March 12 — Ce Jour-là dans l'Histoire
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Événements
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538
Vitiges, king of the Ostrogoths ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving the city in the hands of the victorious Byzantine general, Belisarius
Vitiges · Germanic kingship · Ostrogoths · Siege of Rome (537-38) · Ravenna
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1550
Several hundred Spanish and indigenous troops under the command of Pedro de Valdivia defeat an army of 60,000 Mapuche at the Battle of Penco during the Arauco War in present-day Chile
Spanish Empire · Pedro de Valdivia · Mapuche · Battle of Penco · Arauco War
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1622
Ignatius of Loyola and Francis Xavier, founders of the Society of Jesus, are canonized by the Roman Catholic Church
Ignatius of Loyola · Francis Xavier · Society of Jesus · Roman Catholic Church
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1689
The Williamite War in Ireland begins.
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1811
Peninsular War: A day after a successful rearguard action, French Marshal Michel Ney once again successfully delayed the pursuing Anglo-Portuguese force at the Battle of Redinha
Peninsular War · Rearguard · Marshal of France · Michel Ney · Portugal
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1864
American Civil War: The Red River Campaign begins as a US Navy fleet of 13 Ironclads and 7 Gunboats and other support ships enter the Red River
American Civil War · Red River Campaign · US Navy · Ironclad warship · Gunboat
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1881
Andrew Watson makes his Scotland debut as the world's first black international football player and captain.
Andrew Watson (footballer, born 1856) · Scotland national football team · Black people · Association football · Captain (association football)
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1885
Tonkin Campaign: France captures the citadel of Bắc Ninh.
Tonkin Campaign · French Third Republic · Bắc Ninh Campaign · Bắc Ninh
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1894
Coca-Cola is bottled and sold for the first time in Vicksburg, Mississippi, by local soda fountain operator Joseph A. Biedenharn.
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1912
The Girl Guides (later renamed the Girl Scouts of the USA) are founded in the United States.
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1913
Canberra Day: The future capital of Australia is officially named Canberra. (Melbourne remains temporary capital until 1927 while the new capital is still under construction.)
Canberra Day · Australia · Canberra · Melbourne · 1927
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1918
Moscow becomes the capital of Russia again after Saint Petersburg held this status for 215 years.
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1920
The Kapp Putsch begins when the Marinebrigade Ehrhardt is ordered to march on Berlin.
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1921
İstiklâl Marşı is adopted in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey.
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1922
Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan form the Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic
Armenia · Georgia (country) · Azerbaijan · Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic
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1928
In California, the St. Francis Dam fails; the resulting floods kills 431 people.
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1930
Mahatma Gandhi begins the Salt March, a 200-mile march to the sea to protest the British monopoly on salt in India
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1933
Great Depression: Franklin D. Roosevelt addresses the nation for the first time as President of the United States. This is also the first of his "fireside chats".
Great Depression · Franklin D. Roosevelt · President of the United States · Fireside chats
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1934
Konstantin Päts and General Johan Laidoner stage a coup in Estonia, and ban all political parties.
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1938
Anschluss: German troops occupy and absorb Austria.
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1940
Winter War: Finland signs the Moscow Peace Treaty with the Soviet Union, ceding almost all of Finnish Karelia. Finnish troops and the remaining population are immediately evacuated.
Winter War · Finland · Moscow Peace Treaty · Soviet Union · Finnish Karelia
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1942
Pacific War: The Battle of Java ends with an ABDACOM surrender to the Japanese Empire in Bandung, West Java, Dutch East Indies.
Pacific War · Battle of Java (1942) · American-British-Dutch-Australian Command · Japanese Empire · Bandung
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1947
The Truman Doctrine is proclaimed to help stem the spread of Communism.
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1950
The Llandow air disaster occurs near Sigingstone, Wales, in which 80 people die when their aircraft crashed, making it the world's deadliest air disaster at the time.
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1961
First winter ascent of the North Face of the Eiger.
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1967
Suharto take power from Sukarno when the MPRS inaugurated him as Acting President of Indonesia.
Suharto · Sukarno · People's Consultative Assembly · List of Presidents of Indonesia · Indonesia
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1968
Mauritius achieves independence from the United Kingdom.
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1971
The March 12 Memorandum is sent to the Suleyman Demirel government of Turkey and the government resigns.
1971 Turkish military memorandum · Süleyman Demirel · Turkey
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1992
Mauritius becomes a republic while remaining a member of the Commonwealth of Nations.
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1993
Several bombs explode in Mumbai, India, killing about 300 and injuring hundreds more.
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1993
North Korea nuclear weapons program: North Korea says that it plans to withdraw from the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty and refuses to allow inspectors access to its nuclear sites.
North Korea and weapons of mass destruction · North Korea · Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty
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1994
The Church of England ordains its first female priests.
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1999
Former Warsaw Pact members the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland join NATO.
Warsaw Pact · Czech Republic · Hungary · Poland · NATO
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2003
Zoran Đinđić, Prime Minister of Serbia, is assassinated in Belgrade.
Zoran Đinđić · Prime Minister · Serbia · Assassination of Zoran Đinđić · Belgrade
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2003
WHO officially released global warning on pandemic SARS disease.
World Health Organization · Pandemic · Severe acute respiratory syndrome
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2004
The President of South Korea, Roh Moo-hyun, is impeached by its National Assembly: The first such impeachment in the nation's history.
President of South Korea · Roh Moo-hyun · National Assembly (South Korea) · Impeachment
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2009
Financier Bernard Madoff pleads guilty in New York to scamming $18 billion, the largest in Wall Street's history.
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2011
A reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant melts and explodes and releases radioactivity into the atmosphere a day after Japan's earthquake.
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant · 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
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2014
A gas explosion in the New York City neighborhood of East Harlem kills eight and injures 70 others.
2014 East Harlem gas explosion · New York City · East Harlem
Naissances Célèbres
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1270
Charles, Count of Valois (d. 1325)
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1386
Ashikaga Yoshimochi, Japanese shogun (d. 1428)
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1475
Luca Gaurico, Italian astrologer (d. 1558)
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1476
Anna Jagiellon, Duchess of Pomerania, Polish princess (d. 1503)
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1479
Giuliano de' Medici, Duke of Nemours (d. 1516)
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1500
Reginald Pole, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1558)
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1501
Pietro Andrea Mattioli, Italian scientist (d. 1577)
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1607
Paul Gerhardt, German poet and composer (d. 1676)
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1613
André Le Nôtre, French gardener and architect (d. 1700)
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1620
Johann Heinrich Hottinger, Swiss philologist and theologian (d. 1667)
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1626
John Aubrey, English historian and philosopher (d. 1697)
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1647
Victor-Maurice, comte de Broglie, French general (d. 1727)
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1672
Richard Steele, Irish-Welsh journalist and politician (d. 1729)
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1685
George Berkeley, Irish bishop and philosopher (d. 1753)
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1710
Thomas Arne, English composer (d. 1778)
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1781
Frederica of Baden (d. 1826)
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1795
William Lyon Mackenzie, Scottish-Canadian journalist and politician, 1st Mayor of Toronto (d. 1861)
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1806
Jane Pierce, American wife of Franklin Pierce, 15th First Lady of the United States (d. 1863)
Jane Pierce · Franklin Pierce · First Lady of the United States
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1821
John Abbott, Canadian lawyer and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1893)
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1824
Gustav Kirchhoff, Russian-German physicist and academic (d. 1887)
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1831
Clement Studebaker, American businessman, co-founded Studebaker (d. 1901)
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1832
Charles Boycott, English farmer and agent (d. 1897)
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1832
Charles Friedel, French chemist and mineralogist (d.1899)
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1835
Simon Newcomb, Canadian-American astronomer and mathematician (d. 1909)
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1837
Alexandre Guilmant, French organist and composer (d. 1911)
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1838
William Henry Perkin, English chemist and academic (d. 1907)
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1851
Theodore Thurston Geer, American journalist and politician, 10th Governor of Oregon (d. 1924)
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1858
Adolph Ochs, American publisher (d. 1935)
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1859
Abraham H. Cannon, American religious leader (d. 1896)
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1860
Eric Stenbock, Estonian poet and author (d. 1895)
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1861
József Konkolics, Hungarian-Slovene cantor and author (d. 1941)
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1863
Gabriele D'Annunzio, Italian soldier, journalist, poet, and playwright (d. 1938)
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1863
Vladimir Vernadsky, Russian mineralogist and chemist (d. 1945)
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1864
W. H. R. Rivers, English anthropologist, neurologist, ethnologist, and psychiatrist (d. 1922)
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1864
Alice Tegnér, Swedish organist and composer (d. 1943)
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1864
Charles Young, American colonel (d. 1922)
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1869
George Forbes, New Zealand lawyer and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1947)
George Forbes (New Zealand politician) · Prime Minister of New Zealand
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1874
Charles Weeghman, American businessman (d. 1938)
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1877
Wilhelm Frick, German lawyer and politician, German Federal Minister of the Interior (d. 1946)
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1878
Gemma Galgani, Italian mystic and saint (d. 1903)
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1880
Henry Drysdale Dakin, English-American chemist and academic (d. 1952)
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1880
Jaan Soots, Estonian general and politician, 7th Estonian Minister of War (d. 1942)
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1881
Gunnar Nordström, Finnish physicist and academic (d. 1923)
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1883
Zoltán Meskó, Hungarian politician (d. 1959)
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1889
Idris of Libya (d. 1983)
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1890
Vaslav Nijinsky, Russian dancer and choreographer (d. 1950)
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1890
William Dudley Pelley, American screenwriter and politician, founded the Silver Legion of America (d. 1965)
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1890
Evert Taube, Swedish singer-songwriter and lute player (d. 1976)
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1891
George W. Mason, American businessman (d. 1954)
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1895
Otakar Batlička, Czech journalist and author (d. 1942)
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1895
William C. Lee, American general (d. 1948)
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1896
Jesse Fuller, American singer-songwriter and musician (d. 1976)
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1907
Dorrit Hoffleit, American astronomer and academic (d. 2007)
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1908
Rita Angus, New Zealand painter (d. 1970)
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1908
David Marshall, Singaporean lawyer and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Singapore (d. 1995)
David Marshall (Singaporean politician) · Chief Minister of Singapore
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1910
Masayoshi Ōhira, Japanese politician, 68th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1980)
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1911
Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, Mexican academic and politician, 49th President of Mexico (d. 1979)
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1912
Irving Layton, Romanian-Canadian poet and academic (d. 2006)
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1912
Edgar Tafel, American architect (d. 2011)
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1912
Paul Weston, American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1996)
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1913
Yashwantrao Chavan, Indian politician, 5th Deputy Prime Minister of India (d. 1984)
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1913
Agathe von Trapp, Hungarian-American singer and author (d. 2010)
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1914
Frank Soo, English footballer and manager (d. 1991)
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1915
Willibald C. Bianchi, American lieutenant, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1945)
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1915
Alberto Burri, Italian painter and sculptor (d. 1995)
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1917
Leonard Chess, American record company executive, co-founder of Chess Records (d. 1969)
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1917
Millard Kaufman, American author and screenwriter (d. 2009)
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1917
Googie Withers, Indian-Australian actress (d. 2011)
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1918
Elaine de Kooning, American painter and academic (d. 1989)
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1919
Mike Stepovich, American lawyer and politician, Governor of the Territory of Alaska (d. 2014)
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1920
Roland Fraïssé, French mathematical logician (d. 2008)
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1921
Gianni Agnelli, Italian businessman (d. 2003)
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1921
Gordon MacRae, American actor and singer (d. 1986)
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1922
Jack Kerouac, American author and poet (d. 1969)
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1922
Lane Kirkland, American sailor and union leader (d. 1999)
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1923
Hjalmar Andersen, Norwegian speed skater and cyclist (d. 2013)
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1923
Norbert Brainin, Austrian violinist (d. 2005)
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1923
Clara Fraser, American activist, co-founded Radical Women (d. 1998)
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1923
Hanne Hiob, German actress and screenwriter (d. 2009)
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1923
Wally Schirra, American captain, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2007)
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1923
Joseph F. Weis, Jr., American lawyer and judge (d. 2014)
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1923
Mae Young, American wrestler (d. 2014)
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1924
Henri Rochon, Canadian tennis player (d. 2005)
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1924
Mary Lee Woods, English mathematician and computer programmer
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1925
Louison Bobet, French cyclist (d. 1983)
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1925
Georges Delerue, French pianist and composer (d. 1992)
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1925
Leo Esaki, Japanese physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
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1925
Harry Harrison, American author and illustrator (d. 2012)
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1926
George Ariyoshi, American lawyer and politician, 3rd Governor of Hawaii
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1927
Raúl Alfonsín, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 46th President of Argentina (d. 2009)
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1928
Edward Albee, American director and playwright (d. 2016)
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1928
Aldemaro Romero, Venezuelan pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 2007)
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1930
Bronco Horvath, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
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1930
Vern Law, American baseball player, coach, and manager
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1930
Win Tin, Burmese journalist and politician, co-founded the National League for Democracy (d. 2014)
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1931
Herb Kelleher, American lawyer and businessman, co-founded Southwest Airlines
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1931
Robert B. Oakley, American soldier and diplomat, 19th United States Ambassador to Pakistan (d. 2014)
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1932
Andrew Young, American pastor and politician, 14th United States Ambassador to the United Nations
Andrew Young · United States Ambassador to the United Nations
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1933
Barbara Feldon, American actress
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1934
Virginia Hamilton, American author (d. 2002)
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1934
David Spenser, Sri Lankan-English actor and director (d. 2013)
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1936
Lloyd Dobyns, American journalist and author
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1936
Patrick Procktor, Irish-English painter and academic (d. 2003)
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1936
Eddie Sutton, American basketball player and coach
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1937
Valentīna Eiduka, Latvian javelin thrower and coach
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1938
Lew DeWitt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1990)
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1938
Johnny Rutherford, American race car driver and sportscaster
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1938
Dimitri Terzakis, Greek-German composer and educator
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1939
Lyndsie Holland, English actress and singer (d. 2014)
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1939
Jude Milhon, American hacker and author (d. 2003)
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1940
Al Jarreau, American singer (d. 2017)
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1942
Ratko Mladić, Serbian general
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1942
Shabnam Shakeel, Pakistani poet and author (d. 2013)
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1942
Jimmy Wynn, American baseball player and sportscaster
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1945
George Jackson, American singer-songwriter (d. 2013)
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1946
Liza Minnelli, American actress, singer, and dancer
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1946
Frank Welker, American voice actor and singer
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1946
Serge Turgeon, Canadian actor and union leader (d. 2004)
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1947
Peter Harry Carstensen, German educator and politician
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1947
Mary Jean Harrold, American computer scientist and academic (d. 2013)
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1947
Kalervo Palsa, Finnish painter (d. 1987)
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1947
Mitt Romney, American businessman and politician, 70th Governor of Massachusetts
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1948
Virginia Bottomley, Scottish social worker and politician, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
Virginia Bottomley · Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
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1948
Kent Conrad, American politician
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1948
James Taylor, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1949
Mike Gibbins, Welsh drummer, singer, and songwriter (Badfinger) (d. 2005)
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1949
Rob Cohen, American director, producer, and screenwriter
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1949
David Mellor, English journalist, lawyer, and politician, Chief Secretary to the Treasury
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1949
Bill Payne, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
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1949
Fergus Slattery, Irish rugby player
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1950
Javier Clemente, Spanish footballer and manager
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1952
Boris Anatolyevich Gavrilov, Russian football player and manager
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1953
Ron Jeremy, American pornographic actor
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1954
Anish Kapoor, Indian-English sculptor
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1954
Hajime Meshiai, Japanese golfer
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1955
Nicole Léger, Canadian educator and politician
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1956
Steve Harris, English bass player and songwriter
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1956
Lesley Manville, English actress
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1956
Dale Murphy, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster
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1957
Patrick Battiston, French footballer and coach
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1957
Marlon Jackson, American singer-songwriter and dancer
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1958
Phil Anderson, English-Australian cyclist
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1958
Matt Millen, American football player, executive, and sportscaster
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1958
Minoru Niihara, Japanese singer-songwriter and bass player
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1960
Courtney B. Vance, American actor and painter
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1961
Joseph Facal, Canadian journalist and politician
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1961
Titus Welliver, American actor
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1962
Darryl Strawberry, American baseball player and minister
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1963
Joaquim Cruz, Brazilian runner and coach
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1963
Ian Holloway, English footballer and manager
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1963
Paul Way, English golfer
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1965
Steve Finley, American baseball player
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1965
Shawn Gilbert, American baseball player and coach
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1966
Grant Long, American basketball player and sportscaster
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1967
Jorge Dely Valdés, Panamanian footballer and manager
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1967
Julio Dely Valdés, Panamanian footballer and manager
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1968
Dylan Carlson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1968
Tammy Duckworth, Thai-American colonel, pilot, and politician
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1968
Aaron Eckhart, American actor and producer
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1969
Graham Coxon, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1969
Jake Tapper, American journalist and author
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1970
Dave Eggers, American author and screenwriter
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1970
Mathias Gronberg, Swedish golfer
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1970
John Nemechek, American race car driver (d. 1997)
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1970
Rex Walters, American basketball player and coach
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1971
Isaiah Rider, American basketball player and rapper
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1971
Dragutin Topić, Serbian high jumper
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1972
Hector Luis Bustamante, Colombian-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
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1974
Matt Barela, American wrestler and actor
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1974
Chris Carr, American basketball player and coach
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1974
Steve Price, Australian rugby league player
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1975
Kéllé Bryan, English singer-songwriter and actress
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1977
Ramiro Corrales, American soccer player
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1978
Casey Mears, American race car driver
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1978
Neal Obermeyer, American cartoonist
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1978
Claudio Sanchez, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1978
Arina Tanemura, Japanese author and illustrator
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1979
Jamie Dwyer, Australian field hockey player and coach
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1979
Nidia Guenard, American wrestler and manager
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1979
Shaun Rogers, American football player
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1979
Edwin Villafuerte, Ecuadorian footballer
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1980
Jens Mouris, Dutch cyclist
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1980
Douglas Murray, Swedish ice hockey player
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1981
Kenta Kobayashi, Japanese wrestler and kick-boxer
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1981
Maurizio Lauro, Italian footballer
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1981
Kristjan Makke, Estonian basketball player
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1981
Katarina Srebotnik, Slovenian tennis player
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1981
Holly Williams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1982
Zach Miner, American baseball player
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1982
Tobias Schweinsteiger, German footballer
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1982
Erick Stevens, American wrestler
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1985
Ed Clancy, English track and road cyclist
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1986
Danny Jones, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
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1986
Ben Offereins, Australian runner
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1987
Jessica Hardy, American swimmer
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1987
Teimour Radjabov, Azerbaijani chess player
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1987
Chris Seitz, American soccer player
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1987
Omar Abdulrazaq, Syrian footballer
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1988
Sebastian Brendel, German canoe racer
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1988
Konstantinos Mitroglou, Greek footballer
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1988
Tyler Ward, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1988
Myles Weston, English footballer
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1989
Richard Eckersley, English footballer
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1989
Siim Luts, Estonian footballer
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1989
Mark Sirõk, Estonian activist
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1989
Gareth Widdop, English rugby league player
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1990
Lawrence Clarke, English hurdler
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1991
Felix Kroos, German footballer
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1992
Cian Bolger, Irish footballer
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1993
Anton Shramchenko, Belarusian footballer
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1993
Jeppe Tverskov, Danish professional footballer
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1993
Nikolai Alho, Finnish football player
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1994
Katie Archibald, Scottish track cyclist
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1994
Christina Grimmie, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2016)
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1995
Will Pearsall, Australian rugby league player
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1996
Robert Bartczak, Polish footballer
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1996
Aristo Sham, Hong Kong pianist
Décès Célèbres
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417
Innocent I, pope of the Catholic Church
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604
Gregory I, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 540)
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951
Ælfheah the Bald, bishop of Winchester
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969
Mu Zong, emperor of the Liao Dynasty (b. 931)
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1289
Demetrius II, king of Georgia (b. 1259)
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1316
Stefan Dragutin, king of Serbia (b. 1253)
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1374
Go-Kōgon, Japanese emperor (b. 1338)
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1496
Johann Heynlin, German humanist scholar (b. c. 1425)
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1507
Cesare Borgia, Italian cardinal (b. 1475)
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1539
Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, English diplomat and politician (b.1477)
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1608
Kōriki Kiyonaga, Japanese daimyo (b. 1530)
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1628
John Bull, English organist and composer (b. 1562)
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1648
Tirso de Molina, Spanish monk and poet (b. 1571)
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1681
Frans van Mieris the Elder, Dutch painter (b. 1635)
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1699
Peder Griffenfeld, Danish politician (b. 1635)
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1703
Aubrey de Vere, 20th Earl of Oxford, English jurist and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Essex (b. 1627)
Aubrey de Vere, 20th Earl of Oxford · Lord Lieutenant of Essex
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1731
Ernest August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (b. 1660)
Ernest August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
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1790
András Hadik, Hungarian field marshal (b. 1710)
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1820
Alexander Mackenzie, Scottish explorer and politician (b. 1764)
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1832
Friedrich Kuhlau, German-Danish pianist and composer (b. 1786)
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1858
William James Blacklock, English-Scottish painter (b. 1816)
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1872
Zeng Guofan, Chinese general and politician, Viceroy of Liangjiang (b. 1811)
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1894
Illarion Pryanishnikov, Russian painter (b. 1840)
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1898
Zachris Topelius, Finnish-Swedish journalist, historian, and author (b. 1818)
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1909
Joseph Petrosino, American police officer (b. 1860)
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1914
George Westinghouse, American engineer and businessman (b. 1846)
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1916
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Austrian author (b. 1830)
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1925
Sun Yat-sen, Chinese physician and politician, 1st President of the Republic of China (b. 1866)
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1929
Asa Griggs Candler, American businessman and politician, 44th Mayor of Atlanta (b. 1851)
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1929
William Turner Dannat, American painter (b. 1853)
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1930
William George Barker, Canadian colonel and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1894)
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1930
Alois Jirásek, Czech author and playwright (b. 1851)
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1935
Mihajlo Pupin, Serbian-American physicist and chemist (b. 1858)
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1937
Jenő Hubay, Hungarian violinist and composer (b. 1858)
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1937
Charles-Marie Widor, French organist and composer (b. 1844)
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1942
Robert Bosch, German engineer and businessman, founded Robert Bosch GmbH (b. 1861)
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1942
William Henry Bragg, English physicist, chemist, and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
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1943
Gustav Vigeland, Norwegian sculptor (b. 1869)
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1945
Friedrich Fromm, German general (b. 1888)
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1946
Ferenc Szálasi, Hungarian soldier and politician, Head of State of Hungary (b. 1897)
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1947
Winston Churchill, American author and playwright (b. 1871)
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1949
Wilhelm Steinkopf, German chemist (b. 1879)
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1954
Marianne Weber, German sociologist and suffragist (b. 1870)
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1955
Charlie Parker, American saxophonist and composer (b. 1920)
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1955
Theodor Plievier, German author best known for his anti-war novel (b. 1892)
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1956
Bolesław Bierut, Polish Communist leader (b. 1892)
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1957
Josephine Hull, American actress (b. 1877)
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1960
Kshitimohan Sen, Indian historian, author, and academic (b. 1880)
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1963
Arthur Grimsdell, English footballer and cricketer (b. 1894)
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1964
Abbās al-Aqqād, Egyptian journalist, poet and literary critic (b. 1889)
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1971
Eugene Lindsay Opie, American physician and pathologist (b. 1873)
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1973
Frankie Frisch, American baseball player and manager (b. 1898)
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1974
George D. Sax, American banker and businessman (b. 1904)
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1979
Nader Jahanbani, Iranian general and pilot (b. 1928)
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1984
Arnold Ridley, English actor and playwright (b. 1896)
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1985
Eugene Ormandy, Hungarian-American violinist and conductor (b. 1899)
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1987
Woody Hayes, American football player and coach (b. 1913)
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1989
Maurice Evans, English-American actor (b. 1901)
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1989
Jakob Gimpel, Polish concert pianist and educator (b. 1906)
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1991
Ragnar Granit, Finnish-Swedish neuroscientist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1900)
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1991
William Heinesen, Faroese author, poet, and author (b. 1900)
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1992
Hans G. Kresse, Dutch cartoonist (b. 1921)
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1992
Lucy M. Lewis, American potter (b. 1890)
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1998
Beatrice Wood, American painter and potter (b. 1893)
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1999
Yehudi Menuhin, American-Swiss violinist and conductor (b. 1916)
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2001
Morton Downey, Jr., American singer-songwriter, actor, and talk show host (b. 1933)
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2001
Robert Ludlum, American author (b. 1927)
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2001
Victor Westhoff, Dutch botanist and academic (b. 1916)
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2002
Spyros Kyprianou, Cypriot lawyer and politician, 2nd President of Cyprus (b. 1932)
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2002
Jean-Paul Riopelle, Canadian painter and sculptor (b. 1923)
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2003
Zoran Đinđić, Serbian philosopher and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Serbia (b. 1952)
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2003
Howard Fast, American novelist and screenwriter (b. 1914)
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2003
Lynne Thigpen, American actress and singer (b. 1948)
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2004
Milton Resnick, Russian-American painter (b. 1917)
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2005
Bill Cameron, Canadian journalist and producer (b. 1943)
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2005
Stavros Kouyioumtzis, Greek composer (b. 1932)
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2006
Victor Sokolov, Russian-American priest and journalist (b. 1947)
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2007
Arnold Drake, American author and screenwriter (b. 1924)
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2008
Jorge Guinzburg, Argentinian journalist and producer (b. 1949)
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2008
Lazare Ponticelli, Italian-French soldier and supercentenarian (b. 1897)
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2010
Miguel Delibes, Spanish journalist and author (b. 1920)
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2011
Olive Dickason, Canadian historian and journalist (b. 1920)
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2011
Nilla Pizzi, Italian singer (b. 1919)
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2012
Samuel Glazer, American businessman, co-founded Mr. Coffee (b. 1923)
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2012
Dick Harter, American basketball player and coach (b. 1930)
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2012
Michael Hossack, American drummer (b. 1946)
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2012
Friedhelm Konietzka, German-Swiss footballer and manager (b. 1938)
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2013
George Burditt, American lawyer and politician (b. 1921)
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2013
Clive Burr, English drummer and songwriter (b. 1957)
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2013
Michael Grigsby, English director and producer (b. 1936)
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2013
Ganesh Pyne, Indian painter and illustrator (b. 1937)
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2014
Věra Chytilová, Czech actress, director, and screenwriter (b. 1929)
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2014
George Donaldson, Scottish singer-songwriter (b. 1968)
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2014
Paul C. Donnelly, American scientist and engineer (b. 1923)
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2014
Ola L. Mize, American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1931)
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2014
José Policarpo, Portuguese cardinal (b. 1936)
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2015
Willie Barrow, American minister and activist (b. 1924)
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2015
Michael Graves, American architect and academic, designed the Portland Building and the Humana Building (b. 1934)
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2015
Ada Jafri, Pakistani poet and author (b. 1924)
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2015
Terry Pratchett, English journalist, author, and screenwriter (b. 1948)
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2016
Rafiq Azad, Bangladeshi poet and author (b. 1942)
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2016
Felix Ibru, Nigerian architect and politician, Governor of Delta State (b. 1935)
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2016
Lloyd Shapley, American mathematician and economist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1923)