November 5 — Ce Jour-là dans l'Histoire
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Événements
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1138
Lý Anh Tông is enthroned as emperor of Vietnam at the age of two, beginning a 37-year reign.
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1499
Publication of the Catholicon, written in 1464 by Jehan Lagadeuc in Tréguier; this is the first Breton dictionary as well as the first French dictionary.
Catholicon (trilingual dictionary) · Tréguier · Breton language
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1605
Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes is arrested.
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1688
William III of England lands with a Dutch fleet at Brixham.
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1757
Seven Years' War: Frederick the Great defeats the allied armies of France and the Holy Roman Empire at the Battle of Rossbach.
Seven Years' War · Frederick the Great · Holy Roman Empire · Battle of Rossbach
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1768
Treaty of Fort Stanwix, the purpose of which is to adjust the boundary line between Indian lands and white settlements set forth in the Royal Proclamation of 1763 in the Thirteen Colonies.
Treaty of Fort Stanwix · Royal Proclamation of 1763 · Thirteen Colonies
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1780
French-American forces under Colonel LaBalme are defeated by Miami Chief Little Turtle.
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1811
Salvadoran priest José Matías Delgado, rings the bells of La Merced church in San Salvador, calling for insurrection and launching the 1811 Independence Movement.
José Matías Delgado · San Salvador · 1811 Independence Movement
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1828
Greek War of Independence: The French Morea expedition to recapture Morea (now the Peloponnese) ends when the last Ottoman forces depart the peninsula.
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1831
Nat Turner, American slave leader, is tried, convicted, and sentenced to death in Virginia.
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1862
American Civil War: Abraham Lincoln removes George B. McClellan as commander of the Army of the Potomac.
American Civil War · Abraham Lincoln · George B. McClellan · Army of the Potomac
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1862
American Indian Wars: In Minnesota, 303 Dakota warriors are found guilty of rape and murder of whites and are sentenced to hang. 38 are ultimately executed and the others reprieved.
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1872
Women's suffrage in the United States: In defiance of the law, suffragist Susan B. Anthony votes for the first time, and is later fined $100.
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1895
George B. Selden is granted the first U.S. patent for an automobile.
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1898
Filipinos on Negros Island revolt against Spanish rule and establish the short-lived Republic of Negros.
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1911
After declaring war on the Ottoman Empire on September 29, 1911, Italy annexes Tripoli and Cyrenaica.
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1913
King Otto of Bavaria is deposed by his cousin, Prince Regent Ludwig, who assumes the title Ludwig III.
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1914
World War I: France and the British Empire declare war on the Ottoman Empire.
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1916
The Kingdom of Poland is proclaimed by the Act of 5th November of the emperors of Germany and Austria-Hungary.
Kingdom of Poland (1916-18) · Act of 5th November · Austria-Hungary
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1916
The Everett massacre takes place in Everett, Washington as political differences lead to a shoot-out between the Industrial Workers of the World organizers and local police.
Everett massacre · Everett, Washington · Industrial Workers of the World
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1917
October Revolution: In Tallinn, Estonia, Communist leader Jaan Anvelt leads revolutionaries in overthrowing the Provisional Government (As Estonia and Russia are still using the Julian calendar, subsequent period references show an October 23 date).
October Revolution · Tallinn · Estonia · Communist · Jaan Anvelt
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1917
Tikhon is elected the Patriarch of Moscow and of the Russian Orthodox Church.
Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow · Patriarch of Moscow · Russian Orthodox Church
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1925
Secret agent Sidney Reilly, the first "super-spy" of the 20th century, is executed by the OGPU, the secret police of the Soviet Union.
Secret agent · Sidney Reilly · State Political Directorate · Secret police · Soviet Union
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1940
World War II: The British armed merchant cruiser, HMS Jervis Bay, is sunk by the German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer.
Armed merchant cruiser · HMS Jervis Bay · Pocket battleship · German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer
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1940
Franklin D. Roosevelt is the first and only President of the United States to be elected to a third term.
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1943
World War II: Bombing of the Vatican.
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1950
Korean War: British and Australian forces from the 27th British Commonwealth Brigade successfully halted the advancing Chinese 117th Division during the Battle of Pakchon.
Korean War · 27th British Commonwealth Brigade · 117th Division (People's Republic of China) · Battle of Pakchon
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1955
After being destroyed in World War II, the rebuilt Vienna State Opera reopens with a performance of Beethoven's Fidelio.
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1970
The Military Assistance Command, Vietnam reports the lowest weekly American soldier death toll in five years (24).
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1983
Byford Dolphin diving bell accident kills five and leaves one severely injured.
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1986
USS Rentz, USS Reeves and USS Oldendorf visit Qingdao (Tsing Tao) China - the first US Naval visit to China since 1949.
USS Rentz (FFG-46) · USS Reeves (DLG-24) · USS Oldendorf (DD-972) · Qingdao
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1990
Rabbi Meir Kahane, founder of the far-right Kach movement, is shot dead after a speech at a New York City hotel.
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1995
André Dallaire attempts to assassinate Prime Minister Jean Chrétien of Canada. He is thwarted when the Prime Minister's wife locks the door.
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1996
Pakistani President Farooq Leghari dismisses the government of Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and dissolves the National Assembly of Pakistan.
President of Pakistan · Farooq Leghari · Prime Minister of Pakistan · Benazir Bhutto · National Assembly of Pakistan
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2006
Saddam Hussein, former president of Iraq, and his co-defendants Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti and Awad Hamed al-Bandar, are sentenced to death in the al-Dujail trial for their roles in the 1982 massacre of 148 Shi'a Muslims.
Saddam Hussein · Iraq · Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti · Awad Hamed al-Bandar · Trial of Saddam Hussein
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2007
China's first lunar satellite, Chang'e 1, goes into orbit around the Moon.
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2007
Android mobile operating system is unveiled by Google.
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2009
U.S. Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan murders 13 and wounds 32 at Fort Hood, Texas in the deadliest mass shooting at a U.S. military installation.
Nidal Malik Hasan · Fort Hood · Texas · 2009 Fort Hood shooting
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2013
India launches the Mars Orbiter Mission, its first interplanetary probe.
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2015
An iron ore tailings dam bursts in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais flooding a valley, causing mudslides in the nearby village of Bento Rodrigues and causing up to 9 deaths and 19 missing.
Iron ore · Tailings dam · Bento Rodrigues dam disaster · Minas Gerais
Naissances Célèbres
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1271
Ghazan, Mongol ruler of the Ilkhanate (d. 1304)
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1436
Richard Grey, 3rd Earl of Tankerville, Earl of Tankerville, 1450-1460 (d. 1466)
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1494
Hans Sachs, German poet and playwright (d. 1576)
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1549
Philippe de Mornay, French theologian and author (d. 1623)
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1592
Charles Chauncy, English-American pastor, theologian, and academic (d. 1672)
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1607
Anna Maria van Schurman, Dutch painter (d. 1678)
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1613
Isaac de Benserade, French poet and educator (d. 1691)
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1615
Ibrahim of the Ottoman Empire (d. 1648)
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1666
Attilio Ariosti, Italian viola player and composer (d. 1729)
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1667
Christoph Ludwig Agricola, German painter (d. 1719)
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1701
Pietro Longhi, Venetian painter and educator (d. 1785)
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1705
Louis-Gabriel Guillemain, French violinist and composer (d. 1770)
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1715
John Brown, English author and playwright (d. 1766)
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1722
William Byron, 5th Baron Byron, English lieutenant and politician (d. 1798)
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1739
Hugh Montgomerie, 12th Earl of Eglinton, Scottish composer and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ayrshire (d. 1819)
Hugh Montgomerie, 12th Earl of Eglinton · Lord Lieutenant of Ayrshire
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1742
Richard Cosway, English painter (d. 1821)
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1789
William Bland, Australian surgeon and politician (d. 1868)
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1818
Benjamin Butler, American general, lawyer, and politician, 33rd Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1893)
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1835
Moritz Szeps, Ukrainian-Austrian journalist and publisher (d. 1902)
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1846
Duncan Gordon Boyes, English soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross (d. 1869)
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1850
Ella Wheeler Wilcox, American author and poet (d. 1919)
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1851
Charles Dupuy, French academic and politician, 60th Prime Minister of France (d. 1923)
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1854
Alphonse Desjardins, Canadian journalist and businessman, co-founded Desjardins Group (d. 1920)
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1854
Paul Sabatier, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1941)
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1855
Eugene V. Debs, American union leader and politician (d. 1926)
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1855
Léon Teisserenc de Bort, French meteorologist and climatologist (d. 1913)
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1857
Ida Tarbell, American journalist, author, reformer, and educator (d. 1944)
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1870
Chittaranjan Das, Indian lawyer and politician (d. 1925)
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1873
Edwin Flack, Australian tennis player and runner (d. 1935)
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1879
Otto Wahle, Austrian-American swimmer and coach (d. 1963)
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1881
George A. Malcolm, American lawyer and jurist (d. 1961)
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1883
P Moe Nin, Burmese author and translator (d. 1940)
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1884
James Elroy Flecker, English author, poet, and playwright (d. 1915)
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1885
Will Durant, American historian and philosopher (d. 1981)
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1886
Sadae Inoue, Japanese general (d. 1961)
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1887
Paul Wittgenstein, Austrian-American pianist and educator (d. 1961)
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1890
Jan Zrzavý, Czech painter and illustrator (d. 1977)
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1892
J. B. S. Haldane, English-Indian geneticist and biologist (d. 1964)
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1892
John Alcock (RAF officer), captain in the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force (d. 1919)
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1893
Raymond Loewy, French-American engineer and designer (d. 1986)
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1894
Beardsley Ruml, American economist and statistician (d. 1960)
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1895
Walter Gieseking, French-German pianist and composer (d. 1956)
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1895
Charles MacArthur, American playwright and screenwriter (d. 1956)
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1900
Martin Dies, Jr., American lawyer, judge, and politician (d. 1972)
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1900
Natalie Schafer, American actress (d. 1991)
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1900
Ethelwynn Trewavas, British ichthyologist, over a dozen fish species named in her honor (d. 1993)
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1901
Etta Moten Barnett, American actress and singer (d. 2004)
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1901
Eddie Paynter, English cricketer (d. 1979)
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1904
Cooney Weiland, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1985)
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1905
Joel McCrea, American actor (d. 1990)
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1905
Louis Rosier, French race car driver (d. 1956)
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1905
Sajjad Zaheer, Indian author and poet (d. 1973)
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1906
Endre Kabos, Hungarian fencer (d. 1944)
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1906
Fred Lawrence Whipple, American astronomer and academic (d. 2004)
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1910
John Hackett, Australian-English general and academic (d. 1997)
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1911
Marie Osborne Yeats, American actress and costume designer (d. 2010)
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1911
Roy Rogers, American singer, guitarist, and actor (d. 1998)
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1913
Guy Green, English-American director, screenwriter, and cinematographer (d. 2005)
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1913
Vivien Leigh, Indian-British actress (d. 1967)
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1913
John McGiver, American actor (d. 1975)
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1914
Alton Tobey, American painter and illustrator (d. 2005)
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1917
Jacqueline Auriol, French pilot (d. 2000)
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1917
Banarsi Das Gupta, Indian activist and politician, 4th Chief Minister of Haryana (d. 2007)
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1919
Hasan Askari, Pakistani linguist, scholar, and critic (d. 1978)
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1919
Myron Floren, American accordion player and pianist (d. 2005)
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1920
Tommy Godwin, American-English cyclist and coach (d. 2012)
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1920
Douglass North, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2015)
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1921
Georges Cziffra, Hungarian pianist and composer (d. 1994)
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1921
Fawzia Fuad of Egypt (d. 2013)
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1922
Violet Barclay, American illustrator (d. 2010)
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1922
Yitzchok Scheiner, American-Israelian rabbi
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1922
Cecil H. Underwood, American educator and politician, 25th and 32nd Governor of West Virginia (d. 2008)
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1923
Rudolf Augstein, German soldier and journalist, co-founded Der Spiegel (d. 2002)
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1926
John Berger, English author, poet, painter, and critic (d. 2017)
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1927
Hirotugu Akaike, Japanese statistician (d. 2009)
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1930
Wim Bleijenberg, Dutch footballer and manager (d. 2016)
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1930
Hans Mommsen, German historian and academic (d. 2015)
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1931
Leonard Herzenberg, American immunologist, geneticist, and academic (d. 2013)
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1931
Gil Hill, American actor, police officer and politician (d. 2016)
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1931
Harold McNair, Jamaican-English saxophonist and flute player (d. 1971)
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1931
Ike Turner, American singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer (d. 2007)
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1932
Algirdas Lauritėnas, Lithuanian basketball player (d. 2001)
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1933
Herb Edelman, American actor (d. 1996)
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1934
Jeb Stuart Magruder, American minister and civil servant (d. 2014)
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1935
Lester Piggott, English jockey and trainer
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1935
Christopher Wood, English author and screenwriter (d. 2015)
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1936
Michael Dertouzos, Greek-American computer scientist and academic (d. 2001)
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1936
Uwe Seeler, German footballer and actor
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1936
Billy Sherrill, American record producer, songwriter, and arranger (d. 2015)
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1937
Chan Sek Keong, Singaporean lawyer, judge, and politician, 3rd Chief Justice of Singapore
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1937
Harris Yulin, American actor
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1938
Joe Dassin, American-French singer-songwriter (d. 1980)
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1938
César Luis Menotti, Argentinian footballer and manager
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1938
Jim Steranko, American author and illustrator
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1939
Lobsang Tenzin, Singaporean religious leader
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1940
Ted Kulongoski, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 36th Governor of Oregon
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1940
Elke Sommer, German actress
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1941
Art Garfunkel, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1941
Yoshiyuki Tomino, Japanese animator, director, and screenwriter
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1942
Pierangelo Bertoli, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2002)
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1943
Friedman Paul Erhardt, German-American chef and author (d. 2007)
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1943
Percy Hobson, Australian high jumper
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1943
Sam Shepard, American playwright and actor (d. 2017)
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1945
Peter Pace, American general
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1945
Aleka Papariga, Greek accountant and politician
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1945
Svetlana Tširkova-Lozovaja, Russian fencer and coach
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1946
Gram Parsons, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1973)
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1946
Ken Whaley, Austrian-English bass player and songwriter (d. 2013)
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1947
Quint Davis, American director and producer
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1947
Rubén Juárez, Argentinian singer-songwriter and bandoneon player (d. 2010)
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1947
Peter Noone, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1948
Bob Barr, American lawyer and politician
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1948
Peter Hammill, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
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1948
Bernard-Henri Lévy, French philosopher and author
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1948
William Daniel Phillips, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
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1949
Armin Shimerman, American actor
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1949
Jimmie Spheeris, American singer-songwriter (d. 1984)
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1950
Thorbjørn Jagland, Norwegian politician, 25th Prime Minister of Norway
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1950
James Kennedy, American psychologist and author
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1952
Oleh Blokhin, Ukrainian footballer and manager
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1952
Brian Muehl, American puppeteer
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1952
Vandana Shiva, Indian philosopher and author
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1952
Bill Walton, American basketball player and sportscaster
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1953
Florentino Floro, Filipino lawyer and judge
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1953
Joyce Maynard, American journalist, author, and academic
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1954
Jeffrey Sachs, American economist and academic
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1955
Bernard Chazelle, French computer scientist and academic
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1955
Kris Jenner, American talent manager and businesswoman
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1955
Karan Thapar, Indian journalist and author
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1956
Jeff Watson, American guitarist and songwriter (Night Ranger)
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1956
John Harwood, American journalist
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1956
Lavrentis Machairitsas, Greek singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1956
Michael Sorridimi, Australian rugby league player
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1956
Rob Fisher, English keyboard player and songwriter (d. 1999)
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1957
Mike Score, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player
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1958
Don Falcone, American keyboard player, songwriter, and producer
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1958
Mo Gaffney, American actress and screenwriter
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1958
Robert Patrick, American actor
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1959
Bryan Adams, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor
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1959
Tomo Česen, Slovenian mountaineer
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1960
René Froger, Dutch singer-songwriter
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1960
Tilda Swinton, English actress
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1961
Alan G. Poindexter, American captain, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2012)
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1962
Turid Birkeland, Norwegian businesswoman and politician, Norwegian Minister of Culture (d. 2015)
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1962
Abedi Pele, Ghanaian footballer and manager
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1962
Marcus J. Ranum, American computer scientist and author
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1963
Hans Gillhaus, Dutch footballer and scout
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1963
Andrea McArdle, American actress and singer
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1963
Tatum O'Neal, American actress and author
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1963
Brian Wheat, American bass player and songwriter
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1963
Jean-Pierre Papin, French footballer and manager
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1965
Atul Gawande, American surgeon and journalist
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1965
Famke Janssen, Dutch model and actress
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1966
Nayim, Spanish footballer and manager
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1966
James Allen, English journalist and sportscaster
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1966
Urmas Kirs, Estonian footballer and manager
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1967
Marcelo D2, Brazilian rapper
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1967
Judy Reyes, American actress and producer
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1968
Ricardo Fort, Argentinian actor, director, and businessman (d. 2013)
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1968
Sam Rockwell, American actor
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1969
Pat Kilbane, American actor, comedian, director, and screenwriter
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1970
Javy López, Puerto Rican-American baseball player
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1971
Chris Addison, Welsh-English comedian, actor, and screenwriter
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1971
Sergei Berezin, Russian ice hockey player
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1971
Jonny Greenwood, English guitarist and songwriter
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1971
Dana Jacobson, American sportscaster
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1971
Rob Jones, Welsh-English footballer and coach
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1971
Edmond Leung, Hong Kong singer-songwriter and producer
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1971
Mårten Olander, Swedish golfer
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1973
Johnny Damon, American baseball player
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1973
Peter Emmerich, American illustrator and educator
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1973
Gráinne Seoige, Irish journalist
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1973
Alexei Yashin, Russian ice hockey player and manager
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1974
Ryan Adams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1974
Angela Gossow, German singer-songwriter
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1974
Dado Pršo, Croatian footballer and coach
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1974
Taine Randell, New Zealand rugby player
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1974
Jerry Stackhouse, American basketball player and sportscaster
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1975
Lisa Scott-Lee, Welsh singer-songwriter
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1976
Sebastian Arcelus, American actor, singer, and producer
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1976
Mr. Fastfinger, Finnish guitarist and songwriter
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1976
Jeff Klein, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1976
Samuel Page, American actor
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1977
Maarten Tjallingii, Dutch cyclist
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1977
Richard Wright, English footballer and coach
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1978
Xavier Tondo, Spanish cyclist (d. 2011)
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1978
Bubba Watson, American golfer
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1979
Romi Dames, Japanese-American actress
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1979
Colin Grzanna, German rugby player and surgeon
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1979
Michalis Hatzigiannis, Cypriot singer-songwriter and producer
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1979
Keith McLeod, American basketball player
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1979
David Suazo, Honduran footballer and coach
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1980
Jaime Camara, Brazilian race car driver
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1980
Andrei Korobeinik, Estonian computer programmer, businessman, and politician
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1980
Christoph Metzelder, German footballer
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1980
Orkun Uşak, Turkish footballer
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1981
Paul Chapman, Australian footballer
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1981
Ümit Ergirdi, Turkish footballer
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1982
Leah Culver, American computer scientist and programmer, co-founded Pownce
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1982
Bryan LaHair, American baseball player
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1982
Rob Swire, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
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1982
Matthew Williams, Welsh footballer
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1983
Alexa Chung, English model and television host
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1983
Mike Hanke, German footballer
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1983
Juan Morillo, Dominican baseball player
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1983
David Pipe, Welsh footballer
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1984
Jon Cornish, Canadian football player
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1984
Tobias Enström, Swedish ice hockey player
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1984
Nick Folk, American football player
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1984
Baruto Kaito, Estonian sumo wrestler
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1984
Eliud Kipchoge, Kenyan long distance runner
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1984
John Sutton, Australian rugby league player
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1984
Nick Tandy, English race car driver
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1984
Nikolay Zherdev, Ukrainian-Russian ice hockey player
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1985
Michel Butter, Dutch runner
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1985
Kate DeAraugo, Australian singer-songwriter
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1985
Alo Dupikov, Estonian footballer
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1985
Rimo Hunt, Estonian footballer
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1985
Pınar Saka, Turkish sprinter
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1986
BoA, South Korean singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
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1986
Ian Mahinmi, American basketball player
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1986
Kasper Schmeichel, Danish footballer
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1986
Nodiko Tatishvili, Georgian singer
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1987
Kevin Jonas, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
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1987
Chris Knierim, American figure skater
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1987
O. J. Mayo, American basketball player
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1988
Virat Kohli, Indian cricketer
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1989
Andrew Boyce, English footballer
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1991
Flume, Australian DJ and producer
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1991
Shōdai Naoya, Japanese sumo wrestler
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1992
Odell Beckham Jr., American football player
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1992
Marco Verratti, Italian footballer
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1993
Hideya Tawada, Japanese actor and model
Décès Célèbres
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425
Atticus, archbishop of Constantinople
Archbishop Atticus of Constantinople · Archbishop · Constantinople
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964
Fan Zhi, chancellor of the Song Dynasty
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1011
Mathilde, Abbess of Essen (b. 949)
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1176
Diego Martínez de Villamayor, Castilian nobleman
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1235
Elisabeth of Swabia, queen consort of Castile and León (b. 1205)
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1370
Casimir III the Great, Polish king (b. 1310)
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1450
John IV, Count of Armagnac (b. 1396)
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1459
John Fastolf, English soldier
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1515
Mariotto Albertinelli, Italian painter and educator (b. 1474)
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1559
Kanō Motonobu, Japanese painter and educator (b. 1476)
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1605
Nyaungyan Min, Birmese king (b. 1555)
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1660
Alexandre de Rhodes, French missionary and lexicographer (b. 1591)
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1660
Lucy Hay, Countess of Carlisle (b. 1599)
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1701
Charles Gerard, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield, French-English colonel and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire (b. 1659)
Charles Gerard, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield · Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire
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1714
Bernardino Ramazzini, Italian physician and academic (b. 1633)
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1752
Carl Andreas Duker, German scholar and jurist (b. 1670)
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1758
Hans Egede, Norwegian-Danish bishop and missionary (b. 1686)
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1872
Thomas Sully, English-American painter (b. 1783)
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1876
Theodor von Heuglin, German explorer and ornithologist (b. 1824)
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1879
James Clerk Maxwell, Scottish physicist and mathematician (b. 1831)
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1923
Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen, French author and poet (b. 1880)
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1928
Vlasios Tsirogiannis, Greek general (b. 1872)
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1930
Christiaan Eijkman, Dutch physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1858)
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1930
Luigi Facta, Italian politician, journalist and Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1861)
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1931
Konrad Stäheli, Swiss target shooter (b. 1866)
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1933
Texas Guinan, American actress and businesswoman (b. 1884)
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1933
Walther von Dyck, German mathematician and academic (b. 1856)
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1938
Thomas Dewing, American painter and educator (b. 1851)
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1941
Arndt Pekurinen, Finnish activist (b. 1905)
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1942
George M. Cohan, American actor, singer, composer, author and theatre manager/owner (b. 1878)
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1944
Alexis Carrel, French surgeon and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1873)
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1946
Joseph Stella, Italian-American painter (b. 1877)
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1951
Reggie Walker, South African runner (b. 1889)
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1955
Maurice Utrillo, French painter (b. 1883)
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1956
Art Tatum, American pianist and composer (b. 1909)
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1960
Ward Bond, American actor (b. 1903)
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1960
Donald Grey Barnhouse, American pastor and theologian (b. 1895)
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1960
August Gailit, Estonian author and poet (b. 1891)
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1960
Johnny Horton, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1925)
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1960
Mack Sennett, Canadian-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1880)
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1963
Luis Cernuda, Spanish poet and critic (b. 1902)
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1964
Buddy Cole, American pianist and conductor (b. 1916)
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1964
Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician (b. 1893)
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1971
Sam Jones, American baseball player (b. 1925)
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1972
Alfred Schmidt, Estonian weightlifter (b. 1898)
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1975
Annette Kellerman, Australian swimmer and actress (b. 1887)
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1975
Edward Lawrie Tatum, American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1909)
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1975
Lionel Trilling, American critic, essayist, short story writer, and educator (b. 1905)
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1977
René Goscinny, French author and illustrator (b. 1926)
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1977
Guy Lombardo, Canadian-American violinist and conductor (b. 1902)
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1979
Al Capp, American cartoonist (b. 1909)
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1980
Louis Alter, American musician (b. 1902)
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1981
Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, 16th Karmapa, Tibetan spiritual leader (b. 1924)
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1985
Arnold Chikobava, Georgian linguist and philologist (b. 1898)
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1985
Spencer W. Kimball, American religious leader, 12th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1895)
Spencer W. Kimball · President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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1986
Adolf Brudes, German race car driver (b. 1899)
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1986
Claude Jutra, Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1930)
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1986
Bobby Nunn, American singer (b. 1925)
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1987
Eamonn Andrews, Irish radio and television host (b. 1922)
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1989
Vladimir Horowitz, Ukrainian-American pianist and composer (b. 1903)
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1991
Robert Maxwell, Czech-English captain, publisher, and politician (b. 1923)
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1991
Fred MacMurray, American actor and businessman (b. 1908)
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1992
Adile Ayda, Russian-Turkish engineer and diplomat (b. 1912)
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1992
Arpad Elo, American physicist and chess player (b. 1903)
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1996
Eddie Harris, American saxophonist (b. 1934)
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1997
James Robert Baker, American author and screenwriter (b. 1946)
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1997
Isaiah Berlin, Latvian-English historian, author, and academic (b. 1909)
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1997
Peter Jackson, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster (b. 1964)
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1999
James Goldstone, American director and screenwriter (b. 1931)
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1999
Colin Rowe, English-American architect, theorist and academic (b. 1920)
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2000
Jimmie Davis, American singer-songwriter and politician, 47th Governor of Louisiana (b. 1899)
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2000
Bibi Titi Mohammed, Tanzanian politician (b. 1926)
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2001
Roy Boulting, English director and producer (b. 1913)
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2001
Milton William Cooper, American radio host, author, and activist (b. 1943)
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2003
Bobby Hatfield, American singer-songwriter (b. 1940)
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2004
Donald Jones, American-Dutch actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1932)
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2005
John Fowles, English novelist (b. 1926)
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2005
Virginia MacWatters, American soprano and actress (b. 1912)
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2005
Link Wray, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1929)
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2006
Bülent Ecevit, Turkish journalist and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1925)
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2007
Nils Liedholm, Swedish footballer and manager (b. 1922)
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2009
Félix Luna, Argentinian lawyer, historian, and academic (b. 1925)
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2010
Jill Clayburgh, American actress and singer (b. 1944)
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2010
Adrian Păunescu, Romanian poet, journalist, and politician (b. 1943)
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2010
Shirley Verrett, American soprano and actress (b. 1931)
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2011
Bhupen Hazarika, Indian singer-songwriter, director, and poet (b. 1926)
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2012
Olympe Bradna, French-American actress and dancer (b. 1919)
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2012
Elliott Carter, American composer and academic (b. 1908)
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2012
Leonardo Favio, Argentinian actor, singer, director and screenwriter (b. 1938)
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2012
Bob Kaplan, Canadian lawyer and politician, 30th Solicitor General of Canada (b. 1936)
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2012
Louis Pienaar, South African lawyer and diplomat, Minister of Internal Affairs (b. 1926)
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2013
Habibollah Asgaroladi, Iranian politician (b. 1932)
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2013
Juan Carlos Calabró, Argentinian actor and screenwriter (b. 1934)
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2013
Tony Iveson, English soldier and pilot (b. 1919)
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2013
Charles Mosley, English genealogist and author (b. 1948)
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2013
Charlie Trotter, American chef and author (b. 1959)
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2013
Stuart Williams, Welsh footballer and manager (b. 1930)
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2014
Manitas de Plata, French guitarist (b. 1921)
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2014
Lane Evans, American lawyer and politician (b. 1951)
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2014
Wally Grant, American ice hockey player (b. 1927)
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2014
Abdelwahab Meddeb, Tunisian-French author, poet, and scholar (b. 1946)
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2015
George Barris, American engineer and car designer (b. 1925)
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2015
Nora Brockstedt, Norwegian singer (b. 1923)
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2015
Soma Edirisinghe, Sri Lankan businesswoman and philanthropist (b. 1939)
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2015
Czesław Kiszczak, Polish general and politician, 11th Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Poland (b. 1925)
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2015
Hans Mommsen, German historian and academic (b. 1930)