Events on March 7 include:
- Vietnam War: The United States and South Vietnam began Operation Truong Cong Dinh to sweep the area surrounding the Mekong Delta town of Mỹ Tho to root out Viet Cong forces in the area (1968)
- World War II: The American 9th Armored Division unexpectedly captures an intact bridge over the Rhine (1945)
- United States senator Daniel Webster (pictured) delivered a speech advocating compromise on slavery, which proved to be unpopular with abolitionists in his home state (1850)
This page gathers 39 events, 145 births and 64 deaths recorded on this day, from the year 161 to 2024.
Events · United States
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1968
Vietnam War: The United States and South Vietnam began Operation Truong Cong Dinh to sweep the area surrounding the Mekong Delta town of Mỹ Tho to root out Viet Cong forces in the area. Wikipedia: Vietnam War
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1945
World War II: The American 9th Armored Division unexpectedly captures an intact bridge over the Rhine. Wikipedia: 9th Armored Division (United States) · ✓ 4 Wikipedias
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1850
United States senator Daniel Webster (pictured) delivered a speech advocating compromise on slavery, which proved to be unpopular with abolitionists in his home state. Wikipedia: Daniel Webster
Archive: Biografías americanas : Simón Bolivar, El General S. Martín, José Morales Lemus, José Joaquín de Olmedo, Daniel Webster, José Francisco Heredia, Gabriel de la Concepción Valdés / Enrique Pyñeiro — Minerva, Institutional Repository of the University of Santiago de Compostela · Europeana
Around the world
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2024
Sweden officially joins NATO, becoming its 32nd member. Wikipedia: Sweden · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
Archive: Sweden-Stockholm — Wikimedia Commons Community, 2009 · Europeana -
2024
Hannah Gutierrez-Reed is found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the death of Halyna Hutchins on the set of the movie Rust, the first time someone has been found guilty for causing a death on a movie set. Wikipedia: Rust shooting incident
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2021
A series of four explosions at a military barracks in Bata, Equatorial Guinea caused at least 107 deaths. Wikipedia: 2021 Bata explosions · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
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2009
The Kepler space telescope (depicted), designed to discover Earth-like planets orbiting other stars, was launched. Wikipedia: Kepler space telescope · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
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2009
Dissident Irish republican campaign: Two off-duty British Army soldiers were shot dead by Real IRA paramilitaries outside Massereene Barracks in Antrim, Northern Ireland. Wikipedia: Dissident Irish republican campaign
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2007
Reform of the House of Lords: The British House of Commons votes to make the upper chamber, the House of Lords, 100% elected. Wikipedia: Reform of the House of Lords
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2007
Garuda Indonesia Flight 200 crashes at Adisutjipto International Airport in the Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia, killing 21 people. Wikipedia: Garuda Indonesia Flight 200 · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
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2006
The terrorist organisation Lashkar-e-Taiba coordinates a series of bombings in Varanasi, India. Wikipedia: Lashkar-e-Taiba
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1990
Teachers in West Virginia began a labor strike that involved several thousand educators across the state. Wikipedia: West Virginia
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1989
Iran and the United Kingdom break diplomatic relations after a fight over Salman Rushdie and his controversial novel, The Satanic Verses. Wikipedia: Iran · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
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1986
Challenger Disaster: Divers from the USS Preserver locate the crew cabin of Challenger on the ocean floor. Wikipedia: Space Shuttle Challenger disaster
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1985
The charity single "We Are the World" by the supergroup USA for Africa was released, and went on to sell more than 20 million copies. Wikipedia: Charity record · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
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1971
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, political leader of then East Pakistan (present day-Bangladesh), delivers his historic 7th March speech in the Racecourse Field (Now Suhrawardy Udyan) in Dhaka. Wikipedia: Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
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1965
Unarmed civil rights activists marching from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, were attacked by police (pictured) on "Bloody Sunday". Wikipedia: Civil rights movement · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
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1965
Aeroflot Flight 542 crashes in the Yermakovsky District, killing all 31 aboard. Wikipedia: Aeroflot Flight 542
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1951
Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 307 crashes in Lynnhurst, Minneapolis, killing 15 people. Wikipedia: Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 307
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1951
Korean War: Operation Ripper: United Nations troops led by General Matthew Ridgway begin an assault against Chinese forces. Wikipedia: Korean War
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1951
Iranian prime minister Ali Razmara is assassinated by Khalil Tahmasebi, a member of the Islamic fundamentalist Fada'iyan-e Islam, outside a mosque in Tehran. Wikipedia: Ali Razmara · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
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1945
World War II: At the beginning of the Battle of Remagen, Allied forces unexpectedly captured the Ludendorff Bridge, which possibly hastened the war's conclusion. Wikipedia: World War II · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
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1941
The German submarine U-47, one of the most successful U-boats of World War II, disappeared with 45 men on board. Wikipedia: German submarine U-47 (1938) · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
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1936
Nazi German forces re-occupied the demilitarized Rhineland, violating both the Treaty of Versailles and the Locarno Treaties that were signed after World War I. Wikipedia: Remilitarisation of the Rhineland · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
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1931
The Parliament House of Finland is officially inaugurated in Helsinki, Finland. Wikipedia: Parliament House, Helsinki
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1921
The short-lived socialist Labin Republic is proclaimed. Wikipedia: Labin Republic
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1902
Second Boer War: Boers, led by Koos de la Rey, defeat the British at the Battle of Tweebosch. Wikipedia: Second Boer War · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
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1900
The German ocean liner SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse became the first ship to send a wireless telegraph message to an onshore receiver. Wikipedia: Ocean liner · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
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1876
Alexander Graham Bell is granted a patent for an invention he calls the "telephone". Wikipedia: Alexander Graham Bell · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
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1871
José Paranhos, Viscount of Rio Branco, began a four-year premiership as Prime Minister of the Empire of Brazil, the longest in the state's history. Wikipedia: José Paranhos, Viscount of Rio Branco
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1826
Shrigley abduction: 15-year old Ellen Turner is abducted by Edward Gibbon Wakefield, a future figure in the establishment of colonies in South Australia and New Zealand. Wikipedia: Shrigley abduction
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1814
War of the Sixth Coalition: Napoleon's army forced Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov's Russian troops to withdraw from the Chemin des Dames, but French casualties exceeded Russian losses. Wikipedia: War of the Sixth Coalition · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
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1799
Napoleon Bonaparte captures Jaffa in Palestine and his troops proceed to kill more than 2,000 Albanian captives. Wikipedia: Napoleon · ✓ 4 Wikipedias
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1573
A peace treaty brought the Ottoman–Venetian War to an end, ceding Cyprus from the Republic of Venice to the Ottoman Empire. Wikipedia: Ottoman–Venetian War (1570–1573) · ✓ 4 Wikipedias
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1277
Bishop Étienne Tempier promulgated a condemnation of 219 heretical propositions that were being discussed at the University of Paris. Wikipedia: Étienne Tempier · ✓ 4 Wikipedias
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1138
Konrad III von Hohenstaufen is elected king of Germany at Coblenz in the presence of the papal legate Theodwin. Wikipedia: Conrad III of Germany · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
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681
The Third Council of Constantinople deposes patriarch Macarius I of Antioch. Wikipedia: Third Council of Constantinople
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321
Emperor Constantine I decreed that Sunday, the day honoring the sun god Sol Invictus (disc pictured), would be the Roman day of rest. Wikipedia: Constantine the Great · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
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161
Marcus Aurelius and L. Commodus (who changes his name to Lucius Verus) become joint emperors of Rome on the death of Antoninus Pius. Wikipedia: AD 161 · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
World days
No entries.
Technology
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1900
The German ocean liner SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse became the first ship to send a wireless telegraph message to an onshore receiver. Wikipedia: Ocean liner · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
Science
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2009
The Kepler space telescope (depicted), designed to discover Earth-like planets orbiting other stars, was launched. Wikipedia: Kepler space telescope · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
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1986
Challenger Disaster: Divers from the USS Preserver locate the crew cabin of Challenger on the ocean floor. Wikipedia: Space Shuttle Challenger disaster
Business
No entries.
Sport
No entries.
Culture
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2024
Hannah Gutierrez-Reed is found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the death of Halyna Hutchins on the set of the movie Rust, the first time someone has been found guilty for causing a death on a movie set. Wikipedia: Rust shooting incident
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1989
Iran and the United Kingdom break diplomatic relations after a fight over Salman Rushdie and his controversial novel, The Satanic Verses. Wikipedia: Iran · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
Births
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2007
Kiyan Anthony, American basketball player Wikipedia: Kiyan Anthony
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2000
Rasmus Sandin, Swedish ice hockey player Wikipedia: Rasmus Sandin
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2000
Sebastian Schwaighofer, Austrian politician Wikipedia: Sebastian Schwaighofer
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1998
Amanda Gorman, American poet and activist Wikipedia: Amanda Gorman · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
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1997
Taher Mohamed, Egyptian footballer Wikipedia: Taher Mohamed · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
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1997
Dylan Strome, Canadian ice hockey player Wikipedia: Dylan Strome
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1996
Liam Donnelly, Northern Irish footballer Wikipedia: Liam Donnelly (footballer)
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1996
Pablo López, Venezuelan baseball player Wikipedia: Pablo López (baseball)
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1995
Jerome Binnom-Williams, English footballer Wikipedia: Jerome Binnom-Williams
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1995
Aboubakar Kamara, French footballer Wikipedia: Aboubakar Kamara
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1995
Haley Lu Richardson, American actress Wikipedia: Haley Lu Richardson · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
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1994
Chase Kalisz, American swimmer Wikipedia: Chase Kalisz · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
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1994
Jake Layman, American basketball player Wikipedia: Jake Layman
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1994
Jordan Pickford, English footballer Wikipedia: Jordan Pickford · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
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1992
Bel Powley, English actress Wikipedia: Bel Powley · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
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1991
Ian Clark, American basketball player Wikipedia: Ian Clark (basketball)
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1990
Jeff Withey, American basketball player Wikipedia: Jeff Withey
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1987
Niclas Bergfors, Swedish ice hockey player Wikipedia: Niclas Bergfors
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1986
Ryan Ciminelli, American bowler Wikipedia: Ryan Ciminelli
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1985
Cameron Prosser, Australian swimmer Wikipedia: Cameron Prosser
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1984
Steve Burtt Jr., American-Ukrainian basketball player Wikipedia: Steve Burtt Jr.
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1984
Mathieu Flamini, French footballer Wikipedia: Mathieu Flamini · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
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1984
Jacob Lillyman, Australian rugby league player Wikipedia: Jacob Lillyman
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1984
Brandon T. Jackson, American actor and comedian Wikipedia: Brandon T. Jackson · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
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1983
Manucho, Angolan footballer Wikipedia: Manucho · ✓ 4 Wikipedias
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1980
Eric Godard, Canadian ice hockey player Wikipedia: Eric Godard
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1980
Laura Prepon, American actress Wikipedia: Laura Prepon · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
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1979
Rodrigo Braña, Argentine footballer Wikipedia: Rodrigo Braña · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
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1977
Paul Cattermole, English singer and actor (died 2023) Wikipedia: Paul Cattermole · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
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1977
Ronan O'Gara, Irish rugby player and coach Wikipedia: Ronan O'Gara · ✓ 4 Wikipedias
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1975
Audrey Marie Anderson, American actress and model Wikipedia: Audrey Marie Anderson · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
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1975
T. J. Thyne, American actor Wikipedia: T. J. Thyne · ✓ 4 Wikipedias
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1974
Jenna Fischer, American actress Wikipedia: Jenna Fischer · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
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1974
Tobias Menzies, English actor Wikipedia: Tobias Menzies · ✓ 4 Wikipedias
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1974
Facundo Sava, Argentine footballer and manager Wikipedia: Facundo Sava · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
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1973
Jason Bright, Australian race car driver Wikipedia: Jason Bright · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
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1973
Jay Duplass, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter Wikipedia: Jay Duplass
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1973
Sébastien Izambard, French tenor and producer Wikipedia: Sébastien Izambard · ✓ 4 Wikipedias
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1972
Craig Polla-Mounter, Australian rugby league player Wikipedia: Craig Polla-Mounter
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1971
Tal Banin, Israeli footballer and manager Wikipedia: Tal Banin · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
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1971
Peter Sarsgaard, American actor Wikipedia: Peter Sarsgaard · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
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1971
Matthew Vaughn, English director and producer Wikipedia: Matthew Vaughn · ✓ 4 Wikipedias
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1970
Rachel Weisz, English actress Wikipedia: Rachel Weisz · ✓ 4 Wikipedias
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1969
Brian Jamieson Wikipedia: Brian Jamieson (rower)
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1968
Jeff Kent, American baseball player Wikipedia: Jeff Kent · ✓ 4 Wikipedias
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1967
Zheng Haixia, Chinese basketball player and coach Wikipedia: Zheng Haixia
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1967
Ruthie Henshall, English actress, singer, and dancer Wikipedia: Ruthie Henshall
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1966
Terry Carkner, Canadian ice hockey player and coach Wikipedia: Terry Carkner · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
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1966
Jeff Feagles, American football player Wikipedia: Jeff Feagles
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1965
Jesper Parnevik, Swedish golfer Wikipedia: Jesper Parnevik · ✓ 4 Wikipedias
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1964
Bret Easton Ellis, American author and screenwriter Wikipedia: Bret Easton Ellis · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
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1964
Wanda Sykes, American comedian, actress, and screenwriter Wikipedia: Wanda Sykes · ✓ 4 Wikipedias
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1963
Mike Eagles, Canadian ice hockey player and coach Wikipedia: Mike Eagles · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
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1963
E. L. James, English author Wikipedia: E. L. James · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
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1962
Taylor Dayne, American singer-songwriter and actress Wikipedia: Taylor Dayne · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
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1961
Mary Beth Evans, American actress Wikipedia: Mary Beth Evans
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1960
Joe Carter, American baseball player Wikipedia: Joe Carter · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
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1960
Ivan Lendl, Czech tennis player and coach Wikipedia: Ivan Lendl · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
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1960
Jim Spivey, American runner and coach Wikipedia: Jim Spivey · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
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1959
Tom Lehman, American golfer Wikipedia: Tom Lehman
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1959
Donna Murphy, American actress and singer Wikipedia: Donna Murphy · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
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1959
Nick Searcy, American actor Wikipedia: Nick Searcy
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1958
Rick Bass, American author and environmentalist Wikipedia: Rick Bass
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1958
Rik Mayall, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter (died 2014) Wikipedia: Rik Mayall · ✓ 4 Wikipedias
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1958
Merv Neagle, Australian footballer and coach (died 2012) Wikipedia: Merv Neagle
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1957
Robert Harris, English journalist and author Wikipedia: Robert Harris (novelist) · ✓ 4 Wikipedias
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1957
Mark Richards, Australian surfer Wikipedia: Mark Richards (surfer) · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
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1956
Bryan Cranston, American actor, director, and producer Wikipedia: Bryan Cranston · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
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1956
Andrea Levy, English author (died 2019) Wikipedia: Andrea Levy
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1954
Eva Brunne, Swedish bishop Wikipedia: Eva Brunne
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1952
William Boyd, British author and screenwriter Wikipedia: William Boyd (writer) · ✓ 4 Wikipedias
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1952
Ernie Isley, American guitarist and songwriter Wikipedia: Ernie Isley
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1952
Viv Richards, Antiguan cricketer Wikipedia: Viv Richards
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1952
Lynn Swann, American football player, sportscaster, and politician Wikipedia: Lynn Swann · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
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1950
Billy Joe DuPree, American football player Wikipedia: Billy Joe DuPree · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
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1950
Franco Harris, American football player and businessman (died 2022) Wikipedia: Franco Harris · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
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1950
J. R. Richard, American baseball player and minister (died 2021) Wikipedia: J. R. Richard
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1947
Helen Eadie, Scottish politician (died 2013) Wikipedia: Helen Eadie
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1946
Matthew Fisher, English musician, songwriter, and producer Wikipedia: Matthew Fisher (musician) · ✓ 4 Wikipedias
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1946
John Heard, American actor and producer (died 2017) Wikipedia: John Heard (actor) · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
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1946
Peter Wolf, American singer-songwriter and musician Wikipedia: Peter Wolf · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
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1945
Bob Herbert, American journalist Wikipedia: Bob Herbert · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
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1945
Arthur Lee, American singer-songwriter and musician (died 2006) Wikipedia: Arthur Lee (musician) · ✓ 4 Wikipedias
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1945
Elizabeth Moon, American author Wikipedia: Elizabeth Moon · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
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1944
Ranulph Fiennes, English soldier and explorer Wikipedia: Ranulph Fiennes · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
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1944
Townes Van Zandt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1997) Wikipedia: Townes Van Zandt · ✓ 4 Wikipedias
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1943
Billy MacMillan, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2023) Wikipedia: Billy MacMillan
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1943
Chris White, English singer-songwriter and bass player Wikipedia: Chris White (musician, born 1943) · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
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1942
Michael Eisner, American businessman Wikipedia: Michael Eisner · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
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1942
Tammy Faye Messner, American evangelist, television personality, and talk show host (died 2007) Wikipedia: Tammy Faye Messner · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
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1940
Daniel J. Travanti, American actor Wikipedia: Daniel J. Travanti · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
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1938
David Baltimore, American biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2025) Wikipedia: David Baltimore · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
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1938
Janet Guthrie, American race car driver Wikipedia: Janet Guthrie · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
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1936
Georges Perec, French author (died 1982) Wikipedia: Georges Perec · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
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1934
Nari Contractor, Indian cricketer Wikipedia: Nari Contractor
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1934
Gray Morrow, American illustrator and comic book artist (died 2002) Wikipedia: Gray Morrow
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1934
Willard Scott, American television personality and actor (died 2021) Wikipedia: Willard Scott · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
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1933
Jackie Blanchflower, Northern Irish footballer and accountant (died 1998) Wikipedia: Jackie Blanchflower · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
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1933
Ed Bouchee, American baseball player (died 2013) Wikipedia: Ed Bouchee
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1930
Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon, English photographer and politician (died 2017) Wikipedia: Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
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1930
Robert Trotter, Scottish actor and photographer (died 2013) Wikipedia: Robert Trotter
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1929
Dan Jacobson, South African-English author and critic (died 2014) Wikipedia: Dan Jacobson
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1927
James Broderick, American actor and director (died 1982) Wikipedia: James Broderick · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
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1925
Richard Vernon, British actor (died 1997) Wikipedia: Richard Vernon · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
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1922
Olga Ladyzhenskaya, Russian mathematician and academic (died 2004) Wikipedia: Olga Ladyzhenskaya · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
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1922
Peter Murphy, English footballer (died 1975) Wikipedia: Peter Murphy (footballer, born 1922)
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1922
Andy Phillip, American basketball player and coach (died 2001) Wikipedia: Andy Phillip · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
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1917
Janet Collins, American ballerina and choreographer (died 2003) Wikipedia: Janet Collins
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1917
Betty Holberton, American engineer and programmer (died 2001) Wikipedia: Betty Holberton · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
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1915
Jacques Chaban-Delmas, French general and politician, Prime Minister of France (died 2000) Wikipedia: Jacques Chaban-Delmas · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
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1908
Anna Magnani, Italian actress (died 1973) Wikipedia: Anna Magnani · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
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1904
Ivar Ballangrud, Norwegian speed skater (died 1969) Wikipedia: Ivar Ballangrud · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
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1904
Reinhard Heydrich, German SS officer and a principle architect of the Holocaust (died 1942) Wikipedia: Reinhard Heydrich · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
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1904
Kurt Weitzmann, German-American historian and author (died 1993) Wikipedia: Kurt Weitzmann
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1903
Maud Lewis, Canadian folk artist (died 1970) Wikipedia: Maud Lewis
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1902
Heinz Rühmann, German actor (died 1994) Wikipedia: Heinz Rühmann · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
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1895
Dorothy de Rothschild, English philanthropist and activist (died 1988) Wikipedia: Dorothy de Rothschild
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1888
William L. Laurence, Lithuanian-American journalist (died 1977) Wikipedia: William L. Laurence
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1886
Virginia Pearson, American actress (died 1958) Wikipedia: Virginia Pearson
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1886
G. I. Taylor, English mathematician and physicist (died 1975) Wikipedia: G. I. Taylor · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
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1886
Wilson Dallam Wallis, American anthropologist (died 1970) Wikipedia: Wilson Dallam Wallis
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1885
Milton Avery, American painter (died 1965) Wikipedia: Milton Avery
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1885
John Tovey, 1st Baron Tovey, English admiral (died 1971) Wikipedia: John Tovey, 1st Baron Tovey
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1875
Maurice Ravel, French pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1937) Wikipedia: Maurice Ravel · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
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1872
Piet Mondrian, Dutch-American painter (died 1944) Wikipedia: Piet Mondrian · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
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1858
Cecilie Thoresen Krog, Norwegian women's rights pioneer (died 1911) Wikipedia: Cecilie Thoresen Krog · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
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1857
Julius Wagner-Jauregg, Austrian physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1940) Wikipedia: Julius Wagner-Jauregg · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
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1850
Champ Clark, American lawyer and politician, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (died 1921) Wikipedia: Champ Clark
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1850
Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, Austrian-Czech politician, 1st President of Czechoslovakia (died 1937) Wikipedia: Tomáš Masaryk · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
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1849
Luther Burbank, American botanist (died 1926) Wikipedia: Luther Burbank · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
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1843
Marriott Henry Brosius, American senator (died 1901) Wikipedia: Marriott Brosius
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1841
William Rockhill Nelson, American businessman and publisher, founded The Kansas City Star (died 1915) Wikipedia: William Rockhill Nelson
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1839
Ludwig Mond, German-born chemist and British industrialist who discovered the metal carbonyls (died 1909) Wikipedia: Ludwig Mond
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1837
Henry Draper, American physician and astronomer (died 1882) Wikipedia: Henry Draper · ✓ 4 Wikipedias
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1811
Increase A. Lapham, American scientist (died 1875) Wikipedia: Increase A. Lapham
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1792
John Herschel, English mathematician and astronomer (died 1871) Wikipedia: John Herschel · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
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1785
Alessandro Manzoni, Italian author and poet (died 1873) Wikipedia: Alessandro Manzoni · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
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1765
Nicéphore Niépce, French inventor, invented photography (died 1833) Wikipedia: Nicéphore Niépce · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
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1730
Louis Auguste Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, French soldier and politician (died 1807) Wikipedia: Louis Auguste Le Tonnelier de Breteuil · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
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1715
Ewald Christian von Kleist, German soldier and poet (died 1759) Wikipedia: Ewald Christian von Kleist · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
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1693
Clement XIII, pope of the Catholic Church (died 1769) Wikipedia: Pope Clement XIII · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
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1678
Filippo Juvarra, Italian architect, designed the Basilica of Superga (died 1736) Wikipedia: Filippo Juvarra · ✓ 4 Wikipedias
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1671
Rob Roy MacGregor, Scottish outlaw (died 1734) Wikipedia: Rob Roy MacGregor · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
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1556
Guillaume du Vair, French lawyer and author (died 1621) Wikipedia: Guillaume du Vair · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
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189
Publius Septimius Geta, Roman emperor (died 211) Wikipedia: AD 189 · ✓ 4 Wikipedias
Deaths
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2026
Jamie Dunn, Australian actor, radio and television host (born 1950) Wikipedia: Jamie Dunn
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2025
D'Wayne Wiggins, American musical artist (born 1961) Wikipedia: D'Wayne Wiggins
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2024
Steve Lawrence, American actor and singer (born 1935) Wikipedia: Steve Lawrence · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
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2019
Dick Beyer, American professional wrestler (born 1930) Wikipedia: Dick Beyer
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2017
Lynne Stewart, American attorney and activist (born 1939) Wikipedia: Lynne Stewart
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2016
Adrian Hardiman, Irish lawyer and judge (born 1951) Wikipedia: Adrian Hardiman
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2016
Leonard Berney, Bergen-Belsen concentration camp liberator (born 1920) Wikipedia: Leonard Berney
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2015
G. Karthikeyan, Indian lawyer and politician (born 1949) Wikipedia: G. Karthikeyan
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2015
F. Ray Keyser, Jr., American lawyer and politician, Governor of Vermont (born 1927) Wikipedia: F. Ray Keyser Jr.
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2015
Yoshihiro Tatsumi, Japanese author and illustrator (born 1935) Wikipedia: Yoshihiro Tatsumi
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2014
Ned O'Gorman, American poet and educator (born 1929) Wikipedia: Ned O'Gorman
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2013
Peter Banks, English guitarist and songwriter (born 1947) Wikipedia: Peter Banks · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
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2013
Damiano Damiani, Italian director and screenwriter (born 1922) Wikipedia: Damiano Damiani · ✓ 4 Wikipedias
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2013
Claude King, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1923) Wikipedia: Claude King
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2006
Gordon Parks, American photographer, director, and composer (born 1912) Wikipedia: Gordon Parks · ✓ 4 Wikipedias
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2005
John Box, English production designer and art director (born 1920) Wikipedia: John Box · ✓ 4 Wikipedias
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2005
Debra Hill, American screenwriter and producer (born 1950) Wikipedia: Debra Hill · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
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2000
Pee Wee King, American singer-songwriter (born 1914) Wikipedia: Pee Wee King · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
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1999
Sidney Gottlieb, American chemist and theorist (born 1918) Wikipedia: Sidney Gottlieb · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
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1999
Stanley Kubrick, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1928) Wikipedia: Stanley Kubrick · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
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1997
Edward Mills Purcell, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1912) Wikipedia: Edward Mills Purcell · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
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1993
Tony Harris, South African cricketer (born 1916) Wikipedia: Tony Harris (sportsman)
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1993
J. Merrill Knapp, American musicologist (born 1914) Wikipedia: J. Merrill Knapp
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1993
Martti Larni, Finnish writer (born 1909) Wikipedia: Martti Larni
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1993
Eleanor Sanger, American television producer (born 1929) Wikipedia: Eleanor Sanger
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1993
Josef Steindl, Austrian economist (born 1912) Wikipedia: Josef Steindl
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1991
Cool Papa Bell, American baseball player (born 1903) Wikipedia: Cool Papa Bell · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
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1988
Divine, American drag queen and film actor (born 1945) Wikipedia: Divine (performer) · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
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1988
Ülo Õun, Estonian sculptor (born 1940) Wikipedia: Ülo Õun
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1987
Karl Leichter, Estonian musicologist and academic (born 1902) Wikipedia: Karl Leichter
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1986
Jacob K. Javits, American colonel and politician, New York State Attorney General (born 1904) Wikipedia: Jacob Javits · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
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1983
Igor Markevitch, Ukrainian conductor and composer (born 1912) Wikipedia: Igor Markevitch · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
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1982
Ida Barney, American astronomer (born 1886) Wikipedia: Ida Barney · ✓ 4 Wikipedias
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1981
Muhammad Zaki Abd al-Qadir, Egyptian journalist and writer (born 1906) Wikipedia: Muhammad Zaki Abd al-Qadir
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1976
Wright Patman, American politician (born 1893) Wikipedia: Wright Patman
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1975
Mikhail Bakhtin, Russian philosopher and critic (born 1895) Wikipedia: Mikhail Bakhtin · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
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1973
Lalo Ríos, Mexican actor (born 1927) Wikipedia: Lalo Ríos
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1971
Richard Montague, American mathematician and philosopher (born 1930) Wikipedia: Richard Montague · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
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1971
Stevie Smith, English poet and novelist (born 1902) Wikipedia: Stevie Smith · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
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1967
Alice B. Toklas, American writer (born 1877) Wikipedia: Alice B. Toklas · ✓ 4 Wikipedias
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1957
Wyndham Lewis, English painter and critic (born 1882) Wikipedia: Wyndham Lewis · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
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1954
Otto Diels, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1876) Wikipedia: Otto Diels · ✓ 4 Wikipedias
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1949
Bradbury Robinson, American football player, physician, and politician (born 1884) Wikipedia: Bradbury Robinson
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1935
Baby Doe Tabor, American pioneer (born 1854) Wikipedia: Baby Doe Tabor
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1932
Aristide Briand, French journalist and politician, Prime Minister of France, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1862) Wikipedia: Aristide Briand · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
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1931
Akseli Gallen-Kallela, Finnish artist (born 1865) Wikipedia: Akseli Gallen-Kallela · ✓ 4 Wikipedias
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1928
Robert Abbe, American surgeon and radiologist (born 1851) Wikipedia: Robert Abbe
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1920
Jaan Poska, Estonian lawyer and politician, Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1866) Wikipedia: Jaan Poska
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1913
Pauline Johnson, Canadian poet and author (born 1861) Wikipedia: E. Pauline Johnson · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
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1897
Harriet Ann Jacobs, African American Abolitionist and author (born 1813) Wikipedia: Harriet Jacobs · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
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1838
Robert Townsend, American spy (born 1753) Wikipedia: Robert Townsend (spy)
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1810
Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood, English admiral (born 1748) Wikipedia: Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
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1809
Jean-Pierre Blanchard, French inventor, best known as a pioneer in balloon flight (born 1753) Wikipedia: Jean-Pierre Blanchard · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
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1778
Charles De Geer, Swedish entomologist and archaeologist (born 1720) Wikipedia: Charles De Geer · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
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1767
Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville, Canadian politician, Colonial Governor of Louisiana (born 1680) Wikipedia: Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville · ✓ 4 Wikipedias
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1724
Pope Innocent XIII (born 1655) Wikipedia: Pope Innocent XIII · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
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1625
Johann Bayer, German lawyer and cartographer (born 1572) Wikipedia: Johann Bayer · ✓ 4 Wikipedias
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1578
Margaret Douglas, English noblewoman, daughter of Margaret Tudor and Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus (born 1515) Wikipedia: Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
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1407
Francesco I Gonzaga, ruler of Mantua Wikipedia: Francesco I Gonzaga
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1274
Saint Thomas Aquinas, Italian priest and philosopher (born 1225) Wikipedia: Thomas Aquinas · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
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1226
William Longespée, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, English commander Wikipedia: William Longespée, 3rd Earl of Salisbury · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
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851
Nominoe, Duke of Brittany Wikipedia: Nominoe · ✓ 4 Wikipedias
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413
Heraclianus, Roman politician and failed usurper Wikipedia: Heraclianus · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
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161
Antoninus Pius, Roman emperor (born 86) Wikipedia: AD 161 · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
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