September 16 — Ce Jour-là dans l'Histoire
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Événements
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307
Emperor Severus II is captured and imprisoned at Tres Tabernae. He is later executed (or forced to commit suicide) after Galerius unsuccessfully invades Italy.
Flavius Valerius Severus · Three Taverns · Suicide · Galerius
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1400
Owain Glyndŵr is declared Prince of Wales by his followers.
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1620
Pilgrims set sail from England on the Mayflower.
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1701
James Francis Edward Stuart, sometimes called the "Old Pretender", becomes the Jacobite claimant to the thrones of England and Scotland.
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1732
In Campo Maior, Portugal, a storm hits the Armory and a violent explosion ensues, killing two thirds of its inhabitants.
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1776
American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Harlem Heights is fought.
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1779
American Revolutionary War: The Franco-American Siege of Savannah begins.
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1810
With the Grito de Dolores, Father Miguel Hidalgo begins Mexico's fight for independence from Spain.
Grito de Dolores · Miguel Hidalgo · Mexican War of Independence
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1863
Robert College, in Istanbul, the first American educational institution outside the United States, is founded by Christopher Robert, an American philanthropist.
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1880
The Cornell Daily Sun prints its first issue in Ithaca, New York. The Sun is the nation's oldest, continuously-independent college daily.
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1893
Settlers make a land run for prime land in the Cherokee Strip in Oklahoma.
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1908
The General Motors Corporation is founded.
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1914
World War I: The Siege of Przemyśl (present-day Poland) begins.
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1920
The Wall Street bombing: A bomb in a horse wagon explodes in front of the J. P. Morgan building in New York City killing 38 and injuring 400.
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1940
World War II: Italian troops conquer Sidi Barrani.
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1943
World War II: The German Tenth Army reports that it can no longer contain the Allied bridgehead around Salerno.
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1945
World War II: The surrender of the Japanese troops in Hong Kong is accepted by Royal Navy Admiral Sir Cecil Harcourt.
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1947
Typhoon Kathleen hits Saitama, Tokyo and Tone River area, at least 1,930 killed.
1940-49 Pacific typhoon seasons · Saitama, Saitama · Tone River
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1955
The military coup to unseat President Juan Perón of Argentina is launched at midnight.
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1955
A Soviet Navy Zulu-class submarine becomes the first to launch a ballistic missile.
Soviet Navy · Zulu-class submarine · Submarine · R-11 Zemlya
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1956
TCN-9 Sydney is the first Australian television station to commence regular broadcasts.
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1959
The first successful photocopier, the Xerox 914, is introduced in a demonstration on live television from New York City.
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1961
The United States National Hurricane Research Project drops eight cylinders of silver iodide into the eyewall of Hurricane Esther. Wind speed reduces by 10%, giving rise to Project Stormfury.
National Hurricane Research Project · Silver iodide · Hurricane Esther · Project Stormfury
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1961
Typhoon Nancy, with possibly the strongest winds ever measured in a tropical cyclone, makes landfall in Osaka, Japan, killing 173 people.
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1961
Pakistan establishes its Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission with Abdus Salam as its head.
Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission · Abdus Salam
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1963
Malaysia is formed from the Federation of Malaya, Singapore, North Borneo (Sabah) and Sarawak. However, Singapore soon leaves this new country.
Malaysia · Federation of Malaya · Crown Colony of Singapore · Crown Colony of North Borneo · Sabah
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1966
The Metropolitan Opera House opens at Lincoln Center in New York City with the world premiere of Samuel Barber's opera Antony and Cleopatra.
Metropolitan Opera House (Lincoln Center) · Lincoln Center · Samuel Barber · Antony and Cleopatra (opera)
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1970
King Hussein of Jordan declares military rule following the hijacking of four civilian airliners by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). This results in the formation of the Black September Palestinian paramilitary unit.
King Hussein · Jordan · Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine · Black September Organization · Palestinians
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1975
Papua New Guinea gains independence from Australia.
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1975
Cape Verde, Mozambique, and São Tomé and Príncipe join the United Nations.
Cape Verde · Mozambique · São Tomé and Príncipe · United Nations
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1975
The first prototype of the Mikoyan MiG-31 interceptor makes its maiden flight.
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1976
Armenian champion swimmer Shavarsh Karapetyan saves 20 people from a trolleybus that had fallen into a Yerevan reservoir.
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1978
The 7.4 Mw Tabas earthquake affects the city of Tabas, Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). At least 15,000 people were killed.
1978 Tabas earthquake · Tabas · Iran · Mercalli intensity scale
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1982
Lebanon War: The Sabra and Shatila massacre in Lebanon takes place.
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1987
The Montreal Protocol is signed to protect the ozone layer from depletion.
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1990
The railroad between the People's Republic of China and Kazakhstan is completed at Dostyk, adding a sizable link to the concept of the Eurasian Land Bridge.
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1992
The trial of the deposed Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega ends in the United States with a 40-year sentence for drug trafficking and money laundering.
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1992
Black Wednesday: The pound is forced out of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism by currency speculators and is forced to devalue against the German mark.
Black Wednesday · Pound sterling · European Exchange Rate Mechanism · Speculation · German mark
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1994
The British government lifts the broadcasting ban imposed against members of Sinn Féin and Irish paramilitary groups in 1988.
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2004
Hurricane Ivan makes landfall in Gulf Shores, Alabama as a Category 3 hurricane.
Hurricane Ivan · Landfall · Gulf Shores, Alabama · Category 3 hurricane
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2005
The Camorra organized crime boss Paolo Di Lauro is arrested in Naples, Italy.
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2007
One-Two-GO Airlines Flight 269 carrying 128 crew and passengers crashes in Thailand killing 89 people.
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2007
Mercenaries working for Blackwater Worldwide shoot and kill 17 Iraqis in Nisour Square, Baghdad
Mercenary · Blackwater Worldwide · Blackwater Baghdad shootings
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2013
A gunman kills twelve people at the Navy Yard in Washington, D.C.
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2014
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant launches its Kobani offensive against Syrian-Kurdish forces.
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Naissances Célèbres
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AD 16
Julia Drusilla, Roman daughter of Germanicus (d. 38)
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508
Yuan Di, emperor of the Liang dynasty (d. 555)
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1295
Elizabeth de Clare, English noblewoman (d. 1360)
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1462
Pietro Pomponazzi, Italian philosopher (d. 1525)
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1507
Jiajing Emperor of China (d. 1567)
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1541
Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex, English nobleman (died 1576)
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1557
Jacques Mauduit, French composer (d. 1627)
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1615
Heinrich Bach, German organist and composer (d. 1692)
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1625
Gregorio Barbarigo, Roman Catholic saint (d. 1697)
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1651
Engelbert Kaempfer, German physician and botanist (d. 1716)
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1666
Antoine Parent, French mathematician and theorist (d. 1716)
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1678
Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, English philosopher and politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (d. 1751)
Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke · Secretary of State for the Southern Department
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1716
Angelo Maria Amorevoli, Italian tenor and actor (d. 1798)
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1722
Gabriel Christie, Scottish-Canadian general (d. 1799)
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1725
Nicolas Desmarest, French geologist, zoologist, and author (d. 1815)
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1745
Mikhail Kutuzov, Russian field marshal (d. 1813)
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1777
Nathan Mayer Rothschild, German-English banker and financier (d. 1836)
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1782
Daoguang Emperor of China (d. 1850)
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1823
Francis Parkman, American historian and author (d. 1893)
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1827
Jean Albert Gaudry, French geologist and paleontologist (d. 1908)
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1828
Per Pålsson, Swedish murderer (d. 1914)
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1830
Patrick Francis Moran, Irish-Australian cardinal (d. 1911)
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1837
Pedro V of Portugal (d. 1861)
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1838
James J. Hill, Canadian-American railroad executive (d. 1916)
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1844
Paul Taffanel, French flute player and conductor (d. 1908)
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1846
Anna Kingsford, English author, poet, and activist (d. 1888)
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1853
Albrecht Kossel, German physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1927)
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1858
Edward Marshall Hall, English lawyer and politician (d. 1927)
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1858
Bonar Law, Canadian-Scottish banker and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1923)
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1859
Yuan Shikai, Chinese general and politician, President of the Republic of China (d. 1916)
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1861
Miriam Benjamin, African-American educator and inventor (d. 1947)
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1866
Georg Voigt, German lawyer and politician, Mayor of Marburg (d. 1927)
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1870
John Pius Boland, Irish tennis player and politician (d. 1958)
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1875
James Cash Penney, American businessman and philanthropist, founded J. C. Penney (d. 1971)
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1876
Marvin Hart, American boxer (d. 1931)
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1877
Jacob Schick, American-Canadian inventor and businessman, founded Schick Razors (d. 1937)
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1878
Karl Albiker, German sculptor, lithographer, and educator (d. 1961)
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1880
Alfred Noyes, English author, poet, and playwright (d. 1958)
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1881
Clive Bell, English philosopher and critic (d. 1964)
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1883
T. E. Hulme, English poet and critic (d. 1917)
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1886
Jean Arp, Alsatian sculptor and painter (d. 1966)
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1887
Nadia Boulanger, French composer and educator (d. 1979)
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1888
W. O. Bentley, English race car driver and engineer, founded Bentley Motors Limited (d. 1971)
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1888
Frans Eemil Sillanpää, Finnish author, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1964)
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1891
Karl Dönitz, German admiral and politician, President of Germany (d. 1980)
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1891
Stephanie von Hohenlohe, Austrian-German spy (d. 1972)
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1893
Alexander Korda, Hungarian-English director, producer, and screenwiter (d. 1956)
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1893
Albert Szent-Györgyi, Hungarian-American physiologist and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1986)
Albert Szent-Györgyi · Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
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1895
Zainal Abidin Ahmad, Malaysian author and scholar (d. 1973)
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1897
Milt Franklyn, American composer (d. 1962)
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1898
H. A. Rey, American author and illustrator, co-created Curious George (d. 1977)
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1899
Hans Swarowsky, Hungarian-Austrian conductor and educator (d. 1975)
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1901
Josef Schächter, Austrian rabbi and philosopher from the Vienna Circle (d. 1994)
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1905
Vladimír Holan, Czech poet and author (d. 1980)
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1906
Jack Churchill, Sri Lankan-English colonel (d. 1996)
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1910
Erich Kempka, German colonel and chauffeur (d. 1975)
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1910
Karl Kling, German race car driver and manager (d. 2003)
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1911
Wilfred Burchett, Australian journalist and author (d. 1983)
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1911
Paul Henning, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2005)
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1914
Allen Funt, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1999)
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1915
Cy Walter, American pianist (d. 1968)
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1916
Robert Llewellyn Bradshaw, Caribbean politician, 1st Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis (d. 1978)
Robert Llewellyn Bradshaw · Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis
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1916
Frank Farrell, Australian rugby league player and policeman (d. 1985)
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1916
M. S. Subbulakshmi, an Indian Carnatic Vocalist (d. 2004)
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1916
Frank Leslie Walcott, Barbadian cricketer, umpire, and politician (d. 1999)
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1918
Władysław Kędra, Polish pianist (d. 1968)
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1919
Bill Daley, American football player and sportscaster (d. 2015)
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1919
Laurence J. Peter, Canadian-American hierarchiologist and educator (d. 1990)
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1919
Andy Russell, American singer and actor (d. 1992)
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1920
Staryl C. Austin, American air force general (d. 2015)
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1920
Sheila Quinn, English nurse and educator (d. 2016)
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1920
Art Sansom, American cartoonist (d. 1991)
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1921
Ursula Franklin, German-Canadian metallurgist (d. 2016)
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1921
Jon Hendricks, American singer-songwriter
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1921
Korla Pandit, American pianist and composer (d. 1998)
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1922
Guy Hamilton, French-English director and screenwriter (d. 2016)
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1922
Janis Paige, American actress and singer
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1923
Lee Kuan Yew, Singaporean lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Singapore (d. 2015)
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1924
Lauren Bacall, American actress (d. 2014)
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1925
Charlie Byrd, American singer and guitarist (d. 1999)
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1925
Charles Haughey, Irish accountant, lawyer, and politician, 7th Taoiseach of Ireland (d. 2006)
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1925
B.B. King, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 2015)
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1926
Eric Gross, Austrian-Australian pianist and composer (d. 2011)
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1926
John Knowles, American novelist (d. 2001)
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1926
Rogers McKee, American baseball player (d. 2014)
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1926
Robert H. Schuller, American pastor and author (d. 2015)
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1927
Peter Falk, American actor (d. 2011)
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1927
Jack Kelly, American actor and politician (d. 1992)
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1927
Sadako Ogata, Japanese academic and diplomat, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Sadako Ogata · United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
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1928
Rex Trailer, American television host, actor, and singer (d. 2013)
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1928
Lady Gwen Thompson, English author and educator (d. 1986)
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1929
Stan Stephens, American politician, 20th Governor of Montana
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1930
Anne Francis, American actress (d. 2011)
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1931
K. D. Arulpragasam, Sri Lankan zoologist and academic (d. 2003)
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1931
Little Willie Littlefield, American-Dutch singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2013)
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1932
Micky Stewart, English cricketer and coach
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1933
Steve Shirley, German-English businesswoman and philanthropist, founded Xansa
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1934
Elgin Baylor, American basketball player and coach
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1934
George Chakiris, American actor, singer, and dancer
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1934
Ronnie Drew, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2008)
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1934
Dick Heckstall-Smith, English saxophonist (d. 2004)
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1935
Carl Andre, American sculptor
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1935
Billy Boy Arnold, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1935
Jules Bass, American director, producer, composer, and author
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1935
Bob Kiley, American-English businessman (d. 2016)
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1935
Esther Vilar, Argentinian-German author and playwright
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1937
Aleksandr Medved, Russian wrestler
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1937
Vince Naimoli, American businessman and philanthropist
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1939
Breyten Breytenbach, South African-French poet and painter
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1939
Bill McGill, American basketball player (d. 2014)
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1940
Hamiet Bluiett, American saxophonist and composer
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1940
Butch Buchholz, American tennis player
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1941
Joe Butler, American singer, autoharp player, and drummer
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1941
Richard Perle, American political scientist and politician
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1942
Bernie Calvert, English bass player and keyboard player
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1942
Susan L. Graham, American computer scientist and academic
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1943
Wang Houjun, Chinese footballer and manager (d. 2012)
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1943
James Alan McPherson, American short story writer and essayist (d. 2016)
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1944
Linda Kaye Henning, American actress
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1944
Betty Kelly, American soul/R&B singer (Martha and the Vandellas)
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1946
Sonny LeMaire, American country music singer-songwriter and bass player (Exile)
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1946
Mike Reynolds, Australian lawyer and politician
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1946
Camilo Sesto, Spanish singer-songwriter and producer
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1947
Dusty Hughes, English director and playwright
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1948
Ron Blair, American bass player
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1948
Rosemary Casals, American tennis player and sportscaster
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1948
Julia Donaldson, English author and playwright
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1948
Kenney Jones, English drummer
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1948
Susan Ruttan, American actress
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1949
Ed Begley Jr., American actor and environmental activist
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1950
David Bellamy, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1950
Henry Louis Gates Jr., American historian, scholar, and journalist
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1950
Loyd Grossman, American-English singer, guitarist, and television host
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1951
Vince Bell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1951
Andy Irvine, Scottish rugby player and coach
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1952
Tony Cunningham, English educator and politician
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1952
Česlovas Laurinavičius, Lithuanian historian
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1952
Karen Muir, South African swimmer and physician (d. 2013)
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1952
Mickey Rourke, American boxer and actor
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1953
Kurt Fuller, American character actor
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1953
Alan Barton, English singer and guitarist (d. 1995)
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1953
Nancy Huston, Canadian-American author and translator
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1953
Mark Malloch Brown, Baron Malloch-Brown, English journalist and politician, 2nd Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations
Mark Malloch Brown, Baron Malloch-Brown · Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations
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1953
Jerry Pate, American golfer and sportscaster
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1953
Eric Vail, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
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1954
Sanjoy Bandopadhyay, Indian sitar player and composer
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1954
Earl Klugh, American guitarist and composer
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1954
William McKeen, American author and academic
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1954
Colin Newman, English singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer
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1954
Frank Reed, American singer-songwriter (d. 2014)
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1954
Roger Woolley, Australian cricketer
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1955
Ron Brewer, American basketball player
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1955
Robin Yount, American baseball player and coach
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1956
Maggie Atkinson, English educator and civil servant
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1956
David Copperfield, American magician and actor
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1956
Ross Greenberg, American journalist and antivirus pioneer (d. 2017)
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1956
Dave Schulthise, American bass player (d. 2004)
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1956
Kazuharu Sonoda, Japanese wrestler (d. 1987)
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1957
DC Drake, American wrestler
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1957
Clara Furse, English businesswoman
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1957
Norman Lamb, English lawyer and politician
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1957
David McCreery, Northern Irish footballer and manager
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1957
Anca Parghel, Romanian singer and pianist (d. 2008)
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1958
Orel Hershiser, American baseball player and coach
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1958
Neville Southall, Welsh footballer and manager
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1958
Jennifer Tilly, American actress and poker player
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1959
Peter Keleghan, Canadian actor and screenwriter
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1959
Tim Raines, American baseball player, coach, and manager
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1959
Dave Richardson, South African cricketer, manager, and lawyer
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1959
Victory Tischler-Blue, American bass player, director, and producer
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1960
Graham Haynes, American trumpet player and composer
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1960
Mike Mignola, American author and illustrator
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1961
Bilinda Butcher, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1961
Philip Lafon, Canadian wrestler
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1961
Annamária Szalai, Hungarian journalist, economist, and politician (d. 2013)
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1962
Seth, Canadian author and illustrator
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1963
Richard Marx, American singer-songwriter and producer
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1964
Mary Coustas, Australian actress and screenwriter
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1964
Rossy de Palma, Spanish-French model and actress
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1964
Dave Sabo, American guitarist and songwriter
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1964
Molly Shannon, American actress, comedian and producer
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1965
Katy Kurtzman, American actress and producer
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1965
Karl-Heinz Riedle, German footballer and manager
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1966
John Bel Edwards, American attorney and politician
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1966
Wil McCarthy, American author and playwright
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1966
Scott Workman, American stuntman and actor (d. 2013)
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1966
Kevin Young, American hurdler
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1967
Hiroya Oku, Japanese author and illustrator
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1968
Marc Anthony, American singer-songwriter, actor, and producer
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1968
Walt Becker, American director, producer, and screenwriter
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1968
Tommy Keane, Irish footballer (d. 2012)
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1969
Justine Frischmann, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1969
Janno Gibbs, Filipino singer-songwriter and actor
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1970
Mark Schultz, American singer-songwriter
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1971
Joel Heyman, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
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1971
Amy Poehler, American actress, comedian, and producer
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1971
Richard Slinger, American wrestler
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1972
Mark Bruener, American football player
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1972
Mike Doyle, American actor and producer
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1972
Alessandro Nunziati, Italian singer-songwriter and producer
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1973
George Corrie, English footballer
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1973
Camiel Eurlings, Dutch businessman and member of the International Olympic Committee
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1973
Justin Haythe, American author and screenwriter
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1973
Alexander Vinokourov, Kazakh cyclist and manager
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1974
Loona, Dutch singer-songwriter and dancer
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1974
Monique Brumby, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
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1974
Joaquín Castro, American lawyer and politician
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1974
Julian Castro, American lawyer and politician, 16th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
Julian Castro · United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
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1975
Jason Leffler, American race car driver (d. 2013)
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1975
Shannon Noll, Australian singer-songwriter
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1976
Elīna Garanča, Latvian soprano
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1976
Tina Barrett, English singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
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1976
Greg Buckner, American basketball player and coach
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1977
Gregory Ball, American captain and politician
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1977
Musiq Soulchild, American singer-songwriter
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1978
Dan Dickau, American basketball player and coach
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1978
Claudia Marx, German runner
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1978
Sensei, Mexican wrestler
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1978
Brian Sims, American lawyer, politician, and LGBT activist
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1979
Fanny, French singer
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1979
Bobby Korecky, American baseball player
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1980
Patrik Štefan, Czech ice hockey player
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1980
Kenny van Weeghel, Dutch wheelchair racer
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1981
Fan Bingbing, Chinese actress, singer, and producer
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1981
Alexis Bledel, American actress
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1981
LaVerne Jones-Ferrette, Virgin Islander sprinter
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1982
Leon Knight, English footballer
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1982
Michele Rizzo, Italian rugby player
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1982
Fiete Sykora, German footballer
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1982
Ryan Thomson, Scottish footballer
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1983
John Afoa, New Zealand rugby player
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1983
Katerine Avgoustakis, Belgian singer and pianist
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1983
Jennifer Blake, Canadian wrestler
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1983
Kirsty Coventry, Zimbabwean swimmer
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1983
Brandon Moss, American baseball player
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1983
Legedu Naanee, American football player
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1984
Sabrina Bryan, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
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1984
Serginho Catarinense, Brazilian footballer
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1984
Katie Melua, Georgian-English singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1985
Max Minghella, English actor
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1986
Gordon Beckham, American baseball player
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1986
Kyla Pratt, American actress and singer
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1987
Merve Boluğur, Turkish actress
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1987
Kyle Lafferty, Irish footballer
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1987
Louis Ngwat-Mahop, Cameroonian footballer
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1987
Burry Stander, South African cyclist (d. 2013)
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1987
Travis Wall, American dancer and choreographer
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1988
Teddy Geiger, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
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1989
Lancelot Bravado, American wrestler
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1989
Braden Holtby, Canadian ice hockey player
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1989
José Salomón Rondón, Venezuelan footballer
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1989
Dustin Tokarski, Canadian ice hockey player
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1991
Diāna Bukājeva, Latvian tennis player
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1991
Alexandra Paul, Canadian figure skater
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1991
Kyle Smith, English motorcycle racer
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1992
Vytenis Čižauskas, Lithuanian basketball player
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1992
Nick Jonas, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1992
Jake Roche, English singer-songwriter and actor
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1993
Sam Byram, English footballer
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1994
Mitchell Moses, Australian rugby league player
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Décès Célèbres
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307
Flavius Valerius Severus, Roman emperor
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655
Pope Martin I
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1087
Pope Victor III (b. 1026)
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1100
Bernold of Constance, German priest and historian (b. 1054)
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1226
Pandulf Verraccio, Roman ecclesiastical politician
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1343
Philip III of Navarre (b. 1306)
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1345
John IV, Duke of Brittany (b. 1295)
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1360
William de Bohun, 1st Earl of Northampton (b. 1319)
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1380
Charles V of France (b. 1338)
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1394
Antipope Clement VII (b. 1342)
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1406
Cyprian, Metropolitan of Moscow (b. 1336)
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1498
Tomás de Torquemada, Spanish friar (b. 1420)
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1581
Peter Niers, notorious German bandit (date of birth unknown)
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1583
Catherine Jagiellon, queen of John II of Sweden (b. 1526)
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1589
Michael Baius, Belgian theologian and academic (b. 1513)
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1607
Mary Stuart, English-Scottish princess (b. 1605)
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1672
Anne Bradstreet, English poet (b. 1612)
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1701
James II of England (b. 1633)
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1736
Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, Polish-Dutch physicist and engineer, invented the thermometer (b. 1686)
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1792
Nguyễn Huệ, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1753)
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1803
Nicolas Baudin, French explorer, hydrographer, and cartographer (b. 1754)
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1819
John Jeffries, American physician and surgeon (b. 1744)
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1824
Louis XVIII of France (b. 1755)
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1843
Ezekiel Hart, Canadian businessman and politician (b. 1770)
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1845
Thomas Davis, Irish poet and publisher (b. 1814)
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1865
Christian de Meza, Danish general (b. 1792)
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1887
Sakaigawa Namiemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 14th Yokozuna (b. 1841)
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1896
Antônio Carlos Gomes, Brazilian composer (b. 1836)
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1896
Pavlos Kalligas, Greek jurist and politician, Foreign Minister of Greece (b. 1814)
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1898
Ramón Emeterio Betances, Puerto Rican surgeon and politician (b. 1827)
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1911
Edward Whymper, English-French mountaineer, explorer, and author (b. 1840)
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1914
C. X. Larrabee, American businessman (b. 1843)
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1925
Leo Fall, Czech-Austrian composer (b. 1873)
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1925
Alexander Friedmann, Russian physicist and mathematician (b. 1888)
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1931
Omar Mukhtar, Libyan theorist and educator (b. 1862)
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1932
Ronald Ross, Indian-English physician and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1857)
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1933
George Gore, American baseball player and manager (b. 1857)
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1936
Jean-Baptiste Charcot, French physician and explorer (b. 1867)
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1940
Charles Cochrane-Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington, English-Scottish politician, 8th Governor of Queensland (b. 1860)
Charles Cochrane-Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington · Governor of Queensland
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1944
Gustav Bauer, German journalist and politician, 11th Chancellor of Germany (b. 1870)
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1945
John McCormack, Irish tenor and actor (b. 1884)
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1946
James Hopwood Jeans, English physicist, astronomer, and mathematician (b. 1877)
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1950
Pedro de Cordoba, American actor (b. 1881)
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1955
Leo Amery, Indian-English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (b. 1873)
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1961
Hasan Polatkan, Turkish politician, 15th Turkish Minister of Finance (b. 1915)
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1961
Fatin Rüştü Zorlu, Turkish diplomat and politician, 21st Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1910)
Fatin Rüştü Zorlu · List of Deputy Prime Ministers of Turkey
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1965
Ahn Eak-tai, North Korean composer and conductor (b. 1906)
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1965
Fred Quimby, American animator and producer (b. 1886)
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1973
Víctor Jara, Chilean singer-songwriter, teacher and theatre director (b. 1932)
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1976
Bertha Lutz, Brazilian feminist and scientist (b. 1894)
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1977
Marc Bolan, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1947)
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1977
Maria Callas, Greek operatic soprano (b. 1923)
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1980
Jean Piaget, Swiss psychologist and philosopher (b. 1896)
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1984
Louis Réard, French engineer and fashion designer, created the bikini (b. 1897)
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1984
Richard Brautigan, American novelist, poet, and short story writer (b. 1935)
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1987
Christopher Soames, English soldier and politician, Governor of Southern Rhodesia (b. 1920)
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1991
Olga Spessivtseva, Russian-American ballerina (b. 1895)
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1992
Millicent Fenwick, American journalist and politician (b. 1910)
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1993
František Jílek, Czech conductor (b. 1913)
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1993
Oodgeroo Noonuccal, Australian poet and activist (b. 1920)
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1996
McGeorge Bundy, American intelligence officer and diplomat, 6th United States National Security Advisor (b. 1919)
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1996
Gene Nelson, American actor, dancer, and director (b. 1920)
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2001
Samuel Z. Arkoff, American producer (b. 1918)
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2002
James Gregory, American actor (b. 1911)
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2003
Sheb Wooley, American singer-songwriter (b. 1921)
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2004
Michael Donaghy, American-English poet and author (b. 1954)
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2005
Harry Freedman, Canadian horn player, composer, and educator (b. 1922)
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2005
Gordon Gould, American physicist and academic, invented the laser (b. 1920)
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2006
Floyd Curry, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1925)
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2007
Robert Jordan, American engineer and author (b. 1948)
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2008
Norman Whitfield, American songwriter and producer (b. 1940)
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2009
Myles Brand, American philosopher and academic (b. 1942)
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2009
Ernst Märzendorfer, Austrian conductor (b. 1921)
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2009
Mary Travers, American singer-songwriter (b. 1936)
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2010
George N. Parks, American educator and bandleader (b. 1953)
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2010
Jim Towers, English footballer (b. 1933)
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2011
Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, American singer-songwriter, harmonica player, and drummer (b. 1936)
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2012
Roman Kroitor, Canadian director and producer, co-founded IMAX (b. 1926)
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2012
Julien J. LeBourgeois, American admiral (b. 1923)
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2012
Friedrich Zimmermann, German lawyer and politician, German Federal Minister of the Interior (b. 1925)
Friedrich Zimmermann · Federal Ministry of the Interior (Germany)
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2013
Scott Adams, American football player (b. 1966)
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2013
Ratiba El-Hefny, Egyptian soprano and director (b. 1931)
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2013
Patsy Swayze, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1927)
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2014
H. M. Fowler American sergeant and politician (b. 1918)
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2015
Guy Béart, Egyptian-French singer-songwriter (b. 1930)
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2015
Julio Brady, Virgin Islander lawyer, judge, and politician, 5th Lieutenant Governor of the United States Virgin Islands (b. 1942)
Julio Brady · Lieutenant Governor of the United States Virgin Islands
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2015
Kurt Oppelt, Austrian figure skater and coach (b. 1932)
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2015
Allan Wright, English captain and pilot (b. 1920)
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2016
Edward Albee, American director and playwright (b. 1928)
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2016
Gabriele Amorth, Italian priest and exorcist (b. 1925)
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2016
Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, Italian economist and politician, 10th President of Italy and 49th Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1920)
Carlo Azeglio Ciampi · President of Italy · Prime Minister of Italy
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2016
W. P. Kinsella, American novelist (b. 1935)
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2016
António Mascarenhas Monteiro, Cabo Verdean politician, 2nd President of Cape Verde (b. 1944)
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2016
Gérard Louis-Dreyfus, French-born American businessman (b. 1932)
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2017
Marcelo Rezende, Brazilian journalist (b. 1951)
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2017
Arjan Singh, Marshal of the Indian Air Force (b. 1919)
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