June 21 — Ce Jour-là dans l'Histoire
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533
A Byzantine expeditionary fleet under Belisarius sails from Constantinople to attack the Vandals in Africa, via Greece and Sicily.
Belisarius · Constantinople · Vandals · Africa (Roman province) · Sicily
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1307
Külüg Khan is enthroned as Khagan of the Mongols and Wuzong of the Yuan.
Külüg Khan · Khagan · Mongols · Yuan dynasty
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1529
French forces are driven out of northern Italy by Spain at the Battle of Landriano during the War of the League of Cognac.
Kingdom of France · Habsburg Spain · Battle of Landriano · War of the League of Cognac
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1582
Sengoku period: Oda Nobunaga, the most powerful of the Japanese daimyōs, was forced to commit suicide by his own general Akechi Mitsuhide.
Sengoku period · Oda Nobunaga · Daimyō · Honnō-ji Incident · Akechi Mitsuhide
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1621
Execution of 27 Czech noblemen on the Old Town Square in Prague as a consequence of the Battle of White Mountain.
Old Town Square execution · Prague · Battle of White Mountain
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1734
In Montreal in New France, a slave known by the French name of Marie-Joseph Angélique is put to death, having been convicted of setting the fire that destroyed much of the city.
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1749
Halifax, Nova Scotia, is founded.
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1768
James Otis, Jr. offends the King and Parliament in a speech to the Massachusetts General Court.
James Otis, Jr. · George III of the United Kingdom · Parliament of Great Britain · Massachusetts General Court
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1788
New Hampshire ratifies the Constitution of the United States and is admitted as the ninth state in the United States.
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1791
King Louis XVI of France and his immediate family begin the Flight to Varennes during the French Revolution.
Louis XVI of France · Flight to Varennes · French Revolution
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1798
Irish Rebellion of 1798: The British Army defeats Irish rebels at the Battle of Vinegar Hill.
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1813
Peninsular War: Wellington defeats Joseph Bonaparte at the Battle of Vitoria.
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1824
Greek War of Independence: Egyptian forces capture Psara in the Aegean Sea.
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1826
Maniots defeat Egyptians under Ibrahim Pasha in the Battle of Vergas.
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1848
In the Wallachian Revolution, Ion Heliade Rădulescu and Christian Tell issue the Proclamation of Islaz and create a new republican government.
Wallachian Revolution of 1848 · Ion Heliade Rădulescu · Christian Tell · Proclamation of Islaz
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1854
The first Victoria Cross is awarded during the bombardment of Bomarsund in the Åland Islands.
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1864
American Civil War: The Battle of Jerusalem Plank Road begins.
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1898
The United States captures Guam from Spain.
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1900
Boxer Rebellion. China formally declares war on the United States, Britain, Germany, France and Japan, as an edict issued from the Empress Dowager Cixi.
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1915
The U.S. Supreme Court hands down its decision in Guinn v. United States 238 US 347 1915, striking down Oklahoma grandfather clause legislation which had the effect of denying the right to vote to blacks.
Supreme Court of the United States · Guinn v. United States · Oklahoma · Grandfather clause
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1919
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police fire a volley into a crowd of unemployed war veterans, killing two, during the Winnipeg general strike.
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1919
Admiral Ludwig von Reuter scuttles the German fleet in Scapa Flow, Orkney. The nine sailors killed are the last casualties of World War I.
Ludwig von Reuter · Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow · Scapa Flow · Orkney · World War I
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1929
An agreement brokered by U.S. Ambassador Dwight Whitney Morrow ends the Cristero War in Mexico.
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1930
One-year conscription comes into force in France.
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1940
The first successful west-to-east navigation of Northwest Passage begins at Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
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1942
World War II: Tobruk falls to Italian and German forces.
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1942
World War II: A Japanese submarine surfaces near the Columbia River in Oregon, firing 17 shells at nearby Fort Stevens in one of only a handful of attacks by Japan against the United States mainland.
Submarine · Columbia River · Oregon · Fort Stevens (Oregon) · American Theater (World War II)
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1945
World War II: The Battle of Okinawa ends when the organized resistance of Imperial Japanese Army forces collapses in the Mabuni area on the southern tip of the main island.
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1952
The Philippine School of Commerce, through a republic act, is converted to Philippine College of Commerce, later to be the Polytechnic University of the Philippines.
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1957
Ellen Fairclough is sworn in as Canada's first female Cabinet Minister.
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1963
Cardinal Giovanni Battista Montini is elected as Pope Paul VI.
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1964
Three civil rights workers, Andrew Goodman, James Chaney and Mickey Schwerner, are murdered in Neshoba County, Mississippi, United States, by members of the Ku Klux Klan.
Civil Rights Movement · Andrew Goodman · James Chaney · Mickey Schwerner · Murders of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner
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1970
Penn Central declares Section 77 bankruptcy, largest ever US corporate bankruptcy up to this date.
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1973
In handing down the decision in Miller v. California 413 US 15, the Supreme Court of the United States establishes the Miller test for obscenity in U.S. law.
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1982
John Hinckley is found not guilty by reason of insanity for the attempted assassination of U.S. President Ronald Reagan.
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1989
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Texas v. Johnson that American flag-burning was a form of political protest protected by the First Amendment.
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2000
Section 28 (of the Local Government Act 1988), outlawing the 'promotion' of homosexuality in the United Kingdom, is repealed in Scotland with a 99 to 17 vote.
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2001
A federal grand jury in Alexandria, Virginia, indicts 13 Saudis and a Lebanese in the 1996 bombing of the Khobar Towers in Saudi Arabia that killed 19 American servicemen.
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2004
SpaceShipOne becomes the first privately funded spaceplane to achieve spaceflight.
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2005
Edgar Ray Killen, who had previously been acquitted for the murders of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Mickey Schwerner, is convicted of manslaughter 41 years afterwards (the case had been reopened in 2004).
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2006
Pluto's newly discovered moons are officially named Nix and Hydra.
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2009
Greenland assumes self-rule.
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2012
A boat carrying more than 200 refugees capsized in the Indian Ocean between the Indonesian island of Java and Christmas Island, killing 17 people and leaving 70 others missing.
Refugees · 2012 Indonesian boat disaster · Indian Ocean · Java · Christmas Island
Naissances Célèbres
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598
Pope Martin I (d. 656)
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906
Ahmad ibn Muhammad, Saffarid emir (d. 963)
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1002
Pope Leo IX (d. 1054)
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1226
Bolesław V the Chaste of Poland (d. 1279)
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1521
John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Haderslev (d. 1580)
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1528
Maria of Austria, Holy Roman Empress (d. 1603)
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1535
Leonhard Rauwolf, German physician and botanist (d. 1596)
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1639
Increase Mather, American minister and author (d. 1723)
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1676
Anthony Collins, English philosopher and author (d. 1729)
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1706
John Dollond, English optician and astronomer (d. 1761)
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1710
James Short, Scottish-English mathematician and optician (d. 1768)
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1712
Luc Urbain de Bouëxic, comte de Guichen, French admiral (d. 1790)
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1730
Motoori Norinaga, Japanese poet and scholar (d. 1801)
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1732
Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, German pianist and composer (d. 1791)
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1736
Enoch Poor, American general (d. 1780)
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1741
Prince Benedetto, Duke of Chablais (d. 1808)
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1750
Pierre-Nicolas Beauvallet, French sculptor and illustrator (d. 1818)
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1759
Alexander J. Dallas, American lawyer and politician, 6th United States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 1817)
Alexander J. Dallas (statesman) · United States Secretary of the Treasury
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1763
Pierre Paul Royer-Collard, French philosopher and academic (d. 1845)
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1764
Sidney Smith, English admiral and politician (d. 1840)
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1774
Daniel D. Tompkins, American lawyer and politician, 6th Vice President of the United States (d. 1825)
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1781
Siméon Denis Poisson, French mathematician and physicist (d. 1840)
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1786
Charles Edward Horn, English singer-songwriter (d. 1849)
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1792
Ferdinand Christian Baur, German theologian and scholar (d. 1860)
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1797
Wilhelm Küchelbecker, Russian poet and author (d. 1846)
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1802
Karl Zittel, German theologian (d. 1871)
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1805
Charles Thomas Jackson, American physician and geologist (d. 1880)
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1811
Carlo Matteucci, Italian physicist and neurophysiologist (d. 1868)
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1814
Anton Nuhn, German anatomist and academic (d. 1889)
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1823
Jean Chacornac, French astronomer (d. 1873)
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1825
Thomas Edward Cliffe Leslie, Irish economist and jurist (d. 1882)
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1825
William Stubbs, English bishop and historian (d. 1901)
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1828
Ferdinand André Fouqué, French geologist and academic (d. 1904)
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1828
Nikolaus Nilles, German Catholic writer and teacher (d. 1907)
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1834
Frans de Cort, Flemish poet and author (d. 1878)
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1836
Luigi Tripepi, Italian theologian (d. 1906)
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1839
Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, Brazilian author, poet, and playwright (d. 1908)
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1845
Samuel Griffith, Welsh-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Queensland (d. 1920)
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1845
Arthur Cowper Ranyard, English astrophysicist and astronomer (d. 1894)
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1846
Marion Adams-Acton, Scottish-English author and playwright (d. 1928)
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1850
Daniel Carter Beard, American author and illustrator, co-founded the Boy Scouts of America (d. 1941)
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1858
Giuseppe De Sanctis, Italian painter (d. 1924)
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1858
Medardo Rosso, Italian sculptor and educator (d. 1928)
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1859
Henry Ossawa Tanner, American-French painter and illustrator (d. 1937)
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1862
Damrong Rajanubhab, Thai historian and author (d. 1943)
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1863
Max Wolf, German astronomer and academic (d. 1932)
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1864
Heinrich Wölfflin, Swiss historian and critic (d. 1945)
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1867
Oscar Florianus Bluemner, German-American painter and illustrator (d. 1938)
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1867
William Brede Kristensen, Norwegian historian of religion (d. 1953)
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1868
Edwin Stephen Goodrich, English zoologist and anatomist (d. 1946)
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1870
Clara Immerwahr, Jewish-German chemist and academic (d. 1915)
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1870
Anthony Michell, English-Australian engineer (d. 1959)
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1876
Willem Hendrik Keesom, Dutch physicist and academic (d. 1956)
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1880
Arnold Gesell, American psychologist and pediatrician (d. 1961)
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1880
Josiah Stamp, 1st Baron Stamp, English economist and civil servant (d. 1941)
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1882
Lluís Companys, Spanish lawyer and politician, 123rd President of Catalonia (d. 1940)
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1882
Adrianus de Jong, Dutch fencer and soldier (d. 1966)
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1882
Rockwell Kent, American painter and illustrator (d. 1971)
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1883
Feodor Gladkov, Russian author and educator (d. 1958)
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1884
Claude Auchinleck, English field marshal (d. 1981)
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1887
Norman L. Bowen, Canadian geologist and petrologist (d. 1956)
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1889
Ralph Craig, American sprinter and sailor (d. 1972)
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1891
Pier Luigi Nervi, Italian architect and engineer, co-designed the Pirelli Tower and Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption (d. 1979)
Pier Luigi Nervi · Pirelli Tower · Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption (San Francisco, California)
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1891
Hermann Scherchen, German-Swiss viola player and conductor (d. 1966)
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1892
Reinhold Niebuhr, American theologian and academic (d. 1971)
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1893
Alois Hába, Czech composer and educator (d. 1973)
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1894
Milward Kennedy, English journalist and civil servant (d. 1968)
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1896
Charles Momsen, American admiral, invented the Momsen lung (d. 1967)
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1898
Donald C. Peattie, American botanist and author (d. 1964)
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1899
Pavel Haas, Czech composer (d. 1944)
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1902
Howie Morenz, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1937)
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1903
Hermann Engelhard, German runner and coach (d. 1984)
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1903
Al Hirschfeld, American caricaturist, painter and illustrator (d. 2003)
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1905
Jacques Goddet, French journalist (d. 2000)
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1905
Jean-Paul Sartre, French philosopher and author (d. 1980)
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1908
William Frankena, American philosopher and academic (d. 1994)
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1910
Aleksandr Tvardovsky, Russian poet and author (d. 1971)
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1911
Irving Fein, American producer and manager (d. 2012)
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1912
Kazimierz Leski, Polish pilot and engineer (d. 2000)
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1912
Mary McCarthy, American novelist and critic (d. 1989)
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1912
Vishnu Prabhakar, Indian author and playwright (d. 2009)
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1913
Madihe Pannaseeha Thero, Sri Lankan monk and scholar (d. 2003)
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1913
Luis Taruc, Filipino political activist (d. 2005)
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1914
William Vickrey, Canadian-American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1996)
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1915
Wilhelm Gliese, German soldier and astronomer (d. 1993)
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1916
Joseph Cyril Bamford, English businessman, founded J. C. Bamford (d. 2001)
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1916
Herbert Friedman, American physicist and astronomer (d. 2000)
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1916
Buddy O'Connor, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1977)
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1918
Robert A. Boyd, Canadian engineer (d. 2006)
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1918
James Joll, English historian, author, and academic (d. 1994)
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1918
Eddie Lopat, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1992)
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1918
Tibor Szele, Hungarian mathematician and academic (d. 1955)
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1918
Josephine Webb, American engineer
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1919
Antonia Mesina, Italian martyr and saint (d. 1935)
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1919
Gérard Pelletier, Canadian journalist and politician (d. 1997)
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1919
Vladimir Simagin, Russian chess player and coach (d. 1968)
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1919
Paolo Soleri, Italian-American architect, designed the Cosanti (d. 2013)
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1920
Hans Gerschwiler, Swiss figure skater (d. 2017)
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1921
Judy Holliday, American actress and singer (d. 1965)
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1921
Jane Russell, American actress and singer (d. 2011)
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1921
William Edwin Self, American actor, producer, and production manager (d. 2010)
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1923
Jacques Hébert, Canadian journalist and politician (d. 2007)
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1924
Pontus Hultén, Swedish art collector and historian (d. 2006)
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1924
Ezzatolah Entezami, Iranian actor
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1924
Wally Fawkes, British-Canadian jazz clarinetist and a satirical cartoonist
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1924
Jean Laplanche, French psychoanalyst and academic (d. 2012)
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1925
Larisa Avdeyeva, Russian mezzo-soprano (d. 2013)
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1925
Giovanni Spadolini, Italian journalist and politician, 45th Prime Minister of Italy (d. 1994)
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1925
Maureen Stapleton, American actress (d. 2006)
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1926
Fred Cone, American football player
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1926
Conrad Hall, French-American cinematographer (d. 2003)
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1927
Carl Stokes, American lawyer, politician, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Seychelles (d. 1996)
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1928
Wolfgang Haken, German-American mathematician and academic
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1928
Fiorella Mari, Brazilian-Italian actress
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1928
Margit Bara, Hungarian actress (d. 2016)
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1929
Alexandre Lagoya, Egyptian-Greek guitarist and composer (d. 1999)
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1930
Gerald Kaufman, English journalist and politician, Shadow Foreign Secretary (d. 2017)
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1930
Mike McCormack, American football player and coach (d. 2013)
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1931
Zlatko Grgić, Croatian-Canadian animator, director, and screenwriter (d. 1988)
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1931
Margaret Heckler, American journalist, lawyer, and politician, 15th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services
Margaret Heckler · United States Secretary of Health and Human Services
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1932
Bernard Ingham, English journalist and civil servant
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1932
Lalo Schifrin, Argentinian pianist, composer, and conductor
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1932
O.C. Smith, American R&B/jazz singer (d. 2001)
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1933
Bernie Kopell, American actor and comedian
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1935
Françoise Sagan, French author and playwright (d. 2004)
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1937
John Edrich, English cricketer and coach
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1938
Don Black, English songwriter
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1938
John W. Dower, American historian and author
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1938
Michael M. Richter, German mathematician and computer scientist
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1940
Mariette Hartley, American actress and television personality
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1940
Michael Ruse, Canadian philosopher and academic
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1941
Aloysius Paul D'Souza, Indian bishop
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1941
Joe Flaherty, American-Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter
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1941
Lyman Ward, Canadian actor
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1942
Clive Brooke, Baron Brooke of Alverthorpe, English businessman and politician
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1942
Marjorie Margolies, American journalist and politician
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1942
Henry S. Taylor, American author and poet
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1942
Togo D. West, Jr., American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 3rd United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Togo D. West, Jr. · United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs
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1943
Eumir Deodato, Brazilian pianist, composer, and producer
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1943
Diane Marleau, Canadian accountant and politician, Canadian Minister of Health (d. 2013)
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1943
Brian Sternberg, American pole vaulter (d. 2013)
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1944
Ray Davies, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1944
Tony Scott, English-American director and producer (d. 2012)
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1945
Robert Dewar, English-American computer scientist and academic (d. 2015)
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1945
Adam Zagajewski, Polish author and poet
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1946
Per Eklund, Swedish race car driver
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1946
Kate Hoey, Northern Irish-British academic and politician, Minister for Sport and the Olympics
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1946
Brenda Holloway, American singer-songwriter
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1946
Trond Kirkvaag, Norwegian actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2007)
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1946
Malcolm Rifkind, Scottish lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Scotland
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1946
Maurice Saatchi, Baron Saatchi, Iraqi-British businessman, founded M&C Saatchi and Saatchi & Saatchi
Maurice Saatchi, Baron Saatchi · M&C Saatchi · Saatchi & Saatchi
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1947
Meredith Baxter, American actress
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1947
Shirin Ebadi, Iranian lawyer, judge, and activist, Nobel Prize laureate
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1947
Michael Gross, American actor
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1947
Joey Molland, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1947
Wade Phillips, American football coach
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1947
Fernando Savater, Spanish philosopher and author
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1948
Jovan Aćimović, Serbian footballer and manager
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1948
Andrzej Sapkowski, Polish author and translator
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1948
Philippe Sarde, French composer and conductor
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1949
John Agard, Guyanese-English author, poet, and playwright
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1949
Derek Emslie, Lord Kingarth, Scottish lawyer and judge
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1950
Anne Carson, Canadian poet and academic
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1950
Joey Kramer, American rock drummer and songwriter (Aerosmith)
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1950
Enn Reitel, Scottish actor and screenwriter
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1950
Trygve Thue, Norwegian guitarist and record producer
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1950
John Paul Young, Scottish-Australian singer-songwriter
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1951
Jim Douglas, American academic and politician, 80th Governor of Vermont
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1951
Terence Etherton, English lawyer and judge
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1951
Alan Hudson, English footballer
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1951
Nils Lofgren, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1951
Lenore Manderson, Australian anthropologist and academic
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1951
Mona-Lisa Pursiainen, Finnish sprinter (d. 2000)
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1952
Judith Bingham, English singer-songwriter
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1952
Jeremy Coney, New Zealand cricketer and sportscaster
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1952
Patrick Dunleavy, English political scientist and academic
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1952
Kōichi Mashimo, Japanese director and screenwriter
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1953
Benazir Bhutto, Pakistani financier and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Pakistan (d. 2007)
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1954
Mar Gudmundsson, Icelandic economist
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1954
Mark Kimmitt, American general and politician, 16th Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs
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1954
Robert Menasse, Austrian author and academic
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1955
Tim Bray, Canadian software developer and businessman
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1955
Michel Platini, French footballer and manager
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1957
Berkeley Breathed, American author and illustrator
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1957
Luis Antonio Tagle, Filipino cardinal
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1958
Víctor Montoya, Bolivian journalist and author
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1958
Gennady Padalka, Russian colonel, pilot, and astronaut
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1959
John Baron, English captain and politician
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1959
Tom Chambers, American basketball player and sportscaster
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1959
Marcella Detroit, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1959
Kathy Mattea, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1961
Manu Chao, French singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
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1961
Sascha Konietzko, German keyboard player and producer
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1961
Joko Widodo, Indonesian businessman and politician, 7th President of Indonesia
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1961
Kip Winger, American rock singer-songwriter and musician
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1962
Viktor Tsoi, Russian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1990)
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1963
Dario Marianelli, Italian pianist and composer
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1963
Mike Sherrard, American football player
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1964
David Morrissey, English actor and director
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1964
Dimitris Papaioannou, Greek director and choreographer
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1964
Dean Saunders, Welsh footballer and manager
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1964
Doug Savant, American actor
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1965
David Beerling, English biologist and academic
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1965
Yang Liwei, Chinese general, pilot, and astronaut
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1965
Ewen McKenzie, Australian rugby player and coach
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1965
Lana Wachowski, American director, producer, and screenwriter
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1966
Gretchen Carlson, American model and television journalist, Miss America 1989
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1967
Jim Breuer, American comedian, actor, and producer
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1967
Derrick Coleman, American basketball player and sportscaster
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1967
Pierre Omidyar, French-American businessman, founded eBay
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1967
Carrie Preston, American actress, director, and producer
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1967
Yingluck Shinawatra, Thai businesswoman and politician, 28th Prime Minister of Thailand
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1968
Sonique, English singer-songwriter and DJ
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1970
Eric Reed, American pianist and composer
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1971
Tyronne Drakeford, American football player
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1972
Nobuharu Asahara, Japanese sprinter and long jumper
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1972
Neil Doak, Northern Irish cricketer and rugby player
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1972
Irene van Dyk, South African-New Zealand netball player
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1973
Juliette Lewis, American actress and singer-songwriter
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1973
John Mitchell, English guitarist, vocalist and songwriter
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1974
Rob Kelly, American football player
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1974
Craig Lowndes, Australian race car driver
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1974
Flavio Roma, Italian footballer
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1975
Brian Simmons, American football player
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1976
Shelley Craft, Australian television host
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1976
Mike Einziger, American guitarist and songwriter
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1976
Nigel Lappin, Australian footballer and coach
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1977
Michael Gomez, Irish boxer
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1977
Al Wilson, American football player
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1978
Matt Kuchar, American golfer
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1978
Cristiano Lupatelli, Italian footballer
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1978
Dejan Ognjanović, Montenegrin footballer
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1978
Erica Durance, Canadian Actress
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1979
Kostas Katsouranis, Greek footballer
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1979
Chris Pratt, American actor
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1980
Michael Crocker, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
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1980
Łukasz Cyborowski, Polish chess player
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1980
David Giuntoli, American actor
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1980
Richard Jefferson, American basketball player
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1980
Sendy Rleal, Dominican baseball player
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1981
Yann Danis, Canadian ice hockey player
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1981
Garrett Jones, American baseball player
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1981
Brandon Flowers, American singer-songwriter
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1981
Brad Walker, American pole vaulter
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1982
Lee Dae-ho, South Korean baseball player
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1982
Prince William, Duke of Cambridge
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1983
Edward Snowden, American activist and academic
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1984
Franck Perera, French race car driver
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1985
Kris Allen, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1985
Lana Del Rey, American singer-songwriter
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1985
Sentayehu Ejigu, Ethiopian runner
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1985
Byron Schammer, Australian footballer
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1986
Kathleen O'Kelly-Kennedy, Australian wheelchair basketball player
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1986
Hideaki Wakui, Japanese baseball player
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1987
Pablo Barrera, Mexican footballer
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1987
Sebastian Prödl, Austrian footballer
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1987
Dale Thomas, Australian footballer
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1988
Allyssa DeHaan, American basketball and volleyball player
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1988
Paolo Tornaghi, Italian footballer
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1988
Thaddeus Young, American basketball player
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1989
Abubaker Kaki, Sudanese runner
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1990
Ričardas Berankis, Lithuanian tennis player
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1990
Håvard Nordtveit, Norwegian footballer
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1991
Gaël Kakuta, French footballer
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1994
Başak Eraydın, Turkish tennis player
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1997
Rebecca Black, American singer-songwriter
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1997
Derrius Guice, American football player
Décès Célèbres
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866
Rodulf, Frankish archbishop
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870
Al-Muhtadi, Muslim caliph
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947
Zhang Li, official of the Liao Dynasty
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1040
Fulk III, Count of Anjou (b. 972)
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1171
Walter de Luci, French-English monk (b. 1103)
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1208
Philip of Swabia (b. 1177)
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1305
Wenceslaus II of Bohemia (b. 1271)
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1359
Erik Magnusson, king of Sweden (b. 1339)
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1377
Edward III of England (b. 1312)
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1421
Jean Le Maingre, French general (b. 1366)
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1521
Leonardo Loredan, Italian politician, 76th Doge of Venice (b. 1436)
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1527
Niccolò Machiavelli, Italian historian and author (b. 1469)
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1529
John Skelton, English poet and educator (b. 1460)
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1547
Sebastiano del Piombo, Italian painter and educator (b. 1485)
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1558
Piero Strozzi, Italian general (b. 1510)
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1582
Oda Nobunaga, Japanese warlord (b. 1534)
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1585
Henry Percy, 8th Earl of Northumberland (b. 1532)
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1591
Aloysius Gonzaga, Italian saint (b. 1568)
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1596
Jean Liebault, French agronomist and physician (b. 1535)
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1621
Louis III, Cardinal of Guise (b. 1575)
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1621
Kryštof Harant, Czech soldier and composer (b. 1564)
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1622
Salomon Schweigger, German theologian (b. 1551)
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1631
John Smith, English admiral and explorer (b. 1580)
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1652
Inigo Jones, English architect, designed the Queen's House and Wilton House (b. 1573)
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1661
Andrea Sacchi, Italian painter (b. 1599)
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1737
Matthieu Marais, French author, critic, and jurist (b. 1664)
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1738
Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1674)
Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend · Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
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1796
Richard Gridley, American soldier and engineer (b. 1710)
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1824
Étienne Aignan, French playwright and translator (b. 1773)
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1865
Frances Adeline Seward, American wife of William H. Seward (b. 1824)
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1874
Anders Jonas Ångström, Swedish physicist and astronomer (b. 1814)
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1876
Antonio López de Santa Anna, Mexican general and politician 8th President of Mexico (b. 1794)
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1880
Theophilus H. Holmes, American general (b. 1804)
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1893
Leland Stanford, American businessman and politician, 8th Governor of California (b. 1824)
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1908
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Russian composer and educator (b. 1844)
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1914
Bertha von Suttner, Austrian journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1843)
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1929
Leonard Trelawny Hobhouse, English sociologist, journalist, and academic (b. 1864)
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1934
Thorne Smith, American author (b. 1892)
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1940
Smedley Butler, American general, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1881)
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1940
Édouard Vuillard, French painter (b. 1868)
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1951
Charles Dillon Perrine, American astronomer (b. 1867)
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1951
Gustave Sandras, French gymnast (b. 1872)
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1952
Wop May, Canadian captain and pilot (b. 1896)
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1954
Gideon Sundback, Swedish-American engineer, developed the zipper (b. 1880)
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1957
Claude Farrère, French captain and author (b. 1876)
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1957
Johannes Stark, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1874)
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1964
James Chaney, American civil rights activist (b. 1943)
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1964
Andrew Goodman, American civil rights activist (b. 1943)
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1964
Michael Schwerner, American civil rights activist (b. 1939)
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1967
Theodore Sizer, American professor of the history of art (b. 1892)
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1969
Maureen Connolly, American tennis player (b. 1934)
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1970
Sukarno, Indonesian engineer and politician, 1st President of Indonesia (b. 1901)
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1970
Piers Courage, English race car driver (b. 1942)
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1976
Margaret Herrick, American librarian (b. 1902)
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1980
Bert Kaempfert, German conductor and composer (b. 1923)
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1981
Don Figlozzi, American illustrator and animator (b. 1909)
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1985
Hector Boyardee, Italian-American chef and businessman, founded Chef Boyardee (b. 1897)
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1985
Tage Erlander, Swedish lieutenant and politician, 25th Prime Minister of Sweden (b. 1901)
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1986
Assi Rahbani, Lebanese singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1923)
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1987
Madman Muntz, American engineer and businessman, founded the Muntz Car Company (b. 1914)
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1988
Bobby Dodd, American football coach (b. 1908)
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1990
Cedric Belfrage, English journalist and author, co-founded the National Guardian (b. 1904)
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1990
June Christy, American singer (b. 1925)
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1992
Ben Alexander, Australian rugby league player (b. 1971)
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1992
Rudra Mohammad Shahidullah, Bangladeshi poet, author, and playwright (b. 1956)
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1992
Li Xiannian, Chinese captain and politician, 3rd President of the People's Republic of China (b. 1909)
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1994
William Wilson Morgan, American astronomer and astrophysicist (b. 1906)
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1997
Shintaro Katsu, Japanese actor, singer, director, and producer (b. 1931)
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1997
Fidel Velázquez Sánchez, Mexican trade union leader (b. 1900)
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1998
Harry Cranbrook Allen, English historian (b. 1917)
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1998
Anastasio Ballestrero, Italian cardinal (b. 1913)
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1998
Al Campanis, American baseball player and manager (b. 1916)
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1999
Kami, Japanese drummer (b. 1973)
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2000
Alan Hovhaness, Armenian-American pianist and composer (b. 1911)
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2001
John Lee Hooker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1917)
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2001
Soad Hosny, Egyptian actress and singer (b. 1942)
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2001
Carroll O'Connor, American actor and producer (b. 1924)
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2002
Timothy Findley, Canadian author and playwright (b. 1930)
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2003
Roger Neilson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1934)
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2003
Leon Uris, American soldier and author (b. 1924)
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2004
Leonel Brizola, Brazilian engineer and politician, Governor of Rio de Janeiro (b. 1922)
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2004
Ruth Leach Amonette, American businesswoman (b. 1916)
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2005
Jaime Sin, Filipino cardinal (b. 1928)
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2006
Jared C. Monti, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1975)
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2007
Bob Evans, American businessman, founded Bob Evans Restaurants (b. 1918)
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2008
Scott Kalitta, American race car driver (b. 1962)
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2010
Russell Ash, English author (b. 1946)
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2010
Irwin Barker, Canadian actor and screenwriter (b. 1956)
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2010
İlhan Selçuk, Turkish lawyer, journalist, and author (b. 1925)
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2011
Robert Kroetsch, Canadian author and poet (b. 1927)
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2012
Richard Adler, American composer and producer (b. 1921)
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2012
Abid Hussain, Indian economist and diplomat, Indian Ambassador to the United States (b. 1926)
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2012
Sunil Janah, Indian photographer and journalist (b. 1918)
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2012
Anna Schwartz, American economist and author (b. 1915)
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2013
James P. Gordon, American physicist and academic (b. 1928)
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2013
Elliott Reid, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1920)
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2014
Yozo Ishikawa, Japanese politician, Japanese Minister of Defense (b. 1925)
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2014
Walter Kieber, Austrian-Liechtenstein politician, 7th Prime Minister of Liechtenstein (b. 1931)
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2014
Wong Ho Leng, Malaysian lawyer and politician (b. 1959)
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2015
Darryl Hamilton, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1964)
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2015
Veijo Meri, Finnish author and poet (b. 1928)
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2015
Remo Remotti, Italian actor, playwright, and poet (b. 1924)
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2015
Alexander Schalck-Golodkowski, German soldier and politician (b. 1932)
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2015
Gunther Schuller, American horn player, composer, and conductor (b. 1925)
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2016
Pierre Lalonde, Canadian television host and singer (b. 1941)