March 18 — Ce Jour-là dans l'Histoire
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Événements
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AD 37
The Roman Senate annuls Tiberius's will and proclaims Caligula emperor.
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633
Ridda wars: The Arabian Peninsula is united under the central authority of Caliph Abu Bakr.
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1068
An earthquake affects the Levant and the Arabian Peninsula, leaving up to 20,000 dead.
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1229
Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, declares himself King of Jerusalem in the Sixth Crusade.
Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor · King of Jerusalem · Sixth Crusade
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1241
First Mongol invasion of Poland: Mongols overwhelm Polish armies in Kraków in the Battle of Chmielnik and plunder the city.
First Mongol invasion of Poland · Mongol Empire · History of Poland during the Piast dynasty · Kraków · Battle of Chmielnik
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1314
Jacques de Molay, the 23rd and final Grand Master of the Knights Templar, is burned at the stake.
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1438
Albert II of Habsburg becomes Holy Roman Emperor.
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1608
Susenyos is formally crowned Emperor of Ethiopia.
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1644
The Third Anglo-Powhatan War begins in the Colony of Virginia.
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1741
New York governor George Clarke's complex at Fort George is burned in an arson attack, starting the New York Conspiracy of 1741.
George Clarke (governor) · Fort Amsterdam · New York Conspiracy of 1741
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1766
American Revolution: The British Parliament repeals the Stamp Act.
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1793
The first modern republic in Germany, the Republic of Mainz, is declared by Andreas Joseph Hofmann.
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1793
Flanders Campaign of the French Revolution, Battle of Neerwinden.
Flanders Campaign · French Revolution · Battle of Neerwinden (1793)
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1834
Six farm labourers from Tolpuddle, Dorset, England are sentenced to be transported to Australia for forming a trade union.
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1848
March Revolution: In Berlin there is a struggle between citizens and military, costing about 300 lives.
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1850
American Express is founded by Henry Wells and William Fargo.
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1865
American Civil War: The Congress of the Confederate States adjourns for the last time.
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1871
Declaration of the Paris Commune; President of the French Republic, Adolphe Thiers, orders the evacuation of Paris.
- 1874
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1892
Former Governor General Lord Stanley pledges to donate a silver challenge cup, later named after him, as an award for the best hockey team in Canada the Stanley Cup.
Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby · Silver · Ice hockey · Stanley Cup
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1913
King George I of Greece is assassinated in the recently liberated city of Thessaloniki.
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1915
World War I: During the Battle of Gallipoli, three battleships are sunk during a failed British and French naval attack on the Dardanelles.
World War I · Battle of Gallipoli · Battleship · Naval operations in the Dardanelles Campaign
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1921
The second Peace of Riga is signed between Poland and the Soviet Union.
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1922
In India, Mohandas Gandhi is sentenced to six years in prison for civil disobedience, of which he serves only two.
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1925
The Tri-State Tornado hits the Midwestern states of Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana, killing 695 people.
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1937
The New London School explosion in New London, Texas, kills 300 people, mostly children.
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1937
Spanish Civil War: Spanish Republican forces defeat the Italians at the Battle of Guadalajara.
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1938
Mexico creates Pemex by expropriating all foreign-owned oil reserves and facilities.
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1940
World War II: Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini meet at the Brenner Pass in the Alps and agree to form an alliance against France and the United Kingdom.
World War II · Adolf Hitler · Benito Mussolini · Brenner Pass · Alps
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1942
The War Relocation Authority is established in the United States to take Japanese Americans into custody.
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1944
The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in Italy kills 26 people and causes thousands to flee their homes.
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1948
Soviet consultants leave Yugoslavia in the first sign of the Tito-Stalin Split.
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1953
An earthquake hits western Turkey, killing 265 people.
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1959
The Hawaii Admission Act is signed into law.
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1962
The Évian Accords end the Algerian War of Independence, which had begun in 1954.
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1965
Cosmonaut Alexey Leonov, leaving his spacecraft Voskhod 2 for 12 minutes, becomes the first person to walk in space.
Astronaut · Alexey Leonov · Voskhod 2 · Extravehicular activity
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1967
The supertanker Torrey Canyon runs aground off the Cornish coast.
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1968
Gold standard: The U.S. Congress repeals the requirement for a gold reserve to back US currency.
Gold standard · United States Congress · United States dollar
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1969
The United States begins secretly bombing the Sihanouk Trail in Cambodia, used by communist forces to infiltrate South Vietnam.
Operation Menu · Sihanouk Trail · Cambodia · People's Army of Vietnam · South Vietnam
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1970
Lon Nol ousts Prince Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia.
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1971
Peru: a landslide crashes into Yanawayin Lake, killing 200 people at the mining camp of Chungar.
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1980
A Vostok-2M rocket at Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 43 explodes during a fueling operation, killing 48 people.
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1990
Germans in the German Democratic Republic vote in the first democratic elections in the former communist dictatorship.
German Democratic Republic · East German general election, 1990
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1990
In the largest art theft in US history, 12 paintings, collectively worth around $300 million, are stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston.
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1994
Bosnia's Bosniaks and Croats sign the Washington Agreement, ending war between the Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia and the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and establishing the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Bosnia and Herzegovina · Bosniaks · Croats · Washington Agreement · Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia
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1996
A nightclub fire in Quezon City, Philippines kills 162 people.
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1997
The tail of a Russian Antonov An-24 charter plane breaks off while en route to Turkey causing the plane to crash and killing all 50 people on board.
Antonov An-24 · Stavropolskaya Aktsionernaya Avia Flight 1023
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2014
The parliaments of Russia and Crimea sign an accession treaty.
Crimea · Treaty on the Adoption of the Republic of Crimea to Russia
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2015
The Bardo National Museum in Tunisia is attacked by gunmen. 23 people, almost all tourists, are killed, and at least 50 other people are wounded.
Bardo National Museum · Tunisia · Bardo National Museum attack
Naissances Célèbres
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1075
Al-Zamakhshari, Persian scholar and theologian (d. 1144)
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1395
John Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter, English commander (d. 1447)
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1496
Mary Tudor, Queen of France (d. 1533)
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1548
Cornelis Ketel, Dutch painter (d. 1616)
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1552
Polykarp Leyser the Elder, German theologian (d. 1610)
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1555
Francis, Duke of Anjou (d. 1584)
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1578
Adam Elsheimer, German painter (d. 1610)
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1590
Manuel de Faria e Sousa, Portuguese historian and poet (d. 1649)
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1597
Jérôme le Royer de la Dauversière, French religious leader, founded the Société Notre-Dame de Montréal (d. 1659)
Jérôme le Royer de la Dauversière · Société Notre-Dame de Montréal
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1603
Simon Bradstreet, English colonial magistrate (d. 1697)
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1609
Frederick III of Denmark (d. 1670)
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1634
Madame de La Fayette, French author (d. 1693)
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1640
Philippe de La Hire, French mathematician and astronomer (d. 1719)
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1657
Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, Italian organist and composer (d. 1743)
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1690
Christian Goldbach, Prussian-German mathematician and academic (d. 1764)
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1701
Niclas Sahlgren, Swedish businessman and philanthropist, co-founded the Swedish East India Company (d. 1776)
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1733
Christoph Friedrich Nicolai, German author and bookseller (d. 1811)
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1780
Miloš Obrenović, Serbian prince (d. 1860)
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1782
John C. Calhoun, American lawyer and politician, 7th Vice President of the United States (d. 1850)
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1798
Francis Lieber, German-American jurist and philosopher (d. 1872)
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1813
Christian Friedrich Hebbel, German poet and playwright (d. 1864)
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1814
Jacob Bunn, American businessman (d. 1897)
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1823
Antoine Chanzy, French general (d. 1883)
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1828
Randal Cremer, English activist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1908)
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1837
Grover Cleveland, American lawyer and politician, 22nd and 24th President of the United States (d. 1908)
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1840
William Cosmo Monkhouse, English poet and critic (d. 1901)
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1842
Stéphane Mallarmé, French poet and critic (d. 1898)
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1844
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Russian composer and academic (d. 1908)
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1846
Kicking Bear, Native American tribal leader (d. 1904)
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1848
Nathanael Greene Herreshoff, American architect and engineer (d. 1938)
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1858
Rudolf Diesel, German engineer, invented the Diesel engine (d. 1913)
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1862
Eugène Jansson, Swedish painter (d. 1915)
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1863
William Sulzer, American lawyer and politician, 39th Governor of New York (d. 1941)
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1869
Neville Chamberlain, English businessman and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1940)
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1870
Agnes Sime Baxter, Canadian mathematician (d. 1917)
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1874
Nikolai Berdyaev, Russian-French philosopher and theologian (d. 1948)
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1877
Edgar Cayce, American mystic and psychic (d. 1945)
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1877
Clem Hill, Australian cricketer and engineer (d. 1945)
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1878
Percival Perry, 1st Baron Perry, English businessman (d. 1956)
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1882
Gian Francesco Malipiero, Italian composer and educator (d. 1973)
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1884
Bernard Cronin, English-Australian journalist and author (d. 1968)
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1886
Edward Everett Horton, American actor, singer, and dancer (d. 1970)
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1890
Henri Decoin, French director and screenwriter (d. 1969)
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1893
Costante Girardengo, Italian cyclist (d. 1978)
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1893
Wilfred Owen, English soldier and poet (d. 1918)
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1901
Manly Palmer Hall, Canadian mystic, author & philosopher (d. 1990)
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1901
William Johnson, American painter (d. 1970)
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1903
Galeazzo Ciano, Italian journalist and politician, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 1944)
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1904
Srečko Kosovel, Slovenian poet and author (d. 1926)
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1904
Margaret Tucker, Australian author and activist (d. 1996)
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1905
Thomas Townsend Brown, American physicist and engineer (d. 1985)
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1905
Robert Donat, English actor (d. 1958)
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1907
John Zachary Young, English zoologist and neurophysiologist (d. 1997)
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1908
Loulou Gasté, French composer (d. 1995)
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1909
Ernest Gallo, American businessman, co-founded the E & J Gallo Winery (d. 2007)
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1909
C. Walter Hodges, English author and illustrator (d. 2004)
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1911
Smiley Burnette, American singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1967)
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1912
Art Gilmore, American voice actor and announcer (d. 2010)
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1913
René Clément, French director and screenwriter (d. 1996)
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1913
Werner Mölders, German colonel and pilot (d. 1941)
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1915
Richard Condon, American author and screenwriter (d. 1996)
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1922
Egon Bahr, German journalist and politician, Federal Minister for Special Affairs of Germany (d. 2015)
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1922
Seymour Martin Lipset, American sociologist and academic (d. 2006)
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1922
Fred Shuttlesworth, American activist, co-founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (d. 2011)
Fred Shuttlesworth · Southern Christian Leadership Conference
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1923
Andy Granatelli, American auto racer and businessman (d. 2013)
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1925
Alessandro Alessandroni, Italian musician (d. 2017)
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1925
James Pickles, English journalist, lawyer, and judge (d. 2010)
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1926
Peter Graves, American actor and director (d. 2010)
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1927
John Kander, American pianist and composer
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1927
George Plimpton, American journalist and actor (d. 2003)
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1927
Lillian Vernon, German-American businesswoman and philanthropist, founded the Lillian Vernon Company (d. 2015)
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1928
Miguel Poblet, Spanish cyclist (d. 2013)
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1928
Fidel V. Ramos, Filipino general and politician, 12th President of the Philippines
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1929
Samuel Pisar, Polish-American lawyer and author (d. 2015)
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1930
James J. Andrews, American mathematician and academic (d. 1998)
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1931
John Fraser, Scottish actor
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1932
John Updike, American novelist, short story writer, and critic (d. 2009)
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1933
Unita Blackwell, American activist and politician
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1934
Roy Chapman, English footballer and manager (d. 1983)
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1935
Ole Barndorff-Nielsen, Danish mathematician and statistician
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1935
Frances Cress Welsing, American psychiatrist and author (d. 2016)
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1936
F. W. de Klerk, South African lawyer and politician, 2nd State President of South Africa, Nobel Prize laureate
F. W. de Klerk · State President of South Africa · Nobel Peace Prize
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1937
Rudi Altig, German cyclist and sportscaster (d. 2016)
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1937
Mark Donohue, American race car driver (d. 1975)
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1938
Carl Gottlieb, American actor and screenwriter
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1938
Shashi Kapoor, Indian actor and producer
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1938
Kenny Lynch, English singer-songwriter and actor
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1938
Timo Mäkinen, Finnish race car driver
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1938
Charley Pride, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1938
Machiko Soga, Japanese actress (d. 2006)
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1939
Ron Atkinson, English footballer and manager
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1941
Wilson Pickett, American singer-songwriter (d. 2006)
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1942
Kathleen Collins, African-American filmmaker and playwright (d. 1988)
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1943
Dennis Linde, American singer-songwriter (d. 2006)
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1944
Amnon Lipkin-Shahak, Israeli general and politician, 22nd Transportation Minister of Israel (d. 2012)
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1944
Frank McRae, American football player and actor
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1944
Dick Smith, Australian publisher and businessman, founded Dick Smith Electronics and Australian Geographic
Dick Smith (entrepreneur) · Dick Smith (retailer) · Australian Geographic
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1945
Hiroh Kikai, Japanese photographer
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1945
Michael Reagan, American journalist and radio host
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1945
Susan Tyrrell, American actress (d. 2012)
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1945
Eric Woolfson, Scottish singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (d. 2009)
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1946
Michel Leclère, French race car driver
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1947
Patrick Barlow, English actor and playwright
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1947
Patrick Chesnais, French actor, director, and screenwriter
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1947
David Lloyd, English cricketer, journalist, and sportscaster
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1947
B. J. Wilson, English rock drummer (d. 1990)
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1948
Guy Lapointe, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
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1948
Brian Lloyd, Welsh footballer
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1948
Eknath Solkar, Indian cricketer (d. 2005)
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1949
Åse Kleveland, Norwegian singer and politician, Norwegian Minister of Culture
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1950
James Conlon, American conductor and educator
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1950
Brad Dourif, American actor
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1950
Linda Partridge, English geneticist and academic
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1950
Larry Perkins, Australian race car driver
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1951
Paul Barber, English actor
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1951
Ben Cohen, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Ben and Jerry's
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1951
Bill Frisell, American guitarist and composer
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1951
Timothy N. Philpot, American lawyer, author, and judge
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1952
Will Durst, American journalist and actor
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1952
Pat Eddery, Irish jockey and trainer (d. 2015)
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1952
Bernie Tormé, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1952
Mike Webster, American football player (d. 2002)
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1953
Franz Wright, Austrian-American poet and translator (d. 2015)
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1953
Takashi Yoshimatsu, Japanese composer
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1955
Francis G. Slay, American lawyer and politician, 45th Mayor of St. Louis
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1955
Jeff Stelling, English journalist and game show host
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1956
Rick Martel, Canadian wrestler
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1956
Deborah Jeane Palfrey, American madam (d. 2008)
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1956
Ingemar Stenmark, Swedish skier
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1957
Christer Fuglesang, Swedish physicist and astronaut
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1958
Richard de Zoysa, Sri Lankan journalist and author (d. 1990)
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1959
Luc Besson, French director, producer, and screenwriter, founded EuropaCorp
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1960
Richard Biggs, American actor (d. 2004)
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1960
Guy Carbonneau, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
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1960
James Plaskett, Cypriot-English chess player
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1961
Grant Hart, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1962
Michael Andrews, Australian rugby league player
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1962
Irene Cara, American singer-songwriter, actress, and producer
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1962
Brian Fisher, American baseball player
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1962
Thomas Ian Griffith, American actor and martial artist
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1962
James McMurtry, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
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1962
Etsushi Toyokawa, Japanese actor and director
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1962
Volker Weidler, German race car driver and engineer
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1963
Jeff LaBar, American guitarist
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1963
Vanessa L. Williams, American model, actress, and singer
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1964
Bonnie Blair, American speed skater
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1964
Alex Caffi, Italian race car driver
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1964
Jo Churchill, British politician
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1964
Courtney Pine, English saxophonist and clarinet player
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1966
Jerry Cantrell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1966
Peter Jones, English businessman
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1966
Brian Watts, Canadian golfer
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1967
Miki Berenyi, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1968
Prince Eudes, Duke of Angoulême
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1968
Miguel Herrera, Mexican footballer and manager
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1968
Paul Marsden, English businessman and politician
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1969
Andy Cutting, English accordion player and composer
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1969
Vassily Ivanchuk, Ukrainian chess player
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1969
Shaun Udal, English cricketer
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1970
Queen Latifah, American rapper, producer, and actress
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1971
Wayne Arthurs, Australian tennis player
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1971
Mike Bell, American wrestler (d. 2008)
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1971
Mariaan de Swardt, South African-American tennis player, coach, and sportscaster
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1971
Kitty Ussher, English economist and politician
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1972
Dane Cook, American comedian, actor, director, and producer
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1972
Reince Priebus, American lawyer and politician
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1973
Luci Christian, American voice actress and screenwriter
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1974
Laure Savasta, French basketball player, coach, and sportscaster
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1974
Stuart Zender, English bass player, songwriter, and producer
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1975
Sutton Foster, American actress, singer, and dancer
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1975
Brian Griese, American football player and sportscaster
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1975
Kimmo Timonen, Finnish ice hockey player
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1975
Tomas Žvirgždauskas, Lithuanian footballer
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1976
Giovanna Antonelli, Brazilian actress and producer
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1976
Tomo Ohka, Japanese baseball player
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1976
Scott Podsednik, American baseball player
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1976
Mike Quackenbush, American wrestler, trainer, and author, founded Chikara wrestling promotion
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1977
Zdeno Chára, Slovak ice hockey player
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1977
Danny Murphy, English footballer and sportscaster
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1977
Fernando Rodney, Dominican-American baseball player
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1977
Willy Sagnol, French footballer and manager
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1977
Terrmel Sledge, American baseball player and coach
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1978
Fernandão, Brazilian footballer and manager (d. 2014)
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1978
Brooke Hanson, Australian swimmer
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1978
Brian Scalabrine, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster
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1978
Jonas Wallerstedt, Swedish footballer, coach, and manager
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1979
Adam Levine, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and television personality
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1980
Sébastien Frey, French footballer
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1980
Sophia Myles, English actress
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1980
Alexei Yagudin, Russian figure skater
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1981
Tora Berger, Norwegian biathlete
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1981
Fabian Cancellara, Swiss cyclist
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1981
Leslie Djhone, French sprinter
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1981
Jang Na-ra, South Korean singer and actress
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1981
Kasib Powell, American basketball player
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1981
Tom Starke, German footballer
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1981
Doug Warren, American soccer player
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1981
Lovro Zovko, Croatian tennis player
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1982
Mantorras, Angolan footballer
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1982
Chad Cordero, American baseball player
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1982
Timo Glock, German race car driver
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1982
Adam Pally, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
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1983
Ethan Carter III, American wrestler
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1983
Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro, French tennis player
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1983
Andy Sonnanstine, American baseball player
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1983
Tomasz Stolpa, Polish footballer
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1984
Simone Padoin, Italian footballer
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1984
Rajeev Ram, American tennis player
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1984
Gary Roberts, English footballer
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1984
Vonzell Solomon, American singer and actress
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1985
Ana Beatriz, Brazilian race car driver
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1985
Marvin Humes, English singer
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1985
Vince Lia, Australian footballer
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1986
Abdennour Chérif El-Ouazzani, Algerian footballer
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1987
Rebecca Soni, American swimmer
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1989
Francesco Checcucci, Italian footballer
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1989
Lily Collins, English-American actress
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1989
Shreevats Goswami, Indian cricketer
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1989
Kana Nishino, Japanese singer-songwriter
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1989
Paul Marc Rousseau, Canadian guitarist and producer
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1990
Corey Liuget, American football player
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1991
Dylan Mattingly, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1991
Sam Williams, Australian rugby league player
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1992
Ryan Truex, American race car driver
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1996
Madeline Carroll, American actress
Décès Célèbres
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978
Edward the Martyr, English king (b. 962)
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1076
Ermengarde of Anjou, Duchess of Burgundy (b. 1018)
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1086
Anselm of Lucca, Italian bishop (b. 1036)
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1227
Pope Honorius III (b. 1148)
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1272
John FitzAlan, 7th Earl of Arundel (b. 1246)
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1308
Yuri I of Galicia
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1314
Jacques de Molay, Frankish knight (b. 1244)
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1314
Geoffroy de Charney, Preceptor of Normandy for the Knights Templar
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1321
Matthew III Csák, Hungarian oligarch (b. c.1260/5)
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1582
Juan Jauregui, attempted assassin of William I of Orange (b. 1562)
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1675
Arthur Chichester, 1st Earl of Donegall, Irish soldier (b. 1606)
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1689
John Dixwell, English soldier and politician (b. 1607)
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1745
Robert Walpole, English scholar and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1676)
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1768
Laurence Sterne, Irish novelist and clergyman (b. 1713)
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1781
Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, French economist and politician, Controller-General of Finances (b. 1727)
Anne Robert Jacques Turgot · List of Finance Ministers of France
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1823
Jean-Baptiste Bréval, French cellist and composer (b. 1753)
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1835
Christian Günther von Bernstorff, Danish-Prussian politician and diplomat (b. 1769)
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1845
Johnny Appleseed, American gardener and missionary (b. 1774)
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1871
Augustus De Morgan, Indian-English mathematician and academic (b. 1806)
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1898
Matilda Joslyn Gage, American author and activist (b. 1826)
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1900
Hjalmar Kiærskou, Danish botanist (b. 1835)
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1907
Marcellin Berthelot, French chemist and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1827)
Marcellin Berthelot · Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development (France)
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1913
George I of Greece (b. 1845)
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1918
Henry Janeway Hardenbergh, American architect, designed the Plaza Hotel (b. 1847)
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1936
Eleftherios Venizelos, Greek journalist, lawyer, and politician, 93rd Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1864)
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1939
Henry Simpson Lunn, English businessman, founded Lunn Poly (b. 1859)
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1941
Henri Cornet, French cyclist (b. 1884)
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1947
William C. Durant, American businessman, co-founded General Motors and Chevrolet (b. 1861)
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1954
Walter Mead, English cricketer (b. 1868)
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1956
Louis Bromfield, American environmentalist and author (b. 1896)
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1962
Walter W. Bacon, American accountant and politician, 60th Governor of Delaware (b. 1880)
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1964
Sigfrid Edström, Swedish businessman, 4th President of the International Olympic Committee (b. 1870)
Sigfrid Edström · President of the International Olympic Committee
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1965
Farouk of Egypt (b. 1920)
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1973
Johannes Aavik, Estonian philologist and poet (b. 1880)
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1977
Marien Ngouabi, Congolese politician, President of the Republic of the Congo (b. 1938)
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1977
Carlos Pace, Brazilian race car driver (b. 1944)
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1978
Leigh Brackett, American author and screenwriter (b. 1915)
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1978
Peggy Wood, American actress (b. 1892)
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1980
Erich Fromm, German psychologist and philosopher (b. 1900)
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1982
Patrick Smith, Irish farmer and politician, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (b. 1901)
Patrick Smith (politician) · Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine
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1983
Umberto II of Italy (b. 1904)
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1984
Charley Lau, American baseball player and coach (b. 1933)
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1986
Bernard Malamud, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1914)
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1988
Billy Butterfield, American trumpet player and cornet player (b. 1917)
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1990
Robin Harris, American comedian (b. 1953)
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1993
Kenneth E. Boulding, English-American economist and activist (b. 1910)
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1996
Odysseas Elytis, Greek poet and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
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2000
Eberhard Bethge, German theologian and academic (b. 1909)
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2001
John Phillips, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Mamas & the Papas) (b. 1935)
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2002
R. A. Lafferty, American soldier and author (b. 1914)
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2003
Karl Kling, German race car driver (b. 1910)
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2003
Adam Osborne, Thai-English engineer and businessman, founded the Osborne Computer Corporation (b. 1939)
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2004
Harrison McCain, Canadian businessman, co-founded McCain Foods (b. 1927)
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2006
Dan Gibson, Canadian photographer and cinematographer (b. 1922)
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2007
Bob Woolmer, Indian-English cricketer, coach, and sportscaster (b. 1948)
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2008
Anthony Minghella, English director and screenwriter (b. 1954)
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2009
Omid Reza Mir Sayafi, Iranian journalist and blogger (b. 1980)
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2009
Natasha Richardson, English-American actress (b. 1963)
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2010
Fess Parker, American actor and businessman (b. 1924)
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2011
Warren Christopher, American lawyer and politician, 63rd United States Secretary of State (b. 1925)
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2012
Furman Bisher, American journalist and author (b. 1918)
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2012
William R. Charette, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1932)
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2012
William G. Moore Jr., American general (b. 1920)
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2012
George Tupou V of Tonga (b. 1948)
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2013
Muhammad Mahmood Alam, Pakistani general and pilot (b. 1935)
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2013
Henry Bromell, American novelist, screenwriter, and director (b. 1947)
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2013
Clay Ford, American lawyer and politician (b. 1938)
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2014
Catherine Obianuju Acholonu, Nigerian author, playwright, and academic (b. 1951)
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2014
Kaiser Kalambo, Zambian footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1953)
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2014
Lucius Shepard, American author and critic (b. 1943)
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2015
Zhao Dayu, Chinese footballer and manager (b. 1961)
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2015
Thomas Hopko, American priest and theologian (b. 1939)
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2015
Grace Ogot, Kenyan nurse, journalist, and politician (b. 1930)
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2016
Barry Hines, English author and screenwriter (b. 1939)
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2016
Jan Němec, Czech director and screenwriter (b. 1936)
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2016
Tray Walker, American football player (b. 1992)
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2016
Guido Westerwelle, German lawyer and politician, 15th Vice-Chancellor of Germany (b. 1961)
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2017
Chuck Berry, American guitarist, singer and songwriter (b. 1926)