April 16 — В этот день в истории
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1457 BC
Likely date of the Battle of Megiddo between Thutmose III and a large Canaanite coalition under the King of Kadesh, the first battle to have been recorded in what is accepted as relatively reliable detail.
Battle of Megiddo (15th century BC) · Thutmose III · Canaan · Kadesh (biblical)
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AD 73
Masada, a Jewish fortress, falls to the Romans after several months of siege, ending the Great Jewish Revolt.
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1346
Dušan the Mighty is proclaimed Emperor, with the Serbian Empire occupying much of the Balkans.
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1520
The Revolt of the Comuneros begins in Spain against the rule of Charles V.
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1582
Spanish conquistador Hernando de Lerma founds the settlement of Salta, Argentina.
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1746
The Battle of Culloden is fought between the French-supported Jacobites and the British Hanoverian forces commanded by William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, in Scotland. After the battle many highland traditions were banned and the Highlands of Scotland were cleared of inhabitants.
Battle of Culloden · Jacobitism · House of Hanover · Prince William, Duke of Cumberland
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1780
The University of Münster in Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany is founded.
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1799
Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Mount Tabor: Napoleon drives Ottoman Turks across the River Jordan near Acre.
Napoleonic Wars · Battle of Mount Tabor (1799) · Napoleon · Ottoman Turks · River Jordan
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1818
The United States Senate ratifies the Rush-Bagot Treaty, establishing the border with Canada.
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1847
The accidental shooting of a Māori by an English sailor results in the opening of the Wanganui Campaign of the New Zealand land wars.
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1853
The first passenger rail opens in India, from Bori Bunder, Bombay to Thane.
Bori Bunder · Bombay · Thane
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1858
The Wernerian Natural History Society, a former Scottish learned society, is wound up.
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1862
American Civil War: Battle at Lee's Mills in Virginia.
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1862
American Civil War: The District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act, a bill ending slavery in the District of Columbia, becomes law.
District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act · Slavery in the United States · District of Columbia
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1863
American Civil War: During the Siege of Vicksburg, gunboats commanded by Acting Rear Admiral David Dixon Porter run downriver past Confederate artillery batteries at Vicksburg.
Siege of Vicksburg · Gunboat · David Dixon Porter · Artillery battery
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1881
In Dodge City, Kansas, Bat Masterson fights his last gun battle.
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1908
Natural Bridges National Monument is established in Utah.
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1910
The oldest existing indoor ice hockey arena still used for the sport in the 21st century, Boston Arena, opens for the first time.
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1912
Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman to fly an airplane across the English Channel.
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1917
Vladimir Lenin returns to Petrograd, Russia from exile in Switzerland.
Vladimir Lenin · Saint Petersburg · Russian Provisional Government
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1919
Mohandas Gandhi organizes a day of "prayer and fasting" in response to the killing of Indian protesters in the Jallianwala Bagh massacre by the British colonial troops three days earlier.
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1919
Polish-Soviet War: The Polish army launches the Vilna offensive to capture Vilnius in modern Lithuania.
Polish-Soviet War · Polish Land Forces · Vilna offensive · Vilnius · Lithuania
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1922
The Treaty of Rapallo, pursuant to which Germany and the Soviet Union re-establish diplomatic relations, is signed.
Treaty of Rapallo (1922) · Weimar Republic · Soviet Union · Diplomatic relations
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1925
During the Communist St Nedelya Church assault in Sofia, Bulgaria, 150 are killed and 500 are wounded.
Communist · St Nedelya Church assault · Sofia · Kingdom of Bulgaria
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1941
World War II: The Italian-German Tarigo convoy is attacked and destroyed by British ships.
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1941
World War II: The Nazi-affiliated Ustaše is put in charge of the Independent State of Croatia by the Axis powers after Operation 25 is effected.
Ustaše · Independent State of Croatia · Axis powers · Invasion of Yugoslavia
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1943
Albert Hofmann accidentally discovers the hallucinogenic effects of the research drug LSD. He intentionally takes the drug three days later on April 19.
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1944
World War II: Allied forces start bombing Belgrade, killing about 1,100 people. This bombing fell on the Orthodox Christian Easter.
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1945
World War II: The Red Army begins the final assault on German forces around Berlin, with nearly one million troops fighting in the Battle of the Seelow Heights.
Red Army · Battle of Berlin · Nazi Germany · Battle of the Seelow Heights
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1945
The United States Army liberates Nazi Sonderlager (high security) prisoner-of-war camp Oflag IV-C (better known as Colditz).
United States Army · Prisoner-of-war camp · Oflag IV-C · Colditz Castle
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1945
More than 7,000 die when the German refugee ship Goya is sunk by a Soviet submarine.
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1947
Texas City disaster: An explosion on board a freighter in port causes the city of Texas City, Texas, to catch fire, killing almost 600.
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1947
Bernard Baruch first applies the term "Cold War" to describe the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union.
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1961
In a nationally broadcast speech, Cuban leader Fidel Castro declares that he is a Marxist-Leninist and that Cuba is going to adopt Communism.
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1963
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. pens his Letter from Birmingham Jail while incarcerated in Birmingham, Alabama for protesting against segregation.
Martin Luther King Jr. · Letter from Birmingham Jail · Birmingham, Alabama
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1972
Apollo program: The launch of Apollo 16 from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
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1990
"Doctor Death", Jack Kevorkian, participates in his first assisted suicide.
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1992
The Katina P runs aground off of Maputo, Mozambique and 60,000 tons of crude oil spill into the ocean.
Katina P · Maputo · Mozambique
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2001
India and Bangladesh begin a five-day border conflict, but are unable to resolve the disputes about their border.
Bangladesh · 2001 Bangladeshi-Indian border skirmish · India-Bangladesh border
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2003
The Treaty of Accession is signed in Athens admitting ten new member states to the European Union.
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2007
Virginia Tech shooting: Seung-Hui Cho guns down 32 people and injures 17 before committing suicide.
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2012
The trial for Anders Behring Breivik, the perpetrator of the 2011 Norway attacks, begins in Oslo, Norway.
Trial of Anders Behring Breivik · Anders Behring Breivik · 2011 Norway attacks · Oslo
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2012
The Pulitzer Prize winners were announced, it was the first time since 1977 that no book won the Fiction Prize.
2012 Pulitzer Prize · 1977 Pulitzer Prize · Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
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2013
A 7.8-magnitude earthquake strikes Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran, killing at least 35 people and injuring 117 others.
Moment magnitude scale · 2013 Saravan earthquake · Sistan and Baluchestan Province · Iran
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2013
The 2013 Baga massacre is started when Boko Haram militants engage government soldiers in Baga.
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2014
The South Korean ferry MV Sewol capsizes and sinks near Jindo Island, killing 304 passengers and crew and leading to widespread criticism of the South Korean government, media, and shipping authorities.
South Korea · MV Sewol · Sinking of MV Sewol · Jindo (island)
Известные рождения
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1319
John II of France (d. 1364)
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1435
Jan II the Mad, Duke of Żagań (1439-1449 and 1461-1468 and again in 1472) (d. 1504)
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1488
Jungjong of Joseon (d. 1544)
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1495
Petrus Apianus, German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1557)
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1516
Tabinshwehti, Burmese king (d. 1550)
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1569
John Davies, English poet and lawyer (d. 1626)
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1635
Frans van Mieris the Elder, Dutch painter (d. 1681)
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1646
Jules Hardouin-Mansart, French architect, designed the Château de Dampierre and Grand Trianon (d. 1708)
Jules Hardouin-Mansart · Château de Dampierre · Grand Trianon
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1660
Hans Sloane, Irish-English physician and academic (d. 1753)
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1661
Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax, English poet and politician, First Lord of the Treasury (d. 1715)
Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax · First Lord of the Treasury
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1682
John Hadley, English mathematician, invented the octant (d. 1744)
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1697
Johann Gottlieb Görner, German organist and composer (d. 1778)
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1728
Joseph Black, French-Scottish physician and chemist (d. 1799)
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1730
Henry Clinton, English general and politician (d. 1795)
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1755
Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, French painter (d. 1842)
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1786
John Franklin, English admiral and politician, 4th Lieutenant Governor of Van Diemen's Land (d. 1847)
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1800
George Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan, English field marshal and politician (d. 1888)
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1808
Caleb Blood Smith, American journalist, lawyer, and politician, 6th United States Secretary of the Interior (d. 1864)
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1821
Ford Madox Brown, French-English soldier and painter (d. 1893)
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1823
Gotthold Eisenstein, German mathematician and academic (d. 1852)
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1826
Sir James Corry, 1st Baronet, British politician (d. 1891)
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1827
Octave Crémazie, Canadian poet and bookseller (d. 1879)
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1839
Antonio Starabba, Marchese di Rudinì, Italian politician, 12th Prime Minister of Italy (d. 1908)
Antonio Starabba, Marchese di Rudinì · Prime Minister of Italy
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1834
Charles Lennox Richardson, English-Chinese merchant (d. 1862)
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1844
Anatole France, French journalist, novelist, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1924)
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1847
Hans Auer, Swiss-Austrian architect, designed the Federal Palace of Switzerland (d. 1906)
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1848
Kandukuri Veeresalingam, Indian author and activist (d. 1919)
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1851
Ponnambalam Ramanathan, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 3rd Solicitor General of Sri Lanka (d. 1930)
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1864
Rose Talbot Bullard, American medical doctor and professor (d. 1915)
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1865
Harry Chauvel, Australian general (d. 1945)
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1866
José de Diego, Puerto Rican journalist, lawyer, and politician (d. 1918)
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1867
Wilbur Wright, American inventor (d. 1912)
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1871
John Millington Synge, Irish author, poet, and playwright (d. 1909)
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1874
Jōtarō Watanabe, Japanese general (d. 1936)
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1878
R. E. Foster, English cricketer and footballer (d. 1914)
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1882
Seth Bingham, American organist and composer (d. 1972)
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1884
Ronald Barnes, 3rd Baron Gorell, English cricketer, journalist, and politician (d. 1963)
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1885
Leó Weiner, Hungarian composer and educator (d. 1960)
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1886
Michalis Dorizas, Greek-American football player and javelin thrower (d. 1957)
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1886
Ernst Thälmann, German politician (d. 1944)
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1888
Billy Minter, English footballer and manager (d. 1940)
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1889
Charlie Chaplin, English actor, director, producer, screenwriter, and composer (d. 1977)
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1890
Fred Root, English cricketer and umpire (d. 1954)
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1890
Gertrude Chandler Warner, American author and educator (d. 1979)
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1891
Dorothy P. Lathrop, American author and illustrator (d. 1980)
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1892
Howard Mumford Jones, American author, critic, and academic (d. 1980)
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1893
Germaine Guèvremont, Canadian journalist and author (d. 1968)
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1893
John Norton, American hurdler (d. 1979)
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1895
Ove Arup, English-Danish engineer and businessman, founded Arup (d. 1988)
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1896
Robert Henry Best, American journalist (d. 1952)
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1896
Tristan Tzara, Romanian-French poet and critic (d. 1963)
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1899
Osman Achmatowicz, Polish chemist and academic (d. 1988)
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1900
Polly Adler, Russian-American madam and author (d. 1962) [1]
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1900
Eva Aschoff, German bookbinder and calligrapher (d. 1969)
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1903
Paul Waner, American baseball player and manager (d. 1965)
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1904
Fifi D'Orsay, Canadian-American vaudevillian, actress, and singer (d. 1983)
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1905
Frits Philips, Dutch businessman (d. 2005)
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1907
Joseph-Armand Bombardier, Canadian inventor and businessman, founded Bombardier Inc. (d. 1964)
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1907
August Eigruber, Austrian-German politician (d. 1947)
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1908
Ellis Marsalis, Sr., American businessman and activist (d. 2004)
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1908
Ray Ventura, French jazz bandleader (d. 1979)
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1910
Berton Roueché, American journalist and author (d. 1994)
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1911
Guy Burgess, English-Russian spy (d. 1963)
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1913
Les Tremayne, English actor (d. 2003)
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1914
John Hodiak, American actor (d. 1955)
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1915
Robert Speck, Canadian politician, 1st Mayor of Mississauga (d. 1972)
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1916
Behçet Necatigil, Turkish author, poet, and translator (d. 1979)
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1917
Victoria Eugenia Fernández de Córdoba, 18th Duchess of Medinaceli (d. 2013)
Victoria Eugenia Fernández de Córdoba, 18th Duchess of Medinaceli
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1917
Barry Nelson, American actor (d. 2007)
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1918
Dick Gibson, English race car driver (d. 2010)
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1918
Hsuan Hua, Chinese-American monk and author (d. 1995)
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1918
Juozas Kazickas, Lithuanian-American businessman and philanthropist (d. 2014)
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1918
Spike Milligan, Irish actor, comedian, and writer (d. 2002)
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1919
Merce Cunningham, American dancer and choreographer (d. 2009)
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1919
Nilla Pizzi, Italian singer (d. 2011)
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1919
Pedro Ramírez Vázquez, Mexican architect, designed the Tijuana Cultural Center and National Museum of Anthropology (d. 2013)
Pedro Ramírez Vázquez · Tijuana Cultural Center · National Museum of Anthropology (Mexico)
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1919
Thomas Willmore, English geometer and academic (d. 2005)
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1920
Ananda Dassanayake, Sri Lankan politician (d. 2012)
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1920
Prince George Valdemar of Denmark (d. 1986)
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1921
Arlin M. Adams, American lawyer and judge (d. 2015)
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1921
Wolfgang Leonhard, German historian and author (d. 2014)
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1921
Peter Ustinov, English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2004)
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1922
Kingsley Amis, English novelist, poet, critic (d. 1995)
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1922
John Christopher, English author (d. 2012)
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1922
Lawrence N. Guarino, American colonel (d. 2014)
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1922
Leo Tindemans, Belgian politician, 43rd Prime Minister of Belgium (d. 2014)
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1923
Warren Barker, American composer (d. 2006)
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1923
Arch A. Moore, Jr., American sergeant, lawyer, and politician, 28th Governor of West Virginia (d. 2015)
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1924
John Harvey-Jones, English academic and businessman (d. 2008)
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1924
Henry Mancini, American composer and conductor (d. 1994)
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1924
Rudy Pompilli, American saxophonist (d. 1976)
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1924
Madanjeet Singh, Indian diplomat, author, and philanthropist (d. 2013)
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1926
Pierre Fabre, French pharmacist, founded Laboratoires Pierre Fabre (d. 2013)
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1927
Edie Adams, American actress and singer (d. 2008)
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1927
Pope Benedict XVI
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1927
Rolf Schult, German actor (d. 2013)
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1928
Dick Lane, American football player and soldier (d. 2002)
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1929
Roy Hamilton, American singer (d. 1969)
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1929
Ralph Slatyer, Australian biologist and ecologist (d. 2012)
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1929
Ed Townsend, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2003)
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1930
Doug Beasy, Australian footballer and educator (d. 2013)
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1930
Herbie Mann, American flute player and composer (d. 2003)
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1932
Maury Meyers, American lawyer and politician (d. 2014)
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1933
Marcos Alonso Imaz, Spanish footballer (d. 2012)
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1933
Joan Bakewell, English journalist and author
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1933
Perry Botkin Jr., American composer, arranger and musician
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1933
Vera Krepkina, Russian long jumper
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1933
Ike Pappas, American journalist and actor (d. 2008)
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1934
Vince Hill, English singer-songwriter
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1934
Robert Stigwood, Australian producer and manager (d. 2016)
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1934
Barrie Unsworth, Australian politician, 36th Premier of New South Wales
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1934
Vicar, Chilean cartoonist (d. 2012)
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1935
Marcel Carrière, Canadian director and screenwriter
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1935
Sarah Kirsch, German poet and author (d. 2013)
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1935
Lennart Risberg, Swedish boxer (d. 2013)
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1935
Dominique Venner, French journalist and historian (d. 2013)
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1935
Bobby Vinton, American singer
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1936
Vadim Kuzmin, Russian physicist and academic (d. 2015)
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1937
Gert Potgieter, South African hurdler and coach
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1938
Rich Rollins, American baseball player
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1938
Gordon Wilson, Scottish lawyer and politician
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1939
John Amabile, American football player and coach (d. 2012)
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1939
Dusty Springfield, English singer and record producer (d. 1999)
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1940
Benoît Bouchard, Canadian academic and politician, 18th Canadian Minister of Transport
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1940
David Holford, Barbadian cricketer
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1940
Queen Margrethe II of Denmark
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1940
Joan Snyder, American painter
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1940
Thomas Stonor, 7th Baron Camoys, English banker and politician, Lord Chamberlain of the United Kingdom
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1941
Allan Segal, American director and producer (d. 2012)
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1942
Jim Lonborg, American baseball pitcher
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1942
Frank Williams, English businessman, founded the Williams F1 Racing Team
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1943
Lonesome Dave Peverett, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2000)
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1943
Petro Tyschtschenko, Austrian-German businessman
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1943
John Watkins, Australian cricketer
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1945
Tom Allen, American lawyer and politician
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1946
Margot Adler, American journalist and author (d. 2014)
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1946
Ernst Bakker, Dutch politician (d. 2014)
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1946
Johnnie Lewis, Liberian lawyer and politician, 18th Chief Justice of Liberia (d. 2015)
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1946
R. Carlos Nakai, American flute player
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1947
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, American basketball player and coach
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1947
Gerry Rafferty, Scottish singer-songwriter (d. 2011)
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1948
Reg Alcock, Canadian businessman and politician, 17th Canadian President of the Treasury Board (d. 2011)
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1950
David Graf, American actor (d. 2001)
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1950
Colleen Hewett, Australian singer and actress
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1951
Ioan Mihai Cochinescu, Romanian author and photographer
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1951
David Nutt, English psychiatrist and academic
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1952
Bill Belichick, American football player and coach
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1952
Michel Blanc, French actor and director
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1952
Esther Roth-Shahamorov, Israeli sprinter and hurdler
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1952
Billy West, American voice actor, singer-songwriter, and comedian
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1953
Peter Garrett, Australian singer-songwriter and politician
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1953
Jay O. Sanders, American actor
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1954
Ellen Barkin, American actress
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1954
John Bowe, Australian race car driver
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1954
Mike Zuke, Canadian ice hockey player
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1955
Bruce Bochy, American baseball player and manager
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1955
Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
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1956
David M. Brown, American captain, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2003)
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1956
T Lavitz, American keyboard player, composer, and producer (d. 2010)
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1956
Lise-Marie Morerod, Swiss skier
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1957
Patricia De Martelaere, Belgian philosopher, author, and academic (d. 2009)
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1958
Tim Flach, English photographer and director
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1958
Ulf Wakenius, Swedish guitarist
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1959
Alison Ramsay, English-Scottish field hockey player and lawyer
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1960
Wahab Akbar, Filipino politician (d. 2007)
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1960
Rafael Benítez, Spanish footballer and manager
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1960
Pierre Littbarski, German footballer and manager
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1961
Jarbom Gamlin, Indian lawyer and politician, 7th Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh (d. 2014)
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1961
Linda Ruth Williams, British film studies academic
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1962
Anna Dello Russo, Italian journalist
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1962
Douglas Elmendorf, American economist and politician
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1962
Ian MacKaye, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
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1963
Saleem Malik, Pakistani cricketer
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1963
Jimmy Osmond, American singer (The Osmonds)
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1964
David Kohan, American screenwriter and producer
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1964
Dave Pirner, American singer, songwriter and producer (Soul Asylum)
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1964
Esbjörn Svensson, Swedish pianist (d. 2008)
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1965
Yves-François Blanchet, Canadian politician
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1965
Jon Cryer, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
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1965
Martin Lawrence, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
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1966
Jarle Vespestad, Norwegian drummer
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1966
Jeff Varner, American newscaster and reality television personality
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1968
Vickie Guerrero, American wrestler and manager
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1968
Rüdiger Stenzel, German runner
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1969
Patrik Järbyn, Swedish skier
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1969
Fernando Viña, American baseball player and sportscaster
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1970
Dero Goi, German singer-songwriter and drummer
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1970
Walt Williams, American basketball player
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1971
Cameron Blades, Australian rugby player
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1971
Selena, American singer-songwriter, actress, and fashion designer (d. 1995)
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1971
Seigo Yamamoto, Japanese race car driver
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1971
Natasha Zvereva, Belarusian tennis player
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1972
Conchita Martínez, Spanish-American tennis player
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1972
Tracy K. Smith, American poet and educator
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1973
Akon, Senegalese-American singer, rapper and songwriter
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1973
Charlotta Sörenstam, Swedish golfer
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1973
Teddy Cobeña, Spanish-Ecuadorian expressionist and representational sculptor
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1975
Keon Clark, American basketball player
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1976
Lukas Haas, American actor and musician
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1977
Fredrik Ljungberg, Swedish footballer
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1979
Christijan Albers, Dutch race car driver
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1979
Lars Börgeling, German pole vaulter
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1979
Daniel Browne, New Zealand rugby player
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1981
Anestis Agritis, Greek footballer
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1981
Maya Dunietz, Israeli singer-songwriter and pianist
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1981
Matthieu Proulx, Canadian football player
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1982
Gina Carano, American mixed martial artist and actress
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1982
Boris Diaw, French basketball player
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1982
Jonathan Vilma, American football player
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1983
Marié Digby, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress
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1983
Cat Osterman, American softball player
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1984
Teddy Blass, American composer and producer
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1984
Claire Foy, English actress
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1984
Tucker Fredricks, American speed skater
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1984
Paweł Kieszek, Polish footballer
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1984
Kerron Stewart, Jamaican sprinter
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1985
Luol Deng, Sudanese-English basketball player
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1985
Brendon Leonard, New Zealand rugby player
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1985
Benjamín Rojas, Argentinian singer-songwriter and actor
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1985
Taye Taiwo, Nigerian footballer
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1986
Paul di Resta, Scottish race car driver
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1986
Shinji Okazaki, Japanese footballer
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1986
Peter Regin, Danish ice hockey player
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1986
Epke Zonderland, Dutch gymnast
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1987
Cenk Akyol, Turkish basketball player
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1987
Aaron Lennon, English footballer
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1988
Kyle Okposo, American ice hockey player
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1990
Reggie Jackson, American basketball player
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1990
Vangelis Mantzaris, Greek basketball player
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1990
Tony McQuay, American sprinter
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1990
Travis Shaw, American baseball player
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1991
Nolan Arenado, American baseball player
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1991
Kim Kyung-jung, South Korean footballer
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1993
Mirai Nagasu, American figure skater
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1993
Chance the Rapper, American rapper
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1994
Albert Almora, American baseball player
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1994
Will Fuller, American football player
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2002
Sadie Sink, American Actress
Известные смерти
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AD 69
Otho, Roman emperor (b. AD 32)
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665
Fructuosus of Braga, French archbishop and saint
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1090
Sikelgaita, duchess of Apulia (b. c. 1040)
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1113
Sviatopolk II of Kiev (b. 1050)
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1118
Adelaide del Vasto, regent of Sicily, mother of Roger II of Sicily, queen of Baldwin I of Jerusalem
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1198
Frederick I, Duke of Austria (b. 1175)
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1234
Richard Marshal, 3rd Earl of Pembroke (b. 1191)
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1496
Charles II, Duke of Savoy (b. 1489)
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1587
Anne Seymour, Duchess of Somerset (b. 1497)
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1640
Countess Charlotte Flandrina of Nassau (b. 1579)
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1645
Tobias Hume, Scottish soldier, viol player, and composer (b. 1569)
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1687
George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, English poet and politician, Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire (b. 1628)
George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham · Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire
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1689
Aphra Behn, English author and playwright (b. 1640)
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1742
Stefano Benedetto Pallavicino, Italian poet and translator (b. 1672)
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1756
Jacques Cassini, French astronomer (b. 1677)
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1783
Christian Mayer, Czech astronomer and educator (b. 1719)
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1788
Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, French mathematician, cosmologist, and author (b. 1707)
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1828
Francisco Goya, Spanish-French painter and illustrator (b. 1746)
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1846
Domenico Dragonetti, Italian bassist and composer (b. 1763)
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1850
Marie Tussaud, French-English sculptor, founded the Madame Tussauds Wax Museum (b. 1761)
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1859
Alexis de Tocqueville, French historian and philosopher, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1805)
Alexis de Tocqueville · Minister of Foreign Affairs (France)
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1879
Bernadette Soubirous, French nun and saint (b. 1844)
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1888
Zygmunt Florenty Wróblewski, Polish physicist and chemist (b. 1845)
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1899
Emilio Jacinto, Filipino journalist and activist (b. 1875)
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1904
Maximilian Kronberger, German poet and author (b. 1888)
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1904
Samuel Smiles, Scottish-English author (b. 1812)
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1914
George William Hill, American astronomer and mathematician (b. 1838)
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1915
Nelson W. Aldrich, American businessman and politician (b. 1841)
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1925
Stefan Nerezov, Bulgarian general (b. 1867)
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1928
Henry Birks, Canadian businessman, founded Henry Birks and Sons (b. 1840)
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1928
Roman Steinberg, Estonian wrestler (b. 1900)
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1930
José Carlos Mariátegui, Peruvian journalist, philosopher, and activist (b. 1894)
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1935
Panait Istrati, Romanian journalist and author (b. 1884)
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1937
Jay Johnson Morrow, American military engineer and politician, 3rd Governor of the Panama Canal Zone (b. 1870)
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1938
Steve Bloomer, English footballer and manager (b. 1874)
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1941
Josiah Stamp, 1st Baron Stamp, English economist and civil servant (b. 1880)
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1942
Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (b. 1878)
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1942
Denis St. George Daly, Irish polo player (b. 1862)
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1946
Arthur Chevrolet, Swiss-American race car driver and engineer (b. 1884)
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1947
Rudolf Höss, German SS officer (b. 1900)
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1950
Eduard Oja, Estonian composer, conductor, and critic (b. 1905)
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1950
Anders Peter Nielsen, Danish target shooter (b. 1867)
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1955
David Kirkwood, Scottish engineer and politician (b. 1872)
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1958
Rosalind Franklin, English biophysicist and academic (b. 1920)
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1960
Mihály Fekete, Hungarian actor, screenwriter and film director (b. 1884)
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1961
Carl Hovland, American psychologist and academic (b. 1912)
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1965
Francis Cecil Campbell Balfour, English soldier and colonial administrator (b. 1884)
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1965
Sydney Chaplin, Actor,comedian, brother to Charlie Chaplin (b. 1885)
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1966
Eric Lambert, Australian author (b. 1918)
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1968
Fay Bainter, American actress (b. 1893)
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1968
Edna Ferber, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (b. 1885)
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1969
Hem Vejakorn, Thai illustrator and painter (b. 1904)
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1970
Richard Neutra, Austrian-American architect, designed the Los Angeles County Hall of Records (b. 1892)
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1970
Péter Veres, Hungarian politician, Hungarian Minister of Defence (b. 1897)
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1972
Yasunari Kawabata, Japanese novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
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1972
Frank O'Connor, Australian public servant (b. 1894)
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1973
István Kertész, Hungarian conductor and educator (b. 1929)
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1978
Lucius D. Clay, American officer and military governor in occupied Germany (b. 1898)
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1980
Morris Stoloff, American composer (b. 1898)
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1985
Scott Brady, American actor (b. 1924)
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1988
Khalil al-Wazir, Palestinian commander, founded Fatah (b. 1935)
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1988
Youri Egorov, Russian pianist (b. 1954)
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1989
Jocko Conlan, American baseball player and umpire (b. 1899)
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1989
Kaoru Ishikawa Japanese author and educator (b. 1915)
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1989
Miles Lawrence, English cricketer (b. 1940)
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1989
Hakkı Yeten, Turkish footballer and manager (b. 1910)
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1991
David Lean, English director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1908)
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1992
Neville Brand, American actor (b. 1920)
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1992
Alexandru Nicolschi, Romanian spy and activist (b. 1915)
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1992
Andy Russell, American singer and actor (b. 1919)
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1994
Paul-Émilien Dalpé, Canadian labor unionist (b. 1919)
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1994
Ralph Ellison, American novelist and critic (b. 1913)
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1996
Lucille Bremer, American actress and dancer (b. 1917)
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1996
Stavros Niarchos, Greek-Swiss businessman (b. 1909)
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1997
Esmeralda Arboleda Cadavid, Colombian politician (b. 1921)
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1997
Roland Topor, French actor, director, and painter (b. 1938)
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1998
Alberto Calderón, Argentinian-American mathematician and academic (b. 1920)
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1998
Fred Davis, English snooker player (b. 1913)
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1998
Marie-Louise Meilleur, Canadian super-centenarian (b. 1880)
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1999
Skip Spence, Canadian-American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1946)
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2001
Michael Ritchie, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1938)
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2001
Alec Stock, English footballer and manager (b. 1917)
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2002
Billy Ayre, English footballer and manager (b. 1952)
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2002
Ruth Fertel, American businesswoman, founded Ruth's Chris Steak House (b. 1927)
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2002
Robert Urich, American actor (b. 1946)
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2003
Graham Jarvis, Canadian actor (b. 1930)
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2003
Graham Stuart Thomas, English horticulturalist and author (b. 1909)
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2005
Kay Walsh, English actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1911)
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2007
Frank Bateson, New Zealand astronomer (b. 1909)
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2007
Gaétan Duchesne, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1962)
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2007
Maria Lenk, Brazilian swimmer (b. 1915)
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2007
Chandrabose Suthaharan, Sri Lankan journalist
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2008
Edward Norton Lorenz, American mathematician and meteorologist (b. 1917)
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2010
Rasim Delić, Bosnian general (b. 1949)
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2010
Daryl Gates, American police officer, created the D.A.R.E. Program (b. 1926)
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2011
Gerry Alexander, Jamaican cricketer and veterinarian (b. 1928)
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2011
Allan Blakeney, Canadian scholar and politician, 10th Premier of Saskatchewan (b. 1925)
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2011
Sol Saks, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1910)
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2012
Sári Barabás, Hungarian soprano (b. 1914)
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2012
Marian Biskup, Polish author and academic (b. 1922)
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2012
Alan Hacker, English clarinet player and conductor (b. 1938)
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2012
George Kunda, Zambian lawyer and politician, 11th Vice-President of Zambia (b. 1956)
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2012
Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller, Danish businessman (b. 1913)
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2012
Carlo Petrini, Italian footballer and coach (b. 1948)
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2013
Charles Bruzon, Gibraltarian politician (b. 1938)
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2013
Ali Kafi, Algerian colonel and politician (b. 1928)
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2013
Siegfried Ludwig, Austrian politician, 18th Governor of Lower Austria (b. 1926)
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2013
Pentti Lund, Finnish-Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1925)
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2013
George Beverly Shea, Canadian-American singer-songwriter (b. 1909)
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2013
Pat Summerall, American football player and sportscaster (b. 1930)
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2013
Pedro Ramírez Vázquez, Mexican architect, designed the Tijuana Cultural Center and National Museum of Anthropology (b. 1919)
Pedro Ramírez Vázquez · Tijuana Cultural Center · National Museum of Anthropology (Mexico)
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2014
Gyude Bryant, Liberian businessman and politician (b. 1949)
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2014
Aulis Rytkönen, Finnish footballer and manager (b. 1929)
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2014
Ernst Florian Winter, Austrian-American historian and political scientist (b. 1923)
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2015
Valery Belousov, Russian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1948)
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2015
Attaphol Buspakom, Thai footballer and manager (b. 1962)
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2015
Oles Buzina, Ukrainian journalist and author (b. 1969)
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2015
Stanislav Gross, Czech lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of the Czech Republic (b. 1969)
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2016
Charlie Hodge, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1933)