October 4 — 這一天在歷史上的記錄
360 條目
事件
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610
Heraclius arrives by ship from Africa at Constantinople, overthrows Byzantine Emperor Phocas and becomes Emperor.
Heraclius · Africa (Roman province) · Constantinople · Byzantine Empire · Phocas
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1227
Assassination of Caliph al-Adil.
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1302
A peace treaty between the Byzantine Empire and the Republic of Venice ends the Byzantine-Venetian War (1296-1302).
Byzantine Empire · Republic of Venice · Byzantine-Venetian War (1296-1302)
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1363
End of the Battle of Lake Poyang; the Chinese rebel forces of Zhu Yuanzhang defeat that of his rival, Chen Youliang, in one of the largest naval battles in history.
Battle of Lake Poyang · Red Turban Rebellion · Zhu Yuanzhang · Chen Youliang · Largest naval battle in history
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1511
Formation of the Holy League of Ferdinand II of Aragon, the Papal States and the Republic of Venice against France.
War of the League of Cambrai · Ferdinand II of Aragon · Papal States · Republic of Venice
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1535
The first complete English-language Bible (the Coverdale Bible) is printed, with translations by William Tyndale and Myles Coverdale.
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1582
Pope Gregory XIII implements the Gregorian calendar. In Italy, Poland, Portugal, and Spain, October 4 of this year is followed directly by October 15.
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1597
The first Guale uprising begins against the Spanish missions in Georgia.
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1636
The Swedish Army defeats the armies of Saxony and the Holy Roman Empire at the Battle of Wittstock.
Swedish Army · Saxony · Holy Roman Empire · Battle of Wittstock
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1693
Piedmontese troops are defeated by the French.
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1777
Battle of Germantown: Troops under George Washington are repelled by British troops under Sir William Howe.
Battle of Germantown · George Washington · William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe
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1795
Napoleon Bonaparte first rises to national prominence by suppressing armed counter-revolutionary rioters threatening the National Convention.
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1824
Mexico adopts a new constitution and becomes a federal republic.
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1830
The Provisional Government of Belgium secedes from the United Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Provisional Government of Belgium · United Kingdom of the Netherlands
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1853
The Ottoman Empire declares war on the Russian Empire.
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1876
Texas A&M University opens as the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, becoming the first public institution of higher education in Texas.
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1883
First run of the Orient Express.
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1883
First meeting of the Boys' Brigade in Glasgow, Scotland.
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1895
The first U.S. Open Men's Golf Championship administered by the United States Golf Association is played at the Newport Country Club in Newport, Rhode Island.
U.S. Open (golf) · United States Golf Association · Newport Country Club · Newport, Rhode Island
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1904
IFK Göteborg was founded in Café Olivedal in Gothenburg, Sweden.
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1917
World War I: The Battle of Broodseinde is fought between the British and German armies in Flanders.
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1918
An explosion kills more than 100 and destroys the T.A. Gillespie Company Shell Loading Plant in Sayreville, New Jersey.
T. A. Gillespie Company Shell Loading Plant explosion · Sayreville, New Jersey
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1927
Gutzon Borglum begins sculpting Mount Rushmore.
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1936
The British Union of Fascists and various anti-fascist organizations violently clash in the Battle of Cable Street.
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1941
Norman Rockwell's Willie Gillis character debuts on the cover of The Saturday Evening Post.
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1957
Space Race: Launch of Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth.
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1958
The current constitution of France is adopted.
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1960
Eastern Air Lines Flight 375, a Lockheed L-188 Electra, crashes after a bird strike on takeoff from Boston's Logan International Airport, killing 62 people (out of 72 onboard).
Eastern Air Lines Flight 375 · Lockheed L-188 Electra · Bird strike · Boston · Logan International Airport
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1963
Hurricane Flora kills 6,000 in Cuba and Haiti.
Hurricane Flora · Cuba · Haiti
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1965
Pope Paul VI arrives in New York City, the first Pope to visit the Americas.
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1966
Basutoland becomes independent from the United Kingdom and is renamed Lesotho.
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1967
Omar Ali Saifuddien III of Brunei abdicates in favour of his son, Hassanal Bolkiah.
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1983
Richard Noble sets a new land speed record of 633.468 miles per hour (1,019.468 km/h), driving Thrust2 at the Black Rock Desert in Nevada.
Richard Noble · Land speed record · Thrust2 · Black Rock Desert · Nevada
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1985
The Free Software Foundation is founded in Massachusetts, United States.
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1991
The Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty is opened for signature.
Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty · Signature
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1992
The Rome General Peace Accords ends a 16-year civil war in Mozambique.
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1992
El Al Flight 1862: An El Al Boeing 747-258F crashes into two apartment buildings in Amsterdam, killing 43 including 39 on the ground.
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1993
Russian Constitutional Crisis: In Moscow, tanks bombard the White House, a government building that housed the Russian parliament, while demonstrators against President Boris Yeltsin rally outside.
1993 Russian constitutional crisis · Tank · White House of Russia · State Duma · President of Russia
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1997
The second largest cash robbery in U.S. history occurs at the Charlotte, North Carolina office of Loomis, Fargo and Company. A Federal Bureau of Investigation investigation eventually results in 24 convictions and the recovery of approximately 95% of the $17.3 million stolen cash.
1997 Loomis Fargo Robbery in North Carolina · Charlotte, North Carolina · Loomis (company) · Federal Bureau of Investigation
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2001
Siberia Airlines Flight 1812: A Sibir Airlines Tupolev Tu-154 crashes into the Black Sea after being struck by an errant Ukrainian S-200 missile. Seventy-eight people are killed.
Siberia Airlines Flight 1812 · Tupolev Tu-154 · Black Sea · S-200 (missile)
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2003
Maxim restaurant suicide bombing in Haifa, Israel: Twenty-one Israelis, Jews and Arabs, are killed, and 51 others wounded.
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2004
SpaceShipOne wins Ansari X Prize for private spaceflight, by being the first private craft to fly into space.
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2006
Wikileaks is launched by Julian Assange.
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2010
The Ajka plant accident in western Hungary releases about a million cubic metres (35 million cubic feet) of liquid alumina sludge. Nine people are killed and 122 injured, and the Marcal and Danube rivers are severely contaminated.
著名出生
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1160
Alys, Countess of the Vexin, daughter of Louis VII of France (d. c. 1220)
Alys of France, Countess of Vexin · Louis VII of France · 1220
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1274
Rudolf I, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1319)
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1276
Margaret of Brabant (d. 1311)
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1289
Louis X of France (d. 1316)
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1331
James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormond, Irish politician, Lord Justice of Ireland (d. 1382)
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1379
Henry III of Castile (d. 1406)
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1503
Isabella of Portugal, Holy Roman Empress (d. 1539)
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1507
Francis Bigod, English noble (d. 1537)
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1515
Lucas Cranach the Younger, German painter (d. 1586)
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1522
Gabriele Paleotti, Catholic cardinal (d. 1597)
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1524
Francisco Vallés, Spanish physician (d. 1592)
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1532
Francisco de Toledo, Catholic cardinal (d. 1596)
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1542
Robert Bellarmine, Italian cardinal and saint (d. 1621)
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1550
Charles IX of Sweden (d. 1611)
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1562
Christen Sørensen Longomontanus, Danish astronomer and author (d. 1647)
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1570
Péter Pázmány, Hungarian cardinal and philosopher (d. 1637)
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1579
Guido Bentivoglio, Italian cardinal (d. 1644)
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1585
Anna of Tyrol, Holy Roman Empress (d. 1618)
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1625
Jacqueline Pascal, French nun and composer (d. 1661)
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1626
Richard Cromwell, English academic and politician, Lord Protector of Great Britain (d. 1712)
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1633
Bernardino Ramazzini, Italian physician (d. 1714)
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1657
Francesco Solimena, Italian painter and illustrator (d. 1747)
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1694
Lord George Murray, Scottish Jacobite General (d. 1760)
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1720
Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian sculptor and illustrator (d. 1778)
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1723
Nikolaus Poda von Neuhaus, German entomologist and author (d. 1798)
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1759
Louis François Antoine Arbogast, French mathematician and academic (d. 1803)
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1768
Francisco José de Caldas, Colombian naturalist, executed by royalists in the war of independence (d. 1816)
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1787
François Guizot, French historian and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of France (d. 1874)
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1793
Charles Pearson, English lawyer and politician (d. 1862)
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1807
Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine, Canadian lawyer and politician, 2nd Premier of Canada East (d. 1864)
Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine · List of Joint Premiers of the Province of Canada
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1814
Jean-François Millet, French painter and educator (d. 1875)
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1822
Rutherford B. Hayes, American general, lawyer, and politician, 19th President of the United States (d. 1893)
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1835
Jenny Twitchell Kempton, American opera singer and educator (d. 1921)
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1836
Juliette Adam, French author (d. 1936)
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1837
Auguste-Réal Angers, Canadian judge and politician, 6th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (d. 1919)
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1841
Prudente de Morais, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Brazil (d. 1912)
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1841
Maria Sophie of Bavaria (d. 1925)
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1843
Marie-Alphonsine Danil Ghattas, Palestinian nun and Catholic Saint (d. 1927)
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1858
Léon Serpollet, French businessman (d. 1903)
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1861
Walter Rauschenbusch, American pastor and theologian (d. 1918)
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1861
Frederic Remington, American painter, sculptor, and illustrator (d. 1909)
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1862
Edward Stratemeyer, American author and publisher (d. 1930)
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1868
Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 20th President of Argentina (d. 1942)
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1874
John Ellis, English executioner (d. 1932)
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1876
Florence Eliza Allen, American mathematician and suffrage activist (d. 1960)
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1877
Razor Smith, English cricketer (d. 1946)
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1880
Damon Runyon, American newspaperman and short story writer. (d. 1946)
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1881
Walther von Brauchitsch, German field marshal (d. 1948)
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1884
Ramchandra Shukla, Indian historian and author (d. 1941)
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1888
Lucy Tayiah Eads, American tribal chief (d. 1961)
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1888
Oscar Mathisen, Norwegian speed skater (d. 1954)
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1890
Alan L. Hart, American physician and author (d. 1962)
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1890
Osman Cemal Kaygılı, Turkish writer and journalist (d. 1945)
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1892
Engelbert Dollfuss, Austrian soldier and politician, 14th Federal Chancellor of Austria (d. 1934)
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1892
Hermann Glauert, English aerodynamicist and author (d. 1934)
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1892
Robert Lawson, American author and illustrator (d. 1957)
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1895
Buster Keaton, American film actor, director, and producer (d. 1966)
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1895
Richard Sorge, German journalist and spy (d. 1944)
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1896
Dorothy Lawrence, English reporter, who secretly posed as a man to become a soldier during World War I (d. 1964)
Dorothy Lawrence · List of wartime cross-dressers · World War I
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1900
August Mälk, Estonian author and playwright (d. 1987)
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1903
Bona Arsenault, Canadian genealogist, historian, and politician (d. 1993)
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1903
John Vincent Atanasoff, American physicist and academic, invented the Atanasoff-Berry computer (d. 1995)
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1903
Pierre Garbay, French general (d. 1980)
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1903
Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Austrian-German lawyer and general (d. 1946)
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1906
Mary Celine Fasenmyer, American mathematician (d. 1996)
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1907
Alain Daniélou, French-Swiss historian and academic (d. 1994)
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1910
Frankie Crosetti, American baseball player and coach (d. 2002)
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1910
Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı, Turkish poet and author (d. 1956)
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1913
Martial Célestin, Haitian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Haiti (d. 2011)
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1914
Jim Cairns, Australian economist and politician, 4th Deputy Prime Minister of Australia (d. 2003)
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1914
Brendan Gill, American journalist and essayist (d. 1997)
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1916
Vitaly Ginzburg, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2009)
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1916
Jan Murray, American comedian, actor, and game show host (d. 2006)
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1916
George Sidney, American director and producer (d. 2002)
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1917
Violeta Parra, Chilean singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1967)
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1918
Kenichi Fukui, Japanese chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)
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1922
Malcolm Baldrige, Jr., American businessman and politician, 26th United States Secretary of Commerce (d. 1987)
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1922
Shin Kyuk-ho, South Korean-Japanese businessman, founded Lotte Group
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1922
Don Lenhardt, American baseball player and coach (d. 2014)
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1923
Charlton Heston, American actor, director and gun rights activist (d. 2008)
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1924
Donald J. Sobol, American soldier and author (d. 2012)
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1925
Roger Wood, Belgian-American journalist (d. 2012)
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1926
Raymond Watson, American businessman (d. 2012)
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1927
Wolf Kahn, American painter and academic
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1928
Alvin Toffler, German-American journalist and author (d. 2016)
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1928
Torben Ulrich, Danish-American tennis player
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1929
Scotty Beckett, American actor and singer (d. 1968)
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1929
John E. Mack, American psychiatrist and author (d. 2004)
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1929
Leroy Van Dyke, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1931
Terence Conran, English designer and businessman
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1931
Basil D'Oliveira, South African-English cricketer and footballer (d. 2011)
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1931
Richard Rorty, American philosopher and author (d. 2007)
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1933
German Moreno, Filipino television host and actor (d. 2016)
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1933
Ann Thwaite, English author
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1934
Sam Huff, American football player, coach, and sportscaster
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1934
Dimosthenis Sofianos, Greek journalist and poet
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1936
Charlie Hurley, Irish footballer and manager
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1936
Giles Radice, Baron Radice, English politician
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1937
Jackie Collins, English-American author and actress (d. 2015)
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1937
David Crocker, American philosopher and academic
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1937
Gail Gilmore, Canadian-American actress and dancer (d. 2014)
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1937
Lloyd Green, American steel guitar player
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1937
Jim Sillars, Scottish lawyer and politician
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1938
Kurt Wüthrich, Swiss chemist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate
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1938
Norman D. Wilson, American actor (d. 2004)
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1939
Ivan Mauger, New Zealand motorcycle racer
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1940
Vic Hadfield, Canadian ice hockey player
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1940
Silvio Marzolini, Argentinian footballer and manager
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1940
Steve Swallow, American bass player and composer
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1940
Alberto Vilar, American businessman and philanthropist
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1941
Roy Blount, Jr., American humorist and journalist
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1941
Karen Cushman, American author
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1941
Karl Oppitzhauser, Austrian race car driver
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1941
Anne Rice, American author
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1941
Robert Wilson, American director and playwright
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1942
Bernice Johnson Reagon, American singer-songwriter
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1942
Karl W. Richter, American lieutenant and pilot (d. 1967)
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1942
Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, Icelandic politician, 24th Prime Minister of Iceland
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1942
Christopher Stone, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1995)
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1943
H. Rap Brown, American activist
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1943
Owen Davidson, Australian tennis player
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1943
Karl-Gustav Kaisla, Finnish ice hockey player and referee (d. 2012)
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1943
Dietmar Mürdter, German footballer
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1943
Jimy Williams, American baseball player and manager
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1944
Colin Bundy, South African-English historian and academic
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1944
Rocío Dúrcal, Spanish singer and actress (d. 2006)
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1944
Eddie Gómez, Puerto Rican-American bass player
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1944
Tony La Russa, American baseball player and manager
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1944
John McFall, Baron McFall of Alcluith, Scottish educator and politician
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1945
Clifton Davis, American singer-songwriter, actor, and minister
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1946
Larry Clapp, American lawyer and politician (d. 2013)
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1946
Chuck Hagel, American sergeant and politician, 24th United States Secretary of Defense
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1946
Michael Mullen, American admiral
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1946
Susan Sarandon, American actress and activist
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1947
Julien Clerc, French singer-songwriter and pianist
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1947
Jim Fielder, American bass player
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1947
Ann Widdecombe, English politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Health
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1948
Linda McMahon, American businesswoman and politician
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1948
Duke Robillard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1949
Patti Andress, American jazz singer (Tuck & Patti)
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1949
Armand Assante, American actor and producer
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1949
Stephen Gyllenhaal, American director, producer, and screenwriter
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1951
Bakhytzhan Kanapyanov, Kazakh poet and author
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1952
Anita DeFrantz, American rower and sports administrator
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1952
Jody Stephens, American rock drummer (Big Star; Golden Smog)
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1953
Gil Moore, Canadian singer-songwriter, drummer, and producer
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1953
Andreas Vollenweider, Swiss harp player
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1955
John Rutherford, Scottish rugby player
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1955
Jorge Valdano, Argentinian footballer, coach, and manager
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1956
Lesley Glaister, English author and playwright
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1956
Charlie Leibrandt, American baseball player
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1956
Sherri Turner, American golfer
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1956
Christoph Waltz, Austrian-German actor
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1957
Bill Fagerbakke, American actor
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1957
Yngve Moe, Norwegian bass player and songwriter (d. 2013)
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1957
Russell Simmons, American businessman, founded Def Jam Recordings and Phat Farm
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1958
Barbara Kooyman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1958
Anneka Rice, Welsh radio and television host
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1959
Chris Lowe, English singer and keyboard player
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1959
Tony Meo, English snooker player
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1959
Hitonari Tsuji, Japanese author, composer, and director
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1960
Joe Boever, American baseball player
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1960
Henry Worsley, English colonel and explorer (d. 2016)
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1961
Philippe Russo, French singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1961
Kazuki Takahashi, Japanese author and illustrator, created Yu-Gi-Oh!
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1962
Carlos Carsolio, Mexican mountaineer
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1962
Jon Secada, Cuban-American singer-songwriter
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1963
A. C. Green, American basketball player
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1963
Koji Ishikawa, Japanese author and illustrator
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1964
Tom Jager, American swimmer
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1964
Francis Magalona, Filipino rapper, producer, and actor (d. 2009)
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1964
Yvonne Murray, Scottish runner
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1965
Olaf Backasch, German footballer
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1965
Skip Heller, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
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1965
Steve Olin, American baseball player (d. 1993)
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1965
Micky Ward, American boxer
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1967
Nick Green, Australian rower
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1967
Liev Schreiber, American actor and director
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1968
Richard Hancox, English footballer and manager
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1968
Tim Wise, American activist and author
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1971
Darren Middleton, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1972
Kurt Thomas, American basketball player
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1974
Paco León, Spanish actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
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1975
Cristiano Lucarelli, Italian footballer and manager
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1976
Mauro Camoranesi, Argentinian-Italian footballer and manager
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1976
Elisandro Naressi Roos, Brazilian footballer
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1976
Alicia Silverstone, American actress, producer, and author
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1976
Ueli Steck, Swiss mountaineer and rock climber (d. 2017)
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1977
Richard Reed Parry, Canadian guitarist, songwriter, and producer
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1978
Phillip Glasser, American actor and producer
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1978
Kei Horie, Japanese actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
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1978
Kyle Lohse, American baseball player
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1979
Rachael Leigh Cook, American actress
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1979
Björn Phau, German tennis player
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1979
Adam Voges, Australian cricketer
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1980
Sarah Fisher, American race car driver
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1980
James Jones, American basketball player
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1980
Tomáš Rosický, Czech footballer
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1981
Shaura, Japanese singer
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1981
Justin Williams, Canadian ice hockey player
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1982
Tony Gwynn, Jr., American baseball player
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1982
Jered Weaver, American baseball player
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1983
Dan Clarke, English race car driver
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1983
Marios Nicolaou, Cypriot footballer
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1983
Chansi Stuckey, American football player
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1983
Kurt Suzuki, American baseball player
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1983
Vicky Krieps, Luxembourgish actress
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1984
Lena Katina, Russian singer-songwriter
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1984
Álvaro Parente, Portuguese race car driver
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1984
Karolina Tymińska, Polish heptathlete
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1985
Shontelle, Barbadian singer-songwriter
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1985
Thorsten Wiedemann, German rugby player
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1987
Rawez Lawan, Swedish footballer
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1987
Will Puddy, English footballer
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1987
Marina Weisband, German politician
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1988
Melissa Benoist, American actress and singer
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1988
Caner Erkin, Turkish footballer
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1988
Evgeni Krasnopolski, Israeli figure skater
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1988
Derrick Rose, American basketball player
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1989
Dakota Johnson, American model and actress
-
1990
Signy Aarna, Estonian footballer
著名死亡
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744
Yazid III, Umayyad caliph (b. 701)
- 863
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1052
Vladimir of Novgorod (b. 1020)
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1160
Constance of Castile, Queen of France (b. 1141)
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1189
Gerard de Ridefort, Grand Master of the Knights Templar
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1221
William IV Talvas, Count of Ponthieu (b. 1179)
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1226
Francis of Assisi (b. 1182)
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1250
Herman VI, Margrave of Baden (b. 1226)
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1305
Emperor Kameyama of Japan (b. 1249)
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1361
John de Mowbray, 3rd Baron Mowbray, English baron (b. 1310)
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1497
John, Prince of Asturias, only son of Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile (b. 1478)
John, Prince of Asturias · Ferdinand II of Aragon · Isabella I of Castile
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1582
Teresa of Ávila, Spanish nun and saint (b. 1515)
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1597
Sarsa Dengel, Ethiopian emperor (b. 1550)
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1646
Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel, English courtier and politician, Earl Marshal of the United Kingdom (b. 1586)
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1660
Francesco Albani, Italian painter (b. 1578)
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1661
Jacqueline Pascal, French nun and composer (b. 1625)
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1669
Rembrandt, Dutch painter and illustrator (b. 1606)
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1680
Pierre-Paul Riquet, French engineer, designed the Canal du Midi (b. 1609)
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1743
John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll, Scottish commander and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Surrey (b. 1678)
John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll · Lord Lieutenant of Surrey
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1749
Baron Franz von der Trenck, Austrian soldier (b. 1711)
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1821
John Rennie the Elder, Scottish engineer, designed the Waterloo Bridge (b. 1761)
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1827
Grigorios Zalykis, Greek-French lexicographer and scholar (b. 1785)
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1851
Manuel Godoy, Spanish general and politician, Prime Minister of Spain (b. 1767)
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1852
James Whitcomb, American lawyer and politician, 8th Governor of Indiana (b. 1795)
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1859
Karl Baedeker, German publisher, founded Baedeker (b. 1801)
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1864
Joseph Montferrand, Canadian logger and strongman (b. 1802)
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1867
Francis Xavier Seelos, German-American priest and missionary (b. 1819)
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1871
Sarel Cilliers, South African spiritual leader and preacher (b. 1801)
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1890
Catherine Booth, English theologian and saint, co-founded The Salvation Army (b. 1829)
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1903
Otto Weininger, Austrian philosopher and author (b. 1880)
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1904
Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, French sculptor, designed the Statue of Liberty (b. 1834)
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1904
Carl Josef Bayer, Austrian chemist and academic (b. 1847)
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1910
Sergey Muromtsev, Russian lawyer and politician (b. 1850)
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1935
Jean Béraud, French painter and academic (b. 1849)
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1935
Marie Gutheil-Schoder, German soprano, actress, and director (b. 1874)
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1943
Irena Iłłakowicz, German-Polish lieutenant (b. 1906)
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1944
Al Smith, American lawyer and politician, 42nd Governor of New York (b. 1873)
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1946
Barney Oldfield, American race car driver and actor (b. 1878)
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1947
Max Planck, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1858)
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1951
Henrietta Lacks, American medical patient (b. 1920)
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1955
Alexander Papagos, Greek general and politician, 152nd Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1883)
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1958
Ida Wüst, German actress and screenwriter (b. 1884)
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1961
Benjamin, Russian metropolitan (b. 1880)
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1963
Alar Kotli, Estonian architect (b. 1904)
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1970
Janis Joplin, American singer-songwriter (b. 1943)
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1974
Anne Sexton, American poet and author (b. 1928)
-
1975
Joan Whitney Payson, American businesswoman and philanthropist (b. 1903)
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1977
José Ber Gelbard, Argentinian activist and politician (b. 1917)
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1980
Pyotr Masherov, First Secretary of the Communist Party of Byelorussia (b. 1918)
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1981
Freddie Lindstrom, American baseball player and coach (b. 1905)
-
1982
Glenn Gould, Canadian pianist and conductor (b. 1932)
-
1982
Stefanos Stefanopoulos, Greek politician, 165th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1898)
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1989
Graham Chapman, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1941)
-
1990
Mārtiņš Zīverts, Latvian playwright (b. 1903)
-
1992
Denny Hulme, New Zealand race car driver (b. 1936)
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1994
Danny Gatton, American guitarist (b. 1945)
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1997
Otto Ernst Remer, German general (b. 1912)
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1997
Gunpei Yokoi, Japanese game designer, created Game Boy (b. 1941)
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1998
S. Arasaratnam, Sri Lankan historian and academic (b. 1930)
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1999
Erik Brødreskift, Norwegian drummer (b. 1969)
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1999
Bernard Buffet, French painter and illustrator (b. 1928)
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1999
Art Farmer, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1928)
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2000
Yu Kuo-hwa, Chinese politician, 32nd Premier of the Republic of China (b. 1914)
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2000
Michael Smith, English-Canadian biochemist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1932)
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2001
Blaise Alexander, American race car driver (b. 1976)
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2001
John Collins, American guitarist (b. 1913)
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2001
Ahron Soloveichik, Russian rabbi and scholar (b. 1917)
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2002
André Delvaux, Belgian-Spanish director and screenwriter (b. 1926)
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2003
Sid McMath, American lawyer and politician, 34th Governor of Arkansas (b. 1912)
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2004
Gordon Cooper, American colonel, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1927)
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2005
Stanley K. Hathaway, American lawyer and politician, 40th United States Secretary of the Interior (b. 1924)
Stanley K. Hathaway · United States Secretary of the Interior
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2007
Qassem Al-Nasser, Jordanian general (b. 1925)
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2009
Gerhard Kaufhold, German footballer (b. 1928)
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2009
Günther Rall, German general and pilot (b. 1918)
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2010
Norman Wisdom, English actor, comedian, and singer-songwriter (b. 1915)
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2011
Doris Belack, American actress (b. 1926)
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2012
David Atkinson, Canadian actor and singer (b. 1921)
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2012
Stan Mudenge, Zimbabwean historian and politician, Zimbabwean Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1941)
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2012
Tom Stannage, Australian footballer, historian, and academic (b. 1944)
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2013
John Cloudsley-Thompson, Pakistani-English commander (b. 1921)
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2013
Ulric Cross, Trinidadian navigator, judge, and diplomat (b. 1917)
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2013
Akira Miyoshi, Japanese composer (b. 1933)
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2013
Diana Nasution, Indonesian singer (b. 1958)
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2013
Võ Nguyên Giáp, Vietnamese general and politician, 3rd Minister of Defence for Vietnam (b. 1911)
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2013
Nicholas Oresko, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1917)
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2014
Konrad Boehmer, German-Dutch composer and educator (b. 1941)
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2014
Hugo Carvana, Brazilian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1937)
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2014
Fyodor Cherenkov, Russian footballer and manager (b. 1959)
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2014
Jean-Claude Duvalier, Haitian politician, 41st President of Haiti (b. 1951)
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2014
Jewel Joseph Newman, American sergeant and politician (b. 1921)
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2015
William A. Culpepper, American general, lawyer, and judge (b. 1916)
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2015
Edida Nageswara Rao, Indian director and producer (b. 1934)
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2015
Dave Pike, American vibraphone player and songwriter (b. 1938)
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2015
Neal Walk, American basketball player (b. 1948)