January 23 — この日付の歴史
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出来事
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393
Roman Emperor Theodosius I proclaims his eight-year-old son Honorius co-emperor.
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971
Using crossbows, Song dynasty troops soundly defeat a war elephant corps of the Southern Han at Shao.
Crossbow · Song dynasty · History of the Song dynasty · War elephant · Southern Han
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1264
In the conflict between King Henry III of England and his rebellious barons led by Simon de Montfort, King Louis IX of France issues the Mise of Amiens, a one-sided decision in favour of Henry that later leads to the Second Barons' War.
Henry III of England · Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester · Louis IX of France · Mise of Amiens · Second Barons' War
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1368
In a coronation ceremony, Zhu Yuanzhang ascends the throne of China as the Hongwu Emperor, initiating Ming dynasty rule over China that would last for three centuries.
Zhu Yuanzhang · Emperor of China · Hongwu Emperor · Ming dynasty
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1546
Having published nothing for eleven years, François Rabelais publishes the Tiers Livre, his sequel to Gargantua and Pantagruel.
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1556
The deadliest earthquake in history, the Shaanxi earthquake, hits Shaanxi province, China. The death toll may have been as high as 830,000.
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1570
James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray, regent for the infant King James VI of Scotland, is assassinated by firearm, the first recorded instance of such.
James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray · Regent · James VI of Scotland
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1571
The Royal Exchange opens in London.
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1579
The Union of Utrecht forms a Protestant republic in the Netherlands.
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1656
Blaise Pascal publishes the first of his Lettres provinciales.
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1719
The Principality of Liechtenstein is created within the Holy Roman Empire.
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1789
Georgetown College, the first Catholic university in the United States, is founded in Georgetown, Maryland (now a part of Washington, D.C.)
Georgetown University · Catholic university · Georgetown (Washington, D.C.)
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1793
Second Partition of Poland.
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1795
After an extraordinary charge across the frozen Zuiderzee, the French cavalry captured 14 Dutch ships and 850 guns, in a rare occurrence of a battle between ships and cavalry
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1846
Slavery in Tunisia is abolished.
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1849
Elizabeth Blackwell is awarded her M.D. by the Geneva Medical College of Geneva, New York, becoming the United States' first female doctor.
Elizabeth Blackwell · Geneva Medical College · Geneva, New York
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1870
In Montana, U.S. cavalrymen kill 173 Native Americans, mostly women and children, in what becomes known as the Marias Massacre.
Montana · Native Americans in the United States · Marias Massacre
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1879
Anglo-Zulu War: the Battle of Rorke's Drift ends.
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1899
The Malolos Constitution is inaugurated, establishing the First Philippine Republic.
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1899
Emilio Aguinaldo is sworn in as President of the First Philippine Republic.
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1900
Second Boer War: The Battle of Spion Kop between the forces of the South African Republic and the Orange Free State and British forces ends in a British defeat.
Second Boer War · Battle of Spion Kop · South African Republic · Orange Free State
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1904
Ålesund Fire: the Norwegian coastal town Ålesund is devastated by fire, leaving 10,000 people homeless and one person dead. Kaiser Wilhelm II funds the rebuilding of the town in Jugendstil style.
Ålesund Fire · Ålesund · Kaiser · Wilhelm II, German Emperor · Art Nouveau
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1909
RMS Republic, a passenger ship of the White Star Line, becomes the first ship to use the CQD distress signal after colliding with another ship, the SS Florida, off the Massachusetts coastline, an event that kills six people. The Republic sinks the next day.
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1912
The International Opium Convention is signed at The Hague.
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1920
The Netherlands refuses to surrender the exiled Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany to the Allies.
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1937
The trial of the anti-Soviet Trotskyist center sees seventeen mid-level Communists accused of sympathizing with Leon Trotsky and plotting to overthrow Joseph Stalin's regime.
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1941
Charles Lindbergh testifies before the U.S. Congress and recommends that the United States negotiate a neutrality pact with Adolf Hitler.
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1942
World War II: The Battle of Rabaul commences Japan's invasion of Australia's Territory of New Guinea.
Battle of Rabaul (1942) · New Guinea campaign · Territory of New Guinea
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1943
World War II: Troops of Montgomery's Eighth Army capture Tripoli in Libya from the German-Italian Panzer Army.
Bernard Montgomery · Eighth Army (United Kingdom) · Tripoli · Libya · German-Italian Panzer Army
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1943
World War II: Australian and American forces defeat Japanese army and navy units in the bitterly-fought Battle of Buna-Gona.
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1945
World War II: German admiral Karl Dönitz launches Operation Hannibal.
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1957
American inventor Walter Frederick Morrison sells the rights to his flying disc to the Wham-O toy company, which later renames it the "Frisbee".
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1958
After a general uprising and rioting in the streets, President Marcos Pérez Jiménez leaves Venezuela.
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1960
The bathyscaphe USS Trieste breaks a depth record by descending to 10,911 metres (35,797 ft) in the Pacific Ocean.
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1961
The Portuguese luxury cruise ship Santa Maria is hijacked by opponents of the Estado Novo regime with the intention of waging war until dictator António de Oliveira Salazar is overthrown.
Cruise ship · Santa Maria hijacking · Estado Novo (Portugal) · António de Oliveira Salazar
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1963
The Guinea-Bissau War of Independence officially begins when PAIGC guerrilla fighters attack the Portuguese army stationed in Tite.
Guinea-Bissau War of Independence · PAIGC · Tite (Guinea-Bissau)
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1964
The 24th Amendment to the United States Constitution, prohibiting the use of poll taxes in national elections, is ratified.
Twenty-fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution · United States Constitution · Poll tax (United States)
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1967
Diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Ivory Coast are established.
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1967
Milton Keynes (England) is founded as a new town by Order in Council, with a planning brief to become a city of 250,000 people. Its initial designated area enclosed three existing towns and twenty one villages. The area to be developed was largely farmland, with evidence of continuous settlement dating back to the Bronze Age.
Milton Keynes · New towns in the United Kingdom · Order in Council · History of Milton Keynes · Bronze Age
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1973
United States President Richard Nixon announces that a peace accord has been reached in Vietnam.
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1986
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts its first members: Little Richard, Chuck Berry, James Brown, Ray Charles, Sam Cooke, Fats Domino, The Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis Presley.
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame · Little Richard · Chuck Berry · James Brown · Ray Charles
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1997
Madeleine Albright becomes the first woman to serve as United States Secretary of State.
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1998
Netscape announced Mozilla, with the intention to release Communicator code as open source.
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2001
Five people attempt to set themselves on fire in Beijing's Tiananmen Square, an act that many people later claim is staged by the Communist Party of China to frame Falun Gong and thus escalate their persecution.
Tiananmen Square self-immolation incident · Tiananmen Square · Communist Party of China · Falun Gong · Persecution of Falun Gong
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2002
U.S. journalist Daniel Pearl is kidnapped in Karachi, Pakistan and subsequently murdered.
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2003
A very weak signal from Pioneer 10 is detected for the last time, but no usable data can be extracted.
著名な誕生
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599
Tai Zong, emperor of the Tang Dynasty (d. 649)
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1349
Biligtü Khan Ayushiridara, Mongolian emperor (d. 1378)
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1350
Vincent Ferrer, Spanish missionary and saint (d. 1419)
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1378
Louis III, Elector Palatine (d. 1436)
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1382
Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick (d. 1439)
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1514
Hai Rui, Chinese politician (d. 1587)
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1585
Mary Ward, English Catholic Religious Sister (d. 1645)
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1622
Abraham Diepraam, Dutch painter (d. 1670)
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1688
Ulrika Eleonora, Queen of Sweden (d. 1741)
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1719
John Landen, English mathematician and theorist (d. 1790)
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1737
John Hancock, American general and politician, 1st Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1793)
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1745
William Jessop, English engineer, built the Cromford Canal (d. 1814)
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1752
Muzio Clementi, Italian pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1832)
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1780
Georgios Karaiskakis, Greek general (d. 1827)
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1783
Stendhal, French novelist (d. 1842)
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1786
Auguste de Montferrand, French-Russian architect, designed Saint Isaac's Cathedral and Alexander Column (d. 1858)
Auguste de Montferrand · Saint Isaac's Cathedral · Alexander Column
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1799
Alois Negrelli, Tyrolean engineer and railroad pioneer active in the Austrian Empire (d. 1858)
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1809
Surendra Sai, Indian activist (d. 1884)
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1813
Camilla Collett, Norwegian novelist and activist (d. 1895)
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1828
Saigō Takamori, Japanese samurai (d. 1877)
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1832
Édouard Manet, French painter (d. 1883)
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1833
Muthu Coomaraswamy, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician (d. 1879)
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1838
Marianne Cope, German-American nun and saint (d. 1918)
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1840
Ernst Abbe, German physicist and engineer (d. 1905)
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1846
Nikolay Umov, Russian physicist and mathematician (d. 1915)
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1855
John Browning, American weapons designer, founded the Browning Arms Company (d. 1926)
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1857
Andrija Mohorovičić, Croatian meteorologist and seismologist (d. 1936)
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1862
David Hilbert, Russian-German mathematician and academic (d. 1943)
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1872
Paul Langevin, French physicist and academic (d. 1946)
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1872
Jože Plečnik, Slovenian architect, designed Plečnik Parliament (d. 1957)
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1876
Otto Diels, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1954)
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1878
Rutland Boughton, English composer (d. 1960)
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1880
Antonio Díaz Soto y Gama, Mexican politician (d. 1967)
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1894
Jyotirmoyee Devi, Indian author (d. 1988)
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1896
Alf Blair, Australian rugby league player and coach (d. 1944)
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1896
Alf Hall, English-South African cricketer (d. 1964)
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1897
Subhas Chandra Bose, Indian activist and politician (d. 1945)
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1897
Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky, Austrian architect (d. 2000)
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1897
Ieva Simonaitytė, Lithuanian author (d. 1978)
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1897
William Stephenson, Canadian captain and spy (d. 1989)
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1898
Georg Kulenkampff, German violinist (d. 1948)
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1898
Randolph Scott, American actor (d. 1987)
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1898
Freda Utley, English scholar and author (d. 1978)
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1899
Glen Kidston, English race car driver and pilot (d. 1931)
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1900
William Ifor Jones, Welsh organist and conductor (d. 1988)
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1901
Arthur Wirtz, American businessman (d. 1983)
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1903
Jorge Eliécer Gaitán, Colombian lawyer and politician, 16th Minister of National Education of Colombia (d. 1948)
Jorge Eliécer Gaitán · Minister of National Education of Colombia
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1905
Erich Borchmeyer, German sprinter (d. 2000)
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1907
Dan Duryea, American actor and singer (d. 1968)
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1907
Hideki Yukawa, Japanese physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1981)
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1910
Django Reinhardt, Belgian guitarist and composer (d. 1953)
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1912
Boris Pokrovsky, Russian director and manager (d. 2009)
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1913
Jean-Michel Atlan, Algerian-French painter (d. 1960)
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1913
Wally Parks, American businessman, founded the National Hot Rod Association (d. 2007)
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1915
Herma Bauma, Austrian javelin thrower and handball player (d. 2003)
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1915
W. Arthur Lewis, Saint Lucian-Barbadian economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1991)
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1915
Potter Stewart, American lawyer and judge (d. 1985)
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1916
David Douglas Duncan, American photographer and journalist
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1916
Airey Neave, English colonel, lawyer, and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (d. 1979)
Airey Neave · Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
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1918
Gertrude B. Elion, American biochemist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1999)
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1918
Florence Rush, American social worker and theorist (d. 2008)
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1919
Frances Bay, Canadian-American actress (d. 2011)
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1919
Hans Hass, Austrian biologist and diver (d. 2013)
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1919
Ernie Kovacs, American actor and game show host (d. 1962)
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1919
Bob Paisley, English footballer and manager (d. 1996)
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1920
Henry Eriksson, Swedish runner (d. 2000)
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1920
Walter Frederick Morrison, American businessman, invented the Frisbee (d. 2010)
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1922
Leon Golub, American painter and academic (d. 2004)
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1923
Horace Ashenfelter, American runner
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1923
Cot Deal, American baseball player and coach (d. 2013)
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1923
Walter M. Miller, Jr., American soldier and author (d. 1996)
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1924
Frank Lautenberg, American soldier, businessman, and politician (d. 2013)
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1925
Marty Paich, American pianist, composer, producer, and conductor (d. 1995)
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1926
Bal Thackeray, Indian journalist, cartoonist, and politician (d. 2012)
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1927
Lars-Eric Lindblad, Swedish-American businessman and explorer (d. 1994)
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1927
Fred Williams, Australian painter (d. 1982)
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1928
Chico Carrasquel, Venezuelan baseball player and manager (d. 2005)
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1928
Jeanne Moreau, French actress (d. 2017)
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1929
Myron Cope, American journalist and sportscaster (d. 2008)
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1929
Phillip Knightley, Australian journalist, author, and critic (d. 2016)
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1929
John Polanyi, German-Canadian chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
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1930
Filaret, Patriarch of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyivan
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1930
Mervyn Rose, Australian tennis player (d. 2017)
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1930
Derek Walcott, Saint Lucian poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2017)
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1930
Teresa Żylis-Gara, Polish operatic soprano
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1932
George Allen, English footballer (d. 2016)
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1932
Larri Thomas, American actress and dancer (d. 2013)
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1933
Bill Hayden, Australian politician, 21st Governor General of Australia
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1933
Chita Rivera, American actress, singer, and dancer
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1934
Pierre Bourgault, Canadian journalist and politician (d. 2003)
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1935
Mike Agostini, Trinidadian sprinter (d. 2016)
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1935
Tom Reamy, American author (d. 1977)
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1936
Brian Howe, Australian minister and politician, 8th Deputy Prime Minister of Australia
Brian Howe (politician) · Deputy Prime Minister of Australia
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1936
Jerry Kramer, American football player and sportscaster
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1936
Cécile Ousset, French pianist
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1938
Giant Baba, Japanese wrestler and promoter, founded All Japan Pro Wrestling (d. 1999)
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1938
Georg Baselitz, German painter and sculptor
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1939
Ed Roberts, American disability rights activist (d. 1995)
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1940
Alan Cheuse, American writer and critic (d. 2015)
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1940
Joe Dowell, American pop singer (d. 2016)
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1941
Jock R. Anderson, Australian economist and academic
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1941
João Ubaldo Ribeiro, Brazilian journalist, author, and academic (d. 2014)
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1942
Laurie Mayne, Australian cricketer
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1942
Herman Tjeenk Willink, Dutch judge and politician
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1943
Gary Burton, American vibraphone player and composer
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1943
Özhan Canaydın, Turkish basketball player and businessman (d. 2010)
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1943
Gil Gerard, American actor and producer
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1944
Rutger Hauer, Dutch actor, director, and producer
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1945
Mike Harris, Canadian politician, 22nd Premier of Ontario
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1946
Arnoldo Alemán, Nicaraguan lawyer and politician, President of Nicaragua
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1946
Boris Berezovsky, Russian-English businessman and mathematician (d. 2013)
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1946
Zvonko Bušić, Croatian terrorist, hijacker of TWA Flight 355 (d. 2013)
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1946
Don Whittington, American racing driver
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1947
Tom Carper, American captain and politician, 71st Governor of Delaware
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1947
Megawati Sukarnoputri, Indonesian politician, 5th President of Indonesia
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1948
Anita Pointer, American R&B/soul singer-songwriter
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1950
Richard Dean Anderson, American actor, producer, and composer
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1950
Bill Cunningham, American bass player and keyboard player
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1950
John Greaves, Welsh bass player and songwriter
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1950
Suzanne Scotchmer, American economist and academic (d. 2014)
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1950
Luis Alberto Spinetta, Argentinian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and poet (d. 2012)
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1951
Margaret Bailes, American sprinter
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1951
Chesley Sullenberger, American captain and pilot
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1952
Omar Henry, South African cricketer
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1953
John Luther Adams, American composer
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1953
Alister McGrath, Irish priest, historian, and theologian
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1953
Antonio Villaraigosa, American politician, 41st Mayor of Los Angeles
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1953
Robin Zander, American rock singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1954
Trevor Hohns, Australian cricketer
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1957
Caroline, Princess of Hanover
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1958
Sergey Litvinov, Russian hammer thrower
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1959
Clive Bull, English radio host
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1960
Jean-François Sauvé, Canadian ice hockey player
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1960
Greg Ritchie, Australian cricketer
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1961
Neil Henry, Australian rugby league player and coach
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1961
Yelena Sinchukova, Russian long jumper
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1962
David Arnold, English composer
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1962
Aivar Lillevere, Estonian footballer and coach
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1962
Elvira Lindo, Spanish journalist and author
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1964
Jonatha Brooke, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1964
Mariska Hargitay, American actress and producer
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1964
Bharrat Jagdeo, Guyanese economist and politician, 7th President of Guyana
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1964
Mario Roberge, Canadian ice hockey player
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1965
Louie Clemente, American drummer
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1966
Damien Hardman, Australian surfer
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1966
Haywoode Workman, American basketball player and referee
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1967
Owen Cunningham, Australian rugby league player
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1968
Taro Hakase, Japanese violinist and composer
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1968
Petr Korda, Czech-Monacan tennis player
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1969
Andrei Kanchelskis, Ukrainian-Russian footballer and manager
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1969
Brendan Shanahan, Canadian ice hockey player and actor
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1969
Susen Tiedtke, German long jumper
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1970
Spyridon Vasdekis, Greek long jumper
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1971
Scott Gibbs, Welsh-South African rugby player and sportscaster
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1971
Kevin Mawae, American football player and coach
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1971
Marc Nelson, American singer-songwriter
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1971
Adam Parore, New Zealand cricketer and mountaineer
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1971
Lisa Snowdon, English television and radio presenter and fashion model
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1972
Ewen Bremner, Scottish actor
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1974
Glen Chapple, English cricketer
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1974
Yosvani Pérez, Cuban baseball player
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1974
Richard T. Slone, English painter
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1974
Tiffani Thiessen, American actress
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1975
Phil Dawson, American football player
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1976
Brandon Duckworth, American baseball player and scout
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1979
Larry Hughes, American basketball player
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1979
Dawn O'Porter, Scottish-English fashion designer and journalist
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1979
Juan Rincón, Venezuelan baseball player and coach
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1981
Rob Friend, Canadian soccer player
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1982
Wily Mo Peña, Dominican baseball player
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1982
Andrew Rock, American sprinter
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1983
Irving Saladino, Panamanian long jumper
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1984
Robbie Farah, Australian rugby league player
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1984
Arjen Robben, Dutch footballer
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1985
Dong Fangzhuo, Chinese footballer
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1985
Doutzen Kroes, Dutch model and actress
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1985
Yevgeny Lukyanenko, Russian pole vaulter
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1985
Aselefech Mergia, Ethiopian runner
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1985
Jeff Samardzija, American baseball player
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1986
Michael Stevens, American YouTuber and educator
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1986
Gelete Burka, Ethiopian runner
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1986
Marc Laird, Scottish footballer
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1986
José Enrique, Spanish footballer
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1986
Steven Taylor, English footballer
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1987
Leo Komarov, Finnish ice hockey player
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1988
Shaun Kenny-Dowall, Australian-New Zealand rugby league player
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1990
Şener Özbayraklı, Turkish footballer
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1990
Alex Silva, Canadian wrestler
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1990
Martyn Waghorn, English footballer
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1992
Reina Triendl, Japanese model and actress
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1994
Addison Russell, American baseball player
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1995
Luke Bateman, Australian rugby league player
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1995
Tuimoala Lolohea, New Zealand rugby league player
著名な死亡
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667
Ildefonsus, bishop of Toledo
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1002
Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 980)
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1199
Abu Yusuf Yaqub al-Mansur, Moroccan caliph (b. 1160)
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1252
Isabella, Queen of Armenia
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1297
Florent of Hainaut, Prince of Achaea (b. c. 1255)
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1516
Ferdinand II of Aragon (b. 1452)
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1548
Bernardo Pisano, Italian priest, scholar, and composer (b. 1490)
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1549
Johannes Honter, Romanian-Hungarian cartographer and theologian (b. 1498)
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1567
Jiajing Emperor of China (b. 1507)
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1570
James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray, Scottish politician (b. 1531)
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1620
John Croke, English politician and judge (b. 1553)
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1622
William Baffin, English explorer and navigator (b. 1584)
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1650
Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke (b. 1584)
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1744
Giambattista Vico, Italian historian and philosopher (b. 1668)
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1785
Matthew Stewart, Scottish mathematician and academic (b. 1717)
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1789
Frances Brooke, English author and playwright (b. 1724)
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1789
John Cleland, English author (b. 1709)
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1800
Edward Rutledge, American captain and politician, 39th Governor of South Carolina (b. 1749)
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1803
Arthur Guinness, Irish brewer, founded Guinness (b. 1725)
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1805
Claude Chappe, French engineer (b. 1763)
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1806
William Pitt the Younger, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1759)
William Pitt the Younger · Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
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1810
Johann Wilhelm Ritter, German chemist and physicist (b. 1776)
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1812
Robert Craufurd, Scottish general and politician (b. 1764)
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1820
Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn (b. 1767)
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1833
Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth, English admiral and politician (b. 1757)
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1837
John Field, Irish pianist and composer (b. 1782)
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1866
Thomas Love Peacock, English author and poet (b. 1785)
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1875
Charles Kingsley English priest and author (b. 1819)
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1883
Gustave Doré, French engraver and illustrator (b. 1832)
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1893
Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II, American lawyer and politician, 16th United States Secretary of the Interior (b. 1825)
Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II · United States Secretary of the Interior
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1893
José Zorrilla, Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1817)
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1921
Mykola Leontovych, Ukrainian composer and conductor (b. 1877)
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1922
René Beeh, Alsatian painter and draughtsman (b. 1886)
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1922
Arthur Nikisch, Hungarian conductor and academic (b. 1855)
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1923
Max Nordau, Austrian physician and author (b. 1849)
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1931
Anna Pavlova, Russian-English ballerina (b. 1881)
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1937
Orso Mario Corbino, Italian physicist and politician (b. 1876)
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1939
Matthias Sindelar, Austrian footballer and manager (b. 1903)
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1943
Alexander Woollcott, American actor, playwright, and critic (b. 1887)
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1944
Edvard Munch, Norwegian painter and illustrator (b. 1863)
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1947
Pierre Bonnard, French painter (b. 1867)
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1956
Alexander Korda, Hungarian-English director and producer (b. 1893)
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1963
Józef Gosławski, Polish sculptor (b. 1908)
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1966
T. M. Sabaratnam, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician (d. 1895)
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1971
Fritz Feigl, Austrian-Brazilian chemist and academic (b. 1871)
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1973
Alexander Onassis, American-Greek businessman (b. 1948)
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1973
Kid Ory, American trombonist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1886)
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1976
Paul Robeson, American actor, singer, and activist (b. 1898)
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1977
Toots Shor, American businessman, founded Toots Shor's Restaurant (b. 1903)
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1978
Terry Kath, American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1946)
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1978
Jack Oakie, American actor (b. 1903)
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1980
Giovanni Michelotti, Italian engineer (b. 1921)
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1981
Samuel Barber, American pianist and composer (b. 1910)
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1983
Fred Bakewell, English cricketer and coach (b. 1908)
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1984
Muin Bseiso, Palestinian-Egyptian poet and critic (b. 1926)
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1986
Joseph Beuys, German sculptor and painter (b. 1921)
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1988
Charles Glen King, American biochemist and academic (b. 1896)
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1989
Salvador Dalí, Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1904)
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1989
Lars-Erik Torph, Swedish race car driver (b. 1961)
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1990
Allen Collins, American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1952)
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1991
Northrop Frye, Canadian author and critic (b. 1912)
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1992
Freddie Bartholomew, American actor (b. 1924)
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1993
Keith Laumer, American soldier, author, and diplomat (b. 1925)
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1994
Nikolai Ogarkov, Russian field marshal (b. 1917)
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1994
Brian Redhead, English journalist and author (b. 1929)
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1999
Joe D'Amato, Italian director and cinematographer (b. 1936)
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1999
Jay Pritzker, American businessman, co-founded the Hyatt Corporation (b. 1922)
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1999
Graham Staines, Australian-Indian priest and missionary (b. 1941)
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2002
Paul Aars, American race car driver (b. 1934)
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2002
Pierre Bourdieu, French sociologist, anthropologist, and philosopher (b. 1930)
-
2002
Robert Nozick, American philosopher, author, and academic (b. 1938)
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2003
Nell Carter, American actress and singer (b. 1948)
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2004
Bob Keeshan, American television personality and producer (b. 1927)
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2004
Helmut Newton, German-Australian photographer (b. 1920)
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2005
Morys Bruce, 4th Baron Aberdare, English lieutenant and politician (b. 1921)
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2005
Johnny Carson, American talk show host, television personality, and producer (b. 1925)
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2007
Syed Hussein Alatas, Malaysian sociologist and politician (b. 1928)
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2007
E. Howard Hunt, American CIA officer (b. 1918)
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2007
Ryszard Kapuściński, Polish journalist and author (b. 1932)
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2009
Robert W. Scott, American farmer and politician, 67th Governor of North Carolina (b. 1929)
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2010
Kermit Tyler, American colonel and pilot (b. 1913)
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2010
Earl Wild, American pianist and composer (b. 1915)
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2011
Jack LaLanne, American fitness instructor, author, and television host (b. 1914)
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2012
Wesley E. Brown, American lawyer and jurist (b. 1907)
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2012
Maurice Meisner, American historian, author, and academic (b. 1931)
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2012
Bingham Ray, American businessman, co-founded October Films (b. 1954)
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2013
Józef Glemp, Polish cardinal (b. 1929)
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2013
Peter van der Merwe, South African cricketer and referee (b. 1937)
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2013
Jean-Félix-Albert-Marie Vilnet, French bishop (b. 1922)
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2014
Yuri Izrael, Russian meteorologist and journalist (b. 1930)
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2014
Riz Ortolani, Italian composer and conductor (b. 1926)
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2015
Ernie Banks, American baseball player and coach (b. 1931)
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2015
Prosper Ego, Dutch activist, founded the Oud-Strijders Legioen (b. 1927)
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2015
Abdullah of Saudi Arabia (b. 1924)
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2016
Jimmy Bain, Scottish bassist (b. 1947)
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2016
Bobby Wanzer, American basketball player and coach (b. 1921)
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2017
Bobby Freeman, American singer, songwriter and record producer (b. 1940)
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2017
Gorden Kaye, English actor (b. 1941)
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2017
Mervyn Rose, Australian tennis player (b. 1930)