September 20 — В этот день в истории
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1058
Agnes of Poitou and Andrew I of Hungary meet to negotiate about the border-zone in present-day Burgenland.
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1066
Battle of Fulford, Viking Harald Hardrada defeats earls Morcar and Edwin
Battle of Fulford · Harald Hardrada · Morcar · Edwin, Earl of Mercia
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1187
Saladin begins the Siege of Jerusalem.
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1260
The Great Prussian Uprising among the old Prussians begins against the Teutonic Knights.
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1378
Cardinal Robert of Geneva, called by some the "Butcher of Cesena", is elected as Avignon Pope Clement VII, beginning the Papal schism.
Cardinal (Catholicism) · Antipope Clement VII · Papal schism
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1498
The 1498 Nankai earthquake generates a tsunami that washes away the building housing the statue of the Great Buddha at Kōtoku-in in Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan; since then the Buddha has sat in the open air.
1498 Nankai earthquake · Tsunami · Amitābha · Kōtoku-in · Kamakura, Kanagawa
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1519
Ferdinand Magellan sets sail from Sanlúcar de Barrameda with about 270 men on his expedition to circumnavigate the globe.
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1596
Diego de Montemayor founds the city of Monterrey in New Spain.
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1697
The Treaty of Ryswick is signed by France, England, Spain, the Holy Roman Empire and the Dutch Republic ending the Nine Years' War (1688-97).
Treaty of Ryswick · Holy Roman Empire · Dutch Republic · Nine Years' War
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1737
The finish of the Walking Purchase which forces the cession of 1.2 million acres (4,860 km²) of Lenape-Delaware tribal land to the Pennsylvania Colony.
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1792
French troops stop allied invasion of France, during the War of the First Coalition at the Battle of Valmy.
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1835
Ragamuffin rebels capture Porto Alegre, then capital of the Brazilian imperial province of Rio Grande do Sul, triggering the start of ten-year-long Ragamuffin War.
Porto Alegre · Empire of Brazil · Rio Grande do Sul · Ragamuffin War
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1854
Battle of Alma: British and French troops defeat Russians in Crimea.
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1857
The Indian Rebellion of 1857 ends with the recapture of Delhi by troops loyal to the East India Company.
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1860
The Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII of the United Kingdom) visits Canada and the United States.
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1863
American Civil War: The conclusion of the Battle of Chickamauga in northwestern Georgia, the bloodiest two-day battle of the conflict, and the only significant Confederate victory in the war's Western Theater.
American Civil War · Battle of Chickamauga · Western Theater of the American Civil War
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1870
Bersaglieri corps enter Rome through the Porta Pia and complete the unification of Italy, ending de facto the temporal power of popes.
Bersaglieri · Capture of Rome · Porta Pia · Italian unification
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1871
Bishop John Coleridge Patteson is martyred on the island of Nukapu, a Polynesian outlier island now in the Temotu Province of the Solomon Islands. He is the first bishop of Melanesia.
Bishop · John Coleridge Patteson · Martyr · Nukapu · Polynesian outlier
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1881
U.S. President Chester A. Arthur is sworn in, the morning after becoming President upon James A. Garfield's death.
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1893
Charles Duryea and his brother road-test the first American-made gasoline-powered automobile.
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1906
Cunard Line's RMS Mauretania is launched at the Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson shipyard in Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
Cunard Line · RMS Mauretania (1906) · Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson · Newcastle upon Tyne
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1909
The Parliament of the United Kingdom passes the South Africa Act 1909, creating the Union of South Africa from the British Colonies of the Cape of Good Hope, Natal, Orange River Colony, and the Transvaal Colony.
Parliament of the United Kingdom · South Africa Act 1909 · Union of South Africa · Cape Colony · Colony of Natal
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1910
The ocean liner SS France, later known as the "Versailles of the Atlantic", is launched.
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1911
White Star Line's RMS Olympic collides with British warship HMS Hawke.
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1941
The Holocaust in Lithuania: Four hundred three Jews (128 men, 176 women and 99 children) were murdered by Einsatzkommando 3 and the local police in Nemenčinė.
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1942
The Holocaust in Ukraine: In the course of two days a German einsatzgruppen murders at least 3,000 Jews in Letychiv.
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1946
The first Cannes Film Festival is held, having been delayed seven years due to World War II.
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1961
Greek general Konstantinos Dovas becomes Prime Minister of Greece.
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1962
James Meredith, an African American, is temporarily barred from entering the University of Mississippi.
James Meredith · African American · University of Mississippi
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1967
RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 is launched at John Brown & Company, Clydebank, Scotland.
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1971
Having weakened after making landfall in Nicaragua the previous day, Hurricane Irene regains enough strength to be renamed Hurricane Olivia, making it the first known hurricane to cross from the Atlantic Ocean into the Pacific.
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1973
Billie Jean King beats Bobby Riggs in the Battle of the Sexes tennis match at the Houston Astrodome.
Billie Jean King · Bobby Riggs · Battle of the Sexes (tennis) · Tennis · Houston Astrodome
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1973
The death of Folk and Rock Singer Jim Croce along Musician and Songwriter Maury Muehleisen.
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1977
The Socialist Republic of Vietnam is admitted to the United Nations.
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1979
A coup d'état in the Central African Empire overthrows Emperor Bokassa I.
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1982
The National Football League players begin a 57-day strike.
- 1984
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1990
South Ossetia declares its independence from Georgia.
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2000
The United Kingdom's MI6 Secret Intelligence Service building is attacked by individuals using a Russian-built RPG-22 anti-tank missile. The perpetrators remain unidentified.
MI6 · Secret Intelligence Service · SIS Building · 2000 MI6 attack · RPG-22
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2001
In an address to a joint session of Congress and the American people, U.S. President George W. Bush declares a "War on Terror".
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2003
Maldives civil unrest: The death of prisoner sparks a day of rioting in Malé.
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2007
Between 15,000 and 20,000 protesters marched on Jena, Louisiana, in support of six black youths who had been convicted of assaulting a white classmate.
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2008
A dump truck full of explosives detonates in front of the Marriott hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan, killing 54 people and injuring 266 others.
Dump truck · Islamabad Marriott Hotel bombing · Marriott International · Islamabad
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2011
The United States military ends its "Don't ask, don't tell" policy, allowing gay men and women to serve openly for the first time.
Известные рождения
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524
Kan Bahlam I, Mayan ruler (d. 583)
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917
Kyunyeo, Korean poet (d. 973)
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1449
Philipp I, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg (d. 1500)
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1486
Arthur, Prince of Wales (d. 1502)
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1504
Philip III, Count of Nassau-Weilburg (d. 1559)
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1514
Philipp IV, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg (d. 1590)
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1593
Gottfried Scheidt, German organist and composer (d. 1661)
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1599
Christian the Younger of Brunswick (d. 1623)
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1608
Jean-Jacques Olier, French priest and mystic, founded the Society of Saint-Sulpice (d. 1657)
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1614
Martino Martini, Italian missionary, cartographer and historian (d. 1661)
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1685
Giuseppe Matteo Alberti, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1751)
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1746
Maurice, Count de Benyovszky, Slovak-Hungarian explorer (d. 1786)
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1758
Jean-Jacques Dessalines, Haitian emperor (d. 1806)
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1778
Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, Russian admiral, cartographer, and explorer (d. 1852)
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1800
Benjamin Franklin White, American singer and composer (d. 1879)
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1815
Richard Dry, Australian politician, 7th Premier of Tasmania (d. 1869)
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1819
Frederick Ellsworth Sickels, American inventor (d. 1895)
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1820
John F. Reynolds, American general (d. 1863)
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1831
Kate Harrington, American poet and educator (d. 1917)
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1833
Ernesto Teodoro Moneta, Italian soldier and journalist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1918)
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1842
James Dewar, Scottish-English chemist and physicist (d. 1923)
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1844
William H. Illingworth, English-American photographer (d. 1893)
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1847
Susanna Rubinstein, Austrian psychologist (d. 1914)
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1851
Henry Arthur Jones, English playwright and critic (d. 1929)
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1853
Chulalongkorn, Siamese king (d. 1910)
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1861
Herbert Putnam, American lawyer and publisher, 8th Librarian of Congress (d. 1955)
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1872
Maurice Gamelin, French general (d. 1958)
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1873
Sidney Olcott, Canadian-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1949)
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1873
Ferenc Szisz, Hungarian race car driver (d. 1944)
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1875
Matthias Erzberger, German publicist and politician (d. 1921)
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1876
Carleton Ellis, American inventor and chemist (d. 1941)
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1878
Upton Sinclair, American novelist, critic, and essayist (d. 1968)
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1880
Ildebrando Pizzetti, Italian composer, musicologist and critic (d. 1968)
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1884
Maxwell Perkins, American editor (d. 1947)
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1885
Enrico Mizzi, Maltese lawyer and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Malta (d. 1950)
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1886
Charles Williams, English author, poet, and critic (d. 1945)
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1889
Oskar Kaplur, Estonian wrestler (d. 1962)
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1889
Charles Reidpath, American runner and general (d. 1975)
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1890
Linda Eenpalu, Estonian activist and politician (d. 1967)
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1891
Tomás Garrido Canabal, Mexican revolutionary (d. 1943)
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1893
Colin Fraser Barron, Scottish-Canadian sergeant, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1958)
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1893
Hermann Lux, German footballer and manager (d. 1962)
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1895
Walter Dubislav, German logician and philosopher of science (d. 1937)
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1899
Leo Strauss, German-American political scientist, philosopher, and academic (d. 1973)
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1902
Stevie Smith, English author and poet (d. 1971)
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1906
Jean Dréville, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1997)
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1906
Vera Faddeeva, Russian mathematician (d. 1983)
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1911
Shriram Sharma, Indian philosopher and activist (d. 1991)
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1913
Sidney Dillon Ripley, American ornithologist and academic (d. 2001)
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1914
Kenneth More, English actor (d. 1982)
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1915
Malik Meraj Khalid, Pakistani politician, Prime Minister of Pakistan (d. 2003)
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1917
Red Auerbach, American basketball player and coach (d. 2006)
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1917
Fernando Rey, Spanish actor (d. 1994)
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1917
Clarice Taylor, American actress (d. 2011)
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1917
Obdulio Varela, Uruguayan footballer (d. 1996)
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1918
Horace Gould, English racing driver (d. 1968)
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1920
Jay Ward, American animator, producer, and screenwriter, founded Jay Ward Productions (d. 1989)
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1921
Chico Hamilton, American drummer, composer, and bandleader (d. 2013)
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1923
Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Indian actor and producer (d. 2014)
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1923
Maurice Sauvé, Canadian economist, academic, and politician (d. 1992)
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1924
Gogi Grant, American singer (d. 2016)
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1924
Albert Marre, American director, and producer (d. 2012)
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1924
Jackie Paris, American singer and guitarist (d. 2004)
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1925
James Bernard, English composer and screenwriter (d. 2001)
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1925
Ananda Mahidol King Thailand (d. 1946)
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1925
Bobby Nunn, American R&B singer (The Robins; The Coasters) (d. 1986)
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1926
Libero Liberati, Italian motorcycle racer (d. 1962)
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1927
Colette Bonheur, Canadian singer (d. 1966)
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1927
John Dankworth, English saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer (d. 2010)
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1927
Red Mitchell, American bassist, composer, and poet (d. 1992)
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1927
Rachel Roberts, Welsh actress (d. 1980)
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1928
Alberto de Lacerda, Mozambican-Portuguese poet and radio host (d. 2007)
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1928
Olga Ferri, Argentinian dancer and choreographer (d. 2012)
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1928
Donald Hall, American poet, editor, and critic
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1929
Anne Meara, American actress and playwright (d. 2015)
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1929
Joe Temperley, Scottish saxophonist and clarinet player
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1930
Richard Montague, American mathematician and philosopher (d. 1971)
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1931
Cherd Songsri, Thai director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2006)
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1933
Dennis Viollet, English footballer and manager (d. 1999)
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1934
Hamit Kaplan, Turkish World and Olympic champion sports wrestler (d. 1976)
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1934
Takayuki Kubota, Japanese-American martial artist and actor
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1934
Sophia Loren, Italian actress
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1934
David Marquand, English academic and politician
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1934
Jeff Morris, American actor (d. 2004)
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1934
Rajinder Puri, Indian cartoonist, journalist, and activist (d. 2015)
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1935
David Pegg, English footballer (d. 1958)
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1935
Keith Roberts, English author and illustrator (d. 2000)
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1935
Jim Taylor, American football player and sportscaster
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1936
Andrew Davies, Welsh author, screenwriter, and producer
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1936
Salvador Reyes Monteón, Mexican footballer and manager (d. 2012)
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1937
Birgitta Dahl, Swedish politician, Swedish Minister for the Environment
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1937
Geoffrey Dear, Baron Dear, English police officer
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1937
Robert L. Gerry III, American businessman
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1937
Garry Johnson, English general
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1937
Monica Zetterlund, Swedish actress and singer (d. 2005)
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1938
Eric Gale, American guitarist and producer (d. 1994)
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1938
Jane Manning, English soprano and educator
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1940
Tarō Asō, Japanese target shooter and politician, 92nd Prime Minister of Japan
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1940
William Finley, American actor (d. 2012)
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1940
Anna Pavord, Welsh-English journalist and author
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1941
Dale Chihuly, American sculptor and educator
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1941
Sammy McMillan, Irish footballer
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1942
Rose Francine Rogombé, Gabonese lawyer and politician, President of Gabon (d. 2015)
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1942
Gérald Tremblay, Canadian businessman and politician, 41st Mayor of Montreal
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1944
Jeremy Child, English actor
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1944
Paul Madeley, English footballer
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1946
Pete Coors, American businessman and politician
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1946
Markandey Katju, Indian lawyer and judge
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1947
Billy Bang, American violinist and composer (d. 2011)
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1947
Jude Deveraux, American author
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1947
Chris Ortloff, American journalist and politician
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1947
Bruce Pasternack, American businessman
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1947
Patrick Poivre d'Arvor, French journalist and author
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1948
Rey Langit, Filipino journalist and radio host
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1948
Victoria Mallory, American singer and actress (d. 2014)
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1948
George R. R. Martin, American novelist and short story writer
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1948
Chuck Panozzo, American bass player (Styx)
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1948
John Panozzo, American drummer (Styx) (d. 1996)
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1949
Mahesh Bhatt, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter
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1951
Joanna Cameron, American actress and model (The Secrets of Isis)
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1951
Guy Lafleur, Canadian ice hockey player
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1951
Javier Marías, Spanish journalist, author, and academic
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1951
Greg Valentine, American wrestler
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1953
Rocky Mattioli, Italian-Australian boxer
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1954
Anne McIntosh, Scottish lawyer and politician
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1954
Henry Samueli, American businessman, co-founded Broadcom
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1955
Betsy Brantley, American actress
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1955
Johnny Kidd, English wrestler
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1955
José Rivero, Spanish golfer
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1955
Peter Scolari, American actor and director
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1956
Jennifer Tour Chayes, American mathematician and computer scientist
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1956
Gary Cole, American actor
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1956
Steve Coleman, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader
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1956
John Harle, English saxophonist, composer, conductor, and producer
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1957
Alannah Currie, New Zealand singer-songwriter
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1957
Michael Hurst, New Zealand actor and director
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1958
Arn Anderson, American wrestler and trainer
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1959
Joseph Alessi, American trombonist and educator
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1959
Joanna Domańska, Polish pianist and educator
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1959
Meral Okay, Turkish actress, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012)
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1960
Lee Hall, English playwright and screenwriter
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1960
Dave Hemingway, English singer-songwriter and drummer
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1960
Deborah Roberts, American journalist
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1961
Lisa Bloom, American lawyer and journalist
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1961
Caroline Flint, English politician, Minister of State for Europe
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1961
Erwin Koeman, Dutch retired football player and coach
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1962
Jim Al-Khalili, Iraqi-English physicist, author, and academic
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1963
Anil Dalpat, Pakistani cricketer
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1964
Randy Bradbury, American bass player
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1964
Scott Hudson, American wrestling commentator
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1965
Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen, Danish badminton player
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1966
Nuno Bettencourt, Portuguese singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1967
Roger Anderson, American wrestler
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1967
Martin Harrison, American football player
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1967
Kristen Johnston, American actress
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1967
Gunnar Nelson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1967
Matthew Nelson, American singer-songwriter and bass player
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1968
Ijaz Ahmed, Pakistani cricketer and coach
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1968
Leah Pinsent, Canadian actress
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1968
Darrell Russell, American race car driver (d. 2004)
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1969
Patrick Pentland, Irish-Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
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1969
Tim Rogers, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1969
Ben Shepherd, American musician and songwriter (Soundgarden)
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1969
Richard Witschge, Dutch footballer and coach
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1971
Todd Blackadder, New Zealand rugby player and coach
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1971
Masashi Hamauzu, Japanese pianist and composer
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1971
Henrik Larsson, Swedish footballer and manager
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1971
Dominika Peczynski, Swedish singer and television host
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1972
Victor Ponta, Romanian jurist and politician, 63rd Prime Minister of Romania
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1973
Ronald McKinnon, American football player
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1973
Jo Pavey, English runner
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1975
Asia Argento, Italian actress
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1975
Joel Gertner, American wrestling announcer
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1975
Juan Pablo Montoya, Colombian race car driver
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1975
Jason Robinson, American saxophonist and composer
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1976
Ainsley Earhardt, Fox News commentator
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1977
Chris Mooney, American journalist and academic
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1978
Jason Bay, Canadian-American baseball player
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1978
Patrizio Buanne, Austrian-Italian singer-songwriter and producer
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1978
Héctor Camacho Jr., Puerto Rican-American boxer
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1978
Dante Hall, American football player
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1978
Scott Minto, Australian rugby league player
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1980
Vladimir Karpets, Russian cyclist
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1981
Feliciano López, Spanish tennis player
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1981
David McMillan, American football player (d. 2013)
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1981
Ryan Tandy, Australian rugby player (d. 2014)
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1981
Jordan Tata, American baseball player
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1982
Jason Bacashihua, American ice hockey player
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1982
Aaron Burkart, German race car driver
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1982
Brian Fortuna, American dancer and choreographer
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1982
Sexy Star, Mexican wrestler
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1982
Athanasios Tsigas, Greek footballer
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1983
Freya Ross, Scottish runner
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1983
Ángel Sánchez, Puerto Rican-American baseball player
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1984
Brian Joubert, French figure skater
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1985
Ian Desmond, American baseball player
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1985
Mami Yamasaki, Japanese model and actress
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1986
Hayato Fujita, Japanese wrestler
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1986
İbrahim Kaş, Turkish footballer
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1986
Jason Nightingale, New Zealand rugby league player
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1987
Gain, South Korean singer
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1987
Jack Lawless, American drummer
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1987
Tito Tebaldi, Italian rugby player
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1988
Sergei Bobrovsky, Russian ice hockey player
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1988
Ayano Ōmoto, Japanese singer and dancer
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1988
Ryan Simpkins, Australian rugby league player
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1990
Phillip Phillips, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1990
John Tavares, Canadian ice hockey player
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1991
Isaac Cofie, Ghanaian footballer
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1992
Michał Żyro, Polish footballer
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1993
Julian Draxler, German footballer
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1995
Laura Dekker, Dutch sailor
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1996
Ioana Loredana Roșca, Romanian tennis player
Известные смерти
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855
Gozbald, bishop of Würzburg
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1085
Hermann II, Count Palatine of Lotharingia (b. 1049)
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1190
Adelog of Hildesheim, German bishop
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1241
Conrad II of Salzwedel, German nobleman and bishop
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1246
Michael of Chernigov (b. 1185)
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1266
Jan Prandota, Bishop of Kraków
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1328
Ibn Taymiyyah, Syrian theologian and scholar (b. 1263)
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1384
Louis I, Duke of Anjou (b. 1339)
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1440
Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1371)
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1460
Gilles Binchois, Flemish composer (b. 1400)
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1492
Anne Neville, Countess of Warwick (b. 1426)
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1501
Agostino Barbarigo, Doge of Venice
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1501
Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset, stepson of Edward IV of England (b. 1457)
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1533
Veit Stoss, German sculptor (b. c. 1447)
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1537
Pavle Bakić, medieval Serb monarch; last Serb Despot
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1565
Cipriano de Rore, Flemish composer and teacher (b. 1515)
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1586
Sir Anthony Babington, English Catholic conspirator (b. 1561)
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1586
Chidiock Tichborne, English conspirator and poet (b. 1558)
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1590
Lodovico Agostini, Italian priest, composer, and scholar (b. 1534)
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1625
Heinrich Meibom, German historian and poet (b. 1555)
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1627
Jan Gruter, Dutch scholar and critic (b. 1560)
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1639
Johannes Meursius, Dutch historian and scholar (b. 1579)
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1643
Lucius Cary, 2nd Viscount Falkland, English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for England (b. 1610)
Lucius Cary, 2nd Viscount Falkland · Secretary of State (England)
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1684
Kim Seok-ju, Korean scholar and politician (b. 1634)
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1793
Fletcher Christian, English lieutenant (b. 1764)
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1803
Robert Emmet, Irish commander (b. 1780)
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1815
Nicolas Desmarest, French geologist and scholar (b. 1725)
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1839
Sir Thomas Hardy, 1st Baronet, English admiral (b. 1769)
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1840
José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia, Paraguayan lawyer and politician, Consul of Paraguay (b. 1766)
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1845
Matvei Gedenschtrom, Russian explorer and public servant (b. 1780)
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1852
Philander Chase, American bishop and educator, founded Kenyon College (b. 1775)
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1855
José Trinidad Reyes, Honduran priest and educator (b. 1797)
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1863
Jacob Grimm, German philologist and mythologist (b. 1785)
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1884
Leopold Fitzinger, Austrian zoologist and author (b. 1802)
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1898
Theodor Fontane, German author and poet (b. 1819)
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1906
Robert R. Hitt, American politician, 13th United States Assistant Secretary of State (b. 1834)
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1908
Pablo de Sarasate, Spanish violinist and composer (b. 1844)
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1927
George Nichols, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1864)
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1930
Gombojab Tsybikov, Russian anthropologist and explorer (b. 1873)
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1933
Annie Besant, English theosophist and activist (b. 1847)
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1939
Paul Bruchési, Canadian archbishop (b. 1855)
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1945
Augusto Tasso Fragoso, Brazilian politician, President of Brazil (b. 1869)
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1945
William Seabrook, American occultist, journalist, and explorer (b. 1884)
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1945
Eduard Wirths, German physician (b. 1909)
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1947
Fiorello H. La Guardia, American lawyer and politician, 99th Mayor of New York City (b. 1882)
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1947
Jantina Tammes, Dutch biologist, geneticist, and academic (b. 1871)
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1957
Heino Kaski, Finnish pianist and composer (b. 1885)
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1957
Jean Sibelius, Finnish violinist and composer (b. 1865)
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1970
Alexandros Othonaios, Greek general and politician, 126h Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1879)
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1971
Giorgos Seferis, Greek poet and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1900)
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1972
Pierre-Henri Simon, French historian and author (b. 1903)
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1973
Jim Croce, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1943)
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1975
Saint-John Perse, French poet and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887)
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1979
Ludvík Svoboda, Czech general and politician, 8th President of Czechoslovakia (b. 1895)
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1984
Steve Goodman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1948)
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1985
Helen MacInnes, Scottish-American librarian and author (b. 1907)
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1987
Michael Stewart, American playwright and composer (b. 1924)
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1993
Erich Hartmann, German soldier and pilot (b. 1922)
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1994
Abioseh Nicol, Sierra Leonean physician, academic, and diplomat (b. 1924)
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1994
Jule Styne, American composer (b. 1905)
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1996
Paul Erdős, Hungarian-Polish mathematician and academic (b. 1913)
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1996
Reuben Kamanga, Zambian politician, 1st Vice-President of Zambia (b. 1929)
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1996
Paul Weston, American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1912)
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1999
Robert Lebel, Canadian businessman (b. 1905)
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2000
Gherman Titov, Russian general, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1935)
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2002
Sergei Bodrov Jr., Russian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1971)
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2003
Simon Muzenda, Zimbabwean politician, 1st Vice-President of Zimbabwe (b. 1922)
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2003
Gareth Williams, Baron Williams of Mostyn, Welsh lawyer and politician, Lord President of the Council (b. 1941)
Gareth Williams, Baron Williams of Mostyn · Lord President of the Council
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2004
Brian Clough, English footballer and manager (b. 1935)
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2004
Townsend Hoopes, American soldier and historian (b. 1922)
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2005
Simon Wiesenthal, Austrian human rights activist, Holocaust survivor (b. 1908)
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2006
Armin Jordan, Swiss conductor (b. 1932)
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2006
Sven Nykvist, Swedish director, producer, and cinematographer (b. 1922)
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2006
John W. Peterson, American pilot and songwriter (b. 1921)
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2007
Johnny Gavin, Irish footballer (b. 1928)
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2010
Leonard Skinner, American soldier and educator (b. 1933)
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2011
Oscar Handlin, American historian and author (b. 1915)
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2011
Burhanuddin Rabbani, Afghan academic and politician, 10th President of Afghanistan (b. 1940)
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2012
Fortunato Baldelli, Italian cardinal (b. 1935)
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2012
Richard H. Cracroft, American author and academic (b. 1936)
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2012
Tereska Torrès, French soldier and author (b. 1920)
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2013
James B. Vaught, American general (b. 1926)
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2013
Gilles Verlant, Belgian journalist and critic (b. 1957)
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2014
Anatoly Berezovoy, Russian colonel, pilot, and cosmonaut (b. 1942)
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2014
Polly Bergen, American actress and singer (b. 1930)
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2014
Takako Doi, Japanese scholar and politician (b. 1928)
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2014
George Sluizer, French-Dutch director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1932)
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2015
Mario Caiano, Italian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1933)
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2015
Jagmohan Dalmiya, Indian businessman (b. 1940)
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2015
Jack Larson, American actor (b. 1928)
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2016
Curtis Hanson, American film director and screenwriter (b. 1945)
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2016
Peter Leo Gerety, American bishop (b. 1912)