август 15 — В этот день в истории
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636
Arab-Byzantine wars: The Battle of Yarmouk between Byzantine Empire and Rashidun Caliphate begins.
Arab-Byzantine wars · Battle of Yarmouk · Byzantine Empire · Rashidun Caliphate
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717
Arab-Byzantine wars: Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik begins the Second Arab Siege of Constantinople, which will last for nearly a year.
Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik · Second Arab Siege of Constantinople
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718
Arab-Byzantine wars: Raising of the Second Arab Siege of Constantinople.
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747
Carloman, mayor of the palace of Austrasia, renounces his position as majordomo and retires to a monastery near Rome. His brother Pepin the Short becomes the sole ruler (de facto) of the Frankish Kingdom.
Carloman (mayor of the palace) · Austrasia · Majordomo · Monastery · Pepin the Short
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778
The Battle of Roncevaux Pass, at which Roland is killed.
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805
Noble Erchana of Dahauua grants the Bavarian town of Dachau to the Diocese of Freising
Bavaria · Dachau · Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Munich and Freising
- 927
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982
Holy Roman Emperor Otto II is defeated by the Saracens in the Battle of Capo Colonna, in Calabria
Holy Roman Emperor · Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor · Saracen · Battle of Capo Colonna · Calabria
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1018
Byzantine general Eustathios Daphnomeles blinds and captures Ibatzes of Bulgaria by a ruse, thereby ending Bulgarian resistance against Emperor Basil II's conquest of Bulgaria.
Eustathios Daphnomeles · Ivats · Basil II · Byzantine conquest of Bulgaria
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1038
King Stephen I, the first king of Hungary, dies; his nephew, Peter Orseolo, succeeds him.
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1057
King Macbeth is killed at the Battle of Lumphanan by the forces of Máel Coluim mac Donnchada.
Macbeth, King of Scotland · Battle of Lumphanan · Malcolm III of Scotland
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1070
The Pavian-born Benedictine Lanfranc is appointed as the new Archbishop of Canterbury in England.
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1185
The cave city of Vardzia is consecrated by Queen Tamar of Georgia.
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1237
The Battle of the Puig takes place in the context of the Spanish Reconquista pitting the forces of the Taifa of Valencia against the Kingdom of Aragon. The battle resulted in an Aragonese victory.
Battle of the Puig · Spanish Reconquista · Taifa of Valencia · Kingdom of Aragon
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1248
The foundation stone of Cologne Cathedral, built to house the relics of the Three Wise Men, is laid. (Construction is eventually completed in 1880.)
Cornerstone · Cologne Cathedral · Shrine of the Three Kings · Biblical Magi · 1880
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1261
Michael VIII Palaiologos is crowned Byzantine emperor in Constantinople.
Michael VIII Palaiologos · List of Byzantine emperors · Constantinople
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1281
Mongol invasion of Japan: The Mongolian fleet of Kublai Khan is destroyed by a "divine wind" for the second time in the Battle of Kōan.
Mongol invasions of Japan · Mongol Empire · Kublai Khan · Kamikaze (typhoon) · Battle of Kōan
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1309
The city of Rhodes surrenders to the forces of the Knights of St. John, completing their conquest of Rhodes. The knights establish their headquarters on the island and rename themselves the Knights of Rhodes.
Rhodes (city) · Knights Hospitaller · Rhodes · Knights Hospitaller
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1430
Francesco Sforza, lord of Milan, conquers Lucca.
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1461
The Empire of Trebizond surrenders to the forces of Sultan Mehmed II. This is regarded by some historians as the real end of the Byzantine Empire. Emperor David is exiled and later murdered.
Empire of Trebizond · Mehmed II · Byzantine Empire · David of Trebizond
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1483
Pope Sixtus IV consecrates the Sistine Chapel.
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1511
Afonso de Albuquerque of Portugal conquers Malacca, the capital of the Malacca Sultanate.
Afonso de Albuquerque · Capture of Malacca (1511) · Malacca · Malacca Sultanate
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1517
Seven Portuguese armed vessels led by Fernão Pires de Andrade meet Chinese officials at the Pearl River estuary.
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1519
Panama City, Panama is founded.
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1534
Ignatius of Loyola and six classmates take initial vows, leading to the creation of the Society of Jesus in September 1540.
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1537
Asunción, Paraguay is founded.
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1540
Arequipa, Peru is founded.
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1549
Jesuit priest Francis Xavier comes ashore at Kagoshima (Traditional Japanese date: 22 July 1549).
Society of Jesus · Francis Xavier · Kagoshima · Japanese calendar
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1599
Nine Years' War: Battle of Curlew Pass: Irish forces led by Hugh Roe O'Donnell successfully ambush English forces, led by Sir Conyers Clifford, sent to relieve Collooney Castle.
Nine Years' War (Ireland) · Battle of Curlew Pass · Hugh Roe O'Donnell · Conyers Clifford
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1695
French forces end the bombardment of Brussels.
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1760
Seven Years' War: Battle of Liegnitz: Frederick the Great's victory over the Austrians under Ernst Gideon von Laudon.
Seven Years' War · Battle of Liegnitz (1760) · Frederick the Great · Austrians · Ernst Gideon von Laudon
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1824
The Marquis de Lafayette, the last surviving French general of the American Revolutionary War, arrives in New York and begins a tour of 24 states.
Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette · American Revolutionary War · Visit of the Marquis de Lafayette to the United States
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1843
The Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace in Honolulu, Hawaii is dedicated. Now the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu, it is the oldest Roman Catholic cathedral in continuous use in the United States.
Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace · Honolulu · Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu · Catholic Church · Cathedral
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1843
Tivoli Gardens, one of the oldest still intact amusement parks in the world, opens in Copenhagen, Denmark.
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1863
The Anglo-Satsuma War begins between the Satsuma Domain of Japan and the United Kingdom (Traditional Japanese date: July 2, 1863).
Bombardment of Kagoshima · Satsuma Domain · Japanese calendar
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1893
Ibadan area becomes a British Protectorate after a treaty signed by Fijabi, the Baale of Ibadan with the British acting Governor of Lagos, George C. Denton.
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1907
Ordination in Constantinople of Fr. Raphael Morgan, the first African-American Orthodox priest, "Priest-Apostolic" to America and the West Indies.
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1914
A servant of American architect Frank Lloyd Wright murders seven people and sets fire to the living quarters of Wright's Wisconsin home, Taliesin.
Architect · Frank Lloyd Wright · Wisconsin · Taliesin (studio)
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1914
The Panama Canal opens to traffic with the transit of the cargo ship SS Ancon.
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1914
World War I: The First Russian Army, led by Paul von Rennenkampf, enters East Prussia.
World War I · 1st Army (Russian Empire) · Paul von Rennenkampf · East Prussia
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1914
World War I: Beginning of the Battle of Cer, the first Allied victory of World War I.
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1915
A story in New York World newspaper reveals that the Imperial German government had purchased excess phenol from Thomas Edison that could be used to make explosives for the war effort and diverted it to Bayer for aspirin production.
New York World · German Empire · Phenol · Thomas Edison · Great Phenol Plot
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1920
Polish-Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw, so-called Miracle at the Vistula.
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1935
Will Rogers and Wiley Post are killed after their aircraft develops engine problems during takeoff in Barrow, Alaska.
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1939
Thirteen Stukas dive into the ground during a disastrous air-practice at Neuhammer. There are no survivors.
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1939
The Wizard of Oz premieres at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Los Angeles, California.
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1940
An Italian submarine torpedoes and sinks the Greek cruiser Elli at Tinos harbor during peacetime, marking the most serious Italian provocation prior to the outbreak of the Greco-Italian War in October.
Kingdom of Italy · Greek cruiser Elli (1912) · Tinos · Greco-Italian War
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1941
Corporal Josef Jakobs is executed by firing squad at the Tower of London at 07:12, making him the last person to be executed at the Tower for espionage.
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1942
World War II: Operation Pedestal: The SS Ohio reaches the island of Malta barely afloat carrying vital fuel supplies for the island's defenses.
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1943
World War II: Battle of Trahili: Superior German forces surround Cretan partisans, who manage to escape against all odds.
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1944
World War II: Operation Dragoon: Allied forces land in southern France.
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1945
Jewel Voice Broadcast by the Emperor Showa following effective surrender of Japan in the World War II, Korea gains Independence from the Empire of Japan.
Jewel Voice Broadcast · Hirohito · Surrender of Japan · World War II · Korea under Japanese rule
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1947
India gains Independence from British rule after near 190 years of Crown rule and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.
India · Indian independence movement · British Raj · Commonwealth of Nations
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1947
Founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah is sworn in as first Governor-General of Pakistan in Karachi.
Muhammad Ali Jinnah · Governor-General of Pakistan · Karachi
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1948
The Republic of Korea is established south of the 38th parallel north.
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1952
A flash flood drenches the town of Lynmouth, England, killing 34 people.
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1954
Alfredo Stroessner begins his dictatorship in Paraguay.
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1960
Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville) becomes independent from France.
Republic of the Congo · Brazzaville · French Fourth Republic
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1961
Border guard Conrad Schumann flees from East Germany while on duty guarding the construction of the Berlin Wall.
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1962
James Joseph Dresnok defects to North Korea after running across the Korean Demilitarized Zone. Dresnok died in 2016.
James Joseph Dresnok · North Korea · Korean Demilitarized Zone
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1963
Execution of Henry John Burnett, the last man to be hanged in Scotland.
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1963
President Fulbert Youlou is overthrown in the Republic of the Congo, after a three-day uprising in the capital.
Fulbert Youlou · Republic of the Congo · Trois Glorieuses (1963)
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1965
The Beatles play to nearly 60,000 fans at Shea Stadium in New York City, an event later regarded as the birth of stadium rock.
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1969
The Woodstock Music & Art Fair opens in upstate New York, featuring some of the top rock musicians of the era.
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1970
Patricia Palinkas becomes the first woman to play professionally in an American football game.
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1971
President Richard Nixon completes the break from the gold standard by ending convertibility of the United States dollar into gold by foreign investors.
Richard Nixon · Gold standard · Nixon Shock · United States dollar
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1971
Bahrain gains independence from the United Kingdom.
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1973
Vietnam War: The United States bombing of Cambodia ends.
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1974
Yuk Young-soo, First Lady of South Korea, is killed during an apparent assassination attempt upon President Park Chung-hee.
Yuk Young-soo · First Lady · President of South Korea · Park Chung-hee
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1975
Bangladeshi leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is killed along with most members of his family during a military coup.
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1975
Takeo Miki makes the first official pilgrimage to Yasukuni Shrine by an incumbent prime minister on the anniversary of the end of World War II.
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1977
The Big Ear, a radio telescope operated by Ohio State University as part of the SETI project, receives a radio signal from deep space; the event is named the "Wow! signal" from the notation made by a volunteer on the project.
Ohio State University Radio Observatory · Radio telescope · Ohio State University · Search for extraterrestrial intelligence · Wow! signal
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1984
The Kurdistan Workers' Party in Turkey starts a campaign of armed attacks upon the Turkish military with an attack on police and gendarmerie bases in Şemdinli and Eruh
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1995
In South Carolina, Shannon Faulkner becomes the first female cadet matriculated at The Citadel (she drops out less than a week later).
South Carolina · Shannon Faulkner · Cadet · The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina
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1998
Northern Ireland: Omagh bombing takes place; 29 people (including a woman pregnant with twins) killed and some 220 others injured.
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1999
Beni Ounif massacre in Algeria: Some 29 people are killed at a false roadblock near the Moroccan border, leading to temporary tensions with Morocco.
Béni Ounif · Algeria · Morocco
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2005
Israel's unilateral disengagement plan to evict all Israelis from the Gaza Strip and from four settlements in the northern West Bank begins.
Israel's unilateral disengagement plan · Israelis · Gaza Strip · Israeli settlement · West Bank
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2005
The Helsinki Agreement between the Free Aceh Movement and the Government of Indonesia was signed, ending almost three decades of fighting.
Free Aceh Movement · Government of Indonesia · Insurgency in Aceh
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2007
An 8.0-magnitude earthquake off the Pacific coast devastates Ica and various regions of Peru killing 514 and injuring 1,090.
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2013
At least 27 people are killed and 226 injured in an explosion in southern Beirut near a complex used by Lebanon's militant group Hezbollah in Lebanon. A previously unknown Syrian Sunni group claims responsibility in an online video.
August 2013 Beirut bombing · Beirut · Hezbollah · Syria · Sunni
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2013
The Smithsonian announces the discovery of the olinguito, the first new carnivorous species found in the Americas in 35 years.
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2015
North Korea moves its clock back half an hour to introduce Pyongyang Time, 8½ hours ahead of UTC.
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1171
Alfonso IX of León (d. 1230)
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1195
Anthony of Padua, Portuguese priest and saint (d. 1231)
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1385
Richard de Vere, 11th Earl of Oxford, English commander (d. 1417)
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1402
Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham (d. 1460)
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1432
Luigi Pulci, Italian poet (d. 1484)
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1455
George, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1503)
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1507
George III, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, German prince (d. 1553)
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1575
Bartol Kašić, Croatian linguist and lexicographer (d. 1650)
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1589
Gabriel Báthory, Prince of Transylvania (d. 1613)
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1608
Henry Howard, 22nd Earl of Arundel, English politician (d. 1652)
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1613
Gilles Ménage, French lawyer, philologist, and scholar (d. 1692)
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1615
Marie de Lorraine, Duchess of Guise (d. 1688)
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1652
John Grubb, American politician (d. 1708)
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1702
Francesco Zuccarelli, Italian painter and Royal Academician (d. 1788)
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1717
Blind Jack, English engineer (d. 1810)
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1736
Johann Christoph Kellner, German organist and composer (d. 1803)
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1740
Matthias Claudius, German poet and author (d. 1815)
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1769
Napoleon, French general and emperor (d. 1821)
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1771
Walter Scott, Scottish novelist, playwright, and poet (d. 1832)
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1785
Thomas De Quincey, English journalist and author (d. 1859)
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1798
Sangolli Rayanna, Indian warrior (d. 1831)
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1807
Jules Grévy, French lawyer and politician, 4th President of the French Republic (d. 1891)
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1824
John Chisum, American businessman (d. 1884)
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1839
Antonín Petrof, Czech piano maker (d. 1915)
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1844
Thomas-Alfred Bernier, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician (d. 1908)
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1845
Walter Crane, English artist and book illustrator (d. 1915)
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1856
Keir Hardie, Scottish politician and trade unionist (d. 1915)
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1857
Albert Ballin, German businessman (d. 1918)
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1858
E. Nesbit, English author and poet (d. 1924)
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1859
Charles Comiskey, American baseball player and manager (d. 1931)
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1860
Florence Harding, American publisher, 31st First Lady of the United States (d. 1924)
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1863
Aleksey Krylov, Russian mathematician and engineer (d. 1945)
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1865
Mikao Usui, Japanese spiritual leader, founded Reiki (d. 1926)
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1866
Italo Santelli, Italian fencer (d. 1945)
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1872
Sri Aurobindo, Indian guru, poet, and philosopher (d. 1950)
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1873
Ramaprasad Chanda, Indian archaeologist and historian (d. 1942)
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1875
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, English pianist, violinist, and composer (d. 1912)
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1876
Stylianos Gonatas, Greek colonel and politician, 111th Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1966)
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1877
Tachiyama Mineemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 22nd Yokozuna (d. 1941)
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1879
Ethel Barrymore, American actress (d. 1959)
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1881
Alfred Wagenknecht, German-American activist and politician (d. 1956)
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1882
Marion Bauer, American composer and critic (d. 1955)
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1882
Gisela Richter, English archaeologist and art historian (d. 1972)
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1883
Ivan Meštrović, Croatian sculptor and architect (d. 1962)
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1885
Edna Ferber, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (d. 1968)
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1886
Bill Whitty, Australian cricketer (d. 1974)
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1890
Jacques Ibert, French composer and educator (d. 1962)
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1892
Louis de Broglie, French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1987)
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1893
Leslie Comrie, New Zealand astronomer and academic (d. 1950)
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1896
Gerty Cori, Czech-American biochemist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1957)
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1896
Catherine Doherty, Russian-Canadian activist, founded the Madonna House Apostolate (d. 1985)
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1896
Paul Outerbridge, American photographer and educator (d. 1958)
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1898
Jan Brzechwa, Polish author and poet (d. 1966)
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1900
Estelle Brody, American silent film actress (d. 1995)
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1900
Jack Tworkov, Polish-American painter and educator (d. 1982)
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1901
Arnulfo Arias Madrid, 21st president of the republic of Panamá (d. 1988)
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1901
Pyotr Novikov, Russian mathematician and theorist (d. 1975)
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1902
Jan Campert, Dutch journalist and critic (d. 1943)
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1904
George Klein, Canadian inventor, invented the Motorized wheelchair (d. 1992)
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1909
Hugo Winterhalter, American composer and bandleader (d. 1973)
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1912
Julia Child, American chef and author (d. 2004)
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1912
Wendy Hiller, English actress (d. 2003)
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1914
Paul Rand, American graphic designer and art director (d. 1996)
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1915
Signe Hasso, Swedish-American actress (d. 2002)
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1916
Aleks Çaçi, Albanian journalist and author (d. 1989)
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1917
Jack Lynch, Irish footballer and politician, 5th Taoiseach of Ireland (d. 1999)
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1917
Óscar Romero, Salvadoran archbishop (d. 1980)
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1919
Huntz Hall, American actor (d. 1999)
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1919
Benedict Kiely, Irish journalist and author (d. 2007)
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1920
Judy Cassab, Austrian-Australian painter (d. 2008)
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1921
August Kowalczyk, Polish actor and director (d. 2012)
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1922
Leonard Baskin, American sculptor and illustrator (d. 2000)
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1922
Giorgos Mouzakis, Greek trumpet player and composer (d. 2005)
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1922
Sabino Barinaga, Spanish footballer and manager (d. 1988)
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1923
Rose Marie, American actress and singer
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1924
Robert Bolt, English playwright and screenwriter (d. 1995)
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1924
Hedy Epstein, German-American Holocaust survivor and activist (d. 2016)
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1924
Yoshirō Muraki, Japanese production designer, art director, and fashion designer (d. 2009)
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1924
Phyllis Schlafly, American lawyer, writer, and political activist (d. 2016)
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1925
Mike Connors, American actor and producer (d. 2017)
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1925
Rose Maddox, American singer-songwriter and fiddle player (d. 1998)
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1925
Oscar Peterson, Canadian pianist and composer (d. 2007)
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1925
Bill Pinkney, American singer (The Drifters) (d. 2007)
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1925
Erik Schmidt, Swedish-Estonian painter and author (d. 2014)
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1926
Julius Katchen, American pianist and composer (d. 1969)
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1926
Sami Michael, Iraqi-Israeli author and playwright
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1926
John Silber, American philosopher and academic (d. 2012)
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1926
Konstantinos Stephanopoulos, Greek lawyer and politician, 6th President of Greece (d. 2016)
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1927
Eddie Leadbeater, English cricketer (d. 2011)
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1927
Oliver Popplewell, English cricketer and judge
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1928
Carl Joachim Classen, German scholar and academic (d. 2013)
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1928
Malcolm Glazer, American businessman (d. 2014)
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1928
Nicolas Roeg, English director and cinematographer
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1930
Jackie Brenston, American singer-songwriter (d. 1979)
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1931
Ernest C. Brace, American captain and pilot (d. 2014)
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1931
Richard F. Heck, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2015)
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1932
Abby Dalton, American actress
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1932
Johan Steyn, Baron Steyn, South African-English lawyer and judge
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1933
Bobby Helms, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1997)
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1933
Stanley Milgram, American social psychologist (d. 1984)
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1933
Mike Seeger, American folk musician and folklorist (d. 2009)
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1934
Bobby Byrd, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2007)
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1934
Reginald Scarlett, Jamaican cricketer and coach
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1935
Régine Deforges, French author, playwright, and director (d. 2014)
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1936
Rita Shane, American soprano and educator (d. 2014)
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1938
Stephen Breyer, American lawyer and judge
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1938
Stix Hooper, American jazz drummer (The Crusaders)
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1938
Pran Kumar Sharma, Indian cartoonist (d. 2014)
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1938
Maxine Waters, American educator and politician
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1938
Janusz Zajdel, Polish engineer and author
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1940
Gudrun Ensslin, German militant leader, founded Red Army Faction (d. 1977)
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1941
Jim Brothers, American sculptor (d. 2013)
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1941
Don Rich, American country musician (The Buckaroos) (d. 1974)
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1942
Pete York, English rock drummer
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1943
Eileen Bell, Northern Irish civil servant and politician, 2nd Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly
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1944
Dimitris Sioufas, Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister of Health
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1945
Khaleda Zia, Bangladeshi politician, 9th Prime Minister of Bangladesh
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1946
Jimmy Webb, American singer-songwriter and pianist
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1948
Patsy Gallant, Canadian singer-songwriter and actress
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1948
Tom Johnston, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1950
Tommy Aldridge, American drummer
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1950
Tom Kelly, American baseball player
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1950
Anne, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom
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1951
Ann Biderman, American screenwriter and producer
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1951
Bobby Caldwell, American singer-songwriter
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1951
John Childs, English cricketer
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1952
Chuck Burgi, American drummer
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1953
Carol Thatcher, English journalist and author
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1953
Mark Thatcher, English businessman
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1954
Stieg Larsson, Swedish journalist and author (d. 2004)
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1956
Lorraine Desmarais, Canadian pianist and composer
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1956
Freedom Neruda, Ivorian journalist
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1956
Robert Syms, English businessman and politician
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1957
Željko Ivanek, Slovenian-American actor
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1958
Simon Baron-Cohen, English-Canadian psychiatrist and author
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1958
Craig MacTavish, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
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1958
Simple Kapadia, Indian actress and costume designer (d. 2009)
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1958
Victor Shenderovich, Russian journalist and radio host
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1959
Scott Altman, American captain, pilot, and astronaut
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1961
Ed Gillespie, American political strategist
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1961
Matt Johnson, English singer-songwriter and musician
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1961
Gary Kubiak, American football player and coach
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1961
Suhasini Maniratnam, Indian actress and screenwriter
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1962
Tom Colicchio, American chef and author
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1962
Rıdvan Dilmen, Turkish footballer and manager
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1962
Vilja Savisaar-Toomast, Estonian lawyer and politician
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1963
Alejandro González Iñárritu, Mexican director, producer, and screenwriter
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1963
Simon Hart, Welsh soldier and politician
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1963
Jack Russell, England cricketer and coach
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1964
Jane Ellison, English lawyer and politician
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1964
Melinda Gates, American businesswoman and philanthropist, co-founded the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
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1965
Rob Thomas, American author, screenwriter, and producer
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1966
Scott Brosius, American baseball player and coach
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1966
Dimitris Papadopoulos, Greek basketball player and coach
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1967
Tony Hand, Scottish ice hockey player and coach
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1968
Debra Messing, American actress
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1969
Bernard Fanning, Australian singer-songwriter
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1970
Anthony Anderson, American comedian, actor, and producer
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1970
Ben Silverman, American actor, producer, and screenwriter, founded Electus Studios
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1971
Adnan Sami, Indian singer, musician, music composer, pianist and actor
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1972
Ben Affleck, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
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1972
Jennifer Alexander, Canadian ballerina (d. 2007)
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1974
Natasha Henstridge, Canadian model and actress
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1974
Tomasz Suwary, Polish footballer
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1975
Bertrand Berry, American football player and radio host
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1975
Vijay Bharadwaj, Indian cricketer and coach
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1975
Brendan Morrison, Canadian ice hockey player
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1975
Kara Wolters, American basketball player
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1976
Boudewijn Zenden, Dutch footballer and manager
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1977
Martin Biron, Canadian ice hockey player
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1977
Anthony Rocca, Australian footballer and coach
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1978
Tim Foreman, American bass player
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1978
Lilia Podkopayeva, Ukrainian gymnast
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1978
Stavros Tziortziopoulos, Greek footballer
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1978
Kerri Walsh Jennings, American volleyball player
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1979
Carl Edwards, American race car driver
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1979
Jon Hopkins, English producer and musician
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1981
Brendan Hansen, American swimmer
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1981
Óliver Pérez, American baseball player
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1982
Casey Burgener, American weightlifter
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1982
Germán Caffa, Argentine footballer
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1982
David Harrison, American basketball player
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1983
Siobhan Chamberlain, English association football goalkeeper
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1984
Ted Dwane, British musician (Mumford & Sons) and photographer
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1987
Ryan D'Imperio, American football player
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1987
Michel Kreder, Dutch cyclist
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1987
Sean McAllister, English footballer
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1988
Oussama Assaidi, Moroccan footballer
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1989
Joe Jonas, American singer-songwriter
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1989
Ryan McGowan, Australian footballer
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1989
Jordan Rapana, New Zealand rugby league player
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1990
Jennifer Lawrence, American actress
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1990
Nyusha, Russian singer-songwriter and producer
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1991
Petja Piiroinen, Finnish snowboarder
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1992
Baskaran Adhiban, Indian chess player
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1993
Clinton N'Jie, Cameroonian footballer
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1993
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, English footballer
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1994
Lasse Vigen Christensen, Danish footballer
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1994
Kosuke Hagino, Japanese swimmer
Известные смерти
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423
Honorius, Roman emperor (b. 384)
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465
Libius Severus, Roman emperor (b. 420)
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778
Roland, Frankish military leader
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873
Yi Zong, Chinese emperor (b. 833)
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874
Altfrid, bishop of Hildesheim
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912
Han Jian, Chinese warlord (b. 855)
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932
Ma Xisheng, Chinese governor and king (b. 899)
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1022
Nikephoros Phokas Barytrachelos, Byzantine rebel
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1038
Stephen I, Hungarian king (b. 975)
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1057
Macbeth, King of Scotland
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1118
Alexios I Komnenos, Byzantine emperor (b. 1048)
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1196
Conrad II, Duke of Swabia (b. 1173)
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1224
Marie of France, Duchess of Brabant (b. 1198)
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1257
Saint Hyacinth of Poland
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1274
Robert de Sorbon, French theologian and educator, founded the College of Sorbonne (b. 1201)
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1275
Lorenzo Tiepolo, Doge of Venice
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1328
Yesün Temür, emperor of the Yuan Dynasty (b. 1293)
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1369
Philippa of Hainault, Queen consort of Edward III of England (b. 1314)
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1388
Adalbertus Ranconis de Ericinio, Bohemian theologian and rector of the University of Paris (b. circa 1320)
Adalbertus Ranconis de Ericinio · Kingdom of Bohemia · University of Paris
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1496
Infanta Isabella of Portugal, Queen of Castile and León (b. 1428)
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1506
Alexander Agricola, Flemish composer (b. c. 1445)
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1507
John V, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (b. 1439)
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1528
Odet of Foix, Viscount of Lautrec, French general (b. 1485)
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1552
Hermann of Wied, German archbishop (b. 1477)
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1594
Thomas Kyd, English playwright (b. 1558)
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1621
John Barclay, Scottish poet and author (b. 1582)
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1666
Johann Adam Schall von Bell, German missionary and astronomer (b. 1591)
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1714
Constantin Brâncoveanu, Romanian prince (b. 1654)
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1728
Marin Marais, French viol player and composer (b. 1656)
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1758
Pierre Bouguer, French mathematician, geophysicist, and astronomer (b. 1698)
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1799
Giuseppe Parini, Italian poet and author (b. 1729)
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1852
Johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist, physicist, and mineralogist (b. 1760)
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1859
Nathaniel Claiborne, American farmer and politician (b. 1777)
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1907
Joseph Joachim, Hungarian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1831)
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1909
Euclides da Cunha, Brazilian sociologist and journalist (b. 1866)
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1917
Thomas J. Higgins, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1831)
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1925
Konrad Mägi, Estonian painter and educator (b. 1878)
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1928
Anatole von Hügel, Italian ethnologist and academic, co-founded St Edmund's College, Cambridge (b. 1854)
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1935
Wiley Post, American pilot (b. 1898)
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1935
Will Rogers, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter (b. 1879)
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1935
Paul Signac, French painter and author (b. 1863)
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1936
Grazia Deledda, Italian novelist and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1871)
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1942
Mahadev Desai, Indian activist and author (b. 1892)
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1945
Korechika Anami, Japanese general and politician, 54th Japanese Minister of the Army (b. 1887)
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1945
Fred Hockley, English lieutenant and pilot (b. 1923)
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1951
Artur Schnabel, Polish pianist and composer (b. 1882)
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1953
Ludwig Prandtl, German physicist and engineer (b. 1875)
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1962
Lei Feng, Chinese soldier (b. 1940)
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1967
René Magritte, Belgian painter (b. 1898)
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1971
Paul Lukas, Hungarian-American actor (b. 1887)
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1975
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bengali politician, 1st President of Bangladesh (b. 1920)
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1975
Clay Shaw, American businessman (b. 1913)
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1975
Harun Karadeniz, Turkish political activist and author (b. 1942)
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1981
Carol Ryrie Brink, American author (b. 1895)
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1981
Jørgen Løvset, Norwegian gynaecologist and academic (b. 1896)
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1982
Ernie Bushmiller, American cartoonist (b. 1905)
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1982
Jock Taylor, Scottish motorcycle sidecar racer (b. 1954)
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1982
Hugo Theorell, Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)
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1989
Minoru Genda, Japanese general, pilot, and politician (b. 1904)
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1989
Thrasyvoulos Tsakalotos, Greek general and diplomat (b. 1897)
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1992
Linda Laubenstein, American physician and academic (b. 1947)
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1994
Wout Wagtmans, Dutch cyclist (b. 1929)
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1995
John Cameron Swayze, American journalist and actor (b. 1906)
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1997
Ida Gerhardt, Dutch poet and educator (b. 1905)
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1999
Hugh Casson, English architect and interior designer (b. 1910)
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2001
Yavuz Çetin, Turkish singer-songwriter (b. 1970)
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2001
Richard Chelimo, Kenyan runner (b. 1972)
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2001
Kateryna Yushchenko, Ukrainian computer scientist ad academic (b. 1919)
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2004
Sune Bergström, Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916)
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2004
Amarsinh Chaudhary, Indian politician, 8th Chief Minister of Gujarat (b. 1941)
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2005
Bendapudi Venkata Satyanarayana, Indian dermatologist and academic (b. 1927)
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2006
Te Atairangikaahu, New Zealand queen (b. 1931)
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2006
Rick Bourke, Australian rugby league player (b. 1955)
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2006
Coenraad Bron, Dutch computer scientist and academic (b. 1937)
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2006
Faas Wilkes, Dutch footballer and manager (b. 1923)
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2007
Richard Bradshaw, English conductor and director (b. 1944)
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2007
John Gofman, American biologist, chemist, and physicist (b. 1918)
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2007
Geoffrey Orbell, New Zealand physician (b. 1908)
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2007
Sam Pollock, Canadian businessman (b. 1925)
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2008
Vic Toweel, South African-Australian boxer (b. 1929)
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2008
Jerry Wexler, American journalist and producer (b. 1917)
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2011
Rick Rypien, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1984)
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2012
Bob Birch, American bass player and saxophonist (b. 1956)
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2012
Altamiro Carrilho, Brazilian flute player and composer (b. 1924)
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2012
Harry Harrison, American author and illustrator (b. 1925)
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2013
Rosalía Mera, Spanish businesswoman, co-founded Inditex and Zara (b. 1944)
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2013
Sławomir Mrożek, Polish-French author and playwright (b. 1930)
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2013
Marich Man Singh Shrestha, Nepali politician, 28th Prime Minister of Nepal (b. 1942)
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2014
Licia Albanese, Italian-American soprano and actress (b. 1909)
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2015
Julian Bond, American academic and politician (b. 1940)
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2015
Hamid Gul, Pakistani general (b. 1936)
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2017
Gunnar Birkerts, Latvian-American architect (b. 1925)