June 11 — Ce Jour-là dans l'Histoire
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Événements
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1184 BC
Trojan War: Troy is sacked and burned, according to calculations by Eratosthenes.
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173
Marcomannic Wars: The Roman army in Moravia is encircled by the Quadi, who have broken the peace treaty (171). In a violent thunderstorm emperor Marcus Aurelius defeats and subdues them in the so-called "miracle of the rain".
Marcomannic Wars · Roman army · Moravia · Quadi · 171
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631
Emperor Taizong of Tang, the Emperor of China, sends envoys to the Xueyantuo bearing gold and silk in order to seek the release of enslaved Chinese prisoners captured during the transition from Sui to Tang from the northern frontier; this embassy succeeded in freeing 80,000 Chinese men and women who were then returned to China.
Emperor Taizong of Tang · Emperor of China · Xueyantuo · Gold · Silk
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786
A Hasanid Alid uprising in Mecca is crushed by the Abbasids at the Battle of Fakhkh. Idris ibn Abdallah flees to the Maghreb, where he later founds the Idrisid dynasty.
Hasanid · Alid · Mecca · Abbasids · Battle of Fakhkh
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1118
Roger of Salerno, Prince of Antioch, captures Azaz from the Seljuk Turks.
Roger of Salerno · Principality of Antioch · Azaz · Seljuk Turks
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1157
Albert I of Brandenburg, also called The Bear (Ger: Albrecht der Bär), becomes the founder of the Margraviate of Brandenburg, Germany and the first Margrave.
Albert I of Brandenburg · Margraviate · Brandenburg · Germany · Margrave
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1345
The megas doux Alexios Apokaukos, chief minister of the Byzantine Empire, is lynched by political prisoners.
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1429
Hundred Years' War: Start of the Battle of Jargeau.
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1488
Battle of Sauchieburn: Fought between rebel Lords and James III of Scotland, resulting in the death of the King.
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1509
Henry VIII of England marries Catherine of Aragon.
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1594
Philip II recognizes the rights and privileges of the local nobles and chieftains in the Philippines, which paved way to the stabilization of the rule of the Principalía (an elite ruling class of native nobility in Spanish Philippines).
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1748
Denmark adopts the characteristic Nordic Cross flag later taken up by all other Scandinavian countries.
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1770
British explorer Captain James Cook runs aground on the Great Barrier Reef.
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1775
The American Revolutionary War's first naval engagement, the Battle of Machias, results in the capture of a small British naval vessel.
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1776
The Continental Congress appoints Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston to the Committee of Five to draft a declaration of independence.
Continental Congress · Thomas Jefferson · John Adams · Benjamin Franklin · Roger Sherman
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1788
Russian explorer Gerasim Izmailov reaches Alaska.
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1805
A fire consumes large portions of Detroit in the Michigan Territory.
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1825
The first cornerstone is laid for Fort Hamilton in New York City.
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1837
The Broad Street Riot occurs in Boston, fueled by ethnic tensions between Yankees and Irish.
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1865
The Naval Battle of the Riachuelo is fought on the rivulet Riachuelo (Argentina), between the Paraguayan Navy on one side and the Brazilian Navy on the other. The Brazilian victory was crucial for the later success of the Triple Alliance (Brazil, Uruguay, and Argentina) in the Paraguayan War.
Battle of the Riachuelo · Argentina · Paraguayan Navy · Brazilian Navy · Treaty of the Triple Alliance
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1892
The Limelight Department, one of the world's first film studios, is officially established in Melbourne, Australia.
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1895
Paris-Bordeaux-Paris, sometimes called the first automobile race in history or the "first motor race", takes place.
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1898
The Hundred Days' Reform, a planned movement to reform social, political, and educational institutions in China, is started by the Guangxu Emperor, but is suspended by Empress Dowager Cixi after 104 days. (The failed reform led to the abolition of the Imperial examination in 1905.)
Hundred Days' Reform · Guangxu Emperor · Empress Dowager Cixi · Imperial examination · 1905
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1901
The boundaries of the Colony of New Zealand are extended by the UK to include the Cook Islands.
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1903
A group of Serbian officers stormed the royal palace and assassinated King Alexander Obrenović and his wife, Queen Draga.
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1917
King Alexander assumes the throne of Greece after his father, Constantine I, abdicates under pressure from allied armies occupying Athens.
Alexander of Greece · Kingdom of Greece · Constantine I of Greece · Triple Entente · Athens
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1919
Sir Barton wins the Belmont Stakes, becoming the first horse to win the U.S. Triple Crown.
Sir Barton · Belmont Stakes · Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing
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1920
During the U.S. Republican National Convention in Chicago, U.S. Republican Party leaders gathered in a room at the Blackstone Hotel to come to a consensus on their candidate for the U.S. presidential election, leading the Associated Press to coin the political phrase "smoke-filled room".
1920 Republican National Convention · Republican Party (United States) · Blackstone Hotel · United States presidential election, 1920 · Associated Press
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1935
Inventor Edwin Armstrong gives the first public demonstration of FM broadcasting in the United States at Alpine, New Jersey.
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1936
The London International Surrealist Exhibition opens.
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1937
Great Purge: The Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin executes eight army leaders.
Great Purge · Soviet Union · Joseph Stalin · Case of Trotskyist Anti-Soviet Military Organization
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1938
Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Wuhan starts.
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1942
World War II: The United States agrees to send Lend-Lease aid to the Soviet Union.
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1942
Free French Forces retreat from Bir Hakeim after having successfully delayed the Axis advance.
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1944
USS Missouri, the last battleship built by the United States Navy and future site of the signing of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender, is commissioned.
USS Missouri (BB-63) · Battleship · United States Navy · Japanese Instrument of Surrender · Ship commissioning
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1955
Eighty-three spectators are killed and at least 100 are injured after an Austin-Healey and a Mercedes-Benz collide at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the deadliest ever accident in motorsports.
Austin-Healey · Mercedes-Benz · 1955 Le Mans disaster · Motorsports
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1956
Start of Gal Oya riots, the first reported ethnic riots that target minority Sri Lankan Tamils in the Eastern Province. The total number of deaths is reportedly 150.
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1962
Frank Morris, John Anglin and Clarence Anglin allegedly become the only prisoners to escape from the prison on Alcatraz Island.
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1963
American Civil Rights Movement: Governor of Alabama George Wallace defiantly stands at the door of Foster Auditorium at the University of Alabama in an attempt to block two black students, Vivian Malone and James Hood, from attending that school. Later in the day, accompanied by federalized National Guard troops, they are able to register.
American Civil Rights Movement · List of Governors of Alabama · Alabama · George Wallace · Stand in the Schoolhouse Door
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1963
Buddhist monk Thích Quảng Đức burns himself with gasoline in a busy Saigon intersection to protest the lack of religious freedom in South Vietnam.
Thích Quảng Đức · Self-immolation · Gasoline · Saigon · South Vietnam
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1963
John F. Kennedy addresses Americans from the Oval Office proposing the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which would revolutionize American society by guaranteeing equal access to public facilities, ending segregation in education, and guaranteeing federal protection for voting rights.
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1964
World War II veteran Walter Seifert runs amok in an elementary school in Cologne, Germany, killing at least eight children and two teachers and seriously injuring several more with a home-made flamethrower and a lance.
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1968
Lloyd J. Old identified the first cell surface antigens that could differentiate among different cell types.
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1970
After being appointed on May 15, Anna Mae Hays and Elizabeth P. Hoisington officially receive their ranks as U.S. Army Generals, becoming the first females to do so.
May 15 · Anna Mae Hays · Elizabeth P. Hoisington · General (United States)
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1971
The U.S. Government forcibly removes the last holdouts to the Native American Occupation of Alcatraz, ending 19 months of control.
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1978
Altaf Hussain founds the student political movement All Pakistan Muhajir Students Organisation (APMSO) in Karachi University.
Altaf Hussain (Pakistani politician) · All Pakistan Muhajir Students Organisation · Karachi University
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1981
A magnitude 6.9 earthquake at Golbaf, Iran, kills at least 2,000.
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1982
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial opens in the US.
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1987
Diane Abbott, Paul Boateng and Bernie Grant are elected as the first black MPs in Great Britain.
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1998
Compaq Computer pays US$9 billion for Digital Equipment Corporation in the largest high-tech acquisition.
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2001
Timothy McVeigh is executed for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing.
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2002
Antonio Meucci is acknowledged as the first inventor of the telephone by the United States Congress.
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2004
Cassini-Huygens makes its closest flyby of the Saturn moon Phoebe.
Cassini-Huygens · Saturn · Natural satellite · Phoebe (moon)
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2007
Mudslides in Chittagong, Bangladesh, kill 130 people.
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2008
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper makes a historic official apology to Canada's First Nations in regard to abuses at a Canadian Indian residential school.
Canadian Prime Minister · Stephen Harper · First Nations · Canadian Indian residential school system
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2008
The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope is launched into orbit.
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2012
More than 80 people die in a landslide triggered by two earthquakes in Afghanistan; an entire village is buried.
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2013
Greece's public broadcaster ERT is shut down by then-prime minister Antonis Samaras.
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2015
Greece's public broadcaster ERT is reopened by then-prime minister Alexis Tsipras.
Naissances Célèbres
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1403
John IV, Duke of Brabant (d. 1427)
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1431
Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond (d. 1456)
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1540
Barnabe Googe, English poet and translator (d. 1594)
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1555
Lodovico Zacconi, Italian composer and theorist (d. 1627)
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1572
Ben Jonson, English poet, playwright, and critic (d. 1637)
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1585
Evert Horn, Swedish soldier (d. 1615)
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1588
George Wither, English poet (d. 1667)
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1620
John Moore, English businessman and politician, Lord Mayor of London (d. 1702)
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1655
Antonio Cifrondi, Italian painter (d. 1730)
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1662
Tokugawa Ienobu, Japanese shogun (d. 1712)
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1672
Francesco Antonio Bonporti, Italian priest and composer (d. 1749)
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1690
Giovanni Antonio Giay, Italian composer (d. 1764)
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1696
James Francis Edward Keith, Scottish-Prussian field marshal (d. 1758)
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1697
Francesco Antonio Vallotti, Italian organist and composer (d. 1780)
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1704
Carlos Seixas, Portuguese harpsichord player and composer (d. 1742)
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1709
Joachim Martin Falbe, German painter (d. 1782)
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1712
Benjamin Ingham, American missionary (d. 1772)
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1723
Johann Georg Palitzsch, German astronomer (d. 1788)
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1726
Infanta Maria Teresa Rafaela of Spain (d. 1746)
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1741
Joseph Warren, American physician and general (d. 1775)
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1776
John Constable, English painter and academic (d. 1837)
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1797
José Trinidad Reyes, Honduran philosopher and theorist (d. 1855)
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1807
James F. Schenck, American admiral (d. 1882)
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1815
Julia Margaret Cameron, Indian-Sri Lankan photographer (d. 1879)
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1818
Alexander Bain, Scottish philosopher and academic (d. 1903)
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1829
Edward Braddon, English-Australian politician, 18th Premier of Tasmania (d. 1904)
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1832
Lucy Pickens, American wife of Francis Wilkinson Pickens (d. 1899)
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1842
Carl von Linde, German engineer and academic (d. 1934)
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1846
William Louis Marshall, American general and engineer (d. 1920)
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1847
Millicent Fawcett, English academic and activist (d. 1929)
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1861
Alexander Peacock, Australian politician, 20th Premier of Victoria (d. 1933)
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1864
Richard Strauss, German composer and conductor (d. 1949)
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1867
Charles Fabry, French physicist and academic (d. 1945)
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1871
Stjepan Radić, Croatian lawyer and politician (d. 1928)
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1876
Alfred L. Kroeber, American-French anthropologist and ethnologist (d. 1960)
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1877
Renée Vivien, English-French poet and author (d. 1909)
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1879
Roger Bresnahan, American baseball player and manager (d. 1944)
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1880
Jeannette Rankin, American social worker and politician (d. 1973)
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1881
Spiros Xenos, Greek-Swedish painter (d. 1963)
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1888
Bartolomeo Vanzetti, Italian-American anarchist and convicted criminal (d. 1927)
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1889
Hugo Wieslander, Swedish decathlete (d. 1976)
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1894
Kiichiro Toyoda, Japanese businessman, founded Toyota (d. 1952)
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1895
Nikolai Bulganin, Soviet politician (d. 1975)
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1897
Ram Prasad Bismil, Indian activist, founded the Hindustan Republican Association (d. 1927)
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1899
Yasunari Kawabata, Japanese novelist and short story writer Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1972)
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1901
Cap Fear, Canadian football player and rower (d. 1978)
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1903
Ernie Nevers, American football player and coach (d. 1976)
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1908
Karl Hein, German hammer thrower (d. 1982)
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1908
Francisco Marto, Portuguese saint (d. 1919)
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1909
Natascha Artin Brunswick, German-American mathematician and photographer (d. 2003)
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1910
Carmine Coppola, American flute player and composer (d. 1991)
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1910
Jacques Cousteau, French biologist, author, and inventor, co-developed the aqua-lung (d. 1997)
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1912
James Algar, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1998)
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1912
William Baziotes, American painter and academic (d. 1963)
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1912
Mohammad Hassan Ganji, Iranian meteorologist and academic (d. 2012)
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1913
Vince Lombardi, American football player, coach, and manager (d. 1970)
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1913
Risë Stevens, American soprano and actress (d. 2013)
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1914
Jan Hendrik van den Berg, Dutch psychiatrist and academic (d. 2012)
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1915
Magda Gabor, Hungarian-American actress (d. 1997)
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1915
Nicholas Metropolis, American mathematician and physicist (d. 1999)
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1917
Joseph B. Wirthlin, American businessman and religious leader (d. 2008)
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1918
Ruth Aarons, American table tennis player and manager (d. 1980)
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1919
Suleiman Mousa, Jordanian historian and author (d. 2008)
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1920
Shelly Manne, American drummer, composer, and bandleader (d. 1984)
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1920
Hazel Scott, Trinidadian-American singer, actress, and pianist (d. 1981)
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1920
Keith Seaman, Australian lawyer and politician, 29th Governor of South Australia (d. 2013)
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1922
Jean Sutherland Boggs, Peruvian-Canadian historian, academic, and civil servant (d. 2014)
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1922
Michael Cacoyannis, Greek Cypriot director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2011)
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1925
Johnny Esaw, Canadian sportscaster (d. 2013)
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1925
William Styron, American novelist and essayist (d. 2006)
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1926
Carlisle Floyd, American composer and educator
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1927
Beryl Grey, English ballerina
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1927
John W. O'Malley, American Catholic historian, academic and Jesuit priest
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1927
Kit Pedler, English parapsychologist and author (d. 1981)
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1928
Queen Fabiola of Belgium (d. 2014)
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1929
Ayhan Şahenk, Turkish businessman (d. 2001)
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1930
Charles Rangel, American soldier, lawyer, and politician
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1932
Athol Fugard, South African-American actor, director, and playwright
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1932
Tim Sainsbury, English businessman and politician, Minister of State for Trade
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1933
Gene Wilder, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2016)
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1937
Chad Everett, American actor and director (d. 2012)
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1937
Robin Warren, Australian pathologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
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1939
Rachael Heyhoe Flint, Baroness Heyhoe Flint, English cricketer and journalist (d. 2017)
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1939
Jackie Stewart, Scottish race car driver and sportscaster
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1942
Parris Glendening, American politician, 59th Governor of Maryland
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1943
Henry Hill, American mobster (d. 2012)
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1945
Adrienne Barbeau, American actress
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1947
Richard Palmer-James, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1948
Lalu Prasad Yadav, Indian politician, 20th Chief Minister of Bihar
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1949
Frank Beard, American drummer and songwriter
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1950
Lynsey de Paul, English singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress (d. 2014)
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1950
Graham Russell, English-Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1951
Matthew Engel, English journalist and author
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1951
Yasumasa Morimura, Japanese painter and photographer
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1952
Yekaterina Podkopayeva, Russian runner
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1952
Donnie Van Zant, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1953
Steve Bassam, Baron Bassam of Brighton, English politician
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1953
José Bové, French farmer and politician
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1953
Barbara Minty, American model
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1954
John Dyson, Australian cricketer
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1954
Johnny Neel, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player
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1955
Yuriy Sedykh, Ukrainian hammer thrower
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1955
Duncan Steel, English-Australian astronomer and author
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1956
Joe Montana, American football player and sportscaster
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1956
Simon Plouffe, Canadian mathematician and academic
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1956
Arthur Porter, Canadian physician and academic (d. 2015)
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1956
Jamaaladeen Tacuma, American bass player and bandleader
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1958
Barry Adamson, English singer and bass player
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1959
Hugh Laurie, English actor and screenwriter
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1960
Mehmet Oz, American surgeon, author, and television host
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1962
Mano Menezes, Brazilian footballer and coach
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1963
Gioia Bruno, American singer-songwriter
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1963
Sandra Schmirler, Canadian curler and sportscaster (d. 2000)
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1964
Jean Alesi, French race car driver
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1964
Kim Gallagher, American runner (d. 2002)
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1965
Georgios Bartzokas, Greek former professional basketball player
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1965
Gavin Hill, New Zealand rugby player and coach
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1966
Bruce Robison, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1967
João Garcia, Portuguese mountaineer
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1968
Alois, Hereditary Prince of Liechtenstein
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1968
Manoa Thompson, Fijian rugby player
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1969
Peter Dinklage, American actor and producer
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1969
Bryan Fogarty, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2002)
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1969
Olaf Kapagiannidis, German footballer
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1971
Vladimir Gaidamașciuc, Moldovan footballer
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1971
Liz Kendall, British politician
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1971
Kenjiro Tsuda, Japanese voice actor
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1972
Stephen Kearney, New Zealand rugby league player and coach
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1973
José Manuel Abundis, Mexican footballer and coach
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1974
Fragiskos Alvertis, Greek basketball player, coach, and manager
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1976
Reiko Tosa, Japanese runner
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1977
Geoff Ogilvy, Australian golfer
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1978
Joshua Jackson, Canadian-American actor
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1979
Ali Boussaboun, Moroccan-Dutch footballer
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1981
Emiliano Moretti, Italian footballer
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1981
Kristo Tohver, Estonian footballer and referee
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1982
Vanessa Boslak, French pole vaulter
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1982
Jacques Freitag, South African high jumper
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1982
Joey Graham, American basketball player
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1982
Stephen Graham, American basketball player
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1982
Eldar Rønning, Norwegian skier
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1982
Diana Taurasi, American basketball player
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1983
Chuck Hayes, American basketball player
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1983
José Reyes, Dominican baseball player
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1984
Andy Lee, Irish boxer
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1984
Vágner Love, Brazilian footballer
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1985
Tim Hoogland, German footballer
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1986
Sebastian Bayer, German long jumper
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1986
Shia LaBeouf, American actor
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1987
Marsel İlhan, Turkish tennis player
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1987
Didrik Solli-Tangen, Norwegian singer
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1988
Jesús Fernández Collado, Spanish footballer
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1989
Maya Moore, American basketball player
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1990
Christophe Lemaitre, French sprinter
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1991
Daniel Howell English Internet celebrity
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1993
Brittany Boyd, American basketball player
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1994
Ivana Baquero, Spanish actress
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1996
Ayaka Sasaki, Japanese singer
Décès Célèbres
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323 BC
Alexander the Great, Macedonian king (b. 356 BC)
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573
Emilian of Cogolla, Iberic saint ([[b. 472)
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840
Junna, emperor of Japan (b. 785)
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884
Shi Jingsi, general of the Tang Dynasty
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888
Rimbert, archbishop of Bremen (b. 830)
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1183
Henry the Young King of England (b. 1155)
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1216
Henry of Flanders, emperor of the Latin Empire (poisoned) (b. c. 1174)
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1248
Adachi Kagemori, Japanese samurai
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1298
Yolanda of Poland (b. 1235)
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1323
Bérenger Fredoli, French lawyer and bishop (b. 1250)
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1345
Alexios Apokaukos, chief minister of the Byzantine Empire
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1347
Bartholomew of San Concordio, Italian Dominican canonist and man of letters (b. 1260)
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1446
Henry de Beauchamp, 1st Duke of Warwick (b. 1425)
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1479
John of Sahagun, hermit and saint (b. 1419)
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1488
James III of Scotland (b. 1451)
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1557
John III of Portugal (b. 1502)
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1560
Mary of Guise, queen of James V of Scotland (b. 1515)
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1695
André Félibien, French historian and author (b. 1619)
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1712
Louis Joseph, Duke of Vendôme (b. 1654)
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1727
George I of Great Britain (b. 1660)
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1748
Felice Torelli, Italian painter (b. 1667)
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1796
Samuel Whitbread, English brewer and politician, founded the Whitbread Company (b. 1720)
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1847
John Franklin, English admiral and politician (b. 1786)
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1852
Karl Bryullov, Russian painter (b. 1799)
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1859
Klemens von Metternich, German-Austrian politician, 1st State Chancellor of the Austrian Empire (b. 1773)
Klemens von Metternich · State Chancellor of the Austrian Empire
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1879
William, Prince of Orange (b. 1840)
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1882
Louis Désiré Maigret, French bishop (b. 1804)
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1885
Matías Ramos Mejía, Argentinian colonel (b. 1810)
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1897
Henry Ayers, English-Australian politician, 8th Premier of South Australia (b. 1821)
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1903
Nikolai Bugaev, Russian mathematician and philosopher (b. 1837)
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1903
Alexander I of Serbia (b. 1876)
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1903
Draga Mašin, Serbian wife of Alexander I of Serbia (b. 1864)
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1911
James Curtis Hepburn, American physician and missionary (b. 1815)
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1913
Mahmud Shevket Pasha, Ottoman general and politician, 279th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1856)
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1914
Adolphus Frederick V, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1848)
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1920
William F. Halsey, Sr., American captain (b. 1853)
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1924
Théodore Dubois, French organist, composer, and educator (b. 1837)
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1927
William Attewell, English cricketer (b. 1861)
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1934
Lev Vygotsky, Belarusian-Russian psychologist and theorist (b. 1896)
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1936
Robert E. Howard, American author and poet (b. 1906)
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1937
R. J. Mitchell, English engineer, designed the Supermarine Spitfire (b. 1895)
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1941
Daniel Carter Beard, American author and illustrator, founded the Boy Scouts of America (b. 1850)
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1955
Pierre Levegh, French race car driver (b. 1905)
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1962
Chhabi Biswas, Indian actor and director (b. 1900)
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1963
Thích Quảng Đức, Vietnamese monk and martyr (b. 1897)
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1965
Paul B. Coremans, Belgian chemist and academic (b. 1908)
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1965
José Mendes Cabeçadas, Portuguese admiral and politician, 9th President of Portugal (b. 1883)
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1970
Frank Laubach, American missionary and mystic (b. 1884)
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1974
Eurico Gaspar Dutra, Brazilian general and politician, 16th President of Brazil (b. 1883)
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1974
Julius Evola, Italian philosopher and author (b. 1898)
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1976
Jim Konstanty, American baseball player (b. 1917)
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1979
Alice Dalgliesh, Trinidadian-American author and publisher (b. 1893)
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1979
John Wayne, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1907)
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1983
Ghanshyam Das Birla, Indian businessman and politician (b. 1894)
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1984
Enrico Berlinguer, Italian politician (b. 1922)
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1986
Chesley Bonestell, American painter and illustrator (b. 1888)
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1991
Cromwell Everson, South African composer (b. 1925)
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1994
A. Thurairajah, Sri Lankan engineer and academic (b. 1934)
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1995
Rodel Naval, Filipino singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1953)
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1996
George Hees, Canadian politician (b. 1910)
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1996
Brigitte Helm, German-Swiss actress (b. 1908)
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1998
Nathan Cook, American actor (b. 1950)
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1998
Catherine Cookson, English author (b. 1906)
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1999
DeForest Kelley, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1920)
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2001
Timothy McVeigh, American terrorist (b. 1968)
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2001
Amalia Mendoza, Mexican singer and actress (b. 1923)
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2003
David Brinkley, American journalist and author (b. 1920)
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2004
Egon von Fürstenberg, Swiss fashion designer (b. 1946)
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2005
Vasco Gonçalves, Portuguese general and politician, 103rd Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1922)
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2005
Anne-Marie Alonzo, Canadian playwright, poet, novelist, critic and publisher (b. 1951)
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2006
Neroli Fairhall, New Zealand archer (b. 1944)
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2006
Bruce Shand, English soldier (b. 1917)
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2007
Imre Friedmann, American biologist and academic (b. 1921)
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2007
Mala Powers, American actress (b. 1931)
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2008
Ove Andersson, Swedish race car driver (b. 1938)
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2008
Võ Văn Kiệt, Vietnamese soldier and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Vietnam (b. 1922)
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2011
Eliyahu M. Goldratt, Israeli physicist and engineer (b. 1947)
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2011
Seth Putnam, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1968)
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2012
Ann Rutherford, Canadian-American actress (b. 1917)
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2012
Teófilo Stevenson, Cuban boxer and engineer (b. 1952)
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2013
Miller Barber, American golfer (b. 1931)
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2013
Carl W. Bauer, American lawyer and politician (b. 1933)
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2013
Robert Fogel, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1926)
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2013
James Grimsley, Jr., American general (b. 1921)
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2013
Rory Morrison, English journalist (b. 1964)
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2013
Kristiāns Pelšs, Latvian ice hockey player (b. 1992)
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2013
Vidya Charan Shukla, Indian politician, Indian Minister of External Affairs (b. 1929)
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2014
Ruby Dee, American actress (b. 1922)
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2014
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Spanish conductor and composer (b. 1933)
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2014
Susan B. Horwitz, American computer scientist, engineer, and academic (b. 1955)
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2014
Mipham Chokyi Lodro, Tibetan lama and educator (b. 1952)
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2014
Benjamin Mophatlane, South African businessman (b. 1973)
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2014
Carlton Sherwood, American soldier and journalist (b. 1947)
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2015
Jim Ed Brown, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1934)
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2015
Ornette Coleman, American saxophonist, violinist, trumpet player, and composer (b. 1930)
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2015
Ian McKechnie, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1941)
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2015
Ron Moody, English actor and singer (b. 1924)
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2015
Dusty Rhodes, American professional wrestler (b. 1945)
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2016
Rudi Altig, German track and road racing cyclist (b. 1937)