December 16 — この日付の歴史
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出来事
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714
Pepin of Herstal, mayor of the Merovingian palace, dies at Jupille (modern Belgium). He is succeeded by his infant grandson Theudoald while his wife Plectrude holds actual power in the Frankish Kingdom.
Pepin of Herstal · Merovingian dynasty · Jupille-sur-Meuse · Theudoald · Plectrude
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755
An Lushan revolts against Chancellor Yang Guozhong at Yanjing, initiating the An Lushan Rebellion during the Tang dynasty of China.
An Lushan · Chancellor of the Tang dynasty · Yang Guozhong · Yanjing · An Lushan Rebellion
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1431
Hundred Years' War: Henry VI of England is crowned King of France at Notre Dame in Paris.
Hundred Years' War · Henry VI of England · King of France · Notre Dame de Paris
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1497
Vasco da Gama passes the Great Fish River, where Bartolomeu Dias had previously turned back to Portugal.
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1575
An earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 8.5 strikes Valdivia, Chile.
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1598
Seven-Year War: Battle of Noryang: The final battle of the Seven-Year War is fought between the China and the Korean allied forces and Japanese navies, resulting in a decisive allied forces victory.
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1653
English Interregnum: The Protectorate: Oliver Cromwell becomes Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland.
Interregnum (England) · The Protectorate · Oliver Cromwell · Lord Protector · Commonwealth of England
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1689
Convention Parliament: The Declaration of Right is embodied in the Bill of Rights.
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1761
Seven Years' War: After a four-month siege, the Russians under Pyotr Rumyantsev take the Prussian fortress of Kołobrzeg.
Seven Years' War · Siege of Kolberg (Seven Years' War) · Pyotr Rumyantsev · Prussia · Kołobrzeg
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1773
American Revolution: Boston Tea Party: Members of the Sons of Liberty disguised as Mohawk Indians dump hundreds of crates of tea into Boston harbor as a protest against the Tea Act.
American Revolution · Boston Tea Party · Sons of Liberty · Mohawk people · Boston
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1811
The first two in a series of four severe earthquakes occur in the vicinity of New Madrid, Missouri.
1811-12 New Madrid earthquakes · Earthquake · New Madrid Seismic Zone
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1826
Benjamin W. Edwards rides into Mexican-controlled Nacogdoches, Texas, and declares himself ruler of the Republic of Fredonia.
Benjamin W. Edwards · Nacogdoches, Texas · Fredonian Rebellion
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1838
Great Trek: Battle of Blood River: Voortrekkers led by Andries Pretorius and Sarel Cilliers defeat Zulu impis, led by Dambuza (Nzobo) and Ndlela kaSompisi in what is today KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.[1]
Great Trek · Battle of Blood River · Voortrekkers · Andries Pretorius · Sarel Cilliers
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1850
The Charlotte Jane and the Randolph bring the first of the Canterbury Pilgrims to Lyttelton, New Zealand.
Charlotte Jane · Randolph (ship) · Canterbury Association · Lyttelton, New Zealand
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1863
American Civil War: Joseph E. Johnston replaces Braxton Bragg as commander of the Confederate Army of Tennessee.
American Civil War · Joseph E. Johnston · Braxton Bragg · Confederate States Army · Army of Tennessee
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1864
American Civil War: Battle of Nashville: Major General George Thomas's Union forces defeat Lieutenant General John Bell Hood's Confederate Army of Tennessee.
Battle of Nashville · George Henry Thomas · Union (American Civil War) · John Bell Hood · Army of Tennessee
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1880
Outbreak of the First Boer War between the Boer South African Republic and the British Empire.
First Boer War · Boer · South African Republic · British Empire
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1883
Tonkin Campaign: French forces capture the Sơn Tây citadel.
Tonkin Campaign · French Third Republic · Sơn Tây Campaign · Sơn Tây (Hanoi)
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1903
Taj Mahal Palace & Tower hotel in Bombay first opens its doors to guests.
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1907
The American Great White Fleet begins its circumnavigation of the world.
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1912
First Balkan War: The Royal Hellenic Navy defeats the Ottoman Navy at the Battle of Elli.
First Balkan War · Hellenic Navy · Ottoman Navy · Battle of Elli
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1914
World War I: Admiral Franz von Hipper commands a raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby.
World War I · Franz von Hipper · Raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby
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1918
Vincas Mickevičius-Kapsukas declares the formation of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic; it is dissolved in 1919.
Vincas Mickevičius-Kapsukas · Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic (1918-19)
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1920
The Haiyuan earthquake, magnitude 8.5, rocks the Gansu province in China, killing an estimated 200,000.
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1922
President of Poland Gabriel Narutowicz is assassinated by Eligiusz Niewiadomski at the Zachęta Gallery in Warsaw.
President of Poland · Gabriel Narutowicz · Eligiusz Niewiadomski · Warsaw
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1930
Bank robber Herman Lamm and members of his crew are killed by a 200-strong posse, following a botched bank robbery, in Clinton, Indiana.
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1937
Theodore Cole and Ralph Roe attempt to escape from the American federal prison on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay; neither is ever seen again.
Theodore Cole and Ralph Roe · Alcatraz Island · San Francisco Bay
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1938
Adolf Hitler institutes the Cross of Honour of the German Mother.
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1941
World War II: Japanese forces occupy Miri, Sarawak.
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1942
The Holocaust: Schutzstaffel chief Heinrich Himmler orders that Roma candidates for extermination be deported to Auschwitz.
The Holocaust · Schutzstaffel · Heinrich Himmler · Romani people · Auschwitz concentration camp
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1944
World War II: The Battle of the Bulge begins with the surprise offensive of three German armies through the Ardennes forest.
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1947
William Shockley, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain build the first practical point-contact transistor.
William Shockley · John Bardeen · Walter Houser Brattain · Point-contact transistor
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1950
Korean War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman declares a state of emergency, after Chinese troops enter the fight in support of communist North Korea.
Korean War · President of the United States · Harry S. Truman · Communism · North Korea
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1960
A United Airlines Douglas DC-8 and a TWA Lockheed Super Constellation collide over Staten Island, New York and crash, killing all 128 people aboard both aircraft and six more on the ground.
United Airlines · Trans World Airlines · 1960 New York mid-air collision · Staten Island · New York City
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1965
Vietnam War: General William Westmoreland sends U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara a request for 243,000 more men by the end of 1966.
Vietnam War · William Westmoreland · United States Secretary of Defense · Robert McNamara · 1966
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1968
Second Vatican Council: Official revocation of the Edict of Expulsion of Jews from Spain.
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1971
Bangladesh Liberation War and Indo-Pakistani War of 1971: The surrender of the Pakistan Army brings an end to both conflicts. This is commemorated annually as Victory Day in Bangladesh, and as Vijay Diwas in India.
Bangladesh Liberation War · Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 · Pakistan Army · Victory Day (Bangladesh) · Vijay Diwas (India)
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1971
The United Kingdom recognizes Bahrain's independence, which is commemorated annually as Bahrain's National Day.
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1978
Cleveland, Ohio becomes the first major American city to default on its financial obligations since the Great Depression.
- 1979
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1985
Paul Castellano and Thomas Bilotti are shot dead on the orders of John Gotti, who assumes leadership of New York's Gambino crime family.
Paul Castellano · Thomas Bilotti · John Gotti · Gambino crime family
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1989
Romanian Revolution: Protests break out in Timișoara, Romania, in response to an attempt by the government to evict dissident Hungarian pastor László Tőkés.
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1989
U.S. Appeals Court Judge Robert Smith Vance is assassinated by a mail bomb sent by Walter Leroy Moody, Jr.
United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · Robert Smith Vance
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1991
Kazakhstan declares independence from the Soviet Union.
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2013
A bus falls from an elevated highway in the Philippines capital Manila killing at least 18 people with 20 injured.
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2014
Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan militants attacked an Army Public School in Peshawar, Pakistan, killing 145 people, mostly schoolchildren.
Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan · 2014 Peshawar school massacre · Peshawar · Pakistan
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著名な誕生
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1364
Emperor Manuel III of Trebizond (d. 1417)
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1485
Catherine of Aragon (d. 1536)
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1534
Hans Bol, Flemish artist (d. 1593)
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1582
Robert Bertie, 1st Earl of Lindsey (d. 1642)
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1584
John Selden, English jurist and scholar (d. 1654)
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1585
Livia della Rovere, Italian noble (d. 1641)
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1614
Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1674)
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1630
Mary Somerset, Duchess of Beaufort, British botanist (d. 1715)
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1714
George Whitefield, English Anglican priest (d. 1770)
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1716
Louis Jules Mancini Mazarini, French poet and diplomat (d. 1798)
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1717
Elizabeth Carter, English poet and scholar (d. 1806)
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1742
Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, German field marshal (d. 1819)
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1770
Ludwig van Beethoven, composer (d. 1827)
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1775
Jane Austen, English novelist (d. 1817)
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1775
François-Adrien Boieldieu, French pianist and composer (d. 1834)
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1776
Johann Wilhelm Ritter, German chemist, physicist, and philosopher (d. 1810)
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1778
John Ordronaux, French-American soldier (d. 1841)
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1787
Mary Russell Mitford, English author and playwright (d. 1855)
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1790
Leopold I of Belgium (d. 1865)
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1804
Viktor Bunyakovsky, Russian mathematician and academic (d. 1889)
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1834
Léon Walras, French-Swiss economist and theorist (d. 1910)
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1836
Ernst von Bergmann, Latvian-German surgeon and academic (d. 1907)
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1861
Antonio de La Gándara, French painter and illustrator (d. 1917)
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1863
George Santayana, Spanish philosopher, novelist, and poet (d. 1952)
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1865
Olavo Bilac, Brazilian journalist and poet (d. 1918)
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1866
Wassily Kandinsky, Russian-French painter and theorist (d. 1944)
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1867
Amy Carmichael, Irish missionary and humanitarian (d. 1951)
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1869
Hristo Tatarchev, Bulgarian physician and activist, co-founded the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (d. 1952)
Hristo Tatarchev · Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization
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1869
Bertha Lamme Feicht, American electrical engineer (d. 1943)
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1872
Anton Denikin, Russian general (d. 1947)
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1882
Jack Hobbs, English cricketer and journalist (d. 1963)
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1882
Zoltán Kodály, Hungarian composer, conductor, and musicologist (d. 1967)
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1882
Walther Meissner, German physicist and engineer (d. 1974)
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1883
Károly Kós, Hungarian-Romanian architect, ethnologist, and politician (d. 1977)
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1883
Max Linder, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1925)
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1884
Seibo Kitamura, Japanese sculptor (d. 1987)
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1888
Alexander I of Yugoslavia (d. 1934)
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1888
Alphonse Juin, Algerian-French general (d. 1967)
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1889
Kim Chwa-chin, South Korean guerrilla leader (d. 1930)
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1895
Marie Hall Ets, American author and illustrator (d. 1984)
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1896
Anna Anderson, an imposter who claimed to be Grand Duchess Anastasia of Russia (d. 1984)
Anna Anderson · Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia
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1899
Noël Coward, English actor, playwright, and composer (d. 1973)
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1900
Lucille Lortel, American actress and producer (d. 1999)
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1900
V. S. Pritchett, British writer and literary critic (d. 1997)
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1901
Margaret Mead, American anthropologist and author (d. 1978)
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1902
Rafael Alberti, Spanish poet and playwright (d. 1999)
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1903
Hardie Albright, American actor (d. 1975)
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1903
Harold Whitlock, English race walker and coach (d. 1985)
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1905
Piet Hein, Danish mathematician, author, and poet (d. 1996)
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1907
Barbara Kent, Canadian-born American film actress (d. 2011)
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1908
Remedios Varo, Spanish-Mexican surrealist painter & anarchist (d. 1963)
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1910
Freddie Brown, Peruvian-English cricketer and sportscaster (d. 1991)
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1913
George Ignatieff, Russian-Canadian scholar and diplomat, 8th Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations (d. 1989)
George Ignatieff · List of Canadian ambassadors to the United Nations
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1917
Nabi Bux Khan Baloch, Pakistani author and scholar (d. 2011)
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1917
Pete T. Cenarrusa, American soldier, pilot, and politician, Secretary of State of Idaho (d. 2013)
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1917
Arthur C. Clarke, British science fiction writer (d. 2008)
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1917
Ruth Johnson Colvin, American author and educator, founded ProLiteracy Worldwide
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1920
Frederick Rotimi Williams, Nigerian lawyer and politician (d. 2005)
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1921
Eulalio González, Mexican singer-songwriter, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2003)
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1922
Cy Leslie, American record producer, founded Pickwick Records (d. 2008)
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1923
Menahem Pressler, German-American pianist (Beaux Arts Trio)
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1923
Ernst Florian Winter, Austrian-American historian and political scientist (d. 2014)
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1924
Nicolas Sidjakov, Latvian-American illustrator (d. 1993)
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1926
James McCracken, American tenor and actor (d. 1988)
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1926
A. N. R. Robinson, Trinidadian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Trinidad and Tobago (d. 2014)
A. N. R. Robinson · List of Presidents of Trinidad and Tobago
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1926
Jeffrey Stone, American actor and screenwriter (d. 2012)
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1927
Peter Dickinson, Rhodesian-English author and poet (d. 2015)
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1927
Randall Garrett, American author and poet (d. 1987)
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1928
Terry Carter, American actor, director, and producer
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1928
Philip K. Dick, American philosopher and author (d. 1982)
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1929
Nicholas Courtney, Egyptian-English actor (d. 2011)
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1930
Bill Brittain, American author (d. 2011)
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1930
Sam Most, American flute player and saxophonist (d. 2013)
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1930
Bill Young, American sergeant and politician (d. 2013)
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1932
Quentin Blake, English author and illustrator
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1932
Grace Alele-Williams, Nigerian mathematician and academic
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1936
Morris Dees, American lawyer and activist, co-founded the Southern Poverty Law Center
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1937
Joyce Bulifant, American actress
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1937
Edward Ruscha, American painter and photographer
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1938
Frank Deford, American journalist and author
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1938
Liv Ullmann, Norwegian actress, director, and screenwriter
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1939
Philip Langridge, English tenor (d. 2010)
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1939
Gordon Miller, English high jumper
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1941
Lesley Stahl, American journalist and actress
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1941
Roger Neil Wheeler, English general
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1942
Donald Carcieri, American educator and politician, 73rd Governor of Rhode Island
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1943
Steven Bochco, American screenwriter and producer
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1944
Jeff Kanew, American director and screenwriter
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1944
Don Meyer, American basketball player and coach (d. 2014)
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1945
Patti Deutsch, American actress and comedian (d. 2017)
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1945
Tony Hicks, English singer and guitarist
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1946
Benny Andersson, Swedish singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
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1946
Charles Dennis, Canadian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
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1946
Trevor Pinnock, English harpsichord player and conductor
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1946
Tom Stern, American cinematographer
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1947
Ben Cross, English actor
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1947
Vincent Matthews, American sprinter
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1947
Martyn Poliakoff, English chemist and academic
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1949
Billy Gibbons, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
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1949
Heather Hallett, English lawyer and judge
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1950
Claudia Cohen, American journalist (d. 2007)
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1950
Roy Schuiten, Dutch cyclist and manager (d. 2006)
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1951
Sally Emerson, English author and poet
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1951
Mike Flanagan, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (d. 2011)
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1951
Robben Ford, American guitarist and songwriter
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1951
Mark Heard, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 1992)
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1951
Aykut Barka, Turkish scientist (d. 2002)
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1952
Joel Garner, Barbadian cricketer and manager
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1952
Francesco Graziani, Italian footballer and manager
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1953
Rebecca Forstadt, American voice actress and screenwriter
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1955
Xander Berkeley, American actor and producer
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1955
Carol Browner, American lawyer and environmentalist, 8th Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
Carol Browner · Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
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1955
Prince Lorenz of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este
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1955
Chiharu Matsuyama, Japanese singer-songwriter
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1956
Lizzy Mercier Descloux, French musician, singer-songwriter, composer, actress, writer and painter (d. 2004)
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1957
H. D. Kumaraswamy, Indian social worker and politician, 18th Chief Minister of Karnataka
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1957
Antonio Vega, Spanish singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2009)
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1958
Bart Oates, American football player and lawyer
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1959
Alexander Lebedev, Russian businessman and politician
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1959
Steve Mattsson, American author and illustrator
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1960
Pat Van Den Hauwe, Belgian footballer and manager
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1961
André Andersen, Russian-Danish keyboard player, songwriter, and producer
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1961
Shane Black, American actor, director, and screenwriter
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1961
Bill Hicks, American comedian and musician (d. 1994)
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1961
LaChanze, American actress, singer, and dancer
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1961
Jon Tenney, American actor and director
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1962
Maruschka Detmers, Dutch-French actress
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1962
William Perry, American football player and wrestler
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1963
Benjamin Bratt, American actor and producer
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1963
Cathy Johnston-Forbes, American golfer
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1963
James Mangold, American director, producer, and screenwriter
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1964
Heike Drechsler, German sprinter and long jumper
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1964
John Kirwan, New Zealand rugby player and coach
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1964
Georgie Parker, Australian actress
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1964
Billy Ripken, American baseball player and sportscaster
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1965
Chris Jones, American baseball player and manager
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1965
Melanie Sloan, American lawyer and activist
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1966
Paul McGinley, Irish golfer
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1966
Clifford Robinson, American basketball player
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1966
Dennis Wise, English footballer and manager
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1967
Donovan Bailey, Canadian sprinter and sportscaster
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1967
Indrek Kaseorg, Estonian decathlete
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1967
Miranda Otto, Australian actress
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1968
Wendy Doolan, Australian golfer
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1968
Lalah Hathaway, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
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1968
Greg Kovacs, Canadian bodybuilder (d. 2013)
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1969
Simon Grayson, English footballer and manager
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1969
Adam Riess, American astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic Nobel Prize laureate
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1969
Michelle Smith, Irish swimmer
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1969
Dmitri Tymoczko, American composer and theorist
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1969
Craig White, English cricketer and coach
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1970
Valerie Chow, Canadian-Hong Kong actress and publicist
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1971
Seyhan Kurt, French-Turkish poet and sociologist
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1971
Michael McCary, American R&B singer
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1972
Charles Gipson, American baseball player
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1972
Paul Leyden, Australian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
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1972
Travis Morrison, American singer-songwriter
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1973
Themba Mnguni, South African footballer
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1973
Jason Molina, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2013)
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1973
Scott Storch, American songwriter and producer, founded Storch Music Company
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1975
Valentin Bădoi, Romanian footballer and manager
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1975
Kaba Diawara, French-Guinean footballer
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1975
Benjamin Kowalewicz, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1975
Paul Maynard, English politician
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1976
Jen Golbeck, American computer scientist and academic
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1977
Éric Bélanger, Canadian ice hockey player
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1977
Sylvain Distin, French footballer
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1978
John Morris, Canadian curler and firefighter
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1978
Gunter Van Handenhoven, Belgian footballer and manager
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1979
Luke Harper, American wrestler
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1979
Trevor Immelman, South African golfer
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1979
Mihai Trăistariu, Romanian singer-songwriter
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1979
Jessie Ward, American wrestler and producer
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1980
Danish Kaneria, Pakistani cricketer
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1981
Krysten Ritter, American actress, musician, and model
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1981
Gareth Williams, Scottish footballer
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1982
Antrel Rolle, American football player
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1982
Anna Sedokova, Ukrainian singer, actress and television presenter
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1982
Stanislav Šesták, Slovak footballer
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1983
Kelenna Azubuike, American basketball player
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1983
Frankie Ballard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1984
Theo James, English actor
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1985
Stanislav Manolev, Bulgarian footballer
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1985
James Nash, English race car driver
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1986
Alcides Escobar, Venezuelan baseball player
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1986
Zoltán Kovács, Hungarian footballer (d. 2013)
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1986
Pärt Uusberg, Estonian actor, composer, and conductor
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1987
Mame Biram Diouf, Senegalese footballer
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1987
Beau Dowler, Australian footballer
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1987
Hallee Hirsh, American actress
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1988
Mats Hummels, German footballer
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1988
Anna Popplewell, English actress
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1989
Mirei Kiritani, Japanese model, actress, and journalist
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1992
Ulrikke Eikeri, Norwegian tennis player
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1992
Anamul Haque, Bangladeshi cricketer
- 1992
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1992
Pietro Perdichizzi, Belgian footballer
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1992
Tom Rogic, Australian footballer
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1994
Elliot Lee, English footballer
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1994
Nicola Murru, Italian footballer
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1994
José Rodríguez Martínez, Spanish footballer
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1997
Zara Larsson, Swedish singer and songwriter
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1998
Mira Antonitsch, Austrian tennis player
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著名な死亡
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604
Houzhu, emperor of the Chen Dynasty (b. 553)
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705
Wu Zetian, Empress of the Zhou Dynasty (b. 624)
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714
Pepin of Herstal, Frankish statesman (b. 635)
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867
Eberhard of Friuli, Frankish duke (b. 815)
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874
Ado, archbishop of Vienne
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882
John VIII, pope of Rome
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902
Wei Yifan, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty
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999
Adelaide of Italy (b. 931)
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1153
Ranulf de Gernon, 4th Earl of Chester (b. c. 1100)
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1263
Haakon IV of Norway (b. 1204)
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1316
Öljaitü, Mongolian ruler (b. 1280)
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1325
Charles, Count of Valois (b. 1270)
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1378
Secondotto, Marquess of Montferrat (b. 1360)
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1379
John FitzAlan, 1st Baron Arundel, English general and politician, Lord Marshall of England (b. 1348)
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1470
John II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1425)
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1474
Ali Qushji, Uzbek astronomer, mathematician, and physicist (b. 1403)
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1515
Afonso de Albuquerque, Portuguese admiral and politician, 3rd Viceroy of Portuguese India (b. 1453)
Afonso de Albuquerque · List of governors of Portuguese India
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1558
Thomas Cheney, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (b. c. 1485)
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1583
Ivan Fyodorov, Russian printer
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1594
Allison Balfour, alleged Scottish witch
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1598
Yi Sun-sin, Korean general (b. 1545)
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1669
Nathaniel Fiennes, English soldier and politician (b. 1608)
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1687
William Petty, English economist and philosopher (b. 1623)
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1751
Leopold II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (b. 1700)
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1765
Peter Frederick Haldimand, Swiss-Canadian lieutenant and surveyor (b. 1741)
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1774
François Quesnay, French economist, physician, and philosopher (b. 1694)
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1783
Johann Adolph Hasse, German composer and educator (b. 1699)
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1783
Sir William James, 1st Baronet, Welsh-English commander and politician (b. 1720)
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1805
Saverio Cassar, Gozitan priest and rebel leader (b. 1746)
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1809
Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy, French chemist and entomologist (b. 1755)
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1859
Wilhelm Grimm, German anthropologist and author (b. 1786)
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1892
Henry Yesler, American businessman and politician, 7th Mayor of Seattle (b. 1810)
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1897
Alphonse Daudet, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1840)
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1898
Pavel Tretyakov, Russian businessman and art collector (b. 1832)
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1908
American Horse, American tribal leader and educator (b. 1840)
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1917
Frank Gotch, American wrestler (b. 1878)
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1921
Camille Saint-Saëns, French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1835)
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1922
Gabriel Narutowicz, Lithuanian-Polish engineer and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Poland (b. 1865)
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1928
Elinor Wylie, American poet and author (b. 1885)
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1935
Thelma Todd, American actress and comedian (b. 1905)
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1936
Frank Eugene, American-German photographer and educator (b. 1865)
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1940
Billy Hamilton, American baseball player and manager (b. 1866)
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1943
George Bambridge, English diplomat (b. 1892)
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1944
Betsie ten Boom, Dutch Holocaust victim (b. 1885)
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1945
Giovanni Agnelli, Italian businessman, founded the Fiat Automobile Company (b. 1866)
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1945
Fumimaro Konoe, Japanese lawyer and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1891)
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1949
Sidney Olcott, Canadian-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1873)
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1952
Robert Henry Best, American journalist (b. 1896)
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1956
Nina Hamnett, Welsh painter and author (b. 1890)
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1961
Hans Rebane, Estonian journalist and politician, 8th Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1882)
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1965
W. Somerset Maugham, British playwright, novelist, and short story writer (b. 1874)
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1968
Futabayama Sadaji, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 35th Yokozuna (b. 1912)
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1968
Muhammad Suheimat, Jordanian general and politician (b. 1916)
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1969
Alphonse Castex, French rugby union player (b. 1899)
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1969
Soe Hok Gie, Indonesian activist and academic (b. 1942)
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1970
Oscar Lewis, American anthropologist of Latin America (b. 1914)
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1974
Kostas Varnalis, Greek poet and playwright (b. 1884)
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1976
Réal Caouette, Canadian journalist and politician (b. 1917)
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1977
Risto Jarva, Finnish director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1934)
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1980
Colonel Sanders, American businessman, founded KFC (b. 1890)
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1980
Hellmuth Walter, German-American engineer (b. 1900)
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1982
Colin Chapman, English engineer and businessman, founded Lotus Cars (b. 1928)
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1983
Debs Garms, American baseball player (b. 1907)
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1984
Karl Deichgräber, German philologist and academic (b. 1903)
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1985
Thomas Bilotti, American mobster (b. 1940)
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1985
Paul Castellano, American mobster (b. 1915)
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1989
Oscar Alfredo Gálvez, Argentinian race car driver (b. 1913)
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1989
Silvana Mangano, Italian actress (b. 1930)
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1989
Aileen Pringle, American actress (b. 1895)
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1989
Lee Van Cleef, American actor (b. 1925)
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1990
Douglas Campbell, American lieutenant and pilot (b. 1896)
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1991
Eszter Tamási, Hungarian actress and journalist (b. 1938)
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1993
Moses Gunn, American actor (b. 1929)
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1993
Kakuei Tanaka, Japanese soldier and politician, 64th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1918)
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1996
Quentin Bell, English historian and author (b. 1910)
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1997
Lillian Disney, American illustrator and philanthropist (b. 1899)
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1998
William Gaddis, American author and academic (b. 1922)
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2001
Stuart Adamson, English-Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1958)
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2001
Stefan Heym, German-American soldier and author (b. 1913)
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2003
Robert Stanfield, Canadian economist, lawyer, and politician, 17th Premier of Nova Scotia (b. 1914)
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2003
Gary Stewart, American singer-songwriter (b. 1945)
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2004
Ted Abernathy, American baseball player (b. 1933)
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2004
Deyda Hydara, Gambian journalist, co-founded The Point (b. 1946)
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2004
Agnes Martin, American painter and educator (b. 1912)
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2005
Kenneth Bulmer, English author (b. 1921)
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2005
Ed Hansen, American director and screenwriter (b. 1937)
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2005
John Spencer, American actor (b. 1946)
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2006
Don Jardine, Canadian wrestler and trainer (b. 1940)
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2006
Taliep Petersen, South African singer-songwriter and director (b. 1950)
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2006
Pnina Salzman, Israeli pianist and educator (b. 1922)
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2006
Stanford J. Shaw, American historian and academic (b. 1930)
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2007
Dan Fogelberg, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1951)
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2009
Roy E. Disney, American businessman (b. 1930)
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2009
Yegor Gaidar, Russian economist and politician, Prime Minister of Russia (b. 1956)
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2009
Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, South African physician and politician, 22nd South African Minister of Health (b. 1940)
Manto Tshabalala-Msimang · Minister of Health (South Africa)
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2010
Melvin E. Biddle, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1923)
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2011
Robert Easton, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1930)
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2011
Nicol Williamson, Scottish actor (b. 1938)
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2012
Elwood V. Jensen, American biologist and academic (b. 1920)
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2012
Jake Adam York, American poet and academic (b. 1972)
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2013
James Flint, English commander (b. 1913)
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2013
Ray Price, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1926)
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2013
Marta Russell, American journalist, author, and activist (b. 1951)
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2014
Martin Brasier, English paleontologist, biologist, and academic (b. 1947)
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2014
Tim Cochran, American mathematician and academic (b. 1955)
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2015
Peter Dickinson, Rhodesian-English author and poet (b. 1927)
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2015
Lizmark, Mexican wrestler (b. 1950)
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2015
George Earl Ortman, American painter and sculptor (b. 1926)
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