Events on 7 June include:
- The inaugural edition of the Cricket World Cup, the premier international championship of men's One Day International cricket, began in England (1975)
- In their only UK concert, the rock supergroup Blind Faith, featuring Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood and Ginger Baker, debuted in London's Hyde Park in front of 100,000 fans (1969)
- The United Kingdom's BBC returns to broadcasting its television service, which has been off air for seven years because of World War II (1946)
This page gathers 57 events, 115 births and 71 deaths recorded on this day, from the year 421 to 2017.
Events · United Kingdom
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1975
The inaugural edition of the Cricket World Cup, the premier international championship of men's One Day International cricket, began in England. Wikipedia: 1975 Cricket World Cup · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
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1969
In their only UK concert, the rock supergroup Blind Faith, featuring Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood and Ginger Baker, debuted in London's Hyde Park in front of 100,000 fans. Wikipedia: Blind Faith · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
Archive: Blind Faith — Valkhof Museum, 2003 · Europeana -
1946
The United Kingdom's BBC returns to broadcasting its television service, which has been off air for seven years because of World War II. Wikipedia: BBC · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
Archive: BBC — Technoseum · Europeana -
1940
King Haakon VII, Crown Prince Olav and the Norwegian government leave Tromsø and go into exile in London. They return exactly five years later. Wikipedia: Haakon VII · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
Archive: <Haakon VII> — The Norwegian Museum of Cultural History · Europeana
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1919
Sette Giugno: Nationalist riots break out in Valletta, the capital of Malta. British soldiers fire into the crowd, killing four people. Wikipedia: Sette Giugno
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1917
First World War: The British Army detonated 19 ammonal mines under German lines, killing perhaps 10,000 in the deadliest non-nuclear man-made explosion in history during the Battle of Messines. Wikipedia: World War I · ✓ 4 Wikipedias
Archive: World War I: hospital beds — Wellcome Collection · Europeana -
1906
Cunard Line's RMS Lusitania is launched from the John Brown Shipyard, Glasgow (Clydebank), Scotland. Wikipedia: Cunard Line
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1862
The United States and the United Kingdom agree in the Lyons–Seward Treaty to suppress the African slave trade. Wikipedia: United Kingdom · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
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1832
The Reform Act, which is widely credited with launching modern democracy in the United Kingdom, received royal assent. Wikipedia: Reform Act 1832 · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
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1628
The Petition of Right, a major English constitutional document that set out specific liberties of individuals, received royal assent from King Charles I. Wikipedia: Petition of Right · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
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1614
The second parliament of James I of England ends after two months of deadlock and without passing any bills. Wikipedia: Addled Parliament
Around the world
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2017
A Myanmar Air Force Shaanxi Y-8 crashed into the Andaman Sea near Dawei, killing all 122 people on board. Wikipedia: Myanmar Air Force · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
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2000
The United Nations defines the Blue Line as the border between Israel and Lebanon. Wikipedia: United Nations · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
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1998
White supremacists murdered James Byrd Jr., an African American, by chaining him behind a pickup truck and dragging him along an asphalt road in Jasper, Texas. Wikipedia: White supremacy · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
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1991
Mount Pinatubo erupts, generating an ash column 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) high. Wikipedia: Mount Pinatubo · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
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1989
Surinam Airways Flight 764 (pictured) crashed while approaching Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport, in Zanderij, killing 178 people, including members of the football team known as the Colourful 11. Wikipedia: Surinam Airways Flight 764 · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
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1982
Priscilla Presley opens Graceland to the public; the bathroom where Elvis Presley died five years earlier is kept off-limits. Wikipedia: Priscilla Presley
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1981
The Israeli Air Force attacked a nuclear reactor under the assumption that it was about to start producing plutonium to further an Iraqi nuclear-weapons program. Wikipedia: Israeli Air Force · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
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1977
Five hundred million people watch the high day of the Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II begin on television. Wikipedia: Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
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1975
Sony launches Betamax, the first videocassette recorder format. Wikipedia: Sony · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
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1971
The United States Supreme Court overturns the conviction of Paul Cohen for disturbing the peace, setting the precedent that vulgar writing is protected under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. Wikipedia: Cohen v. California
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1971
The Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms Division of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service raids the home of Ken Ballew for illegal possession of hand grenades. Wikipedia: Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
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1971
Allegheny Airlines Flight 485 crashes on approach to Tweed New Haven Airport in New Haven, Connecticut, killing 28 of 31 aboard. Wikipedia: Allegheny Airlines Flight 485
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1967
Six-Day War: Israeli soldiers enter Jerusalem. Wikipedia: Six-Day War · ✓ 4 Wikipedias
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1965
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Griswold v. Connecticut that a Connecticut law prohibiting the use of contraceptives violated the "right to marital privacy". Wikipedia: Supreme Court of the United States · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
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1962
The Organisation Armée Secrète (OAS) sets fire to the University of Algiers library building, destroying about 500,000 books. Wikipedia: Organisation armée secrète · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
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1955
Lux Radio Theatre signs off the air permanently. The show launched in New York in 1934, and featured radio adaptations of Broadway shows and popular films. Wikipedia: Lux Radio Theatre
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1948
Anti-Jewish riots broke out in the French protectorate in Morocco, during which 44 people were killed and 150 injured. Wikipedia: 1948 anti-Jewish riots in Oujda and Jerada · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
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1948
In Shostakovich v. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., a New York trial court declined to issue a permanent injunction in favor of several Soviet composers against the distribution of The Iron Curtain, the first anti-Soviet Hollywood film of the Cold War era. Wikipedia: Shostakovich v. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.
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1948
Edvard Beneš resigns as President of Czechoslovakia rather than signing the Ninth-of-May Constitution, making his nation a Communist state. Wikipedia: Edvard Beneš · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
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1945
King Haakon VII of Norway returns from exactly five years in exile during World War II. Wikipedia: Haakon VII · ✓ 4 Wikipedias
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1944
World War II: Battle of Normandy: At Ardenne Abbey, members of the SS Division Hitlerjugend massacre 23 Canadian prisoners of war. Wikipedia: Operation Overlord
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1942
World War II: The Battle of Midway ends in American victory. Wikipedia: World War II · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
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1942
World War II: Aleutian Islands Campaign: Imperial Japanese soldiers begin occupying the American islands of Attu and Kiska, in the Aleutian Islands off Alaska. Wikipedia: Aleutian Islands campaign · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
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1938
The Douglas DC-4E makes its first test flight. Wikipedia: Douglas DC-4E
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1938
Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Nationalist government creates the 1938 Yellow River flood to halt Japanese forces. Five hundred thousand to nine hundred thousand civilians are killed. Wikipedia: Second Sino-Japanese War · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
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1929
The Lateran Treaty was ratified to bring Vatican City into existence, thus ending the "Roman question". Wikipedia: Lateran Treaty · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
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1905
Norway's parliament dissolves its union with Sweden. The vote was confirmed by a national plebiscite on August 13 of that year. Wikipedia: Dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
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1900
American temperance activist Carrie Nation entered a saloon in Kiowa, Kansas, and destroyed its stock of alcoholic beverages with rocks. Wikipedia: Temperance movement in the United States
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1899
American Temperance crusader Carrie Nation begins her campaign of vandalizing alcohol-serving establishments by destroying the inventory in a saloon in Kiowa, Kansas. Wikipedia: Temperance movement in the United States
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1892
Homer Plessy, a mixed-race man from New Orleans, was arrested for refusing to leave his seat in the "whites-only" car of a train; he lost the resulting court case, Plessy v. Ferguson. Wikipedia: Homer Plessy · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
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1880
War of the Pacific: The Battle of Arica, the assault and capture of Morro de Arica (Arica Cape), ends the Campaña del Desierto (Desert Campaign). Wikipedia: War of the Pacific · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
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1866
One thousand eight hundred Fenian raiders are repelled back to the United States after looting and plundering the Saint-Armand and Frelighsburg areas of Canada East. Wikipedia: Fenian raids · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
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1832
Asian cholera reaches Quebec, brought by Irish immigrants, and kills about 6,000 people in Lower Canada. Wikipedia: 1826–1837 cholera pandemic · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
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1810
Journalist Mariano Moreno published Argentina's first newspaper, the Gazeta de Buenos-Ayres. Wikipedia: Mariano Moreno · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
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1800
David Thompson reaches the mouth of the Saskatchewan River in Manitoba. Wikipedia: David Thompson (explorer)
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1788
French Revolution: Day of the Tiles: Civilians in Grenoble toss roof tiles and various objects down upon royal troops. Wikipedia: French Revolution · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
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1776
American Revolution: Richard Henry Lee proposes the "Lee Resolution" to the Second Continental Congress, with the motion being seconded by John Adams and leading to the United States Declaration of Independence. Wikipedia: American Revolution · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
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1692
An earthquake registering approximately 7.5 Mw caused Port Royal, Jamaica, to sink below sea level and killed approximately 5,000 people. Wikipedia: 1692 Jamaica earthquake · ✓ 4 Wikipedias
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1654
Louis XIV is crowned King of France. Wikipedia: Louis XIV · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
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1640
Corpus de Sang in Barcelona: Catalan reapers riot against Spanish Royal soldiers and officers, killing the Viceroy of Catalonia, Dalmau de Queralt. Escalation of hostilities between the Principality of Catalonia and the Spanish Monarchy, leading to the Reapers' War. Wikipedia: Corpus de Sang · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
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1494
Spain and Portugal sign the Treaty of Tordesillas which divides the New World between the two countries. Wikipedia: Spain · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
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1420
Troops of the Republic of Venice capture Udine, ending the independence of the Patria del Friuli. Wikipedia: Republic of Venice · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
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1099
First Crusade: The Siege of Jerusalem begins. Wikipedia: First Crusade · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
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1002
Henry II, a cousin of Emperor Otto III, is elected and crowned King of Germany. Wikipedia: Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor · ✓ 4 Wikipedias
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879
Pope John VIII officially recognised Croatia as an independent state, and Branimir as its duke. Wikipedia: Pope John VIII · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
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421
Roman emperor Theodosius II married Aelia Eudocia, who later helped to protect Greek pagans and Jews from persecution. Wikipedia: Theodosius II · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
World days
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Sport
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1975
The inaugural edition of the Cricket World Cup, the premier international championship of men's One Day International cricket, began in England. Wikipedia: 1975 Cricket World Cup · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
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1989
Surinam Airways Flight 764 (pictured) crashed while approaching Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport, in Zanderij, killing 178 people, including members of the football team known as the Colourful 11. Wikipedia: Surinam Airways Flight 764 · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
Culture
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1962
The Organisation Armée Secrète (OAS) sets fire to the University of Algiers library building, destroying about 500,000 books. Wikipedia: Organisation armée secrète · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
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1955
Lux Radio Theatre signs off the air permanently. The show launched in New York in 1934, and featured radio adaptations of Broadway shows and popular films. Wikipedia: Lux Radio Theatre
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1948
In Shostakovich v. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., a New York trial court declined to issue a permanent injunction in favor of several Soviet composers against the distribution of The Iron Curtain, the first anti-Soviet Hollywood film of the Cold War era. Wikipedia: Shostakovich v. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.
Births
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2000
Ōnosato Daiki, Japanese professional sumo wrestler and the 75th yokozuna Wikipedia: Ōnosato Daiki
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1997
David Montgomery, American football player Wikipedia: David Montgomery (American football)
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1996
Christian McCaffrey, American football player Wikipedia: Christian McCaffrey · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
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1993
George Ezra, English singer-songwriter Wikipedia: George Ezra · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
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1993
Swae Lee, American rapper Wikipedia: Swae Lee
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1992
Jordan Clarkson, Filipino-American basketball player Wikipedia: Jordan Clarkson · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
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1991
Rasmus Vestergaard Madsen, Danish politician Wikipedia: Rasmus Vestergaard Madsen · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
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1991
Emily Ratajkowski, American model and actress Wikipedia: Emily Ratajkowski · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
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1991
Fetty Wap, American rapper, singer, and songwriter Wikipedia: Fetty Wap · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
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1990
Iggy Azalea, Australian rapper, singer, songwriter, and model Wikipedia: Iggy Azalea · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
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1988
Michael Cera, Canadian actor and musician Wikipedia: Michael Cera · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
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1981
Larisa Oleynik, American actress Wikipedia: Larisa Oleynik · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
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1979
Anna Torv, Australian actress Wikipedia: Anna Torv · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
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1978
Adrienne Frantz, American actress Wikipedia: Adrienne Frantz · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
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1976
Eric D. Johnson, American musician Wikipedia: Eric D. Johnson
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1975
Allen Iverson, American basketball player Wikipedia: Allen Iverson · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
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1974
Bear Grylls, English adventurer, author, and television host Wikipedia: Bear Grylls · ✓ 4 Wikipedias
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1972
Karl Urban, New Zealand actor Wikipedia: Karl Urban · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
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1970
Helen Baxendale, English actress Wikipedia: Helen Baxendale
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1970
Cafu, Brazilian footballer Wikipedia: Cafu · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
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1967
Dave Navarro, American musician and television personality Wikipedia: Dave Navarro · ✓ 4 Wikipedias
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1967
Muhsin Hendricks, South African imam, Islamic scholar and LGBT activist Wikipedia: Muhsin Hendricks
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1965
Damien Hirst, English painter and art collector Wikipedia: Damien Hirst · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
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1965
Mick Foley, American wrestler Wikipedia: Mick Foley · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
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1963
Gordon Gano, American musician Wikipedia: Gordon Gano
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1962
Lance Reddick, American actor (died 2023) Wikipedia: Lance Reddick · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
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1960
Jim Hartung, American gymnast (died 2026) Wikipedia: Jim Hartung
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1959
Mike Pence, 48th Vice President of the United States, 50th Governor of Indiana Wikipedia: Mike Pence · ✓ 4 Wikipedias
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1958
Prince, American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and actor (died 2016) Wikipedia: Prince (musician) · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
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1957
Juan Luis Guerra, Dominican singer, composer, and record producer Wikipedia: Juan Luis Guerra · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
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1956
L.A. Reid, American record executive and producer Wikipedia: L.A. Reid
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1955
William Forsythe, American actor Wikipedia: William Forsythe (actor) · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
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1954
Louise Erdrich, American novelist and poet Wikipedia: Louise Erdrich · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
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1953
Colleen Camp, American actress and producer Wikipedia: Colleen Camp
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1952
Liam Neeson, Irish-American actor Wikipedia: Liam Neeson · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
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1952
Orhan Pamuk, Turkish-American novelist, screenwriter, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate Wikipedia: Orhan Pamuk · ✓ 4 Wikipedias
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1951
Philip Davis, Bahamian politician, 5th Prime Minister of the Bahamas Wikipedia: Philip Davis (Bahamian politician) · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
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1947
Thurman Munson, American baseball player (died 1979) Wikipedia: Thurman Munson · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
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1946
Jenny Jones, Canadian television presenter and comedian Wikipedia: Jenny Jones (presenter) · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
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1946
Zbigniew Seifert, Polish musician (died 1979) Wikipedia: Zbigniew Seifert
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1945
Wolfgang Schüssel, Austrian lawyer and politician, 26th Chancellor of Austria Wikipedia: Wolfgang Schüssel · ✓ 4 Wikipedias
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1944
Neil Andrew, Australian politician and former Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives (died 2026) Wikipedia: Neil Andrew
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1943
Nikki Giovanni, American poet, writer and activist (died 2024) Wikipedia: Nikki Giovanni
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1943
"Superstar" Billy Graham, American wrestler (died 2023) Wikipedia: "Superstar" Billy Graham
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1941
Lady Elizabeth Shakerley, British party planner, writer and socialite (died 2020) Wikipedia: Lady Elizabeth Shakerley
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1940
Tom Jones, Welsh singer and actor Wikipedia: Tom Jones (singer) · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
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1940
Ronald Pickup, English actor (died 2021) Wikipedia: Ronald Pickup
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1939
Yuli Turovsky, Russian-Canadian cellist, conductor and educator (died 2013) Wikipedia: Yuli Turovsky · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
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1938
Ian St John, Scottish international footballer and manager (died 2021) Wikipedia: Ian St John · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
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1936
Pippo Baudo, Italian television presenter (died 2025) Wikipedia: Pippo Baudo · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
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1931
Virginia McKenna, English actress and author Wikipedia: Virginia McKenna · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
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1929
John Turner, Canadian lawyer and politician, 17th Prime Minister of Canada (died 2020) Wikipedia: John Turner · ✓ 4 Wikipedias
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1928
James Ivory, American director, producer, and screenwriter Wikipedia: James Ivory · ✓ 4 Wikipedias
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1928
Charles Strouse, American composer (died 2025) Wikipedia: Charles Strouse
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1927
Paul Salamunovich, American conductor and educator (died 2014) Wikipedia: Paul Salamunovich
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1927
Herbert R. Axelrod, American tropical fish expert, publisher of pet books, and entrepreneur (died 2017) Wikipedia: Herbert R. Axelrod
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1926
Jean-Noël Tremblay, Canadian lawyer and politician (died 2020) Wikipedia: Jean-Noël Tremblay · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
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1925
Ernestina Herrera de Noble, Argentine publisher and executive (died 2017) Wikipedia: Ernestina Herrera de Noble · ✓ 4 Wikipedias
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1923
Jules Deschênes, Canadian lawyer and judge (died 2000) Wikipedia: Jules Deschênes · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
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1921
Tal Farlow, American jazz guitarist (died 1998) Wikipedia: Tal Farlow · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
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1920
Georges Marchais, French mechanic and politician (died 1997) Wikipedia: Georges Marchais · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
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1917
Gwendolyn Brooks, American poet (died 2000) Wikipedia: Gwendolyn Brooks · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
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1917
Dean Martin, American singer, actor, and producer (died 1995) Wikipedia: Dean Martin · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
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1911
Brooks Stevens, American engineer and designer, designed the Wienermobile (died 1995) Wikipedia: Brooks Stevens
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1910
Til Kiwe, German actor and screenwriter (died 1995) Wikipedia: Til Kiwe
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1910
Mike Sebastian, American football player and coach (died 1989) Wikipedia: Mike Sebastian
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1910
Marion Post Wolcott, American photographer (died 1990) Wikipedia: Marion Post Wolcott · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
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1910
Bluey, Australian Cattle Dog, second-oldest recorded dog (died 1939) Wikipedia: Bluey (long-lived dog)
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1909
Virginia Apgar, American anesthesiologist and pediatrician, developed the Apgar test (died 1974) Wikipedia: Virginia Apgar · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
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1909
Jessica Tandy, English-American actress (died 1994) Wikipedia: Jessica Tandy · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
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1907
Sigvard Bernadotte, Count of Wisborg (died 2002) Wikipedia: Sigvard Bernadotte
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1905
James J. Braddock, American world heavyweight boxing champion (died 1974) Wikipedia: James J. Braddock · ✓ 4 Wikipedias
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1900
Frederick Terman, American engineering professor and academic administrator, nicknamed "the father of Silicon Valley." (died 1982) Wikipedia: Frederick Terman
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1900
Glen Gray, American saxophonist and bandleader (died 1963) Wikipedia: Glen Gray
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1899
Elizabeth Bowen, Anglo-Irish author and critic (died 1973) Wikipedia: Elizabeth Bowen · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
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1897
George Szell, Hungarian-American conductor and composer (died 1970) Wikipedia: George Szell · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
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1896
Douglas Campbell, American lieutenant and pilot (died 1990) Wikipedia: Douglas Campbell (aviator)
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1896
Robert S. Mulliken, American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1986) Wikipedia: Robert S. Mulliken · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
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1896
Imre Nagy, Hungarian soldier and politician, 44th Prime Minister of Hungary (died 1958) Wikipedia: Imre Nagy · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
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1894
Alexander P. de Seversky, Georgian-American pilot and engineer, co-designed the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt (died 1974) Wikipedia: Alexander de Seversky
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1893
Gillis Grafström, Swedish figure skater and architect (died 1938) Wikipedia: Gillis Grafström · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
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1892
Leo Reise, Canadian ice hockey player (died 1975) Wikipedia: Leo Reise
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1890
Karl Lashley, American psychologist and behaviorist (died 1958) Wikipedia: Karl Lashley
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1888
Clarence DeMar, American runner and educator (died 1958) Wikipedia: Clarence DeMar · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
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1886
Henri Coandă, Romanian engineer, designed the Coandă-1910 (died 1972) Wikipedia: Henri Coandă
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1884
Ester Claesson, Swedish landscape architect (died 1931) Wikipedia: Ester Claesson · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
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1883
Sylvanus Morley, American archaeologist and scholar (died 1948) Wikipedia: Sylvanus Morley · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
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1879
Knud Rasmussen, Danish anthropologist and explorer (died 1933) Wikipedia: Knud Rasmussen · ✓ 4 Wikipedias
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1879
Joan Voûte, Dutch astronomer and academic (died 1963) Wikipedia: Joan Voûte
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1877
Roelof Klein, Dutch-American rower and engineer (died 1960) Wikipedia: Roelof Klein · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
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1868
Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Scottish painter and architect (died 1928) Wikipedia: Charles Rennie Mackintosh · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
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1863
Bones Ely, American baseball player and manager (died 1952) Wikipedia: Bones Ely
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1862
Philipp Lenard, Slovak-German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1947) Wikipedia: Philipp Lenard · ✓ 4 Wikipedias
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1861
Robina Nicol, New Zealand photographer and suffragist (died 1942) Wikipedia: Robina Nicol
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1851
Ture Malmgren, Swedish journalist and politician (died 1922) Wikipedia: Ture Malmgren
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1848
Paul Gauguin, French painter and sculptor (died 1903) Wikipedia: Paul Gauguin · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
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1847
George Washington Ball, American legislator from Iowa (died 1915) Wikipedia: George Washington Ball (Iowa Democrat)
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1845
Leopold Auer, Hungarian violinist, composer, and conductor (died 1930) Wikipedia: Leopold Auer · ✓ 4 Wikipedias
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1843
Susan Blow, American educator (died 1916) Wikipedia: Susan Blow
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1840
Carlota of Mexico (died 1927) Wikipedia: Charlotte of Belgium · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
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1837
Alois Hitler, Austrian civil servant (died 1903) Wikipedia: Alois Hitler · ✓ 4 Wikipedias
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1831
Amelia Edwards, English journalist and author (died 1892) Wikipedia: Amelia Edwards · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
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1811
James Young Simpson, Scottish obstetrician (died 1870) Wikipedia: James Young Simpson · ✓ 4 Wikipedias
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1778
Beau Brummell, English cricketer and fashion designer (died 1840) Wikipedia: Beau Brummell · ✓ 4 Wikipedias
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1770
Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1828) Wikipedia: Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
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1761
John Rennie the Elder, Scottish engineer (died 1821) Wikipedia: John Rennie the Elder · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
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1757
Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (died 1806) Wikipedia: Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire · ✓ 4 Wikipedias
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1702
Louis George, Margrave of Baden-Baden (died 1761) Wikipedia: Louis George, Margrave of Baden-Baden · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
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1687
Gaetano Berenstadt, Italian actor and singer (died 1734) Wikipedia: Gaetano Berenstadt
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1561
John VII, Count of Nassau-Siegen, German count and military theorist (died 1623) Wikipedia: John VII of Nassau-Siegen · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
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1529
Étienne Pasquier, French lawyer and jurist (died 1615) Wikipedia: Étienne Pasquier · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
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1502
John III of Portugal (died 1557) Wikipedia: John III of Portugal · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
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1422
Federico da Montefeltro, Italian condottiero (died 1482) Wikipedia: Federico da Montefeltro · ✓ 4 Wikipedias
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1402
Ichijō Kaneyoshi, Japanese noble (died 1481) Wikipedia: Ichijō Kaneyoshi · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
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1003
Emperor Jingzong of Western Xia (died 1048) Wikipedia: Emperor Jingzong of Western Xia · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
Deaths
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2025
Uriah Rennie, English association football referee (born 1959) Wikipedia: Uriah Rennie
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2024
William Anders, American astronaut and lunar explorer (born 1933) Wikipedia: William Anders · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
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2023
The Iron Sheik, Iranian-American wrestler and actor (born 1942) Wikipedia: The Iron Sheik · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
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2015
Christopher Lee, English actor (born 1922) Wikipedia: Christopher Lee · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
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2013
Pierre Mauroy, French educator and politician, Prime Minister of France (born 1928) Wikipedia: Pierre Mauroy · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
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2013
Richard Ramirez, American serial killer and sex offender (born 1960) Wikipedia: Richard Ramirez · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
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2012
Phillip V. Tobias, South African paleontologist and academic (born 1925) Wikipedia: Phillip Tobias · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
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2006
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Jordanian militant (born 1966) Wikipedia: Abu Musab al-Zarqawi · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
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2002
Signe Hasso, Swedish-American actress (born 1915) Wikipedia: Signe Hasso · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
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2001
Víctor Paz Estenssoro, Bolivian politician, 52nd President of Bolivia (born 1907) Wikipedia: Víctor Paz Estenssoro · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
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2001
Betty Neels, English nurse and author (born 1910) Wikipedia: Betty Neels
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1995
Hsuan Hua, Chinese monk and educator (born 1918) Wikipedia: Hsuan Hua
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1992
Bill France Sr., American race car driver and businessman, co-founded NASCAR (born 1909) Wikipedia: Bill France Sr.
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1987
Cahit Zarifoğlu, Turkish poet and author (born 1940) Wikipedia: Cahit Zarifoğlu
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1985
Klaudia Taev, Estonian opera singer and educator (born 1906) Wikipedia: Klaudia Taev
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1980
Elizabeth Craig, Scottish journalist and economist (born 1883) Wikipedia: Elizabeth Craig (writer)
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1980
Philip Guston, Canadian-American painter and educator (born 1913) Wikipedia: Philip Guston · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
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1980
Henry Miller, American novelist and essayist (born 1891) Wikipedia: Henry Miller · ✓ 4 Wikipedias
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1978
Ronald George Wreyford Norrish, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1897) Wikipedia: Ronald George Wreyford Norrish · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
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1970
E. M. Forster, English novelist, short story writer, essayist (born 1879) Wikipedia: E. M. Forster · ✓ 4 Wikipedias
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1968
Dan Duryea, American actor and singer (born 1907) Wikipedia: Dan Duryea · ✓ 4 Wikipedias
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1967
Anatoly Maltsev, Russian mathematician and academic (born 1909) Wikipedia: Anatoly Maltsev
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1967
Dorothy Parker, American poet, short story writer, critic, and satirist (born 1893) Wikipedia: Dorothy Parker · ✓ 4 Wikipedias
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1966
Jean Arp, German-French sculptor, painter, and poet (born 1886) Wikipedia: Jean Arp · ✓ 4 Wikipedias
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1965
Judy Holliday, American actress and singer (born 1921) Wikipedia: Judy Holliday · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
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1956
John Willcock, Australian politician, 15th Premier of Western Australia (born 1879) Wikipedia: John Willcock
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1954
Alan Turing, English mathematician and computer scientist (born 1912) Wikipedia: Alan Turing · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
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1945
Kitaro Nishida, Japanese philosopher and academic (born 1870) Wikipedia: Kitarō Nishida · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
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1942
Alan Blumlein, English engineer (born 1903) Wikipedia: Alan Blumlein
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1937
Jean Harlow, American actress and singer (born 1911) Wikipedia: Jean Harlow · ✓ 4 Wikipedias
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1936
Stjepan Seljan, Croatian explorer (born 1875) Wikipedia: Mirko and Stjepan Seljan
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1933
Dragutin Domjanić, Croatian lawyer, judge, and poet (born 1875) Wikipedia: Dragutin Domjanić
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1932
John Verran, English-Australian politician, 26th Premier of South Australia (born 1856) Wikipedia: John Verran
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1927
Archie Birkin, English motorcycle racer (born 1905) Wikipedia: Archie Birkin · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
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1927
Edmund James Flynn, Canadian lawyer and politician, 10th Premier of Quebec (born 1847) Wikipedia: Edmund James Flynn · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
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1924
William Pirrie, 1st Viscount Pirrie, Irish businessman and politician, Lord Mayor of Belfast (born 1847) Wikipedia: William Pirrie, 1st Viscount Pirrie
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1921
Patrick Maher, executed Irish republican (born 1889) Wikipedia: Patrick Maher (Irish republican)
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1921
Edmond Foley, executed Irish republican (born 1897) Wikipedia: Edmond Foley
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1916
Émile Faguet, French author and critic (born 1847) Wikipedia: Émile Faguet · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
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1915
Charles Reed Bishop, American banker and politician, founded the First Hawaiian Bank (born 1822) Wikipedia: Charles Reed Bishop
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1911
Maurice Rouvier, French politician, Prime Minister of France (born 1842) Wikipedia: Maurice Rouvier
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1896
Pavlos Carrer, Greek composer (born 1829) Wikipedia: Pavlos Carrer
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1879
William Tilbury Fox, English dermatologist and academic (born 1836) Wikipedia: William Tilbury Fox
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1866
Chief Seattle, American tribal chief (born 1780) Wikipedia: Chief Seattle · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
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1863
Antonio Valero de Bernabé, Latin American liberator (born 1790) Wikipedia: Antonio Valero de Bernabé
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1861
Patrick Brontë, Anglo-Irish priest and author (born 1777) Wikipedia: Patrick Brontë · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
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1859
David Cox, English painter (born 1783) Wikipedia: David Cox (artist)
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1854
Charles Baudin, French admiral (born 1792) Wikipedia: Charles Baudin · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
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1853
Norbert Provencher, Canadian missionary and bishop (born 1787) Wikipedia: Norbert Provencher · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
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1843
Friedrich Hölderlin, German lyric poet and author (born 1770) Wikipedia: Friedrich Hölderlin · ✓ 4 Wikipedias
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1840
Frederick William III of Prussia (born 1770) Wikipedia: Frederick William III · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
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1826
Joseph von Fraunhofer, German optician, physicist, and astronomer (born 1787) Wikipedia: Joseph von Fraunhofer · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
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1810
Luigi Schiavonetti, Italian engraver and etcher (born 1765) Wikipedia: Luigi Schiavonetti
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1792
Benjamin Tupper, American general and surveyor (born 1738) Wikipedia: Benjamin Tupper
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1779
William Warburton, English bishop and critic (born 1698) Wikipedia: William Warburton
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1740
Alexander Spotswood, Moroccan-American colonial and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Virginia (born 1676) Wikipedia: Alexander Spotswood · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
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1711
Henry Dodwell, Irish scholar and theologian (born 1641) Wikipedia: Henry Dodwell
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1660
George II Rákóczi, Prince of Transylvania (born 1621) Wikipedia: George II Rákóczi · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
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1618
Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, English politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia (born 1577) Wikipedia: Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
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1594
Rodrigo Lopez, physician of Queen Elizabeth I (born 1525) Wikipedia: Roderigo Lopes · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
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1492
Casimir IV Jagiellon, Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1440 and King of Poland from 1447 (born 1427) Wikipedia: Casimir IV Jagiellon · ✓ 4 Wikipedias
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1394
Anne of Bohemia, Princess of Bohemia and Queen Consort of England (born 1366) Wikipedia: Anne of Bohemia · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
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1358
Ashikaga Takauji, Japanese shōgun (born 1305) Wikipedia: Ashikaga Takauji · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
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1341
An-Nasir Muhammad, Egyptian sultan (born 1285) Wikipedia: Al-Nasir Muhammad
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1337
William I, Count of Hainaut (born 1286) Wikipedia: William I of Hainaut · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
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1329
Robert the Bruce, Scottish king (born 1274) Wikipedia: Robert the Bruce · ✓ 4 Wikipedias
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951
Lu Wenji, Chinese chancellor (born 876) Wikipedia: Lu Wenji
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940
Qian Hongzun, heir apparent of Wuyue (born 925) Wikipedia: Qian Hongzun
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929
Ælfthryth, Countess of Flanders (born 877) Wikipedia: Ælfthryth, Countess of Flanders · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
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862
Al-Muntasir, Abbasid caliph (born 837) Wikipedia: Al-Muntasir
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555
Vigilius, first pope of the Byzantine Papacy (born 500) Wikipedia: Pope Vigilius · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
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