February 27 — Ce Jour-là dans l'Histoire
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Événements
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380
Edict of Thessalonica: Emperor Theodosius I and his co-emperors Gratian and Valentinian II, declare their wish that all Roman citizens convert to trinitarian Christianity.
Edict of Thessalonica · Theodosius I · Gratian · Valentinian II · Roman citizenship
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425
The University of Constantinople is founded by Emperor Theodosius II at the urging of his wife Aelia Eudocia.
University of Constantinople · Theodosius II · Aelia Eudocia
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907
Abaoji, a Khitan chieftain, is enthroned as Emperor Taizu, establishing the Liao dynasty in northern China.
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1560
The Treaty of Berwick, which would expel the French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Lords of the Congregation of Scotland.
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1594
Henry IV is crowned King of France.
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1617
Sweden and Russia sign the Treaty of Stolbovo, ending the Ingrian War and shutting Russia out of the Baltic Sea.
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1626
Yuan Chonghuan is appointed Governor of Liaodong, after he led the Chinese into a great victory against the Manchurians under Nurhaci.
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1700
The island of New Britain is discovered.
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1776
American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge in North Carolina breaks up a Loyalist militia.
American Revolutionary War · Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge · North Carolina · Loyalist (American Revolution)
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1782
American Revolutionary War: The House of Commons of Great Britain votes against further war in America.
House of Commons of Great Britain · American Revolutionary War
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1801
Pursuant to the District of Columbia Organic Act of 1801, Washington, D.C. is placed under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Congress.
District of Columbia Organic Act of 1801 · Washington, D.C. · United States Congress
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1809
Action of 27 February 1809: Captain Bernard Dubourdieu captures HMS Proserpine
Action of 27 February 1809 · Bernard Dubourdieu · HMS Proserpine (1807)
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1812
Argentine War of Independence: Manuel Belgrano raises the Flag of Argentina in the city of Rosario for the first time.
Argentine War of Independence · Manuel Belgrano · Flag of Argentina · Rosario, Santa Fe
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1812
Poet Lord Byron gives his first address as a member of the House of Lords, in defense of Luddite violence against Industrialism in his home county of Nottinghamshire.
Lord Byron · House of Lords · Luddite · Industrialism · Nottinghamshire
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1844
The Dominican Republic gains independence from Haiti.
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1860
Abraham Lincoln makes a speech at Cooper Union in the city of New York that is largely responsible for his election to the Presidency.
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1861
Russian troops fire on a crowd in Warsaw protesting against Russian rule over Poland, killing five protesters.
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1864
American Civil War: The first Northern prisoners arrive at the Confederate prison at Andersonville, Georgia.
American Civil War · Union (American Civil War) · Confederate States of America · Andersonville, Georgia
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1870
The current flag of Japan is first adopted as the national flag for Japanese merchant ships.
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1881
First Boer War: The Battle of Majuba Hill takes place.
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1898
King George I of Greece survives an assassination attempt.
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1900
Second Boer War: In South Africa, British military leaders receive an unconditional notice of surrender from Boer General Piet Cronjé at the Battle of Paardeberg.
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1900
The British Labour Party is founded.
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1900
Fußball-Club Bayern München is founded.
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1902
Second Boer War: Australian soldiers Harry "Breaker" Morant and Peter Handcock are executed in Pretoria after being convicted of war crimes.
Second Boer War · Breaker Morant · Peter Handcock · Pretoria · Court martial of Breaker Morant
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1921
The International Working Union of Socialist Parties is founded in Vienna.
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1922
A challenge to the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, allowing women the right to vote, is rebuffed by the Supreme Court of the United States in Leser v. Garnett.
Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution · Right to vote · Supreme Court of the United States · Leser v. Garnett
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1933
Reichstag fire: Germany's parliament building in Berlin, the Reichstag, is set on fire; Marinus van der Lubbe, a young Dutch Communist claims responsibility. The Nazis used the fire to solidify their power and eliminate the communists as political rivals.
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1939
United States labor law: The U.S. Supreme Court rules that sit-down strikes violate property owners' rights and are therefore illegal.
United States labor law · Supreme Court of the United States · Sitdown strike
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1940
Martin Kamen and Sam Ruben discover carbon-14.
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1942
World War II: During the Battle of the Java Sea, an Allied strike force is defeated by a Japanese task force in the Java Sea in the Dutch East Indies.
World War II · Battle of the Java Sea · American-British-Dutch-Australian Command · Java Sea · Dutch East Indies
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1943
The Smith Mine #3 in Bearcreek, Montana, explodes, killing 74 men.
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1943
In Berlin, the Gestapo arrest 1,800 Jewish men with German wives, leading to the Rosenstrasse protest.
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1951
The Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution, limiting Presidents to two terms, is ratified.
Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution · President of the United States
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1961
The first congress of the Spanish Trade Union Organisation is inaugurated.
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1962
Two dissident Republic of Vietnam Air Force pilots bomb the Independence Palace in Saigon in a failed attempt to assassinate South Vietnam President Ngô Đình Diệm.
Republic of Vietnam Air Force · 1962 South Vietnamese Independence Palace bombing · Saigon · Ngô Đình Diệm
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1963
The Dominican Republic receives its first democratically elected president, Juan Bosch, since the end of the dictatorship led by Rafael Trujillo.
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1964
The Government of Italy asks for help to keep the Leaning Tower of Pisa from toppling over.
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1971
Doctors in the first Dutch abortion clinic (the Mildredhuis in Arnhem) start performing aborti provocati.
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1976
The formerly Spanish territory of Western Sahara, under the auspices of the Polisario Front declares independence as the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.
Western Sahara · Polisario Front · Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
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1988
Sumgait pogrom: The Armenian community in Sumgait, Azerbaijan is targeted in a violent pogrom.
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1991
Gulf War: U.S. President George H. W. Bush announces that "Kuwait is liberated".
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2002
Ryanair Flight 296 catches fire at London Stansted Airport. Subsequent investigations criticize Ryanair's handling of the evacuation.
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2002
Godhra train burning: A Muslim mob torches a train returning from Ayodhya, killing 59 Hindu pilgrims.
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2004
A bombing of a Superferry by Abu Sayyaf in the Philippines' worst terrorist attack kills 116.
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2004
Shoko Asahara, the leader of the Japanese doomsday cult Aum Shinrikyo, is sentenced to death for masterminding the 1995 Tokyo subway sarin attack
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2007
The Chinese Correction: The Shanghai Stock Exchange falls 9%, the largest drop in ten years.
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2010
An earthquake measuring 8.8 on the moment magnitude scale strikes central parts of Chile leaving over 500 victims, and thousands injured. The quake triggered a tsunami which struck Hawaii shortly after.
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2013
Five people (including the perpetrator) are killed and five others injured in a shooting at a factory in Menznau, Switzerland.
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2015
Assassination of Boris Nemtsov occurs.
Naissances Célèbres
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272
Constantine the Great, Roman emperor (d. 337)
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1343
Alberto d'Este, Marquis of Ferrara (d. 1393)
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1427
Ruprecht, Archbishop of Cologne (d. 1480)
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1500
João de Castro, Portuguese nobleman and fourth viceroy of Portuguese India (d. 1548)
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1535
Min Phalaung, Burmese monarch (d. 1593)
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1567
William Alabaster, English poet (d. 1640)
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1572
Francis II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1632)
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1575
John Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (d. 1616)
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1622
Carel Fabritius, Dutch painter (d. 1654)
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1630
Roche Braziliano, Dutch pirate (d. 1671)
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1659
William Sherard, English botanist (d. 1728)
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1667
Ludwika Karolina Radziwiłł, Prussian-Lithuanian wife of Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine (d. 1695)
Ludwika Karolina Radziwiłł · Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine
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1689
Pietro Gnocchi, Italian composer, director, historian, and geographer (d. 1775)
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1703
Lord Sidney Beauclerk, English politician (d. 1744)
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1711
Constantine Mavrocordatos, Ottoman ruler (d. 1769)
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1724
Frederick Michael, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (d. 1767)
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1732
Jean de Dieu-Raymond de Cucé de Boisgelin, French cardinal (d. 1804)
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1746
Louis-Jérôme Gohier, French politician, French Minister of Justice (d. 1830)
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1748
Anders Sparrman, Swedish physician and activist (d. 1820)
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1767
Jacques-Charles Dupont de l'Eure, French lawyer and politician, 24th Prime Minister of France (d. 1855)
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1779
Thomas Hazlehurst, English businessman, founded Hazlehurst & Sons (d. 1842)
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1789
Manuel Rodríguez Erdoíza, Chilean lawyer and politician, Chilean Minister of National Defense (d. 1818)
Manuel Rodríguez Erdoíza · Ministry of National Defense (Chile)
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1795
José Antonio Navarro, American merchant and politician (d. 1871)
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1799
Edward Belcher, British naval officer, hydrographer, and explorer (d. 1877)
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1799
Frederick Catherwood, British artist, architect and explorer (d. 1854)
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1807
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American poet and educator (d. 1882)
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1809
Jean-Charles Cornay, French missionary and saint (d. 1837)
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1847
Ellen Terry, English actress (d. 1928)
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1848
Hubert Parry, English composer and historian (d. 1918)
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1859
Bertha Pappenheim, Austrian-German activist and author (d. 1936)
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1863
Joaquín Sorolla, Spanish painter (d. 1923)
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1863
George Herbert Mead, American sociologist and philosopher (d. 1930)
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1864
Eemil Nestor Setälä, Finnish linguist and politician, Finnish Minister for Foreign Affairs (d. 1935)
Eemil Nestor Setälä · Minister for Foreign Affairs (Finland)
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1867
Irving Fisher, American economist and statistician (d. 1947)
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1867
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger, Swedish composer and critic (d. 1942)
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1869
Alice Hamilton, American physician and academic (d. 1970)
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1872
Alexandru Vaida-Voevod, Romanian politician, Prime Minister of Romania (d. 1950)
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1875
Vladimir Filatov, Russian-Ukrainian ophthalmologist and surgeon (d. 1956)
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1877
Adela Verne, English pianist and composer (d. 1952)
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1877
Joseph Grinnell, American zoologist and biologist (d. 1939)
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1878
Alvan T. Fuller, American businessman and politician, 50th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1958)
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1880
Xenophon Kasdaglis, Greek-Egyptian tennis player (d. 1943)
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1881
Sveinn Björnsson, Danish-Icelandic lawyer and politician, 1st President of Iceland (d. 1952)
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1881
L. E. J. Brouwer, Dutch mathematician, philosopher, and academic (d. 1966)
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1886
Hugo Black, American captain, jurist, and politician (d. 1971)
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1887
Pyotr Nesterov, Russian captain, pilot, and engineer (d. 1914)
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1888
Roberto Assagioli, Italian psychiatrist and psychologist (d. 1974)
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1888
Lotte Lehmann, German-American soprano and actress (d. 1976)
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1890
Mabel Keaton Staupers, American nurse and advocate (d. 1989)
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1891
David Sarnoff, American businessman, founded RCA (d. 1971)
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1892
William Demarest, American actor (d. 1983)
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1895
Miyagiyama Fukumatsu, Japanese sumo wrestler (d. 1943)
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1897
Marian Anderson, American singer (d. 1993)
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1899
Charles Herbert Best, American-Canadian physiologist and biochemist, co-discovered Insulin (d. 1978)
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1901
Marino Marini, Italian sculptor and academic (d. 1980)
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1902
Lúcio Costa, French-Brazilian architect and engineer, designed Gustavo Capanema Palace (d. 1998)
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1902
Gene Sarazen, American golfer and sportscaster (d. 1999)
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1902
Yoshikazu Okada, Japanese religious leader (d. 1974)
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1902
John Steinbeck, American journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1968)
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1903
Reginald Gardiner, English-American actor and singer (d. 1980)
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1903
Gustave Wuyts, Belgian tug of war competitor and shot putter (d. 1979)
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1903
Hans Rohrbach, German mathematician (d. 1993)
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1903
Joseph B. Soloveitchik, Belorussian-American rabbi and philosopher (d. 1993)
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1904
James T. Farrell, American author and poet (d. 1979)
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1904
André Leducq, French cyclist (d. 1980)
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1904
Yulii Borisovich Khariton, Russian physicist and academic (d. 1996)
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1905
Franchot Tone, American actor, singer, and producer (d. 1968)
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1907
Mildred Bailey, American singer (d. 1951)
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1907
Momčilo Đujić, Serbian-American priest and commander (d. 1999)
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1910
Joan Bennett, American actress (d. 1990)
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1910
Peter De Vries, American journalist and author (d. 1993)
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1910
Genrikh Kasparyan, Armenian chess player and composer (d. 1995)
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1910
Kelly Johnson, American engineer, co-founded Skunk Works (d. 1990)
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1911
Oscar Heidenstam, English bodybuilder (d. 1991)
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1912
Kusumagraj, Indian author, poet, and playwright (d. 1999)
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1912
Lawrence Durrell, Indian-French author, poet, and playwright (d. 1990)
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1913
Paul Ricœur, French philosopher and academic (d. 2005)
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1913
Kazimierz Sabbat, Polish soldier and politician, President of Poland (d. 1989)
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1913
Irwin Shaw, American author and screenwriter (d. 1984)
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1915
Denis Whitaker, Canadian general, football player, and businessman (d. 2001)
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1917
John Connally, American lieutenant and politician, 61st United States Secretary of Treasury (d. 1993)
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1920
Reg Simpson, English cricketer (d. 2013)
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1921
Theodore Van Kirk, American soldier, pilot, and navigator (d. 2014)
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1922
Hans Rookmaaker, Dutch historian, author, and scholar (d. 1977)
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1923
Dexter Gordon, American saxophonist, composer, and actor (d. 1990)
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1925
Pia Sebastiani, Argentine pianist and composer (d. 2015)
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1925
Kenneth Koch, American poet, playwright and professor (d. 2002)
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1926
David H. Hubel, Canadian-American neurophysiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013)
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1927
Peter Whittle, English-New Zealand mathematician and theorist
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1928
René Clemencic, Austrian composer, recorder player, harpsichordist, conductor and clavichord player
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1929
Jack Gibson, Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster (d. 2008)
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1929
Djalma Santos, Brazilian footballer (d. 2013)
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1929
Patricia Ward Hales, British tennis player (d. 1985)
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1930
Jovan Krkobabić, Serbian politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia (d. 2014)
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1930
Peter Stone, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2003)
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1930
Paul von Ragué Schleyer, American chemist and academic (d. 2014)
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1930
Joanne Woodward, American actress
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1932
Elizabeth Taylor, English-American actress and humanitarian (d. 2011)
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1932
David Young, Baron Young of Graffham, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
David Young, Baron Young of Graffham · Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
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1933
Raymond Berry, American football player and coach
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1933
Malcolm Wallop, American politician (d. 2011)
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1934
Vincent Fourcade, French interior designer (d. 1992)
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1934
Ralph Nader, American lawyer, politician, and activist
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1935
Mirella Freni, Italian soprano and actress
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1935
Uri Shulevitz, American author and illustrator
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1936
Ron Barassi, Australian footballer and coach
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1936
Roger Mahony, American cardinal
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1937
Barbara Babcock, American actress
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1938
Jake Thackray, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and journalist (d. 2002)
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1939
Don McKinnon, English-New Zealand farmer and politician, 12th Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand
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1939
Peter Revson, American race car driver (d. 1974)
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1940
Pierre Duchesne, Canadian lawyer and politician, 28th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec
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1940
Howard Hesseman, American actor
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1941
Paddy Ashdown, British captain and politician
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1942
Jimmy Burns, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1942
Robert H. Grubbs, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
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1942
Charlayne Hunter-Gault, American journalist
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1942
Klaus-Dieter Sieloff, German footballer (d. 2011)
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1943
Mary Frann, American actress (d. 1998)
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1943
Morten Lauridsen, American composer and conductor
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1943
Carlos Alberto Parreira, Brazilian footballer and manager
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1944
Ken Grimwood, American author (d. 2003)
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1944
Graeme Pollock, South African cricketer and coach
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1947
Alan Guth, American physicist and cosmologist
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1947
Gidon Kremer, Latvian violinist and conductor
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1950
Annabel Goldie, Scottish lawyer and politician
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1950
Julia Neuberger, Baroness Neuberger, English rabbi and politician
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1951
Carl A. Anderson, 13th Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus
Carl A. Anderson · Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus
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1951
Lee Atwater, American journalist, activist and political strategist (d. 1991)
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1951
Walter de Silva, Italian car designer
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1951
Steve Harley, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1953
Gavin Esler, Scottish journalist and author
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1953
Ian Khama, English-Botswanan lieutenant and politician, 4th President of Botswana
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1953
Stelios Kouloglou, Greek journalist, author, director and politician
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1954
Neal Schon, American rock guitarist and singer-songwriter
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1955
Peter Christopherson, English keyboard player, songwriter, and director (d. 2010)
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1956
Belus Prajoux, Chilean tennis player
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1957
Danny Antonucci, Canadian animator, producer, and screenwriter
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1957
Adrian Smith, English guitarist and songwriter
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1957
Robert de Castella, Australian runner
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1957
Timothy Spall, English actor
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1957
Kevin Curran, American screenwriter and television producer (d. 2016)
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1958
Naas Botha, South African rugby player and sportscaster
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1958
Maggie Hassan, American politician, 81st Governor and junior senator of New Hampshire
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1959
Johnny Van Zant, American singer-songwriter
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1960
Andrés Gómez, Ecuadorian tennis player
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1961
James Worthy, American basketball player and sportscaster
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1962
Adam Baldwin, American actor
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1964
Jeffrey Pasley, American educator and academic
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1965
Noah Emmerich, American actor
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1965
Pedro Chaves, Portuguese race car driver
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1966
Donal Logue, Canadian actor and director
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1966
Oliver Reck, German footballer and manager
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1966
Baltasar Kormákur, Icelandic actor, director, and producer
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1967
Danut Lupu, Romanian footballer
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1968
Matt Stairs, Canadian baseball player and sportscaster
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1969
Gareth Llewellyn, Welsh rugby union player
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1969
Juan E. Gilbert, American computer scientist, inventor, and academic
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1970
Kent Desormeaux, American jockey
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1970
Patricia Petibon, French soprano and actress
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1971
Sara Blakely, American businesswoman, founded Spanx
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1971
Derren Brown, English magician and painter
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1971
David Rikl, Czech-English tennis player
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1971
Roman Giertych, Polish lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland
Roman Giertych · Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland
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1971
Rozonda Thomas, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress (TLC)
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1973
Peter Andre, English-Australian singer-songwriter and actor
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1973
Mark Taylor, Welsh rugby player and manager
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1974
Colin Edwards, American motorcycle racer
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1974
Carte Goodwin, American lawyer and politician
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1975
Aitor González, Spanish racing driver
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1975
Prodromos Korkizoglou, Greek decathlete
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1976
Sergei Semak, Ukrainian-Russian footballer and manager
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1976
Ludovic Capelle, Belgian cyclist
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1978
James Beattie, English footballer and manager
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1978
Kakha Kaladze, Georgian footballer and politician
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1978
Emelie Öhrstig, Swedish skier and cyclist
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1978
Simone Di Pasquale, Italian ballet dancer
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1980
Chelsea Clinton, American journalist and academic
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1980
Scott Prince, Australian rugby league player
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1981
Josh Groban, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
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1981
Cameron Ling, Australian footballer and sportscaster
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1981
Natalie Grandin, English-South African tennis player
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1981
Élodie Ouédraogo, Belgian sprinter
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1982
Ali Bastian, English actress
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1982
Pat Richards, Australian rugby league player
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1982
Bruno Soares, Brazilian tennis player
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1983
Devin Harris, American basketball player
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1983
Kate Mara, American actress
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1984
Aníbal Sánchez, American baseball player
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1984
Lotta Schelin, Swedish footballer
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1984
Akseli Kokkonen, Norwegian ski jumper
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1985
Diniyar Bilyaletdinov, Russian footballer
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1985
Braydon Coburn, Canadian ice hockey player
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1985
Vladislav Kulik, Ukrainian-Russian footballer
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1985
Asami Abe, Japanese singer and actress
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1985
Thiago Neves, Brazilian footballer
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1985
Brett Stewart, Australian rugby league player
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1986
Yovani Gallardo, American baseball player
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1986
Jonathan Moreira, Brazilian footballer
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1986
Sandeep Singh, Indian field hockey player
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1987
Scott Davies, English footballer
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1987
Bridie Kean, Australian wheelchair basketball player
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1987
Florence Kiplagat, Kenyan runner
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1987
Sandy Paillot, French footballer
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1987
Valeriy Andriytsev, Ukrainian wrestler
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1987
Maximiliano Moralez, Argentinian footballer
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1988
Iain Ramsay, Australian footballer
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1988
Dustin Jeffrey, Canadian ice hockey player
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1989
David Button, English footballer
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1989
Lloyd Rigby, English footballer
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1990
Elijah Taylor, New Zealand rugby league player
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1991
Azeem Rafiq, Pakistani cricketer
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1992
Ty Dillon, American race car driver
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1992
Meyers Leonard, American basketball player
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1992
Filip Krajinović, Serbian tennis player
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1992
Ioannis Potouridis, Greek footballer
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1992
Jonjo Shelvey, English footballer
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1995
Laura Gulbe, Latvian tennis player
Décès Célèbres
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640
Pepin of Landen, Frankish lord (b. 580)
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906
Conrad the Elder, Frankish nobleman
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956
Theophylact, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (b. 917)
Theophylact of Constantinople · Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
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1167
Robert of Melun, English theologian and bishop
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1416
Eleanor of Castile, queen consort of Navarre (b. c. 1363)
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1425
Vasili I of Russia, Grand Prince of Moscow (b. 1371)
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1483
William VIII of Montferrat (b. 1420)
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1558
Johann Faber of Heilbronn, controversial Catholic preacher (b. 1504)
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1558
Kunigunde of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, German Noblewoman (b. 1524)
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1659
Henry Dunster, English-American clergyman and academic (b. 1609)
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1699
Charles Paulet, 1st Duke of Bolton, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire (b. 1625)
Charles Paulet, 1st Duke of Bolton · Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire
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1706
John Evelyn, English gardener and author (b. 1620)
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1720
Samuel Parris, English-American minister (b. 1653)
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1735
John Arbuthnot, Scottish physician and polymath (b. 1667)
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1784
Count of St. Germain, European adventurer (b. 1710)
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1795
Tanikaze Kajinosuke, Japanese sumo wrestler (b. 1750)
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1844
Nicholas Biddle, American banker and politician (b. 1786)
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1887
Alexander Borodin, Russian composer and chemist (b. 1833)
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1892
Louis Vuitton, French fashion designer and businessman, founded Louis Vuitton (b. 1821)
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1902
Harry "Breaker" Morant, English-Australian lieutenant (b. 1864)
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1921
Schofield Haigh, English cricketer and umpire (b. 1871)
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1931
Chandra Shekhar Azad, Indian revolutionary (b. 1906)
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1936
Joshua W. Alexander, American judge and politician, 2nd United States Secretary of Commerce (b. 1852)
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1936
Ivan Pavlov, Russian physiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1849)
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1937
Emily Malbone Morgan, American saint, foundress of the Society of the Companions of the Holy Cross (b. 1862)
Emily Malbone Morgan · Society of the Companions of the Holy Cross
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1943
Kostis Palamas, Greek poet and playwright (b. 1859)
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1956
Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Speaker of the Lok Sabha (b. 1888)
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1964
Orry-Kelly, Australian-American costume designer (b. 1897)
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1968
Frankie Lymon, American singer-songwriter (b. 1942)
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1969
Marius Barbeau, Canadian ethnographer and academic (b. 1883)
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1973
Bill Everett, American author and illustrator (b. 1917)
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1977
John Dickson Carr, American author and playwright (b. 1905)
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1980
George Tobias, American actor (b. 1901)
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1985
Ray Ellington, English singer and drummer (b. 1916)
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1985
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., American politician and diplomat, 3rd United States Ambassador to the United Nations (b. 1902)
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. · United States Ambassador to the United Nations
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1985
J. Pat O'Malley, English-American actor and singer (b. 1904)
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1986
Jacques Plante, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1929)
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1987
Bill Holman, American cartoonist (b. 1903)
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1987
Joan Greenwood, English actress (b. 1921)
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1989
Konrad Lorenz, Austrian zoologist, ethologist, and ornithologist, Nobel laureate (b. 1903)
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1992
S. I. Hayakawa, Canadian-American linguist and politician (b. 1906)
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1993
Lillian Gish, American actress (b. 1893)
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1998
George H. Hitchings, American pharmacologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1905)
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1999
Horace Tapscott American pianist and composer (b. 1934)
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2002
Spike Milligan, Irish soldier, actor, comedian, and author (b. 1918)
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2003
John Lanchbery, English-Australian composer and conductor (b. 1923)
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2003
Fred Rogers, American minister and television host (b. 1928)
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2004
Yoshihiko Amino, Japanese historian and academic (b. 1928)
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2004
Paul Sweezy, American economist and journalist (b. 1910)
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2006
Otis Chandler, American publisher (b. 1927)
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2006
Robert Lee Scott, Jr., American general and author (b. 1908)
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2006
Linda Smith, English comedian and author (b. 1958)
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2007
Bernd Freytag von Loringhoven, German general (b. 1914)
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2008
William F. Buckley, Jr., American author and journalist, founded the National Review (b. 1925)
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2008
Myron Cope, American journalist and sportscaster (b. 1929)
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2010
Nanaji Deshmukh, Indian educator and activist (b. 1916)
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2011
Frank Buckles, American soldier (b. 1901)
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2011
Necmettin Erbakan, Turkish engineer and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1926)
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2011
Duke Snider, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster (b. 1926)
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2011
Gary Winick, American director and producer (b. 1961)
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2012
Ma Jiyuan, Chinese general (b. 1921)
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2012
Tina Strobos, Dutch physician and psychiatrist (b. 1920)
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2012
Helga Vlahović, Croatian journalist and producer (b. 1945)
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2013
Van Cliburn, American pianist (b. 1934)
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2013
Ramon Dekkers, Dutch mixed martial artist and kick-boxer (b. 1969)
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2013
Dale Robertson, American actor (b. 1923)
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2013
Adolfo Zaldívar, Chilean lawyer and politician (b. 1943)
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2014
Aaron Allston, American game designer and author (b. 1960)
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2014
Terry Rand, American basketball player (b. 1934)
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2015
Boris Nemtsov, Russian academic and politician, First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia (b. 1959)
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2015
Leonard Nimoy, American actor (b. 1931)
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2015
Julio César Strassera, Argentinian lawyer and jurist (b. 1933)
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2016
Yi Cheol-seung, South Korean lawyer and politician (b. 1922)
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2016
James Z. Davis, American lawyer and judge (b. 1943)