May 5 — 這一天在歷史上的記錄
322 條目
事件
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553
The Second Council of Constantinople begins.
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1215
Rebel barons renounce their allegiance to King John of England — part of a chain of events leading to the signing of the Magna Carta.
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1260
Kublai Khan becomes ruler of the Mongol Empire.
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1494
Christopher Columbus lands on the island of Jamaica and claims it for Spain.
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1640
King Charles I of England dissolves the Short Parliament.
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1762
Russia and Prussia sign the Treaty of St. Petersburg.
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1789
In France, the Estates-General convenes for the first time since 1614.
- 1809
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1809
The Swiss canton of Aargau allowed citizenship to Jews.
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1811
In the second day of fighting at the Peninsular War Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro the French army, under Marshall André Masséna, drive in the Duke of Wellington's overextended right flank, but French frontal assaults fail to take the town of Fuentes de Oñoro and the Anglo-Portuguese army holds the field at the end of the day.
Peninsular War · Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro · André Masséna · Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
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1821
Emperor Napoleon dies in exile on the island of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean.
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1835
The first railway in continental Europe opens between Brussels and Mechelen.
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1860
Giuseppe Garibaldi sets sail from Genoa, leading the expedition of the Thousand to conquer the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies and giving birth to the Kingdom of Italy.
Giuseppe Garibaldi · Genoa · Kingdom of the Two Sicilies · Kingdom of Italy
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1862
Cinco de Mayo: Troops led by Ignacio Zaragoza halt a French invasion in the Battle of Puebla in Mexico.
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1864
American Civil War: The Battle of the Wilderness begins in Spotsylvania County.
American Civil War · Battle of the Wilderness · Spotsylvania County, Virginia
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1865
American Civil War: The Confederate District of the Gulf surrenders about 4,000 men at Citronelle, Alabama.
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1865
American Civil War: The Confederate government was declared dissolved at Washington, Georgia.
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1866
Memorial Day first celebrated in United States at Waterloo, New York.
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1877
American Indian Wars: Sitting Bull leads his band of Lakota into Canada to avoid harassment by the United States Army under Colonel Nelson Miles.
American Indian Wars · Sitting Bull · Lakota people · United States Army · Colonel (United States)
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1886
The Bay View massacre: A militia fires into a crowd of protesters in Milwaukee, killing seven.
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1891
The Music Hall in New York City (later known as Carnegie Hall) has its grand opening and first public performance, with Tchaikovsky as the guest conductor.
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1904
Pitching against the Philadelphia Athletics at the Huntington Avenue Grounds, Cy Young of the Boston Americans throws the first perfect game in the modern era of baseball.
Pitcher · Philadelphia Athletics · Huntington Avenue Grounds · Cy Young · Boston Red Sox
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1905
The trial in the Stratton Brothers case begins in London, England; it marks the first time that fingerprint evidence is used to gain a conviction for murder.
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1912
Pravda, the "voice" of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, begins publication in Saint Petersburg.
Pravda · Communist Party of the Soviet Union · Saint Petersburg
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1920
Authorities arrest Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti for alleged robbery and murder.
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1925
Scopes Trial: Serving of an arrest warrant on John T. Scopes for teaching evolution in violation of the Butler Act.
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1925
The government of South Africa declares Afrikaans an official language.
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1927
To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf is first published.
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1936
Italian troops occupy Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
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1940
World War II: Norwegian refugees form a government-in-exile in London.
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1940
World War II: Norwegian Campaign: Norwegian squads in Hegra Fortress and Vinjesvingen capitulate to German forces after all other Norwegian forces in southern Norway had laid down their arms.
Norwegian Campaign · Battle of Hegra Fortress · Battle of Vinjesvingen · Nazi Germany
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1941
Emperor Haile Selassie returns to Addis Ababa; the country commemorates the date as Liberation Day or Patriots' Victory Day.
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1944
German troops execute 216 civilians in the village of Kleisoura, Greece.
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1945
World War II: The Prague uprising begins as an attempt by the Czech resistance to free the city from German occupation.
Prague uprising · Czech resistance · German occupation of Czechoslovakia
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1945
World War II: Six people are killed when a Japanese fire balloon explodes near Bly, Oregon. They are the only Americans killed in the continental US during the war.
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1946
The International Military Tribunal for the Far East begins in Tokyo with twenty-eight Japanese military and government officials accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
International Military Tribunal for the Far East · War crime · Crimes against humanity
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1950
Bhumibol Adulyadej is crowned as King of Thailand.
Bhumibol Adulyadej · Coronation of the Thai monarch · Monarchy of Thailand
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1955
West Germany gains full sovereignty.
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1961
The Mercury program: Mercury-Redstone 3: Alan Shepard becomes the first American to travel into outer space, on a sub-orbital flight.
Project Mercury · Mercury-Redstone 3 · Alan Shepard · Outer space
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1964
The Council of Europe declares May 5 as Europe Day.
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1972
Alitalia Flight 112 crashes into Mount Longa near Palermo, Sicily, killing all 115 aboard, making it the deadliest single-aircraft disaster in Italy.
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1973
Secretariat wins the 1973 Kentucky Derby in 1:59 2/5, an as-yet unbeaten record.
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1980
Operation Nimrod: The British Special Air Service storms the Iranian embassy in London after a six-day siege.
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1981
Bobby Sands dies in the Long Kesh prison hospital after 66 days of hunger-striking, aged 27.
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1985
Bitburg and Bergen-Belsen: Ronald Reagan visits the military cemetery at Bitburg, Germany, and the site of the Nazi concentration camp, Bergen-Belsen, where he makes a speech.
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1987
Iran-Contra affair: Start of Congressional televised hearings in the United States of America
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1991
A riot breaks out in the Mt. Pleasant section of Washington, D.C. after police shoot a Salvadoran man.
1991 Washington, D.C. riot · Mount Pleasant, Washington, D.C. · Salvadoran
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1994
The signing of the Bishkek Protocol between Armenia and Azerbaijan effectively freezes the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
Bishkek Protocol · Armenia · Azerbaijan · Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
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1994
American teenager Michael P. Fay is caned in Singapore for theft and vandalism.
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2006
The government of Sudan signs an accord with the Sudan Liberation Army.
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2010
Mass protests in Greece erupt in response to austerity measures imposed by the government as a result of the Greek government-debt crisis.
Anti-austerity movement in Greece · Austerity · Greek government-debt crisis
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2014
Eleven people are missing after a Chinese cargo ship collides with a Marshall Islands registered container ship off the coast of Hong Kong.
2014 Po Toi Island ship collision · Marshall Islands · Container ship
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2014
Twenty-two people die after two boats carrying refugees collide in the Aegean Sea off the coast of Greece.
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著名出生
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1210
Afonso III of Portugal (d. 1279)
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1282
Juan Manuel, Prince of Villena (d. 1322)
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1310
Preczlaw of Pogarell, Cardinal and Bishop of Wrocław (d. 1376)
Preczlaw of Pogarell · Cardinal (Catholicism) · Bishop of Wrocław
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1352
Rupert of Germany, Count Palatine of the Rhine (d. 1410)
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1479
Guru Amar Das, Indian 3rd Sikh Guru (d. 1574)
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1504
Stanislaus Hosius, Polish cardinal (d. 1579)
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1530
Gabriel, comte de Montgomery, French nobleman (d. 1574)
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1542
Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Northamptonshire (d. 1623)
Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter · Lord Lieutenant of Northamptonshire
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1582
John Frederick, Duke of Württemberg (1608-1628) (d. 1628)
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1684
Françoise Charlotte d'Aubigné, French wife of Adrien Maurice de Noailles (d. 1739)
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1747
Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1792)
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1749
Jean-Frédéric Edelmann, French pianist and composer (d. 1794)
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1764
Robert Craufurd, Scottish general and politician (d. 1812)
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1800
Louis Christophe François Hachette, French publisher (d. 1864)
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1813
Søren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher and author (d. 1855)
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1818
Karl Marx, German philosopher, sociologist, and journalist (d. 1883)
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1826
Eugénie de Montijo, French wife of Napoleon III (d. 1920)
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1830
John Batterson Stetson, American businessman, founded the John B. Stetson Company (d. 1906)
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1832
Hubert Howe Bancroft, American ethnologist and historian (d. 1918)
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1833
Ferdinand von Richthofen, German geographer and academic (d. 1905)
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1834
Viktor Hartmann, Russian painter and architect (d. 1873)
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1843
William George Beers, Canadian dentist and patriot (d. 1900)
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1846
Henryk Sienkiewicz, Polish journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1916)
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1858
John L. Leal, American physician (d. 1914)
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1864
Nellie Bly, American journalist and author (d. 1922)
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1865
Helen Maud Merrill, American litterateur and poet (d. 1943)
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1866
Thomas B. Thrige, Danish businessman (d. 1938)
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1869
Fabián de la Rosa, Filipino painter and educator (d. 1937)
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1869
Hans Pfitzner, German composer and conductor (d. 1949)
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1874
Thomas Bavin, New Zealand-Australian politician, 24th Premier of New South Wales (d. 1941)
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1883
Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell, English general and politician, 43rd Governor-General of India (d. 1950)
Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell · Governor-General of India
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1884
Chief Bender, American baseball player and coach (d. 1954)
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1887
Mervyn S. Bennion, American captain, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1941)
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1885
Kingsley Fairbridge, South African-Australian scholar and politician (d. 1924)
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1889
Herbie Taylor, South African cricketer and soldier (d. 1973)
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1890
Christopher Morley, American journalist and author (d. 1957)
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1892
Dorothy Garrod, British archaeologist (d. 1968)
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1898
Elsie Eaves, American engineer (d. 1983)
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1898
Blind Willie McTell, American Piedmont blues singer and guitar player (d. 1959)
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1899
Freeman Gosden, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1982)
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1900
Helen Redfield, American geneticist (d. 1988) [1]
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1903
James Beard, American chef and author (d. 1985)
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1905
Floyd Gottfredson, American author and illustrator (d. 1986)
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1906
Charles Exbrayat, French author and screenwriter (d. 1989)
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1907
Iryna Vilde, Ukrainian journalist and author (d. 1982)
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1908
Kurt Böhme, German opera singer (d. 1989)
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1909
Miklós Radnóti, Hungarian poet and author (d. 1944)
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1910
Leo Lionni, American author and illustrator (d. 1999)
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1911
Gilles Grangier, French director and screenwriter (d. 1996)
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1911
Andor Lilienthal, Russian-Hungarian chess player (d. 2010)
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1911
Pritilata Waddedar, Indian educator and activist (d. 1932)
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1913
Duane Carter, American racing driver (d. 1993)
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1914
Tyrone Power, American actor (d. 1958)
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1915
Alice Faye, American actress and singer (d. 1998)
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1916
Zail Singh, Indian politician, 7th President of India (d. 1987)
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1917
Pío Leyva, Cuban singer-songwriter (d. 2006)
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1918
Egidio Galea, Maltese Roman Catholic priest (d. 2005)
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1919
Georgios Papadopoulos, Greek colonel and politician, 169th Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1999)
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1921
Arthur Leonard Schawlow, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1999)
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1922
Irene Gut Opdyke, Polish nurse and humanitarian (d. 2003)
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1923
William C. Campbell, American golfer (d. 2013)
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1923
James Gilbert, Scottish television producer and director (d. 2016)
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1923
Richard Wollheim, English philosopher and academic (d. 2003)
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1925
Leo Ryan, American soldier, educator, and politician (d. 1978)
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1926
Ann B. Davis, American actress (d. 2014)
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1927
Pat Carroll, American actress
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1927
Sylvia Fedoruk, Canadian physicist and politician, 17th Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan (d. 2012)
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1930
Hans Abramson, Swedish director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012)
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1931
Greg, Belgian author and illustrator (d. 1999)
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1932
Stan Goldberg, American illustrator (d. 2014)
- 1932
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1933
Igor Kashkarov, Russian high jumper
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1933
Collie Smith, Jamaican cricketer (d. 1959)
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1934
Ace Cannon, American saxophonist
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1934
Victor Garland, Australian accountant and politician, 26th Australian Minister for Veterans' Affairs
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1934
Johnnie Taylor, American vocalist (d. 2000)
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1935
Bernard Pivot, French journalist, talk show host, and producer
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1935
Robert Rehme, American film producer
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1936
Sandy Baron, American actor and comedian (d. 2001)
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1936
Patrick Gowers, English composer and educator (d. 2014)
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1936
Ervin Lázár, Hungarian author (d. 2006)
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1936
John Maxton, Scottish politician
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1937
Delia Derbyshire, English keyboard player and composer (d. 2001)
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1938
Michael Murphy, American actor
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1938
Bill Robertson, American businessman and politician (d. 2013)
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1938
Barbara Wagner, Canadian figure skater and coach
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1939
Ray Gosling, English journalist, author, and activist (d. 2013)
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1940
Lance Henriksen, American actor
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1940
Michael Lindsay-Hogg, American director and producer
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1941
Alexander Ragulin, Russian ice hockey player (d. 2004)
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1942
István Bujtor, Hungarian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2009)
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1942
Jean Corston, Baroness Corston, English lawyer and politician
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1942
Hugh Courtenay, 18th Earl of Devon, English politician (d. 2015)
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1942
Tammy Wynette, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1998)
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1943
Michael Palin, English actor and screenwriter
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1943
Ignacio Ramonet, Spanish journalist and author
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1944
Bo Larsson, Swedish footballer
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1944
John Rhys-Davies, Welsh actor and screenwriter
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1944
Roger Rees, Welsh-American actor and director (d. 2015)
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1945
Kurt Loder, American journalist, author, and critic
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1945
Dianne Willcocks, English sociologist and academic
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1946
Aydın Menderes, Turkish politician (d. 2011)
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1948
Bella van der Spiegel-Hage, Dutch cyclist
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1948
Bill Ward, English drummer and songwriter
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1949
Eppie Bleeker, Dutch speed skater
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1950
Rex Caldwell, American golfer
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1950
Maggie MacNeal, Dutch singer
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1951
Rudolf Finsterer, German rugby player and coach
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1951
Toomas Vilosius, Estonian physician and politician, 2nd Minister of Social Affairs of Estonia
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1952
Jorge Llopart, Spanish race walker
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1952
Willem Witteveen, Dutch scholar and politician (d. 2014)
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1955
Jon Butcher, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and freelance multimedia producer
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1956
Steve Scott, American runner and coach
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1957
Richard E. Grant, Swazi-English actor, director, and screenwriter
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1957
Peter Howitt, English actor, director, and screenwriter
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1957
Aad van Mil, Dutch water polo player
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1958
Ron Arad, Israeli colonel and pilot (d. 1986)
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1958
Robert DiPierdomenico, Australian footballer and sportscaster
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1958
Vanessa Downing, Australian actress
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1958
Jack Wishna, American businessman, co-founded Rockcityclub (d. 2012)
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1959
Bobby Ellsworth, American singer and bass player
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1959
Ian McCulloch, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1959
Steve Stevens, American guitarist and songwriter
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1959
Brian Williams, American journalist
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1960
Doug Hawkins, Australian footballer and sportscaster
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1961
Marg Downey, Australian actress
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1961
Hiroshi Hase, Japanese wrestler and politician
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1961
Rob Williams, American basketball player (d. 2014)
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1962
Kaoru Wada, Japanese composer and conductor
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1963
James LaBrie, Canadian singer-songwriter
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1963
Simon Rimmer, English chef and author
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1963
Scott Westerfeld, American author and composer
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1964
Jean-François Copé, French politician, French Minister of Budget
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1964
Heike Henkel, German high jumper
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1964
Don Payne, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2013)
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1964
Minami Takayama, Japanese voice actress and singer
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1965
Glenn Seton, Australian race car driver
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1966
Shawn Drover, Canadian drummer
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1966
Sergei Stanishev, Bulgarian politician, 46th Prime Minister of Bulgaria
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1966
Josh Weinstein, American screenwriter and producer
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1967
Adam Hughes, American author and illustrator
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1967
Alexis Sinduhije, Burundian journalist and politician
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1969
Pieter Muller, South African rugby player
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1970
Kyan Douglas, American television host and author
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1970
LaPhonso Ellis, American basketball player
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1970
Todd Newton, American Game Show Host
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1971
Harold Miner, American basketball player
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1971
Mike Redmond, American baseball player and manager
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1972
James Cracknell, English rower
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1972
Žigmund Pálffy, Slovakian ice hockey player
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1972
Mikael Renberg, Swedish ice hockey player
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1975
Meb Keflezighi, American runner
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1976
Dieter Brummer, Australian actor
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1976
Jean-François Dumoulin, Canadian race car driver
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1976
Anastasios Pantos, Greek footballer
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1976
Juan Pablo Sorín, Argentinian footballer and sportscaster
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1976
Sage Stallone, American actor (d. 2012)
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1978
Morgan Pehme, American director, producer, and screenwriter
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1980
Yossi Benayoun, Israeli footballer
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1980
Hank Green, American entrepreneur, educator, and vlogger
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1980
DerMarr Johnson, American basketball player
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1981
Craig David, English singer-songwriter, musician and producer
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1982
Ferrie Bodde, Dutch footballer
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1982
Wouter D'Haene, Belgian sprinter
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1982
Randall Gay, American football player
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1982
Corey Parker, Australian rugby league footballer
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1983
James Anyon, English cricketer
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1983
Henry Cavill, English actor
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1983
Mabel Gay, Cuban triple jumper
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1983
Annie Villeneuve, Canadian singer-songwriter
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1983
Scott Ware, American football player
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1984
Wade MacNeil, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1984
Christian Valdez, Mexican footballer
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1985
Shoko Nakagawa, Japanese actress and singer
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1985
Emanuele Giaccherini, Italian footballer
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1985
Tsepo Masilela, South African footballer
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1985
Marcos Rogério Oliveira Duarte, Brazilian footballer
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1985
Terrence Wheatley, American football player
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1987
Graham Dorrans, Scottish footballer
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1988
Adele, English singer-songwriter
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1988
Mervyn Westfield, English cricketer
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1989
Chris Brown, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor
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1991
Xenofon Fetsis, Greek footballer
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1991
Raúl Jiménez, Mexican footballer
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1992
Loïck Landre, French footballer
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1996
Isaac Heeney, Australian footballer
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1999
Nathan Chen, American figure skater
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著名死亡
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465
Gerontius, Archbishop of Milan
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1194
Casimir II the Just, Polish son of Bolesław III Wrymouth (b. 1138)
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1243
Hubert de Burgh, 1st Earl of Kent, English justiciar (b. c. 1160)
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1306
Constantine Palaiologos, Byzantine general (b. 1261)
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1309
Charles II of Naples (b. 1254)
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1432
Francesco Bussone da Carmagnola, Italian adventurer
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1338
Prince Tsunenaga, son of the Japanese Emperor (b. 1324)
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1525
Frederick III, Elector of Saxony (b. 1463)
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1582
Charlotte of Bourbon, Princess consort of Orange, married to William I of Orange (b. 1547)
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1586
Henry Sidney, Irish politician, Lord Deputy of Ireland (b. 1529)
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1671
Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester, English general and politician, Lord Chamberlain of the United Kingdom (b. 1602)
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1672
Samuel Cooper, English painter and linguist (b. 1609)
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1700
Angelo Italia, Italian architect (b. 1628)
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1705
Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1640)
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1760
Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers, English politician (b. 1720)
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1766
Jean Astruc, French physician and scholar (b. 1684)
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1808
Pierre Jean George Cabanis, French physiologist and philosopher (b. 1757)
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1821
Napoleon, French general and emperor (b. 1769)
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1827
Frederick Augustus I of Saxony (b. 1750)
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1833
Sophia Campbell, English-Australian painter (b. 1777)
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1855
Sir Robert Inglis, 2nd Baronet, English politician (b. 1786)
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1859
Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet, German mathematician and academic (b. 1805)
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1860
Jean-Charles Prince, Canadian bishop (b. 1804)
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1883
John O'Shanassy, Irish-Australian politician, 2nd Premier of Victoria (b. 1818)
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1892
August Wilhelm von Hofmann, German chemist and academic (b. 1818)
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1896
Silas Adams, American lawyer and politician (b. 1839)
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1902
Bret Harte, American short story writer and poet (b. 1836)
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1907
Şeker Ahmed Pasha, Turkish soldier and painter (b. 1841)
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1916
John MacBride, Irish soldier and rebel (b. 1865)
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1916
Maurice Raoul-Duval, French polo player (b. 1866)
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1921
Alfred Hermann Fried, Austrian journalist and publicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864)
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1924
A. Sabapathy, Sri Lankan journalist and politician (b. 1853)
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1931
Glen Kidston, English pilot and race car driver (b. 1899)
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1942
Qemal Stafa, Albanian politician (b. 1920)
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1947
Ty LaForest, Canadian-American baseball player (b. 1917)
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1957
Leopold Löwenheim, German mathematician and logician (b. 1878)
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1959
Carlos Saavedra Lamas, Argentinian academic and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1878)
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1962
Ernest Tyldesley, English cricketer (b. 1889)
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1965
Nikos Gounaris, Greek tenor and composer (b. 1915)
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1965
John Waters, American director and screenwriter (b. 1893)
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1971
Violet Jessop, Argentinean-English nurse (b. 1887)
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1973
Zekai Özger, Turkish poet and academic (b. 1948)
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1977
Ludwig Erhard, German economist and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1897)
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1981
Bobby Sands, PIRA volunteer and hunger striker (b. 1954)
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1983
Horst Schumann, German physician (b. 1901)
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1983
John Williams, English-American actor (b. 1903)
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1985
Donald Bailey, English engineer, designed the Bailey bridge (b. 1901)
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1988
Michael Shaara, American author and academic (b. 1928)
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1993
Irving Howe, American literary and social critic (b. 1920)
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1994
Mário Quintana, Brazilian poet and translator (b. 1906)
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1995
Mikhail Botvinnik, Russian chess player and coach (b. 1911)
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1999
Vasilis Diamantopoulos, Greek actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1920)
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2000
Gino Bartali, Italian cyclist (b. 1914)
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2000
Bill Musselman, American basketball player and coach (b. 1940)
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2001
Morris Graves, American painter and educator (b. 1910)
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2001
Clifton Hillegass, American publisher, created CliffsNotes (b. 1918)
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2002
Hugo Banzer, Bolivian general and politician, 62nd President of Bolivia (b. 1926)
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2002
Paul Wilbur Klipsch, American engineer, founded Klipsch Audio Technologies (b. 1904)
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2002
George Sidney, American director and producer (b. 1916)
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2003
Sam Bockarie, Sierra Leonean commander (b. 1964)
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2003
Walter Sisulu, South African activist and politician (b. 1912)
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2006
Naushad Ali, Indian composer and producer (b. 1919)
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2006
Atıf Yılmaz, Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1925)
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2007
Theodore Harold Maiman, American-Canadian physicist and engineer, created the laser (b. 1927)
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2008
Irv Robbins, Canadian-American businessman, co-founded Baskin-Robbins (b. 1917)
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2008
Jerry Wallace, American singer and guitarist (b. 1928)
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2010
Giulietta Simionato, Italian soprano (b. 1910)
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2010
Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, Nigerian academic and politician, 13th President of Nigeria (b. 1951)
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2011
Claude Choules, English-Australian soldier (b. 1901)
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2011
Yosef Merimovich, Israeli footballer and manager (b. 1924)
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2011
Dana Wynter, British actress (b. 1931)
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2012
Surendranath, Indian cricketer (b. 1937)
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2012
Carl Johan Bernadotte, Count of Wisborg (b. 1916)
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2012
Aatos Erkko, Finnish journalist and publisher (b. 1932)
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2012
George Knobel, Dutch footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1922)
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2012
Roy Padayachie, South African lawyer and politician, South African Minister of Communications (b. 1950)
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2013
Sarah Kirsch, German poet and author (b. 1935)
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2013
Robert Ressler, American FBI agent and author (b. 1937)
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2014
Michael Otedola, Nigerian journalist and politician, 9th Governor of Lagos State (b. 1926)
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2015
Jobst Brandt, American cyclist, engineer, and author (b. 1935)
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2015
Hans Jansen, Dutch linguist, academic, and politician (b. 1942)
-
2017
Binyamin Elon, Israeli Orthodox rabbi and politician (b. 1954)
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