июнь 8 — В этот день в истории
323 записи
События
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218
Battle of Antioch: With the support of the Syrian legions, Elagabalus defeats the forces of emperor Macrinus. He flees, but is captured near Chalcedon and later executed in Cappadocia.
Battle of Antioch (218) · Roman legion · Elagabalus · Macrinus · Chalcedon
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793
Vikings raid the abbey at Lindisfarne in Northumbria, commonly accepted as the beginning of Norse activity in the British Isles.
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1042
Edward the Confessor becomes King of England, one of the last Anglo-Saxon kings of England.
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1191
Richard I arrives in Acre, beginning his crusade.
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1405
Richard le Scrope, the Archbishop of York, and Thomas Mowbray, Earl of Norfolk, are executed in York on Henry IV's orders.
Richard le Scrope · Archbishop of York · Thomas de Mowbray, 4th Earl of Norfolk · Earl of Norfolk · York
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1776
American Revolutionary War: American attackers are driven back at the Battle of Trois-Rivières.
- 1783
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1789
James Madison introduces twelve proposed amendments to the United States Constitution in Congress.
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1794
Robespierre inaugurates the French Revolution's new state religion, the Cult of the Supreme Being, with large organized festivals all across France.
Maximilien Robespierre · French Revolution · Cult of the Supreme Being
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1856
A group of 194 Pitcairn Islanders, descendants of the mutineers of HMS Bounty, arrives at Norfolk Island, commencing the Third Settlement of the Island.
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1861
American Civil War: Tennessee secedes from the Union.
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1862
American Civil War: Battle of Cross Keys: Confederate forces under General Stonewall Jackson save the Army of Northern Virginia from a Union assault on the James Peninsula led by General George B. McClellan.
Battle of Cross Keys · Confederate States of America · Stonewall Jackson · Army of Northern Virginia · George B. McClellan
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1867
Coronation of Franz Joseph as King of Hungary following the Austro-Hungarian compromise (Ausgleich).
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1887
Herman Hollerith applies for US patent #395,781 for the 'Art of Compiling Statistics', which was his punched card calculator.
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1906
Theodore Roosevelt signs the Antiquities Act into law, authorizing the President to restrict the use of certain parcels of public land with historical or conservation value.
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1912
Carl Laemmle incorporates Universal Pictures.
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1918
A solar eclipse is observed at Baker City, Oregon by scientists and an artist hired by the United States Navy.
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1928
Second Northern Expedition: The National Revolutionary Army captures Peking, whose name is changed to Beijing ("Northern Capital").
Second Northern Expedition · National Revolutionary Army · Peking
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1929
Margaret Bondfield is appointed Minister of Labour. She is the first woman appointed to the Cabinet of the United Kingdom.
Margaret Bondfield · Secretary of State for Employment · Cabinet of the United Kingdom
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1940
World War II: The completion of Operation Alphabet, the evacuation of Allied forces from Narvik at the end of the Norwegian Campaign.
World War II · Operation Alphabet · Narvik · Norwegian Campaign
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1941
World War II: The Allies commence the Syria-Lebanon Campaign against the possessions of Vichy France in the Levant.
Allies of World War II · Syria-Lebanon Campaign · Vichy France · Levant
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1942
World War II: The Japanese imperial submarines I-21 and I-24 shell the Australian cities of Sydney and Newcastle.
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1949
Helen Keller, Dorothy Parker, Danny Kaye, Fredric March, John Garfield, Paul Muni and Edward G. Robinson are named in an FBI report as Communist Party members.
Helen Keller · Dorothy Parker · Danny Kaye · Fredric March · John Garfield
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1949
George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four is published.
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1953
An F5 tornado hits Beecher, Michigan, killing 116, injuring 844, and destroying 340 homes.
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1953
The United States Supreme Court rules that restaurants in Washington, D.C. cannot refuse to serve black patrons.
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1959
The USS Barbero and United States Postal Service attempt the delivery of mail via Missile Mail.
USS Barbero (SS-317) · United States Postal Service · Missile Mail
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1966
An F-104 Starfighter collides with XB-70 Valkyrie prototype no. 2, destroying both aircraft during a photo shoot near Edwards Air Force Base. Joseph A. Walker, a NASA test pilot, and Carl Cross, a United States Air Force test pilot, are both killed.
F-104 Starfighter · XB-70 Valkyrie · Edwards Air Force Base · Joseph A. Walker · NASA
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1966
Topeka, Kansas, is devastated by a tornado that registers as an "F5" on the Fujita scale: The first to exceed US$100 million in damages. Sixteen people are killed, hundreds more injured, and thousands of homes damaged or destroyed.
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1966
The National Football League and American Football League announced a merger effective in 1970.
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1967
Six-Day War: The USS Liberty incident occurs, killing 34 and wounding 171.
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1972
Vietnam War: Nine-year-old Phan Thị Kim Phúc is burned by napalm, an event captured by Associated Press photographer Nick Ut moments later while the young girl is seen running down a road, in what would become an iconic, Pulitzer Prize-winning photo.
Vietnam War · Phan Thị Kim Phúc · Napalm · Associated Press · Nick Ut
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1982
Bluff Cove Air Attacks during the Falklands War: Fifty-six British servicemen are killed by an Argentine air attack on two landing ships, RFA Sir Galahad and RFA Sir Tristram.
Bluff Cove Air Attacks · Falklands War · Argentine · RFA Sir Galahad · RFA Sir Tristram (L3505)
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1984
Homosexuality is declared legal in the Australian state of New South Wales.
Homosexuality · States and territories of Australia · New South Wales
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1987
New Zealand's Labour government establishes a national nuclear-free zone under the New Zealand Nuclear Free Zone, Disarmament, and Arms Control Act 1987.
New Zealand Labour Party · New Zealand nuclear-free zone · New Zealand Nuclear Free Zone, Disarmament, and Arms Control Act 1987
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1992
The first World Oceans Day is celebrated, coinciding with the Earth Summit held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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1995
Downed U.S. Air Force pilot Captain Scott O'Grady is rescued by U.S. Marines in Bosnia.
Captain (United States O-3) · Scott O'Grady · U.S. Marines · Bosnia and Herzegovina
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2001
Mamoru Takuma kills eight and injures 15 in a mass stabbing at an elementary school in the Osaka Prefecture of Japan.
Mamoru Takuma · Osaka school massacre · Osaka Prefecture · Japan
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2004
The first Venus Transit in well over a century takes place, the previous one being in 1882.
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2007
Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, is hit by the State's worst storms and flooding in 30 years resulting in the death of nine people and the grounding of a trade ship, the MV Pasha Bulker.
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2008
At least 37 miners go missing after an explosion in an Ukrainian coal mine causes it to collapse.
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2008
At least seven people are killed and ten injured in a stabbing spree in Tokyo, Japan.
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2009
Two American journalists are found guilty of illegally entering North Korea and sentenced to 12 years of penal labour.
Journalist · 2009 imprisonment of American journalists by North Korea · North Korea · Penal labour
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2014
At least 28 people are killed in an attack at Jinnah International Airport, Karachi, Pakistan.
Известные рождения
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862
Emperor Xizong of Tang (d. 888)
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1236
Violant of Aragon, queen consort of Castile and León (d. 1301)
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1318
Eleanor of Woodstock, eldest daughter of King Edward II of England (d. 1355)
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1332
Cangrande II della Scala, Lord of Verona (d. 1359)
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1508
Primož Trubar, Slovenian Protestant reformer (d. 1586)
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1552
Gabriello Chiabrera, Italian poet and author (d. 1638)
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1593
George I Rákóczi, prince of Transylvania (d. 1648)
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1625
Giovanni Domenico Cassini, Italian-French mathematician and astronomer (d. 1712)
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1671
Tomaso Albinoni, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1751)
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1717
John Collins, American lawyer and politician, 3rd Governor of Rhode Island (d. 1795)
John Collins (Continental Congress) · Governor of Rhode Island
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1724
John Smeaton, English engineer, designed the Coldstream Bridge and Perth Bridge (d. 1794)
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1745
Caspar Wessel, Norwegian-Danish mathematician and cartographer (d. 1818)
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1757
Ercole Consalvi, Italian cardinal (d. 1824)
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1788
Charles A. Wickliffe, American politician, 14th Governor of Kentucky (d. 1869)
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1810
Robert Schumann, German composer and critic (d. 1856)
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1829
John Everett Millais, English painter and illustrator (d. 1896)
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1831
Thomas J. Higgins, Canadian-American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1917)
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1842
John Q. A. Brackett, American lawyer and politician, 36th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1918)
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1851
Jacques-Arsène d'Arsonval, French physician and physicist (d. 1940)
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1852
Guido Banti, Italian physician and pathologist (d. 1925)
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1854
Douglas Cameron, Canadian politician, 8th Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba (d. 1921)
Douglas Cameron (politician) · Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba
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1855
George Charles Haité, English painter and illustrator (d. 1924)
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1859
Smith Wigglesworth, English evangelist (d. 1947)
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1860
Alicia Boole Stott, Irish-English mathematician and theorist (d. 1940)
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1867
Frank Lloyd Wright, American architect, designed the Price Tower and Fallingwater (d. 1959)
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1868
Robert Robinson Taylor, American architect (d. 1942)
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1872
Jan Frans De Boever, Belgian painter and illustrator (d. 1949)
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1875
Ernst Enno, Estonian poet and author (d. 1934)
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1876
Alexandre Tuffère, Greek-French triple jumper (d. 1958)
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1885
Karl Genzken, German physician (d. 1957)
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1891
William Funnell, Australian public servant (d. 1962)
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1893
Ernst Marcus, German zoologist (d. 1968)
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1893
Gaby Morlay, French actress (d. 1964)
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1894
Erwin Schulhoff, Czech composer and pianist (d. 1942)
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1895
Santiago Bernabéu Yeste, Spanish footballer and manager (d. 1978)
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1897
John G. Bennett, English mathematician and technologist (d. 1974)
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1899
Eugène Lapierre, Canadian organist, composer and arts administrator (d. 1970)
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1900
Lena Baker, African-American maid executed for capital murder, later pardoned posthumously (d. 1945) [1]
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1903
Ralph Yarborough, American colonel and politician (d. 1996)
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1903
Marguerite Yourcenar, Belgian-French author and poet (d. 1987)
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1910
C. C. Beck, American illustrator (d. 1989)
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1910
John W. Campbell, American journalist and author (d. 1971)
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1910
Fernand Fonssagrives, French-American photographer, sculptor, and painter (d. 2003)
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1911
Edmundo Rivero, Argentinian singer-songwriter (d. 1986)
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1912
Wilhelmina Barns-Graham, British abstract painter (d. 2004)
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1912
Maurice Bellemare, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 1989)
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1912
Harry Holtzman, American painter (d. 1987)
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1915
Kayyar Kinhanna Rai, Indian journalist, author, and poet (d. 2015)
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1916
Francis Crick, English biologist, biophysicist, and neuroscientist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004)
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1916
Luigi Comencini, Italian director and screenwriter (d. 2007)
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1916
Richard Pousette-Dart, American painter and educator (d. 1992)
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1917
Byron White, American football player and judge (d. 2002)
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1918
George Edward Hughes, Irish-New Zealand philosopher and logician (d. 1994)
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1918
Robert Preston, American captain, actor, and singer (d. 1987)
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1918
John D. Roberts, American chemist and academic (d. 2016)
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1918
John H. Ross, American captain and pilot (d. 2013)
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1919
John R. Deane, Jr., American general (d. 2013)
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1920
Gwen Harwood, Australian poet and playwright (d. 1995)
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1921
Gordon McLendon, American broadcaster and businessman (d. 1986)
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1921
Olga Nardone, American actress (d. 2010)
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1921
LeRoy Neiman, American soldier and painter (d. 2012)
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1921
Alexis Smith, Canadian-born American actress and singer (d. 1993)
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1921
Suharto, Indonesian soldier and politician, 2nd President of Indonesia (d. 2008)
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1924
Billie Dawe, Canadian ice hockey player and manager (d. 2013)
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1924
Kenneth Waltz, American political scientist and academic (d. 2013)
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1925
Barbara Bush, American wife of George H. W. Bush, 41st First Lady of the United States
Barbara Bush · George H. W. Bush · First Lady of the United States
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1927
Jerry Stiller, American actor, comedian and producer
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1929
Nada Inada, Japanese psychiatrist and author (d. 2013)
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1930
Robert Aumann, German-American mathematician and economist, Nobel Prize laureate
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1930
Marcel Léger, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 1993)
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1931
James Goldstone, American director and screenwriter (d. 1999)
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1931
Dana Wynter, British actress (d. 2011)
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1932
Ray Illingworth, English cricketer and sportscaster
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1932
Ian Kirkwood, Lord Kirkwood, Scottish lawyer and judge (d. 2017)
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1933
Rommie Loudd, American football player and coach (d. 1998)
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1933
Joan Rivers, American comedian, actress, and television host (d. 2014)
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1933
Robert Stevens, English lawyer and academic
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1934
Millicent Martin, English actress and singer
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1935
Molade Okoya-Thomas, Nigerian businessman and philanthropist (d. 2015)
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1936
James Darren, American actor
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1936
Kenneth G. Wilson, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013)
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1937
Gillian Clarke, Welsh poet and playwright
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1938
Angelo Amato, Italian cardinal
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1939
Herb Adderley, American football player
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1940
Nancy Sinatra, American singer and actress
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1941
Robert Bradford, Northern Irish politician and activist (d. 1981)
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1941
George Pell, Australian cardinal
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1942
Nikos Konstantopoulos, Greek politician, Greek Minister of the Interior
Nikos Konstantopoulos · Ministry of the Interior and Administrative Reconstruction
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1942
Doug Mountjoy, Welsh snooker player
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1943
Colin Baker, English actor
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1943
William Calley, American lieutenant
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1943
Willie Davenport, American colonel and hurdler (d. 2002)
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1943
Peter Eggert, German footballer and manager
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1943
Pierre-André Fournier, Roman Catholic archbishop (d. 2015)
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1944
Mark Belanger, American baseball player (d. 1998)
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1944
Marc Ouellet, Canadian cardinal
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1944
Boz Scaggs, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1945
Steven Fromholz, American singer-songwriter, producer, and poet (d. 2014)
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1945
Derek Underwood, English cricketer
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1946
Graham Henry, New Zealand rugby player and coach
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1947
Annie Haslam, English singer-songwriter and painter
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1947
Sara Paretsky, American author
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1947
Eric F. Wieschaus, American biologist, geneticist, and academic Nobel Prize laureate
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1949
Emanuel Ax, Polish-American pianist and educator
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1949
Hildegard Falck, German runner
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1950
Kathy Baker, American actress
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1950
Sônia Braga, Brazilian actress and producer
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1951
Tony Rice, American guitarist and songwriter
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1951
Bonnie Tyler, Welsh singer-songwriter
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1953
Billy Hayes, English union leader
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1953
Sandy Nairne, English historian and curator
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1953
Ivo Sanader, Croatian historian and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Croatia
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1953
Olav Stedje, Norwegian singer-songwriter
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1954
Greg Ginn, American punk rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter (Black Flag)
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1954
Kiril of Varna, Bulgarian metropolitan (d. 2013)
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1954
Sergei Storchak, Ukrainian-Russian politician
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1955
Tim Berners-Lee, English computer scientist, best known as the inventor of the World Wide Web
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1955
Griffin Dunne, American actor, director, and producer
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1956
Udo Bullmann, German politician
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1956
Jonathan Potter, English psychologist, sociolinguist, and academic
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1957
Scott Adams, American author and illustrator
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1957
Don Robinson, American baseball player and politician
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1957
Sonja Vectomov, Czech/Finnish sculptor
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1958
Louise Richardson, Irish political scientist and academic
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1958
Keenen Ivory Wayans, American actor, director, and screenwriter
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1959
Mohsen Kadivar, Iranian philosopher
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1960
Mick Hucknall, English singer-songwriter
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1960
Terje Gewelt, Norwegian bassist
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1960
Thomas Steen, Swedish ice hockey player and coach
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1962
John Gibbons, American baseball player and manager
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1962
Andreas Keim, German footballer
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1962
Nick Rhodes, English keyboard player and producer
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1963
Karen Kingsbury, American journalist and author
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1963
Antoaneta Todorova, Bulgarian javelin thrower
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1964
Butch Reynolds, American runner and coach
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1965
Kevin Farley, American screenwriter
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1965
Rob Pilatus, German model, dancer and singer (Milli Vanilli) (d. 1998)
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1966
Julianna Margulies, American actress
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1966
Doris Pearson, English singer-songwriter and choreographer
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1967
Russell E. Morris, Professor of Materials Chemistry at the University of St Andrews
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1968
Rob Ray, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
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1969
David Barnhill, Australian rugby league player and coach
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1969
J. P. Manoux, American actor
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1969
Marcos Siega, American director and producer
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1970
Gabrielle Giffords, American businesswoman and politician
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1970
Kwame Kilpatrick, American educator and politician, 68th Mayor of Detroit
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1970
Steve Renouf, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
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1970
Troy Vincent, American football player
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1971
Mark Feuerstein, American actor, director, and producer
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1972
Christian Mayrleb, Austrian footballer
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1973
Lexa Doig, Canadian model and actress
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1973
Bryant Reeves, American basketball player
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1974
Pål Arne Fagernes, Norwegian javelin thrower (d. 2003)
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1974
Lauren Burns, Australian taekwondo practitioner
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1974
Alma Lepina, Latvian figure skater
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1975
Emm Gryner, Canadian singer-songwriter
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1975
Bryan McCabe, Canadian-American ice hockey player
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1975
Mark Ricciuto, Australian footballer and sportscaster
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1975
Shilpa Shetty, Indian actress and producer
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1976
Lindsay Davenport, American tennis player and coach
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1976
Kenji Johjima, Japanese baseball player
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1976
Catherine McKinnell, English lawyer and politician
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1977
Kanye West, American rapper, producer, director, and fashion designer
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1978
Eun Ji-won, South Korean rapper, dancer, and producer
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1978
Maria Menounos, American television journalist
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1979
Alexei Kozlov, Estonian figure skater
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1979
Pete Orr, Canadian-American baseball player
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1979
Derek Trucks, American guitarist and songwriter
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1979
Adine Wilson, New Zealand netball player
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1979
Rob Holliday, American singer-songwriter and bass player
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1979
İpek Şenoğlu, Turkish tennis player
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1980
Gustavo Manduca, Brazilian footballer
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1980
Jamie Spencer, Irish jockey
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1981
Alex Band, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
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1981
Matteo Meneghello, Italian race car driver
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1981
Sara Watkins, American singer-songwriter and fiddler
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1982
Matteo Barbini, Italian rugby player
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1982
Michael Cammalleri, Canadian ice hockey player
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1982
Dickson Etuhu, Nigerian footballer
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1982
Irina Lăzăreanu, Romanian-Canadian model and singer
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1982
Nadia Petrova, Russian tennis player
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1983
Gaines Adams, American football player (d. 2010)
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1983
Kim Clijsters, Belgian tennis player
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1983
Pantelis Kapetanos, Greek footballer
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1983
Coby Karl, American basketball player
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1984
Javier Mascherano, Argentinian footballer
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1985
Alexandre Despatie, Canadian diver
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1986
Patrick Kaleta, American ice hockey player
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1986
Andrej Sekera, Slovak ice hockey player
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1987
Coralie Balmy, French swimmer
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1987
Issiar Dia, Senegalese footballer
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1989
Timea Bacsinszky, Swiss tennis player
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1989
Mitchell Schwartz, American football player
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1990
Todd Barclay, New Zealand politician
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1990
Mickey Bushell, English wheelchair racer
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1992
Sebá, Brazilian footballer
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1996
Doğanay Kılıç, Turkish footballer
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1997
Jeļena Ostapenko, Latvian tennis player
-
2004
Francesca Capaldi, American actress
Известные смерти
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632
Muhammad, the central figure of Islam, widely regarded as its founder (b. 570/571)
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696
Chlodulf, bishop of Metz (or 697)
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951
Zhao Ying, Chinese chancellor (b. 885)
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1042
Harthacnut, English-Danish king (b. 1018)
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1154
William of York, English archbishop and saint
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1290
Beatrice Portinari, object of Dante Alighieri's adoration (b. 1266)
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1376
Edward, the Black Prince, English son of Edward III of England (b. 1330)
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1383
Thomas de Ros, 4th Baron de Ros, English politician (b. 1338)
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1384
Kan'ami, Japanese actor and playwright (b. 1333)
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1405
Richard le Scrope, Archbishop of York (b. c.1350)
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1405
Thomas de Mowbray, 4th Earl of Norfolk (b. 1385)
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1476
George Neville, English archbishop and academic (b. 1432)
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1492
Elizabeth Woodville, Queen consort of England (b. 1437)
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1501
George Gordon, 2nd Earl of Huntly, Earl of Huntly and Lord Chancellor of Scotland (b. 1440)
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1505
Hongzhi Emperor of China (b. 1470)
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1600
Edward Fortunatus, German nobleman (b. 1565)
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1611
Jean Bertaut, French bishop and poet (b. 1552)
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1612
Hans Leo Hassler, German organist and composer (b. 1562)
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1621
Anne de Xainctonge, French saint, founded the Society of the Sisters of Saint Ursula of the Blessed Virgin (b. 1567)
Anne de Xainctonge · Society of the Sisters of Saint Ursula of the Blessed Virgin
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1628
Rudolph Goclenius, German lexicographer and philosopher (b. 1547)
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1651
Tokugawa Iemitsu, Japanese shogun (b. 1604)
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1714
Sophia of Hanover (b. 1630)
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1716
Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine, German son of Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt (b. 1658)
Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine · Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt
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1727
August Hermann Francke, German-Lutheran pietist, philanthropist, and scholar (b. 1663)
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1768
Johann Joachim Winckelmann, German archaeologist and scholar (b. 1717)
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1771
George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1716)
George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax · Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
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1795
Louis XVII of France (b. 1785)
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1809
Thomas Paine, English-American theorist and author (b. 1737)
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1831
Sarah Siddons, Welsh actress (b. 1755)
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1835
Gian Domenico Romagnosi, Italian economist and jurist (b. 1761)
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1845
Andrew Jackson, American general, judge, and politician, 7th President of the United States (b. 1767)
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1846
Rodolphe Töpffer, Swiss teacher, author, painter, cartoonist, and caricaturist (b. 1799)
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1857
Douglas William Jerrold, English journalist and playwright (b. 1803)
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1874
Cochise, American tribal chief (b. 1805)
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1876
George Sand, French author and playwright (b. 1804)
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1885
Ignace Bourget, Canadian bishop (b. 1799)
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1889
Gerard Manley Hopkins, English poet (b. 1844)
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1899
Mary of the Divine Heart, German nun and saint (b. 1863)
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1924
Andrew Irvine, English mountaineer and explorer (b. 1902)
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1924
George Mallory, English lieutenant and mountaineer (b. 1886)
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1929
Bliss Carman, Canadian-American poet and playwright (b. 1861)
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1945
Karl Hanke, Polish-German soldier and politician (b. 1903)
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1951
Eugène Fiset, Canadian physician, general, and politician, 18th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1874)
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1951
Oswald Pohl, German SS officer (b. 1892)
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1956
Marie Laurencin, French painter and sculptor (b. 1883)
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1959
Leslie Johnson, English race car driver (b. 1912)
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1965
Edmondo Rossoni, Italian politician (b. 1884)
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1966
Anton Melik, Slovenian geographer and academic (b. 1890)
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1968
Elizabeth Enright, American author and illustrator (b. 1909)
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1968
Ludovico Scarfiotti, Italian race car driver (b. 1933)
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1969
Arunachalam Mahadeva, Sri Lankan politician and diplomat (b. 1885)
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1969
Robert Taylor, American actor and singer (b. 1911)
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1970
Abraham Maslow, American psychologist and academic (b. 1908)
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1976
Thorleif Schjelderup-Ebbe, Norwegian zoologist and psychologist (b. 1894)
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1982
Satchel Paige, American baseball player and coach (b. 1906)
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1984
Gordon Jacob, English composer and academic (b. 1895)
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1987
Alexander Iolas, Egyptian-American art collector (b. 1907)
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1997
George Turner, Australian author and critic (b. 1916)
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1997
Karen Wetterhahn, American chemist and academic (b. 1948)
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1998
Sani Abacha, Nigerian general and politician, 10th President of Nigeria (b. 1943)
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1998
Maria Reiche, German mathematician and archaeologist (b. 1903)
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2000
Jeff MacNelly, American cartoonist (b. 1948)
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2001
Alex de Renzy, American director and producer (b. 1935)
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2004
Charles Hyder, American astrophysicist and academic (b. 1930)
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2004
Mack Jones, American baseball player (b. 1938)
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2006
Jaxon, American illustrator and publisher, co-founded Rip Off Press (b. 1941)
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2006
Matta El Meskeen, Egyptian monk, theologian, and author (b. 1919)
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2008
Šaban Bajramović, Serbian singer-songwriter (b. 1936)
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2009
Omar Bongo, Gabonese captain and politician, President of Gabon (b. 1935)
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2010
Crispian St. Peters, English singer-songwriter (b. 1939)
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2012
Pete Brennan, American basketball player (b. 1936)
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2012
Charles E. M. Pearce, New Zealand-Australian mathematician and academic (b. 1940)
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2012
Ghassan Tueni, Lebanese journalist, academic, and politician (b. 1926)
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2013
Paul Cellucci, American soldier and politician, 69th Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1948)
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2013
Yoram Kaniuk, Israeli painter, journalist, and critic (b. 1930)
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2013
Taufiq Kiemas, Indonesian politician, 5th First Spouse of Indonesia (b. 1942)
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2014
Alexander Imich, Polish-American chemist, parapsychologist, and academic (b. 1903)
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2014
Yoshihito, Prince Katsura of Japan (b. 1948)
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2015
Chea Sim, Cambodian commander and politician (b. 1932)