March 16 — Ce Jour-là dans l'Histoire
474 entrées
Événements
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597 BC
Babylonians capture Jerusalem, and replace Jeconiah with Zedekiah as king.
Babylonians · Jerusalem · Jeconiah · Zedekiah
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455
Emperor Valentinian III is assassinated by two Hunnic retainers while training with the bow on the Campus Martius (Rome).
Valentinian III · Assassination · Huns · Bow and arrow · Campus Martius
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934
Meng Zhixiang declares himself emperor and establishes Later Shu as a new state independent of Later Tang.
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1190
Massacre of Jews at Clifford's Tower, York.
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1244
Over 200 Cathars are burned after the Fall of Montségur.
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1322
The Battle of Boroughbridge take place in the Despenser Wars.
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1521
Ferdinand Magellan reaches the island of Homonhon in the Philippines.
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1621
Samoset, a Mohegan, visited the settlers of Plymouth Colony and greets them, "Welcome, Englishmen! My name is Samoset."
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1660
The Long Parliament of England is dissolved so as to prepare for the new Convention Parliament.
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1689
The 23rd Regiment of Foot, or Royal Welch Fusiliers, is founded.
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1782
American Revolutionary War: Spanish troops capture the British-held island of Roatán.
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1782
Anglo-Spanish War (1779): Action of 16 March 1782
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1792
King Gustav III of Sweden is shot; he dies on March 29.
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1797
French Revolutionary Wars: An Austrian column is defeated by the French in the Battle of Valvasone.
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1802
The Army Corps of Engineers is established to found and operate the United States Military Academy at West Point.
United States Army Corps of Engineers · United States Military Academy
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1812
The Siege of Badajoz begins: British and Portuguese forces besiege and defeat the French garrison during the Peninsular War.
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1815
Prince Willem proclaims himself King of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, the first constitutional monarch in the Netherlands.
William I of the Netherlands · United Kingdom of the Netherlands · Constitutional monarchy
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1818
In the Second Battle of Cancha Rayada, Spanish forces defeated Chileans under José de San Martín.
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1864
American Civil War: During the Red River Campaign, Union troops reach Alexandria, Louisiana.
American Civil War · Red River Campaign · Union (American Civil War) · Alexandria, Louisiana
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1865
American Civil War: The Battle of Averasborough began as Confederate forces suffer irreplaceable casualties in the final months of the war.
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1870
The first version of the overture fantasy Romeo and Juliet by Tchaikovsky receives its première performance.
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1872
The Wanderers F.C. won the first FA Cup, the oldest football competition in the world, beating Royal Engineers A.F.C. 1-0 at The Oval in Kennington, London.
Wanderers F.C. · FA Cup · Association football · Royal Engineers A.F.C. · The Oval
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1894
Jules Massenet's opera Thaïs is first performed.
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1900
Sir Arthur Evans purchased the land around the ruins of Knossos, the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on Crete.
Arthur Evans · Knossos · Bronze Age · Crete
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1916
The 7th and 10th US cavalry regiments under John J. Pershing cross the US-Mexico border to join the hunt for Pancho Villa.
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1917
World War I: A German auxiliary cruiser is sunk in the Action of 16 March 1917.
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1918
Finnish Civil War: Battle of Länkipohja is infamous for its bloody aftermath as the Whites executed 70-100 capitulated Reds.
Finnish Civil War · Battle of Länkipohja · Whites (Finland) · Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic
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1924
In accordance with the Treaty of Rome, Fiume becomes annexed as part of Italy.
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1925
An earthquake occurs in Yunnan, China.
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1926
History of Rocketry: Robert Goddard launches the first liquid-fueled rocket, at Auburn, Massachusetts.
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1935
Adolf Hitler orders Germany to rearm herself in violation of the Treaty of Versailles. Conscription is reintroduced to form the Wehrmacht.
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1936
Warmer-than-normal temperatures rapidly melt snow and ice on the upper Allegheny and Monongahela rivers, leading to a major flood in Pittsburgh.
Allegheny River · Monongahela River · Pittsburgh Flood of 1936
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1939
From Prague Castle, Hitler proclaims Bohemia and Moravia a German protectorate.
Prague Castle · Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia · Protectorate
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1940
First person killed (James Isbister) in a German bombing raid on the UK in World War II during a raid on Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands.
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1945
World War II: The Battle of Iwo Jima ended, but small pockets of Japanese resistance persisted.
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1945
Ninety percent of Würzburg, Germany is destroyed in only 20 minutes by British bombers, resulting in around 5,000 deaths.
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1958
The Ford Motor Company produces its 50 millionth automobile, the Thunderbird, averaging almost a million cars a year since the company's founding.
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1962
A Flying Tiger Line Super Constellation disappears in the western Pacific Ocean, with all 107 aboard missing and presumed dead.
Flying Tiger Line · Lockheed Constellation · Flying Tiger Line Flight 739
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1966
Launch of Gemini 8, the 12th manned American space flight and first space docking with the Agena target vehicle.
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1968
Vietnam War: My Lai Massacre occurs; between 347 and 500 Vietnamese villagers (men, women, and children) are killed by American troops.
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1968
General Motors produces its 100 millionth automobile, the Oldsmobile Toronado.
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1969
A Viasa McDonnell Douglas DC-9 crashes in Maracaibo, Venezuela, killing 155.
Viasa · McDonnell Douglas DC-9 · Viasa Flight 742 · Maracaibo
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1976
British Prime Minister Harold Wilson resigns, citing personal reasons.
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1977
Assassination of Kamal Jumblatt, the main leader of the anti-government forces in the Lebanese Civil War.
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1978
Former Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro is kidnapped. (He is later murdered by his captors.)
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1978
Supertanker Amoco Cadiz splits in two after running aground on the Portsall Rocks, three miles off the coast of Brittany, resulting in the largest oil spill in history at that time.
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1979
Sino-Vietnamese War: The People's Liberation Army crosses the border back into China, ends the war.
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1983
Demolition of the Ismaning radio transmitter, the last wooden radio tower in Germany.
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1984
William Buckley, the CIA station chief in Beirut, Lebanon, is kidnapped by Islamic fundamentalists. (He later dies in captivity.)
William Francis Buckley · CIA · Beirut · Lebanon · Islamic fundamentalists
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1985
Associated Press newsman Terry Anderson is taken hostage in Beirut. He is released on December 4, 1991.
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1988
Iran-Contra affair: Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North and Vice Admiral John Poindexter are indicted on charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States.
Iran-Contra affair · Oliver North · John Poindexter · Conspiracy (criminal)
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1988
Halabja chemical attack: The Kurdish town of Halabja in Iraq is attacked with a mix of poison gas and nerve agents on the orders of Saddam Hussein, killing 5000 people and injuring about 10000 people.
Halabja chemical attack · Kurd · Halabja · Iraq · Poison gas
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1988
The Troubles: Ulster loyalist militant Michael Stone attacks a Provisional IRA funeral in Belfast with pistols and grenades. A PIRA volunteer and two civilians are killed, and more than 60 others are wounded.
The Troubles · Ulster loyalism · Michael Stone (loyalist) · Milltown Cemetery attack · Provisional IRA
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1989
In Egypt, a 4,400-year-old mummy is found near the Pyramid of Cheops.
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1991
The airplane carrying eight members of Reba McEntire's touring band crashed on the side of Otay Mountain.
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1995
Mississippi formally ratifies the Thirteenth Amendment, becoming the last state to approve the abolition of slavery. The Thirteenth Amendment was officially ratified in 1865.
Mississippi · Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution · Slavery
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2014
Crimea votes in a controversial referendum to secede from Ukraine to join Russia.
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2016
A bomb detonates in a bus carrying government employees in Peshawar, Pakistan, killing 15 and injuring at least 54.
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2016
Two suicide bombers detonate their explosives at a mosque during morning prayer on the outskirts of Maiduguri, Nigeria, killing 22 and injuring 18.
Naissances Célèbres
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1399
The Xuande Emperor, ruler of Ming China (d. 1435)
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1445
Johann Geiler von Kaisersberg, Swiss priest and theologian (d. 1510)
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1465
Kunigunde of Austria, Archduchess of Austria (d. 1520)
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1473
Henry IV, Duke of Saxony (d. 1541)
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1559
Amar Singh I, successor of Maharana Pratap of Mewar (d. 1620)
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1581
Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Dutch historian and poet (d. 1647)
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1585
Gerbrand Bredero, Dutch poet and playwright (d. 1618)
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1590
Ii Naotaka, Japanese daimyo (d. 1659)
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1596
Ebba Brahe, Swedish countess (d. 1674)
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1609
Michael Franck, German baker, teacher, poet, and composer (d. 1667)
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1609
Agostino Mitelli, Italian painter (d. 1660)
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1621
Georg Neumark, German poet and composer (d. 1681)
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1631
René Le Bossu, French critic (d. 1680)
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1638
François Crépieul, Jesuit missionary (d. 1702)
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1654
Andreas Acoluthus, German scholar (d. 1704)
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1670
François de Franquetot de Coigny, French general (d. 1759)
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1673
Jean Bouhier, French jurist and scholar (d. 1746)
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1687
Sophia Dorothea of Hanover, queen consort of Frederick William I (d. 1757)
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1693
Malhar Rao Holkar, Indian nobleman (d. 1766)
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1701
Daniel Lorenz Salthenius, Swedish theologian (d. 1750)
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1729
Maria Louise Albertine (d. 1818)
Countess Maria Louise Albertine of Leiningen-Falkenburg-Dagsburg
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1741
Carlo Amoretti, Italian scientist (d. 1816)
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1744
Nicolas-Germain Léonard, French poet and novelist (d. 1793)
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1750
Caroline Herschel, German-English astronomer (d. 1848)
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1751
James Madison, American academic and politician, 4th President of the United States (d. 1836)
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1753
François Amédée Doppet, French general (d. 1799)
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1766
Jean-Frédéric Waldeck, French antiquarian, cartographer, artist and explorer (d. 1875)
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1771
Antoine-Jean Gros, French painter (d. 1835)
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1773
Juan Ramón Balcarce, Argentinian general and politician, 6th Governor of Buenos Aires Province (d. 1836)
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1774
Matthew Flinders, English navigator and cartographer (d. 1814)
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1789
Francis Rawdon Chesney, English general and explorer (d. 1872)
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1789
Georg Ohm, German physicist and mathematician (d. 1854)
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1794
Ami Boué, Austrian geologist and ethnographer (d. 1881)
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1797
Alaric Alexander Watts, English poet and journalist (d. 1864)
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1799
Anna Atkins, English botanist and photographer (d. 1871)
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1800
Emperor Ninkō of Japan (d. 1846)
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1805
Peter Ernst von Lasaulx, German philologist and politician (d. 1861)
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1806
Félix De Vigne, Belgian painter (d. 1862)
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1813
Gaëtan de Rochebouët, French prime minister (d. 1899)
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1819
José Paranhos, Brazilian politician (d. 1880)
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1820
Enrico Tamberlik, Italian tenor (d. 1889)
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1821
Eduard Heine, German mathematician and academic (d. 1881)
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1822
Rosa Bonheur, French painter and sculptor (d. 1899)
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1822
John Pope, American general (d. 1892)
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1823
William Henry Monk, English organist and composer (d. 1889)
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1828
Émile Deshayes de Marcère, French politician (d. 1918)
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1834
James Hector, Scottish geologist and surgeon (d. 1907)
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1836
Andrew Smith Hallidie, English-American engineer and businessman (d. 1900)
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1839
Sully Prudhomme, French poet and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1907)
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1839
John Butler Yeats, Irish painter (d. 1922)
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1840
Shibusawa Eiichi, Japanese businessman (d. 1931)
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1840
Georg von der Gabelentz, German linguist and sinologist (d. 1893)
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1845
Umegatani Tōtarō I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 15th Yokozuna (d. 1928)
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1846
Gösta Mittag-Leffler, Swedish mathematician and academic (d. 1927)
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1846
Rebecca Cole, American physician and social reformer (d. 1922)
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1846
Jurgis Bielinis, Lithuanian book smuggler (d. 1918)
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1848
Axel Heiberg, Norwegian financier and diplomat (d. 1932)
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1851
Otto Bardenhewer, German patrologist (d. 1935)
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1851
Martinus Beijerinck, Dutch microbiologist and botanist (d. 1931)
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1856
Napoléon, Prince Imperial of France (d. 1879)
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1857
Charles Harding Firth, English historian and academic (d. 1936)
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1859
Alexander Stepanovich Popov, Russian physicist and academic (d. 1906)
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1865
Patsy Donovan, Irish-American baseball player and manager (d. 1953)
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1869
Willy Burmester, German violinist (d. 1933)
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1871
Hans Merensky, South African geologist and philanthropist (d. 1951)
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1871
Frantz Reichel, French rugby player and hurdler (d. 1932)
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1874
Frédéric François-Marsal, French prime minister (d. 1958)
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1877
Léo-Ernest Ouimet, Canadian director and producer (d. 1972)
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1878
Clemens August Graf von Galen, German cardinal (d. 1946)
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1878
Paul Jouve, French painter (d. 1973)
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1881
Fannie Charles Dillon, American composer (d. 1947)
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1882
James Lightbody, American runner (d. 1953)
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1883
Ethel Anderson, Australian poet, author, and painter (d. 1958)
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1884
Eric P. Kelly, American journalist and author (d. 1960)
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1885
Giacomo Benvenuti, Italian composer and musicologist (d. 1943)
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1885
Sydney Chaplin, English actor (d. 1965)
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1886
Herbert Lindström, Swedish tug of war player (d. 1951)
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1887
Emilio Lunghi, Italian runner (d. 1925)
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1887
S. Stillman Berry, American marine zoologist (1984)
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1889
Reggie Walker, South African athlete (d. 1951)
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1892
César Vallejo, Peruvian poet, playwright, and journalist (d. 1938)
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1895
Ernest Labrousse, French historian (d. 1988)
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1897
Conrad Nagel, American actor (d. 1970)
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1900
Cyril Hume, American novelist (d. 1966)
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1900
Mencha Karnicheva, Macedonian revolutionary and assassin (d. 1964) [1]
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1901
Alexis Chantraine, Belgian footballer (d. 1987)
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1903
Mike Mansfield, American politician and diplomat, 22nd United States Ambassador to Japan (d. 2001)
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1906
Francisco Ayala, Spanish sociologist, author, and translator (d. 2009)
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1906
Maurice Turnbull, Welsh-English cricketer and rugby player (d. 1944)
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1906
Henny Youngman, English-American violinist and comedian (d. 1998)
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1908
René Daumal, French author and poet (d. 1944)
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1908
Ernest Rogez, French water polo player (d. 1986)
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1908
Robert Rossen, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1966)
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1910
Aladár Gerevich, Hungarian fencer (d. 1991)
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1910
Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi, Indian-English cricketer and politician, 8th Nawab of Pataudi (d. 1952)
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1911
Pierre Harmel, Belgian lawyer and politician, 40th Prime Minister of Belgium (d. 2009)
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1911
Josef Mengele, German physician and captain (d. 1979)
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1912
Pat Nixon, First Lady of the United States (d. 1993)
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1913
Rémy Raffalli, French soldier (d. 1952)
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1915
Kunihiko Kodaira, Japanese mathematician and academic (d. 1997)
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1916
Mercedes McCambridge, American actress (d. 2004)
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1916
Tsutomu Yamaguchi, Japanese engineer and businessman (d. 2010)
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1917
Louis C. Wyman, American lawyer and politician (d. 2002)
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1918
Aldo van Eyck, Dutch architect (d. 1999)
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1918
Frederick Reines, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)
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1920
John Addison, English-American soldier and composer (d. 1998)
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1920
Sid Fleischman, American author and screenwriter (d. 2010)
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1920
Traudl Junge, German secretary (d. 2002)
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1920
Leo McKern, Australian-English actor (d. 2002)
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1922
Harding Lemay, American screenwriter and playwright
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1923
Heinz Wallberg, German conductor (d. 2004)
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1925
Cornell Borchers, Lithuanian-German actress and singer (d. 2014)
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1925
Mary Hinkson, American dancer and choreographer (d. 2014)
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1925
Ervin Kassai, Hungarian basketball player and referee (d. 2012)
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1925
Luis E. Miramontes, Mexican chemist and engineer (d. 2004)
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1926
Charles Goodell, American lawyer and politician (d. 1987)
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1926
Jerry Lewis, American actor and comedian (d. 2017)
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1927
Vladimir Komarov, Russian pilot, engineer, and astronaut (d. 1967)
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1927
Daniel Patrick Moynihan, American sociologist and politician, 12th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (d. 2003)
Daniel Patrick Moynihan · United States Ambassador to the United Nations
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1927
Olga San Juan, American actress and dancer (d. 2009)
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1928
Wakanohana Kanji I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 45th Yokozuna (d. 2010)
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1928
Christa Ludwig, German soprano and actress
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1929
Betty Johnson, American singer
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1929
Tihomir Novakov, Serbian-American physicist and academic (d. 2015)
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1929
Nadja Tiller, Austrian actress
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1930
Tommy Flanagan, American pianist and composer (d. 2001)
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1931
Augusto Boal, Brazilian theatre director, writer and politician (d. 2009)
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1931
Alan Heyman, American-South Korean musicologist and composer (d. 2014)
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1931
Anthony Kenny, English philosopher and academic
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1931
John Munro, Canadian lawyer and politician, 22nd Canadian Minister of Labour (d. 2003)
John Munro (Canadian politician) · Minister of Labour (Canada)
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1932
Don Blasingame, American baseball player and manager (d. 2005)
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1932
Walter Cunningham, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut
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1932
Kurt Diemberger, Austrian mountaineer and author
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1932
Herbert Marx, Canadian politician
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1933
Keith Critchlow, English architect and academic, co-founded Temenos Academy
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1933
Sanford I. Weill, American banker, financier, and philanthropist
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1934
Jean Cournoyer, Canadian politician
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1934
Ray Hnatyshyn, Canadian lawyer and politician, 24th Governor General of Canada (d. 2002)
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1934
Roger Norrington, English violinist and conductor
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1935
Teresa Berganza, Spanish soprano and actress
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1935
Pepe Cáceres, Colombian bullfighter (d. 1987)
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1936
Raymond Vahan Damadian, Armenian-American inventor, invented the MRI
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1936
Fred Neil, American folk singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2001)
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1937
David Frith, English historian, journalist, and author
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1937
Attilio Nicora, Italian cardinal (d. 2017)
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1937
Amos Tversky, Israeli-American psychologist and academic (d. 1996)
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1939
Carlos Bilardo, Argentinian footballer and manager
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1939
Yvon Côté, Canadian teacher
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1940
Bernardo Bertolucci, Italian director and screenwriter
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1940
Vagif Mustafazadeh, Azerbaijani pianist and composer (d. 1979)
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1940
Jan Pronk, Dutch academic and politician, Dutch Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment
Jan Pronk · Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment (Netherlands)
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1940
Keith Rowe, English guitarist
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1941
Robert Guéï, Ivorian soldier and politician, 3rd President of Côte d'Ivoire (d. 2002)
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1941
Chuck Woolery, American game show host and television personality
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1942
Roger Crozier, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (d. 1996)
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1942
Gijs van Lennep, Dutch race car driver
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1942
Jean-Pierre Schosteck, French politician
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1942
James Soong, Chinese-Taiwanese politician, Governor of Taiwan Province
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1942
Jerry Jeff Walker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1943
Ursula Goodenough, American biologist, zoologist, and author
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1943
Hans Heyer, German racing driver
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1943
Álvaro de Soto, Peruvian diplomat
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1944
Andrew S. Tanenbaum, American computer scientist and academic
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1946
Sigmund Groven, Norwegian harmonica player and composer
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1946
Mary Kaldor, English economist and academic
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1946
J. Z. Knight, American New Age teacher and author
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1946
Guesch Patti, French singer
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1948
Michael Owen Bruce, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1948
Richard Desjardins, Canadian singer-songwriter and director
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1948
Catherine Quéré, French politician
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1949
Erik Estrada, American actor
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1949
Victor Garber, Canadian actor and singer
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1949
Elliott Murphy, American-French singer-songwriter and journalist
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1950
Peter Forster, English bishop
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1950
Kate Nelligan, Canadian actress
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1950
Edhem Šljivo, Bosnian footballer
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1951
Ray Benson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
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1951
Abdelmajid Bourebbou, Algerian footballer
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1951
Oddvar Brå, Norwegian skier
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1951
Joe DeLamielleure, American football player
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1951
Alexandre Gonzalez, French long-distance runner
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1953
Claus Peter Flor, German conductor
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1953
Isabelle Huppert, French actress
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1953
Rainer Knaak, German chess player
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1953
Richard Stallman, American computer scientist and programmer
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1954
David Heath, English politician
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1954
Jimmy Nail, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
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1954
Tim O'Brien, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1954
Dav Whatmore, Sri Lankan-Australian cricketer and coach
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1954
Nancy Wilson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actress
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1955
Svetlana Alexeeva, Russian ice dancer and coach
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1955
Rimantas Astrauskas, Lithuanian physicist
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1955
Bruno Barreto, Brazilian director, producer, and screenwriter
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1955
Linda Lepomme, Belgian actress and singer
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1955
Andy Scott, Canadian politician (d. 2013)
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1955
Jiro Watanabe, Japanese boxer
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1956
Ozzie Newsome, American football player and manager
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1956
Clifton Powell, American actor, director, and producer
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1956
Yoriko Shono, Japanese writer
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1956
Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf, Swiss lawyer and politician
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1958
Phillip Wilcher, Australian pianist and composer
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1958
Kate Worley, American author (d. 2004)
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1959
Michael J. Bloomfield, American astronaut
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1959
Sebastian Currier, American composer and educator
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1959
Greg Dyer, Australian cricketer
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1959
Flavor Flav, American rapper and actor
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1959
Charles Hudson, American baseball player
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1959
Steve Marker, American musician
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1959
Jens Stoltenberg, Norwegian economist and politician, 27th Prime Minister of Norway
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1960
John Hemming, English businessman and politician
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1960
Duane Sutter, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
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1960
Jenny Eclair, English comedian, actress and screenwriter
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1961
Brett Kenny, Australian rugby player and coach
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1961
Todd McFarlane, Canadian author, illustrator, and businessman, founded McFarlane Toys
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1962
Franck Fréon, French race car driver
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1962
Liliane Gaschet, French athlete
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1963
Jerome Flynn, English actor and singer
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1963
Kevin Smith, New Zealand actor and singer (d. 2002)
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1964
Patty Griffin, American singer-songwriter
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1964
Pascal Richard, Swiss racing cyclist
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1964
Gore Verbinski, American director, producer, and screenwriter
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1965
Steve Armstrong, American wrestler
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1965
Cindy Brown, basketball player
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1965
Mark Carney, Canadian-English economist and banker
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1965
Cristiana Reali, Italian-Brazilian actress
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1967
Tracy Bonham, American singer and violinist
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1967
John Darnielle, American musician and novelist
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1967
Lauren Graham, American actress and producer
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1967
Ronnie McCoury, American bluegrass mandolin player, singer and songwriter
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1967
Heidi Zurbriggen, Swiss alpine skier
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1968
Trevor Wilson, American basketball player and police officer
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1969
Judah Friedlander, American comedian and actor
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1969
Ottis Gibson, Barbadian cricketer and coach
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1969
Alina Ivanova, Russian athlete
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1969
Evangelos Koronios, Greek basketball player and coach
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1970
Joakim Berg, Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1971
Franck Comba, French rugby player
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1971
Alan Tudyk, American actor
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1972
Ismaïl Sghyr, French-Moroccan long-distance runner
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1973
Andrey Mizurov, Kazakhstani road bicycle racer
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1973
Vonda Ward, American boxer
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1974
Georgios Anatolakis, Greek footballer and politician
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1974
Anne Charrier, French actress
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1974
Heath Streak, Zimbabwean cricketer
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1975
Luciano Castro, Argentine actor
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1975
Sienna Guillory, English model and actress
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1975
Lionel Torres, French archer
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1976
Blu Cantrell, American singer-songwriter and producer
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1976
Leila Lejeune, French handballer
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1976
Susanne Ljungskog, Swedish cyclist
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1976
Abraham Núñez, Dominican baseball player
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1976
Zhu Chen, Qatari chess Grandmaster
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1977
Mónica Cruz, Spanish actress and dancer
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1977
Thomas Rupprath, German swimmer
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1978
Brooke Burns, American fashion model and actress
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1978
Annett Renneberg, German actress and singer
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1979
Christina Liebherr, Swiss equestrian
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1979
Rashad Moore, American football player
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1979
Sébastien Ostertag, French handball player
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1979
Leena Peisa, Finnish keyboard player and songwriter
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1979
Andrei Stepanov, Estonian footballer
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1980
Todd Heap, American football player
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1980
Felipe Reyes, Spanish basketball player
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1981
Andrew Bree, Irish swimmer
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1981
Curtis Granderson, American baseball player
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1981
Julien Mazet, French road bicycle racer
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1981
Fabiana Murer, Brazilian pole vaulter
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1982
Miguel Comminges, Guadeloupean footballer
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1982
Riley Cote, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
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1982
Tommy Hansen, Czech actor
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1982
Jesús Del Nero, Spanish road bicycle racer
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1982
Brian Wilson, American baseball player
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1983
Stephen Drew, American baseball player
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1983
Brandon League, American baseball player
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1983
Nicolas Rousseau, French road bicycle racer
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1983
Tramon Williams, American football player
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1984
Levi Brown, American football player
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1984
Aisling Bea, Irish comedienne and actress
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1984
Sharon Cherop, Kenyan long-distance runner
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1984
Michael Ennis, Australian rugby player
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1984
Hosea Gear, New Zealand rugby player
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1984
Brandon Prust, Canadian ice hockey player
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1985
Teddy Atine-Venel, French athlete
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1985
Eddy Lover, Panamanian singer-songwriter
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1985
Aleksei Sokirskiy, Russian hammer thrower
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1986
Alexandra Daddario, American actress
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1986
Toney Douglas, American basketball player
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1986
Kenny Dykstra, American wrestler
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1986
T. J. Jordan, American basketball player
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1986
Boaz Solossa, Indonesian footballer
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1986
Daisuke Takahashi, Japanese figure skater
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1987
Fabien Lemoine, French football player
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1988
Jessica Gregg, Canadian speed skater
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1988
Patrick Herrmann, German footballer
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1989
Blake Griffin, American basketball player
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1989
Jung So-min, Korean actress
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1989
Magalie Pottier, French racing cyclist
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1989
Theo Walcott, English footballer
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1990
Andre Young, basketball player
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1991
Reggie Bullock, American basketball player
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1991
Wolfgang Van Halen, American bassist
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1993
George Ford, English rugby union player
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1993
Marine Lorphelin, Miss France
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1994
Joel Embiid, Cameroonian basketball player
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1995
Inga Janulevičiūtė, Lithuanian figure skater
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1997
Florian Neuhaus, German football player
Décès Célèbres
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AD 37
Tiberius, Roman emperor (b. 42 BC)
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455
Valentinian III, Roman emperor (b. 419)
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455
Heraclius, Roman courtier (primicerius sacri cubiculi )
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842
Xiao Mian, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty
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933
Takin al-Khazari, Egyptian commander and politician, Abbasid Governor of Egypt
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943
Pi Guangye, Chinese official and chancellor (b. 877)
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1021
Heribert of Cologne, German archbishop and saint (b. 970)
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1072
Adalbert of Hamburg, German archbishop (b. 1000)
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1181
Henry I, Count of Champagne
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1185
Baldwin IV of Jerusalem (b. 1161)
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1279
Jeanne of Dammartin, Queen consort of Castile and León (b. 1216)
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1322
Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford, English general and politician, Lord High Constable of England (b. 1276)
Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford · Lord High Constable of England
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1405
Margaret III, Countess of Flanders (b. 1350)
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1410
John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset, French-English admiral and politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (b. 1373)
John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset · Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports
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1457
Ladislaus Hunyadi, Hungarian politician (b. 1433)
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1485
Anne Neville, queen of Richard III of England (b. 1456)
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1559
Anthony St. Leger, English-Irish politician Lord Deputy of Ireland (b. 1496)
Anthony St Leger (Lord Deputy of Ireland) · Lord Deputy of Ireland
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1649
Jean de Brébeuf, French-Canadian missionary and saint (b. 1593)
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1679
John Leverett, English general and politician, 19th Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (b. 1616)
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1721
James Craggs the Elder, English politician, Postmaster General of the United Kingdom (b. 1657)
James Craggs the Elder · Postmaster General of the United Kingdom
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1736
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Italian organist and composer (b. 1710)
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1737
Benjamin Wadsworth, American minister and academic (b. 1670)
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1738
George Bähr, German architect, designed the Dresden Frauenkirche (b. 1666)
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1747
Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (b. 1690)
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1838
Nathaniel Bowditch, American captain and mathematician (b. 1773)
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1841
Félix Savart, French physicist and psychologist (d. 1791)
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1868
David Wilmot, American politician, sponsor of Wilmot Proviso (b. 1814)
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1884
Art Croft, American baseball player (b. 1855)
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1888
Hippolyte Carnot, French politician (b. 1801)
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1892
Samuel F. Miller, American lawyer and politician (b. 1827)
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1898
Aubrey Beardsley, English author and illustrator (b. 1872)
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1899
Joseph Medill, American journalist and politician, 26th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1823)
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1903
Roy Bean, American lawyer and judge (b. 1825)
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1912
Max Burckhard, Austrian theater director (b. 1854)
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1914
Gaston Calmette, French journalist (b. 1858)
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1914
Charles Albert Gobat, Swiss lawyer and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1843)
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1914
John Murray, Scottish oceanographer, biologist, and limnologist (b. 1841)
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1925
August von Wassermann, German bacteriologist and hygienist (b. 1866)
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1930
Miguel Primo de Rivera, Spanish general and politician, Prime Minister of Spain (b. 1870)
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1935
John James Rickard Macleod, Scottish physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1876)
John James Rickard Macleod · Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
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1935
Aron Nimzowitsch, Latvian-Danish chess player (b. 1886)
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1936
Marguerite Durand, French actress, journalist, and activist (b. 1864)
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1937
Alexander von Staël-Holstein, Estonian orientalist and sinologist (b. 1877)
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1940
Selma Lagerlöf, Swedish author and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1858)
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1945
Börries von Münchhausen, German poet (b. 1874)
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1955
Nicolas de Staël, French-Russian painter and illustrator (b. 1914)
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1957
Constantin Brâncuși, Romanian-French sculptor, painter, and photographer (b. 1876)
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1958
Leon Cadore, American baseball player (b. 1891)
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1961
Chen Geng, Chinese general and politician (b. 1903)
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1961
Václav Talich, Czech violinist and conductor (b. 1883)
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1963
Laura Adams Armer, American author and photographer (b. 1874)
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1967
Thomas MacGreevy, Irish poet (b. 1893)
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1968
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Italian-American pianist and composer (b. 1895)
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1968
Gunnar Ekelöf, Swedish poet and translator (b. 1907)
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1970
Tammi Terrell, American singer (b. 1945)
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1971
Bebe Daniels, American actress (b. 1901)
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1971
Thomas E. Dewey, American lawyer and politician, 47th Governor of New York (b. 1902)
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1972
Pie Traynor, American baseball player (b. 1898)
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1975
T-Bone Walker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1910)
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1977
Kamal Jumblatt, Lebanese lawyer and politician (b. 1917)
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1979
Jean Monnet, French economist and politician (b. 1888)
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1980
Tamara de Lempicka, Polish-American painter (b. 1898)
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1983
Arthur Godfrey, American actor and television host (b. 1903)
-
1983
Fred Rose, Polish-Canadian politician (b. 1907)
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1985
Roger Sessions, American composer, critic, and educator (b. 1896)
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1985
Eddie Shore, Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1902)
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1988
Mickey Thompson, American race car driver (b. 1928)
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1990
Ernst Bacon, American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1898)
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1991
Chris Austin, American country singer (b .1964)
-
1991
Jean Bellette, Australian artist (b. 1908)
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1992
Yves Rocard, French physicist and engineer (b. 1903)
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1994
Eric Show, American baseball player (b. 1956)
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1998
Derek Barton, English-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)
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1998
Esther Bubley, American photographer (b. 1921)
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1999
Gratien Gélinas, Canadian actor, director, and playwright (b. 1909)
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2000
Thomas Ferebee, American colonel and pilot (b. 1918)
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2000
Pavel Prudnikau, Belarusian poet and author (b. 1911)
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2000
Michael Starr, Canadian judge and politician, 16th Canadian Minister of Labour (b. 1910)
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2000
Carlos Velázquez, Puerto Rican pitcher (b. 1948)
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2001
Bob Wollek, French race car driver (b. 1943)
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2003
Rachel Corrie, American activist (b. 1979)
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2003
Ronald Ferguson, English captain, polo player, and manager (b. 1931)
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2004
Vilém Tauský, Czech conductor and composer (b. 1910)
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2005
Todd Bell, American football player (b. 1958)
-
2005
Ralph Erskine, English architect, designed The London Ark (b. 1914)
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2005
Dick Radatz, American baseball player (b. 1937)
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2007
Manjural Islam Rana, Bangladeshi cricketer (b. 1984)
-
2008
Bill Brown, Australian cricketer and soldier (b. 1912)
-
2008
Ivan Dixon, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1931)
-
2008
Gary Hart, American wrestler and manager (b. 1942)
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2011
Richard Wirthlin, American religious leader (b. 1931)
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2012
Donald E. Hillman, American colonel and pilot (b. 1918)
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2012
Takaaki Yoshimoto, Japanese poet, philosopher, and critic (b. 1924)
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2013
Jamal Nazrul Islam, Bangladeshi physicist and cosmologist (b. 1939)
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2013
José Alfredo Martínez de Hoz, Argentinian economist and politician, Minister of Economy of Argentina (b. 1925)
José Alfredo Martínez de Hoz · Minister of Economy of Argentina
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2013
Yadier Pedroso, Cuban pitcher (b. 1986)
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2013
Ruchoma Shain, American-born teacher and author (b. 1914)
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2013
Marina Solodkin, Russian-Israeli academic and politician (b. 1952)
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2013
Frank Thornton, English actor (b. 1921)
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2014
Gary Bettenhausen, American race car driver (b. 1941)
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2014
Donald Crothers, American chemist and academic (b. 1937)
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2014
Yulisa Pat Amadu Maddy, Sierra Leonean author, poet, and playwright (b. 1936)
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2014
Steve Moore, English author and illustrator (b. 1949)
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2014
Alexander Pochinok, Russian economist and politician (b. 1958)
-
2015
Jack Haley, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster (b. 1964)
-
2015
Don Robertson, American pianist and composer (b. 1922)
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2016
Alexander Esenin-Volpin, Russian-American mathematician and poet (b. 1924)
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2016
Frank Sinatra, Jr., American singer and actor (b. 1944)