July 2 — Ce Jour-là dans l'Histoire
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437
Emperor Valentinian III begins his reign over the Western Roman Empire. His mother Galla Placidia ends her regency, but continues to exercise political influence at the court in Rome.
Valentinian III · Western Roman Empire · Galla Placidia · Regent · Politics
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626
Li Shimin, the future Emperor Taizong of Tang, ambushes and kills his rival brothers Li Yuanji and Li Jiancheng in the Xuanwu Gate Incident.
Li Shimin · Emperor Taizong of Tang · Li Yuanji · Li Jiancheng · Xuanwu Gate Incident
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706
In China, Emperor Zhongzong of Tang inters the bodies of relatives in the Qianling Mausoleum, located on Mount Liang outside Chang'an.
China · Emperor Zhongzong of Tang · Qianling Mausoleum · Mount Liang · Chang'an
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866
Battle of Brissarthe: The Franks led by Robert the Strong are defeated by a joint Breton-Viking army.
Battle of Brissarthe · Francia · Robert the Strong · Bretons · Vikings
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936
King Henry the Fowler dies in his royal palace in Memleben. He is succeeded by his son Otto I, who becomes the ruler of East Francia.
Henry the Fowler · Kaiserpfalz · Memleben · Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor · East Francia
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963
The imperial army proclaims Nikephoros II Phokas Emperor of the Romans on the plains outside Cappadocian Caesarea.
Byzantine army · Nikephoros II Phokas · Byzantine emperor · Kayseri
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1298
The Battle of Göllheim is fought between Albert I of Habsburg and Adolf of Nassau-Weilburg.
Battle of Göllheim · Albert I of Habsburg · Adolf of Germany
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1494
The Treaty of Tordesillas is ratified by Spain.
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1504
Bogdan III the One-Eyed becomes Voivode of Moldavia.
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1555
Ottoman Admiral Turgut Reis sacks the Italian city of Paola.
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1561
Menas, emperor of Ethiopia, defeats a revolt in Emfraz.
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1582
Battle of Yamazaki: Toyotomi Hideyoshi defeats Akechi Mitsuhide.
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1613
The first English expedition (from Virginia) against Acadia led by Samuel Argall takes place.
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1644
English Civil War: Battle of Marston Moor.
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1645
Battle of Alford: Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
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1698
Thomas Savery patents the first steam engine.
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1776
The Continental Congress adopts a resolution severing ties with the Kingdom of Great Britain although the wording of the formal Declaration of Independence is not published until July 4.
Second Continental Congress · Lee Resolution · Kingdom of Great Britain · United States Declaration of Independence · July 4
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1816
The French frigate Méduse struck the Bank of Arguin and 151 people on board had to be evacuated on an improvised raft, a case immortalised by Géricault's painting The Raft of the Medusa.
French frigate Méduse (1810) · Bay of Arguin · Théodore Géricault · The Raft of the Medusa
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1822
Thirty-five slaves are hanged in South Carolina, including Denmark Vesey, after being accused of organizing a slave rebellion.
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1823
Bahia Independence Day: The end of Portuguese rule in Brazil, with the final defeat of the Portuguese crown loyalists in the province of Bahia.
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1839
Twenty miles off the coast of Cuba, 53 rebelling African slaves led by Joseph Cinqué take over the slave ship Amistad.
Cuba · Slaves · Joseph Cinqué · La Amistad
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1853
The Russian Army crossed the Pruth river into the Danubian Principalities, Moldavia and Wallachia—providing the spark that set off the Crimean War.
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1871
Victor Emmanuel II of Italy enters Rome after having conquered it from the Papal States.
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1881
Charles J. Guiteau shoots and fatally wounds U.S. President James Garfield (who would die of complications from his wounds on September 19).
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1890
The U.S. Congress passes the Sherman Antitrust Act.
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1897
British-Italian engineer Guglielmo Marconi obtains a patent for radio in London.
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1900
The first Zeppelin flight takes place on Lake Constance near Friedrichshafen, Germany.
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1900
Jean Sibelius' Finlandia receives its première performance in Helsinki with the Helsinki Philharmonic Society conducted by Robert Kajanus.
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1921
World War I: U.S. President Warren G. Harding signs the Knox-Porter Resolution formally ending the war between the United States and Imperial Germany.
Warren G. Harding · Knox-Porter Resolution · Imperial Germany
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1934
The Night of the Long Knives ends with the death of Ernst Röhm.
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1937
Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan are last heard from over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to make the first equatorial round-the-world flight.
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1940
Indian independence leader Subhas Chandra Bose is arrested and detained in Calcutta.
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1962
The first Wal-Mart store opens for business in Rogers, Arkansas.
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1964
U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964 meant to prohibit segregation in public places.
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1966
The French military explodes a nuclear test bomb code-named Aldébaran in Moruroa, their first nuclear test in the Pacific.
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1976
Fall of the Republic of Vietnam; Communist North Vietnam declares their union to form the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
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1986
Rodrigo Rojas and Carmen Gloria Quintana are burnt alive during a street demonstration against the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet in Chile.
Rodrigo Rojas DeNegri · Carmen Gloria Quintana · Military dictatorship of Chile (1973-90) · Augusto Pinochet · Chile
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1997
The Bank of Thailand floats the baht, triggering the Asian financial crisis
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2000
Vicente Fox Quesada is elected the first President of México from an opposition party, the Partido Acción Nacional, after more than 70 years of continuous rule by the Partido Revolucionario Institucional.
Vicente Fox Quesada · President of Mexico · National Action Party (Mexico) · Institutional Revolutionary Party
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2001
The AbioCor self-contained artificial heart is first implanted.
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2002
Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly solo around the world nonstop in a balloon.
- 2005
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2008
Íngrid Betancourt, a member of the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia, is released from captivity after being held for six and a half years by FARC.
Íngrid Betancourt · Chamber of Representatives of Colombia · FARC
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2010
The South Kivu tank truck explosion in the Democratic Republic of the Congo kills at least 230 people.
2010 South Kivu tank truck explosion · Democratic Republic of the Congo
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2013
The International Astronomical Union names Pluto's fourth and fifth moons, Kerberos and Styx.
International Astronomical Union · Moons of Pluto · Kerberos (moon) · Styx (moon)
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2013
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake strikes Aceh, Indonesia, killing at least 42 people and injuring 420 others.
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2016
Suicide bombing of Karrada in Baghdad kills at least 341 people.
Naissances Célèbres
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419
Valentinian III, Roman emperor (d. 455)
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1363
Maria, Queen of Sicily (d. 1401)
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1478
Louis V, Elector Palatine (d. 1544)
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1486
Jacopo Sansovino, Italian sculptor and architect (d. 1570)
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1489
Thomas Cranmer, English archbishop, theologian, and saint (d. 1556)
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1492
Elizabeth Tudor, English daughter of Henry VII of England (d. 1495)
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1500
Federico Cesi (cardinal), Italian cardinal (d. 1565)
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1575
Elizabeth de Vere, Countess of Derby, British businessman (d. 1627)
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1597
Theodoor Rombouts, Flemish painter (d. 1637)
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1647
Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham, English politician, Lord President of the Council (d. 1730)
Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham · Lord President of the Council
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1648
Arp Schnitger, German organ builder (d. 1719)
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1665
Samuel Penhallow, English-American soldier and historian (d. 1726)
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1667
Pietro Ottoboni, Italian cardinal and art collector (d. 1740)
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1714
Christoph Willibald Gluck, German composer (d. 1787)
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1724
Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, German poet and author (d. 1803)
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1819
Charles-Louis Hanon, French pianist and composer (d. 1900)
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1820
George Law Curry, American publisher and politician, 5th Governor of the Oregon Territory (d. 1878)
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1821
Charles Tupper, Canadian physician and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1915)
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1834
Hendrick Peter Godfried Quack, Dutch economist and historian (d. 1917)
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1849
Maria Theresa of Austria-Este (d. 1919)
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1862
William Henry Bragg, English physicist, chemist, and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1942)
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1865
Lily Braun, German author and publicist (d. 1916)
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1869
Liane de Pougy, French-Swiss dancer and author (d. 1950)
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1876
Harriet Brooks, Canadian physicist and academic (d. 1933)
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1876
Wilhelm Cuno, German businessman and politician, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1933)
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1877
Hermann Hesse, German-born Swiss poet, novelist, and painter, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1962)
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1877
Rinaldo Cuneo, American artist ("the painter of San Francisco") (d. 1939)
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1881
Royal Hurlburt Weller, American lawyer and politician (d. 1929)
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1884
Alfons Maria Jakob, German neurologist and author (d. 1931)
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1893
Ralph Hancock, Welsh gardener and author (d. 1950)
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1900
Tyrone Guthrie, English actor and director (d. 1971)
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1900
Sophie Harris, English costume and scenic designer for theatre and opera (d. 1966)
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1902
K. Kanapathypillai, Sri Lankan author and academic (d. 1968)
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1902
Germaine Thyssens-Valentin, Dutch-French pianist (d. 1987)
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1903
Alec Douglas-Home, English cricketer and politician, 66th Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1995)
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1903
Olav V of Norway (d. 1991)
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1904
René Lacoste, French tennis player and businessman, created the polo shirt (d. 1996)
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1906
Hans Bethe, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2005)
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1906
Károly Kárpáti, Hungarian Jewish wrestler (d. 1996)
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1906
Séra Martin, French middle-distance runner (d. 1993)
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1908
Thurgood Marshall, American lawyer and jurist, 32nd Solicitor General of the United States (d. 1993)
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1911
Reg Parnell, English race car driver and manager (d. 1964)
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1913
Max Beloff, Baron Beloff, English historian and academic (d. 1999)
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1914
Frederick Fennell, American conductor and educator (d. 2004)
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1914
Ethelreda Leopold, American actress (d. 1988)
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1914
Mário Schenberg, Brazilian physicist and engineer (d. 1990)
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1914
Erich Topp, German admiral (d. 2005)
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1915
Valerian Wellesley, 8th Duke of Wellington, British peer, politician and soldier (d. 2014)
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1916
Ken Curtis, American actor and singer (d. 1991)
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1916
Hans-Ulrich Rudel, German colonel and pilot (d. 1982)
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1916
Reino Kangasmäki, Finnish wrestler (d. 2010)
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1916
Zélia Gattai, Brazilian author and photographer (d. 2008)
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1917
Leonard J. Arrington, American author and academic, founded the Mormon History Association (d. 1999)
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1918
Athos Bulcão, Brazilian painter and sculptor (d. 2008)
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1919
Jean Craighead George, American author (d. 2012)
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1920
John Kneubuhl, Samoan-American historian, screenwriter, and playwright (d. 1992)
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1922
Pierre Cardin, Italian-French fashion designer
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1923
Cyril M. Kornbluth, American soldier and author (d. 1958)
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1923
Wisława Szymborska, Polish poet and translator, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2012)
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1925
Medgar Evers, American soldier and activist (d. 1963)
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1925
Patrice Lumumba, Congolese politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (d. 1961)
Patrice Lumumba · Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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1925
Marvin Rainwater, American singer-songwriter (d. 2013)
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1926
Octavian Paler, Romanian journalist and politician (d. 2007)
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1927
Lee Allen, American saxophone player (d. 1994)
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1927
James Mackay, Baron Mackay of Clashfern, Scottish lawyer and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
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1927
Brock Peters, American actor (d. 2005)
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1929
Imelda Marcos, Filipino politician; 10th First Lady of the Philippines
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1930
Carlos Menem, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 50th President of Argentina
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1932
Dave Thomas, American businessman and philanthropist, founded Wendy's (d. 2002)
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1933
Peter Desbarats, Canadian journalist, author, and playwright
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1933
Kenny Wharram, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2017)
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1934
Tom Springfield, English singer-songwriter and producer
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1935
Gilbert Kalish, American pianist and educator
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1936
Omar Suleiman, Egyptian general and politician, 16th Vice President of Egypt (d. 2012)
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1937
Polly Holliday, American actress
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1937
Richard Petty, American race car driver and sportscaster
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1938
David Owen, English physician and politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
David Owen · Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
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1939
Alexandros Panagoulis, Greek poet and politician (d. 1976)
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1939
John H. Sununu, American engineer and politician, 14th White House Chief of Staff
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1939
Paul Williams, American singer and choreographer (d. 1973)
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1940
Kenneth Clarke, English politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
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1941
William Guest, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2015)
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1941
Wendell Mottley, Trinidadian sprinter, economist, and politician
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1942
John Eekelaar, South African-English lawyer and scholar
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1942
Vicente Fox, Mexican businessman and politician, 35th President of Mexico
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1943
Ivi Eenmaa, Estonian politician, 36th Mayor of Tallinn
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1943
Larry Lake, American-Canadian trumpet player and composer (d. 2013)
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1946
Richard Axel, American neuroscientist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate
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1946
Ron Silver, American actor, director, and political activist (d. 2009)
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1947
Larry David, American actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter
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1947
Ann Taylor, Baroness Taylor of Bolton, English politician, Minister for International Security Strategy
Ann Taylor, Baroness Taylor of Bolton · Minister for International Security Strategy
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1948
Mutula Kilonzo, Kenyan lawyer and politician (d. 2013)
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1948
Gene McFadden, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2006)
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1949
Greg Brown, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1949
Robert Paquette, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1950
Lynne Brindley, English librarian and academic
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1950
Jon Trickett, English politician
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1952
Johnny Colla, American guitarist, saxophonist, and songwriter
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1952
Anatoliy Solomin, Ukrainian race walker and coach
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1953
Jean-Claude Borelly, French trumpet player and composer
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1954
Pete Briquette, Irish bass player, songwriter, and producer
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1954
Chris Huhne, English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
Chris Huhne · Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
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1955
Kim Carr, Australian educator and politician, 31st Australian Minister for Human Services
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1956
Jerry Hall, American model and actress
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1957
Bret Hart, Canadian wrestler
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1957
Jüri Raidla, Estonian lawyer and politician, Estonian Minister of Justice
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1957
Purvis Short, American basketball player
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1960
Maria Lourdes Sereno, Filipino lawyer and jurist, 24th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines
Maria Lourdes Sereno · Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines
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1961
Clark Kellogg, American basketball player and sportscaster
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1962
Neil Williams, English cricketer (d. 2006)
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1964
Stéphan Bureau, Canadian journalist and producer
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1964
Jose Canseco, Cuban-American baseball player and mixed martial artist
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1964
Ozzie Canseco, Cuban-American baseball player, coach, and manager
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1964
Joe Magrane, American baseball player and sportscaster
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1964
Alan Tait, English-Scottish rugby player and coach
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1965
Norbert Röttgen, German lawyer and politician
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1966
Jean-François Richet, French director, producer, and screenwriter
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1969
Tim Rodber, English rugby player
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1970
Derrick Adkins, American hurdler
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1970
Colin Edwin, Australian bass player
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1970
Steve Morrow, Northern Irish footballer and manager
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1971
Troy Brown, American football player and actor
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1971
Evelyn Lau, Canadian poet and author
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1971
Bryan Redpath, Scottish rugby player and coach
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1972
Darren Shan, English author
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1973
Peter Kay, English comedian, actor, director, and producer
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1974
Sean Casey, American baseball player and sportscaster
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1975
Éric Dazé, Canadian ice hockey player
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1975
Kristen Michal, Estonian lawyer and politician
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1975
Erik Ohlsson, Swedish singer and guitarist
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1975
Stefan Terblanche, South African rugby player
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1976
Krisztián Lisztes, Hungarian footballer
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1976
Tomáš Vokoun, Czech-American ice hockey player
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1977
Deniz Barış, Turkish footballer
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1978
Jüri Ratas, Estonian politician, 42nd Mayor of Tallinn
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1978
Owain Yeoman, Welsh actor
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1979
Walter Davis, American triple jumper
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1979
Sam Hornish Jr., American race car driver
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1979
Joe Thornton, Canadian ice hockey player
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1980
Nicole Briscoe, American model and journalist
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1980
Nyjer Morgan, American baseball player
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1981
Nathan Ellington, English footballer
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1981
Carlos Rogers, American football player
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1983
Michelle Branch, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1983
Kyle Hogg, English cricketer
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1984
Thomas Kortegaard, Danish footballer
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1984
Johnny Weir, American figure skater
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1985
Rhett Bomar, American football player
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1985
Chad Henne, American football player
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1985
Ashley Tisdale, American actress
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1986
Brett Cecil, American baseball player
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1986
Lindsay Lohan, American actress and singer
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1987
Esteban Granero, Spanish footballer
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1988
Lee Chung-yong, South Korean footballer
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1989
Nadezhda Grishaeva, Russian basketball player
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1989
Alex Morgan, American soccer player
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1990
Merritt Mathias, American soccer player
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1990
Danny Rose, English footballer
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1990
Bill Tupou, New Zealand rugby league player
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1990
Margot Robbie, Australian actress and producer
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1992
Madison Chock, American ice dancer
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1995
Ryan Murphy, American swimmer
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1996
Julia Grabher, Austrian tennis player
Décès Célèbres
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626
Li Jiancheng, Chinese prince (b. 589)
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626
Li Yuanji, Chinese prince (b. 603)
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649
Li Jing, Chinese general (b. 571)
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862
Swithun, English bishop and saint (b. 789)
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866
Robert the Strong, Frankish nobleman
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936
Henry the Fowler, German king (b. 876)
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1215
Eisai, Japanese Buddhist priest (b. 1141)
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1298
Adolf of Germany (b. 1220)
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1504
Stephen III of Moldavia (b. 1434)
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1566
Nostradamus, French astrologer and author (b. 1503)
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1578
Thomas Doughty, English explorer
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1582
Akechi Mitsuhide, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1528)
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1591
Vincenzo Galilei, Italian lute player and composer (b. 1520)
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1619
Francis II, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (b. 1547)
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1621
Thomas Harriot, English astronomer, mathematician, and ethnographer (b. 1560)
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1656
François-Marie, comte de Broglie, Italian-French general (b. 1611)
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1674
Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (b. 1614)
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1743
Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1673)
Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington · Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
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1746
Thomas Baker, English antiquarian and author (b. 1656)
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1778
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Swiss philosopher and composer (b. 1712)
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1833
Gervasio Antonio de Posadas, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 1st Supreme Director of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata (b. 1757)
Gervasio Antonio de Posadas · Supreme Director of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata
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1843
Samuel Hahnemann, German physician and academic (b. 1755)
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1850
Robert Peel, English lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1788)
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1857
Carlo Pisacane, Italian soldier and philosopher (b. 1818)
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1903
Ed Delahanty, American baseball player (b. 1867)
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1912
Tom Richardson, English cricketer (b. 1870)
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1914
Joseph Chamberlain, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (b. 1836)
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1915
Porfirio Díaz, Mexican general and politician, 29th President of Mexico (b. 1830)
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1920
William Louis Marshall, American general and engineer (b. 1846)
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1926
Émile Coué, French psychologist and pharmacist (b. 1857)
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1929
Gladys Brockwell, American actress (b. 1894)
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1932
Manuel II of Portugal (b. 1889)
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1950
Thomas William Burgess, English swimmer and water polo player (b. 1872)
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1955
Edward Lawson, English soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1873)
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1961
Ernest Hemingway, American novelist, short story writer, and journalist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
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1963
Alicia Patterson, American publisher, co-founded Newsday (b. 1906)
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1964
Fireball Roberts, American race car driver (b. 1929)
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1966
Jan Brzechwa, Polish poet and author (b. 1900)
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1972
Joseph Fielding Smith, American religious leader, 10th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1876)
Joseph Fielding Smith · List of presidents of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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1973
Betty Grable, American actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1916)
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1973
George McBride, American baseball player and manager (b. 1880)
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1973
Ferdinand Schörner, German field marshal (b. 1892)
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1975
James Robertson Justice, English actor (b. 1907)
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1977
Vladimir Nabokov, Russian-born novelist and critic (b. 1899)
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1978
Aris Alexandrou, Greek author and poet (b. 1922)
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1986
Peanuts Lowrey, American baseball player and manager (b. 1917)
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1988
Vibert Douglas, Canadian astronomer and astrophysicist (b. 1894)
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1989
Andrei Gromyko, Soviet economist and politician, Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1909)
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1990
Snooky Lanson, American singer (b. 1914)
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1991
Lee Remick, American actress (b. 1935)
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1993
Fred Gwynne, American actor (b. 1926)
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1994
Andrés Escobar, Colombian footballer (b. 1967)
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1995
Lloyd MacPhail, Canadian businessman and politician, 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island (b. 1920)
Lloyd MacPhail · Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island
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1997
James Stewart, American actor (b. 1908)
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1999
Mario Puzo, American author and screenwriter (b. 1920)
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2000
Joey Dunlop, Northern Irish motorcycle racer (b. 1952)
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2002
Ray Brown, American bassist and composer (b. 1926)
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2003
Briggs Cunningham, American race car driver and businessman (b. 1907)
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2004
Mochtar Lubis, Indonesian journalist and author (b. 1922)
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2005
Ernest Lehman, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1915)
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2005
Norm Prescott, American actor, composer, and producer, co-founded Filmation Studios (b. 1927)
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2006
Jan Murray, American comedian, actor, and game show host (b. 1916)
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2007
Beverly Sills, American operatic soprano and television personality (b. 1929)
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2008
Natasha Shneider, Russian-American singer, keyboard player, and actress (b. 1956)
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2008
Elizabeth Spriggs, English actress and screenwriter (b. 1929)
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2010
Beryl Bainbridge, English screenwriter and author (b. 1932)
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2011
Itamar Franco, Brazilian engineer and politician, 33rd President of Brazil (b. 1930)
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2012
Maurice Chevit, French actor and screenwriter (b. 1923)
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2012
Julian Goodman, American journalist (b. 1922)
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2012
Angelo Mangiarotti, Italian architect and academic (b. 1921)
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2012
Betty Meggers, American archaeologist and academic (b. 1921)
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2012
Ed Stroud, American baseball player (b. 1939)
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2013
Anthony G. Bosco, American bishop (b. 1927)
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2013
Douglas Engelbart, American computer scientist, invented the computer mouse (b. 1925)
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2013
Armand Gaudreault, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1921)
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2013
Anthony Llewellyn, Welsh-American chemist, academic, and astronaut (b. 1933)
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2014
Emilio Álvarez Montalván, Nicaraguan ophthalmologist and politician (b. 1919)
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2014
Manuel Cardona, Spanish physicist and academic (b. 1934)
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2014
Mary Innes-Ker, Duchess of Roxburghe (b. 1915)
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2014
Harold W. Kuhn, American mathematician and academic (b. 1925)
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2014
Louis Zamperini, American runner and captain (b. 1917)
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2015
Ronald Davison, New Zealand lawyer and judge, 10th Chief Justice of New Zealand (b. 1920)
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2015
Charlie Sanders, American football player and sportscaster (b. 1946)
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2015
Jim Weaver, American football player and coach (b. 1945)
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2015
Jacobo Zabludovsky, Mexican journalist (b. 1928)
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2016
Caroline Aherne, English actress and comedian (b. 1963)
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2016
Michael Cimino, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1939)
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2016
Patrick Manning, 4th & 6th Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago (b. 1946)
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2016
Elie Wiesel, Holocaust survivor, activist, and author (b. 1928)