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===Pre-1600=== |
=== Pre-1600 === |
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* [[632]] |
* [[632]] – [[Yazdegerd III]] ascends the throne as king (''[[shah]]'') of the [[Sasanian Empire|Persian Empire]]. He becomes the last ruler of the [[Sasanian family tree|Sasanian dynasty]] (modern [[Iran]]). |
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*[[1407]] |
*[[1407]] – [[Ming–Hồ War]]: Retired King [[Hồ Quý Ly]] and his son King [[Hồ Hán Thương]] of [[Hồ dynasty]] are captured by the [[Ming dynasty|Ming]] armies. |
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*[[1487]] |
*[[1487]] – [[Battle of Stoke Field]]: King [[Henry VII of England]] defeats the leaders of a Yorkist rebellion in the final engagement of the [[Wars of the Roses]].<ref>Van Cleve Alexander, Michael, ''The First of the Tudors: A Study of Henry VII and His Reign'', Taylor & Francis, 1981, p.57-58.</ref> |
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===1601–1900=== |
=== 1601–1900 === |
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*[[1632]] |
*[[1632]] – The [[Plymouth Company]] granted a land patent to [[Thomas Purchase]], the first [[settler]] of [[Pejepscot, Maine]], settling at the site of [[Fort Andross]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Wheeler|first1=George Augustus|author-link=George Augustus Wheeler|last2=Wheeler|first2=Henry Warren|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AmSFIvLGjLoC|year=1878|pages=7–8|title=History of Brunswick, Topsham, and Harpswell, Maine: Including the Ancient Territory Known as Pejepscot|edition=1st|publisher=A. Mudge & Sons, Printers|publication-place=[[Boston]]| via=[[Google Books]]|lccn=01008940}}(Archive source [[Harvard Library]])</ref> |
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*[[1745]] |
*[[1745]] – [[War of the Austrian Succession]]: [[New England]] colonial troops under the command of [[William Pepperrell]] capture the [[Fortress of Louisbourg]] in [[Louisbourg]], [[New France]] ([[Old Style]] date). |
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*[[1746]] |
*[[1746]] – War of the Austrian Succession: Austria and [[Sardinia]] defeat a Franco-Spanish army at the [[Battle of Piacenza]]. |
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*[[1755]] |
*[[1755]] – [[French and Indian War]]: The [[Military history of France|French]] surrender [[Fort Beauséjour]] to the British, leading to the [[Expulsion of the Acadians|expulsion]] of the [[Acadians]]. |
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*[[1760]] |
*[[1760]] – French and Indian War: [[Robert Rogers (British Army officer)|Robert Rogers]] and his [[Rogers' Rangers|Rangers]] surprise French held [[Fort Sainte Thérèse]] on the [[Richelieu River]] near [[Lake Champlain]]. The fort [[Sainte-Thérèse Raid|is raided and burned]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Loescher|first1=Burt Garfield|title=The history of Rogers' rangers, Volume 1|year=2009|orig-year=1946|publisher=Heritage Books Inc|pages=101–02|isbn=9780788417412}}</ref> |
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*[[1779]] |
*[[1779]] – [[American Revolutionary War]]: Spain [[Spain and the American Revolutionary War#Declaration of war|declares war]] on the Kingdom of Great Britain, and the [[Great Siege of Gibraltar]] begins. |
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*[[1795]] |
*[[1795]] – [[French Revolutionary Wars]]: In what became known as [[Cornwallis's Retreat]], a British [[Royal Navy]] squadron led by Vice Admiral [[William Cornwallis]] strongly resists a much larger [[French Navy]] force and withdraws largely intact, setting up the French Navy defeat at the [[Battle of Groix]] six days later. |
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*[[1811]] |
*[[1811]] – Survivors of an attack the previous day by [[Tla-o-qui-aht First Nations|Tla-o-qui-aht]] on board the [[Pacific Fur Company]]'s ship ''[[Tonquin (1807)|Tonquin]]'', intentionally detonate a powder magazine on the ship, [[Battle of Woody Point|destroying it]] and killing about 100{{nbs}}attackers.<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia|title=Tonquin|url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/tonquin/|last=Gough|first=Barry M.|language=en|encyclopedia=The Canadian Encyclopedia|publisher=[[Historica Canada]]|access-date=2018-09-06}}</ref> |
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*[[1815]] |
*[[1815]] – [[Battle of Ligny]] and [[Battle of Quatre Bras]], two days before the [[Battle of Waterloo]]. |
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*[[1819]] |
*[[1819]] – A [[1819 Rann of Kutch earthquake|major earthquake]] strikes the [[Kutch district]] of western India, killing over 1,543 people and raising a {{convert|6|m|ft|adj=mid|-high}}, {{convert|6|km|mi|adj=mid|-wide}}, ridge, extending for at least {{convert|80|km}}, that was known as the Allah Bund ("Dam of God").<ref>{{cite web|url= http://floodobservatory.colorado.edu/Publications/MetamorphosisofIndus.pdf|title=Anthropocene Metamorphosis of the Indus Delta and Lower Floodplain|access-date=22 December 2015}}</ref> |
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*[[1824]] |
*[[1824]] – A meeting at Old Slaughter's coffee house in London leads to the formation of what is now the [[Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals]] (RSPCA).<ref>{{cite web|title=The History of the RSPCA|url=https://www.animallaw.info/article/history-rspca|publisher=Michigan State University College of Law|access-date=29 March 2022}}</ref> |
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*[[1836]] |
*[[1836]] – The formation of the [[London Working Men's Association]] gives rise to the [[Chartism|Chartist Movement]]. |
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*[[1846]] |
*[[1846]] – The [[Papal conclave, 1846|Papal conclave of 1846]] elects [[Pope Pius IX]], beginning the longest reign in the history of the papacy. |
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*[[1858]] |
*[[1858]] – [[Abraham Lincoln]] delivers his ''[[Lincoln's House Divided Speech|House Divided]]'' speech in [[Springfield, Illinois]]. |
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*[[1871]] |
*[[1871]] – The [[Universities Tests Act 1871]] allows students to enter the universities of [[University of Oxford|Oxford]], [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]] and [[Durham University|Durham]] without religious tests (except for those intending to study [[theology]]). |
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*[[1883]] |
*[[1883]] – The [[Victoria Hall stampede|Victoria Hall theatre panic]] in [[Sunderland, Tyne and Wear|Sunderland]], England, kills 183 children. |
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*[[1884]] |
*[[1884]] – The first purpose-built roller coaster, [[LaMarcus Adna Thompson]]'s "[[Switchback Railway]]", opens in New York's [[Coney Island]] amusement park. |
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*[[1897]] |
*[[1897]] – A treaty annexing the [[Republic of Hawaii]] to the United States is signed; the Republic would not be dissolved until a year later. |
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===1901–present=== |
=== 1901–present === |
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*[[1903]] |
*[[1903]] – The [[Ford Motor Company]] is incorporated. |
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* 1903 – [[Roald Amundsen]] leaves [[Oslo]], Norway, to commence the first east–west navigation of the [[Northwest Passage]]. |
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*[[1904]] |
*[[1904]] – [[Eugen Schauman]] [[Assassination of Nikolay Bobrikov|assassinates]] [[Nikolay Bobrikov]], [[Governor-General of Finland]]. |
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* 1904 – Irish author [[James Joyce]] begins a relationship with [[Nora Barnacle]] and subsequently uses the date to set the actions for his novel ''[[Ulysses (novel)|Ulysses]]''; this date is now traditionally called "[[Bloomsday]]". |
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*[[1911]] |
*[[1911]] – [[IBM]] founded as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company in [[Endicott, New York]]. |
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*[[1922]] |
*[[1922]] – General election in the [[Irish Free State]]: The pro-Treaty [[History of Sinn Féin|Sinn Féin]] party wins a large majority. |
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*[[1925]] |
*[[1925]] – [[Artek (camp)|Artek]], the most famous [[Young Pioneer]] camp of the [[Soviet Union]], is established. |
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*[[1930]] |
*[[1930]] – [[Sovnarkom]] establishes [[decree time]] in the USSR. |
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*[[1933]] |
*[[1933]] – The [[National Industrial Recovery Act]] is passed in the United States, allowing businesses to avoid [[antitrust]] prosecution if they establish voluntary wage, price, and working condition regulations on an industry-wide basis.<ref>{{cite book|last=Schlesinger| first=Arthur M. Jr.|title=The Age of Roosevelt. Vol. 2: The Coming of the New Deal|location=Boston|publisher=Houghton Mifflin|date=2003|isbn=9780618340866|pages=21, 87–176|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ybm_2VLnIR8C}}</ref> |
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*[[1940]] |
*[[1940]] – [[World War II]]: Marshal [[Henri Philippe Pétain]] becomes Chief of State of [[Vichy France]] (''Chef de l'État Français''). |
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* 1940 – A [[Communist]] government is installed in [[Lithuania]]. |
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*[[1948]] |
*[[1948]] – Members of the [[Malayan Communist Party]] kill three British plantation managers in [[Sungai Siput]]; in response, [[British Malaya]] declares [[Malayan Emergency|a state of emergency]]. |
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*[[1955]] |
*[[1955]] – In a futile effort to topple Argentine President [[Juan Perón]], rogue aircraft pilots of the [[Argentine Navy]] [[Bombing of Plaza de Mayo|drop several bombs]] upon an unarmed crowd demonstrating in favor of Perón in [[Buenos Aires]], killing 364 and injuring at least 800. At the same time on the ground, some soldiers attempt to stage a coup but are suppressed by loyal forces. |
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*[[1958]] |
*[[1958]] – [[Imre Nagy]], [[Pál Maléter]] and other leaders of the 1956 [[Hungarian Revolution of 1956|Hungarian Uprising]] are executed. |
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*[[1961]] |
*[[1961]] – While on tour with the [[Kirov Ballet]] in [[Paris]], [[Rudolf Nureyev]] defects from the [[Soviet Union]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Smith|first=Dinitia|title=New Light On Nureyev's Grand Leap To the West|work=The New York Times|date=October 6, 1998|access-date=June 16, 2020|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/10/06/books/new-light-on-nureyev-s-grand-leap-to-the-west.html}}</ref> |
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*[[1963]] |
*[[1963]] – Soviet Space Program: ''[[Vostok 6]]'' mission: [[Cosmonaut]] [[Valentina Tereshkova]] becomes the first woman in space.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Pinkham|first1=Sophie|title=How the Soviets Won the Space Race for Equality|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/16/us/how-the-soviets-won-the-space-race-for-equality.html|access-date=31 January 2023|work=The New York Times|date=16 July 2019}}</ref> |
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* 1963 – In an attempt to resolve the [[Buddhist crisis]] in [[South Vietnam]], a [[Joint Communique]] was signed between President [[Ngo Dinh Diem]] and Buddhist leaders. |
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*[[1972]] |
*[[1972]] – The largest single-site hydroelectric power project in Canada is inaugurated at [[Churchill Falls Generating Station]]. |
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*[[1976]] |
*[[1976]] – [[Soweto uprising]]: A non-violent march by 15,000 students in [[Soweto]], South Africa, turns into days of rioting when police open fire on the crowd. |
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*[[1977]] |
*[[1977]] – [[Oracle Corporation]] is incorporated in [[Redwood Shores, California]], as Software Development Laboratories (SDL), by [[Larry Ellison]], [[Bob Miner]] and [[Ed Oates]]. |
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*[[1981]] |
*[[1981]] – US President [[Ronald Reagan]] awards the [[Congressional Gold Medal]] to [[Kenneth D. Taylor|Ken Taylor]], Canada's former ambassador to [[Iran]], for helping six Americans escape from Iran during the [[Iran hostage crisis|hostage crisis of 1979–81]]; he is the first foreign citizen bestowed the honor. |
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*[[1989]] |
*[[1989]] – [[Revolutions of 1989]]: [[Imre Nagy]], the former [[Prime Minister of Hungary|Hungarian prime minister]], is reburied in [[Budapest]] following the collapse of Communism in Hungary. |
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*[[1997]] |
*[[1997]] – Fifty people are killed in the [[Daïat Labguer (M'sila) massacre]] in [[Algeria]]. |
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*[[2000]] |
*[[2000]] – The Secretary-General of the UN reports that Israel has complied with [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 425]], 22{{nbs}}years after its issuance, and completely withdrew from Lebanon. The Resolution does not encompass the [[Shebaa farms]], which is claimed by Israel, Syria and Lebanon.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://unscol.unmissions.org/sites/default/files/old_dnn/PRST%20(18%2006%2000)%20on%20Lebanon-Israel.pdf|title=Statement by the President of the Security Council}}</ref> |
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*[[2002]] |
*[[2002]] – [[Padre Pio]] is canonized by the Roman Catholic Church.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vatican.va/news_services/liturgy/saints/ns_lit_doc_20020616_index_padre-pio_en.html|title=Padre Pio da Pietrelcina (1887-1968): Canonization|website=www.vatican.va}}</ref> |
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*[[2010]] |
*[[2010]] – [[Bhutan]] becomes the first country to institute a [[Tobacco Control Act of Bhutan 2010|total ban on tobacco]]. |
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*[[2012]] |
*[[2012]] – China successfully launches its [[Shenzhou 9]] spacecraft, carrying three astronauts, including the first female Chinese astronaut [[Liu Yang (astronaut)|Liu Yang]], to the [[Tiangong-1]] orbital module.<ref>{{cite news|last=Amos|first=Jonathan|title=China's Shenzhou-9 spacecraft returns to Earth|work=BBC|date=29 June 2012|access-date=16 June 2020|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-18636819}}</ref> |
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* 2012 – The [[United States Air Force]]'s robotic [[Boeing X-37B]] [[spaceplane]] returns to Earth after a [[USA-226|classified 469-day orbital mission]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Wall|first=Mike|title=Air Force Video Reveals Secret X-37B Space Plane's Robotic Landing|website=Space.com|date=June 17, 2012|access-date=June 16, 2020|url=https://www.space.com/16173-secret-x37b-space-plane-landing-video.html}}</ref> |
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*[[2013]] |
*[[2013]] – A multi-day [[2013 North India floods|cloudburst]], centered on the North Indian state of [[Uttarakhand]], causes devastating floods and landslides, becoming the country's worst natural disaster since the 2004 tsunami. |
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*[[2015]] |
*[[2015]] – [[Business career of Donald Trump|American businessman]] [[Donald Trump]] announces his [[2016 Donald Trump presidential campaign|campaign]] to run for [[President of the United States]] in the upcoming [[2016 United States presidential election|election]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/donald-trump-announces-2016-presidential-campaign-make-country/story?id=31799741|title = Donald Trump Announces 2016 Presidential Campaign: 'We Are Going Make our Country Great Again'| website=[[ABC News]]}}</ref> |
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*[[2016]] |
*[[2016]] – [[Shanghai Disneyland Park]], the first Disney Park in mainland China, opens to the public.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Why Disney's New Shanghai Park Is Its Most Ambitious Yet|url=https://time.com/4371493/shanghai-disneyland-park/|magazine=Time|access-date=16 June 2020|language=en}}</ref> |
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*[[2019]] |
*[[2019]] – Upwards of 2,000,000 people participate in the [[2019–20 Hong Kong protests]], the largest in Hong Kong's history.<ref>{{citation|newspaper=Bloomberg|location=New York City|date=July 15, 2019|access-date=August 12, 2019|title=How Hong Kong Protesters Switched Tactics to Keep Pressure on China|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2019-changing-tactics-of-hongkong-protests/|author1=Adrian Leung|author2=Hannah Dormido|author3=Karen Leigh}}</ref> |
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==Births== |
== Births == |
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===Pre-1600=== |
=== Pre-1600 === |
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*[[1139]] |
*[[1139]] – [[Emperor Konoe]] of Japan (d. 1155) |
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*[[1332]] |
*[[1332]] – [[Isabella de Coucy]], English daughter of [[Edward III of England]] (d. 1379)<ref>{{cite book|last1=Pryde|first1=E. B.|last2=Greenway|first2=D. E.|last3=Porter|first3=S.|last4=Roy|first4=I.|title=Handbook of British Chronology|date=1996|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-56350-5|page=39|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zcgxEvGAK_kC&pg=PA39|language=en}}</ref> |
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*[[1454]] |
*[[1454]] – [[Joanna of Aragon, Queen of Naples]] (d. 1517) |
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*[[1514]] |
*[[1514]] – [[John Cheke]], English academic and politician, [[Secretary of State (England)|English Secretary of State]] (d. 1557) |
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*[[1516]] |
*[[1516]] – [[Yang Jisheng (Ming dynasty)|Yang Jisheng]], Ming dynasty official and Confucian martyr (d. 1555)<ref>{{cite book|last1=Sun|first1=Yüen-king|last2=Goodrich|first2=L. Carrington|date=1976|title=Dictionary of Ming Biography, 1368-1644, Volume 2 |chapter=Yang Chi-sheng|location=New York and London|publisher=Columbia University Press|editor-last1=Goodrich|editor-first1=L. Carrington|editor-last2=Fang|editor-first2=Chaoying|pages=1503–1505|isbn=0-231-03833-X|author-link2=Luther Carrington Goodrich}}</ref> |
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*[[1583]] |
*[[1583]] – [[Axel Oxenstierna]], Swedish politician, [[Lord High Chancellor of Sweden]] (d. 1654) |
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*[[1591]] |
*[[1591]] – [[Joseph Solomon Delmedigo]], Greek-Italian physician, mathematician, and theorist (d. 1655) |
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===1601–1900=== |
=== 1601–1900 === |
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*[[1606]] – [[Arthur Chichester, 1st Earl of Donegall]], Irish soldier and politician (d. 1675) |
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*[[1606]] – [[Arthur Chichester, 1st Earl of Donegall]], Irish soldier and politician (d. 1675) |
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*[[1613]] – [[John Cleveland]], English poet and educator (d. 1658) |
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*[[1625]] – [[Samuel Chappuzeau]], French scholar (d. 1701) |
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*[[1633]] – [[Jean de Thévenot]], French linguist and botanist (d. 1667) |
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*[[1644]] – [[Henrietta Anne Stuart]], Princess of Scotland, England and Ireland (d. 1670) |
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*[[1653]] – [[James Bertie, 1st Earl of Abingdon]], English nobleman (d. 1699) |
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*[[1713]] – [[Meshech Weare]], American farmer, lawyer, and politician, 1st [[Governor of New Hampshire]] (d. 1786) |
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*[[1723]] – [[Adam Smith]], Scottish philosopher and economist (d. 1790) |
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*[[1738]] |
*[[1738]] – [[Mary Katherine Goddard]], American publisher (d. 1816)<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/educ/exhibits/womenshall/html/goddard.html| title=Mary Katherine Goddard]| website=Maryland Women's Hall of Fame| publisher=Maryland State Archives| year=2001| access-date=24 March 2020}}</ref> |
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*[[1754]] – [[Salawat Yulayev]], Russian poet (d. 1800) |
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*[[1754]] – [[Salawat Yulayev]], Russian poet (d. 1800) |
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*[[1792]] – [[John Linnell (painter)|John Linnell]], English painter and engraver (d. 1882) |
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*[[1801]] – [[Julius Plücker]], German mathematician and physicist (d. 1868) |
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*[[1806]] – [[Edward Davy]], English physician and chemist (d. 1885) |
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*[[1813]] – [[Otto Jahn]], German archaeologist and philologist (d. 1869) |
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*[[1820]] – [[Athanase Josué Coquerel]], Dutch-French preacher and theologian (d. 1875) |
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*[[1821]] – [[Old Tom Morris]], Scottish golfer and architect (d. 1908) |
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*[[1836]] |
*[[1826]] – [[Constantin von Ettingshausen]], Austrian geologist and botanist (d. 1897) |
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*[[1836]] – [[Wesley Merritt]], American general and politician, [[Governor-General of the Philippines|Military Governor of the Philippines]] (d. 1910) |
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*[[1837]] |
*[[1837]] – [[Ernst Laas]], German philosopher and academic (d. 1885) |
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*[[1838]] |
*[[1838]] – [[Frederic Archer]], English organist, composer, and conductor (d. 1901) |
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* 1838 – [[Cushman Kellogg Davis]], American lieutenant and politician, 7th [[Governor of Minnesota]] (d. 1900) |
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*[[1840]] |
*[[1840]] – [[Ernst Otto Schlick]], German engineer and author (d. 1913) |
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*[[1850]] |
*[[1850]] – [[Max Delbrück (chemist)|Max Delbrück]], German chemist and academic (d. 1919) |
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* 1850 – [[William Arnon Henry]] American academic and agriculturist (d. 1932)<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Morrison|first1=Frank B.|title=Dr. William Arnon Henry|journal=Science|date=1933|volume=77|issue=1989|page=161|doi=10.1126/science.77.1989.160|jstor=1658040|bibcode=1933Sci....77..160M|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/1658040|access-date=4 March 2022|issn=0036-8075}}</ref> |
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*[[1857]] |
*[[1857]] – [[Arthur Arz von Straußenburg]], Austrian-Hungarian general (d. 1935) |
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*[[1858]] |
*[[1858]] – [[Gustaf V of Sweden]] (d. 1950) |
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*[[1863]] |
*[[1863]] – [[Francisco León de la Barra]], Mexican politician and diplomat (d. 1939)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://presidentes.mx/francisco-leon-de-la-barra|publisher=Presidentes.mx|access-date=May 28, 2019|title=Francisco León de la Barra|language=es}}</ref> |
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*[[1866]] |
*[[1866]] – [[Germanos Karavangelis]], Greek-Austrian metropolitan (d. 1935) |
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*[[1867]] |
*[[1867]] – [[René Seyssaud]], Provençal painter (d. 1952)<ref>{{Cite book|title=[[Benezit Dictionary of Artists]]|volume=12 (Rouco-Sommer)|location=Paris|publisher=Gründ|year=2006|isbn=2-7000-3082-6|page=[https://archive.org/details/benezitdictionar12bene/page/1070 1060]}}</ref> |
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*[[1874]] |
*[[1874]] – [[Arthur Meighen]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 9th [[Prime Minister of Canada]] (d. 1960) |
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*[[1880]] |
*[[1880]] – [[Otto Eisenschiml]], Austrian-American chemist and author (d. 1963) |
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*[[1882]] |
*[[1882]] – [[Mohammad Mosaddegh]], Iranian educator and politician, 60th [[Prime Minister of Iran]] (d. 1967) |
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*[[1885]] |
*[[1885]] – [[Erich Jacoby]], Estonian-Polish architect (d. 1941) |
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*[[1888]] |
*[[1888]] – [[Alexander Friedmann]], Russian physicist and mathematician (d. 1925) |
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* 1888 – [[Peter Stoner]], American mathematician and astronomer (d. 1980) |
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*[[1890]] |
*[[1890]] – [[Stan Laurel]], English actor and comedian (d. 1965) |
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*[[1896]] |
*[[1896]] – [[Murray Leinster]], American author and screenwriter (d. 1976) |
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*[[1897]] |
*[[1897]] – [[Georg Wittig]], German chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1987) |
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*[[1899]] |
*[[1899]] – [[Helen Traubel]], American operatic soprano (d. 1972) |
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===1901–present=== |
=== 1901–present === |
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*[[1902]] – [[Barbara McClintock]], American geneticist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1992) |
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*[[1902]] – [[Barbara McClintock]], American geneticist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1992) |
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* 1902 – [[George Gaylord Simpson]], American paleontologist and author (d. 1984) |
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*[[1906]] – [[Alan Fairfax]], Australian cricketer (d. 1955) |
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*[[1906]] – [[Alan Fairfax]], Australian cricketer (d. 1955) |
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*[[1907]] – [[Jack Albertson]], American actor (d. 1981) |
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*[[1909]] – [[Archie Carr]], American ecologist and zoologist (d. 1987) |
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*[[1912]] |
*[[1912]] – [[Albert Chartier]], Canadian illustrator (d. 2004) |
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* 1912 – [[Enoch Powell]], English soldier and politician, [[Secretary of State for Health]] (d. 1998) |
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*[[1914]] – [[Eleanor Sokoloff]], American pianist and teacher (d. 2020) |
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*[[1914]] – [[Eleanor Sokoloff]], American pianist and teacher (d. 2020) |
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*[[1915]] – [[John Tukey]], American mathematician and academic (d. 2000) |
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* 1915 – [[Marga Faulstich]], German glass chemist (d. 1998) |
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* 1917 – [[Katharine Graham]], American publisher (d. 2001)<ref>{{cite book|first1=James S.|last1=Baugess|first2=Abbe Allen|last2=DeBolt|title=Encyclopedia of the Sixties: A Decade of Culture and Counterculture Volume 1|location=Santa Barbara|publisher=Greenwood|year=2012|page=259|isbn=978-0-31332-945-6}}</ref> |
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* 1917 – [[Aurelio Lampredi]], Italian automobile and aircraft engine designer (d. 1989) |
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* 1917 – [[Aurelio Lampredi]], Italian automobile and aircraft engine designer (d. 1989) |
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* 1917 – [[Irving Penn]], American photographer (d. 2009) |
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*[[1920]] – [[Isabelle Holland]], Swiss-American author (d. 2002) |
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* 1920 – [[Raymond Lemieux]], Canadian chemist and academic (d. 2002) |
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* 1920 – [[José López Portillo]], Mexican lawyer and politician, 31st [[President of Mexico]] (d. 2004) |
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* 1920 – [[Hemanta Mukherjee]], Indian singer and music director (d. 1989) |
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*[[1922]] – [[Ilmar Kullam]], Estonian basketball player and coach (d. 2011) |
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*[[1923]] – [[Ron Flockhart (racing driver)|Ron Flockhart]], Scottish race car driver (d. 1962) |
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*[[1923]] – [[Ron Flockhart (racing driver)|Ron Flockhart]], Scottish race car driver (d. 1962) |
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*[[ |
*[[1924]] – [[Faith Domergue]], American actress (d. 1999) |
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* |
*[[1925]] – [[Jean d'Ormesson]], French journalist and author (d. 2017) |
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* 1925 – [[Otto Muehl]], Austrian-Portuguese painter and director (d. 2013) |
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*[[ |
*[[1926]] – [[Efraín Ríos Montt]], Guatemalan general and politician, 26th [[President of Guatemala]] (d. 2018) |
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*[[1927]] – [[Tom Graveney]], English cricketer and sportscaster (d. 2015) |
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* |
* 1927 – [[Ya'akov Hodorov]], Israeli footballer (d. 2006)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.haaretz.com/1.4945306|title=Soccer / Yaacov Hodorov, age 79, Israel's greatest 'keeper|website=Haaretz}}</ref> |
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* |
* 1927 – [[Herbert Lichtenfeld]], German author and screenwriter (d. 2001) |
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* 1927 – [[Ariano Suassuna]], Brazilian author and playwright (d. 2014) |
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*[[1929]] |
*[[1929]] – [[Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah]], Emir of Kuwait (d. 2020) |
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*[[1930]] – [[Vilmos Zsigmond]], Hungarian-American cinematographer and producer (d. 2016) |
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*[[ |
*[[1930]] – [[Vilmos Zsigmond]], Hungarian-American cinematographer and producer (d. 2016) |
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* |
*[[1934]] – [[Eileen Atkins]], English actress and screenwriter |
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* 1934 – [[Roger Neilson]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2003) |
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*[[1935]] |
*[[1935]] – [[Jim Dine]], American painter and illustrator |
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*[[1937]] |
*[[1937]] – [[Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha]], Bulgarian politician, 48th [[Prime Minister of Bulgaria]] |
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* 1937 – [[Erich Segal]], American author and screenwriter (d. 2010) |
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*[[1938]] |
*[[1938]] – [[Thomas Boyd-Carpenter]], English general |
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* 1938 – [[Torgny Lindgren]], Swedish author and poet (d. 2017) |
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* |
* 1938 – [[Torgny Lindgren]], Swedish author and poet (d. 2017) |
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* 1938 – [[Joyce Carol Oates]], American novelist, short story writer, critic, and poet |
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*[[1939]] |
*[[1939]] – [[Billy "Crash" Craddock]], American singer-songwriter |
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*[[1940]] – [[Māris Čaklais]], Latvian poet, writer, and journalist (d. 2003) |
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* |
*[[1940]] – [[Māris Čaklais]], Latvian poet, writer, and journalist (d. 2003) |
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* |
* 1940 – [[Neil Goldschmidt]], American lawyer and politician, 33rd [[Governor of Oregon]] (d. 2024) |
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* 1940 – [[Carole Ann Ford]], British actress<ref>{{cite web|title=Doctor Who Guide|url=http://guide.doctorwhonews.net/person.php?code=39|access-date=9 February 2013}}</ref> |
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* |
* 1941 – [[Lamont Dozier]], American songwriter and producer (d. 2022) |
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* |
* 1941 – [[Tommy Horton]], English golfer (d. 2017) |
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* |
* 1941 – [[Mumtaz Hamid Rao]], Pakistani journalist (d. 2011) |
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*[[1942]] |
*[[1942]] – [[Giacomo Agostini]], Italian motorcycle racer and manager |
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* |
* 1942 – [[Eddie Levert]], American R&B/soul singer-songwriter, musician, and actor |
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*[[1944]] |
*[[1944]] – [[Henri Richelet]], French painter and etcher (d. 2020) |
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*[[1945]] |
*[[1945]] – [[Claire Alexander]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach |
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* |
* 1945 – [[Lucienne Robillard]], Canadian social worker and politician, 59th [[Secretary of State for Canada]] |
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*[[1946]] |
*[[1946]] – [[Rick Adelman]], American basketball player and coach |
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* |
* 1946 – [[John Astor, 3rd Baron Astor of Hever]], English businessman and politician |
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* |
* 1946 – [[Karen Dunnell]], English statistician and academic |
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* |
* 1946 – [[Tom Harrell]], American trumpet player and composer |
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* |
* 1946 – [[Neil MacGregor]], Scottish historian and curator |
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* |
* 1946 – [[Iain Matthews]], English singer-songwriter and guitarist |
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* |
* 1946 – [[Jodi Rell]], American politician, 87th [[Governor of Connecticut]] |
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* |
* 1946 – [[Mark Ritts]], American actor, puppeteer, and producer (d. 2009) |
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* |
* 1946 – [[Derek Sanderson]], Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster |
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* |
* 1946 – [[Simon Williams (actor)|Simon Williams]], English actor and playwright |
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*[[1947]] |
*[[1947]] – [[Al Cowlings]], American football player and actor |
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* |
* 1947 – [[Tom Malone (musician)|Tom Malone]], American trombonist, composer, and producer |
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* |
* 1947 – [[Buddy Roberts]], American wrestler (d. 2012) |
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*[[1948]] |
*[[1948]] – [[Ron LeFlore]], American baseball player and manager |
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*[[1949]] |
*[[1949]] – [[Caju (footballer, born 1949)|Caju]], Brazilian footballer |
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* |
* 1949 – [[Ralph Mann]], American hurdler and author |
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*[[1950]] |
*[[1950]] – [[Mithun Chakraborty]], Indian actor and politician |
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* |
* 1950 – [[Michel Clair]], Canadian lawyer and politician |
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* |
* 1950 – [[Jerry Petrowski]], American politician and farmer |
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*[[1951]] |
*[[1951]] – [[Charlie Dominici]], American singer and guitarist (d. 2023) |
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* |
* 1951 – [[Roberto Durán]], Panamanian boxer |
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*[[1952]] |
*[[1952]] – [[George Papandreou]], Greek sociologist and politician, 182nd [[Prime Minister of Greece]] |
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* |
* 1952 – [[Gino Vannelli]], Canadian singer-songwriter |
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*[[1953]] |
*[[1953]] – [[Valerie Mahaffey]], American actress |
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* |
* 1953 – [[Ian Mosley]], English drummer |
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*[[1954]] |
*[[1954]] – [[Matthew Saad Muhammad]], American boxer and trainer (d. 2014) |
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* |
* 1954 – [[Garry Roberts]], Irish guitarist (d. 2022) |
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*[[1955]] |
*[[1955]] – [[Grete Faremo]], Norwegian politician, [[Minister of Defence (Norway)|Norwegian Minister of Defence]] |
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* |
* 1955 – [[Laurie Metcalf]], American actress |
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* |
* 1955 – [[Artemy Troitsky]], Russian journalist and critic |
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*[[1957]] |
*[[1957]] – [[Ian Buchanan]], Scottish-American actor |
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* |
* 1957 – [[Leeona Dorrian, Lady Dorrian]], Scottish lawyer and judge |
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*[[1958]] |
*[[1958]] – [[Darrell Griffith]], American basketball player |
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* |
* 1958 – [[Ulrike Tauber]], German swimmer |
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* |
* 1958 – [[Warren Rodwell]], Australian soldier, educator and musician |
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*[[1959]] |
*[[1959]] – [[The Ultimate Warrior]], American wrestler (d. 2014) |
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*[[1960]] |
*[[1960]] – [[Peter Sterling (rugby league)|Peter Sterling]], Australian rugby league player and sportscaster |
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*[[1961]] |
*[[1961]] – [[Can Dündar]], Turkish journalist and author |
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* |
* 1961 – [[Robbie Kerr (Australian cricketer)|Robbie Kerr]], Australian cricketer |
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* |
* 1961 – [[Steve Larmer]], Canadian ice hockey player |
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* |
* 1961 – [[Margus Metstak]], Estonian basketball player and coach |
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*[[1962]] |
*[[1962]] – [[Wally Joyner]], American baseball player and coach |
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* |
* 1962 – [[Arnold Vosloo]], South African-American actor |
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* |
* 1962 – [[Anthony Wong (singer)|Anthony Wong]], Hong Kong singer |
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*[[1963]] |
*[[1963]] – [[The Sandman (wrestler)|The Sandman]], American wrestler |
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*[[1964]] |
*[[1964]] – [[Danny Burstein]], American actor and singer |
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*[[1965]] |
*[[1965]] – [[Michael Richard Lynch]], Irish computer scientist and entrepreneur; co-founded [[HP Autonomy]] |
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* |
* 1965 – [[Richard Madaleno]], American politician |
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*[[1966]] |
*[[1966]] – [[Mark Occhilupo]], Australian surfer |
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* |
* 1966 – [[Olivier Roumat]], French rugby player |
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* |
* 1966 – [[Phil Vischer]], American voice actor, director, producer, and screenwriter, co-created ''[[VeggieTales]]'' |
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* |
* 1966 – [[Jan Železný]], Czech javelin thrower and coach |
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*[[1967]] |
*[[1967]] – [[Charalambos Andreou]], Cypriot footballer |
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* |
* 1967 – [[Jürgen Klopp]], German footballer and manager |
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*[[1968]] |
*[[1968]] – [[Adam Schmitt]], American singer-songwriter, musician, and producer |
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*[[1969]] |
*[[1969]] – [[Shami Chakrabarti]], English lawyer and academic |
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* |
* 1969 – [[Mark Crossley]], English-Welsh footballer and manager |
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*[[1970]] |
*[[1970]] – [[Younus AlGohar]], Pakistani poet and academic, co-founded [[Messiah Foundation International]] |
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* |
* 1970 – [[Clifton Collins Jr.]], American actor |
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* |
* 1970 – [[Cobi Jones]], American soccer player and manager |
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* |
* 1970 – [[Phil Mickelson]], American golfer |
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*[[1971]] |
*[[1971]] – [[Tupac Shakur]], American rapper and producer (d. 1996) |
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*[[1972]] |
*[[1972]] – [[Kiko Loureiro]], Brazilian guitarist |
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* |
* 1972 – [[John Cho]], American actor |
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*[[1973]] |
*[[1973]] – [[Eddie Cibrian]], American actor |
||
*[[1974]] |
*[[1974]] – [[Glenicia James]], Saint Lucian cricketer |
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* |
* 1974 – [[Joseph May]], British-born Canadian-American actor<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Joseph-May/|title=Joseph May - 15 Character Images <nowiki>|</nowiki> Behind The Voice Actors|website=Behind The Voice Actors|accessdate=19 December 2018}}</ref> |
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*[[1975]] |
*[[1975]] – [[Anthony Carter (basketball)|Anthony Carter]], American basketball player and coach |
||
*[[1977]] |
*[[1977]] – [[Craig Fitzgibbon]], Australian rugby league player and coach |
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* |
* 1977 – [[Duncan Hames]], English accountant and politician |
||
* |
* 1977 – [[Kerry Wood]], American baseball player |
||
*[[1978]] |
*[[1978]] – [[Daniel Brühl]], Spanish-German actor |
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* |
* 1978 – [[Dainius Zubrus]], Lithuanian ice hockey player |
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* |
* 1978 – [[Fish Leong]], Malaysian singer |
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*[[1980]] |
*[[1980]] – [[Brandon Armstrong]], American basketball player |
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* |
* 1980 – [[Phil Christophers]], German-English rugby player |
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* |
* 1980 – [[Henry Perenara]], New Zealand rugby league player and referee |
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* |
* 1980 – [[Martin Stranzl]], Austrian footballer |
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* |
* 1980 – [[Joey Yung]], Hong Kong singer |
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*[[1981]] |
*[[1981]] – [[Benjamin Becker]], German tennis player |
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* |
* 1981 – [[Kevin Bieksa]], Canadian ice hockey player |
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* |
* 1981 – [[Alexandre Giroux]], Canadian ice hockey player |
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* |
* 1981 – [[Ola Kvernberg]], Norwegian violinist |
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* |
* 1981 – [[Miguel Villalta]], Peruvian footballer |
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*[[1982]] |
*[[1982]] – [[May Andersen]], Danish model and actress |
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* |
* 1982 – [[Missy Peregrym]], Canadian model and actress |
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*[[1983]] |
*[[1983]] – [[Armend Dallku]], Albanian footballer |
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*[[1984]] |
*[[1984]] – [[Rick Nash]], Canadian ice hockey player |
||
* |
* 1984 – [[Dan Ryckert]], American writer and entertainer |
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* |
* 1984 – [[Steven Whittaker]], Scottish footballer |
||
*[[1986]] |
*[[1986]] – [[Rodrigo Defendi]], Brazilian footballer |
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* |
* 1986 – [[Urby Emanuelson]], Dutch footballer |
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* |
* 1986 – [[Fernando Muslera]], Uruguayan footballer |
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*[[1987]] |
*[[1987]] – [[Diana DeGarmo]], American singer-songwriter and actress |
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* |
* 1987 – [[Per Ciljan Skjelbred]], Norwegian footballer |
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* |
* 1987 – [[Christian Tshimanga Kabeya]], Belgian footballer |
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*[[1988]] |
*[[1988]] – [[Keshia Chanté]], Canadian singer |
||
* |
* 1988 – [[Jermaine Gresham]], American football player |
||
*[[1989]] |
*[[1989]] – [[Odion Ighalo]], Nigerian footballer<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/10957/Odion-Ighalo/overview|title=Odion Ighalo|website=Premier League|access-date=10 December 2020}}</ref> |
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*[[1990]] |
*[[1990]] – [[John Newman (singer)|John Newman]], English musician, singer, songwriter and record producer<ref>{{cite web|title=John Newman {{!}} Biography|author=James Wilkinson|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/john-newman-mn0002996996/biography|website=AllMusic|access-date=3 June 2020}}</ref> |
||
*[[1991]] |
*[[1991]] – [[Joe McElderry]], English singer-songwriter |
||
* |
* 1991 – [[Siya Kolisi]], South African rugby player |
||
* |
* 1991 – [[Matt Moylan]], Australian rugby league player |
||
*[[1992]] |
*[[1992]] – [[Vladimir Morozov (swimmer)|Vladimir Morozov]], Russian swimmer |
||
*[[1993]] |
*[[1993]] – [[Park Bo-gum]], South Korean actor |
||
* |
* 1993 – [[Gnash (musician)|Gnash]], American singer, songwriter, rapper, DJ and record producer<ref>{{cite web|title=gnash {{!}} Biography|author=Neil Z. Yeung|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/gnash-mn0003462822|website=AllMusic|access-date=13 February 2020|language=en-us}}</ref> |
||
*[[1994]] |
*[[1994]] – [[Grete-Lilijane Küppas]], Estonian footballer |
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* |
* 1994 – [[Rezar]], Albanian wrestler |
||
*[[1995]] |
*[[1995]] – [[Euan Aitken]], Australian rugby league player<ref>{{cite web|title=Official NRL profile of Euan Aitken for St. George Illawarra Dragons|url=https://www.dragons.com.au/teams/telstra-premiership/st-george-illawarra-dragons/euan-aitken/|website=St George Illawarra Dragons|access-date=13 February 2020|language=en}}</ref> |
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* |
* 1995 – [[Akira Ioane]], New Zealand rugby Union player<ref>{{cite web|title=Akira Latrell Ioane|url=http://en.espn.co.uk/scrum/rugby/player/255945.html|website=ESPN scrum|access-date=13 February 2020}}</ref> |
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* |
* 1995 – [[Joseph Schooling]], Singaporean swimmer<ref>{{cite web|title=Joseph Schooling Bio, Stats, and Results|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sc/joseph-schooling-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417170425/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sc/joseph-schooling-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 April 2020|website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|access-date=13 February 2020|language=en}}</ref> |
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* |
* 1995 – [[Ki Hui-hyeon]], South Korean singer-songwriter and actress<ref>{{cite web|url= https://m.search.naver.com/search.naver?sm=mtp_hty.top&where=m&query=기희현#api=%3Fwhere%3Dbridge%26sm%3Dmtb_etc%26query%3D%25EB%258B%25A4%25EC%259D%25B4%25EC%2595%2584%2520%25EA%25B8%25B0%25ED%259D%25AC%25ED%2598%2584%26tab_prs%3Dcsa%26col_prs%3Dcsa%26format%3Dtext%26tab%3Dprofile%26nqx_theme%3D%257B%2522theme%2522%253A%257B%2522main%2522%253A%257B%2522name%2522%253A%2522people_star%2522%252C%2522os%2522%253A%25222974790%2522%252C%2522pkid%2522%253A%25221%2522%257D%257D%257D&_lp_type=cm|title=Ki Hui-hyeon Naver Profile|publisher=Naver|language=ko|access-date=March 10, 2020}}</ref> |
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*[[1998]] |
*[[1998]] – [[Karman Thandi]], Indian tennis player<ref>{{Cite web|title=Karman Kaur Thandi - Player Profile - Tennis|url=https://www.eurosport.co.uk/tennis/karman-kaur-thandi_prs493900/person.shtml|access-date=2022-10-26|website=Eurosport UK|language=en}}</ref> |
||
*[[1999]] |
*[[1999]] – [[Justin Jefferson]], American football player<ref>{{cite web|title=Justin Jefferson|url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4262921/justin-jefferson|publisher=[[ESPN]]|access-date=15 June 2023}}</ref> |
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* |
* 1999 – [[Ibrahima Koné (footballer, born 1999)|Ibrahima Koné]], Malian footballer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fifadata.com/document/FWYC/2019/pdf/FWYC_2019_SquadLists.pdf|title=FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland 2019: List of Players: Mali |publisher=FIFA|page=9|date=13 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200206013743/https://www.fifadata.com/document/FWYC/2019/pdf/FWYC_2019_SquadLists.pdf|archive-date=6 February 2020}}</ref> |
||
*[[2000]] |
*[[2000]] – [[Bianca Andreescu]], Canadian tennis player<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/325088/bianca-andreescu|website=WTA|title=Bianca Andreescu|access-date=12 November 2020}}</ref> |
||
*[[2002]] |
*[[2002]] – [[Sam Walker (rugby league)|Sam Walker]], English-Australian rugby league player<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/sam-walker/summary.html|title=Sam Walker - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project|website=www.rugbyleagueproject.org}}</ref> |
||
*[[2003]] |
*[[2003]] – [[Anna Cathcart]], Canadian actress<ref>{{cite web|last=Ucci|first=Stephanie|date=December 20, 2019|title=7 Things To Know About ''To All The Boys I've Loved Before'' Star Anna Cathcart|url=https://www.narcity.com/gossip/ca/to-all-the-boys-ps-i-still-love-you-star-anna-cathcart-has-a-crush-on-spiderman|access-date=November 7, 2020|website=Narcity}}</ref> |
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==Deaths== |
== Deaths == |
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===Pre-1600=== |
=== Pre-1600 === |
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* [[840]] |
* [[840]] – [[Rorgon I, Count of Maine|Rorgon I]], Frankish nobleman (or [[839]]) |
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* [[924]] |
* [[924]] – [[Li Cunshen]], general of Later Tang (b. 862) |
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* [[956]] |
* [[956]] – [[Hugh the Great]], Frankish nobleman (b. 898)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Richer (of Saint-Rémy)|author2=of Saint-remy Richer|title=Histories|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XB9yCHUb6TMC&pg=PA457|year=2011|publisher=Harvard University Press|isbn=978-0-674-06159-0|pages=457}}</ref> |
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*[[1185]] |
*[[1185]] – [[Richeza of Poland, Queen of Castile|Richeza of Poland]], queen of León (b. c. 1140) |
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*[[1286]] |
*[[1286]] – [[Hugh de Balsham]], English bishop |
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*[[1332]] |
*[[1332]] – [[Adam de Brome]], founder of [[Oriel College, Oxford]] |
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*[[1361]] |
*[[1361]] – [[Johannes Tauler]], German mystic theologian<ref>{{cite EB1911|wstitle=Tauler, Johann|volume=26}}</ref> |
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*[[1397]] |
*[[1397]] – [[Philip of Artois, Count of Eu]], French soldier (b. 1358) |
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*[[1424]] |
*[[1424]] – [[Johannes Ambundii]], archbishop of Riga |
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*[[1468]] |
*[[1468]] – [[Jean Le Fèvre de Saint-Remy]], Burgundian historian and author (b. 1395) |
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*[[1487]] |
*[[1487]] – [[John de la Pole, 1st Earl of Lincoln]] (b. c. 1463) |
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*[[1540]] |
*[[1540]] – [[Konrad von Thüngen]], German nobleman (b. c. 1466) |
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===1601–1900=== |
=== 1601–1900 === |
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*[[1622]] |
*[[1622]] – [[Alexander Seton, 1st Earl of Dunfermline]], Scottish lawyer, judge, and politician, [[Lord Chancellor of Scotland]] (b. 1555) |
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*[[1626]] |
*[[1626]] – [[Christian the Younger|Christian, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg-Wolfenbüttel]], German Protestant military leader (b. 1599) |
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*[[1666]] |
*[[1666]] – [[Sir Richard Fanshawe, 1st Baronet]], English poet and diplomat, [[List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Spain|English Ambassador to Spain]] (b. 1608) |
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*[[1674]] |
*[[1674]] – [[Tomás Yepes]], Spanish painter (b. 1595 or 1600)<ref>{{cite book|first1=Alfonso E. Pérez|last1=Sánchez|first2=Benito Navarrete|last2=Prieto|edition=illustrated|title=Thomas Yepes|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lOBKTtUs8NkC|year=1995|publisher=Fundación Bancaja|isbn=9788488715210|page=141}}</ref> |
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*[[1722]] |
*[[1722]] – [[John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough]], English general and politician, [[Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire]] (b. 1650) |
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*[[1743]] |
*[[1743]] – [[Louise-Françoise de Bourbon]], eldest daughter of King [[Louis XIV of France]] (b. 1673)<ref name="de)1959">{{cite book|author=Louis de Rouvroy Saint-Simon (duc de)|title=The memoirs of Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon: covering the years 1691-1723|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m5YMAQAAMAAJ|year=1959|publisher=Heritage Press}}</ref> |
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*[[1752]] |
*[[1752]] – [[Joseph Butler]], English bishop and philosopher (b. 1692)<ref>{{cite web|title=Joseph Butler {{!}} British bishop and philosopher {{!}} Britannica|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Joseph-Butler|website=www.britannica.com|access-date=4 February 2022|language=en}}</ref> |
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*[[1762]] |
*[[1762]] – [[Anne Russell, Duchess of Bedford|Anne Russell, Countess of Jersey (formerly Duchess of Bedford)]] (b. c.1705)<ref>G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume II, page 82.</ref> |
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*[[1777]] – [[Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset]], French poet and playwright (b. 1709) |
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*[[1779]] |
*[[1777]] – [[Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset]], French poet and playwright (b. 1709) |
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*[[1779]] – [[Sir Francis Bernard, 1st Baronet]], English lawyer and politician, [[List of colonial governors of Massachusetts|Governor of the province of Massachusetts Bay]] (b. 1712) |
|||
*[[1804]] |
*[[1804]] – [[Johann Adam Hiller]], German composer and conductor (b. 1728) |
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*[[1824]] |
*[[1824]] – [[Charles-François Lebrun, duc de Plaisance]], French lawyer and politician (b. 1739) |
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*[[1849]] |
*[[1849]] – [[Wilhelm Martin Leberecht de Wette]], German theologian and scholar (b. 1780) |
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*[[1850]] |
*[[1850]] – [[William Lawson (explorer)|William Lawson]], English-Australian explorer and politician (b. 1774) |
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*[[1858]] |
*[[1858]] – [[John Snow]], English epidemiologist and physician (b. 1813)<ref>{{cite web|title=BBC - History - Historic Figures: John Snow (1813 - 1858) |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/snow_john.shtml|website=www.bbc.co.uk|access-date=11 August 2022}}</ref> |
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*[[1862]] |
*[[1862]] – [[Hidenoyama Raigorō]], Japanese sumo wrestler, the 9th [[Makuuchi#Yokozuna|Yokozuna]] (b. 1808) |
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*[[1869]] |
*[[1869]] – [[Charles Sturt]], Indian-English botanist and explorer (b. 1795) |
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*[[1872]] |
*[[1872]] – [[Norman Macleod (1812–1872)|Norman MacLeod]], Scottish minister and author (b. 1812) |
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*[[1878]] |
*[[1878]] – [[Crawford Long]], American surgeon and pharmacist (b. 1815) |
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* |
* 1878 – [[Kikuchi Yōsai]], Japanese painter (b. 1781) |
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*[[1881]] |
*[[1881]] – [[Josiah Mason]], English businessman and philanthropist (b. 1795) |
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*[[1885]] |
*[[1885]] – [[Wilhelm Camphausen]], German painter and academic (b. 1818) |
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*[[1886]] |
*[[1886]] – [[Alexander Stuart (Australian politician)|Alexander Stuart]], Scottish-Australian politician, 9th [[Premier of New South Wales]] (b. 1824) |
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===1901–present=== |
=== 1901–present === |
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*[[1902]] |
*[[1902]] – [[Ernst Schröder (mathematician)|Ernst Schröder]], German mathematician and academic (b. 1841) |
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*[[1918]] |
*[[1918]] – [[Bazil Assan]], Romanian engineer and explorer (b. 1860)<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VlIhAQAAIAAJ|title=Romanian Inventors|publisher=Editura OSIM|year=2000|page=158|isbn=9789739640060}}</ref> |
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*[[1925]] – [[Chittaranjan Das]], Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1870) |
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*[[1925]] – [[Chittaranjan Das]], Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1870) |
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*[[1929]] – [[Bramwell Booth]], English 2nd [[General of The Salvation Army]] (b. 1856) |
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* 1929 – [[Vernon Louis Parrington]], American historian and scholar (b. 1871) |
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*[[1930]] – [[Ezra Fitch]], American lawyer and businessman, co-founded [[Abercrombie & Fitch]] (b. 1866) |
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* 1930 – [[Elmer Ambrose Sperry]], American inventor, co-invented the [[gyrocompass]] (b. 1860) |
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*[[1939]] – [[Chick Webb]], American drummer and bandleader (b. 1905) |
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*[[ |
*[[1940]] – [[DuBose Heyward]], American author (b. 1885) |
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*[[1944]] – [[Marc Bloch]], French historian and academic (b. 1886) |
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* 1944 – [[George Stinney]], wrongfully convicted African-American teenager (b. 1929)<ref name="Stinney1">{{cite news|last=Collins|first=Jeffrey|date=January 18, 2010|title=SC crusaders look to right Jim Crow justice wrongs|url=http://www.goupstate.com/article/20100118/ARTICLES/100119732|agency=AP|publisher=[[Spartanburg Herald-Journal]]|archive-date=May 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160529172647/http://www.goupstate.com/article/20100118/articles/100119732|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Stinney2">{{Cite news|last = McVeigh|first = Karen|date=March 22, 2014|title = George Stinney was executed at 14. Can his family now clear his name?|url = https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2014/mar/22/george-stinney-execution-verdict-innocent|newspaper = [[The Observer]]|access-date=June 28, 2021}}</ref><ref name="Stinney3">{{cite news|last=Beaver|first=Lindsey|title=It took 10 minutes to convict 14-year-old George Stinney Jr. It took 70 years after his execution to exonerate him|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=December 18, 2014|access-date=June 16, 2020|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/12/18/the-rush-job-conviction-of-14-year-old-george-stinney-exonerated-70-years-after-execution/}}</ref> |
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*[[1945]] – [[Aris Velouchiotis]], Greek general (b. 1905) |
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*[[ |
*[[1945]] – [[Aris Velouchiotis]], Greek general (b. 1905) |
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*[[ |
*[[1946]] – [[Gordon Brewster]], Irish cartoonist (b 1889) |
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*[[1952]] – [[Andrew Lawson]], Scottish-American geologist and academic (b. 1861) |
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*[[1953]] – [[Margaret Bondfield]], English politician, [[Secretary of State for Work and Pensions]] (b. 1873) |
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*[[1955]] – [[Ozias Leduc]], Canadian painter (b. 1864) |
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*[[1958]] |
*[[1955]] – [[Ozias Leduc]], Canadian painter (b. 1864) |
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*[[1958]] – [[Pál Maléter]], Hungarian general and politician, [[Ministry of Defence (Hungary)|Minister of Defence of Hungary]] (b. 1917) |
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* 1958 – [[Imre Nagy]], Hungarian politician, 3rd [[Prime Minister of Hungary]] (b. 1895) |
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*[[1959]] |
*[[1959]] – [[George Reeves]], American actor and director (b. 1914) |
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*[[1961]] |
*[[1961]] – [[Marcel Junod]], Swiss physician and anesthesiologist (b. 1904) |
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*[[1967]] |
*[[1967]] – [[Reginald Denny (actor)|Reginald Denny]], English actor (b. 1891) |
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*[[1969]] |
*[[1969]] – [[Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis]], English field marshal and politician, 17th [[Governor General of Canada]] (b. 1891) |
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*[[1970]] |
*[[1970]] – [[Sydney Chapman (mathematician)|Sydney Chapman]], English mathematician and geophysicist (b. 1888) |
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* |
* 1970 – [[Brian Piccolo]], American football player (b. 1943) |
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*[[1971]] |
*[[1971]] – [[John Reith, 1st Baron Reith]], Scottish broadcaster, co-founded [[BBC]] (b. 1889) |
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*[[1974]] |
*[[1974]] – [[Amalie Sara Colquhoun]], Australian landscape and portrait painter (b. 1894) |
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*[[1977]] |
*[[1977]] – [[Wernher von Braun]], German-American physicist and engineer (b. 1912) |
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*[[1979]] |
*[[1979]] – [[Ignatius Kutu Acheampong]], Ghanaian general and politician, 6th [[Head of state of Ghana]] (b. 1931) |
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* 1979 – [[Nicholas Ray]], American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1911) |
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*[[1981]] |
*[[1981]] – [[Thomas Playford IV]], Australian politician, 33rd [[Premier of South Australia]] (b. 1896) |
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*[[1982]] |
*[[1982]] – [[James Honeyman-Scott]], English guitarist and songwriter (b. 1956) |
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*[[1984]] |
*[[1984]] – [[Lew Andreas]], American football player and coach (b. 1895) |
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* |
* 1984 – [[Erni Krusten]], Estonian author and poet (b. 1900) |
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*[[1986]] |
*[[1986]] – [[Maurice Duruflé]], French organist and composer (b. 1902) |
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*[[1987]] |
*[[1987]] – [[Marguerite de Angeli]], American author and illustrator (b. 1889) |
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*[[1988]] |
*[[1988]] – [[Miguel Piñero]], Puerto Rican-American actor and playwright (b. 1946) |
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*[[1993]] |
*[[1993]] – [[Lindsay Hassett]], Australian cricketer and soldier (b. 1913) |
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*[[1994]] |
*[[1994]] – [[Kristen Pfaff]], American bass player and songwriter (b. 1967) |
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*[[1996]] |
*[[1996]] – [[Mel Allen]], American sportscaster and game show host (b. 1913) |
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*[[1998]] |
*[[1998]] – [[Fred Wacker]], American race car driver and engineer (b. 1918) |
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*[[1999]] |
*[[1999]] – [[Screaming Lord Sutch]], English singer and activist (b. 1940) |
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*[[2003]] |
*[[2003]] – [[Pierre Bourgault]], Canadian journalist and politician (b. 1934) |
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* |
* 2003 – [[Georg Henrik von Wright]], Finnish–Swedish philosopher and author (b. 1916) |
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*[[2004]] |
*[[2004]] – [[Thanom Kittikachorn]], Thai field marshal and politician, 10th [[Prime Minister of Thailand]] (b. 1911) |
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* |
* 2004 – [[Jacques Miquelon]], Canadian lawyer and judge (b. 1911) |
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*[[2005]] |
*[[2005]] – [[Enrique Laguerre]], Puerto Rican-American author and critic (b. 1906) |
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*[[2008]] |
*[[2008]] – [[Mario Rigoni Stern]], Italian soldier and author (b. 1921) |
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*[[2010]] |
*[[2010]] – [[Marc Bazin]], Haitian lawyer and politician, 49th [[President of Haiti]] (b. 1932) |
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* |
* 2010 – [[Maureen Forrester]], Canadian singer and academic (b. 1930) |
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* |
* 2010 – [[Ronald Neame]], English director, producer, cinematographer, and screenwriter (b. 1911) |
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*[[2011]] |
*[[2011]] – [[Östen Mäkitalo]], Swedish engineer and academic (b. 1938) |
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*[[2012]] |
*[[2012]] – [[Nils Karlsson]], Swedish skier (b. 1917) |
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* |
* 2012 – [[Jorge Lankenau]], Mexican banker and businessman (b. 1944) |
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* |
* 2012 – [[Sławomir Petelicki]], Polish general (b. 1946) |
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* |
* 2012 – [[Susan Tyrrell]], American actress (b. 1945) |
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*[[2013]] |
*[[2013]] – [[Sam Farber]], American businessman, co-founded [[OXO (kitchen utensils brand)|OXO]] (b. 1924) |
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* 2013 – [[Hans Hass]], Austrian biologist and diver (b. 1919) |
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* |
* 2013 – [[Khondakar Ashraf Hossain]], Bangladesh poet and academic (b. 1950) |
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* |
* 2013 – [[Norman Ian MacKenzie]], English journalist and author (b. 1921) |
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* |
* 2013 – [[Ottmar Walter]], German footballer (b. 1924) |
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*[[2014]] |
*[[2014]] – [[Tony Gwynn]], American baseball player and coach (b. 1960) |
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* |
* 2014 – [[Cándido Muatetema Rivas]] (b. 1960), Equatoguinean politician and diplomat, [[Prime Minister of Equatorial Guinea]] |
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*[[2015]] |
*[[2015]] – [[Charles Correa]], Indian architect and urban planner (b. 1930) |
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* |
* 2015 – [[Jean Vautrin]], French director, screenwriter, and critic (b. 1933) |
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*[[2016]] |
*[[2016]] – [[Jo Cox]], English political activist and MP (b. 1974)<ref>{{cite web|last1=Langdon|first1=Julia|title=Jo Cox obituary|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jun/16/jo-cox-obituary|website=The Guardian|access-date=16 June 2020|date=16 June 2016}}</ref> |
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*[[2017]] |
*[[2017]] – [[Helmut Kohl]], German politician, [[Chancellor of Germany]] (b. 1930) |
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*[[2020]] |
*[[2020]] – [[Eduardo Cojuangco Jr.]], Filipino businessman and politician (b. 1935)<ref>{{cite web|title=Tycoon and kingmaker Danding Cojuangco dies|url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/06/17/20/tycoon-and-kingmaker-danding-cojuangco-dies|website=ABS-CBN News|access-date=17 June 2020|date=17 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title='The Boss' passes away at 85|url=https://sports.mb.com.ph/2020/06/17/the-boss-passes-away-at-85/|website=Manila Bulletin|access-date=17 June 2020|date=17 June 2020}}</ref> |
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*[[2023]] |
*[[2023]] – [[Gino Mäder]], Swiss cyclist (b. 1997)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://bahraincyclingteam.com/statement-regarding-gino-mader/|title=Statement regarding Gino Mäder|publisher=[[Team Bahrain Victorious]]|accessdate=16 June 2023}}</ref> |
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*[[2024]] |
*[[2024]] – [[Ludwig Adamovich Jr.]], Austrian constitutional scholar (b. 1932)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Früherer VfGH-Präsident Ludwig Adamovich gestorben|url=https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000224576/frueherer-vfgh-praesident-adamovich-gestorben|access-date=2024-06-17|website=DER STANDARD|language=de-AT}}</ref> |
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*2024 |
*2024 – [[Barbara Gladstone]], American art dealer and film producer (b. 1934)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Article|first=Andrew Russeth ShareShare This|date=2024-06-17|title=Barbara Gladstone, Influential New York Art Dealer, Dies at 89|url=https://news.artnet.com/art-world/dealer-barbara-gladstone-dead-2501331|access-date=2024-06-20|website=Artnet News|language=en-US}}</ref> |
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June 16 is the 167th day of the year (168th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 198 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
- 632 – Yazdegerd III ascends the throne as king (shah) of the Persian Empire. He becomes the last ruler of the Sasanian dynasty (modern Iran).
- 1407 – Ming–Hồ War: Retired King Hồ Quý Ly and his son King Hồ Hán Thương of Hồ dynasty are captured by the Ming armies.
- 1487 – Battle of Stoke Field: King Henry VII of England defeats the leaders of a Yorkist rebellion in the final engagement of the Wars of the Roses.[1]
1601–1900
- 1632 – The Plymouth Company granted a land patent to Thomas Purchase, the first settler of Pejepscot, Maine, settling at the site of Fort Andross.[2]
- 1745 – War of the Austrian Succession: New England colonial troops under the command of William Pepperrell capture the Fortress of Louisbourg in Louisbourg, New France (Old Style date).
- 1746 – War of the Austrian Succession: Austria and Sardinia defeat a Franco-Spanish army at the Battle of Piacenza.
- 1755 – French and Indian War: The French surrender Fort Beauséjour to the British, leading to the expulsion of the Acadians.
- 1760 – French and Indian War: Robert Rogers and his Rangers surprise French held Fort Sainte Thérèse on the Richelieu River near Lake Champlain. The fort is raided and burned.[3]
- 1779 – American Revolutionary War: Spain declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain, and the Great Siege of Gibraltar begins.
- 1795 – French Revolutionary Wars: In what became known as Cornwallis's Retreat, a British Royal Navy squadron led by Vice Admiral William Cornwallis strongly resists a much larger French Navy force and withdraws largely intact, setting up the French Navy defeat at the Battle of Groix six days later.
- 1811 – Survivors of an attack the previous day by Tla-o-qui-aht on board the Pacific Fur Company's ship Tonquin, intentionally detonate a powder magazine on the ship, destroying it and killing about 100 attackers.[4]
- 1815 – Battle of Ligny and Battle of Quatre Bras, two days before the Battle of Waterloo.
- 1819 – A major earthquake strikes the Kutch district of western India, killing over 1,543 people and raising a 6-metre-high (20 ft), 6-kilometre-wide (3.7 mi), ridge, extending for at least 80 kilometres (50 mi), that was known as the Allah Bund ("Dam of God").[5]
- 1824 – A meeting at Old Slaughter's coffee house in London leads to the formation of what is now the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA).[6]
- 1836 – The formation of the London Working Men's Association gives rise to the Chartist Movement.
- 1846 – The Papal conclave of 1846 elects Pope Pius IX, beginning the longest reign in the history of the papacy.
- 1858 – Abraham Lincoln delivers his House Divided speech in Springfield, Illinois.
- 1871 – The Universities Tests Act 1871 allows students to enter the universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Durham without religious tests (except for those intending to study theology).
- 1883 – The Victoria Hall theatre panic in Sunderland, England, kills 183 children.
- 1884 – The first purpose-built roller coaster, LaMarcus Adna Thompson's "Switchback Railway", opens in New York's Coney Island amusement park.
- 1897 – A treaty annexing the Republic of Hawaii to the United States is signed; the Republic would not be dissolved until a year later.
1901–present
- 1903 – The Ford Motor Company is incorporated.
- 1903 – Roald Amundsen leaves Oslo, Norway, to commence the first east–west navigation of the Northwest Passage.
- 1904 – Eugen Schauman assassinates Nikolay Bobrikov, Governor-General of Finland.
- 1904 – Irish author James Joyce begins a relationship with Nora Barnacle and subsequently uses the date to set the actions for his novel Ulysses; this date is now traditionally called "Bloomsday".
- 1911 – IBM founded as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company in Endicott, New York.
- 1922 – General election in the Irish Free State: The pro-Treaty Sinn Féin party wins a large majority.
- 1925 – Artek, the most famous Young Pioneer camp of the Soviet Union, is established.
- 1930 – Sovnarkom establishes decree time in the USSR.
- 1933 – The National Industrial Recovery Act is passed in the United States, allowing businesses to avoid antitrust prosecution if they establish voluntary wage, price, and working condition regulations on an industry-wide basis.[7]
- 1940 – World War II: Marshal Henri Philippe Pétain becomes Chief of State of Vichy France (Chef de l'État Français).
- 1940 – A Communist government is installed in Lithuania.
- 1948 – Members of the Malayan Communist Party kill three British plantation managers in Sungai Siput; in response, British Malaya declares a state of emergency.
- 1955 – In a futile effort to topple Argentine President Juan Perón, rogue aircraft pilots of the Argentine Navy drop several bombs upon an unarmed crowd demonstrating in favor of Perón in Buenos Aires, killing 364 and injuring at least 800. At the same time on the ground, some soldiers attempt to stage a coup but are suppressed by loyal forces.
- 1958 – Imre Nagy, Pál Maléter and other leaders of the 1956 Hungarian Uprising are executed.
- 1961 – While on tour with the Kirov Ballet in Paris, Rudolf Nureyev defects from the Soviet Union.[8]
- 1963 – Soviet Space Program: Vostok 6 mission: Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman in space.[9]
- 1963 – In an attempt to resolve the Buddhist crisis in South Vietnam, a Joint Communique was signed between President Ngo Dinh Diem and Buddhist leaders.
- 1972 – The largest single-site hydroelectric power project in Canada is inaugurated at Churchill Falls Generating Station.
- 1976 – Soweto uprising: A non-violent march by 15,000 students in Soweto, South Africa, turns into days of rioting when police open fire on the crowd.
- 1977 – Oracle Corporation is incorporated in Redwood Shores, California, as Software Development Laboratories (SDL), by Larry Ellison, Bob Miner and Ed Oates.
- 1981 – US President Ronald Reagan awards the Congressional Gold Medal to Ken Taylor, Canada's former ambassador to Iran, for helping six Americans escape from Iran during the hostage crisis of 1979–81; he is the first foreign citizen bestowed the honor.
- 1989 – Revolutions of 1989: Imre Nagy, the former Hungarian prime minister, is reburied in Budapest following the collapse of Communism in Hungary.
- 1997 – Fifty people are killed in the Daïat Labguer (M'sila) massacre in Algeria.
- 2000 – The Secretary-General of the UN reports that Israel has complied with United Nations Security Council Resolution 425, 22 years after its issuance, and completely withdrew from Lebanon. The Resolution does not encompass the Shebaa farms, which is claimed by Israel, Syria and Lebanon.[10]
- 2002 – Padre Pio is canonized by the Roman Catholic Church.[11]
- 2010 – Bhutan becomes the first country to institute a total ban on tobacco.
- 2012 – China successfully launches its Shenzhou 9 spacecraft, carrying three astronauts, including the first female Chinese astronaut Liu Yang, to the Tiangong-1 orbital module.[12]
- 2012 – The United States Air Force's robotic Boeing X-37B spaceplane returns to Earth after a classified 469-day orbital mission.[13]
- 2013 – A multi-day cloudburst, centered on the North Indian state of Uttarakhand, causes devastating floods and landslides, becoming the country's worst natural disaster since the 2004 tsunami.
- 2015 – American businessman Donald Trump announces his campaign to run for President of the United States in the upcoming election.[14]
- 2016 – Shanghai Disneyland Park, the first Disney Park in mainland China, opens to the public.[15]
- 2019 – Upwards of 2,000,000 people participate in the 2019–20 Hong Kong protests, the largest in Hong Kong's history.[16]
Births
Pre-1600
- 1139 – Emperor Konoe of Japan (d. 1155)
- 1332 – Isabella de Coucy, English daughter of Edward III of England (d. 1379)[17]
- 1454 – Joanna of Aragon, Queen of Naples (d. 1517)
- 1514 – John Cheke, English academic and politician, English Secretary of State (d. 1557)
- 1516 – Yang Jisheng, Ming dynasty official and Confucian martyr (d. 1555)[18]
- 1583 – Axel Oxenstierna, Swedish politician, Lord High Chancellor of Sweden (d. 1654)
- 1591 – Joseph Solomon Delmedigo, Greek-Italian physician, mathematician, and theorist (d. 1655)
1601–1900
- 1606 – Arthur Chichester, 1st Earl of Donegall, Irish soldier and politician (d. 1675)
- 1613 – John Cleveland, English poet and educator (d. 1658)
- 1625 – Samuel Chappuzeau, French scholar (d. 1701)
- 1633 – Jean de Thévenot, French linguist and botanist (d. 1667)
- 1644 – Henrietta Anne Stuart, Princess of Scotland, England and Ireland (d. 1670)
- 1653 – James Bertie, 1st Earl of Abingdon, English nobleman (d. 1699)
- 1713 – Meshech Weare, American farmer, lawyer, and politician, 1st Governor of New Hampshire (d. 1786)
- 1723 – Adam Smith, Scottish philosopher and economist (d. 1790)
- 1738 – Mary Katherine Goddard, American publisher (d. 1816)[19]
- 1754 – Salawat Yulayev, Russian poet (d. 1800)
- 1792 – John Linnell, English painter and engraver (d. 1882)
- 1801 – Julius Plücker, German mathematician and physicist (d. 1868)
- 1806 – Edward Davy, English physician and chemist (d. 1885)
- 1813 – Otto Jahn, German archaeologist and philologist (d. 1869)
- 1820 – Athanase Josué Coquerel, Dutch-French preacher and theologian (d. 1875)
- 1821 – Old Tom Morris, Scottish golfer and architect (d. 1908)
- 1826 – Constantin von Ettingshausen, Austrian geologist and botanist (d. 1897)
- 1836 – Wesley Merritt, American general and politician, Military Governor of the Philippines (d. 1910)
- 1837 – Ernst Laas, German philosopher and academic (d. 1885)
- 1838 – Frederic Archer, English organist, composer, and conductor (d. 1901)
- 1838 – Cushman Kellogg Davis, American lieutenant and politician, 7th Governor of Minnesota (d. 1900)
- 1840 – Ernst Otto Schlick, German engineer and author (d. 1913)
- 1850 – Max Delbrück, German chemist and academic (d. 1919)
- 1850 – William Arnon Henry American academic and agriculturist (d. 1932)[20]
- 1857 – Arthur Arz von Straußenburg, Austrian-Hungarian general (d. 1935)
- 1858 – Gustaf V of Sweden (d. 1950)
- 1863 – Francisco León de la Barra, Mexican politician and diplomat (d. 1939)[21]
- 1866 – Germanos Karavangelis, Greek-Austrian metropolitan (d. 1935)
- 1867 – René Seyssaud, Provençal painter (d. 1952)[22]
- 1874 – Arthur Meighen, Canadian lawyer and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1960)
- 1880 – Otto Eisenschiml, Austrian-American chemist and author (d. 1963)
- 1882 – Mohammad Mosaddegh, Iranian educator and politician, 60th Prime Minister of Iran (d. 1967)
- 1885 – Erich Jacoby, Estonian-Polish architect (d. 1941)
- 1888 – Alexander Friedmann, Russian physicist and mathematician (d. 1925)
- 1888 – Peter Stoner, American mathematician and astronomer (d. 1980)
- 1890 – Stan Laurel, English actor and comedian (d. 1965)
- 1896 – Murray Leinster, American author and screenwriter (d. 1976)
- 1897 – Georg Wittig, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1987)
- 1899 – Helen Traubel, American operatic soprano (d. 1972)
1901–present
- 1902 – Barbara McClintock, American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1992)
- 1902 – George Gaylord Simpson, American paleontologist and author (d. 1984)
- 1906 – Alan Fairfax, Australian cricketer (d. 1955)
- 1907 – Jack Albertson, American actor (d. 1981)
- 1909 – Archie Carr, American ecologist and zoologist (d. 1987)
- 1910 – Juan Velasco Alvarado, Peruvian general and politician, 1st President of Peru (d. 1977)
- 1912 – Albert Chartier, Canadian illustrator (d. 2004)
- 1912 – Enoch Powell, English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for Health (d. 1998)
- 1914 – Eleanor Sokoloff, American pianist and teacher (d. 2020)
- 1915 – John Tukey, American mathematician and academic (d. 2000)
- 1915 – Marga Faulstich, German glass chemist (d. 1998)
- 1917 – Phaedon Gizikis, Greek general and politician, President of Greece (d. 1999)
- 1917 – Katharine Graham, American publisher (d. 2001)[23]
- 1917 – Aurelio Lampredi, Italian automobile and aircraft engine designer (d. 1989)
- 1917 – Irving Penn, American photographer (d. 2009)
- 1920 – Isabelle Holland, Swiss-American author (d. 2002)
- 1920 – Raymond Lemieux, Canadian chemist and academic (d. 2002)
- 1920 – José López Portillo, Mexican lawyer and politician, 31st President of Mexico (d. 2004)
- 1920 – Hemanta Mukherjee, Indian singer and music director (d. 1989)
- 1922 – Ilmar Kullam, Estonian basketball player and coach (d. 2011)
- 1923 – Ron Flockhart, Scottish race car driver (d. 1962)
- 1924 – Faith Domergue, American actress (d. 1999)
- 1925 – Jean d'Ormesson, French journalist and author (d. 2017)
- 1925 – Otto Muehl, Austrian-Portuguese painter and director (d. 2013)
- 1926 – Efraín Ríos Montt, Guatemalan general and politician, 26th President of Guatemala (d. 2018)
- 1927 – Tom Graveney, English cricketer and sportscaster (d. 2015)
- 1927 – Ya'akov Hodorov, Israeli footballer (d. 2006)[24]
- 1927 – Herbert Lichtenfeld, German author and screenwriter (d. 2001)
- 1927 – Ariano Suassuna, Brazilian author and playwright (d. 2014)
- 1929 – Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait (d. 2020)
- 1930 – Vilmos Zsigmond, Hungarian-American cinematographer and producer (d. 2016)
- 1934 – Eileen Atkins, English actress and screenwriter
- 1934 – Roger Neilson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2003)
- 1935 – Jim Dine, American painter and illustrator
- 1937 – Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Bulgarian politician, 48th Prime Minister of Bulgaria
- 1937 – Erich Segal, American author and screenwriter (d. 2010)
- 1938 – Thomas Boyd-Carpenter, English general
- 1938 – Torgny Lindgren, Swedish author and poet (d. 2017)
- 1938 – Joyce Carol Oates, American novelist, short story writer, critic, and poet
- 1939 – Billy "Crash" Craddock, American singer-songwriter
- 1940 – Māris Čaklais, Latvian poet, writer, and journalist (d. 2003)
- 1940 – Neil Goldschmidt, American lawyer and politician, 33rd Governor of Oregon (d. 2024)
- 1940 – Carole Ann Ford, British actress[25]
- 1941 – Lamont Dozier, American songwriter and producer (d. 2022)
- 1941 – Tommy Horton, English golfer (d. 2017)
- 1941 – Mumtaz Hamid Rao, Pakistani journalist (d. 2011)
- 1942 – Giacomo Agostini, Italian motorcycle racer and manager
- 1942 – Eddie Levert, American R&B/soul singer-songwriter, musician, and actor
- 1944 – Henri Richelet, French painter and etcher (d. 2020)
- 1945 – Claire Alexander, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1945 – Lucienne Robillard, Canadian social worker and politician, 59th Secretary of State for Canada
- 1946 – Rick Adelman, American basketball player and coach
- 1946 – John Astor, 3rd Baron Astor of Hever, English businessman and politician
- 1946 – Karen Dunnell, English statistician and academic
- 1946 – Tom Harrell, American trumpet player and composer
- 1946 – Neil MacGregor, Scottish historian and curator
- 1946 – Iain Matthews, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1946 – Jodi Rell, American politician, 87th Governor of Connecticut
- 1946 – Mark Ritts, American actor, puppeteer, and producer (d. 2009)
- 1946 – Derek Sanderson, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
- 1946 – Simon Williams, English actor and playwright
- 1947 – Al Cowlings, American football player and actor
- 1947 – Tom Malone, American trombonist, composer, and producer
- 1947 – Buddy Roberts, American wrestler (d. 2012)
- 1948 – Ron LeFlore, American baseball player and manager
- 1949 – Caju, Brazilian footballer
- 1949 – Ralph Mann, American hurdler and author
- 1950 – Mithun Chakraborty, Indian actor and politician
- 1950 – Michel Clair, Canadian lawyer and politician
- 1950 – Jerry Petrowski, American politician and farmer
- 1951 – Charlie Dominici, American singer and guitarist (d. 2023)
- 1951 – Roberto Durán, Panamanian boxer
- 1952 – George Papandreou, Greek sociologist and politician, 182nd Prime Minister of Greece
- 1952 – Gino Vannelli, Canadian singer-songwriter
- 1953 – Valerie Mahaffey, American actress
- 1953 – Ian Mosley, English drummer
- 1954 – Matthew Saad Muhammad, American boxer and trainer (d. 2014)
- 1954 – Garry Roberts, Irish guitarist (d. 2022)
- 1955 – Grete Faremo, Norwegian politician, Norwegian Minister of Defence
- 1955 – Laurie Metcalf, American actress
- 1955 – Artemy Troitsky, Russian journalist and critic
- 1957 – Ian Buchanan, Scottish-American actor
- 1957 – Leeona Dorrian, Lady Dorrian, Scottish lawyer and judge
- 1958 – Darrell Griffith, American basketball player
- 1958 – Ulrike Tauber, German swimmer
- 1958 – Warren Rodwell, Australian soldier, educator and musician
- 1959 – The Ultimate Warrior, American wrestler (d. 2014)
- 1960 – Peter Sterling, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
- 1961 – Can Dündar, Turkish journalist and author
- 1961 – Robbie Kerr, Australian cricketer
- 1961 – Steve Larmer, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1961 – Margus Metstak, Estonian basketball player and coach
- 1962 – Wally Joyner, American baseball player and coach
- 1962 – Arnold Vosloo, South African-American actor
- 1962 – Anthony Wong, Hong Kong singer
- 1963 – The Sandman, American wrestler
- 1964 – Danny Burstein, American actor and singer
- 1965 – Michael Richard Lynch, Irish computer scientist and entrepreneur; co-founded HP Autonomy
- 1965 – Richard Madaleno, American politician
- 1966 – Mark Occhilupo, Australian surfer
- 1966 – Olivier Roumat, French rugby player
- 1966 – Phil Vischer, American voice actor, director, producer, and screenwriter, co-created VeggieTales
- 1966 – Jan Železný, Czech javelin thrower and coach
- 1967 – Charalambos Andreou, Cypriot footballer
- 1967 – Jürgen Klopp, German footballer and manager
- 1968 – Adam Schmitt, American singer-songwriter, musician, and producer
- 1969 – Shami Chakrabarti, English lawyer and academic
- 1969 – Mark Crossley, English-Welsh footballer and manager
- 1970 – Younus AlGohar, Pakistani poet and academic, co-founded Messiah Foundation International
- 1970 – Clifton Collins Jr., American actor
- 1970 – Cobi Jones, American soccer player and manager
- 1970 – Phil Mickelson, American golfer
- 1971 – Tupac Shakur, American rapper and producer (d. 1996)
- 1972 – Kiko Loureiro, Brazilian guitarist
- 1972 – John Cho, American actor
- 1973 – Eddie Cibrian, American actor
- 1974 – Glenicia James, Saint Lucian cricketer
- 1974 – Joseph May, British-born Canadian-American actor[26]
- 1975 – Anthony Carter, American basketball player and coach
- 1977 – Craig Fitzgibbon, Australian rugby league player and coach
- 1977 – Duncan Hames, English accountant and politician
- 1977 – Kerry Wood, American baseball player
- 1978 – Daniel Brühl, Spanish-German actor
- 1978 – Dainius Zubrus, Lithuanian ice hockey player
- 1978 – Fish Leong, Malaysian singer
- 1980 – Brandon Armstrong, American basketball player
- 1980 – Phil Christophers, German-English rugby player
- 1980 – Henry Perenara, New Zealand rugby league player and referee
- 1980 – Martin Stranzl, Austrian footballer
- 1980 – Joey Yung, Hong Kong singer
- 1981 – Benjamin Becker, German tennis player
- 1981 – Kevin Bieksa, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1981 – Alexandre Giroux, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1981 – Ola Kvernberg, Norwegian violinist
- 1981 – Miguel Villalta, Peruvian footballer
- 1982 – May Andersen, Danish model and actress
- 1982 – Missy Peregrym, Canadian model and actress
- 1983 – Armend Dallku, Albanian footballer
- 1984 – Rick Nash, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1984 – Dan Ryckert, American writer and entertainer
- 1984 – Steven Whittaker, Scottish footballer
- 1986 – Rodrigo Defendi, Brazilian footballer
- 1986 – Urby Emanuelson, Dutch footballer
- 1986 – Fernando Muslera, Uruguayan footballer
- 1987 – Diana DeGarmo, American singer-songwriter and actress
- 1987 – Per Ciljan Skjelbred, Norwegian footballer
- 1987 – Christian Tshimanga Kabeya, Belgian footballer
- 1988 – Keshia Chanté, Canadian singer
- 1988 – Jermaine Gresham, American football player
- 1989 – Odion Ighalo, Nigerian footballer[27]
- 1990 – John Newman, English musician, singer, songwriter and record producer[28]
- 1991 – Joe McElderry, English singer-songwriter
- 1991 – Siya Kolisi, South African rugby player
- 1991 – Matt Moylan, Australian rugby league player
- 1992 – Vladimir Morozov, Russian swimmer
- 1993 – Park Bo-gum, South Korean actor
- 1993 – Gnash, American singer, songwriter, rapper, DJ and record producer[29]
- 1994 – Grete-Lilijane Küppas, Estonian footballer
- 1994 – Rezar, Albanian wrestler
- 1995 – Euan Aitken, Australian rugby league player[30]
- 1995 – Akira Ioane, New Zealand rugby Union player[31]
- 1995 – Joseph Schooling, Singaporean swimmer[32]
- 1995 – Ki Hui-hyeon, South Korean singer-songwriter and actress[33]
- 1998 – Karman Thandi, Indian tennis player[34]
- 1999 – Justin Jefferson, American football player[35]
- 1999 – Ibrahima Koné, Malian footballer[36]
- 2000 – Bianca Andreescu, Canadian tennis player[37]
- 2002 – Sam Walker, English-Australian rugby league player[38]
- 2003 – Anna Cathcart, Canadian actress[39]
Deaths
Pre-1600
- 840 – Rorgon I, Frankish nobleman (or 839)
- 924 – Li Cunshen, general of Later Tang (b. 862)
- 956 – Hugh the Great, Frankish nobleman (b. 898)[40]
- 1185 – Richeza of Poland, queen of León (b. c. 1140)
- 1286 – Hugh de Balsham, English bishop
- 1332 – Adam de Brome, founder of Oriel College, Oxford
- 1361 – Johannes Tauler, German mystic theologian[41]
- 1397 – Philip of Artois, Count of Eu, French soldier (b. 1358)
- 1424 – Johannes Ambundii, archbishop of Riga
- 1468 – Jean Le Fèvre de Saint-Remy, Burgundian historian and author (b. 1395)
- 1487 – John de la Pole, 1st Earl of Lincoln (b. c. 1463)
- 1540 – Konrad von Thüngen, German nobleman (b. c. 1466)
1601–1900
- 1622 – Alexander Seton, 1st Earl of Dunfermline, Scottish lawyer, judge, and politician, Lord Chancellor of Scotland (b. 1555)
- 1626 – Christian, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg-Wolfenbüttel, German Protestant military leader (b. 1599)
- 1666 – Sir Richard Fanshawe, 1st Baronet, English poet and diplomat, English Ambassador to Spain (b. 1608)
- 1674 – Tomás Yepes, Spanish painter (b. 1595 or 1600)[42]
- 1722 – John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire (b. 1650)
- 1743 – Louise-Françoise de Bourbon, eldest daughter of King Louis XIV of France (b. 1673)[43]
- 1752 – Joseph Butler, English bishop and philosopher (b. 1692)[44]
- 1762 – Anne Russell, Countess of Jersey (formerly Duchess of Bedford) (b. c.1705)[45]
- 1777 – Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset, French poet and playwright (b. 1709)
- 1779 – Sir Francis Bernard, 1st Baronet, English lawyer and politician, Governor of the province of Massachusetts Bay (b. 1712)
- 1804 – Johann Adam Hiller, German composer and conductor (b. 1728)
- 1824 – Charles-François Lebrun, duc de Plaisance, French lawyer and politician (b. 1739)
- 1849 – Wilhelm Martin Leberecht de Wette, German theologian and scholar (b. 1780)
- 1850 – William Lawson, English-Australian explorer and politician (b. 1774)
- 1858 – John Snow, English epidemiologist and physician (b. 1813)[46]
- 1862 – Hidenoyama Raigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 9th Yokozuna (b. 1808)
- 1869 – Charles Sturt, Indian-English botanist and explorer (b. 1795)
- 1872 – Norman MacLeod, Scottish minister and author (b. 1812)
- 1878 – Crawford Long, American surgeon and pharmacist (b. 1815)
- 1878 – Kikuchi Yōsai, Japanese painter (b. 1781)
- 1881 – Josiah Mason, English businessman and philanthropist (b. 1795)
- 1885 – Wilhelm Camphausen, German painter and academic (b. 1818)
- 1886 – Alexander Stuart, Scottish-Australian politician, 9th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1824)
1901–present
- 1902 – Ernst Schröder, German mathematician and academic (b. 1841)
- 1918 – Bazil Assan, Romanian engineer and explorer (b. 1860)[47]
- 1925 – Chittaranjan Das, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1870)
- 1929 – Bramwell Booth, English 2nd General of The Salvation Army (b. 1856)
- 1929 – Vernon Louis Parrington, American historian and scholar (b. 1871)
- 1930 – Ezra Fitch, American lawyer and businessman, co-founded Abercrombie & Fitch (b. 1866)
- 1930 – Elmer Ambrose Sperry, American inventor, co-invented the gyrocompass (b. 1860)
- 1939 – Chick Webb, American drummer and bandleader (b. 1905)
- 1940 – DuBose Heyward, American author (b. 1885)
- 1944 – Marc Bloch, French historian and academic (b. 1886)
- 1944 – George Stinney, wrongfully convicted African-American teenager (b. 1929)[48][49][50]
- 1945 – Aris Velouchiotis, Greek general (b. 1905)
- 1946 – Gordon Brewster, Irish cartoonist (b 1889)
- 1952 – Andrew Lawson, Scottish-American geologist and academic (b. 1861)
- 1953 – Margaret Bondfield, English politician, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (b. 1873)
- 1955 – Ozias Leduc, Canadian painter (b. 1864)
- 1958 – Pál Maléter, Hungarian general and politician, Minister of Defence of Hungary (b. 1917)
- 1958 – Imre Nagy, Hungarian politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1895)
- 1959 – George Reeves, American actor and director (b. 1914)
- 1961 – Marcel Junod, Swiss physician and anesthesiologist (b. 1904)
- 1967 – Reginald Denny, English actor (b. 1891)
- 1969 – Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, English field marshal and politician, 17th Governor General of Canada (b. 1891)
- 1970 – Sydney Chapman, English mathematician and geophysicist (b. 1888)
- 1970 – Brian Piccolo, American football player (b. 1943)
- 1971 – John Reith, 1st Baron Reith, Scottish broadcaster, co-founded BBC (b. 1889)
- 1974 – Amalie Sara Colquhoun, Australian landscape and portrait painter (b. 1894)
- 1977 – Wernher von Braun, German-American physicist and engineer (b. 1912)
- 1979 – Ignatius Kutu Acheampong, Ghanaian general and politician, 6th Head of state of Ghana (b. 1931)
- 1979 – Nicholas Ray, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1911)
- 1981 – Thomas Playford IV, Australian politician, 33rd Premier of South Australia (b. 1896)
- 1982 – James Honeyman-Scott, English guitarist and songwriter (b. 1956)
- 1984 – Lew Andreas, American football player and coach (b. 1895)
- 1984 – Erni Krusten, Estonian author and poet (b. 1900)
- 1986 – Maurice Duruflé, French organist and composer (b. 1902)
- 1987 – Marguerite de Angeli, American author and illustrator (b. 1889)
- 1988 – Miguel Piñero, Puerto Rican-American actor and playwright (b. 1946)
- 1993 – Lindsay Hassett, Australian cricketer and soldier (b. 1913)
- 1994 – Kristen Pfaff, American bass player and songwriter (b. 1967)
- 1996 – Mel Allen, American sportscaster and game show host (b. 1913)
- 1998 – Fred Wacker, American race car driver and engineer (b. 1918)
- 1999 – Screaming Lord Sutch, English singer and activist (b. 1940)
- 2003 – Pierre Bourgault, Canadian journalist and politician (b. 1934)
- 2003 – Georg Henrik von Wright, Finnish–Swedish philosopher and author (b. 1916)
- 2004 – Thanom Kittikachorn, Thai field marshal and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Thailand (b. 1911)
- 2004 – Jacques Miquelon, Canadian lawyer and judge (b. 1911)
- 2005 – Enrique Laguerre, Puerto Rican-American author and critic (b. 1906)
- 2008 – Mario Rigoni Stern, Italian soldier and author (b. 1921)
- 2010 – Marc Bazin, Haitian lawyer and politician, 49th President of Haiti (b. 1932)
- 2010 – Maureen Forrester, Canadian singer and academic (b. 1930)
- 2010 – Ronald Neame, English director, producer, cinematographer, and screenwriter (b. 1911)
- 2011 – Östen Mäkitalo, Swedish engineer and academic (b. 1938)
- 2012 – Nils Karlsson, Swedish skier (b. 1917)
- 2012 – Jorge Lankenau, Mexican banker and businessman (b. 1944)
- 2012 – Sławomir Petelicki, Polish general (b. 1946)
- 2012 – Susan Tyrrell, American actress (b. 1945)
- 2013 – Sam Farber, American businessman, co-founded OXO (b. 1924)
- 2013 – Hans Hass, Austrian biologist and diver (b. 1919)
- 2013 – Khondakar Ashraf Hossain, Bangladesh poet and academic (b. 1950)
- 2013 – Norman Ian MacKenzie, English journalist and author (b. 1921)
- 2013 – Ottmar Walter, German footballer (b. 1924)
- 2014 – Tony Gwynn, American baseball player and coach (b. 1960)
- 2014 – Cándido Muatetema Rivas (b. 1960), Equatoguinean politician and diplomat, Prime Minister of Equatorial Guinea
- 2015 – Charles Correa, Indian architect and urban planner (b. 1930)
- 2015 – Jean Vautrin, French director, screenwriter, and critic (b. 1933)
- 2016 – Jo Cox, English political activist and MP (b. 1974)[51]
- 2017 – Helmut Kohl, German politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1930)
- 2020 – Eduardo Cojuangco Jr., Filipino businessman and politician (b. 1935)[52][53]
- 2023 – Gino Mäder, Swiss cyclist (b. 1997)[54]
- 2024 – Ludwig Adamovich Jr., Austrian constitutional scholar (b. 1932)[55]
- 2024 – Barbara Gladstone, American art dealer and film producer (b. 1934)[56]
Holidays and observances
- Birthday of Leonard P. Howell (Rastafari)
- Bloomsday (Dublin, Ireland)
- Christian feast days:
- Engineer's Day (Argentina)
- Father's Day (Seychelles)
- International Day of the African Child (Organisation of African Unity)
- Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev (Sikhism)
- Sussex Day (Sussex)
- Youth Day (South Africa)
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