September 12 — В этот день в истории
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490 BC
Battle of Marathon: The conventionally accepted date for the Battle of Marathon. The Athenians and their Plataean allies, defeat the first Persian invasion force of Greece.
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372
Sixteen Kingdoms: Jin Xiaowudi, age 10, succeeds his father Jin Jianwendi as Emperor of the Eastern Jin dynasty.
Sixteen Kingdoms · Emperor Xiaowu of Jin · Emperor Jianwen of Jin · Jin dynasty (265-420)
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1185
Emperor Andronikos I Komnenos brutally put to death in Constantinople.
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1213
Albigensian Crusade: Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester, defeats Peter II of Aragon at the Battle of Muret.
Albigensian Crusade · Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester · Peter II of Aragon · Aragon · Battle of Muret
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1229
Battle of Portopí: The Aragonese army under the command of James I of Aragon disembarks at Santa Ponça, Majorca, with the purpose of conquering the island.
Battle of Portopí · James I of Aragon · Santa Ponça · Majorca
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1309
The First Siege of Gibraltar takes place in the context of the Spanish Reconquista pitting the forces of the Kingdom of Castile against the Emirate of Granada resulting in a Castilian victory.
First Siege of Gibraltar · Reconquista · Kingdom of Castile · Emirate of Granada
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1609
Henry Hudson begins his exploration of the Hudson River while aboard the Halve Maen.
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1634
A gunpowder factory explodes in Valletta, Malta, killing 22 people and damaging several buildings.
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1683
Austro-Ottoman War: Battle of Vienna: Several European armies join forces to defeat the Ottoman Empire.
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1814
Battle of North Point: an American detachment halts the British land advance to Baltimore in the War of 1812.
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1846
Elizabeth Barrett elopes with Robert Browning.
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1847
Mexican-American War: the Battle of Chapultepec begins.
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1848
Switzerland approves its 1st Constitution and becomes a Federal state.
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1857
The SS Central America sinks about 160 miles east of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, drowning a total of 426 passengers and crew, including Captain William Lewis Herndon. The ship was carrying 13-15 tons of gold from the California Gold Rush.
SS Central America · Cape Hatteras · North Carolina · William Lewis Herndon · California Gold Rush
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1885
Arbroath 36-0 Bon Accord, a world record scoreline in professional Association football.
- 1890
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1897
Tirah Campaign: Battle of Saragarhi.
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1906
The Newport Transporter Bridge is opened in Newport, South Wales by Viscount Tredegar.
Newport Transporter Bridge · Newport, Wales · Viscount Tredegar
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1910
Premiere performance of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 8 in Munich (with a chorus of 852 singers and an orchestra of 171 players. Mahler's rehearsal assistant conductor was Bruno Walter)
Gustav Mahler · Symphony No. 8 (Mahler) · Conductor (music) · Bruno Walter
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1915
French soldiers rescue over 4,000 Armenian Genocide survivors stranded on Musa Dagh.
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1919
Adolf Hitler joins the German Workers' Party (later the Nazi Party).
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1923
Southern Rhodesia, today called Zimbabwe, is annexed by the United Kingdom.
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1933
Leó Szilárd, waiting for a red light on Southampton Row in Bloomsbury, conceives the idea of the nuclear chain reaction.
Leó Szilárd · Southampton Row · Bloomsbury · Nuclear chain reaction
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1938
Adolf Hitler demands autonomy and self-determination for the Germans of the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia.
Adolf Hitler · Autonomy · Self-determination · Germans · Sudetenland
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1940
Cave paintings are discovered in Lascaux, France.
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1940
An explosion at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Kenvil, New Jersey kills 51 people and injures over 200.
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1942
World War II: RMS Laconia, carrying civilians, Allied soldiers and Italian POWs is torpedoed off the coast of West Africa and sinks with a heavy loss of life.
World War II · RMS Laconia (1921) · Prisoner of war · Laconia incident
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1942
World War II: First day of the Battle of Edson's Ridge during the Guadalcanal Campaign. U.S. Marines protecting Henderson Field on Guadalcanal are attacked by Imperial Japanese Army forces.
Battle of Edson's Ridge · Guadalcanal Campaign · United States Marine Corps · Henderson Field (Guadalcanal) · Guadalcanal
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1943
World War II: Benito Mussolini, dictator of Italy, is rescued from house arrest on the Gran Sasso in Abruzzi, by German commando forces led by Otto Skorzeny.
Benito Mussolini · Gran Sasso raid · Gran Sasso · Abruzzi · Commando
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1944
World War II: The liberation of Serbia from Nazi Germany continues. Bajina Bašta in western Serbia is among the liberated cities.
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1952
Strange occurrences, including a monster sighting, take place in Flatwoods, West Virginia.
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1953
U.S. Senator and future President John Fitzgerald Kennedy marries Jacqueline Lee Bouvier at St. Mary's Church in Newport, Rhode Island.
John F. Kennedy · Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis · St. Mary's Church Complex (Newport, Rhode Island) · Newport, Rhode Island
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1958
Jack Kilby demonstrates the first working integrated circuit while working at Texas Instruments.
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1959
The Soviet Union launches a large rocket, Lunik II, at the moon.
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1959
Bonanza premieres, the first regularly scheduled TV program presented in color.
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1961
The African and Malagasy Union is founded.
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1962
President John F. Kennedy, at a speech at Rice University, reaffirms that the U.S. will put a man on the moon by the end of the decade.
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1966
Gemini 11, the penultimate mission of NASA's Gemini program, and the current human altitude record holder (except for the Apollo lunar missions)
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1970
Dawson's Field hijackings: Palestinian terrorists blow up three hijacked airliners in Jordan, continuing to hold the passengers hostage in various undisclosed locations in Amman.
Dawson's Field hijackings · Palestinian people · Jordan · Amman
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1974
Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia, 'Messiah' of the Rastafari movement, is deposed following a military coup by the Derg, ending a reign of 58 years.
Haile Selassie · Ethiopia · Messiah · Rastafari movement · Coup d'état
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1974
Juventude Africana Amílcar Cabral is founded in Guinea-Bissau.
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1977
South African anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko dies in police custody.
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1980
Military coup in Turkey.
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1983
A Wells Fargo depot in West Hartford, Connecticut, United States, is robbed of approximately US$7 million by Los Macheteros.
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1983
The USSR vetoes a United Nations Security Council Resolution deploring the Soviet destruction of Korean Air Lines Flight 007.
Soviet Union · United Nations Security Council · Korean Air Lines Flight 007
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1984
Dwight Gooden sets the baseball record for strikeouts in a season by a rookie with 246, previously set by Herb Score in 1954. Gooden's 276 strikeouts that season, pitched in 218 innings, set the current record.
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1988
Hurricane Gilbert devastates Jamaica; it turns towards Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula two days later, causing an estimated $5 billion in damage.
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1990
The two German states and the Four Powers sign the Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany in Moscow, paving the way for German reunification.
Allied Control Council · Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany · German reunification
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1992
NASA launches Space Shuttle Endeavour on STS-47 which marked the 50th shuttle mission. On board are Mae Carol Jemison, the first African-American woman in space, Mamoru Mohri, the first Japanese citizen to fly in a US spaceship, and Mark Lee and Jan Davis, the first married couple in space.
NASA · Space Shuttle Endeavour · STS-47 · Mae Jemison · African-American
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1992
Abimael Guzmán, leader of the Shining Path, is captured by Peruvian special forces; shortly thereafter the rest of Shining Path's leadership fell as well.
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1994
Frank Eugene Corder fatally crashes a single-engine Cessna 150 into the White House's south lawn, striking the West wing. There were no other casualties.
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2001
Ansett Australia, Australia's first commercial interstate airline, collapses due to increased strain on the international airline industry, leaving 10,000 people unemployed.
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2003
The United Nations lifts sanctions against Libya after that country agreed to accept responsibility and recompense the families of victims in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103.
United Nations · International sanctions · Libya · Pan Am Flight 103
- 2003
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2007
Former Philippine President Joseph Estrada is convicted of plunder.
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2008
The 2008 Chatsworth train collision in Los Angeles between a Metrolink commuter train and a Union Pacific freight train kills 25 people.
2008 Chatsworth train collision · Metrolink (Southern California) · Union Pacific
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2011
The 9/11 Memorial Museum in New York City opens to the public.
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2014
Three-year-old William Tyrrell disappears in Kendall, New South Wales, Australia
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2015
A series of explosions involving propane triggering nearby illegally stored mining detonators in the Indian town of Petlawad in the state of Madhya Pradesh(मध्य प्रदेश) kills at least 105 people with over 150 injured.
Известные рождения
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1415
John de Mowbray, 3rd Duke of Norfolk (d. 1461)
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1492
Lorenzo de' Medici, Duke of Urbino (d. 1519)
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1494
Francis I of France (d. 1547)
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1552
André Schott, Jesuit priest, academic, linguist, translator, editor (d. 1629)
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1590
María de Zayas, Spanish writer (d. 1661)
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1605
William Dugdale, English genealogist and historian (d. 1686)
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1690
Peter Dens, Flemish theologian and academic (d. 1775)
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1725
Guillaume Le Gentil, French astronomer (d. 1792)
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1736
Hsinbyushin, Burmese king (d. 1776)
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1740
Johann Heinrich Jung, German author and academic (d. 1817)
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1768
Benjamin Carr, English-American singer-songwriter, educator, and publisher (d. 1831)
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1797
Samuel Joseph May, American activist (d. 1871)
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1812
Edward Shepherd Creasy, English historian and jurist (d. 1878)
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1812
Richard March Hoe, American engineer and businessman, invented the Rotary printing press (d. 1886)
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1818
Richard Jordan Gatling, American inventor, invented the Gatling gun (d. 1903)
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1818
Theodor Kullak, German pianist, composer, and educator (d. 1882)
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1828
William Morgan, English-Australian politician, 14th Premier of South Australia (d. 1883)
William Morgan (Australian politician) · Premier of South Australia
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1829
Anselm Feuerbach, German painter (d. 1880)
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1830
William Sprague, American businessman and politician, 27th Governor of Rhode Island (d. 1915)
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1837
Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse (d. 1892)
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1852
H. H. Asquith, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1928)
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1855
Simon-Napoléon Parent, Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Premier of Quebec (d. 1920)
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1856
Johann Heinrich Beck, American composer and conductor (d. 1924)
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1857
Manuel Espinosa Batista, Colombian pharmacist and politician (d. 1919)
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1862
Carl Eytel, German-American painter and illustrator (d. 1925)
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1866
Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon, English cricketer and politician, 13th Governor General of Canada (d. 1941)
Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon · Governor General of Canada
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1869
Paweł Owerłło, Polish actor (d, 1957)
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1875
Matsunosuke Onoe, Japanese actor and director (d. 1926)
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1880
H. L. Mencken, American journalist and critic (d. 1956)
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1882
Ion Agârbiceanu, Romanian journalist, politician, and archbishop (d. 1963)
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1884
Martin Klein, Estonian wrestler and coach (d. 1947)
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1885
Heinrich Hoffmann, German photographer and art dealer (d. 1957)
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1888
Maurice Chevalier, French actor, singer, and dancer (d. 1972)
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1889
Ugo Pasquale Mifsud, Maltese politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Malta (d. 1942)
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1891
Pedro Albizu Campos, Puerto Rican lawyer and politician (d. 1965)
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1891
Jean-François Martial, Belgian actor (d. 1977)
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1891
Arthur Hays Sulzberger, American publisher (d. 1968)
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1892
Alfred A. Knopf, Sr., American publisher, founded Alfred A. Knopf Inc. (d. 1984)
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1894
Kyuichi Tokuda, Japanese lawyer and politician (d. 1953)
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1894
Dorothy Maud Wrinch, Argentinian-English mathematician, biochemist and philosopher (d. 1976)
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1895
Freymóður Jóhannsson, Icelandic painter and composer (d. 1973)
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1897
Irène Joliot-Curie, French chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1956)
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1897
Walter B. Gibson, American magician and author (d. 1985)
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1898
Salvador Bacarisse, Spanish composer (d. 1963)
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1898
Alma Moodie, Australian violinist and educator (d. 1943)
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1898
Ben Shahn, Lithuanian-American painter and photographer (d. 1969)
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1900
Haskell Curry, American mathematician, logician, and academic (d. 1982)
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1901
Shmuel Horowitz, Israeli agronomist and academic (d. 1999)
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1902
Juscelino Kubitschek, Brazilian physician and politician, 21st President of Brazil (d. 1976)
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1902
Marya Zaturenska, Ukrainian-American poet and author (d. 1982)
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1904
István Horthy, Hungarian fighter pilot and deputy regent (d. 1942)
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1904
John Courtney Murray, American priest and theologian (d. 1967)
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1904
Lou Moore, American race car driver (d. 1956)
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1907
Louis MacNeice, Irish poet and playwright (d. 1963)
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1909
Donald MacDonald, Canadian trade union leader and politician (d. 1986)
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1913
Jesse Owens, American sprinter and long jumper (d. 1980)
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1914
Rais Amrohvi, Pakistani psychoanalyst, poet, and scholar (d. 1988)
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1914
Desmond Llewelyn, Welsh-English soldier and actor (d. 1999)
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1916
Tony Bettenhausen, American race car driver (d. 1961)
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1917
Pierre Sévigny, Canadian colonel, academic, and politician (d. 2004)
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1917
Han Suyin, Chinese-Swiss physician and author (d. 2012)
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1920
Irene Dailey, American actress (d. 2008)
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1921
Frank McGee, American journalist (d. 1974)
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1921
Stanisław Lem, Ukrainian-Polish philosopher and author (d. 2006)
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1921
Turgut Cansever, Turkish Architect, city planner, thinker (d. 2009)
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1922
Antonio Cafiero, Argentinian accountant and politician, Governor of Buenos Aires Province (d. 2014)
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1922
Jackson Mac Low, American poet, playwright, and composer (d. 2004)
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1922
Mark Rosenzweig, American psychologist and academic (d. 2009)
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1924
Amílcar Cabral, Guinea-Bissauan political leader (d. 1973)
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1925
Stan Lopata, American baseball player (d. 2013)
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1925
Dickie Moore, American actor (d. 2015)
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1927
Mathé Altéry, French soprano and actress
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1928
Robert Irwin, American painter and gardener
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1928
Muriel Siebert, American businesswoman and philanthropist (d. 2013)
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1928
Ernie Vandeweghe, Canadian-American basketball player and physician (d. 2014)
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1929
Harvey Schmidt, American composer and illustrator
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1930
Larry Austin, American composer and educator
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1931
Ian Holm, English actor
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1931
George Jones, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2013)
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1932
Atli Dam, Faroese engineer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (d. 2005)
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1934
Glenn Davis, American hurdler, sprinter, and football player (d. 2009)
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1934
Jaegwon Kim, South Korean-American philosopher and academic
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1935
Richard Hunt, American sculptor
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1937
George Chuvalo, Canadian boxer
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1937
Wes Hall, Barbadian cricketer and politician
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1938
Judy Clay, American soul and gospel singer (d. 2001)
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1938
Claude Ruel, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2015)
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1938
Tatiana Troyanos, American operatic soprano (d. 1993)
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1939
Phillip Ramey, American pianist and composer
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1939
Henry Waxman, American lawyer and politician
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1940
Linda Gray, American model and actress
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1940
Mickey Lolich, American baseball player
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1940
Stephen J. Solarz, American academic and politician (d. 2010)
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1942
Michel Drucker, French journalist
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1942
Tomás Marco, Spanish composer
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1942
François Tavenas, Canadian engineer and academic (d. 2004)
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1943
Maria Muldaur, American folk and blues singer
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1943
Leonard Peltier, American political activist and convicted criminal
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1944
Lonnie Mayne, American wrestler (d. 1978)
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1944
Vladimir Spivakov, Russian violinist and conductor
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1944
Barry White, American singer-songwriter (d. 2003)
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1945
Milo Manara, Italian author and illustrator
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1945
John Mauceri, American conductor and producer
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1946
Tony Bellamy, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2009)
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1946
Neil Lyndon, British journalist and writer
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1947
David Grant, English engineer and academic
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1947
Gerald Howarth, English soldier, pilot, and politician, Minister for International Security Strategy
Gerald Howarth · Minister for International Security Strategy
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1948
Steve Turre, American trombonist and educator
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1948
Max Walker, Australian cricketer, sportscaster, and architect (d. 2016)
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1949
Charles Burlingame, American captain and pilot (d. 2001)
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1949
Irina Rodnina, Russian figure skater and politician
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1949
Tony Stevens, English rock bassist and songwriter (Savoy Brown; Foghat)
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1950
Marguerite Blais, Canadian journalist and politician
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1950
Gustav Brunner, Austrian engineer
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1950
Bruce Mahler, American actor and screenwriter
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1950
Mike Murphy, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
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1951
Bertie Ahern, Irish accountant and politician, 11th Taoiseach of Ireland
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1951
Norm Dubé, Canadian ice hockey player
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1951
Ray Gravell, Welsh rugby player and actor (d. 2007)
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1951
Joe Pantoliano, American actor and producer
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1951
Ali-Ollie Woodson, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player (d. 2010)
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1952
Gerry Beckley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1952
Neil Peart, Canadian drummer, songwriter, and producer
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1953
Nan Goldin, American photographer
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1953
Fiona Mactaggart, Scottish educator and politician
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1954
Robert Gober, American sculptor
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1954
Scott Hamilton, American saxophonist
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1954
Peeter Volkonski, Estonian singer-songwriter and actor
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1955
Brian Smith, English footballer (d. 2013)
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1956
Barry Andrews, English singer and keyboard player
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1956
Chip Beck, American golfer
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1956
Sam Brownback, American lawyer and politician, 46th Governor of Kansas
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1956
Leslie Cheung, Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2003)
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1956
David Goodhart, English journalist and author
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1956
Brian Robertson, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1956
Ricky Rudd, American race car driver and sportscaster
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1956
Walter Woon, Singaporean lawyer and politician, 7th Attorney-General of Singapore
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1957
Paul M. Sharp, British academic and educator
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1957
Jan Egeland, Norwegian politician, diplomat and humanitarian
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1957
Rachel Ward, English-Australian actress
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1957
Hans Zimmer, German composer and producer
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1958
Wilfred Benítez, American boxer
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1958
Gregg Edelman, American actor and singer
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1959
Scott Brown, American colonel and politician
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1959
Deron Cherry, American football player and sportscaster
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1959
Sigmar Gabriel, German educator and politician, 17th Vice-Chancellor of Germany
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1960
Evan Jenkins, American academic and politician
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1960
Stefanos Korkolis, Greek pianist and composer
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1961
Mylène Farmer, Canadian-French singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
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1962
Sunay Akın, Turkish poet, journalist, and philanthropist
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1962
Amy Yasbeck, American actress
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1964
Greg Gutfeld, American television journalist and author
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1964
Dieter Hecking, German footballer and manager
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1965
Einstein Kristiansen, Norwegian animator and producer
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1965
Vernon Maxwell, American basketball player
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1965
Midnight, Jamaican wrestler
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1966
Ben Folds, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
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1966
Vezio Sacratini, Canadian ice hockey player
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1967
Louis C.K., American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
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1967
Pat Listach, American baseball player, coach, and manager
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1968
Larry LaLonde, American guitarist and songwriter
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1968
Nicholas Russell, 6th Earl Russell, English politician (d. 2014)
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1968
Richard Snell, South African cricketer and physiotherapist
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1968
Paul F. Tompkins, American comedian, actor, and writer
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1969
Max Boot, Russian-American historian and author
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1969
Ángel Cabrera, Argentinian golfer
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1969
James Frey, American author and screenwriter
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1969
Shigeki Maruyama, Japanese golfer
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1970
Nathan Larson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1971
Younes El Aynaoui, Moroccan tennis player
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1971
Shocker, Mexican wrestler
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1972
Gideon Emery, English-American actor, producer, and screenwriter
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1972
Paul Green, Australian rugby league player and coach
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1972
Sidney Souza, Brazilian footballer
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1973
Kara David, Filipino journalist and documentarian
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1973
Martin Lapointe, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
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1973
Paul Walker, American actor and producer (d. 2013)
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1974
Caroline Aigle, French soldier and pilot (d. 2007)
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1974
Jennifer Nettles, American singer-songwriter
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1974
Guy Smith, English race car driver
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1974
Kenichi Suzumura, Japanese voice actor and singer-songwriter
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1974
Nuno Valente, Portuguese footballer and coach
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1975
Luis Castillo, Dominican baseball player
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1975
Bill Kirby, Australian swimmer and coach
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1976
Bizzy Bone, American rapper
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1976
Maciej Żurawski, Polish footballer
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1977
Nathan Bracken, Australian cricketer
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1977
Grant Denyer, Australian race car driver and journalist
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1977
Jeff Irwin, American singer-songwriter and producer
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1977
James McCartney, English singer-songwriter
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1977
David Thompson, English footballer
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1978
Elisabetta Canalis, Italian model and actress
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1978
Benjamin McKenzie, American actor
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1978
Ruben Studdard, American R&B, pop, and gospel singer
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1980
Sean Burroughs, American baseball player
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1980
Fernando César de Souza, Brazilian footballer
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1980
Yao Ming, Chinese basketball player
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1980
Kevin Sinfield, English rugby player
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1980
Josef Vašíček, Czech ice hockey player (d. 2011)
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1981
Marty Adams, Canadian actor and screenwriter
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1981
Alan Arruda, Brazilian footballer
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1981
Jennifer Hudson, American singer and actress
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1981
Staciana Stitts, American swimmer
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1982
Zoran Planinić, Croatian basketball player
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1982
Sal Rinauro, American wrestler
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1983
Tom Geißler, German footballer
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1983
Rami Haikal, Jordanian guitarist
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1983
Sebastian Hofmann, German footballer
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1983
Daniel Muir, American football player
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1983
Sergio Parisse, Argentinian-Italian rugby player
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1983
Clayton Richard, American baseball player
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1983
Carly Smithson, Irish singer-songwriter
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1984
Nashat Akram, Iraqi footballer
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1984
Chelsea Carey, Canadian curler
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1986
Kamila Chudzik, Polish heptathlete
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1986
Akwasi Fobi-Edusei, English footballer
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1986
Joanne Jackson, English swimmer
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1986
Yuto Nagatomo, Japanese footballer
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1986
Dimitrios Regas, Greek sprinter
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1986
Emmy Rossum, American singer and actress
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1988
Amanda Jenssen, Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1989
Freddie Freeman, American-Canadian baseball player
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1989
Andrew Luck, American football player
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1991
Mike Towell, Scottish professional boxer (d. 2016)
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1991
Scott Wootton, English footballer
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1992
Sviatlana Pirazhenka, Belarusian tennis player
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1993
Kelsea Ballerini, American Singer
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1994
Rap Monster, South Korean Rapper, songwriter and record producer
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1995
Ryan Potter, American actor
Известные смерти
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640
Sak K'uk', Mayan queen
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1185
Andronikos I Komnenos, Byzantine emperor (b. 1118)
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1213
Peter II of Aragon (b. 1174)
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1362
Pope Innocent VI (b. 1295)
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1368
Blanche of Lancaster (b. 1345/1347)
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1439
Sidi El Houari, Algerian imam (b. 1350)
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1500
Albert III, Duke of Saxony (b. 1443)
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1544
Clément Marot, French poet (b. 1496)
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1612
Vasili IV of Russia (b. 1552)
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1642
Henri Coiffier de Ruzé, Marquis of Cinq-Mars, French conspirator (b. 1620)
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1660
Jacob Cats, Dutch poet, jurist, and politician (b. 1577)
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1665
Jean Bolland, Belgian priest and hagiographer (b. 1596)
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1672
Tanneguy Le Fèvre, French scholar and author (b. 1615)
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1674
Nicolaes Tulp, Dutch anatomist and politician (b. 1593)
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1683
Afonso VI of Portugal (b. 1643)
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1712
Jan van der Heyden, Dutch painter and illustrator (b. 1637)
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1764
Jean-Philippe Rameau, French composer and theorist (b. 1683)
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1779
Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire (b. 1711)
Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple · Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire
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1810
Sir Francis Baring, 1st Baronet, English banker and politician (b. 1740)
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1814
Robert Ross, Irish general (b. 1766)
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1819
Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Prussian general (b. 1742)
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1836
Christian Dietrich Grabbe, German playwright (b. 1801)
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1869
Peter Mark Roget, English physician, theologian, and lexicographer (b. 1779)
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1870
Fitz Hugh Ludlow, American journalist, explorer, and author (b. 1836)
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1874
François Guizot, French historian and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of France (b. 1787)
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1903
Duncan Gillies, Scottish-Australian businessman and politician, 14th Premier of Victoria (b. 1834)
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1907
Ilia Chavchavadze, Georgian poet, journalist, and lawyer (b. 1837)
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1912
Pierre-Hector Coullié, French cardinal (b. 1829)
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1918
George Reid, Australian accountant and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1845)
George Reid (Australian politician) · Prime Minister of Australia
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1919
Leonid Andreyev, Russian author and playwright (b. 1871)
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1923
Jules Violle, French physicist and academic (b. 1841)
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1927
Sarah Frances Whiting, American physicist and astronomer (b. 1847)
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1942
Valentine Baker, Welsh co-founder of the Martin-Baker Aircraft Company (b. 1888)
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1945
Hajime Sugiyama, Japanese field marshal and politician, 44th Japanese Minister of War (b. 1880)
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1953
James Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn, English politician, Governor of Northern Ireland (b. 1869)
James Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn · Governor of Northern Ireland
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1953
Hugo Schmeisser, German engineer (b. 1884)
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1953
Lewis Stone, American actor (b. 1879)
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1956
Sándor Festetics, Hungarian politician, Hungarian Minister of War (b. 1882)
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1961
Carl Hermann, German physicist and academic (b. 1898)
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1962
Spot Poles, American baseball player and soldier (b. 1887)
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1962
Rangeya Raghav, Indian author and playwright (b. 1923)
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1967
Vladimir Bartol, Italian-Slovene author and playwright (b. 1903)
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1968
Tommy Armour, Scottish-American golfer and journalist (b. 1894)
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1971
Walter Egan, American golfer (b. 1881)
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1972
William Boyd, American actor and producer (b. 1895)
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1977
Steve Biko, South African activist (b. 1946)
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1977
Les Haylen, Australian journalist and politician (b. 1898)
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1977
Robert Lowell, American poet (b. 1917)
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1978
William Hudson, New Zealand-Australian engineer (b. 1896)
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1981
Eugenio Montale, Italian poet, essayist and translator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1896)
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1982
Federico Moreno Torroba, Spanish composer and conductor (b. 1891)
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1986
Jacques Henri Lartigue, French painter and photographer (b. 1894)
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1986
Charlotte Wolff, German-English psychotherapist and physician (b. 1897)
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1987
John Qualen, Canadian-American actor (b. 1899)
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1990
Athene Seyler, English actress (b. 1889)
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1991
Bruce Matthews, Canadian general and businessman (b. 1909)
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1992
Anthony Perkins, American actor, singer, and director (b. 1932)
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1993
Raymond Burr, Canadian-American actor and director (b. 1917)
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1994
Tom Ewell, American actor (b. 1909)
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1994
Boris Yegorov, Russian physician and astronaut (b. 1937)
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1995
Jeremy Brett, English actor (b. 1933)
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1995
Yasutomo Nagai, Japanese motorcycle racer (b. 1965)
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1996
Ernesto Geisel, Brazilian general and politician, 29th President of Brazil (b. 1907)
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1999
Bill Quackenbush, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1922)
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2000
Stanley Turrentine, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1934)
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2003
Johnny Cash, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1932)
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2005
Serge Lang, French-American mathematician, author and academic (b. 1927)
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2007
Bobby Byrd, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1934)
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2008
Bob Quinn, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1915)
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2008
David Foster Wallace, American novelist, short story writer, and essayist (b. 1962)
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2009
Norman Borlaug, American agronomist and humanitarian, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1914)
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2009
Jack Kramer, American tennis player and sportscaster (b. 1921)
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2009
Willy Ronis, French photographer and author (b. 1910)
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2010
Claude Chabrol, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1930)
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2010
Giulio Zignoli, Italian footballer (b. 1946)
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2011
Alexander Galimov, Russian ice hockey player (b. 1985)
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2012
Arkadii Dragomoshchenko, Russian poet and author (b. 1946)
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2012
Jon Finlayson, Australian actor and screenwriter (b. 1938)
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2012
Derek Jameson, English journalist and broadcaster (b. 1929)
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2012
Tom Sims, American skateboarder and snowboarder, founded Sims Snowboards (b. 1950)
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2013
Ray Dolby, American engineer and businessman, founded Dolby Laboratories (b. 1933)
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2013
Warren Giese, American football player, coach, and politician (b. 1924)
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2013
Erich Loest, German author and screenwriter (b. 1926)
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2013
Candace Pert, American neuroscientist and pharmacologist (b. 1946)
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2014
Atef Ebeid, Egyptian academic and politician, 47th Prime Minister of Egypt (b. 1932)
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2014
John Gustafson, English singer-songwriter and bass player (b. 1942)
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2014
Ian Paisley, Northern Irish evangelical pastor (Free Presbyterian Church) and politician, 2nd First Minister of Northern Ireland (b. 1926)
Ian Paisley · Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster · First Minister of Northern Ireland
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2014
Joe Sample, American pianist and composer (b. 1939)
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2014
Hugh Royer, Jr., American golfer (b. 1936)
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2015
Claudia Card, American philosopher and academic (b. 1940)
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2015
Frank D. Gilroy, American playwright and screenwriter (b. 1925)
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2015
Al Monchak, American baseball player and coach (b. 1917)
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2015
Aronda Nyakairima, Ugandan general and politician (b. 1959)
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2017
Allan MacEachen, Canadian economist and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1921)
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2017
Edith Windsor, American LGBT rights activist and technology manager at IBM (b. 1929)