June 23 — Ce Jour-là dans l'Histoire
331 entrées
Événements
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229
Sun Quan proclaims himself emperor of Eastern Wu.
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1180
First Battle of Uji, starting the Genpei War in Japan.
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1280
The Battle of Moclín takes place in the context of the Spanish Reconquista pitting the forces of the Kingdom of Castile against the Emirate of Granada. The battle resulted in a Granadian victory.
Battle of Moclín (1280) · Reconquista · Kingdom of Castile · Emirate of Granada
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1305
A peace treaty between the Flemish and the French is signed at Athis-sur-Orge.
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1314
First War of Scottish Independence: The Battle of Bannockburn (south of Stirling) begins.
First War of Scottish Independence · Battle of Bannockburn · Stirling
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1532
Henry VIII of England and Francis I of France sign a secret treaty against Emperor Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor.
Henry VIII of England · Francis I of France · Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
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1565
Dragut, commander of the Ottoman navy, dies during the Great Siege of Malta.
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1594
The Action of Faial, Azores. The Portuguese carrack "Chagas", loaded with slaves and treasure, is attacked and sunk by English ships with only 13 survivors out of over 1000 on board.
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1611
The mutinous crew of Henry Hudson's fourth voyage sets Henry, his son and seven loyal crew members adrift in an open boat in what is now Hudson Bay; they are never heard from again.
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1683
William Penn signs a friendship treaty with Lenni Lenape Indians in Pennsylvania.
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1713
The French residents of Acadia are given one year to declare allegiance to Britain or leave Nova Scotia, Canada.
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1757
Battle of Plassey: Three thousand British troops under Robert Clive defeat a 50,000-strong Indian army under Siraj ud-Daulah at Plassey.
Battle of Plassey · Robert Clive · Siraj ud-Daulah · Plassey
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1758
Seven Years' War: Battle of Krefeld: Allied (British, Hanoverian, and Prussian) forces defeat French troops at Krefeld in Germany.
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1760
Seven Years' War: Battle of Landeshut: Austria defeats Prussia.
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1780
American Revolution: Battle of Springfield fought in and around Springfield, New Jersey (including Short Hills, formerly of Springfield, now of Millburn Township).
American Revolution · Battle of Springfield (1780) · Springfield Township, Union County, New Jersey · Short Hills · Millburn, New Jersey
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1794
Empress Catherine II of Russia grants Jews permission to settle in Kiev.
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1810
John Jacob Astor forms the Pacific Fur Company.
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1812
War of 1812: Great Britain revokes the restrictions on American commerce, thus eliminating one of the chief reasons for going to war.
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1860
The United States Congress establishes the Government Printing Office.
United States Congress · United States Government Publishing Office
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1865
American Civil War: At Fort Towson in the Oklahoma Territory, Confederate, Brigadier General Stand Watie surrenders the last significant rebel army.
American Civil War · Fort Towson · Oklahoma Territory · Confederate States of America · Brigadier General (CSA)
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1868
Typewriter: Christopher Latham Sholes received a patent for an invention he called the "Type-Writer."
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1887
The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada creating the nation's first national park, Banff National Park.
Rocky Mountains Park Act · National park · Banff National Park
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1894
The International Olympic Committee is founded at the Sorbonne in Paris, at the initiative of Baron Pierre de Coubertin.
International Olympic Committee · University of Paris · Pierre de Coubertin
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1913
Second Balkan War: The Greeks defeat the Bulgarians in the Battle of Doiran.
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1914
Mexican Revolution: Pancho Villa takes Zacatecas from Victoriano Huerta.
Mexican Revolution · Pancho Villa · Zacatecas · Victoriano Huerta
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1917
In a game against the Washington Senators, Boston Red Sox pitcher Ernie Shore retires 26 batters in a row after replacing Babe Ruth, who had been ejected for punching the umpire.
Texas Rangers (baseball) · Boston Red Sox · Ernie Shore · Babe Ruth · Umpire (baseball)
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1919
Estonian War of Independence: The decisive defeat of the Baltische Landeswehr in the Battle of Cēsis; this date is celebrated as Victory Day in Estonia.
Estonian War of Independence · Baltische Landeswehr · Battle of Cēsis (1919) · Victory Day (Estonia) · Estonia
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1926
The College Board administers the first SAT exam.
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1931
Wiley Post and Harold Gatty take off from Roosevelt Field, Long Island in an attempt to circumnavigate the world in a single-engine plane.
Wiley Post · Harold Gatty · Roosevelt Field, Long Island · Circumnavigate
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1938
The Civil Aeronautics Act is signed into law, forming the Civil Aeronautics Authority in the United States.
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1940
Adolf Hitler goes on a three-hour tour of the architecture of Paris with architect Albert Speer and sculptor Arno Breker in his only visit to the city.
Adolf Hitler · Architecture of Paris · Albert Speer · Arno Breker
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1941
The Lithuanian Activist Front declares independence from the Soviet Union and forms the Provisional Government of Lithuania; it lasts only briefly as the Nazis will occupy Lithuania a few weeks later.
Lithuanian Activist Front · June Uprising in Lithuania · Soviet Union · Provisional Government of Lithuania · German occupation of Lithuania during World War II
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1942
World War II: Germany's latest fighter aircraft, a Focke-Wulf Fw 190, is captured intact when it mistakenly lands at RAF Pembrey in Wales.
Fighter aircraft · Focke-Wulf Fw 190 · Armin Faber · RAF Pembrey
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1946
The 1946 Vancouver Island earthquake strikes Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
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1947
The United States Senate follows the United States House of Representatives in overriding U.S. President Harry Truman's veto of the Taft-Hartley Act.
United States Senate · United States House of Representatives · Harry Truman · Veto · Taft-Hartley Act
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1951
The ocean liner, SS United States, is christened and launched.
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1956
The French National Assembly takes the first step in creating the French Community by passing the Loi Cadre, transferring a number of powers from Paris to elected territorial governments in French West Africa.
French National Assembly · French Community · Loi Cadre · French West Africa
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1959
Convicted Manhattan Project spy Klaus Fuchs is released after only nine years in prison and allowed to emigrate to Dresden, East Germany where he resumes a scientific career.
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1960
The United States Food and Drug Administration declares Enovid to be the first officially approved combined oral contraceptive pill in the world.
Food and Drug Administration · Mestranol/norethynodrel · Combined oral contraceptive pill
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1961
Cold War: The Antarctic Treaty, which sets aside Antarctica as a scientific preserve and bans military activity on the continent, comes into force after the opening date for signature set for the December 1, 1959.
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1967
Cold War: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson meets with Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin in Glassboro, New Jersey for the three-day Glassboro Summit Conference.
Lyndon B. Johnson · Alexei Kosygin · Glassboro, New Jersey · Glassboro Summit Conference
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1969
Warren E. Burger is sworn in as Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court by retiring Chief Justice Earl Warren.
Warren E. Burger · Supreme Court of the United States · Earl Warren
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1969
IBM announces that effective January 1970 it will price its software and services separately from hardware thus creating the modern software industry.
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1972
Watergate scandal: U.S. President Richard M. Nixon and White House Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman are taped talking about using the Central Intelligence Agency to obstruct the Federal Bureau of Investigation's investigation into the Watergate break-ins.
Watergate scandal · Richard M. Nixon · White House · H. R. Haldeman · Central Intelligence Agency
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1972
Title IX of the United States Civil Rights Act of 1964 is amended to prohibit sexual discrimination to any educational program receiving federal funds.
Title IX · Civil Rights Act of 1964 · Sexism · Federal government of the United States
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1973
A fire at a house in Hull, England which kills a six-year-old boy is passed off as an accident; it later emerges as the first of 26 deaths by fire caused over the next seven years by arsonist Peter Dinsdale.
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1985
A terrorist bomb aboard Air India Flight 182 brings the Boeing 747 down off the coast of Ireland killing all 329 aboard.
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2001
The 8.4 Mw southern Peru earthquake shakes coastal Peru with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). A destructive tsunami followed, leaving at least 74 people dead, and 2,687 injured.
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2012
Ashton Eaton breaks the decathlon world record at the United States Olympic Trials.
Ashton Eaton · Decathlon world record progression · 2012 United States Olympic Trials (track and field)
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2013
Nik Wallenda becomes the first man to successfully walk across the Grand Canyon on a tight rope.
Nik Wallenda · Skywire Live · Grand Canyon · Tightrope walking
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2013
Militants stormed a high-altitude mountaineering base camp near Nanga Parbat in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan and killed ten climbers, as well as a local guide.
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2014
The last of Syria's declared chemical weapons are shipped out for destruction.
Syria chemical weapons program · Destruction of Syria's chemical weapons
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2016
The United Kingdom votes in a referendum to leave the European Union, by 52% to 48%.
United Kingdom · United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, 2016
Naissances Célèbres
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47 BC
Caesarion, Egyptian king (d. 30 BC)
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1385
Stefan, Count Palatine of Simmern-Zweibrücken (d. 1459)
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1433
Francis II, Duke of Brittany (d. 1488)
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1456
Margaret of Denmark, Queen of Scotland (d. 1486)
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1489
Charles II, Duke of Savoy, Italian nobleman (d. 1496)
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1534
Oda Nobunaga, Japanese warlord (d. 1582)
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1596
Johan Banér, Swedish field marshal (d. 1641)
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1616
Shah Shuja, Mughal prince (d. 1661)
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1625
John Fell, English churchman and influential academic (d. 1686)
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1668
Giambattista Vico, Italian jurist, historian, and philosopher (d. 1744)
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1683
Étienne Fourmont, French orientalist and sinologist (d. 1745)
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1711
Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, Italian instrument maker (d. 1786)
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1716
Fletcher Norton, 1st Baron Grantley, English lawyer and politician, Solicitor General for England and Wales (d. 1789)
Fletcher Norton, 1st Baron Grantley · Solicitor General for England and Wales
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1750
Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu, French geologist and academic (d. 1801)
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1763
Joséphine de Beauharnais, French wife of Napoleon I (d. 1814)
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1799
John Milton Bernhisel, American physician and politician (d. 1881)
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1800
Karol Marcinkowski, Polish physician and activist (d. 1846)
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1824
Carl Reinecke, German pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1910)
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1843
Paul Heinrich von Groth, German scientist (d. 1927)
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1860
Albert Giraud, Belgian poet and librarian (d. 1929)
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1863
Sándor Bródy, Hungarian author and journalist (d. 1924)
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1877
Norman Pritchard, Indian-English hurdler and actor (d. 1929)
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1884
Cyclone Taylor, Canadian ice hockey player and politician (d. 1979)
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1888
Bronson M. Cutting, American publisher and politician (d. 1935)
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1889
Anna Akhmatova, Ukrainian-Russian poet and author (d. 1966)
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1889
Verena Holmes, English engineer (d. 1964)
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1894
Harold Barrowclough, New Zealand military leader, lawyer and Chief Justice (d. 1972)
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1894
Alfred Kinsey, American entomologist and sexologist (d. 1956)
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1894
Edward VIII of the United Kingdom (d. 1972)
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1899
Amédée Gordini, Italian-born French racing driver and sports car manufacturer (d. 1979)
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1900
Blanche Noyes, American aviator, winner of the 1936 Bendix Trophy Race (d. 1981) [1]
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1901
Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar, Turkish author, poet, and scholar (d. 1962)
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1903
Paul Joseph James Martin, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 1992)
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1904
Quintin McMillan, South African cricketer (d. 1938)
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1905
Jack Pickersgill, Canadian civil servant and politician, 35th Secretary of State for Canada (d. 1997)
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1906
Tribhuvan of Nepal (d. 1955)
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1907
Dercy Gonçalves, Brazilian actress and singer (d. 2008)
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1907
James Meade, English economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1995)
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1909
David Lewis, Russian-Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 1981)
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1909
Georges Rouquier, French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1989)
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1910
Jean Anouilh, French playwright and screenwriter (d. 1987)
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1910
Gordon B. Hinckley, American religious leader, 15th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 2008)
Gordon B. Hinckley · President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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1910
Milt Hinton, American bassist and photographer (d. 2000)
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1910
Bill King, English commander and author (d. 2012)
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1910
Lawson Little, American golfer (d. 1968)
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1912
Alan Turing, English mathematician and computer scientist (d. 1954)
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1913
William P. Rogers, American commander, lawyer, and politician, 55th United States Secretary of State (d. 2001)
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1915
Frances Gabe, American artist and inventor (d. 2016)
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1916
Len Hutton, English cricketer and soldier (d. 1990)
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1916
Irene Worth, American actress (d. 2002)
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1919
Mohamed Boudiaf, Algerian politician, President of Algeria (d. 1992)
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1922
Morris R. Jeppson, American lieutenant and physicist (d. 2010)
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1922
Hal Laycoe, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1998)
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1923
Peter Corr, Irish-English footballer and manager (d. 2001)
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1923
Elroy Schwartz, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2013)
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1923
Doris Johnson, American politician
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1923
Jerry Rullo, American professional basketball player (d. 2016)
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1923
Giuseppina Tuissi, Italian communist and Partisan (d. 1945)
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1925
Miriam Karlin, English actress (d. 2011)
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1925
Art Modell, American businessman (d. 2012)
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1926
Lawson Soulsby, Baron Soulsby of Swaffham Prior, English microbiologist and parasitologist (d. 2017)
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1926
Magda Herzberger, Romanian author, poet and composer, survivor of the Holocaust
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1926
Annette Mbaye d'Erneville, Senegalese writer
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1926
Arnaldo Pomodoro, Italian sculptor
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1927
Bob Fosse, American actor, dancer, choreographer, and director (d. 1987)
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1927
John Habgood, Baron Habgood, English archbishop
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1928
Jean Cione, American baseball player (d. 2010)
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1928
Michael Shaara, American author and academic (d. 1988)
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1929
June Carter Cash, American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress (d. 2003)
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1930
Donn F. Eisele, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (d. 1987)
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1930
John Elliott, English historian and academic
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1930
Francis Newall, 2nd Baron Newall, English businessman and politician
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1930
Anthony Thwaite, English poet, critic, and academic
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1931
Gunnar Uusi, Estonian chess player (d. 1981)
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1932
Peter Millett, Baron Millett, English lawyer and judge
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1934
Keith Sutton, English bishop (d. 2017)
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1934
Bill Torrey, Canadian businessman
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1935
Maurice Ferré, Puerto Rican-American politician, 32nd Mayor of Miami
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1935
Keith Burkinshaw, English footballer and manager
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1936
Richard Bach, American novelist and essayist
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1936
Costas Simitis, Greek economist, lawyer, and politician, 180th Prime Minister of Greece
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1937
Martti Ahtisaari, Finnish captain and politician, 10th President of Finland, Nobel Prize laureate
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1937
Alan Haselhurst, English academic and politician
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1939
Scott Burton, American sculptor (d. 1989)
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1940
Adam Faith, English singer (d. 2003)
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1940
Derry Irvine, Baron Irvine of Lairg, Scottish lawyer, judge, and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
Derry Irvine, Baron Irvine of Lairg · Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
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1940
Wilma Rudolph, American runner (d. 1994)
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1940
Mike Shrimpton, New Zealand cricketer and coach (d. 2015)
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1940
Stuart Sutcliffe, British painter and musician (d. 1962)
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1941
Robert Hunter, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1941
Roger McDonald, Australian author and screenwriter
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1941
Keith Newton, English footballer (d. 1998)
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1942
Martin Rees, Baron Rees of Ludlow, English cosmologist and astrophysicist
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1943
Patrick Bokanowski, French filmmaker
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1943
Ellyn Kaschak, American psychologist and academic
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1943
James Levine, American pianist and conductor
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1945
Kjell Albin Abrahamson, Swedish journalist and author
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1945
John Garang, Sudanese colonel and politician, President of Southern Sudan (d. 2005)
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1946
Julian Hipwood, English polo player and coach
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1946
Ted Shackelford, American actor
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1947
Bryan Brown, Australian actor and producer
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1948
Clarence Thomas, American lawyer and judge
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1949
Gordon Bray, Australian journalist and sportscaster
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1949
Sheila Noakes, Baroness Noakes, English accountant and politician
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1951
Angelo Falcón, Puerto Rican-American political scientist, activist, and academic, founded the National Institute for Latino Policy
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1951
Michèle Mouton, French race car driver and manager
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1951
Raj Babbar, Indian actor and politician
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1955
Pierre Corbeil, Canadian dentist and politician
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1955
Glenn Danzig, American singer-songwriter and producer
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1956
Daniel J. Drucker, Canadian academic and educator
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1956
Tony Hill, American football player and sportscaster
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1956
Randy Jackson, American bass player and producer
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1957
Dave Houghton, Zimbabwean cricketer and coach
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1957
Frances McDormand, American actress
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1958
John Hayes, English politician, Minister of State at the Department of Energy and Climate Change
John Hayes (British politician) · Minister of State at the Department of Energy and Climate Change
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1960
Donald Harrison, American saxophonist, composer, and producer
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1960
Tatsuya Uemura, Japanese composer and programmer
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1961
Richard Arnold, English lawyer and judge
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1961
Zoran Janjetov, Serbian singer and illustrator
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1961
LaSalle Thompson, American basketball player, coach, and manager
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1962
Chuck Billy, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1963
Colin Montgomerie, Scottish golfer
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1964
Nicolas Marceau, Canadian economist and politician
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1964
Tara Morice, Australian actress and singer
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1964
Joss Whedon, American director, producer, and screenwriter
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1964
Lou Yun, Chinese gymnast
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1965
Paul Arthurs, English guitarist
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1965
Peter O'Malley, Australian golfer
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1966
Chico DeBarge, American singer and pianist
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1969
Martin Klebba, American actor, producer, and stuntman
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1970
Robert Brooks, American football player
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1970
Martin Deschamps, Canadian singer-songwriter
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1970
Yann Tiersen, French singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1971
Fred Ewanuick, Canadian actor and producer
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1971
Félix Potvin, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
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1972
Selma Blair, American actress
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1972
Louis Van Amstel, Dutch dancer and choreographer
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1972
Zinedine Zidane, French footballer and manager
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1974
Joel Edgerton, Australian actor
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1974
Mark Hendrickson, American basketball and baseball player
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1975
Kevin Dyson, American football player and coach
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1975
David Howell, English golfer
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1975
Mike James, American basketball player
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1976
Wade Barrett, American soccer player and manager
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1976
Joe Becker, American guitarist and composer
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1976
Savvas Poursaitidis, Greek-Cypriot footballer and scout
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1976
Brandon Stokley, American football player
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1976
Paola Suárez, Argentinian tennis player
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1976
Emmanuelle Vaugier, Canadian actress and singer
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1976
Patrick Vieira, French footballer and manager
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1977
Miguel Ángel Angulo, Spanish footballer
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1977
Hayden Foxe, Australian footballer and manager
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1977
Jaan Jüris, Estonian ski jumper
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1977
Jason Mraz, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1977
Shaun O'Hara, American football player and sportscaster
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1978
Memphis Bleek, American rapper, producer, and actor
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1978
Frederic Leclercq, French heavy metal musician
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1978
Matt Light, American football player and sportscaster
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1979
LaDainian Tomlinson, American football player
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1980
Becky Cloonan, American author and illustrator
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1980
Melissa Rauch, American actress
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1980
Ramnaresh Sarwan, Guyanese cricketer
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1980
Francesca Schiavone, Italian tennis player
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1981
Antony Costa, English singer-songwriter
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1981
Rolf Wacha, German rugby player
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1982
Derek Boogaard, Canadian-American ice hockey player (d. 2011)
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1983
Brooks Laich, Canadian ice hockey player
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1983
José Manuel Rojas, Chilean footballer
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1984
Duffy, Welsh singer-songwriter and actress
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1984
Takeshi Matsuda, Japanese swimmer
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1984
Levern Spencer, Saint Lucian high jumper
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1985
Marcel Reece, American football player
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1987
Alessia Filippi, Italian swimmer
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1988
Chet Faker, Australian singer-songwriter
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1988
Chellsie Memmel, American gymnast
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1989
Jordan Nolan, Canadian ice hockey player
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1990
Clevid Dikamona, French footballer
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1990
Vasek Pospisil, Canadian tennis player
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1990
Laura Ràfols, Spanish footballer
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1991
Katie Armiger, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1991
Damien Cook, Australian rugby league player
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1992
Luiza Galiulina, Uzbekistani gymnast
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1992
Nampalys Mendy, French footballer
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1993
Tim Anderson, American baseball player
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1993
Marvin Grumann, German footballer
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2009
Xia Vigor, British-Filipino child actress
Décès Célèbres
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AD 79
Vespasian, Roman emperor (b. AD 9)
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679
Æthelthryth, English saint (b. 636)
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947
Li Congyi, prince of Later Tang (b. 931)
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947
Wang, imperial consort of Later Tang
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960
Feng Yanji, chancellor of Southern Tang (b. 903)
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1018
Henry I, margrave of Austria
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1137
Adalbert of Mainz, German archbishop
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1222
Constance of Aragon, Hungarian queen (b. 1179)
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1290
Henryk IV Probus, duke of Wrocław and high duke of Kraków (b. c. 1258)
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1314
Henry de Bohun, English knight
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1324
Aymer de Valence, 2nd Earl of Pembroke (b. 1270)
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1343
Giacomo Gaetani Stefaneschi, Italian cardinal (b. c. 1270)
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1356
Margaret II, Countess of Hainaut (b. 1311)
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1537
Pedro de Mendoza, Spanish conquistador (b. 1487)
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1565
Dragut, Ottoman admiral (b. 1485)
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1582
Shimizu Muneharu, Japanese commander (b. 1537)
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1615
Mashita Nagamori, Japanese daimyo (b. 1545)
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1677
William Louis, Duke of Württemberg (b. 1647)
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1686
William Coventry, English politician (b. 1628)
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1707
John Mill, English theologian and author (b. 1645)
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1733
Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Swiss paleontologist and scholar (b. 1672)
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1770
Mark Akenside, English poet and physician (b. 1721)
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1775
Karl Ludwig von Pöllnitz, German adventurer and author (b. 1692)
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1779
Mikael Sehul, Ethiopian warlord (b. 1691)
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1806
Mathurin Jacques Brisson, French zoologist and philosopher (b. 1723)
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1811
Nicolau Tolentino de Almeida, Portuguese poet and author (b. 1740)
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1832
Sir James Hall, 4th Baronet, Scottish geologist and geophysicist (b. 1761)
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1836
James Mill, Scottish economist, historian, and philosopher (b. 1773)
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1848
Archduchess Maria Leopoldine of Austria-Este (b. 1776)
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1856
Ivan Kireyevsky, Russian philosopher and critic (b. 1806)
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1881
Matthias Jakob Schleiden, German botanist and academic (b. 1804)
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1891
Wilhelm Eduard Weber, German physicist and academic (b. 1804)
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1891
Samuel Newitt Wood, American lawyer and politician (b. 1825)
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1893
William Fox, English-New Zealand lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1812)
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1893
Theophilus Shepstone, English-South African politician (b. 1817)
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1914
Bhaktivinoda Thakur, Indian guru and philosopher (b. 1838)
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1945
Giuseppina Tuissi, Italian journalist and activist (b. 1923)
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1953
Albert Gleizes, French painter (b. 1881)
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1954
Salih Omurtak, Turkish general (b. 1889)
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1956
Reinhold Glière, Russian composer and educator (b. 1875)
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1959
Boris Vian, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1920)
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1969
Volmari Iso-Hollo, Finnish runner (b. 1907)
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1970
Roscoe Turner, American soldier and pilot (b. 1895)
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1973
Gerry Birrell, Scottish race car driver (b. 1944)
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1980
Sanjay Gandhi, Indian engineer and politician (b. 1946)
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1980
V. V. Giri, Indian lawyer and politician, 4th President of India (b. 1894)
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1980
Clyfford Still, American painter and academic (b. 1904)
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1989
Werner Best, German police officer and jurist (b. 1903)
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1990
Harindranath Chattopadhyay, Indian poet, actor, and politician (b. 1898)
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1992
Eric Andolsek, American football player (b. 1966)
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1995
Roger Grimsby, American journalist (b. 1928)
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1995
Jonas Salk, American biologist and physician (b. 1914)
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1995
Anatoli Tarasov, Russian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1918)
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1996
Andreas Papandreou, Greek economist and politician, 174th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1919)
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1996
Ray Lindwall, Australian cricketer and rugby player (b. 1921)
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1997
Betty Shabazz, American educator and activist (b. 1936)
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1998
Maureen O'Sullivan, Irish-American actress (b. 1911)
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2000
Peter Dubovský, Slovak footballer (b. 1972)
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2002
Pedro Alcázar, Panamanian boxer (b. 1975)
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2005
Shana Alexander, American journalist and author (b. 1926)
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2005
Manolis Anagnostakis, Greek poet and critic (b. 1925)
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2006
Aaron Spelling, American actor, producer, and screenwriter, founded Spelling Television (b. 1923)
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2007
Rod Beck, American baseball player (b. 1968)
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2008
Claudio Capone, Italian-Scottish actor (b. 1952)
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2008
Arthur Chung, Guyanan surveyor and politician, 1st President of Guyana (b. 1918)
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2008
Marian Glinka, Polish actor and bodybuilder (b. 1943)
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2009
Raymond Berthiaume, Canadian singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1931)
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2009
Ed McMahon, American game show host and announcer (b. 1923)
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2009
Jerri Nielsen, American physician and explorer (b. 1952)
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2010
John Burton, Australian public servant and diplomat (b. 1915)
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2011
Peter Falk, American actor (b. 1927)
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2011
Dennis Marshall, Costa Rican footballer (b. 1985)
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2011
Fred Steiner, American composer and conductor (b. 1923)
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2012
James Durbin, English economist and statistician (b. 1923)
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2012
Brigitte Engerer, French pianist and educator (b. 1952)
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2012
Alan McDonald, Northern Ireland footballer and manager (b. 1963)
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2012
Frank Chee Willeto, American soldier and politician, 4th Vice President of the Navajo Nation (b. 1925)
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2012
Walter J. Zable, American football player and businessman, founded the Cubic Corporation (b. 1915)
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2013
Bobby Bland, American singer-songwriter (b. 1930)
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2013
Gary David Goldberg, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1944)
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2013
Frank Kelso, American admiral and politician, United States Secretary of the Navy (b. 1933)
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2013
Kurt Leichtweiss, German mathematician and academic (b. 1927)
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2013
Richard Matheson, American author and screenwriter (b. 1926)
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2013
Darryl Read, English singer-songwriter, drummer, and actor (b. 1951)
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2013
Sharon Stouder, American swimmer (b. 1948)
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2014
Nancy Garden, American author (b. 1938)
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2014
Euros Lewis, Welsh cricketer (b. 1942)
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2014
Paula Kent Meehan, American businesswoman, co-founded Redken (b. 1931)
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2015
Miguel Facussé Barjum, Honduran businessman (b. 1924)
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2015
Nirmala Joshi, Indian nun, lawyer, and social worker (b. 1934)
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2015
Dick Van Patten, American actor (b. 1928)
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2016
Ralph Stanley, American singer and banjo player (b. 1927)