geophysicist (b. 1865)
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1951
Sinclair Lewis, American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1885)
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1951
Yoshio Nishina, Japanese physicist and academic (b. 1890)
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1954
Chester Wilmot, American journalist and historian (b. 1911)
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1957
Gabriela Mistral, Chilean poet and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1889)
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1959
Şükrü Kaya, Turkish jurist and politician, Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1883)
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1960
Jack Laviolette, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (b. 1879)
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1961
Dashiell Hammett, American detective novelist and screenwriter (b. 1894)
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1967
Charles E. Burchfield, American painter (b. 1893)
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1968
Ali Fuat Cebesoy, Turkish general and politician, 6th Speaker of the Parliament of Turkey (b. 1882)
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1969
Sampurnanand, Indian educator and politician, 2nd Governor of Rajasthan (b. 1891)
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1970
Pavel Belyayev, Russian pilot and astronaut (b. 1925)
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1971
Coco Chanel, French fashion designer, founded Chanel (b. 1883)
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1971
Ignazio Giunti, Italian race car driver (b. 1941)
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1972
Aksel Larsen, Danish lawyer and politician (b. 1897)
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1976
Howlin' Wolf, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1910)
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1978
Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal, Nicaraguan journalist and author (b. 1924)
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1978
Don Gillis, American composer and conductor (b. 1912)
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1978
Hannah Gluckstein, British painter (b. 1895)
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1980
Hughie Critz, American baseball player and scout (b. 1900)
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1980
George Meany, American plumber and trade union leader (b. 1894)
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1980
Bo Rein, American football player and coach (b. 1945)
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1981
Fawn M. Brodie, American historian and author (b. 1915)
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1982
Paul Lynde, American actor and comedian (b. 1926)
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1984
Souvanna Phouma, Laotian politician, 8th Prime Minister of Laos (b. 1901)
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1986
Jaroslav Seifert, Czech journalist and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1901)
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1987
Marion Hutton, American singer (b. 1919)
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1987
David Robinson, English businessman and philanthropist (b. 1904)
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1989
Herbert Morrison, American journalist and producer (b. 1905)
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1990
Tochinishiki Kiyotaka, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 44th Yokozuna (b. 1925)
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1992
Roberto Bonomi, Argentinian race car driver (b. 1919)
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1995
Kathleen Tynan, Canadian-English journalist, author, and screenwriter (b. 1937)
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1997
Elspeth Huxley, Kenyan-English journalist and author (b. 1907)
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1997
Sheldon Leonard, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1907)
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1997
Alexander R. Todd, Baron Todd, Scottish-English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1907)
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1999
Edward Williams, Australian lieutenant, pilot, and judge (b. 1921)
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2000
Sam Jaffe, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1901)
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2004
Spalding Gray, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1941)
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2005
Wasyly, Ukrainian-Canadian bishop (b. 1909)
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2005
Jack Horner, American journalist (b. 1912)
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2005
Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium (b. 1927)
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2007
Carlo Ponti, Italian film producer (b. 1912)
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2007
Bradford Washburn, American explorer, photographer, and cartographer (b. 1910)
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2008
Christopher Bowman, American figure skater and actor (b. 1967)
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2008
Maila Nurmi, Finnish-American actress, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1922)
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2010
Patcha Ramachandra Rao, Indian metallurgist, educator and administrator (b. 1942)
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2011
Margaret Whiting, American singer (b. 1924)
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2012
Jean Pigott, Canadian businesswoman and politician (b. 1924)
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2012
Gevork Vartanian, Russian intelligence agent (b. 1924)
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2013
George Gruntz, Swiss pianist and composer (b. 1932)
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2013
Claude Nobs, Swiss businessman, founded the Montreux Jazz Festival (b. 1936)
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2014
Petr Hlaváček, Czech shoemaker and academic (b. 1950)
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2014
Zbigniew Messner, Polish economist and politician, 9th Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland (b. 1929)
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2014
Larry Speakes, American journalist, 16th White House Press Secretary (b. 1939)
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2015
Junior Malanda, Belgian footballer (b. 1994)
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2015
Taylor Negron, American actor, playwright, and painter (b. 1957)
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2015
Francesco Rosi, Italian director and screenwriter (b. 1922)
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2015
Robert Stone, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1937)
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2016
Wim Bleijenberg, Dutch footballer and manager (b. 1930)
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2016
David Bowie, English singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (b. 1947)
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2016
George Jonas, Hungarian-Canadian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1935)
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2017
Buddy Greco, American jazz and pop singer and pianist (b. 1926)
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2017
Clare Hollingworth, English journalist (b. 1911)