April 26 — В этот день в истории
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События
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1336
Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch) ascends Mont Ventoux.
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1478
The Pazzi family attack Lorenzo de' Medici and kill his brother Giuliano during High Mass in Florence Cathedral.
Pazzi family · Lorenzo de' Medici · Giuliano de' Medici · Solemn Mass · Florence Cathedral
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1564
Playwright William Shakespeare is baptized in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England (date of actual birth is unknown).
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1607
English colonists make landfall at Cape Henry, Virginia.
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1721
A massive earthquake devastates the Iranian city of Tabriz.
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1777
Legend tells that Sybil Ludington, aged 16, rode 40 miles to alert American colonial forces to the approach of the British regular forces
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1794
Battle of Beaumont during the Flanders Campaign of the War of the First Coalition.
Battle of Beaumont (1794) · Flanders Campaign · War of the First Coalition
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1802
Napoleon Bonaparte signs a general amnesty to allow all but about one thousand of the most notorious émigrés of the French Revolution to return to France, as part of a reconciliary gesture with the factions of the Ancien Régime and to eventually consolidate his own rule.
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1803
Thousands of meteor fragments fall from the skies of L'Aigle, France; the event convinces European scientists that meteors exist.
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1805
First Barbary War: United States Marines captured Derne under the command of First Lieutenant Presley O'Bannon.
First Barbary War · United States Marines · Battle of Derne · Derna, Libya · First Lieutenant
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1865
American Civil War: Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston surrenders his army to General William Tecumseh Sherman at the Bennett Place near Durham, North Carolina. Also the date of Confederate Memorial Day for two states.
American Civil War · Confederate States of America · General officers in the Confederate States Army · Joseph E. Johnston · General (United States)
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1865
Union cavalry troopers corner and shoot dead John Wilkes Booth, assassin of President Lincoln, in Virginia.
Union (American Civil War) · John Wilkes Booth · Assassination of Abraham Lincoln · Virginia
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1903
Atlético Madrid Association football club is founded
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1923
The Duke of York weds Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon at Westminster Abbey.
George VI · Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother · Westminster Abbey
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1925
Paul von Hindenburg defeats Wilhelm Marx in the second round of the German presidential election to become the first directly elected head of state of the Weimar Republic.
Paul von Hindenburg · Wilhelm Marx · German presidential election, 1925 · Head of state · Weimar Republic
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1933
The Gestapo, the official secret police force of Nazi Germany, is established.
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1937
Spanish Civil War: Guernica, Spain, is bombed by German Luftwaffe.
Spanish Civil War · Guernica · Bombing of Guernica · Luftwaffe
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1942
Benxihu Colliery accident in Manchukuo leaves 1549 Chinese miners dead.
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1943
The Easter Riots break out in Uppsala, Sweden.
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1944
Georgios Papandreou becomes head of the Greek government-in-exile based in Egypt.
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1944
Heinrich Kreipe is captured by Allied commandos in occupied Crete.
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1945
World War II: Battle of Bautzen: Last successful German tank-offensive of the war and last noteworthy victory of the Wehrmacht.
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1945
World War II: Filipino troops of the 66th Infantry Regiment, Philippine Commonwealth Army, USAFIP-NL and the American troops of the 33rd and 37th Infantry Division, United States Army are liberated in Baguio City and they fight against the Japanese forces under General Tomoyuki Yamashita.
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1954
The Geneva Conference, an effort to restore peace in Indochina and Korea, begins.
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1956
SS Ideal X, the world's first successful container ship, leaves Port Newark, New Jersey for Houston, Texas.
SS Ideal X · Container ship · Port Newark-Elizabeth Marine Terminal · Houston
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1958
Final run of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's Royal Blue from Washington, D.C., to New York City after 68 years, the first U.S. passenger train to use electric locomotives.
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad · Royal Blue (train) · Railway electrification system
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1960
Forced out by the April Revolution, President of South Korea Syngman Rhee resigns after twelve years of dictatorial rule.
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1963
In Libya, amendments to the constitution transform Libya (United Kingdom of Libya) into one national unity (Kingdom of Libya) and allows for female participation in elections.
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1964
Tanganyika and Zanzibar merge to form Tanzania.
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1966
The magnitude 5.1 Tashkent earthquake affects the largest city in Soviet Central Asia with a maximum MSK intensity of VII (Very strong). Tashkent is mostly destroyed and 15-200 are killed.
1966 Tashkent earthquake · Soviet Central Asia · Medvedev-Sponheuer-Karnik scale · Tashkent
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1966
A new government is formed in the Republic of the Congo, led by Ambroise Noumazalaye.
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1970
The Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization enters into force.
Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization
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1981
Dr. Michael R. Harrison of the University of California, San Francisco Medical Center performs the world's first human open fetal surgery.
Michael R. Harrison · University of California, San Francisco · Fetal surgery
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1982
Fifty-seven people are killed by former police officer Woo Bum-kon in a shooting spree in South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea.
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1986
A nuclear reactor accident occurs at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the Soviet Union (now Ukraine), creating the world's worst nuclear disaster.
Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant · Soviet Union · Ukraine · Chernobyl disaster
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1989
The deadliest tornado in world history strikes Central Bangladesh, killing upwards of 1,300, injuring 12,000, and leaving as many as 80,000 homeless.
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1989
People's Daily publishes the April 26 Editorial which inflames the nascent Tiananmen Square protests
People's Daily · April 26 Editorial · Tiananmen Square protests of 1989
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1991
Seventy tornadoes break out in the central United States. Before the outbreak's end, Andover, Kansas, would record the year's only F5 tornado.
April 26, 1991 tornado outbreak · Andover, Kansas · Fujita scale
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1994
China Airlines Flight 140 crashes at Nagoya Airport in Japan, killing 264 of the 271 people on board.
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2002
Robert Steinhäuser kills 16 at Gutenberg-Gymnasium in Erfurt, Germany before dying of a self-inflicted gunshot.
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2005
Under international pressure, Syria withdraws the last of its 14,000 troop military garrison in Lebanon, ending its 29-year military domination of that country (Syrian occupation of Lebanon).
Известные рождения
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121
Marcus Aurelius, Roman emperor (d. 180)
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757
Hisham I of Córdoba (d. 796)
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764
Al-Hadi, Iranian caliph (d. 786)
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1284
Alice de Toeni, Countess of Warwick (d. 1324)
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1319
King John II of France (d. 1364)
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1538
Gian Paolo Lomazzo, Italian painter and academic (d. 1600)
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1575
Marie de' Medici, queen of Henry IV of France (d. 1642)
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1647
William Ashhurst, English banker, Sheriff of London, Lord Mayor of London and politician (d. 1720)
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1648
Peter II of Portugal (d. 1706)
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1697
Adam Falckenhagen, German lute player and composer (d. 1754)
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1710
Thomas Reid, Scottish philosopher and academic (d. 1796)
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1711
David Hume, Scottish philosopher, economist and historian (d. 1776)
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1718
Esek Hopkins, American commander (d. 1802)
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1774
Christian Leopold von Buch, German geologist and paleontologist (d. 1853)
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1782
Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily (d. 1866)
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1785
John James Audubon, French-American ornithologist and painter (d. 1851)
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1787
Ludwig Uhland, German poet, philologist, and historian (d. 1862)
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1798
Eugène Delacroix, French painter and lithographer (d. 1863)
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1801
Ambrose Dudley Mann, American politician and diplomat, 1st United States Assistant Secretary of State (d. 1889)
Ambrose Dudley Mann · United States Assistant Secretary of State
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1804
Charles Goodyear, American banker, lawyer, and politician (d. 1876)
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1822
Frederick Law Olmsted, American journalist and designer, co-designed Central Park (d. 1903)
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1834
Charles Farrar Browne, American author (d. 1867)
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1856
Joseph Ward, Australian-New Zealand businessman and politician, 17th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1930)
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1862
Edmund C. Tarbell, American painter and educator (d. 1938)
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1876
Ernst Felle, German rower (d. 1959)
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1877
James Dooley, Irish-Australian politician, 21st Premier of New South Wales (d. 1950)
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1878
Rafael Guízar y Valencia, Mexican bishop and saint (d. 1938)
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1879
Owen Willans Richardson, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1959)
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1886
Ma Rainey, American singer (d. 1939)
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1886
Ğabdulla Tuqay, Russian poet and publicist (d. 1913)
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1889
Anita Loos, American author, playwright, and screenwriter (d. 1981)
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1889
Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian-English philosopher and academic (d. 1951)
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1894
Rudolf Hess, Egyptian-German politician (d. 1987)
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1896
Ruut Tarmo, Estonian actor and director (d. 1967)
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1896
Ernst Udet, German colonel and pilot (d. 1941)
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1897
Douglas Sirk, German-American director and screenwriter (d. 1987)
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1898
Vicente Aleixandre, Spanish poet and author, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1984)
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1898
Eddie Eagan, American boxer and bobsledder (d. 1967)
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1898
John Grierson, Scottish director and producer (d. 1972)
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1899
Oscar Rabin, Latvian-English saxophonist and bandleader (d. 1958)
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1900
Eva Aschoff, German bookbinder and calligrapher (d. 1969) [1]
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1900
Charles Francis Richter, American seismologist and physicist (d. 1985)
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1900
Hack Wilson, American baseball player (d. 1948)
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1904
Paul-Émile Léger, Canadian cardinal (d. 1991)
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1904
Xenophon Zolotas, Greek economist and politician, 177th Prime Minister of Greece (d. 2004)
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1907
Ilias Tsirimokos, Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1968)
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1909
Marianne Hoppe, German actress (d. 2002)
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1910
Tomoyuki Tanaka, Japanese screenwriter and producer (d. 1997)
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1911
Paul Verner, German soldier and politician (d. 1986)
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1912
A. E. van Vogt, Canadian-American author (d. 2000)
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1914
Bernard Malamud, Jewish American novelist and short story writer (d. 1986)
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1914
James Rouse, American real estate developer (d. 1996)
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1916
Eyvind Earle, American artist, author, and illustrator (d. 2000)
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1916
Ken Wallis, English commander, engineer, and pilot (d. 2013)
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1916
Morris West, Australian author and playwright (d. 1999)
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1917
Sal Maglie, American baseball player and coach (d. 1992)
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1917
I. M. Pei, Chinese-American architect, designed the National Gallery of Art and Bank of China Tower
I. M. Pei · National Gallery of Art · Bank of China Tower (Hong Kong)
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1917
Virgil Trucks, American baseball player and coach (d. 2013)
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1918
Fanny Blankers-Koen, Dutch sprinter and long jumper (d. 2004)
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1921
Jimmy Giuffre, American clarinet player, saxophonist, and composer (d. 2008)
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1922
J. C. Holt, English historian and academic (d. 2014)
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1922
Jeanne Sauvé, Canadian journalist and politician, 23rd Governor General of Canada (d. 1993)
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1922
Margaret Scott, South African-Australian ballerina and choreographer
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1924
Browning Ross, American runner and soldier (d. 1998)
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1925
Vladimir Boltyansky, Russian mathematician, educator and author
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1925
Gerard Cafesjian, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 2013)
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1925
Michele Ferrero, Italian entrepreneur (d. 2015)
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1925
Frank Hahn, British economist (d. 2013)
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1926
Michael Mathias Prechtl, German soldier and illustrator (d. 2003)
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1927
Jack Douglas, English actor (d. 2008)
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1927
Granny Hamner, American baseball player (d. 1993)
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1927
Harry Gallatin, American basketball player and coach (d. 2015)
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1929
Richard Mitchell, American author and educator (d. 2002)
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1930
Roger Moens, Belgian runner and sportscaster
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1931
Paul Almond, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2015)
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1931
Bernie Brillstein, American talent agent and producer (d. 2008)
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1931
John Cain Jr., Australian politician, 41st Premier of Victoria
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1932
Israr Ahmed, Indian-Pakistani theologian, philosopher, and scholar (d. 2010)
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1932
Shirley Cawley, English long jumper
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1932
Frank D'Rone, American singer and guitarist (d. 2013)
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1932
Francis Lai, French accordion player and composer
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1932
Michael Smith, English-Canadian biochemist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2000)
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1933
Carol Burnett, American actress, singer, and producer
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1933
Filiberto Ojeda Ríos, Puerto Rican-American general (d. 2005)
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1933
Arno Allan Penzias, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
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1935
Patricia Reilly Giff, American author and educator
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1937
Jean-Pierre Beltoise, French race car driver and motorcycle racer (d. 2015)
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1938
Duane Eddy, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
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1938
Maurice Williams, American doo-wop/R&B singer-songwriter (Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs)
Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs · Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs
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1940
Molvi Iftikhar Hussain Ansari, Indian cleric and politician (d. 2014)
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1940
Giorgio Moroder, Italian singer-songwriter and producer
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1940
Cliff Watson, English rugby league player
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1941
Claudine Auger, French model and actress
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1942
Svyatoslav Belza, Russian journalist, author, and critic (d. 2014)
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1942
Sharon Carstairs, Canadian lawyer and politician, Canadian Leader of the Government in the Senate
Sharon Carstairs · Leader of the Government in the Senate (Canada)
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1942
Michael Kergin, Canadian diplomat, Canadian Ambassador to the United States
Michael Kergin · List of Canadian ambassadors to the United States
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1942
Bobby Rydell, American singer and actor
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1942
Jadwiga Staniszkis, Polish sociologist, political scientist, and academic
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1943
Gary Wright, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
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1943
Peter Zumthor, Swiss architect and academic, designed the Therme Vals
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1944
Richard Bradshaw, English conductor (d. 2007)
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1945
Howard Davies, English director and producer
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1945
Dick Johnson, Australian race car driver
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1945
Sylvain Simard, Canadian academic and politician
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1946
Marilyn Nelson, African-American poet and author
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1946
Alberto Quintano, Chilean footballer
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1949
Carlos Bianchi, Argentinian footballer and manager
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1949
Jerry Blackwell, American wrestler (d. 1995)
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1951
John Battle, English politician
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1954
Tatyana Fomina, Estonian chess player
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1954
Alan Hinkes, English mountaineer and explorer
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1955
Kurt Bodewig, German politician
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1956
Koo Stark, American actress and photographer
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1958
John Crichton-Stuart, 7th Marquess of Bute, Scottish racing driver
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1958
Giancarlo Esposito, American actor, director, and producer
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1958
Georgios Kostikos, Greek footballer, coach, and manager
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1959
John Corabi, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1960
Steve Lombardozzi, American baseball player and coach
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1960
Roger Taylor, English drummer
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1961
Joan Chen, Chinese-American actress, director, producer, and screenwriter
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1962
Colin Anderson, English footballer
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1962
Debra Wilson, American actress and comedian
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1963
Jet Li, Chinese-Singaporean martial artist, actor, and producer
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1963
Colin Scotts, Australian-American football player
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1963
Cornelia Ullrich, German hurdler
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1963
Bill Wennington, Canadian basketball player
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1965
Susannah Harker, English actress
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1965
Kevin James, American actor and comedian
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1967
Marianne Jean-Baptiste, English actress and singer-songwriter
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1967
Toomas Tõniste, Estonian sailor and politician
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1970
Dean Austin, English footballer and manager
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1970
Melania Trump, Slovene-American model; First Lady of the United States; wife of United States President Donald Trump
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1970
Kristen R. Ghodsee, American ethnographer and academic
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1970
Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins, African-American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
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1971
Jay DeMarcus, American bass player, songwriter, and producer
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1972
Jason Bargwanna, Australian race car driver
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1972
Kiko, Spanish footballer
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1972
Natrone Means, American football player and coach
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1972
Avi Nimni, Israeli footballer and manager
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1973
Geoff Blum, American baseball player and sportscaster
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1973
Jules Naudet, French-American director and producer
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1973
Chris Perry, English footballer
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1973
Óscar García Junyent, Spanish footballer and coach
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1975
Joey Jordison, American musician, songwriter, record producer
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1976
Luigi Panarelli, Italian footballer
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1976
Václav Varaďa, Czech ice hockey player
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1977
Samantha Cristoforetti, Italian astronaut
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1977
Kosuke Fukudome, Japanese baseball player
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1977
Roxana Saberi, American journalist and author
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1977
Tom Welling, American actor
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1978
Joe Crede, American baseball player
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1978
Stana Katic, Canadian actress
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1978
Tyler Labine, Canadian actor
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1978
Peter Madsen, Danish footballer
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1980
Jordana Brewster, Panamanian-American actress
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1980
Marlon King, English footballer
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1980
Anna Mucha, Polish actress and journalist
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1980
Channing Tatum, American actor and producer
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1981
Caro Emerald, Dutch pop and jazz singer
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1981
Ms. Dynamite, English rapper and producer
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1981
Sandra Schmitt, German skier (d. 2000)
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1982
Novlene Williams-Mills, Jamaican sprinter
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1983
José María López, Argentinian race car driver
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1983
Jessica Lynch, American soldier and POW
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1984
Emily Wickersham, American actress
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1985
John Isner, American tennis player
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1985
Andrea Koch Benvenuto, Chilean tennis player
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1986
Lior Refaelov, Israeli footballer
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1986
Yuliya Zaripova, Russian runner
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1987
Jorge Andújar Moreno, Spanish footballer
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1988
Eric Salamat, Filipino basketball player
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1988
Ben Spina, Australian rugby league player
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1988
Manuel Viniegra, Mexican footballer
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1988
Gareth Evans, English footballer
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1989
Melvin Ingram, American football player
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1990
Mitch Rein, Australian rugby league player
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1990
Nevin Spence, Northern Irish rugby player (d. 2012)
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1991
Lazaros Fotias, Greek footballer
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1991
Will Heard, British singer and songwriter
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1991
Isaac Liu, New Zealand rugby league player
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1991
Ignacio Lores Varela, Uruguayan footballer
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1991
Srdjan Pejicic, Canadian/Bosnian basketball player
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1991
Wojciech Pszczolarski, Polish professional racing cyclist
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1992
Aaron Judge, American baseball player
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1994
Daniil Kvyat, Russian race car driver
Известные смерти
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499
Emperor Xiaowen of Northern Wei (b. 467)
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645
Richarius, Frankish monk and saint (b. 560)
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680
Muawiyah I, Umayyad caliph (b. 602)
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757
Pope Stephen II (b. 715)
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893
Chen Jingxuan, general of the Tang Dynasty
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962
Adalbero I, bishop of Metz
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1192
Emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan (b. 1127)
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1366
Simon Islip, Archbishop of Canterbury
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1392
Jeong Mong-ju, Korean civil minister, diplomat and scholar (b. 1338)
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1444
Robert Campin, Flemish painter (b. 1378)
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1478
Giuliano de' Medici, Italian ruler (b. 1453)
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1489
Ashikaga Yoshihisa, Japanese shogun (b. 1465)
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1558
Jean Fernel, French physician (b. 1497)
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1686
Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie, Swedish statesman and military man (b. 1622)
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1716
John Somers, 1st Baron Somers, English jurist and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1651)
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1784
Nano Nagle, Irish nun and educator, founded the Presentation Sisters (b. 1718)
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1789
Petr Ivanovich Panin, Russian general (b. 1721)
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1865
John Wilkes Booth, American actor, assassin of Abraham Lincoln (b. 1838)
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1881
Ludwig Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen, German general (b. 1815)
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1892
Provo Wallis, Canadian-English admiral (b. 1791)
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1895
Eric Stenbock, Estonian-English author and poet (b. 1860)
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1910
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Norwegian-French author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1832)
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1915
John Bunny, American actor (b. 1863)
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1920
Srinivasa Ramanujan, Indian mathematician and theorist (b. 1887)
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1932
William Lockwood, English cricketer (b. 1868)
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1934
Arturs Alberings, Latvian politician, former Prime Minister of Latvia (b. 1876)
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1940
Carl Bosch, German chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1874)
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1944
Violette Morris, French footballer, shot putter, and discus thrower (b. 1893)
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1945
Sigmund Rascher, German physician (b. 1909)
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1945
Pavlo Skoropadskyi, German-Ukrainian general and politician, Hetman of Ukraine (b. 1871)
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1946
James Larkin White, American miner, explorer, and park ranger (b. 1882)
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1950
George Murray Hulbert, American lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1881)
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1951
Arnold Sommerfeld, German physicist and academic (b. 1868)
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1956
Edward Arnold, American actor (b. 1890)
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1957
Gichin Funakoshi, Japanese martial artist, founded Shotokan (b. 1868)
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1964
E. J. Pratt, Canadian poet and author (b. 1882)
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1968
John Heartfield, German illustrator and photographer (b. 1891)
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1969
Morihei Ueshiba, Japanese martial artist, founded aikido (b. 1883)
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1970
Erik Bergman, Swedish minister and author (b. 1886)
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1970
Gypsy Rose Lee, American actress, striptease dancer, and writer (b. 1911)
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1973
Irene Ryan, American actress and philanthropist (b. 1902)
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1976
Sidney Franklin, American bullfighter (b. 1903)
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1976
Sid James, South African-English actor (b. 1913)
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1976
Armstrong Sperry, American author and illustrator (b. 1897)
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1980
Cicely Courtneidge, Australian-born British actress, comedian and singer (b. 1893)
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1981
Jim Davis, American actor (b. 1909)
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1984
Count Basie, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1904)
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1986
Broderick Crawford, American actor (b. 1911)
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1986
Bessie Love, American actress (b. 1898)
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1986
Dechko Uzunov, Bulgarian painter (b. 1899)
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1987
Shankar, Indian composer and conductor (b. 1922)
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1987
John Silkin, English lawyer and politician, Shadow Leader of the House of Commons (b. 1923)
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1989
Lucille Ball, American model, actress, comedian, and producer (b. 1911)
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1991
Leo Arnaud, French-American composer and conductor (b. 1904)
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1991
Carmine Coppola, American composer and conductor (b. 1910)
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1991
A. B. Guthrie, Jr., American novelist and historian, (b. 1901)
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1991
Richard Hatfield, Canadian lawyer and politician, 26th Premier of New Brunswick (b. 1931)
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1994
Mas Oyama, Japanese martial artist, founded Kyokushin kaikan (b. 1927)
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1996
Stirling Silliphant, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1918)
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1999
Adrian Borland, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1957)
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1999
Jill Dando, English journalist and television personality (b. 1961)
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2003
Rosemary Brown, Jamaican-Canadian academic and politician (b. 1930)
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2003
Yun Hyon-seok, South Korean poet and author (b. 1984)
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2003
Edward Max Nicholson, Irish environmentalist, co-founded the World Wide Fund for Nature (b. 1904)
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2004
Hubert Selby, Jr., American author, poet, and screenwriter (b. 1928)
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2005
Mason Adams, American actor (b. 1919)
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2005
Maria Schell, Austrian-Swiss actress (b. 1926)
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2005
Augusto Roa Bastos, Paraguayan journalist, author, and academic (b. 1917)
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2007
Jack Valenti, American businessman, created the MPAA film rating system (b. 1921)
Jack Valenti · Motion Picture Association of America film rating system
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2009
Hans Holzer, Austrian-American paranormal investigator and author (b. 1920)
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2010
Mariam A. Aleem, Egyptian graphic designer and academic (b. 1930)
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2010
Urs Felber, Swiss engineer and businessman (b. 1942)
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2011
Phoebe Snow, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1950)
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2012
Terence Spinks, English boxer and trainer (b. 1938)
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2013
Jacqueline Brookes, American actress and educator (b. 1930)
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2013
George Jones, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1931)
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2014
Gerald Guralnik, American physicist and academic (b. 1936)
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2014
Paul Robeson, Jr., American historian and author (b. 1927)
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2015
Jayne Meadows, American actress (b. 1919)
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2015
Marcel Pronovost, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1930)
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2016
Harry Wu, Chinese human rights activist (b. 1937)
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2017
Jonathan Demme, American filmmaker, producer and screenwriter (b. 1944)