December 26 — В этот день в истории
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887
Berengar I is elected as king of Italy by the lords of Lombardy. He is crowned with the Iron Crown of Lombardy at Pavia.[1]
Berengar I of Italy · Kingdom of Italy (Holy Roman Empire) · Lombardy · Iron Crown of Lombardy · Pavia
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1481
Battle of Westbroek: Holland defeats troops of Utrecht.
Battle of Westbroek · County of Holland · Episcopal principality of Utrecht
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1489
The forces of the Catholic Monarchs, Ferdinand and Isabella, take control of Almería from the Nasrid ruler of Granada, Muhammad XIII.
Catholic Monarchs · Ferdinand II of Aragon · Isabella I of Castile · Almería · Nasrid dynasty
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1776
American Revolutionary War: In the Battle of Trenton, the Continental Army attacks and successfully defeats a garrison of Hessian forces .
American Revolutionary War · Battle of Trenton · Continental Army · Hessian (soldier)
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1790
Louis XVI of France gives his public assent to Civil Constitution of the Clergy during the French Revolution.
Louis XVI of France · Civil Constitution of the Clergy · French Revolution
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1793
Second Battle of Wissembourg: France defeat Austria.
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1799
Henry Lee III's eulogy to George Washington in congress declares him as "first in war, first in peace and first in the hearts of his countrymen". (This is not to confused with Washington's funeral on December 18th.
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1805
Austria and France sign the Treaty of Pressburg.
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1806
Battles of Pultusk and Golymin: Russian forces hold French forces under Napoleon.
Battle of Pułtusk · Battle of Golymin · First French Empire · Napoleon
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1811
A theater fire in Richmond, Virginia kills the Governor of Virginia George William Smith and the president of the First National Bank of Virginia Abraham B. Venable.
Richmond Theatre fire · Richmond, Virginia · Governor of Virginia · George William Smith (politician) · Abraham B. Venable
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1825
Advocates of liberalism in Russia rise up against Czar Nicholas I but are suppressed in the Decembrist revolt in Saint Petersburg.
Liberalism · Nicholas I of Russia · Decembrist revolt · Saint Petersburg
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1860
The first ever inter-club English association football match takes place between Hallam and Sheffield football clubs in Sheffield.
Association football · Hallam F.C. · Sheffield F.C. · Sheffield
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1861
American Civil War: The Trent Affair: Confederate diplomatic envoys James Murray Mason and John Slidell are freed by the United States government, thus heading off a possible war between the United States and the United Kingdom.
American Civil War · Trent Affair · Confederate States of America · James Murray Mason · John Slidell
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1862
American Civil War: The Battle of Chickasaw Bayou begins.
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1862
Four nuns serving as volunteer nurses on board USS Red Rover are the first female nurses on a U.S. Navy hospital ship.
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1862
The largest mass-hanging in U.S. history took place in Mankato, Minnesota, 38 Native Americans died.
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1871
Gilbert and Sullivan collaborate for the first time, on their lost opera, Thespis. It does modestly well, but the two would not collaborate again for four years.
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1898
Marie and Pierre Curie announce the isolation of radium.
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1919
Babe Ruth of the Boston Red Sox is sold to the New York Yankees by owner Harry Frazee, allegedly establishing the Curse of the Bambino superstition.
Babe Ruth · Boston Red Sox · New York Yankees · Harry Frazee · Curse of the Bambino
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1941
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs a bill establishing the fourth Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day in the United States.
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1943
World War II: German warship Scharnhorst is sunk off of Norway's North Cape after a battle against major Royal Navy forces.
World War II · German battleship Scharnhorst · North Cape (Norway) · Battle of the North Cape
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1944
World War II: George S. Patton's Third Army breaks the encirclement of surrounded U.S. forces at Bastogne, Belgium.
George S. Patton · United States Army Central · Siege of Bastogne · Bastogne
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1948
Cardinal József Mindszenty is arrested in Hungary and accused of treason and conspiracy.
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1963
The Beatles' "I Want to Hold Your Hand" and "I Saw Her Standing There" are released in the United States, marking the beginning of Beatlemania on an international level.
The Beatles · I Want to Hold Your Hand · I Saw Her Standing There
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1966
The first Kwanzaa is celebrated by Maulana Karenga, the chair of Black Studies at California State University, Long Beach.
Kwanzaa · Maulana Karenga · Africana studies · California State University, Long Beach
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1972
Vietnam War: As part of Operation Linebacker II, 120 American B-52 Stratofortress bombers attacked Hanoi, including 78 launched from Andersen Air Force Base in Guam, the largest single combat launch in Strategic Air Command history.
Vietnam War · Operation Linebacker II · Boeing B-52 Stratofortress · Hanoi · Andersen Air Force Base
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1975
Tu-144, the world's first commercial supersonic aircraft, surpassing Mach 2, went into service.
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1991
The Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union meets and formally dissolves the Soviet Union.
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1994
Four Armed Islamic Group hijackers seize control of Air France Flight 8969. When the plane lands at Marseille, a French Gendarmerie assault team boards the aircraft and kills the hijackers.
Armed Islamic Group of Algeria · Aircraft hijacking · Air France Flight 8969 · Marseille · National Gendarmerie
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1998
Iraq announces its intention to fire upon U.S. and British warplanes that patrol the northern and southern no-fly zones.
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1999
The storm Lothar sweeps across Central Europe, killing 137 and causing US$1.3 billion in damage.
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2003
The 6.6 Mw Bam earthquake shakes southeastern Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), leaving more than 26,000 dead and 30,000 injured.
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2004
The 9.1-9.3 Mw Indian Ocean earthquake shakes northern Sumatra with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). One of the largest observed tsunamis follows, affecting the coastal areas of Thailand, India, Sri Lanka, the Maldives, Malaysia, Myanmar, Bangladesh, and Indonesia; death toll is between 230,000-280,000.
2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami · Sumatra · Mercalli intensity scale · Tsunami · Thailand
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2004
Orange Revolution: The final run-off election in Ukraine is held under heavy international scrutiny.
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2006
An oil pipeline in Lagos, Nigeria explodes, killing at least 260 people.
Oil pipeline · Lagos, Nigeria · 2006 Abule Egba pipeline explosion
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2009
China opens the world's longest high-speed rail route, which links Beijing and Guangzhou.
High-speed rail in China · List of high-speed railway lines · Beijing-Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong High-Speed Railway · Beijing · Guangzhou
Известные рождения
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1194
Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1250)
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1446
Charles de Valois, Duke de Berry, French noble (d. 1472)
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1526
Rose Lok, businesswoman and Protestant exile(d. 1613)
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1532
Wilhelm Xylander, German scholar and academic (d. 1576)
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1536
Yi I, Korean philosopher and scholar (d. 1584)
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1537
Albert, Count of Nassau-Weilburg (d. 1593)
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1581
Philip III, Landgrave of Hesse-Butzbach (d. 1643)
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1618
Elisabeth of the Palatinate, German princess, philosopher, and Calvinist (d. 1680)
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1628
John Page, American politician (d. 1692)
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1646
Robert Bolling, English-American merchant and planter (d. 1709)
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1687
Johann Georg Pisendel, German violinist and composer (d. 1755)
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1716
Jean François de Saint-Lambert, French soldier and philosopher (d. 1803)
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1716
Thomas Gray, English poet and scholar (d. 1771)
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1723
Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm, German-French author and playwright (d. 1807)
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1737
Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (d. 1815)
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1751
Lord George Gordon, English lieutenant and politician (d. 1793)
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1751
Clemens Maria Hofbauer, Austrian priest, missionary, and saint (d. 1820)
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1769
Ernst Moritz Arndt, German writer and poet (d. 1860)
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1780
Mary Somerville, Scottish mathematician, astronomer, and author (d. 1872)
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1785
Étienne Constantin de Gerlache, Belgian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Belgium (d. 1871)
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1782
Philaret Drozdov, Russian metropolitan and saint (d. 1867)
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1791
Charles Babbage, English mathematician and engineer, invented the Difference engine (d. 1871)
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1803
Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald, Estonian physician and author (d. 1882)
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1819
E. D. E. N. Southworth, American author and educator (d. 1899)
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1820
Dion Boucicault, Irish actor and playwright (d. 1890)
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1837
Morgan Bulkeley, American soldier and politician, 54th Governor of Connecticut (d. 1922)
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1837
George Dewey, American admiral (d. 1917)
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1852
Johannes François Snelleman, Dutch zoologist, orientalist, and ethnographer (d. 1938)
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1853
René Bazin, French author and academic (d. 1932)
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1854
José Yves Limantour, Mexican financier and politician, Mexican Secretary of Finance (d. 1935)
José Yves Limantour · Secretariat of Finance and Public Credit (Mexico)
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1859
William Stephens, American lawyer and politician, 24th Governor of California (d. 1944)
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1863
Charles Pathé, French record producer, co-founded Pathé Records (d. 1957)
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1864
Yun Chi-ho, Korean activist and politician (d. 1945)
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1867
Phan Bội Châu, Vietnamese activist (d. 1940)
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1869
Mathieu Cordang, Dutch cyclist (d. 1942)
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1872
Norman Angell, English journalist, academic, and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1967)
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1873
Thomas Wass, English cricketer (d. 1953)
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1874
Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah, Bangladeshi theologian and academic (d. 1965)
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1883
Maurice Utrillo, French painter (d. 1955)
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1887
Arthur Percival, English general (d. 1966)
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1888
Marius Canard, French orientalist and historian (d. 1982)
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1890
Percy Hodge, English runner (d. 1967)
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1890
Konstantinos Georgakopoulos, Greek lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1973)
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1891
Henry Miller, American author and painter (d. 1980)
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1892
Don Barclay, American actor and illustrator (d. 1975)
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1893
Mao Zedong, Chinese politician, Chairman of the Communist Party of China (d. 1976)
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1894
Jean Toomer, American author and poet (d. 1967)
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1900
Evelyn Bark, leading member of the British Red Cross, first female recipient of the CMG (d. 1993) [2]
Evelyn Bark · British Red Cross · Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George · 1993
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1901
Elmar Muuk, Estonian linguist and author (d. 1941)
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1902
Anatoli Lvovich Kaplan, Russian painter and sculptor (d. 1980)
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1903
Elisha Cook, Jr., American actor (d. 1995)
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1904
Alejo Carpentier, Swiss-Cuban musicologist and author (d. 1980)
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1905
William Loeb III, American publisher (d. 1981)
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1907
Albert Gore, Sr., American lawyer and politician (d. 1998)
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1908
Ralph Hill, American runner (d. 1994)
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1909
Matt Gordy, American pole vaulter (d. 1989)
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1910
Imperio Argentina, Argentine-Spanish actress and singer (d. 2003)
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1910
Marguerite Churchill, American actress (d. 2000)
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1912
Arsenio Lacson, Filipino journalist and politician, Mayor of Manila (d. 1962)
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1913
Frank Swift, English footballer and journalist (d. 1958)
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1914
Richard Widmark, American actor (d. 2008)
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1915
Rolf Botvid, Swedish actor and screenwriter (d. 1998)
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1918
Olga Lopes-Seale, Guyanese-Barbadian singer and radio host (d. 2011)
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1918
Georgios Rallis, Greek lieutenant and politician, 173rd Prime Minister of Greece (d. 2006)
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1921
John Severin, American illustrator (d. 2012)
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1921
Steve Allen, American actor, singer, talk show host, and screenwriter (d. 2000)
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1922
Richard Mayes, English actor (d. 2006)
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1923
Richard Artschwager, American painter, illustrator, and sculptor (d. 2013)
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1924
Frank Broyles, American football player, coach, and sportscaster
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1926
Earle Brown, American composer (d. 2002)
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1927
Denis Gifford, English journalist and historian (d. 2000)
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1927
Alan King, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2004)
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1927
Stu Miller, American baseball player (d. 2015)
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1927
Denis Quilley, English actor (d. 2003)
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1929
Kathleen Crowley, American actress (d. 2017)
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1929
Régine Zylberberg, Belgian-French singer and actress
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1930
Jean Ferrat, French singer-songwriter and poet (d. 2010)
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1930
Harry Gamble, American football player, coach, and manager (d. 2014)
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1930
Donald Moffat, English-American actor
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1933
Caroll Spinney, American puppeteer and voice actor
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1935
Rohan Kanhai, Guyanese cricketer
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1935
Norm Ullman, Canadian ice hockey player
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1936
Peep Jänes, Estonian architect
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1936
Trevor Taylor, English race car driver (d. 2010)
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1938
Bahram Beyzai, Iranian director, producer, and screenwriter
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1938
Robert Hamerton-Kelly, South African-American pastor, scholar, and author (d. 2013)
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1938
Alamgir Kabir, Bangladeshi director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1989)
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1938
Mirko Kovač, Yugoslav-Croatian author, playwright, and screenwriter (d. 2013)
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1939
Fred Schepisi, Australian director and screenwriter
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1939
Phil Spector, American singer-songwriter and producer
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1940
Edward C. Prescott, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
Edward C. Prescott · Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
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1940
Ray Sadecki, American baseball player (d. 2014)
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1941
Daniel Schmid, Swiss actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2006)
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1942
Vinicio Cerezo, Guatemalan politician, 28th President of Guatemala
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1942
Catherine Coulter, American author
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1942
Gray Davis, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 37th Governor of California
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1944
William Ayers, American academic and activist
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1945
John Walsh, American television host, producer, and activist, created America's Most Wanted
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1946
Alan Frumin, American lawyer and politician
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1946
Tiit Rosenberg, Estonian historian and academic
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1947
James T. Conway, American general
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1947
Jean Echenoz, French author
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1947
Carlton Fisk, American baseball player
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1947
Josef Janíček, Czech singer-songwriter, guitarist, and keyboard player
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1947
Richard Levis McCormick, American historian and academic
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1948
Candy Crowley, American journalist
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1949
José Ramos-Horta, East Timorese lawyer and politician, 2nd President of East Timor, Nobel Prize laureate
José Ramos-Horta · President of East Timor · Nobel Peace Prize
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1950
Raja Pervaiz Ashraf, Pakistani businessman and politician, 17th Prime Minister of Pakistan
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1950
Mario Mendoza, Mexican baseball player and manager
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1953
Leonel Fernández, Dominican lawyer and politician, 51st President of the Dominican Republic
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1953
Toomas Hendrik Ilves, Swedish-Estonian journalist and politician, 4th President of Estonia
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1953
Makis Katsavakis, Greek footballer and manager
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1953
Henning Schmitz, German drummer
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1954
Peter Hillary, New Zealand mountaineer and philanthropist
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1954
Ozzie Smith, American baseball player and sportscaster
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1955
Evan Bayh, American lawyer and politician, 46th Governor of Indiana
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1956
David Sedaris, American comedian, author, and radio host
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1957
Dermot Murnaghan, English-Northern Irish journalist and game show host
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1958
Adrian Newey, English aerodynamicist and engineer
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1959
Wang Lijun, Chinese police officer and politician
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1959
Kōji Morimoto, Japanese animator and director
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1959
Hans Nielsen, Danish motorcycle racer
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1960
Keith Martin Ball, American mathematician and academic
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1960
Ruud Kaiser, Dutch footballer and manager
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1960
Jim Toomey, American cartoonist
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1960
Cem Uzan, Turkish businessman and politician
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1961
Andrew Lock, Australian mountaineer
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1961
John Lynch, Northern Irish actor
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1962
Mark Starr, English wrestler (d. 2013)
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1963
Lars Ulrich, Danish-American drummer, songwriter, and producer
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1963
Bill Wennington, Canadian basketball player and sportscaster
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1964
Elizabeth Kostova, American author
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1966
Jay Farrar, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1966
Tim Legler, American basketball player and sportscaster
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1966
Jay Yuenger, American guitarist and producer
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1969
Isaac Viciosa, Spanish runner
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1970
James Mercer, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1971
Jared Leto, American actor and musician
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1971
Mika Nurmela, Finnish footballer
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1971
Tatiana Sorokko, Russian-American model and journalist
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1972
Esteban Fuertes, Argentinian footballer
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1972
Robert Muchamore, English author
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1973
Paulo Frederico Benevenute, Brazilian footballer
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1973
Gianluca Faliva, Italian rugby player
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1973
Nobuhiko Matsunaka, Japanese baseball player
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1973
Steve Prescott, English rugby player (d. 2013)
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1974
Joshua John Miller, American actor, director, and screenwriter
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1975
Chris Calaguio, Filipino basketball player
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1975
Marcelo Ríos, Chilean tennis player
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1975
María Vasco, Spanish race walker
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1976
Simon Goodwin, Australian footballer and coach
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1977
Fatih Akyel, Turkish footballer and manager
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1977
Adrienn Hegedűs, Hungarian tennis player
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1978
Karel Rüütli, Estonian lawyer and politician
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1978
Kaoru Sugayama, Japanese volleyball player
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1979
Fabián Carini, Uruguayan footballer
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1979
Chris Daughtry, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1979
Dimitry Vassiliev, Russian ski jumper
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1979
Craig Wing, Australian rugby player
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1980
Todd Dunivant, American soccer player
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1981
Pablo Canavosio, Argentinian-Italian rugby player
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1982
Kenneth Darby, American football player
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1982
Noel Hunt, Irish footballer
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1982
Aksel Lund Svindal, Norwegian skier
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1983
Yu Takahashi, Japanese singer-songwriter
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1984
Ahmed Barusso, Ghanaian footballer
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1984
Leonardo Ghiraldini, Italian rugby player
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1984
Alex Schwazer, Italian race walker
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1985
Beth Behrs, American actress
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1986
Hugo Lloris, French footballer
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1986
Kit Harington, English actor
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1986
Selen Soyder, Turkish actress, beauty queen
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1989
Yohan Blake, Jamaican sprinter
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1990
Jon Bellion, American rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer
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1990
Andy Biersack, American singer-songwriter
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1990
Denis Cheryshev, Russian footballer
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1990
Aaron Ramsey, Welsh footballer
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1991
Eden Sher, American actress
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1992
Cecilia Costa Melgar, Chilean tennis player
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1994
Souleymane Coulibaly, Ivorian footballer
Известные смерти
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268
Pope Dionysius
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418
Pope Zosimus
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831
Euthymius of Sardis, Byzantine bishop and saint (b. 754)
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865
Zheng, empress of the Tang Dynasty
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893
Masrur al-Balkhi, Muslim general
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1191
Reginald Fitz Jocelin, Archbishop-elect of Canterbury
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1302
Valdemar, King of Sweden, 1250-1275 (b. c. 1238/1239)
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1350
Jean de Marigny, French archbishop
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1352
John, 3rd Earl of Kent, English politician (b. 1330)
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1360
Thomas Holland, 1st Earl of Kent, English commander (b. 1314)
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1413
Michele Steno, Doge of Venice (b. 1331)
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1441
Niccolò III d'Este, Marquess of Ferrara
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1458
Arthur III, Duke of Brittany (b. 1393)
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1476
Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Duke of Milan (assassinated) (b. 1444)
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1646
Henri de Bourbon, Prince of Condé (b. 1588)
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1530
Babur, Mongolian emperor (b. 1483)
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1574
Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine (b. 1524)
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1731
Antoine Houdar de la Motte, French author (b. 1672)
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1771
Claude Adrien Helvétius, French philosopher and activist (b. 1715)
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1780
John Fothergill, English physician and botanist (b. 1712)
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1784
Seth Warner, American colonel (b. 1743)
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1786
Gasparo Gozzi, Italian playwright and critic (b. 1713)
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1863
Francis Caulfeild, 2nd Earl of Charlemont, Irish politician, Lord Lieutenant of Tyrone (b. 1775)
Francis Caulfeild, 2nd Earl of Charlemont · Lord Lieutenant of Tyrone
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1869
Jean Léonard Marie Poiseuille, French physician and physiologist (b. 1797)
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1890
Heinrich Schliemann, German-Italian archaeologist and author (b. 1822)
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1909
Frederic Remington, American painter and illustrator (b. 1861)
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1923
Dietrich Eckart, German journalist, poet, and politician (b. 1868)
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1925
Jan Letzel, Czech architect, designed the Hiroshima Peace Memorial (b. 1880)
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1929
Albert Giraud, Belgian poet (b. 1860)
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1931
Melvil Dewey, American librarian and educator, created the Dewey Decimal Classification (b. 1851)
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1933
Anatoly Lunacharsky, Russian journalist and politician (b. 1875)
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1933
Henry Watson Fowler, English lexicographer and educator (b. 1858)
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1959
Jack Tresadern, English footballer and manager (b. 1890)
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1960
Tetsuro Watsuji, Japanese historian and philosopher (b. 1889)
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1963
Gorgeous George, American wrestler (b. 1915)
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1966
Ina Boudier-Bakker, Dutch author (b. 1875)
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1966
Herbert Otto Gille, German general (b. 1897)
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1966
Guillermo Stábile, Argentinian footballer and manager (b. 1905)
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1968
Weegee, Ukrainian-American photographer and journalist (b. 1898)
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1970
Lillian Board, South African-English runner (b. 1948)
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1972
Harry S. Truman, American colonel and politician, 33rd President of the United States (b. 1884)
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1973
Harold B. Lee, American religious leader, 11th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1899)
Harold B. Lee · President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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1974
Farid al-Atrash, Syrian-Egyptian singer-songwriter, oud player, and actor (b. 1915)
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1974
Jack Benny, American comedian, vaudevillian, actor, and violinist (b. 1894)
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1974
Frederick Dalrymple-Hamilton, Scottish admiral (b. 1890)
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1977
Howard Hawks, American director and screenwriter (b. 1896)
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1980
Tony Smith, American sculptor and educator (b. 1912)
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1981
Amber Reeves, New Zealand-English author and scholar (b. 1887)
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1981
Suat Hayri Ürgüplü, Turkish politician, Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1903)
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1986
Elsa Lanchester, English-American actress (b. 1902)
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1988
Glenn McCarthy, American businessman, founded the Shamrock Hotel (b. 1907)
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1988
Pablo Sorozábal, German-Spanish composer and conductor (b. 1897)
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1989
Doug Harvey, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1924)
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1990
Gene Callahan, American art director and production designer (b. 1923)
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1994
Sylva Koscina, Italian actress (b. 1933)
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1996
JonBenét Ramsey, American child beauty queen and prominent unsolved murder victim (b. 1990)
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1997
Cahit Arf, Turkish mathematician and academic (b. 1910)
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1997
Cornelius Castoriadis, Greek economist and philosopher (b. 1922)
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1999
Curtis Mayfield, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1942)
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1999
Shankar Dayal Sharma, Indian academic and politician, 9th President of India (b. 1918)
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2000
Jason Robards, American actor (b. 1922)
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2001
Nigel Hawthorne, English actor (b. 1929)
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2002
Herb Ritts, American photographer and director (b. 1952)
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2002
Armand Zildjian, American businessman, founded the Avedis Zildjian Company (b. 1921)
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2004
Troy Broadbridge, Australian footballer (b. 1980)
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2004
Jonathan Drummond-Webb, South African surgeon and academic (b. 1959)
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2004
Sigurd Køhn, Norwegian saxophonist and composer (b. 1959)
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2004
Angus Ogilvy, English businessman (b. 1928)
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2004
Mieszko Talarczyk, Polish-Swedish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1974)
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2004
Reggie White, American football player and wrestler (b. 1961)
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2005
Muriel Costa-Greenspon, American soprano (b. 1937)
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2005
Ted Ditchburn, English footballer and manager (b. 1921)
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2005
Kerry Packer, Australian publisher and businessman (b. 1937)
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2005
Viacheslav Platonov, Russian volleyball player and coach (b. 1939)
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2005
Vincent Schiavelli, American actor (b. 1948)
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2005
Erich Topp, German commander (b. 1914)
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2006
Gerald Ford, American commander, lawyer, and politician, 38th President of the United States (b. 1913)
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2006
Ivar Formo, Norwegian skier and engineer (b. 1951)
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2006
Munir Niazi, Indian-Pakistani poet (b. 1928)
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2009
Felix Wurman, American cellist and composer (b. 1958)
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2010
Edward Bhengu, South African activist (b. 1934)
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2010
Teena Marie, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1956)
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2011
Houston Antwine, American football player (b. 1939)
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2011
Pedro Armendáriz, Jr., Mexican-American actor and producer (b. 1940)
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2011
Sarekoppa Bangarappa, Indian politician, 15th Chief Minister of Karnataka (b. 1932)
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2011
Joe Bodolai, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1948)
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2011
James Rizzi, American painter and illustrator (b. 1950)
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2012
Gerry Anderson, English director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1929)
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2012
Gerald McDermott, American author and illustrator (b. 1941)
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2012
Ibrahim Tannous, Lebanese general (b. 1929)
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2013
Paul Blair, American baseball player and coach (b. 1944)
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2013
Marta Eggerth, Hungarian-American actress and singer (b. 1912)
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2014
Stanisław Barańczak, Polish-American poet, critic, and scholar (b. 1946)
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2014
James B. Edwards, American dentist, soldier, and politician, 3rd United States Secretary of Energy (b. 1927)
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2014
Leo Tindemans, Belgian politician, 43rd Prime Minister of Belgium (b. 1922)
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2015
Sidney Mintz, American anthropologist and academic (b. 1922)
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2015
Jim O'Toole, American baseball player (b. 1937)
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2016
Ricky Harris, American comedian, actor (b. 1962)
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2016
George S. Irving, American actor, singer and dancer (b. 1922)