May 21 — В этот день в истории
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293
Roman Emperors Diocletian and Maximian appoint Galerius as Caesar to Diocletian, beginning the period of four rulers known as the Tetrarchy.
Diocletian · Maximian · Galerius · Caesar (title) · Tetrarchy
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878
Syracuse, Sicily, is captured by the Muslim Aghlabids after a nine-month siege.
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879
Pope John VIII gives blessings to Branimir of Croatia and to the Croatian people, considered to be international recognition of the Croatian state.
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996
Sixteen-year-old Otto III is crowned Holy Roman Emperor.
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1349
Dušan's Code, the constitution of the Serbian Empire, is enacted by Dušan the Mighty.
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1403
Henry III of Castile sends Ruy González de Clavijo as ambassador to Timur to discuss the possibility of an alliance between Timur and Castile against the Ottoman Empire.
Henry III of Castile · Ruy González de Clavijo · Timurid relations with Europe · Ottoman Empire
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1554
Queen Mary I grants a royal charter to Derby School, as a grammar school for boys in Derby, England.
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1659
In the Concert of The Hague, the Dutch Republic, the Commonwealth of England and the Kingdom of France set out their views on how the Second Northern War should end.
Concert of The Hague (1659) · Dutch Republic · Commonwealth of England · Kingdom of France · Second Northern War
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1660
The Battle of Long Sault concludes after five days in which French colonial militia, with their Huron and Algonquin allies, are defeated by the Iroquois Confederacy.
Battle of Long Sault · France · New France · Militia · Wyandot people
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1674
The nobility elect John Sobieski King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania.
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1725
The Order of St. Alexander Nevsky is instituted in Russia by Empress Catherine I. It would later be discontinued and then reinstated by the Soviet government in 1942 as the Order of Alexander Nevsky.
Order of St. Alexander Nevsky · Catherine I · 1942 · Order of Alexander Nevsky
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1758
Ten-year-old Mary Campbell is abducted in Pennsylvania by Lenape during the French and Indian War. She is returned six and a half years later.
Mary Campbell (colonial settler) · Pennsylvania · Lenape · French and Indian War
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1792
Mount Unzen, near the city of Shimabara, Nagasaki, on the island of Kyūshū, Japan's southernmost main island, erupts, creating the deadliest Megatsunami that kills 14,524 people, as also a Pyroclastic flow in 1991.
Mount Unzen · Shimabara, Nagasaki · Kyūshū · Japan · Megatsunami
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1809
The first day of the Battle of Aspern-Essling between the Austrian army led by Archduke Charles and the French army led by Napoleon I of France sees the French attack across the Danube held.
Battle of Aspern-Essling · Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen · Napoleon · Danube
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1856
Lawrence, Kansas is captured and burned by pro-slavery forces.
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1863
American Civil War: The Union Army succeeds in closing off the last escape route from Port Hudson, Louisiana, in preparation for the coming siege.
American Civil War · Union Army · Battle of Plains Store · Port Hudson, Louisiana · Siege of Port Hudson
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1864
Russia declares an end to the Russo-Circassian War and many Circassians are forced into exile. The day is designated the Circassian Day of Mourning.
Russo-Circassian War · Circassians · Circassian Day of Mourning
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1864
American Civil War: The Battle of Spotsylvania Court House ends.
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1864
The Ionian Islands reunite with Greece.
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1871
French troops invade the Paris Commune and engage its residents in street fighting. By the close of "Bloody Week", some 20,000 communards have been killed and 38,000 arrested.
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1871
Opening of the first rack railway in Europe, the Rigi-Bahnen on Mount Rigi.
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1879
War of the Pacific: Two Chilean ships blocking the harbor of Iquique (then belonging to Peru) battle two Peruvian vessels in the Battle of Iquique.
War of the Pacific · Chile · Iquique · Peru · Battle of Iquique
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1881
The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton in Washington, D.C.
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1894
The Manchester Ship Canal in the United Kingdom is officially opened by Queen Victoria, who later knights its designer Sir Edward Leader Williams.
Manchester Ship Canal · Queen Victoria · Knight · Edward Leader Williams
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1904
The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) is founded in Paris.
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1911
President of Mexico Porfirio Díaz and the revolutionary Francisco Madero sign the Treaty of Ciudad Juárez to put an end to the fighting between the forces of both men, concluding the initial phase of the Mexican Revolution.
President of Mexico · Porfirio Díaz · Francisco Madero · Treaty of Ciudad Juárez · Mexican Revolution
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1917
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission is established through royal charter to mark, record and maintain the graves and places of commemoration of Commonwealth of Nations military forces.
Commonwealth War Graves Commission · Royal charter · Commonwealth of Nations
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1917
The Great Atlanta fire of 1917 causes $5.5 million in damages, destroying some 300 acres including 2,000 homes, businesses and churches, displacing about 10,000 people but leading to only one fatality (due to heart attack).
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1924
University of Chicago students Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold, Jr. murder 14-year-old Bobby Franks in a "thrill killing".
University of Chicago · Leopold and Loeb · Bobby Franks · Thrill killing
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1927
Charles Lindbergh touches down at Le Bourget Field in Paris, completing the world's first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
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1932
Bad weather forces Amelia Earhart to land in a pasture in Derry, Northern Ireland, and she thereby becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
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1934
Oskaloosa, Iowa, becomes the first municipality in the United States to fingerprint all of its citizens.
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1936
Sada Abe is arrested after wandering the streets of Tokyo for days with her dead lover's severed genitals in her handbag. Her story soon becomes one of Japan's most notorious scandals.
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1937
A Soviet station, North Pole-1, becomes the first scientific research settlement to operate on the drift ice of the Arctic Ocean.
Soviet and Russian manned drifting ice stations · North Pole-1 · Drift ice
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1939
The Canadian National War Memorial is unveiled by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in Ottawa.
National War Memorial (Canada) · George VI · Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother · Ottawa
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1946
Physicist Louis Slotin is fatally irradiated in a criticality incident during an experiment with the demon core at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Louis Slotin · Criticality incident · Demon core · Los Alamos National Laboratory
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1951
The opening of the Ninth Street Show, otherwise known as the 9th Street Art Exhibition: A gathering of a number of notable artists, and the stepping-out of the post war New York avant-garde, collectively known as the New York School.
Ninth Street Show · 9th Street Art Exhibition · Avant-garde · New York School (art)
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1961
American civil rights movement: Alabama Governor John Malcolm Patterson declares martial law in an attempt to restore order after race riots break out.
American civil rights movement · Alabama · John Malcolm Patterson · Martial law · Race riot
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1966
The Ulster Volunteer Force declares war on the Irish Republican Army in Northern Ireland.
Ulster Volunteer Force · Irish Republican Army (1922-69) · Northern Ireland
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1969
Civil unrest in Rosario, Argentina, known as Rosariazo, following the death of a 15-year-old student.
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1972
Michelangelo's Pietà in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome is damaged by a vandal, the mentally disturbed Hungarian geologist Laszlo Toth.
Michelangelo · Pietà (Michelangelo) · St. Peter's Basilica · Vandalism · Laszlo Toth
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1976
The Yuba City bus disaster occurs in Martinez, California. Twenty-nine are killed making it the deadliest road accident in U.S. history.
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1979
White Night riots in San Francisco following the manslaughter conviction of Dan White for the assassinations of George Moscone and Harvey Milk.
White Night riots · San Francisco · Manslaughter · Dan White · George Moscone
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1981
The Italian government releases the membership list of Propaganda Due, an illegal pseudo-Masonic lodge that was implicated in numerous Italian crimes and mysteries.
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1982
Falklands War: A British amphibious assault during Operation Sutton leads to the Battle of San Carlos.
Falklands War · Operation Sutton · Battle of San Carlos (1982)
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1991
Former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi is assassinated by a female suicide bomber near Madras.
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1991
Mengistu Haile Mariam, president of the People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, flees Ethiopia, effectively bringing the Ethiopian Civil War to an end.
Mengistu Haile Mariam · People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia · Ethiopia · Ethiopian Civil War
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1992
After 30 seasons Johnny Carson hosted his penultimate episode and last featuring guests (Robin Williams and Bette Midler) of The Tonight Show.
Johnny Carson · Robin Williams · Bette Midler · The Tonight Show
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1994
The Democratic Republic of Yemen unsuccessfully attempts to secede from the Republic of Yemen; a war breaks out.
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1996
The ferry MV Bukoba sinks in Tanzanian waters on Lake Victoria, killing nearly 1,000.
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1998
In Miami, five abortion clinics are attacked by a butyric acid attacker.
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1998
President Suharto of Indonesia resigns following the killing of students from Trisakti University earlier that week by security forces and growing mass protests in Jakarta against his ongoing corrupt rule.
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2001
French Taubira law is enacted, officially recognizing the Atlantic slave trade and slavery as crimes against humanity.
Christiane Taubira · Atlantic slave trade · Slavery · Crimes against humanity
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2003
The 6.8 Mw Boumerdès earthquake shakes northern Algeria with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). More than 2,200 people were killed and a moderate tsunami sank boats at the Balearic Islands.
2003 Boumerdès earthquake · Algeria · Mercalli intensity scale · Balearic Islands
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2005
The tallest roller coaster in the world, Kingda Ka opens at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson Township, New Jersey.
Roller coaster · Kingda Ka · Six Flags Great Adventure · Jackson Township, New Jersey
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2006
The Republic of Montenegro holds a referendum proposing independence from the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro; 55% of Montenegrins vote for independence.
Republic of Montenegro · Montenegrin independence referendum, 2006 · State Union of Serbia and Montenegro
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2010
JAXA, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, launches the solar-sail spacecraft IKAROS aboard an H-IIA rocket. The vessel would make a Venus flyby late in the year.
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency · Solar-sail · IKAROS · H-IIA
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2011
Radio broadcaster Harold Camping predicted that the world would end on this date.
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2012
A bus accident near Himara, Albania kills 13 people and injures 21 others.
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2012
A suicide bombing kills more than 120 people in Sana'a, Yemen.
Известные рождения
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120 BC
Aurelia Cotta, mother of Gaius Julius Caesar (d. 54 BC)
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1471
Albrecht Dürer, German painter, engraver, and mathematician (d. 1528)
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1497
Al-Hattab, Muslim jurist (d. 1547)
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1527
Philip II of Spain (d. 1598)
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1653
Eleanor of Austria, Queen of Poland (d. 1697)
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1688
Alexander Pope, English poet, essayist, and translator (d. 1744)
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1755
Alfred Moore, American lawyer and judge (d. 1810)
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1763
Joseph Fouché, French lawyer and politician (d. 1820)
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1775
Lucien Bonaparte, French soldier and politician (d. 1840)
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1780
Elizabeth Fry, English philanthropist and reformer (d. 1845)
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1790
William Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire, English politician, Lord Chamberlain of the Household (d. 1858)
William Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire · Lord Chamberlain
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1792
Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis, French mathematician and engineer (d. 1843)
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1799
Mary Anning, English paleontologist (d. 1847)
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1835
František Chvostek, Czech-Austrian physician and academic (d. 1884)
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1837
Itagaki Taisuke, Japanese soldier and politician (d. 1919)
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1843
Charles Albert Gobat, Swiss lawyer and politician, and Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1914)
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1843
Louis Renault, French jurist, educator, and Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1918)
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1844
Henri Rousseau, French painter (d. 1910)
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1850
Giuseppe Mercalli, Italian priest and volcanologist (d. 1914)
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1851
Léon Bourgeois, French police officer and politician, 64th Prime Minister of France, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1925)
Léon Bourgeois · Prime Minister of France · Nobel Peace Prize
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1853
Jacques Marie Eugène Godefroy Cavaignac, French politician (d. 1905)
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1856
José Batlle y Ordóñez, Uruguayan journalist and politician, President of Uruguay (d. 1929)
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1860
Willem Einthoven, Indonesian-Dutch physician, physiologist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1927)
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1861
Abel Ayerza, Argentinian physician and academic (d. 1918)
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1863
Archduke Eugen of Austria (d. 1954)
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1864
Princess Stéphanie of Belgium (d. 1945)
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1873
Hans Berger, German neurologist and academic (d. 1941)
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1880
Tudor Arghezi, Romanian journalist, author, and poet (d. 1967)
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1884
Manuel Pérez y Curis, Uruguayan poet and publisher (d. 1920)
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1898
Armand Hammer, American physician and businessman, founded Occidental Petroleum (d. 1990)
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1898
Charles Léon Hammes, Luxembourgian lawyer and judge (d. 1967)
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1898
Carl Johnson, American long jumper (d. 1932)
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1898
John McLaughlin, American painter and translator (d. 1976)
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1901
Horace Heidt, American pianist, bandleader, and radio host (d. 1986)
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1901
Sam Jaffe, American film producer and agent (d. 2000)
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1901
Suzanne Lilar, Belgian author and playwright (d. 1992)
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1902
Earl Averill, American baseball player (d. 1983)
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1902
Marcel Breuer, Hungarian-American architect and academic, designed the Ameritrust Tower (d. 1981)
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1902
Anatole Litvak, Ukrainian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1974)
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1903
Manly Wade Wellman, American author (d. 1986)
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1904
Robert Montgomery, American actor and director (d. 1981)
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1904
Fats Waller, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1943)
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1907
John C. Allen, American roller coaster designer (d. 1979)
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1912
Chen Dayu, Chinese painter and calligrapher (d. 2001)
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1912
John Curtis Gowan, American psychologist and academic (d. 1986)
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1912
Monty Stratton, American baseball player and coach (d. 1982)
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1913
Gina Bachauer, Greek pianist and composer (d. 1976)
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1916
Tinus Osendarp, Dutch sprinter and police officer (d. 2002)
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1916
Harold Robbins, American author and screenwriter (d. 1997)
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1917
Raymond Burr, Canadian-American actor and director (d. 1993)
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1918
Dennis Day, American singer and actor (d. 1988)
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1919
George P. Mitchell, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 2013)
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1920
Bill Barber, American tuba player and educator (d. 2007)
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1921
Sandy Douglas, English computer scientist and academic, designed OXO (d. 2010)
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1921
Andrei Sakharov, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1989)
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1923
Armand Borel, Swiss-American mathematician and academic (d. 2003)
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1923
Ara Parseghian, American football player and coach
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1923
Dorothy Hewett, Australian feminist poet, novelist and playwright (d. 2002)
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1924
Peggy Cass, American actress, comedian, and game show panelist (d. 1999)
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1926
Robert Creeley, American novelist, essayist, and poet (d. 2005)
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1927
Kay Kendall, English actress and comedian (d. 1959)
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1928
Alice Drummond, American actress (d. 2016)
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1929
Robert Welch, English silversmith and industrial designer (d. 2000)
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1930
Keith Davis, New Zealand rugby player
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1930
Malcolm Fraser, Australian politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Australia (d. 2015)
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1932
Inese Jaunzeme, Latvian javelin thrower and surgeon (d. 2011)
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1933
Maurice André, French trumpet player (d. 2012)
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1933
Yevgeny Minayev, Russian weightlifter (d. 1993)
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1934
Bob Northern, American horn player and bandleader
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1934
Bengt I. Samuelsson, Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
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1935
Terry Lightfoot, English clarinet player and bandleader (d. 2013)
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1936
Günter Blobel, Polish-American biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
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1939
Heinz Holliger, Swiss oboist, composer, and conductor
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1940
Tony Sheridan, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2013)
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1941
Martin Carthy, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
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1941
Bobby Cox, American baseball player and manager
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1941
Ambrose Greenway, 4th Baron Greenway, English photographer and politician
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1941
Ronald Isley, American singer-songwriter and producer
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1942
David Hunt, Baron Hunt of Wirral, English politician, Secretary of State for Wales
David Hunt, Baron Hunt of Wirral · Secretary of State for Wales
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1942
John Konrads, Australian swimmer
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1942
Danny Ongais, American race car driver
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1943
Vincent Crane, English pianist and composer (d. 1989)
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1943
John Dalton, English bass player (The Kinks)
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1943
Hilton Valentine, English guitarist and songwriter (The Animals)
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1944
Haleh Afshar, Baroness Afshar, Iranian-English academic and politician
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1944
Janet Dailey, American author and entrepreneur (d. 2013)
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1944
Mary Robinson, Irish lawyer and politician, 7th President of Ireland
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1945
Ernst Messerschmid, German physicist and astronaut
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1945
Richard Hatch, American actor, writer, and producer (d. 2017)
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1946
Wayne Roycroft, Australian equestrian rider and coach
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1947
Bill Champlin, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
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1947
Linda Laubenstein, American physician and academic (d. 1992)
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1947
İlber Ortaylı, Turkish historian and academic
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1948
Elizabeth Buchan, English author and critic
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1948
Joe Camilleri, Maltese-Australian singer-songwriter and saxophonist
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1948
Jonathan Hyde, Australian-English actor
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1948
Denis MacShane, Scottish journalist and politician, UK Minister of State for Europe
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1948
Leo Sayer, English-Australian singer-songwriter and musician
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1949
Andrew Neil, Scottish journalist and academic
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1949
Rosalind Plowright, English soprano
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1950
Will Hutton, English economist and journalist
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1951
Al Franken, American actor, screenwriter, and politician
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1951
Adrian Hardiman, Irish lawyer and judge (d. 2016)
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1952
Mr. T, American actor and wrestler
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1953
Nora Aunor, Filipino actress and recording artist
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1954
Marc Ribot, American guitarist and composer
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1955
Paul Barber, English field hockey player
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1955
Stan Lynch, American drummer, songwriter, and producer
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1957
James Bailey, American basketball player
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1957
Nadine Dorries, English nurse and politician
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1957
Judge Reinhold, American actor and producer
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1957
Renée Soutendijk, Dutch actress
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1958
Christian Audigier, French fashion designer (d. 2015)
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1958
Muffy Calder, Canadian-Scottish computer scientist and academic
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1958
Michael Crick, English journalist and author
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1958
Naeem Khan, Indian-American fashion designer
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1958
Jefery Levy, American director, producer, and screenwriter
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1959
Nick Cassavetes, American actor, director, and screenwriter
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1959
Abdulla Yameen, Maldivian politician, 6th President of the Maldives
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1960
Jeffrey Dahmer, American serial killer (d. 1994)
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1960
Kent Hrbek, American baseball player and sportscaster
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1960
Mark Ridgway, Australian cricketer
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1960
Vladimir Salnikov, Russian swimmer
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1960
Jeffrey Toobin, American lawyer and essayist
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1960
Mohanlal, South Indian actor
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1962
David Crumb, American composer and educator
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1963
Richard Appel, American screenwriter and producer
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1963
Dave Specter, American guitarist
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1963
Laurie Spina, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
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1966
Lisa Edelstein, American actress and playwright
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1966
Tatyana Ledovskaya, Belarusian hurdler
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1967
Chris Benoit, Canadian professional wrestler (d. 2007)
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1967
Blake Schwarzenbach, American singer and guitarist
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1968
Ilmar Raag, Estonian director, producer, and screenwriter
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1968
Matthias Ungemach, German-Australian rower
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1968
Julie Vega, Filipino actress and singer (d. 1985)
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1969
Georgiy Gongadze, Georgian-Ukrainian journalist and director (d. 2000)
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1969
Masayo Kurata, Japanese voice actress and singer
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1969
George LeMieux, American lawyer and politician
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1969
Pete Sandoval, Salvadoran-born American drummer
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1969
Brian Statham, English footballer
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1970
Brigita Bukovec, Slovenian hurdler
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1970
Dorsey Levens, American football player and sportscaster
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1970
Pauline Menczer, Australian surfer
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1970
Carl Veart, Australian footballer and coach
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1972
The Notorious B.I.G., American rapper (d. 1997)
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1973
Stewart Cink, American golfer
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1974
Brad Arthur, Australian rugby league coach
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1974
Fairuza Balk, American actress
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1974
Havoc, American rapper and producer
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1975
Anthony Mundine, Australian rugby league player and boxer
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1976
Stuart Bingham, English snooker player
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1977
Quinton Fortune, South African footballer and coach
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1978
Jamaal Magloire, Canadian basketball player and coach
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1979
Damián Ariel Álvarez, Argentinian-Mexican footballer
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1979
Jamie Hepburn, Scottish politician, Minister for Sport, Health Improvement and Mental Health
Jamie Hepburn · Minister for Sport, Health Improvement and Mental Health
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1979
James Clancy Phelan, Australian author and academic
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1979
Scott Smith, American mixed martial artist
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1979
Sonja Vectomov, Czech musician/composer
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1980
Gotye, Belgian-Australian singer-songwriter
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1981
Craig Anderson, American ice hockey player
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1981
Edson Buddle, American soccer player
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1981
Josh Hamilton, American baseball player
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1981
Maximilian Mutzke, German singer-songwriter
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1981
Anna Rogowska, Polish pole vaulter
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1985
Mark Cavendish, Manx cyclist
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1985
Alexander Dale Oen, Norwegian swimmer (d. 2012)
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1985
Isa Guha, English cricketer
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1985
Lucie Hradecká, Czech tennis player
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1985
Kano, English rapper, producer, and actor
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1985
Dušan Kuciak, Slovak footballer
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1985
Heath L'Estrange, Australian rugby league player
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1985
Andrew Miller, American baseball player
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1986
Mario Mandžukić, Croatian footballer
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1986
Eder Sánchez, Mexican race walker
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1986
Park Sojin, South Korean singer-songwriter and dancer
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1987
Beau Falloon, Australian rugby league player
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1988
Claire Cashmore, English swimmer
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1988
Park Gyu-ri, South Korean singer
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1988
Jonny Howson, English footballer
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1989
Emily Robins, New Zealand actress and singer
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1989
Hal Robson-Kanu, English footballer
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1990
Rene Krhin, Slovenian footballer
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1991
Guilherme, Brazilian footballer
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1992
Hutch Dano, American actor
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1993
Luke Garbutt, English footballer
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1994
Tom Daley, English diver
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1996
Indy de Vroome, Dutch tennis player
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1997
Ivan De Santis, Italian footballer
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1997
Sisca Folkertsma, Dutch footballer
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1997
Alex Gunning, Australian mathematician
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1997
Viktoria Petryk, Ukrainian singer-songwriter
Известные смерти
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954
Feng Dao, Chinese prince and chancellor (b. 882)
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987
Louis V, king of West Francia (b. c. 966)
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1075
Richeza of Poland, queen of Hungary (b. 1013)
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1086
Wang Anshi, Chinese statesman and poet (b. 1021)
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1254
Conrad IV, king of Germany (b. 1228)
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1416
Anna of Celje, queen consort of Poland (b. 1386)
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1471
Henry VI, king of England (b. 1421)
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1481
Christian I, king of Denmark (b. 1426)
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1512
Pandolfo Petrucci, Italian ruler (b. 1452)
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1524
Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk, English soldier and politician, Lord High Treasurer (b. 1443)
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1542
Hernando de Soto, Spanish-American explorer (b. 1496)
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1563
Martynas Mažvydas, Lithuanian writer (b. 1510)
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1601
Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg, Archbishop-Elector of Cologne (b. 1547)
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1607
John Rainolds, English scholar and academic (b. 1549)
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1619
Hieronymus Fabricius, Italian anatomist (b. 1537)
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1639
Tommaso Campanella, Italian astrologer, theologian, and poet (b. 1568)
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1647
Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Dutch poet and playwright (b. 1581)
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1650
James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose, Scottish general and politician (b. 1612)
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1664
Elizabeth Poole, English settler, founded Taunton, Massachusetts (b. 1588)
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1670
Niccolò Zucchi, Italian astronomer and physicist (b. 1586)
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1686
Otto von Guericke, German physicist and inventor of the Magdeburg Hemispheres (b. 1602)
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1690
John Eliot, English-American minister and missionary (b. 1604)
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1719
Pierre Poiret, French mystic and philosopher (b. 1646)
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1724
Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1661)
Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer · Chancellor of the Exchequer
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1742
Lars Roberg, Swedish physician and academic (b. 1664)
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1771
Christopher Smart, English actor, playwright, and poet (b. 1722)
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1786
Carl Wilhelm Scheele, German-Swedish chemist and pharmacist (b. 1742)
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1790
Thomas Warton, English poet and critic (b. 1728)
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1810
Chevalier d'Eon, French diplomat and spy (b. 1728)
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1844
Giuseppe Baini, Italian priest and composer (b. 1775)
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1862
John Drew, Irish-American actor and manager (b. 1827)
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1879
Arturo Prat, Chilean lawyer and commander (b. 1848)
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1894
Émile Henry, French anarchist (b. 1872)
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1894
August Kundt, German physicist and academic (b. 1839)
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1895
Franz von Suppé, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1819)
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1901
Joseph Olivier, French rugby player (b. 1874)
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1911
Williamina Fleming, Scottish-American astronomer and academic (b. 1857)
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1915
Leonid Gobyato, Russian general and engineer (b. 1875)
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1919
Evgraf Fedorov, Russian mathematician, crystallographer, and mineralogist (b. 1853)
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1920
Venustiano Carranza, Mexican politician, 54th President of Mexico (b. 1859)
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1925
Hidesaburō Ueno, Japanese agriculturalist, guardian of Hachikō (b. 1871)
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1926
Ronald Firbank, English-Italian author (b. 1886)
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1929
Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1847)
Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery · Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
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1932
Marcel Boulenger, French fencer and author (b. 1873)
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1935
Jane Addams, American activist and author, co-founded Hull House, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1860)
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1935
Hugo de Vries, Dutch botanist and geneticist (b. 1848)
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1940
Billy Minter, English footballer and manager (b. 1888)
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1949
Klaus Mann, German-American novelist, playwright, and critic (b. 1906)
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1952
John Garfield, American actor (b. 1913)
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1956
Harry Bensley, English businessman and adventurer (b. 1877)
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1957
Alexander Vertinsky, Ukrainian-Russian singer-songwriter, actor, and poet (b. 1889)
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1964
James Franck, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1882)
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1965
Marguerite Bise, French chef (b. 1898)
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1965
Geoffrey de Havilland, English pilot and engineer, designed the de Havilland Mosquito (b. 1882)
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1968
Doris Lloyd, English actress (b. 1896)
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1970
E. L. Grant Watson, English-Australian biologist and author (b. 1885)
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1973
Vaughn Monroe, American singer, trumpet player, bandleader, and actor (b. 1911)
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1981
Raymond McCreesh, PIRA volunteer (b. 1957)
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1981
Patsy O'Hara, INLA volunteer (b. 1957)
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1983
Kenneth Clark, English historian and author (b. 1903)
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1988
Sammy Davis, Sr., American actor and dancer (b. 1900)
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1991
Lino Brocka, Filipino director and screenwriter (b. 1939)
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1991
Rajiv Gandhi, Indian politician, 6th Prime Minister of India (b. 1944)
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1995
Les Aspin, American captain and politician, 18th United States Secretary of Defense (b. 1938)
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1996
Paul Delph, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1957)
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1996
Lash LaRue, American actor and producer (b. 1917)
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1996
Villem Raam, Estonian art historian, art critic and conservator (b. 1910)
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1998
Robert Gist, American actor and director (b. 1917)
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2000
Barbara Cartland, English author (b. 1901)
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2000
John Gielgud, English actor (b. 1904)
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2000
Mark R. Hughes, American businessman, founded Herbalife (b. 1956)
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2002
Niki de Saint Phalle, French-American sculptor and painter (b. 1930)
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2003
Alejandro de Tomaso, Argentinian-Italian race car driver and businessman, founded De Tomaso (b. 1928)
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2003
Frank D. White, American captain, banker, and politician, 41st Governor of Arkansas (b. 1933)
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2005
Stephen Elliott, American actor (b. 1918)
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2005
Howard Morris, American actor and director (b. 1919)
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2006
Spencer Clark, American race car driver (b. 1987)
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2006
Katherine Dunham, American dancer, choreographer, and author (b. 1909)
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2006
Cherd Songsri, Thai director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1931)
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2006
Billy Walker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1929)
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2012
Constantine of Irinoupolis, Metropolitan of Irinoupolis and Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA (b. 1936)
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2012
Bill Stewart, American football player and coach (b. 1952)
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2012
Alan Thorne, Australian anthropologist and academic (b. 1939)
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2013
Frank Comstock, American trombonist, composer, and conductor (b. 1922)
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2013
Cot Deal, American baseball player and coach (b. 1923)
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2013
Leonard Marsh, American businessman, co-founded Snapple (b. 1933)
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2013
Bob Thompson, American pianist and composer (b. 1924)
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2013
Dominique Venner, French journalist and historian (b. 1935)
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2013
David Voelker, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1953)
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2014
Evelyn Blackmon, American businesswoman and politician (b. 1924)
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2014
Johnny Gray, American baseball player (b. 1926)
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2014
Jaime Lusinchi, Venezuelan physician and politician, President of Venezuela (b. 1924)
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2015
Twinkle, English singer-songwriter (b. 1948)
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2015
Jassem Al-Kharafi, Kuwaiti businessman and politician, 8th Kuwaiti Speaker of the National Assembly (b. 1940)
Jassem Al-Kharafi · List of Speakers of Kuwait National Assembly
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2015
Fred Gladding, American baseball player and coach (b. 1936)
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2015
Louis Johnson, American bass player and producer (b. 1955)
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2016
Nick Menza, American drummer and songwriter (b. 1964)