December 10 — В этот день в истории
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1041
The son of Empress Zoë of Byzantium succeeds to the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire as Michael V.
Zoë Porphyrogenita · Byzantine Empire · Michael V Kalaphates
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1317
The "Nyköping Banquet" - King Birger of Sweden treacherously seizes his two brothers Valdemar, Duke of Finland and Eric, Duke of Södermanland, who were subsequently starved to death in the dungeon of Nyköping Castle.
Nyköping Banquet · Birger, King of Sweden · Valdemar, Duke of Finland · Eric, Duke of Södermanland
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1508
The League of Cambrai is formed by Pope Julius II, Louis XII of France, Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor and Ferdinand II of Aragon as an alliance against Venice.
War of the League of Cambrai · Pope Julius II · Louis XII of France · Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor · Ferdinand II of Aragon
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1510
Portuguese conquest of Goa: Portuguese naval forces under the command of Afonso de Albuquerque, and local mercenaries working for privateer Timoji, seize Goa from the Bijapur Sultanate, resulting in 451 years of Portuguese colonial rule.
Portuguese conquest of Goa · Afonso de Albuquerque · Timoji · Adil Shahi dynasty
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1520
Martin Luther burns his copy of the papal bull Exsurge Domine outside Wittenberg's Elster Gate.
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1541
Thomas Culpeper and Francis Dereham are executed for having affairs with Catherine Howard, Queen of England and wife of Henry VIII.
Thomas Culpeper · Francis Dereham · Catherine Howard · Henry VIII of England
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1652
Defeat at the Battle of Dungeness causes the Commonwealth of England to reform its navy.
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1665
The Royal Netherlands Marine Corps is founded by Michiel de Ruyter
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1684
Isaac Newton's derivation of Kepler's laws from his theory of gravity, contained in the paper De motu corporum in gyrum, is read to the Royal Society by Edmond Halley.
Isaac Newton · Kepler's laws · De motu corporum in gyrum · Royal Society · Edmond Halley
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1799
France adopts the metre as its official unit of length.
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1817
Mississippi becomes the 20th U.S. state.
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1861
American Civil War: The Confederate States of America accept a rival state government's pronouncement that declares Kentucky to be the 13th state of the Confederacy.
American Civil War · Confederate States of America · Kentucky
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1861
Forces led by Nguyễn Trung Trực, an anti-colonial guerrilla leader in southern Vietnam, sink the French lorcha L'Esperance.
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1864
American Civil War: Sherman's March to the Sea: Major General William Tecumseh Sherman's Union Army troops reach the outer Confederate defenses of Savannah, Georgia.
Sherman's March to the Sea · William Tecumseh Sherman · Union Army · Confederate States of America · Savannah, Georgia
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1868
The first traffic lights are installed, outside the Palace of Westminster in London. Resembling railway signals, they use semaphore arms and are illuminated at night by red and green gas lamps.
Traffic light · Palace of Westminster · Railway signal · Railway semaphore signal · Gas lamp
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1869
The Kappa Sigma Fraternity is founded at the University of Virginia.
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1877
Russo-Turkish War (1877-78): The Russian Army captures Plevna after a 5-month siege. The garrison of 25,000 surviving Turks surrenders. The Russian victory is decisive for the outcome of the war and the Liberation of Bulgaria.
Russo-Turkish War (1877-78) · Siege of Plevna · Ottoman Empire · Liberation of Bulgaria
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1884
Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published.
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1896
Alfred Jarry's Ubu Roi premieres in Paris. A riot breaks out at the end of the performance.
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1898
Spanish-American War: The Treaty of Paris is signed, officially ending the conflict.
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1899
Delta Sigma Phi fraternity is founded at the City College of New York.
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1901
The first Nobel Prizes are awarded.
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1902
The opening of the reservoir of the Aswan Dam in Egypt.
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1904
Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity is founded at the College of Charleston.
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1906
U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt wins the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in the mediation of the Russo-Japanese War, becoming the first American to win a Nobel Prize.
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1907
The worst night of the Brown Dog riots in London, when 1,000 medical students clash with 400 police officers over the existence of a memorial for animals that have been vivisected.
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1909
Selma Lagerlöf becomes the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature
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1932
Thailand becomes a constitutional monarchy.
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1936
Abdication Crisis: Edward VIII signs the Instrument of Abdication.
Abdication Crisis · Edward VIII · File:Edward abdication.png
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1941
World War II: The Royal Navy capital ships HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse are sunk by Imperial Japanese Navy torpedo bombers near British Malaya.
Royal Navy · HMS Prince of Wales (53) · HMS Repulse (1916) · Sinking of Prince of Wales and Repulse · Imperial Japanese Navy
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1941
World War II: Battle of the Philippines: Imperial Japanese forces under the command of General Masaharu Homma land on Luzon.
Battle of the Philippines (1941-42) · Imperial Japan · Masaharu Homma · Luzon
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1948
The Human Rights Convention is signed by the United Nations.
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1949
Chinese Civil War: The People's Liberation Army begins its siege of Chengdu, the last Kuomintang-held city in mainland China, forcing President of the Republic of China Chiang Kai-shek and his government to retreat to Taiwan.
Chinese Civil War · People's Liberation Army · Chengdu · Kuomintang · Mainland China
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1953
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill received the Nobel Prize in literature.
United Kingdom · Winston Churchill · Nobel Prize in literature
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1955
Mighty Mouse Playhouse premieres on American television.
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1963
Zanzibar gains independence from the United Kingdom as a constitutional monarchy, under Sultan Jamshid bin Abdullah.
Zanzibar · Constitutional monarchy · Jamshid bin Abdullah of Zanzibar
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1963
Khalifa Abdullah Hassan Khalifa, revolutionary from Aden (1945 - 2007), a commando operation carried a bomb in Aden Airport, in the framework of the struggle against the British occupation, which resulted in the injury of the British High Commissioner were injured and the death of his deputy commander, George Henderson, also wounded 35 different injuries from British officials and some ministers of the Government of the Federation of South Arabia.
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1968
Japan's biggest heist, the still-unsolved "300 million yen robbery", is carried out in Tokyo.
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1978
Arab-Israeli conflict: Prime Minister of Israel Menachem Begin and President of Egypt Anwar Sadat are jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
Arab-Israeli conflict · Prime Minister of Israel · Menachem Begin · President of Egypt · Anwar Sadat
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1979
Kaohsiung Incident: Taiwanese pro-democracy demonstrations are suppressed by the KMT dictatorship, and organizers are arrested.
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1983
Democracy is restored in Argentina with the inauguration of President Raúl Alfonsín.
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1984
United Nations General Assembly recognizes the Convention against Torture.
United Nations General Assembly · United Nations Convention against Torture
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1989
Mongolian Revolution: At the country's first open pro-democracy public demonstration, Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj announces the establishment of the Mongolian Democratic Union.
Mongolian Revolution of 1990 · Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj · Mongolian Democratic Union
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1992
Qatar national football team win the Gulf Cup held in Qatar.
Qatar national football team · 1992 Gulf Cup of Nations · Qatar
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1993
The last shift leaves Wearmouth Colliery in Sunderland. The closure of the 156-year-old pit marks the end of the old County Durham coalfield, which had been in operation since the Middle Ages.
Wearmouth Colliery · Sunderland, Tyne and Wear · County Durham · Coalfield
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1994
Rwandan Genocide: Maurice Baril, military advisor to the U.N. Secretary-General and head of the Military Division of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations, recommends that UNAMIR stand down.
Rwandan Genocide · Maurice Baril · Secretary-General of the United Nations · Department of Peacekeeping Operations · UNAMIR
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1995
The Israeli army withdrew from Nablus pursuant to the terms of Oslo Accord.
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1996
The new Constitution of South Africa is promulgated by Nelson Mandela.
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2006
Lebanese opposition Popular organize a sit-in against the government is the largest in the history of Lebanon, downtown Beirut, where official agencies estimated the number of demonstrators at more than a million people.
March 8 Alliance · Lebanese government of July 2005 · Lebanon · Beirut
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2007
Announcing the formation of Allegiance Council, which was founded by King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud in the October 20, 2006, he was chosen Prince Mishaal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, as its chairman.
Allegiance Council · Abdullah of Saudi Arabia · Mishaal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
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2009
The Lebanese government headed by Saad Hariri get the confidence of Lebanese Parliament by a majority of 122 votes, out of the audience, while the deputy abstained from voting and another deputy withhold confidence from the government, and missed four vice-confidence session.
Lebanese government of November 2009 · Saad Hariri · Parliament of Lebanon
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2014
Palestinian minister Ziad Abu Ein was killed after the suppression of a demonstration by Israeli forces in the village (Turmus'ayya) in Ramallah.
Ziad Abu Ein · Israel Defense Forces · Turmus Ayya · Ramallah
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2016
Two explosions outside a football stadium in Istanbul, Turkey, kill 38 people and injure 166 others.
December 2016 Istanbul bombings · Vodafone Arena · Istanbul · Turkey
Известные рождения
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553
Houzhu, emperor of the Chen dynasty (d. 604)
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1452
Johannes Stöffler, German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1531)
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1472
Anne de Mowbray, 8th Countess of Norfolk (d. 1481)
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1489
Gaston of Foix, Duke of Nemours (d. 1512)
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1588
Isaac Beeckman, Dutch scientist and philosopher (d. 1637)
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1610
Adriaen van Ostade, Dutch painter (d. 1685)
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1654
Giovanni Gioseffo dal Sole, Italian painter (d. 1719)
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1658
Lancelot Blackburne, Archbishop of York (d. 1743)
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1713
Johann Nicolaus Mempel, German cantor and organist (d. 1747)
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1751
George Shaw, English botanist and zoologist (d. 1813)
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1776
Archduchess Maria Leopoldine of Austria-Este (d. 1848)
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1787
Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, American educator, founded the American School for the Deaf (d. 1851)
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1804
Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi, German mathematician and academic (d. 1851)
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1805
William Lloyd Garrison, American journalist and activist, founded The Liberator (d. 1879)
William Lloyd Garrison · The Liberator (anti-slavery newspaper)
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1805
Joseph Škoda, Czech physician, dermatologist, and academic (d. 1881)
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1815
Ada Lovelace, English mathematician and computer scientist (d. 1852)
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1821
Nikolay Nekrasov, Russian poet and critic (d. 1877)
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1822
César Franck, Belgian organist and composer (d. 1890)
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1824
George MacDonald, Scottish minister, author, and poet (d. 1905)
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1827
Eugene O'Keefe, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (d. 1913)
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1830
Emily Dickinson, American poet (d. 1886)
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1851
Melvil Dewey, American librarian, created the Dewey Decimal System (d. 1931)
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1866
Louis Bolk, Dutch anatomist and biologist (d. 1930)
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1870
Adolf Loos, Austrian architect and theoretician, designed Villa Müller (d. 1933)
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1870
Pierre Louÿs, Belgian-French author and poet (d. 1925)
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1878
C. Rajagopalachari, Indian lawyer and politician, 45th Governor-General of India (d. 1972)
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1882
Otto Neurath, Austrian sociologist and philosopher (d. 1945)
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1882
Shigenori Tōgō, Japanese politician, 37th Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs (d. 1950)
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1883
Giovanni Messe, Italian field marshal and politician (d. 1968)
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1885
Marios Varvoglis, Greek composer and conductor (d. 1967)
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1886
Victor McLaglen, English-American actor (d. 1959)
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1889
Ray Collins, American actor (d. 1965)
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1890
László Bárdossy, Hungarian fascist politician and diplomat, 33rd Prime Minister of Hungary (d. 1946)
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1891
Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, English field marshal and politician, 17th Governor General of Canada (d. 1969)
Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis · Governor General of Canada
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1891
Arlie Mucks, American discus thrower and shot putter (d. 1967)
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1891
Nelly Sachs, German-Swedish poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1970)
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1896
Torsten Bergström, Swedish actor and director (d. 1948)
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1903
Una Merkel, American actress (d. 1986)
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1904
Antonín Novotný, Czechoslovak politician, President of Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (d. 1975)
Antonin Novotny · List of presidents of Czechoslovakia · Czechoslovak Socialist Republic · Communist Party of Czechoslovakia
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1906
Jules Ladoumègue, French runner (d. 1973)
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1906
Harold Adamson, American lyricist (d. 1980)
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1907
Rumer Godden, English author and poet (d. 1998)
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1907
Lucien Laurent, French footballer and coach (d. 2005)
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1907
Amedeo Nazzari, Italian actor (d. 1979)
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1908
Olivier Messiaen, French composer and ornithologist (d. 1992)
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1909
Hermes Pan, American dancer and choreographer (d. 1990)
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1910
Ambrosio Padilla, Filipino basketball player and politician (d. 1996)
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1911
Chet Huntley, American journalist (d. 1974)
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1912
Philip Hart, American lawyer and politician, 49th Lieutenant Governor of Michigan (d. 1976)
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1912
René Toribio, Guadeloupean politician (d. 1990)
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1913
Pannonica de Koenigswarter, English-American composer (d. 1988)
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1913
Morton Gould, American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1996)
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1913
Harry Locke, English actor (d. 1987)
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1913
Ray Nance, American trumpeter, violinist, and singer (d. 1976)
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1914
Dorothy Lamour, American actress and singer (d. 1996)
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1915
Nicky Barr, Australian rugby player, soldier, and pilot (d. 2006)
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1916
Walt Arfons, American race car driver (d. 2013)
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1918
Anne Gwynne, American actress (d. 2003)
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1918
Anatoli Tarasov, Russian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1995)
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1919
Alexander Courage, American composer and conductor (d. 2008)
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1920
Clarice Lispector, Ukrainian-Brazilian journalist and author (d. 1977)
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1920
Reginald Rose, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2002)
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1920
Thanassis Skordalos, Greek lyra player and composer (d. 1998)
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1922
Agnes Nixon, American television writer and director (d. 2016)
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1923
Harold Gould, American actor (d. 2010)
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1923
Clorindo Testa, Italian-Argentinian architect, designed the National Library of the Argentine Republic and Marriott Plaza Hotel (d. 2013)
Clorindo Testa · National Library of the Argentine Republic · Marriott Plaza Hotel, Buenos Aires
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1924
Ken Albers, American singer and musician (d. 2007)
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1924
Michael Manley, Jamaican pilot and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Jamaica (d. 1997)
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1925
Carolyn Kizer, American poet and academic (d. 2014)
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1926
Guitar Slim, American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1959)
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1927
Bob Farrell, American businessman, founded Farrell's Ice Cream Parlour (d. 2015)
Bob Farrell (motivational speaker) · Farrell's Ice Cream Parlour
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1927
Danny Matt, German-Israeli general (d. 2013)
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1928
Barbara Nichols, American actress (d. 1976)
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1930
Wayne D. Anderson, American baseball player and coach (d. 2013)
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1930
Michael Jopling, Baron Jopling, English farmer and politician, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Michael Jopling, Baron Jopling · Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
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1931
Peter Baker, English-South African footballer and manager (d. 2016)
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1933
Mako Iwamatsu, Japanese actor (d. 2006)
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1933
Philip R. Craig, American author (d. 2007)
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1934
Howard Martin Temin, American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1994)
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1935
Terry Allcock, English footballer and cricketer
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1935
Jaromil Jireš, Czech director and screenwriter (d. 2001)
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1936
Howard Smith, American journalist, director, and producer (d. 2014)
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1938
Bill Dunk, Australian golfer
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1938
Yuri Temirkanov, Russian viola player and conductor
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1939
Dick Bavetta, American basketball player and referee
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1939
Barry Cunliffe, English archaeologist and academic
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1941
Ken Campbell, English actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2008)
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1941
Fionnula Flanagan, Irish actress and producer
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1941
Jeff Jones, Welsh-English cricketer
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1941
Tommy Rettig, American child actor (d. 1996)
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1942
Ann Gloag, Scottish nurse and businesswoman
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1944
Andris Bērziņš, Latvian businessman and politician, 8th President of Latvia
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1944
John Birt, Baron Birt, English businessman
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1944
Steve Renko, American baseball player
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1945
Mukhtar Altynbayev, Kazakhstani general and politician, 3rd Defence Minister of Kazakhstan
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1946
Ace Kefford, English bass player
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1947
Rasul Guliyev, Azerbaijani engineer and politician, 22nd Speaker of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan
Rasul Guliyev · Speaker of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan
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1947
Douglas Kenney, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1980)
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1948
Dušan Bajević, Bosnian-Greek footballer and manager
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1948
Jessica Cleaves, American singer-songwriter (d. 2014)
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1948
Jasuben Shilpi, Indian sculptor (d. 2013)
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1949
Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, Ugandan-English journalist and author
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1949
David Perdue, American politician, junior senator of Georgia
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1950
John Boozman, American football player, lawyer, and politician, senior senator of Arkansas
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1950
Simon Owen, New Zealand golfer
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1951
Johnny Rodriguez, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1952
Clive Anderson, English lawyer and television host
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1952
Susan Dey, American actress
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1952
Greg Mortimer, Australian geologist and mountaineer
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1952
Paul Varul, Estonian lawyer and politician, 6th Estonian Minister of Justice
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1953
Chris Bury, American journalist and academic
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1954
Eudine Barriteau, Barbadian economist and academic
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1954
Price Cobb, American race car driver and manager
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1956
Rod Blagojevich, American lawyer and politician, 40th Governor of Illinois
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1956
Roberto Cassinelli, Italian lawyer and politician
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1956
Jacquelyn Mitchard, American journalist and author
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1956
Jan van Dijk, Dutch footballer and manager
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1957
Michael Clarke Duncan, American actor (d. 2012)
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1957
Paul Hardcastle, English composer and producer
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1957
Prem Rawat, Indian-American guru and educator
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1958
Cornelia Funke, German-American author
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1958
Kathryn Stott, English pianist and academic
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1959
Mark Aguirre, American basketball player and coach
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1959
Kevin Ash, English journalist and author (d. 2013)
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1959
Udi Aloni, American-Israeli director and author
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1959
Wolf Hoffmann, German guitarist
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1960
Kenneth Branagh, Northern Ireland-born English actor director, producer, and screenwriter
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1960
Kōichi Satō, Japanese actor
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1961
Mark McKoy, Canadian hurdler and sprinter
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1961
Nia Peeples, American singer and actress
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1962
Rakhat Aliyev, Kazakh politician and diplomat (d. 2015)
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1962
John de Wolf, Dutch footballer and manager
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1963
John Elias, Lebanese-Australian rugby league player and coach
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1963
Ole Amund Gjersvik, Norwegian bassist and composer
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1963
Jahangir Khan, Pakistani squash player
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1963
Robin White, American tennis player
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1964
Stephen Billington, English actor
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1964
Stef Blok, Dutch banker and politician, Dutch Minister of the Interior
Stef Blok · List of Ministers of the Interior of the Netherlands
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1964
Bobby Flay, American chef and author
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1965
Greg Giraldo, American lawyer, comedian, actor, and screenwriter (d. 2010)
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1965
J Mascis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1965
Stephanie Morgenstern, Swiss-Canadian actress, producer, and screenwriter
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1966
Rein Ahas, Estonian geographer and academic
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1966
Robin Brooke, New Zealand rugby player
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1966
Mel Rojas, Dominican baseball player
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1968
Yōko Oginome, Japanese singer, actress, and voice actress
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1969
Darren Berry, Australian cricketer and coach
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1969
Rob Blake, Canadian ice hockey player and manager
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1970
Kevin Sharp, American singer-songwriter (d. 2014)
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1970
Bryant Stith, American basketball player and coach
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1971
Daniel Betts, British actor
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1972
Donavon Frankenreiter, American surfer, singer-songwriter, and guitarist
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1974
Meg White, American drummer
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1975
Steve Bradley, American wrestler (d. 2008)
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1975
Josip Skoko, Australian footballer
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1976
Shane Byrne, English motorcycle racer
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1977
Emmanuelle Chriqui, Canadian actress
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1978
Anna Jesień, Polish hurdler
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1978
Summer Phoenix, American actress
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1979
Matt Bentley, American wrestler
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1979
Iain Brunnschweiler, English cricketer
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1980
Sarah Chang, American violinist
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1981
Taufik Batisah, Singaporean singer
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1981
Fábio Rochemback, Brazilian footballer
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1982
D. S. Bradford, American singer-songwriter, performer, vocalist, guitarist, and composer
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1982
Claudia Hoffmann, German sprinter
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1983
Lewis Buxton, English footballer
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1983
Habib Mohamed, Ghanaian footballer
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1983
Xavier Samuel, Australian actor
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1984
Mark Applegarth, English rugby player
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1985
Charlie Adam, Scottish footballer
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1985
Matt Forte, American football player
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1985
T. J. Hensick, American ice hockey player
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1985
Trésor Mputu, Congolese footballer
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1985
Raven-Symoné, American actress, singer, and dancer
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1985
Lê Công Vinh, Vietnamese footballer
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1986
Matthew Bates, English footballer
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1986
Kahlil Bell, American football player
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1987
Gonzalo Higuaín, French-Argentinian footballer
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1988
Wilfried Bony, Ivorian footballer
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1988
Mitchell Donald, Dutch footballer
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1988
Neven Subotić, Serbian footballer
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1989
Marion Maréchal-Le Pen, French politician
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1989
Tom Sexton, Australian-Irish rugby player
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1990
Kazenga LuaLua, Congolese-English footballer
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1990
Sakiko Matsui, Japanese singer and actress
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1990
Terrell Sinkfield, American football player
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1990
Shoya Tomizawa, Japanese motorcycle racer (d. 2010)
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1991
Eric Reid, American football player
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1991
Dion Waiters, American basketball player
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1994
Richard Kennar, Samoan rugby league player
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1994
Matti Klinga, Finnish footballer
Известные смерти
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925
Sancho I, king of Pamplona
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949
Herman I, Duke of Swabia
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1041
Michael IV the Paphlagonian, Byzantine emperor (b. 1010)
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1081
Nikephoros III Botaneiates, deposed Byzantine Emperor (b. c.1002)
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1113
Radwan, ruler of Aleppo
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1198
Averroes, Spanish astronomer, physicist, and philosopher (b. 1126)
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1310
Stephen I, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1271)
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1475
Paolo Uccello, Italian painter (b. 1397)
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1508
René II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1451)
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1541
Thomas Culpeper, English courtier (b. 1514)
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1541
Francis Dereham, English courtier (b. c. 1513)
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1561
Caspar Schwenckfeld, German theologian and writer
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1618
Giulio Caccini, Italian composer and educator (b. 1551)
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1626
Edmund Gunter, English mathematician and academic (b. 1581)
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1665
Tarquinio Merula, Italian organist, violinist, and composer (b. 1594)
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1736
António Manoel de Vilhena, Portuguese soldier and politician (b. 1663)
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1791
Jacob Frank, Polish religious leader (b. 1726)
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1831
Thomas Johann Seebeck, German physicist and academic (b. 1770)
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1850
Józef Bem, Polish general and physicist (b. 1794)
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1850
François Sulpice Beudant, French mineralogist and geologist (b. 1787)
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1865
Leopold I of Belgium (b. 1790)
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1867
Sakamoto Ryōma, Japanese samurai and politician (b. 1836)
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1896
Alfred Nobel, Swedish chemist and engineer, invented Dynamite and founded the Nobel Prize (b. 1833)
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1909
Red Cloud, American tribal chief (b. 1822)
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1911
Joseph Dalton Hooker, English botanist and explorer (b. 1817)
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1917
Mackenzie Bowell, English-Canadian journalist and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1823)
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1920
Horace Elgin Dodge, American businessman, co-founded Dodge (b. 1868)
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1922
Clement Lindley Wragge, English meteorologist and author (b. 1852)
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1926
Nikola Pašić, Serbian politician, 46th Prime Minister of Serbia (b. 1845)
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1928
Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Scottish architect and painter (b. 1868)
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1936
Bobby Abel, English cricketer (b. 1857)
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1936
Luigi Pirandello, Italian dramatist, novelist, and poet Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867)
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1939
John Grieb, American gymnast and triathlete (b. 1879)
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1941
Colin Kelly, American captain and pilot (b. 1915)
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1944
John Brunt, English captain, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1922)
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1945
Theodor Dannecker, German captain (b. 1913)
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1946
Walter Johnson, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster (b. 1887)
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1946
Damon Runyon, American newspaperman and short story writer (b. 1884)
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1948
Na Hye-sok, South Korean journalist, poet, and painter (b. 1896)
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1951
Algernon Blackwood, English author and playwright (b. 1869)
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1953
Abdullah Yusuf Ali, Indian-English scholar and translator (b. 1872)
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1956
David Shimoni, Russian-Israeli poet and translator (b. 1891)
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1957
Napoleon Zervas, Greek general (b. 1891)
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1958
Adolfo Camarillo, American horse breeder, rancher, and philanthropist (b. 1864)
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1963
K. M. Panikkar, Indian historian and diplomat (b. 1894)
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1967
Otis Redding, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1941)
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1968
Karl Barth, Swiss theologian and author (b. 1886)
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1968
George Forrest, Northern Irish lawyer and politician (b. 1921)
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1968
Thomas Merton, American monk and author (b. 1915)
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1972
Mark Van Doren, American poet, critic, and academic (b. 1894)
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1973
Wolf V. Vishniac, German-American microbiologist and academic (b. 1922)
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1974
Toshinari Shōji, Japanese general (b. 1890)
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1977
Adolph Rupp, American basketball player and coach (b. 1901)
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1978
Ed Wood, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1924)
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1979
Ann Dvorak, American actress (b. 1911)
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1982
Freeman Gosden, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1899)
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1987
Jascha Heifetz, Lithuanian-American violinist and educator (b. 1901)
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1988
Richard S. Castellano, American actor (b. 1933)
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1988
Johnny Lawrence, English cricketer and coach (b. 1911)
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1988
Dorothy de Rothschild, English philanthropist and activist (b. 1895)
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1990
Armand Hammer, American businessman, founded Occidental Petroleum (b. 1898)
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1991
Greta Kempton, Austrian-American painter and academic (b. 1901)
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1992
Dan Maskell, English tennis player and sportscaster (b. 1908)
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1993
Alice Tully, American soprano (b. 1902)
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1994
Keith Joseph, English lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Education (b. 1918)
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1994
Alex Wilson, Canadian-American sprinter (b. 1905)
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1995
Darren Robinson, American rapper (b. 1967)
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1996
Faron Young, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1932)
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1999
Rick Danko, Canadian singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (b. 1943)
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1999
Franjo Tuđman, Croatian general and politician, 1st President of Croatia (b. 1922)
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1999
Woodrow Borah, American historian of Spanish America (b. 1912)
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2000
Marie Windsor, American actress (b. 1919)
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2001
Ashok Kumar, Indian actor, singer, and producer (b. 1911)
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2002
Andres Küng, Swedish journalist and politician (b. 1945)
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2002
Ian MacNaughton, Scottish actor, director, and producer (b. 1925)
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2003
Sean McClory, Irish actor and director (b. 1924)
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2004
Gary Webb, American journalist and author (b. 1955)
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2005
Mary Jackson, American actress (b. 1910)
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2005
Eugene McCarthy, American poet, academic, and politician (b. 1916)
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2005
Richard Pryor, American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1940)
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2006
Olivia Coolidge, English-American author and educator (b. 1908)
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2006
Augusto Pinochet, Chilean general and politician, 30th President of Chile (b. 1915)
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2007
Vitali Hakko, Turkish businessman, founded Vakko (b. 1913)
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2009
Vladimir Teplyakov, Russian soldier and physicist (b. 1925)
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2010
John Fenn, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1917)
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2010
J. Michael Hagopian, Armenian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1913)
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2010
MacKenzie Miller, American horse trainer and breeder (b. 1921)
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2012
Iajuddin Ahmed, Bangladeshi academic and politician, 13th President of Bangladesh (b. 1931)
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2012
Antonio Cubillo, Spanish lawyer and politician (b. 1930)
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2012
Tommy Roberts, English fashion designer (b. 1942)
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2013
Alan Coleman, English-Australian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1936)
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2013
Jim Hall, American guitarist and composer (b. 1930)
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2013
Don Lund, American baseball player and coach (b. 1923)
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2013
Srikanta Wadiyar, Indian politician (b. 1946)
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2014
Ralph Giordano, German author and publicist (b. 1923)
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2014
Robert B. Oakley, American diplomat, 19th United States Ambassador to Pakistan (b. 1931)
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2014
Bob Solinger, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1925)
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2014
Judy Baar Topinka, American journalist and politician (b. 1944)
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2014
Gerard Vianen, Dutch cyclist (b. 1944)
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2015
Ron Bouchard, American race car driver and businessman (b. 1948)
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2015
Denis Héroux, Canadian director and producer (b. 1940)
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2015
Arnold Peralta, Honduran footballer (b. 1989)
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2015
Dolph Schayes, American basketball player and coach (b. 1928)