June 9 — Ce Jour-là dans l'Histoire
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Événements
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411 BC
The Athenian coup succeeds, forming a short-lived oligarchy.
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AD 53
The Roman emperor Nero marries Claudia Octavia.
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AD 68
Nero commits suicide, after quoting Homer's Iliad, thus ending the Julio-Claudian dynasty and starting the civil war known as the Year of the Four Emperors.
Nero · Homer · Iliad · Julio-Claudian dynasty · Year of the Four Emperors
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721
Odo of Aquitaine defeats the Moors in the Battle of Toulouse.
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747
Abbasid Revolution: Abu Muslim Khorasani begins an open revolt against Umayyad rule, which is carried out under the sign of the Black Standard.
Abbasid Revolution · Abu Muslim Khorasani · Umayyad Caliphate · Black Standard
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1311
Duccio's Maestà, a seminal artwork of the early Italian Renaissance, is unveiled and installed in Siena Cathedral in Siena, Italy.
Duccio · Maestà (Duccio) · Italian Renaissance · Siena Cathedral · Siena
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1523
French Parliament fines Simon de Colines for publishing the Biblical commentary Commentarii initiatorr in quatuor Evangelia by Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples.
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1534
Jacques Cartier is the first European to discover the Saint Lawrence River.
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1667
Second Anglo-Dutch War: The Raid on the Medway by the Dutch fleet begins. It lasts for five days and results in the worst ever defeat of the Royal Navy.
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1732
James Oglethorpe is granted a royal charter for the colony of the future U.S. state of Georgia.
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1762
British forces begin the Siege of Havana and capture the city during the Seven Years' War.
Kingdom of Great Britain · Battle of Havana (1762) · Seven Years' War
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1772
The British schooner Gaspee is burned in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island.
Kingdom of Great Britain · Schooner · Gaspee Affair · Rhode Island
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1798
Irish Rebellion of 1798: Battles of Arklow and Saintfield.
Irish Rebellion of 1798 · Battle of Arklow · Battle of Saintfield
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1815
End of the Congress of Vienna: The new European political situation is set.
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1815
Luxembourg declares independence from the French Empire.
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1856
Five hundred Mormons leave Iowa City, Iowa for the Mormon Trail.
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1862
American Civil War: Stonewall Jackson concludes his successful Shenandoah Valley Campaign with a victory in the Battle of Port Republic; his tactics during the campaign are now studied by militaries around the world.
American Civil War · Stonewall Jackson · Jackson's Valley Campaign · Battle of Port Republic
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1863
American Civil War: Battle of Brandy Station, Virginia.
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1885
Treaty of Tientsin is signed to end the Sino-French War, with China eventually giving up Tonkin and Annam - most of present-day Vietnam - to France.
Treaty of Tientsin (1885) · Sino-French War · Qing dynasty · Tonkin · Annam (Chinese province)
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1900
Indian nationalist Birsa Munda dies in a British prison of cholera
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1915
William Jennings Bryan resigns as Woodrow Wilson's Secretary of State over a disagreement regarding the United States' handling of the sinking of the RMS Lusitania.
William Jennings Bryan · Woodrow Wilson · United States Secretary of State · RMS Lusitania
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1923
Bulgaria's military takes over the government in a coup.
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1928
Charles Kingsford Smith completes the first trans-Pacific flight in a Fokker Trimotor monoplane, the Southern Cross.
Charles Kingsford Smith · Fokker F.VII · Southern Cross (aircraft)
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1930
A Chicago Tribune reporter, Jake Lingle, is killed during rush hour at the Illinois Central train station by Leo Vincent Brothers, allegedly over a $100,000 gambling debt owed to Al Capone.
Chicago Tribune · Jake Lingle · Illinois · Leo Vincent Brothers · Al Capone
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1934
Donald Duck makes his debut in The Wise Little Hen.
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1944
World War II: Ninety-nine civilians are hanged from lampposts and balconies by German troops in Tulle, France, in reprisal for maquisards attacks.
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1944
World War II: The Soviet Union invades East Karelia and the previously Finnish part of Karelia, occupied by Finland since 1941.
Soviet Union · East Karelia · Karelia (historical province of Finland) · 1941
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1948
Foundation of the International Council on Archives under the auspices of the UNESCO.
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1953
The Flint-Worcester tornado outbreak sequence kills 94 people in Massachusetts.
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1954
McCarthyism: Joseph Welch, special counsel for the United States Army, lashes out at Senator Joseph McCarthy during hearings on whether Communism has infiltrated the Army giving McCarthy the famous rebuke, "You've done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?"
McCarthyism · Joseph Welch · United States Senate · Joseph McCarthy · Communism
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1957
First ascent of Broad Peak by Fritz Wintersteller, Marcus Schmuck, Kurt Diemberger, and Hermann Buhl.
Broad Peak · Fritz Wintersteller · Marcus Schmuck · Kurt Diemberger · Hermann Buhl
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1959
The USS George Washington is launched. It is the first nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine.
USS George Washington (SSBN-598) · Nuclear power · Ballistic missile submarine
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1965
The civilian Prime Minister of South Vietnam, Phan Huy Quát, resigns after being unable to work with a junta led by Nguyễn Cao Kỳ.
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1965
Vietnam War: The Viet Cong commences combat with the Army of the Republic of Vietnam in the Battle of Đồng Xoài, one of the largest battles in the war.
Vietnam War · Viet Cong · Army of the Republic of Vietnam · Battle of Dong Xoai
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1967
Six-Day War: Israel captures the Golan Heights from Syria.
Six-Day War · Israel · Golan Heights · Syria
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1968
U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson declares a national day of mourning following the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy.
Lyndon B. Johnson · Assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy
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1972
Severe rainfall causes a dam in the Black Hills of South Dakota to burst, creating a flood that kills 238 people and causes $160 million in damage.
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1973
In horse racing, Secretariat wins the U.S. Triple Crown.
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1978
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints opens its priesthood to "all worthy men", ending a 148-year-old policy of excluding black men.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints · Priesthood (Latter Day Saints)
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1979
The Ghost Train fire at Luna Park Sydney, Australia, kills seven.
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1999
Kosovo War: The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and NATO sign a peace treaty.
Kosovo War · Federal Republic of Yugoslavia · NATO · Peace treaty
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2008
Two bombs explode at a train station near Algiers, Algeria, killing at least 13 people.
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2009
An explosion kills 17 people and injures at least 46 at a hotel in Peshawar, Pakistan.
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2010
At least 40 people are killed and more than 70 wounded in a suicide bombing at a wedding party in Arghandab, Kandahar.
Naissances Célèbres
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1016
Deokjong of Goryeo, ruler of Korea (d. 1034)
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1424
Blanche II of Navarre (d. 1464)
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1580
Daniel Heinsius, Belgian poet and scholar (d. 1655)
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1588
Johann Andreas Herbst, German composer and theorist (d. 1666)
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1595
Władysław IV Vasa, Polish king (d. 1648)
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1597
Pieter Jansz. Saenredam, Dutch painter (d. 1665)
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1640
Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1705)
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1661
Feodor III of Russia (d. 1682)
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1672
Peter the Great, Russian emperor (d. 1725)
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1686
Andrey Osterman, German-Russian politician, Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 1747)
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1732
Giuseppe Demachi, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1791)
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1754
Francis Mackenzie, 1st Baron Seaforth, English general and politician, Governor of Barbados (d. 1815)
Francis Mackenzie, 1st Baron Seaforth · List of Governors of Barbados
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1768
Samuel Slater, English-American engineer and businessman (d. 1835)
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1781
George Stephenson, English engineer, designed the Liverpool and Manchester Railway (d. 1848)
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1810
Otto Nicolai, German composer and conductor (d. 1849)
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1812
Johann Gottfried Galle, German astronomer and academic (d. 1910)
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1836
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, English physician and politician (d. 1917)
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1837
Anne Isabella Thackeray Ritchie, English author (d. 1919)
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1842
Hazard Stevens, American military officer, mountaineer, politician and writer (d. 1918)
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1843
Bertha von Suttner, Austrian journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1914)
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1845
Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto, English soldier, academic, and politician, 36th Governor-General of India (d. 1914)
Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto · Governor-General of India
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1845
Frank Norton, American baseball player (d. 1920)
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1849
Michael Ancher, Danish painter and academic (d. 1927)
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1851
Charles Joseph Bonaparte, American lawyer and politician, 46th United States Attorney General (d. 1921)
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1861
Pierre Duhem, French physicist, mathematician, and historian (d. 1916)
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1861
Gustav Heinrich Johann Apollon Tammann, Russian-German chemist and physicist (d. 1938)
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1864
Jeanne Bérangère, French actress (d. 1928)
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1865
Albéric Magnard, French composer and educator (d. 1914)
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1865
Carl Nielsen, Danish violinist, composer, and conductor (d. 1931)
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1868
Jane Avril, French model and dancer (d. 1943)
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1874
Launceston Elliot, Scottish weightlifter and wrestler (d. 1930)
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1875
Henry Hallett Dale, English pharmacologist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1968)
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1879
Harry DeBaecke, American rower (d. 1961)
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1882
Robert Kerr, Irish-Canadian sprinter and coach (d. 1963)
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1885
Felicjan Sławoj Składkowski, Polish general and politician, 27th Prime Minister of Poland (d. 1962)
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1890
Leslie Banks, English actor, director, and producer (d. 1952)
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1891
Cole Porter, American composer and songwriter (d. 1964)
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1893
Irish Meusel, American baseball player and coach (d. 1963)
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1895
Archie Weston, American football player and journalist (d. 1981)
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1898
Luigi Fagioli, Italian race car driver (d. 1952)
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1900
Fred Waring, American singer, bandleader, and television host (d. 1984)
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1902
Skip James, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1969)
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1903
Felice Bonetto, Italian race car driver (d. 1953)
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1903
Marcia Davenport, American author and critic (d. 1996)
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1906
Robert Klark Graham, American eugenicist and businessman, founded Repository for Germinal Choice (d. 1997)
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1908
Luis Kutner, American lawyer, author, and activist (d. 1993)
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1908
Branch McCracken, American basketball player and coach (d. 1970)
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1910
Robert Cummings, American actor, singer, and director (d. 1990)
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1910
Ted Hicks, Australian public servant and diplomat, Australian High Commissioner to New Zealand (d. 1984)
Ted Hicks · List of Australian High Commissioners to New Zealand
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1912
Ingolf Dahl, German-American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1970)
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1915
Jim McDonald, American football player and coach (d. 1997)
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1915
Les Paul, American guitarist and songwriter (d. 2009)
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1916
Jurij Brězan, German soldier and author (d. 2006)
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1916
Siegfried Graetschus, German SS officer (d. 1943)
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1916
Robert McNamara, American businessman and politician, 8th United States Secretary of Defense (d. 2009)
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1917
Eric Hobsbawm, Egyptian-English historian and author (d. 2012)
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1918
John Hospers, American philosopher and politician (d. 2011)
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1921
Arthur Hertzberg, American rabbi and scholar (d. 2006)
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1921
Jean Lacouture, French journalist, historian, and author (d. 2015)
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1922
George Axelrod, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2003)
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1922
John Gillespie Magee, Jr., Chinese-American pilot and poet (d. 1941)
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1922
Fernand Seguin, Canadian biochemist and academic (d. 1988)
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1923
Gerald Götting, German politician (d. 2015)
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1924
Ed Farhat, American wrestler and manager (d. 2003)
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1925
Keith Laumer, American soldier and author (d. 1993)
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1925
Herman Sarkowsky, German-American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded the Seattle Seahawks (d. 2014)
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1926
Calvin "Fuzz" Jones, American singer and bass player (d. 2010)
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1926
Happy Rockefeller, American philanthropist, 31st Second Lady of the United States (d. 2015)
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1927
Jim Nolan, American basketball player (d. 1983)
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1928
R. Geraint Gruffydd, Welsh critic and academic (d. 2015)
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1929
Johnny Ace, American singer and pianist (d. 1954)
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1930
Barbara, French singer (d. 1997)
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1930
Jordi Pujol, Spanish physician and politician, 126th President of the Generalitat de Catalunya
Jordi Pujol · List of Presidents of the Generalitat de Catalunya
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1931
Jackie Mason, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter
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1931
Nandini Satpathy, Indian author and politician, 8th Chief Minister of Odisha (d. 2006)
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1931
Bill Virdon, American baseball player, coach, and manager
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1933
Al Cantello, American javelin thrower and coach
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1934
Michael Mates, English colonel and politician
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1934
Jackie Wilson, American singer-songwriter (d. 1984)
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1935
Dutch Savage, American wrestler and promoter (d. 2013)
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1936
Mick O'Dwyer, Irish Gaelic footballer and manager
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1936
George Radda, Hungarian chemist and academic
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1937
Harald Rosenthal, German hydrobiologist and academic
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1938
Jeremy Hardie, English economist and businessman
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1938
Giles Havergal, Scottish actor, director, and playwright
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1938
Charles Wuorinen, American composer and educator
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1939
Ileana Cotrubaș, Romanian soprano and actress
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1939
Eric Fernie, Scottish historian and academic
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1939
David Hobbs, English race car driver and sportscaster
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1939
Dick Vitale, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster
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1939
Charles Webb, American author
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1940
André Vallerand, Canadian businessman and politician
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1941
Jon Lord, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player (d. 2012)
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1942
Anton Burghardt, German footballer and manager
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1942
Nicholas Lloyd, English journalist
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1943
John Fitzpatrick, English race car driver
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1943
Charles Saatchi, Iraqi-English businessman, co-founded Saatchi & Saatchi
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1944
Janric Craig, 3rd Viscount Craigavon, English accountant and politician
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1944
Wally Gabler, American football player and sportscaster
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1946
Deyda Hydara, Gambian journalist and publisher, co-founded The Point (d. 2004)
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1946
James Kelman, Scottish author and playwright
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1946
Peter Kilfoyle, English politician
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1946
Giulio Terzi di Sant'Agata, Italian politician and diplomat, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs
Giulio Terzi di Sant'Agata · Minister of Foreign Affairs (Italy)
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1947
Robert Indermaur, Swiss painter
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1947
Robbie Vincent, UK disc jockey and radio presenter
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1948
Jim Bailey, American football player
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1948
Gudrun Schyman, Swedish social worker and politician
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1949
Kiran Bedi, Indian police officer and activist
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1950
Trevor Bolder, English bass player, songwriter, and producer (d. 2013)
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1950
Fred Jackson, American football player and coach
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1950
Giorgos Kastrinakis, Greek-American basketball player
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1951
Michael Patrick Cronan, American graphic designer and academic (d. 2013)
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1951
James Newton Howard, American composer, conductor, and producer
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1951
Dave Parker, American baseball player and coach
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1951
Brian Taylor, American basketball player
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1952
Uzi Hitman, Israeli singer-songwriter (d. 2004)
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1952
Billy Knight, American basketball player
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1953
Ken Navarro, Italian-American guitarist and composer
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1954
Pete Byrne, English singer-songwriter (Naked Eyes)
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1954
Paul Chapman, Welsh guitarist and songwriter
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1954
Gregory Maguire, American author
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1954
Elizabeth May, American-Canadian environmentalist, lawyer, and politician
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1954
George Pérez, American author and illustrator
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1956
Patricia Cornwell, American journalist and author
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1957
Randy Read, English crystallographer and academic
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1958
David Ancrum, American basketball player and coach
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1959
Peter Fowler, Australian golfer
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1960
Steve Paikin, Canadian journalist and author
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1961
Thomas Benson, American football player
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1961
Michael J. Fox, Canadian-American actor, producer, and author
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1961
Aaron Sorkin, American screenwriter, producer, and playwright
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1962
Yuval Banay, Israeli singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1962
Ken Rose, American football player
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1962
David Trewhella, Australian rugby league player
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1963
Gilad Atzmon, Israeli-English saxophonist, author, and activist
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1963
Johnny Depp, American actor
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1963
David Koepp, American director, producer, and screenwriter
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1964
Slaid Cleaves, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1964
Gloria Reuben, Canadian-American actress
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1964
Elisabeth Frerot Södergren, Swedish journalist
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1964
Wayman Tisdale, American basketball player and bass player (d. 2009)
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1967
Dean Dinning, American rock musician (Toad the Wet Sprocket)
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1967
Jian Ghomeshi, English-Canadian singer-songwriter, producer, and radio host
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1967
Rubén Maza, Venezuelan runner
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1968
Niki Bakoyianni, Greek high jumper and coach
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1969
André Racicot, Canadian ice hockey player
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1969
Eric Wynalda, American soccer player, coach, and sportscaster
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1970
Erika Miklósa, Hungarian soprano
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1971
Gilles De Bilde, Belgian footballer and sportscaster
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1971
Jean Galfione, French pole vaulter and sportscaster
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1971
Jackie McKeown, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1972
Matt Horsley, Australian footballer and coach
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1973
Aigars Apinis, Latvian discus thrower and shot putter
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1973
Tedy Bruschi, American football player and sportscaster
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1973
Frédéric Choffat, Swiss director, producer, and cinematographer
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1973
Grant Marshall, Canadian ice hockey player
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1974
Samoth, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1975
Otto Addo, German-Ghanaian footballer and manager
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1975
Ameesha Patel, Indian actress and producer
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1975
Andrew Symonds, English-Australian cricketer
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1977
Usman Afzaal, Pakistani-English cricketer
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1977
Paul Hutchison, English cricketer
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1977
Olin Kreutz, American football player
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1977
Peja Stojaković, Serbian basketball player
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1978
Matthew Bellamy, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
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1978
Shandi Finnessey, American model and actress, Miss USA 2004
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1978
Miroslav Klose, German footballer
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1978
Heather Mitts, American soccer player
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1978
Hayden Schlossberg, American director, producer, and screenwriter
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1979
Dario Dainelli, Italian footballer
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1979
Amanda Lassiter, American basketball player
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1980
D'banj, Nigerian singer-songwriter and harmonica player
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1980
Mike Fontenot, American baseball player
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1980
Timothy Glanfield, English journalist and author
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1980
Udonis Haslem, American basketball player
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1980
Lehlohonolo Seema, South African footballer
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1981
Natalie Portman, Israeli-American actress, director, and producer
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1981
Anoushka Shankar, English-Indian sitar player and composer
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1982
Thomas Aldridge, English actor
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1982
Yoshito Ōkubo, Japanese footballer
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1982
Christina Stürmer, Austrian singer-songwriter
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1983
Firas Al-Khatib, Syrian footballer
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1983
Josh Cribbs, American football player
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1983
Dwayne Jones, American basketball player
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1983
Danny Richar, Dominican-American baseball player
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1983
Alex Templeton-Ward, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and poet
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1984
Yulieski Gourriel, Cuban baseball player
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1984
Jake Newton, Guyanese footballer
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1984
Asko Paade, Estonian basketball player
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1984
Masoud Shojaei, Iranian footballer
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1984
Wesley Sneijder, Dutch footballer
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1985
Richard Kahui, New Zealand rugby player
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1985
Sonam Kapoor, Indian model and actress
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1985
Sebastian Telfair, American basketball player
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1986
Doug Legursky, American football player
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1986
Yadier Pedroso, Cuban baseball player (d. 2013)
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1986
Ashley Postell, American gymnast
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1987
Jaan Mölder, Estonian race car driver
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1988
Jason Demers, Canadian ice hockey defenseman
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1988
Sara Isaković, Slovenian swimmer
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1989
Chloë Agnew, Irish singer
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1989
Dídac Vilà, Spanish footballer
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1992
Zach Hyman, Canadian ice hockey player
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1992
Yannick Agnel, French swimmer
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1992
Boyd Cordner, Australian rugby league player
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1993
George Jennings, Australian rugby league player
Décès Célèbres
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AD 68
Nero, Roman emperor (b. 37)
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373
Ephrem the Syrian, Turkish hymnographer and theologian (b. 306)
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597
Columba, Irish missionary and saint (b. 521)
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630
Shahrbaraz, king of the Persian Empire
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889
Aimoin, Frankish monk and archivist
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908
Yang Wo, Prince of Hongnong
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1075
Gebhard of Supplinburg, Saxon count
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1087
Otto I of Olomouc (b. 1045)
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1238
Peter des Roches, bishop of Winchester
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1252
Otto I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
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1348
Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Sienese painter (b. 1290)
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1361
Philippe de Vitry, French composer and poet (b. 1291)
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1563
William Paget, 1st Baron Paget, English accountant and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1506)
William Paget, 1st Baron Paget · Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
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1572
Jeanne d'Albret, Navarrese queen and Huguenot leader (b. 1528)
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1583
Thomas Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1525)
Thomas Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex · Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
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1597
José de Anchieta, Spanish Jesuit missionary (b. 1534)
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1647
Leonard Calvert, Colonial governor of Maryland (b. 1606)
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1656
Thomas Tomkins, Welsh-English composer (b. 1572)
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1716
Banda Singh Bahadur, Indian commander (b. 1670)
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1717
Jeanne Guyon, French mystic and author (b. 1648)
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1834
William Carey, English minister and missionary (b. 1761)
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1870
Charles Dickens, English novelist and critic (b. 1812)
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1875
Gérard Paul Deshayes, French geologist and conchologist (b. 1795)
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1889
Mike Burke, American baseball player (b. 1854)
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1892
William Grant Stairs, Canadian-English captain and explorer (b. 1863)
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1901
Adolf Bötticher, German historian and author (b. 1842)
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1923
Princess Helena of the United Kingdom (b. 1846)
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1929
Margaret Lawrence, American actress (b. 1889)
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1942
František Erben, Czech gymnast (b. 1874)
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1952
Adolf Busch, German-Austrian violinist and composer (b. 1891)
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1953
Ernest Graves, Sr., American football player, coach, and general (b. 1880)
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1958
Robert Donat, English actor (b. 1905)
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1959
Adolf Otto Reinhold Windaus, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1876)
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1960
Harry S. Hammond, American football player and businessman (b. 1884)
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1961
Camille Guérin, French veterinarian, bacteriologist and immunologist (b. 1872)
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1963
Jacques Villon, French painter (b.1875)
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1964
Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, British businessman and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1879)
Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook · Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
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1968
Bernard Cronin, Australian author and journalist (b. 1884)
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1972
Gilberto Parlotti, Italian motorcycle racer (b. 1940)
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1973
Chuck Bennett, American football player and coach (b. 1907)
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1973
John Creasey, English author and politician (b. 1908)
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1973
Erich von Manstein, German general (b. 1887)
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1974
Miguel Ángel Asturias, Guatemalan journalist, author, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
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1979
Cyclone Taylor, Canadian ice hockey player and civil servant (b. 1884)
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1981
Allen Ludden, American game show host (b. 1917)
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1984
Helen Hardin, American painter (b. 1943)
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1989
George Wells Beadle, American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)
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1991
Claudio Arrau, Chilean-American pianist and educator (b. 1903)
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1993
Alexis Smith, Canadian-born American actress (b. 1921)
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1994
Jan Tinbergen, Dutch economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)
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1997
Stanley Knowles, American-Canadian academic and politician (b. 1908)
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1998
Lois Mailou Jones, American painter and academic (b. 1905)
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2000
John Abramovic, American basketball player (b. 1919)
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2000
Jacob Lawrence, American painter and academic (b. 1917)
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2004
Rosey Brown, American football player and coach (b. 1932)
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2004
Brian Williamson, Jamaican activist, co-founded J-FLAG (b. 1945)
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2006
Drafi Deutscher, German singer-songwriter (b. 1946)
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2007
Frankie Abernathy, American purse designer, cast-member on The Real World: San Diego (b. 1981)
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2008
Algis Budrys, Lithuanian-American author and critic (b. 1931)
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2008
Suleiman Mousa, Jordanian historian and author (b. 1919)
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2009
Dick May, American race car driver (b. 1930)
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2011
M. F. Husain, Indian painter and director (b. 1915)
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2011
Tomoko Kawakami, Japanese voice actress (b. 1970)
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2011
Mike Mitchell, American basketball player (b. 1956)
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2012
Régis Clère, French cyclist (b. 1956)
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2012
John Maples, Baron Maples, English lawyer and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Defence (b. 1943)
John Maples, Baron Maples · Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
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2012
Ivan Minatti, Slovene poet and translator (b. 1924)
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2012
Hawk Taylor, American baseball player and coach (b. 1939)
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2012
Abram Wilson, American-English trumpet player and educator (b. 1973)
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2013
Iain Banks, Scottish author (b. 1954)
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2013
Bruno Bartoletti, Italian conductor (b. 1926)
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2013
John Burke, English rugby player (b. 1948)
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2013
Walter Jens, German philologist, historian, and academic (b. 1923)
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2013
Zdeněk Rotrekl, Czech poet and historian (b. 1920)
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2014
Bernard Agré, Ivorian cardinal (b. 1926)
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2014
Rik Mayall, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1958)
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2014
Elsie Quarterman, American ecologist and academic (b. 1910)
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2014
Alicemarie Huber Stotler, American lawyer and judge (b. 1942)
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2014
Gustave Tassell, American fashion designer (b. 1926)
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2014
Bob Welch, American baseball player and coach (b. 1956)
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2015
Pumpkinhead, American rapper (b. 1975)
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2015
Pedro Zerolo, Spanish lawyer and politician (b. 1960)
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2017
Adam West, American actor and investor (b. 1928)