August 23 — Ce Jour-là dans l'Histoire
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Événements
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30 BC
After the successful invasion of Egypt, Octavian executes Marcus Antonius Antyllus, eldest son of Mark Antony, and Caesarion, the last king of the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt and only child of Julius Caesar and Cleopatra.
Egypt (Roman province) · Octavian · Marcus Antonius Antyllus · Mark Antony · Caesarion
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20 BC
Ludi Volcanalici are held within the temple precinct of Vulcan, and used by Augustus to mark the treaty with Parthia and the return of the legionary standards that had been lost at the Battle of Carrhae in 53 BC.
Ludi · Vulcan (mythology) · Augustus · Parthia · Aquila (Roman)
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AD 79
Mount Vesuvius begins stirring, on the feast day of Vulcan, the Roman god of fire.
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406
Gothic king Radagaisus is executed after he is defeated by Roman general Stilicho and 12,000 "barbarians" are incorporated into the Roman army or sold as slaves.
Goths · Radagaisus · Siege of Florence (405) · Stilicho · Late Roman army
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476
Odoacer, chieftain of the Germanic tribes (Herulic - Scirian foederati), is proclaimed rex Italiae ("King of Italy") by his troops.
Odoacer · Heruli · Scirii · Foederati · King of Italy
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634
Abu Bakr dies at Medina and is succeeded by Umar I who becomes the second caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate.
Abu Bakr · Medina · Umar · Caliph · Rashidun Caliphate
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1244
Siege of Jerusalem: The city's citadel, the Tower of David, surrenders to Khwarezmian Empire.
Siege of Jerusalem (1244) · Tower of David · History of Jerusalem (Middle Ages) · Khwarezmian Empire
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1268
Battle of Tagliacozzo: The army of Charles of Anjou defeats the Ghibellines supporters of Conradin of Hohenstaufen marking the fall of the Hohenstaufen family from the Imperial and Sicilian thrones, and leading to the new chapter of Angevin domination in Southern Italy.
Battle of Tagliacozzo · Charles of Anjou · Ghibellines · Conradin · Hohenstaufen
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1305
Sir William Wallace is executed for high treason at Smithfield, London.
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1328
Battle of Cassel: French troops stop an uprising of Flemish farmers.
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1382
Siege of Moscow: The Golden Horde led by Tokhtamysh lays siege to the capital of the Grand Duchy of Moscow.
Siege of Moscow (1382) · Golden Horde · Tokhtamysh · Grand Duchy of Moscow
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1514
The Battle of Chaldiran ends with a decisive victory for the Sultan Selim I, Ottoman Empire, over the Shah Ismail I, founder of the Safavid dynasty.
Battle of Chaldiran · Selim I · Ottoman Empire · Shah Ismail I · Safavid dynasty
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1521
Christian II of Denmark is deposed as king of Sweden and Gustav Vasa is elected regent.
Christian II of Denmark · King of Sweden · Gustav I of Sweden · Regent
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1541
French explorer Jacques Cartier lands near Quebec City in his third voyage to Canada.
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1572
French Wars of Religion: Mob violence against thousands of Huguenots in Paris results in the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre.
French Wars of Religion · Huguenot · St. Bartholomew's Day massacre
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1595
Long Turkish War: Wallachian prince Michael the Brave confronts the Ottoman army in the Battle of Călugăreni and achieves a tactical victory.
Long Turkish War · Wallachian prince · Michael the Brave · Ottoman Empire · Battle of Călugăreni
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1600
Battle of Gifu Castle: The eastern forces of Tokugawa Ieyasu defeat the western Japanese clans loyal to Toyotomi Hideyori, leading to the destruction of Gifu Castle and serving as a prelude to the Battle of Sekigahara.
Battle of Gifu Castle · Tokugawa Ieyasu · Sengoku period · Toyotomi Hideyori · Gifu Castle
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1614
Fettmilch Uprising: Jews are expelled from Frankfurt, Holy Roman Empire, following the plundering of the Judengasse.
Fettmilch Uprising · Frankfurt · Holy Roman Empire · Frankfurter Judengasse
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1628
George Villiers, the first Duke of Buckingham, is assassinated by John Felton.
George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham · Duke of Buckingham · John Felton (assassin)
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1650
Colonel George Monck of the English Army forms Monck's Regiment of Foot, which will later become the Coldstream Guards.
George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle · English Army · Coldstream Guards
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1655
Battle of Sobota: The Swedish Empire led by Charles X Gustav defeats the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
Battle of Sobota · Swedish Empire · Charles X Gustav · Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
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1703
Edirne event: Sultan Mustafa II of the Ottoman Empire is dethroned.
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1775
American Revolutionary War: King George III delivers his Proclamation of Rebellion to the Court of St James's stating that the American colonies have proceeded to a state of open and avowed rebellion.
American Revolutionary War · George III of the United Kingdom · Proclamation of Rebellion · Court of St James's · Thirteen Colonies
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1784
Western North Carolina (now eastern Tennessee) declares itself an independent state under the name of Franklin; it is not accepted into the United States, and only lasts for four years.
- 1799
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1813
At the Battle of Großbeeren, the Prussians under Von Bülow repulse the French army.
Battle of Großbeeren · Old Prussians · Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Bülow
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1831
Nat Turner's slave rebellion is suppressed.
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1839
The United Kingdom captures Hong Kong as a base as it prepares for war with Qing China. The ensuing three-year conflict will later be known as the First Opium War.
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1864
The Union Navy captures Fort Morgan, Alabama, thus breaking Confederate dominance of all ports on the Gulf of Mexico except Galveston, Texas.
Union Navy · Siege of Fort Morgan · Confederate States of America · Gulf of Mexico · Galveston, Texas
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1866
Austro-Prussian War ends with the Treaty of Prague.
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1873
Albert Bridge in Chelsea, London opens.
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1898
The Southern Cross Expedition, the first British venture of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, departs from London.
Southern Cross Expedition · Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration
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1904
The automobile tire chain is patented.
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1914
World War I: Battle of Mons: The British Army begins withdrawal.
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1921
British airship R-38 experiences structural failure over Hull in England and crashes in the Humber estuary. Of her 49 British and American training crew, only four survive.
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1923
Captain Lowell Smith and Lieutenant John P. Richter performed the first mid-air refueling on De Havilland DH-4B, setting an endurance flight record of 37 hours.
Captain (United States O-3) · Lowell Smith · Lieutenant · Mid-air refueling · De Havilland DH-4B
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1927
Italian anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti are executed after a lengthy, controversial trial.
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1929
Hebron Massacre during the 1929 Palestine riots: Arab attack on the Jewish community in Hebron in the British Mandate of Palestine, continuing until the next day, resulted in the death of 65-68 Jews and the remaining Jews being forced to leave the city.
1929 Hebron massacre · 1929 Palestine riots · Palestinian people · Hebron · British Mandate of Palestine
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1939
World War II: Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union sign a non-aggression treaty, the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. In a secret addition to the pact, the Baltic states, Finland, Romania, and Poland are divided between the two nations.
World War II · Nazi Germany · Soviet Union · Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact · Baltic states
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1942
World War II: Beginning of the Battle of Stalingrad.
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1943
World War II: Kharkiv is liberated after the Battle of Kursk.
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1944
World War II: Marseille is liberated by the Allies.
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1944
World War II: King Michael of Romania dismisses the pro-Nazi government of Marshal Antonescu, who is arrested. Romania switches sides from the Axis to the Allies.
Michael of Romania · King Michael's Coup · Nazism · Ion Antonescu · Romania
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1944
Freckleton Air Disaster: A United States Army Air Forces B-24 Liberator bomber crashes into a school in Freckleton, England, killing 61 people.
Freckleton Air Disaster · United States Army Air Forces · B-24 Liberator · Freckleton
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1945
Soviet-Japanese War: The USSR State Defense Committee issues Decree no. 9898cc "About Receiving, Accommodation, and Labor Utilization of the Japanese Army Prisoners of War".
Soviet-Japanese War (1945) · USSR State Defense Committee · Japanese prisoners of war in the Soviet Union
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1946
Ordinance No. 46 of the British Military Government constitutes the German Länder (states) of Hanover and Schleswig-Holstein.
Ordinance No. 46 · States of Germany · State of Hanover · Schleswig-Holstein
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1948
World Council of Churches is formed by 147 churches from 44 countries.
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1954
First flight of the Lockheed C-130 multi-role aircraft.
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1958
Chinese Civil War: The Second Taiwan Strait Crisis begins with the People's Liberation Army's bombardment of Quemoy.
Chinese Civil War · Second Taiwan Strait Crisis · People's Liberation Army · Quemoy
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1966
Lunar Orbiter 1 takes the first photograph of Earth from orbit around the Moon.
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1970
Organized by Mexican American labor union leader César Chávez, the Salad Bowl strike, the largest farm worker strike in U.S. history, begins.
Mexican American · Trade union · César Chávez · Salad Bowl strike · Strike action
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1973
A bank robbery gone wrong in Stockholm, Sweden, turns into a hostage crisis; over the next five days the hostages begin to sympathise with their captors, leading to the term "Stockholm syndrome".
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1985
Hans Tiedge, top counter-spy of West Germany, defects to East Germany.
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1987
The American male basketball team lost the gold medal to Brazilian team at the Pan American Games in Indianapolis, 120-115.
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1989
Singing Revolution: Two million people from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania stand on the Vilnius-Tallinn road, holding hands.
Singing Revolution · Estonia · Latvia · Lithuania · Vilnius
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1990
Saddam Hussein appears on Iraqi state television with a number of Western "guests" (actually hostages) to try to prevent the Gulf War.
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1990
Armenia declares its independence from the Soviet Union.
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1990
West and East Germany announce that they will reunite on October 3.
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1991
The World Wide Web is opened to the public.
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1994
Eugene Bullard, the only black pilot in World War I, is posthumously commissioned as Second Lieutenant in the United States Air Force.
Eugene Bullard · Second Lieutenant · United States Air Force
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2000
Gulf Air Flight 072 crashes into the Persian Gulf near Manama, Bahrain, killing 143.
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2006
Natascha Kampusch, who had been abducted at the age of ten, escapes from her captor Wolfgang Přiklopil, after eight years of captivity.
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2007
The skeletal remains of Russia's last royal family members Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia, and his sister Grand Duchess Anastasia are discovered near Yekaterinburg, Russia.
Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia · Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia · Yekaterinburg
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2011
A magnitude 5.8 (class: moderate) earthquake occurs in Virginia. Damage occurs to monuments and structures in Washington D.C. and the resulted damage is estimated at $200 million-$300 million USD.
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2011
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is overthrown after the National Transitional Council forces take control of Bab al-Azizia compound during the Libyan Civil War.
Muammar Gaddafi · National Transitional Council · Bab al-Azizia · Libyan Civil War (2011)
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2012
A hot-air balloon crashes near the Slovenian capital of Ljubljana, killing six people and injuring 28 others.
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2013
A riot at the Palmasola prison complex in Santa Cruz, Bolivia kills 31 people.
2013 Palmasola prison riot · Palmasola · Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Naissances Célèbres
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1482
Jo Gwang-jo, Korean philosopher (d. 1520)
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1486
Sigismund von Herberstein, Slovenian historian and diplomat (d. 1566)
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1498
Miguel da Paz, Prince of Portugal (d. 1500)
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1524
François Hotman, French lawyer and jurist (d. 1590)
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1579
Thomas Dempster, Scottish scholar and historian (d. 1625)
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1623
Stanisław Lubieniecki, Polish astronomer, theologian, and historian (d. 1675)
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1659
Henry Every, English pirate (d. 1696)
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1724
Abraham Yates, Jr., American lawyer and civil servant (d. 1796)
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1741
Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse, French admiral and explorer (d. 1788)
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1754
Louis XVI of France (d. 1793)
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1769
Georges Cuvier, French biologist and academic (d. 1832)
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1783
William Tierney Clark, English engineer, designed the Hammersmith Bridge (d. 1852)
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1785
Oliver Hazard Perry, American commander (d. 1819)
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1805
Anton von Schmerling, Austrian judge and politician (d. 1893)
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1814
James Roosevelt Bayley, American archbishop (d. 1877)
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1829
Moritz Cantor, German mathematician and historian (d. 1920)
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1843
William Southam, Canadian publisher (d. 1932)
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1846
Alexander Milne Calder, Scottish-American sculptor (d. 1923)
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1847
Sarah Frances Whiting, American physicist and astronomer (d. 1927)
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1849
William Ernest Henley, English poet and critic (d. 1903)
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1850
John Cockburn, Scottish-Australian politician, 18th Premier of South Australia (d. 1929)
John Cockburn (Australian politician) · Premier of South Australia
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1852
Radha Gobinda Kar, Indian physician and philanthropist (d. 1918)
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1852
Clímaco Calderón, Colombian lawyer and politician, 15th President of Colombia (d. 1913)
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1852
Arnold Toynbee, English economist and historian (d. 1883)
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1854
Moritz Moszkowski, Polish-German pianist and composer (d. 1925)
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1864
Eleftherios Venizelos, Greek lawyer, jurist, and politician, 93rd Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1936)
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1867
Edgar de Wahl, Ukrainian-Estonian linguist and academic (d. 1948)
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1868
Edgar Lee Masters, American lawyer, author, poet, and playwright (d. 1950)
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1872
Tanguturi Prakasam, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Andhra (d. 1957)
Tanguturi Prakasam · List of Chief Ministers of Andhra Pradesh
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1875
William Eccles, English physicist and engineer (d. 1966)
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1875
Eugene Lanceray, Russian painter and sculptor (d. 1946)
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1877
István Medgyaszay, Hungarian architect and academic (d. 1959)
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1880
Alexander Grin, Russian sailor and author (d. 1932)
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1883
Jonathan M. Wainwright, American general, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1953)
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1884
Will Cuppy, American author and critic (d. 1949)
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1884
Ogden L. Mills, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 50th United States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 1937)
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1890
Harry Frank Guggenheim, American businessman and publisher, co-founded Newsday (d. 1971)
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1891
Roy Agnew, Australian pianist and composer (d. 1944)
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1894
John Auden, English solicitor, deputy coroner and a territorial soldier (d. 1959)
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1897
Henry F. Pringle, American historian and journalist (d. 1958)
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1900
Frances Adaskin, Canadian pianist (d. 2001)
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1900
Ernst Krenek, Austrian-American composer and educator (d. 1991)
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1900
Malvina Reynolds, American singer-songwriter and activist (d. 1978)
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1901
Guy Bush, American baseball player and manager (d. 1985)
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1901
John Sherman Cooper, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 2nd United States Ambassador to East Germany (d. 1991)
John Sherman Cooper · United States Ambassador to East Germany
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1903
William Primrose, Scottish viola player and educator (d. 1982)
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1905
Ernie Bushmiller, American cartoonist (d. 1982)
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1905
Constant Lambert, English composer and conductor (d. 1951)
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1906
Zoltan Sarosy, Hungarian-Canadian chess master (d. 2017)
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1908
Hannah Frank, Scottish sculptor and illustrator (d. 2008)
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1909
Syd Buller, English cricketer and umpire (d. 1970)
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1910
Lonny Frey, American baseball player and soldier (d. 2009)
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1910
Giuseppe Meazza, Italian footballer and manager (d. 1979)
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1912
Gene Kelly, American actor, singer, and dancer (d. 1996)
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1912
Igor Troubetzkoy, Russian aristocrat and racing driver (d. 2008)
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1913
Bob Crosby, American swing singer and bandleader (d. 1993)
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1917
Tex Williams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1985)
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1919
Vladimir Abramovich Rokhlin, Azerbaijani mathematician and theorist (d. 1984)
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1921
Kenneth Arrow, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2017)
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1921
Sam Cook, English cricketer and umpire (d. 1996)
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1922
Nazik Al-Malaika, Iraqi poet and academic (d. 2007)
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1922
Jean Darling, American actress and singer (d. 2015)
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1922
George Kell, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2009)
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1923
Edgar F. Codd, English-American computer scientist and programmer (d. 2003)
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1924
Ephraim Kishon, Israeli author, screenwriter, and director (d. 2005)
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1924
Robert Solow, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
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1925
Robert Mulligan, American director and producer (d. 2008)
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1926
Clifford Geertz, American anthropologist and academic (d. 2006)
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1926
Gyula Hernádi, Hungarian author and screenwriter (d. 2005)
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1927
Dick Bruna, Dutch author and illustrator (d. 2017)
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1927
Allan Kaprow, American painter and author (d. 2006)
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1927
Martial Solal, Algerian-French pianist and composer
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1928
Marian Seldes, American actress (d. 2014)
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1929
Vladimir Beekman, Estonian poet and translator (d. 2009)
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1929
Zoltán Czibor, Hungarian footballer (d. 1997)
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1929
Peter Thomson, Australian golfer
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1930
Michel Rocard, French civil servant and politician, 160th Prime Minister of France (d. 2016)
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1931
Barbara Eden, American actress and singer
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1931
Hamilton O. Smith, American microbiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
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1932
Houari Boumediene, Algerian colonel and politician, 2nd President of Algeria (d. 1978)
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1932
Enos Nkala, Zimbabwean soldier and politician, Zimbabwean Minister of Defence (d. 2013)
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1932
Mark Russell, American comedian and pianist
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1933
Robert Curl, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
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1933
Don Talbot, Australian swim coach and administrator
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1933
Pete Wilson, American commander and politician, 36th Governor of California
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1934
Sonny Jurgensen, American football player and sportscaster
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1935
Roy Strong, English historian, curator, and author
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1936
Rudy Lewis, American R&B singer (The Drifters) (d. 1964)
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1936
Henry Lee Lucas, American murderer (d. 2001)
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1938
Giacomo Bini, Italian priest and missionary (d. 2014)
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1938
Roger Greenaway, English singer-songwriter and producer
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1940
Galen Rowell, American mountaineer and photographer (d. 2002)
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1940
Richard Sanders, American actor and screenwriter
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1941
Onora O'Neill, Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve, British philosopher, academic, and politician
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1942
Nancy Richey, American tennis player
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1943
Dale Campbell-Savours, Baron Campbell-Savours, English businessman and politician
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1943
Nelson DeMille, American lieutenant and author
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1943
Peter Lilley, English politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
Peter Lilley · Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
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1943
Pino Presti, Italian bass player, composer, conductor, and producer
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1944
Antonia Novello, Puerto Rican-American physician and admiral, 14th Surgeon General of the United States
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1945
Rayfield Wright, American football player and coach
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1946
Keith Moon, English drummer, songwriter, and producer (d. 1978)
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1947
Willy Russell, English playwright and composer
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1947
Linda Thompson, English folk-rock singer-songwriter
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1947
Rowena Wallace, English-Australian actress
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1948
Atef Bseiso, Palestinian intelligence officer (d. 1992)
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1948
Andrei Pleșu, Romanian journalist and politician, 95th Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs
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1948
Rudy Ruettiger, American football player
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1948
Lev Zeleny, Russian physicist and academic
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1949
Vicky Leandros, Greek singer and politician
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1949
Shelley Long, American actress
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1949
Rick Springfield, Australian-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
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1951
Allan Bristow, American basketball player and coach
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1951
Mark Hudson, American musician, songwriter, and producer
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1951
Jimi Jamison, American singer-songwriter and musician (Survivor) (d. 2014)
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1951
Akhmad Kadyrov, Chechen cleric and politician, 1st President of the Chechen Republic (d. 2004)
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1951
Queen Noor of Jordan
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1952
Santillana, Spanish footballer
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1952
Georgios Paraschos, Greek footballer and manager
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1953
Bobby G, English singer-songwriter
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1954
Charles Busch, American actor and screenwriter
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1954
Halimah Yacob, Singapore unionist and potlician, 9th Speaker and 8th President of Singapore
Halimah Yacob · Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore · President of Singapore
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1956
Andreas Floer, German mathematician and academic (d. 1991)
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1956
Valgerd Svarstad Haugland, Norwegian educator and politician, Norwegian Minister of Culture
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1957
Tasos Mitropoulos, Greek footballer and politician
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1958
Julio Franco, Dominican baseball player and manager
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1959
Edwyn Collins, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1959
George Kalovelonis, Greek tennis player and coach
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1960
Rodney Greenblat, American painter and graphic designer
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1960
Gary Hoey, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
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1961
Dean DeLeo, American guitarist and songwriter
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1961
Alexandre Desplat, French composer and conductor
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1961
Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Iranian commander and politician, 54th Mayor of Tehran
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1961
Gary Mabbutt, English footballer
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1961
Hitomi Takahashi, Japanese actress
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1962
Martin Cauchon, Canadian lawyer and politician, 46th Canadian Minister of Justice
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1962
Shaun Ryder, English singer-songwriter and actor
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1963
Park Chan-wook, South Korean director, producer, and screenwriter
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1963
Richard Illingworth, English cricketer and umpire
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1963
Kenny Wallace, American race car driver
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1965
Roger Avary, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter
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1966
Rik Smits, Dutch-American basketball player
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1967
Jim Murphy, Scottish lawyer and politician, Minister of State for Europe
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1967
Richard Petrie, New Zealand cricketer
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1968
Laura Claycomb, American soprano
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1968
Chris DiMarco, American golfer
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1969
Tinus Linee, South African rugby player and coach (d. 2014)
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1969
Jack Lopresti, English soldier and politician
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1969
Jeremy Schaap, American journalist and author
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1969
Keith Tyson, English painter and illustrator
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1970
Lawrence Frank, American basketball player and coach
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1970
Jason Hetherington, Australian rugby league player
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1970
Jay Mohr, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
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1970
River Phoenix, American actor (d. 1993)
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1971
Demetrio Albertini, Italian footballer and manager
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1971
Tim Gutberlet, German footballer
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1972
Mark Butcher, English cricketer and singer
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1972
Raul Casanova, Puerto Rican-American baseball player
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1972
Martin Grainger, English footballer and manager
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1972
Manuel Vidrio, Mexican footballer, coach, and manager
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1973
Casey Blake, American baseball player
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1973
Kerry Walmsley, New Zealand cricketer
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1974
Mark Bellhorn, American baseball player
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1974
Benjamin Limo, Kenyan runner
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1974
Konstantin Novoselov, Russian-English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
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1975
Sean Marks, New Zealand basketball player and manager
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1976
Pat Garrity, American basketball player
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1977
Douglas Sequeira, Costa Rican footballer and manager
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1978
Kobe Bryant, American basketball player and businessman
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1978
Julian Casablancas, American singer-songwriter and producer
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1978
Randal Tye Thomas, American journalist and politician (d. 2014)
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1978
Andrew Rannells, American actor and singer
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1979
Jessica Bibby, Australian basketball player
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1979
Saskia Clark, English sailor
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1979
Edgar Sosa, Mexican boxer
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1979
Zuzana Váleková, Slovak tennis player
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1980
Denny Bautista, Dominican baseball player
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1980
Rex Grossman, American football player
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1980
Nenad Vučković, Serbian handball player
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1981
Carlos Cuéllar, Spanish footballer
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1981
Stephan Loboué, Ivorian footballer
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1982
Natalie Coughlin, American swimmer
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1982
Scott Palguta, American soccer player
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1982
Cristian Tudor, Romanian footballer (d. 2012)
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1983
James Collins, Welsh footballer
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1983
Athena Farrokhzad, Iranian-Swedish poet, playwright, and critic
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1983
Sun Mingming, Chinese basketball player
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1983
Tony Moll, American football player
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1983
Bruno Spengler, Canadian race car driver
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1984
Glen Johnson, English footballer
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1984
Eric Tai, New Zealand rugby player and actor
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1985
Valeria Lukyanova, Moldovan-Ukrainian model and singer
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1986
Sky Blu, American rapper
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1986
Brett Morris, Australian rugby league player
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1986
Josh Morris, Australian rugby league player
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1988
Olga Govortsova, Belarusian tennis player
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1988
Carl Hagelin, Swedish ice hockey player
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1988
Jeremy Lin, American basketball player
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1989
Breanna Conrad, American fashion designer
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1989
Heiko Schwarz, German footballer
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1990
Seth Curry, American basketball player
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1993
Iván López Mendoza, Spanish professional footballer
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1993
Seo Hye-lin, South Korean girl group EXID member
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1997
Lil Yachty, American rapper and singer
Décès Célèbres
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30 BC
Caesarion, Egyptian king (b. 47 BC)
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30 BC
Marcus Antonius Antyllus, Roman soldier (b. 47 BC)
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AD 93
Gnaeus Julius Agricola, Roman general and politician (b. AD 40)
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406
Radagaisus, Gothic king
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634
Abu Bakr, Arabian caliph (b. 573)
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818
Ali al-Ridha, Iranian 8th of the Twelve Imams (b. 765)
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1106
Magnus, Duke of Saxony (b. 1045)
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1176
Emperor Rokujō of Japan (b. 1164)
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1305
William Wallace, Scottish rebel commander (b. 1272)
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1328
Nicolaas Zannekin, Flemish peasant leader (in the battle of Cassel)
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1329
Frederick IV, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1282)
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1335
Heilwige Bloemardinne, Christian mystic (b. c. 1265)
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1348
John de Stratford, Archbishop of Canterbury
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1363
Chen Youliang, founder of the Dahan regime (b. 1320)
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1367
Gil Álvarez Carrillo de Albornoz, Spanish cardinal (b. 1310)
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1387
Olaf II of Denmark (b. 1370)
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1478
Johannes Pullois, Franco-Flemish composer (b. c. 1420?)
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1481
Thomas de Littleton, English judge and legal author (b. c. 1407)
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1498
Isabella of Aragon, Queen of Portugal, eldest daughter of Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon (b. 1470)
Isabella of Aragon, Queen of Portugal · Isabella I of Castile · Ferdinand II of Aragon
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1507
Jean Molinet, French poet and composer (b. 1435)
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1519
Philibert Berthelier, Swiss soldier (b. 1465)
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1540
Guillaume Budé, French philosopher and scholar (b. 1467)
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1568
Thomas Wharton, 1st Baron Wharton (b. 1495)
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1574
Ebussuud Efendi, Turkish lawyer and jurist (b. 1490)
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1591
Luis de León, Spanish poet and academic (b. 1527)
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1618
Gerbrand Adriaenszoon Bredero, Dutch poet and playwright (b. 1585)
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1628
George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire (b. 1592)
George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham · Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire
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1652
John Byron, 1st Baron Byron, English soldier and politician (b. 1600)
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1706
Edward Nott, English politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia (b. 1654)
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1723
Increase Mather, American minister and author (b. 1639)
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1806
Charles-Augustin de Coulomb, French physicist and engineer (b. 1736)
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1813
Alexander Wilson (ornithologist), Scottish-American poet, ornithologist, and illustrator (b. 1766)
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1819
Oliver Hazard Perry, American commander (b. 1785)
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1831
Ferenc Kazinczy, Hungarian author and poet (b. 1759)
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1831
August Neidhardt von Gneisenau, Prussian field marshal (b. 1760)
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1853
Alexander Calder, American lawyer and politician (b. 1806)
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1867
Auguste-Marseille Barthélemy, French poet and author (b. 1796)
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1892
Deodoro da Fonseca, Brazilian field marshal and politician, 1st President of Brazil (b. 1827)
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1900
Kuroda Kiyotaka, Japanese general and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1840)
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1924
Heinrich Berté, Slovak-Austrian composer (b. 1856)
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1926
Rudolph Valentino, Italian actor (b. 1895)
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1927
Nicola Sacco, Italian anarchist convicted of murder (b. 1891)
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1927
Bartolomeo Vanzetti, Italian anarchist convicted of murder (b. 1888)
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1933
Adolf Loos, Austrian architect and theoretician, designed Villa Müller (b. 1870)
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1937
Albert Roussel, French composer and educator (b. 1869)
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1944
Abdülmecid II, Ottoman sultan (b. 1868)
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1944
Stefan Filipkiewicz, Polish painter and illustrator (b. 1879)
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1949
Helen Churchill Candee, American geographer, journalist, and author (b. 1858)
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1954
Jaan Sarv, Estonian mathematician and scholar (b. 1877)
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1960
Oscar Hammerstein II, American director, producer, and composer (b. 1895)
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1962
Walter Anderson, Russian-German ethnologist and academic (b. 1885)
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1962
Hoot Gibson, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1892)
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1964
Edmond Hogan, Australian politician, 30th Premier of Victoria (b. 1883)
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1966
Francis X. Bushman, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1883)
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1967
Georges Berger, Belgian race car driver (b. 1918)
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1967
Nathaniel Cartmell, American runner and coach (b. 1883)
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1974
Roberto Assagioli, Italian psychiatrist and author (b. 1888)
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1975
Faruk Gürler, Turkish general (b. 1913)
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1977
Naum Gabo, Russian sculptor and academic (b. 1890)
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1982
Stanford Moore, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1913)
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1987
Didier Pironi, French race car driver (b. 1952)
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1989
Mohammed Abed Elhai, Sudanese poet and academic (b. 1944)
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1989
R. D. Laing, Scottish psychiatrist and author (b. 1927)
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1990
David Rose, American pianist and composer (b. 1910)
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1994
Zoltán Fábri, Hungarian director and screenwriter (b. 1917)
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1995
Alfred Eisenstaedt, German-American photographer and journalist (b. 1898)
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1996
Margaret Tucker, Australian author and activist (b. 1904)
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1997
Eric Gairy, Grenadian educator and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Grenada (b. 1922)
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1997
John Kendrew, English biochemist and crystallographer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1917)
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1999
Norman Wexler, American screenwriter (b. 1926)
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2000
John Anthony Kaiser, American priest and missionary (b. 1932)
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2001
Kathleen Freeman, American actress (b. 1919)
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2001
Peter Maas, American journalist and author (b. 1929)
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2002
Hoyt Wilhelm, American baseball player and coach (b. 1922)
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2003
Bobby Bonds, American baseball player and manager (b. 1946)
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2003
Jack Dyer, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1913)
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2003
Jan Sedivka, Czech-Australian violinist and educator (b. 1917)
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2003
Michael Kijana Wamalwa, Kenyan lawyer and politician, 8th Vice President of Kenya (b. 1944)
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2005
Brock Peters, American actor (b. 1927)
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2006
Maynard Ferguson, Canadian trumpet player and bandleader (b. 1928)
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2008
John Russell, English-American author and critic (b. 1919)
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2012
Merv Neagle, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1958)
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2012
Jerry Nelson, American puppeteer and voice actor (b. 1934)
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2012
Josepha Sherman, American anthologist and author (b. 1946)
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2013
Richard J. Corman, American businessman, founded the R.J. Corman Railroad Group (b. 1955)
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2013
William Glasser, American psychiatrist and author (b. 1925)
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2013
Charles Lisanby, American production designer and set director (b. 1924)
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2013
Konstanty Miodowicz, Polish ethnographer and politician (b. 1951)
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2013
Vesna Rožič, Slovenian chess player (b. 1987)
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2013
Tatyana Zaslavskaya, Russian sociologist and economist (b. 1927)
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2014
Albert Ebossé Bodjongo, Cameroonian footballer (b. 1989)
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2014
Annefleur Kalvenhaar, Dutch cyclist (b. 1994)
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2014
Dan Magill, American swimmer, tennis player, and coach (b. 1921)
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2014
Birgitta Stenberg, Swedish author and illustrator (b. 1932)
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2014
Jaume Vallcorba Plana, Spanish philologist and publisher (b. 1949)
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2015
Augusta Chiwy, Congolese-Belgian nurse (b. 1921)
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2015
Guy Ligier, French rugby player and race car driver (b. 1930)
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2015
Enrique Reneau, Honduran footballer (b. 1971)
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2015
Paul Royle, Australian lieutenant and pilot (b. 1914)
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2016
Steven Hill, American actor (b. 1922)