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==Events== |
==Events== |
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===Pre-1600=== |
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*[[1026]] - [[Pope John XIX]] crowns [[Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor|Conrad II]] as [[Holy Roman Emperor]]. |
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* [[590]] – Emperor [[Maurice (emperor)|Maurice]] proclaims his son [[Theodosius (son of Maurice)|Theodosius]] as co-emperor of the [[Byzantine Empire]].<ref>{{cite book|author=J. R. Martindale|title=The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire 2 Part Set: Volume 3, AD 527-641|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ElkwedRWCXkC&pg=PA1293|date=15 October 1992|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-20160-5|pages=1293}}</ref> |
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*[[1199]] - [[Richard the Lionheart]] is fatally wounded by a [[crossbow]] bolt during a siege in [[France]], he dies eleven days later. The [[marksman]], a french [[noble]] named [[Pierre Basile]], is [[executed]]. |
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* [[624]] – First [[Eid al-Fitr]] celebration. |
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*[[1484]] - [[William Caxton]] printed his translation of ''[[Aesop's Fables]]''. <!--Based on the date in Caxton's epilogue. See http://www.bartleby.com/39/7.html & http://www.gutenberg.org/files/13182/13182-8.txt --> |
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*[[1021]] – The death of the [[Fatimid]] caliph [[al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah]], kept secret for six weeks, is announced, along with the succession of his son, [[al-Zahir li-i'zaz Din Allah]].<ref>{{cite book | last=Halm | first=Heinz | author-link=Heinz Halm | title=Die Kalifen von Kairo: Die Fāṭimiden in Ägypten, 973–1074 | language=de | trans-title=The Caliphs of Cairo: The Fatimids in Egypt, 973–1074 | publisher=C. H. Beck | location=Munich | year=2003 | isbn=3-406-48654-1 | url={{Google Books|Hj2bhVntO3EC|plainurl=yes}} | pages=307–308}}</ref> |
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*[[1552]] - [[Guru Amar Das]] becomes the Third [[Sikh Guru]]. |
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*[[1027]] – [[Pope John XIX]] crowns [[Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor|Conrad II]] as [[Holy Roman Emperor]]. |
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*[[1636]] - [[Utrecht University]] is founded in [[The Netherlands]]. |
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*[[1169]] – [[Saladin]] becomes the [[emir]] of [[Egypt]]. |
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*[[1808]] - [[Charles IV of Spain]] abdicates in favor of his son, [[Ferdinand VII of Spain|Ferdinand VII]]. |
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*[[1244]] – The [[crown of Aragon]] and the [[crown of Castile]] agree in the [[Treaty of Almizra]] on the limits of their respective expansion into [[al-Andalus]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Burns |first1=Robert I. |editor1-last=Gerli |editor1-first=E. Michael |title=Medieval Iberia: An Encyclopedia |date=4 December 2013 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-136-77162-0 |page=82 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=euVJAgAAQBAJ |access-date=26 September 2024 |language=en |chapter=Mudéjars}}</ref> |
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*[[1812]] - An [[earthquake]] destroys [[Caracas]], [[Venezuela]]. |
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*[[1344]] – The [[Siege of Algeciras (1342–44)|Siege of Algeciras]], one of the first European military engagements where gunpowder was used, comes to an end. |
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*[[1839]] - The first [[Henley Royal Regatta]] is held. |
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*[[1351]] – [[Combat of the Thirty]]: Thirty [[Duchy of Brittany|Breton]] knights call out and defeat thirty English knights. |
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*[[1881]] - [[Thessaly]] is freed and becomes part of [[Greece]] again. |
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*[[1484]] – [[William Caxton]] prints his translation of ''[[Aesop's Fables]]''. |
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*[[1552]] – [[Guru Amar Das]] becomes the Third [[Sikh guru]]. |
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*[[1917]] - [[World War I]]: [[First Battle of Gaza]] - [[United Kingdom|British]] troops are halted after 17,000 [[Turkish people|Turks]] block their advance. |
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===1601–1900=== |
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*[[1934]] - [[Driving test]] introduced in the [[United Kingdom]]. |
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*[[1636]] – [[Utrecht University]] is founded in the [[Netherlands]]. |
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*[[1942]] - [[World War II]]: In [[Poland]], [[Auschwitz]] receives its first female prisoners. |
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*[[1640]] – The [[Royal Academy of Turku]], the first university of [[Finland]], is founded in the city of [[Turku]] by Queen [[Christina, Queen of Sweden|Christina of Sweden]] at the proposal of Count [[Per Brahe the Younger|Per Brahe]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.maailmanmuisti.fi/index.php?page=archives-of-the-royal-academy-of-turku-and-the-imperial-alexander-university|title=Archives of the Royal Academy of Turku and the Imperial Alexander University|work=Memory of the World Programme|publisher=[[UNESCO|UNESCO National Committee]]|access-date=March 23, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Jussi Välimaa|title=A History of Finnish Higher Education from the Middle Ages to the 21st Century|chapter=The Founding of the Royal Academy of Turku in 1640|pages=77–78|publisher=Springer|year=2019|isbn=978-3030208073}}</ref> |
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*[[1945]] - [[World War II]]: the third and final [[Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima]]. |
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*[[1651]] – [[Real Situado|Silver-loaded]] Spanish ship ''San José'' is pushed south by strong winds, subsequently [[wreckage of San José|it wrecks in the coast of southern Chile]] and its surviving crew is killed by indigenous [[Cunco people|Cuncos]].<ref name=Solano1899>{{cite book |last=Solano Astaburuaga |first=Francisco|edition=2nd|orig-year=1867 |date=1899 |title=Diccionario Geográfico de la República de Chile |page=280 |language=es }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Historia general de Chile|last=Barros Arana|first=Diego|publisher=Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes|location=Alicante|chapter-url=http://www.cervantesvirtual.com/obra-visor/historia-general-de-chile-tomo-cuarto--0/html/ff2f1efc-82b1-11df-acc7-002185ce6064_69.html#I_15_|date=|edition=Digital edition based on the second edition of 2000|volume=Tomo cuarto|language=Spanish|chapter=Capítulo XIV|author-link=Diego Barros Arana|page=340}}</ref> |
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*[[1953]] - [[Jonas Salk]] announces his [[polio vaccine]]. |
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*[[1697]] – [[Safavid Iran|Safavid]] government troops [[Safavid occupation of Basra (1697–1701)|take control of Basra]]. |
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*[[1958]] - The [[United States Army]] launches [[Explorer III]]. |
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*[[1700]] – [[William Dampier]] is the first European to circumnavigate [[New Britain]], discovering it is an island (which he names Nova Britannia) rather than part of [[New Guinea]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Johnstone|first=Christine Isobel|title=Lives and Voyages of Drake, Cavendish, and Dampier: Including an Introductory View of the Earlier Discoveries in the South Sea, and the History of the Buccaneers|location=Edinburgh|publisher=Oliver & Boyd|date=1831|oclc=1259930|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JtkDAAAAQAAJ|pages=444–445}}</ref> |
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* 1958 - The [[African Regroupment Party]] ([[PRA]]) is launched at a meeting in [[Paris]]. |
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*[[1812]] – An [[1812 Caracas earthquake|earthquake]] devastates [[Caracas]], Venezuela. |
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*[[1967]] - Ten thousand people gather for the [[Central Park Be-In]]. |
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* 1812 – A political cartoon in the ''Boston-Gazette'' coins the term "[[gerrymander]]" to describe oddly shaped [[electoral district]]s designed to help incumbents win reelection. |
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*[[1971]] - [[East Pakistan]] declares its independence from [[Pakistan]] to form [[People's Republic of Bangladesh]] and [[Bangladesh Liberation War]] begins. |
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*[[1830]] – The [[Book of Mormon]] is published in [[Palmyra (town), New York|Palmyra, New York]]. |
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*[[1975]] - The [[Biological Weapons Convention]] enters into force. |
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*[[1839]] – The first [[Henley Royal Regatta]] is held. |
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*[[1976]] - [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Queen Elizabeth II]] sent out the first royal email, from the [[Royal Signals and Radar Establishment]]. |
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*[[1871]] – The elections of Commune council of the [[Paris Commune]] are held. |
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*[[1979]] - [[Anwar al-Sadat]], [[Menachem Begin]] and [[Jimmy Carter]] sign the [[Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty]] in [[Washington, DC]]. |
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*[[1885]] – The [[Métis people (Canada)|Métis]] people of the [[District of Saskatchewan]] under [[Louis Riel]] begin the [[North-West Rebellion]] against [[Canada]]. |
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*[[1982]] - A groundbreaking ceremony for the [[Vietnam Veterans Memorial]] is held in [[Washington, DC]]. |
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*[[1896]] – [[Brunner Mine disaster|An explosion]] at the [[Brunner Mine]] near [[Greymouth]], New Zealand, kills 65 coal miners in the country's worst industrial accident.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Brunner Mine explosion|url=https://my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/brunner-mine-explosion/|access-date=2021-03-22|website=|publisher=[[Christchurch City Libraries]]|language=en-NZ}}</ref> |
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*[[1983]] - [[Liverpool F.C.]] win the [[Football League Cup]], beating [[Manchester United F.C.]] 2-1 at [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley Stadium]], despite [[Norman Whiteside]] becoming the youngest scorer in a major English final aged 17. |
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*[[1991]] - [[PAOK BC]] beats [[Saragosa BC]] in Geneva winning the basketball Cup Winners Cup. |
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===1901–present=== |
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*[[1995]] - The [[Schengen Treaty]] goes into effect. |
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*[[1913]] – [[First Balkan War]]: [[Bulgaria]]n forces [[Siege of Adrianople (1912–13)|capture]] [[Adrianople]]. |
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*[[1996]] - The [[International Monetary Fund]] approves a $10.2 billion loan for [[Russia]]. |
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*[[1915]] – The [[Vancouver Millionaires]] win the [[1915 Stanley Cup Finals]], the first championship played between the [[Pacific Coast Hockey Association]] and the [[National Hockey Association]]. |
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*[[1997]] - Thirty-nine bodies found in the [[Heaven's Gate (cult)|Heaven's Gate]] [[cult suicides]]. |
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*[[1917]] – [[World War I]]: [[First Battle of Gaza]]: British troops are halted after 17,000 [[Turkish people|Turks]] block their advance. |
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* 1997 - [[Brawl in Hockeytown]] in the [[NHL]]. |
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*[[1922]] – The [[German Social Democratic Party of Poland|German Social Democratic Party]] is founded in Poland. |
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*[[1998]] - [[Oued Bouaicha massacre]] in [[Algeria]]; 52 people killed with axes and knives, 32 of them babies under the age of 2. |
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*[[1931]] – [[Swissair]] is founded as the [[national airline]] of [[Switzerland]]. |
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*[[1999]] - The "[[Melissa worm]]" infects [[Microsoft]] word processing and [[e-mail]] systems around the world. |
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* 1931 – [[Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union]] is founded in [[Vietnam]]. |
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* 1999 - A jury in [[Michigan]] finds [[Physician|Dr.]] [[Jack Kevorkian]] guilty of second-degree [[murder]] for administering a lethal injection to a terminally ill man. |
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*[[1934]] – The [[United Kingdom driving test]] is introduced. |
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*[[2000]] - [[Presidential elections]] are held in [[Russia]], and [[Vladimir Putin]] is elected [[President]]. |
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*[[1939]] – [[Spanish Civil War]]: [[Francoist Spain|Nationalists]] begin their [[Final offensive of the Spanish Civil War|final offensive]] of the war. |
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*[[2001]] - World Championship Wrestlings final broadcast on TNT after the World Wrestling Federation bought the rival company. |
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*[[1942]] – [[World War II]]: The first female prisoners arrive at [[Auschwitz]] [[Nazi concentration camps|concentration camp]] in [[Polish areas annexed by Nazi Germany|German-occupied Poland]]. |
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*[[2005]] - The [[Taiwan|Taiwanese]] government calls on 1 million [[Taiwanese people|Taiwanese]] to demonstrate in Taipei, in opposition to the [[Anti-Secession Law of the People's Republic of China]]. Around 200,000 to 300,000 attend the walk. |
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*[[1945]] – World War II: The [[Battle of Iwo Jima]] ends as the island is officially secured by American forces. |
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*[[2006]] - In [[Scotland]] the prohibition of [[tobacco smoking|smoking]] in all substantially enclosed public places comes into force. |
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*[[1954]] – [[Nuclear weapons testing]]: The [[Castle Romeo|Romeo shot]] of [[Operation Castle]] is detonated at [[Bikini Atoll]]. Yield: 11 megatons. |
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*[[2007]] - In Northern Ireland Gerry Adams and Ian Paisley reach an agreement. |
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*[[1955]] – [[Pan Am Flight 845/26]] ditches in the [[Pacific Ocean]] off the coast of [[Oregon]], killing four.<ref>{{cite web |date=26 March 2011 |title=March 26, 1955: Pan Am Flight 845/26 Crashes Off Oregon Coast |url=http://portland.daveknows.org/2011/03/26/march-26-1955-pan-am-flight-84526-crashes-off-oregon-coast/ |accessdate=13 November 2015 |work=Dave Knows Portland}}</ref> |
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*[[1958]] – The United States Army launches [[Explorer 3]]. |
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* 1958 – The [[African Regroupment Party]] is launched at a meeting in [[Paris]]. |
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*[[1967]] – Ten thousand people gather for one of many [[Central Park be-ins]] in [[New York City]]. |
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*[[1970]] – [[South Vietnam]]ese President [[Nguyễn Văn Thiệu]] implements a [[Land to the Tiller (South Vietnam)|land reform program]] to solve the problem of [[Tenant farmer|land tenancy]]. |
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*[[1971]] – [[East Pakistan]] declares its independence from [[Pakistan]] to form [[Bangladesh]] and the [[Bangladesh Liberation War]] begins. |
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*[[1975]] – The [[Biological Weapons Convention]] comes into force. |
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*[[1979]] – [[Anwar al-Sadat]], [[Menachem Begin]] and [[Jimmy Carter]] sign the [[Egypt–Israel peace treaty]] in Washington, D.C. |
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*1979 – An [[Interflug]] [[Ilyushin Il-18]] [[1979 Interflug Ilyushin Il-18 crash|crashes]] at [[Quatro de Fevereiro Airport]] during a [[rejected takeoff]], killing 10.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident Ilyushin Il-18D DM-STL Luanda-4 de Fevereiro Airport (LAD)<!-- The title was added by a bot --> |url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19790326-0 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130720033307/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19790326-0 |archive-date=2013-07-20 |access-date=2018-02-12 |website=Aviation Safety Network |publisher=Flight Safety Foundation}}</ref> |
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*[[1981]] – [[Social Democratic Party (UK)]] is founded as a party. |
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*[[1982]] – A groundbreaking ceremony for the [[Vietnam Veterans Memorial]] is held in Washington, D.C. |
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*[[1991]] – [[Argentina]], [[Brazil]], [[Uruguay]] and [[Paraguay]] sign the [[Treaty of Asunción]], establishing [[Mercosur]], the South Common Market. |
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*1991 – [[Singapore Airlines Flight 117]] is hijacked by four Pakistani terrorists and diverted to [[Changi Airport]].<ref name="FC">{{Cite news |title=As a Special Forces soldier, he stormed a hijacked Singapore Airlines plane. Now he's a monk |url=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/special-forces-storm-hijack-singapore-airlines-monk-fred-cheong-11279702 |access-date=2020-07-15 |work=CNA |language=en}}</ref> |
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*[[1997]] – Thirty-nine bodies are found in the [[Heaven's Gate (cult)|Heaven's Gate]] [[mass suicide]]s. |
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*[[1998]] – During the [[Algerian Civil War]], the [[Oued Bouaicha massacre]] sees fifty-two people, mostly infants, killed with axes and knives. |
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*[[2005]] – Around 200,000 to 300,000 [[Taiwan]]ese demonstrate in [[Taipei]] in opposition to the [[Anti-Secession Law]] of [[China]]. |
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*[[2010]] – The South Korean Navy corvette ''[[ROKS Cheonan|Cheonan]]'' is [[ROKS Cheonan sinking|torpedoed]], killing 46 sailors. After an international investigation, the [[President of the United Nations Security Council]] blames North Korea. |
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*[[2017]] – [[2017–2018 Russian protests|Russia-wide anti-corruption protests]] in 99 cities. The [[Levada Center]] survey showed that 38% of surveyed Russians supported protests and that 67 percent held Putin personally responsible for high-level corruption. |
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*[[2024]] – The [[Francis Scott Key Bridge (Baltimore)|Francis Scott Key Bridge]] [[Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse|collapses]] following a collision between the [[MV Dali]] container ship and one of the bridge's support pillars, killing 6 people.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Baltimore Key Bridge: Rescuers searching river after Baltimore bridge collapse |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-us-canada-68663071 |date=March 26, 2024 |access-date=March 27, 2024 |work=BBC News |quote=(14:15 UTC) Six people are unaccounted for, officials tell reporters. This is down from a previous report of seven. |archive-date=March 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240326072943/https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-us-canada-68663071 |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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==Births== |
==Births== |
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===Pre-1600=== |
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*[[1516]] - [[Conrad Gessner]], Swiss naturalist (d. [[1565]]) |
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*[[1516]] – [[Conrad Gessner]], Swiss botanist and zoologist (d. 1565) |
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*[[1554]] – [[Charles, Duke of Mayenne|Charles of Lorraine]], duke of Mayenne (d. 1611) |
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*[[1698 in science|1698]] - [[Václav Prokop Diviš]], [[Czech people|Czech]] theologian and natural scientist (d. [[1765 in science|1765]]) |
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*[[1584]] – [[John II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken|John II]], duke of Zweibrücken (d. 1635) |
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*[[1753]] - [[Benjamin Thompson]], American physicist and inventor (d. [[1814]]) |
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*[[1794]] - [[Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld]], German painter (d. [[1872]]) |
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===1601–1900=== |
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*[[1859]] - [[Alfred Edward Housman]], English poet (d. [[1936]]) |
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*[[1633]] – [[Mary Beale]], British artist (d. 1699) |
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*[[1634]] – [[Domenico Freschi]], Italian priest and composer (d. 1710) |
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*[[1656]] – [[Nicolaas Hartsoeker]], Dutch mathematician and physicist (d. 1725) |
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*[[1687]] – [[Sophia Dorothea of Hanover]], queen consort of Prussia (d. 1757) |
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*[[1698]] – [[Prokop Diviš]], Czech priest, scientist and inventor (d. 1765) |
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* 1875 - [[Syngman Rhee]], [[President of South Korea]] (d. [[1965]]) |
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*[[1749]] – [[William Blount]], American politician (d. 1800)<ref>{{CongBio |name=BLOUNT, William |id=B000570|inline=YES}}</ref> |
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*[[1879]] - [[Othmar Ammann]], Swiss-born bridge engineer (d. [[1965]]) |
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*[[1753]] – [[Benjamin Thompson]], American-French physicist and politician, [[Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies]] (d. 1814) |
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*[[1882]] - [[Hermann Obrecht]], member of the Swiss Federal Council (d. [[1940]]) |
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*[[1773]] – [[Nathaniel Bowditch]], American mathematician and navigator (d. 1838) |
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*[[1794]] – [[Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld]], German painter (d. 1872) |
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*[[1886]] - [[Hugh Mulzac]], First African-America captain of the Merchant Marine (d. [[1971]]) |
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*[[1804]] – [[David Humphreys Storer]], American physician and academic (d. 1891) |
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*[[1824]] – [[Julie-Victoire Daubié]], French journalist (d. 1874)<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://time.com/5215126/julie-victoire-daubie-google-doodle/|title=What to Know About French Feminist Julie-Victoire Daubié|magazine=Time|language=en|access-date=2019-01-29}}</ref> |
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*[[1888]] - [[Elsa Brändström]], Swedish nurse (d. [[1948]]) |
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*[[1829]] – [[Théodore Aubanel]], French poet (d. 1886) |
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* 1829 – [[Georg Andreas Bull]], Norwegian architect (d. 1917)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Georg Andreas Bull |first=Ola |last=Storsletten |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |date=22 August 2023 |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Georg_Andreas_Bull |language=no|access-date=16 March 2024}}</ref> |
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*[[1904]] - [[Joseph Campbell]], American author (d. [[1987]]) |
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*[[1830]] – [[Dewitt Clinton Senter]], American politician, 18th [[Governor of Tennessee]] (d. 1898)<ref>{{cite web|title=Dewitt Clinton Senter|url=https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/dewitt-clinton-senter/|author=Thweatt, John H.|website=TennesseeEncyclopedia.net|date=October 8, 2017|access-date=February 6, 2021}}</ref> |
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* 1904 - [[Emilio Fernández]], Mexican actor, screenwriter and film director (d. [[1986]]) |
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*[[1842]] – [[Alexandre Saint-Yves d'Alveydre]], French occultist (d. 1909) |
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* 1904 - [[Xenophon Zolotas]], Greek economist, [[Prime Minister of Greece]] (d. [[2004]]) |
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*[[1850]] – [[Edward Bellamy]], American author, socialist, and utopian visionary (d. 1898) |
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*[[1852]] – [[Élémir Bourges]], French author (d. 1925) |
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*[[1854]] – [[Maurice Lecoq]], French target shooter (d. 1925) |
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*[[1856]] – [[William Massey]], Irish-New Zealand farmer and politician, 19th [[Prime Minister of New Zealand]] (d. 1925) |
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*[[1857]] – [[Théodore Tuffier]], French surgeon (d. 1929) |
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*[[1859]] – [[A. E. Housman]], English poet and scholar (d. 1936) |
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* 1859 – [[Adolf Hurwitz]], German-Swiss mathematician and academic (d. 1919) |
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*[[1860]] – [[André Prévost (tennis)|André Prévost]], French tennis player (d. 1919) |
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*[[1866]] – [[Fred Karno]], English producer and manager (d. 1941) |
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* 1914 - [[William Westmoreland]], U.S. general (d. [[2005]]) |
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*[[1868]] – King [[Fuad I of Egypt]] (d. 1936) |
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*[[1916]] - [[Christian B. Anfinsen]], American chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel laureate]] (d. [[1995]]) |
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*[[1873]] – [[Dorothea Bleek]], South African-German anthropologist and philologist (d. 1948) |
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* 1916 - [[Bill Edrich]], English cricketer (d. [[1986]]) |
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*[[1874]] – [[Robert Frost]], American poet and playwright (d. 1963) |
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*[[1875]] – [[Max Abraham]], Polish-German physicist and academic (d. 1922) |
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* 1875 – [[Syngman Rhee]], South Korean journalist and politician, 1st [[President of South Korea]] (d. 1965) |
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*[[1919]] - [[Strother Martin]], American actor (d. [[1980]]) |
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*[[1876]] – [[William, Prince of Albania|William of Wied]], prince of Albania (d. 1945) |
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*[[1922]] - [[Oscar Sala]], Italian-born physicist |
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* 1876 – [[Kate Richards O'Hare]], American Socialist Party activist and editor (d. 1948) |
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*[[1923]] - [[Gert Bastian]], German politician (d. [[1992]]) |
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*[[1879]] – [[Othmar Ammann]], Swiss-American engineer, designed the [[George Washington Bridge]] and [[Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge]] (d. 1965) |
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* 1923 - [[Bob Elliott (comedian)|Bob Elliott]], American comedian |
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* 1879 – [[Waldemar Tietgens]], German rower (d. 1917) |
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*[[1925]] - [[Pierre Boulez]], French composer and conductor |
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*[[1881]] – [[Guccio Gucci]], Italian fashion designer, founded [[Gucci]] (d. 1953) |
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* 1925 - [[James Moody (saxophonist)|James Moody]], American jazz musician, composer, and actor |
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*[[1882]] – [[Hermann Obrecht]], Swiss politician (d. 1940) |
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*[[1884]] – [[Wilhelm Backhaus]], German pianist and educator (d. 1969) |
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* 1930 - [[Sandra Day O'Connor]], U.S. Supreme Court Justice |
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* 1884 – [[Georges Imbert]], French chemical engineer and inventor (d. 1950) |
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*[[1931]] - [[Leonard Nimoy]], American actor and director |
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*[[1886]] – [[Hugh Mulzac]], Vincentian-American soldier and politician (d. 1971) |
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*[[1888]] – [[Elsa Brändström]], Swedish nurse and philanthropist (d. 1948) |
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*[[1935]] - [[Mahmoud Abbas]], President of the Palestine National Authority |
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*[[1893]] – [[James Bryant Conant]], American chemist, academic, and diplomat, 1st [[United States Ambassador to West Germany]] (d. 1978) |
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*[[1937]] - [[Wayne Embry]], American basketball player |
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* 1893 – [[Palmiro Togliatti]], Italian journalist and politician, [[Italian Minister of Justice]] (d. 1964) |
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*[[1938]] - [[Anthony James Leggett]], American physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel laureate]] |
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*[[1894]] – [[Viorica Ursuleac]], Ukrainian-Romanian soprano and actress (d. 1985) |
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*[[1940]] - [[James Caan]], American actor |
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*[[1895]] – [[Vilho Tuulos]], Finnish triple jumper (d. 1967) |
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* 1940 - [[Nancy Pelosi]], American politician |
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*[[1898]] – [[Rudolf Dassler]], German businessman, founded [[Puma SE]] (d. 1974) |
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*[[1941]] - [[Richard Dawkins]], British evolutionary biologist |
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* 1898 – [[Charles Shadwell (musician)|Charles Shadwell]], English conductor and bandleader (d. 1979) |
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* 1941 - [[Yvon Marcoux]], Quebec politician |
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*[[1900]] – [[Angela Maria Autsch]], German nun, died in Auschwitz helping Jewish prisoners (d. 1941)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.heiligenlexikon.de/BiographienA/Angela_Autsch.html|title=Angela vom Heiligen Herzen Jesu Autsch - Ökumenisches Heiligenlexikon|website=www.heiligenlexikon.de|language=de|access-date=2017-10-24}}</ref> |
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*[[1942]] - [[Erica Jong]], American author |
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*[[1943]] - [[Bob Woodward]], American journalist |
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*[[1944]] - [[Diana Ross]], American singer ([[Supremes]]) |
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*[[1904]] – [[Joseph Campbell]], American mythologist and author (d. 1987) |
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* 1904 – [[Emilio Fernández]], Mexican actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1986) |
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*[[1946]] - [[Johnny Crawford]], American actor |
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* 1904 – [[Attilio Ferraris]], Italian footballer (d. 1947) |
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* 1904 – [[Xenophon Zolotas]], Greek economist and Prime Minister of Greece (d. 2004) |
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*[[1947]] - [[Dar Robinson]], American stuntman (d. [[1986]]) |
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*[[1905]] – [[Monty Berman]], English cinematographer and producer (d. 2006) |
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*[[1948]] - [[Richard Tandy]], British keyboardist ([[Electric Light Orchestra]]) |
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* 1905 – [[André Cluytens]], Belgian-French conductor and director (d. 1967) |
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* 1948 - [[Steven Tyler]], American singer ([[Aerosmith]]) |
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* 1905 – [[Viktor Frankl]], Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist (d. 1997) |
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*[[1949]] - [[Vicki Lawrence]], American actress and singer |
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* 1905 – [[Mona Williams (writer, born 1905)|Mona Williams]], American novelist, short story writer and poet (d. 1991)<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113923729/rutland-daily-herald/ "Local"]. ''Rutland Daily Herald''. March 27, 1905. p. 8.</ref><ref>"United States Census, 1910", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2J1-JL8 : accessed 26 December 2022), Vermona Goodwyn in household of Goodwyn Goodwyn, Springfield Ward 8, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 657, sheet 10B, family 183, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 592; FHL microfilm 1,374,605.</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Obituaries |author=Detro, John |url=https://archive.org/details/ccarm_005017/page/n25/mode/2up?q=%22Mona+Goodwyn+Williams%22 |quote=|work=Carmel Pine Cone |date=December 12, 1991 |accessdate=}}</ref> |
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* 1949 - [[Patrick Süskind]], German writer |
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*[[1906]] – [[Rafael Méndez]], Mexican trumpet player and composer (d. 1981) |
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*[[1950]] - [[Teddy Pendergrass]], American singer |
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* 1906 – [[H. Radclyffe Roberts]], American entomologist and museum administrator (d. 1982)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Howard R(adclyffe) Roberts |encyclopedia=Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors |date=2001 |publisher=Gale |location=Farmington Hills, MI |id={{Gale|H1000083455}} <!--|access-date=February 12, 2022--> |via=Gale In Context: Biography }}</ref> |
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* 1950 - [[Martin Short]], Canadian comedian |
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*[[1907]] – [[Azellus Denis]], Canadian lawyer and politician, [[Postmaster General of Canada]] (d. 1991) |
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* 1950 - [[Ernest Thomas]], American actor |
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* 1907 – [[Mahadevi Varma]], Indian poet and activist (d. 1987) |
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*[[1951]] - [[Carl Wieman]], American physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel laureate]] |
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*[[1908]] – [[Franz Stangl]], Austrian-German [[SS]] officer (d. 1971) |
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*[[1909]] – [[Chips Rafferty]], Australian actor (d. 1971) |
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* 1909 – [[Héctor José Cámpora]], former President of Argentina (d. 1980)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81109076.html|title=LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies (Library of Congress)|last=Congress|first=The Library of|website=id.loc.gov|access-date=2023-02-02}}</ref> |
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* 1953 - [[Lincoln Chafee]], American Senator from Rhode Island |
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*[[1910]] – [[K. W. Devanayagam]], Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 10th [[Minister of Justice (Sri Lanka)|Sri Lankan Minister of Justice]] (d. 2002) |
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* 1953 - [[Youssouf Togoïmi]], Chadian rebel (d. [[2002]]) |
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*[[1911]] – [[Lennart Atterwall]], Swedish javelin thrower (d. 2001) |
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* 1911 – [[J. L. Austin]], English philosopher and academic (d. 1960) |
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* 1911 – [[Bernard Katz]], German-English biophysicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 2003) |
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*[[1956]] - [[Charly McClain]], American singer |
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* 1911 – [[Tennessee Williams]], American playwright, and poet (d. 1983) |
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*[[1913]] – [[Jacqueline de Romilly]], Franco-Greek philologist, author, and scholar (d. 2010) |
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*[[1958]] - [[Chris Codiroli]], American baseballer |
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* 1913 – [[Paul Erdős]], Hungarian-Polish mathematician and academic (d. 1996) |
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*[[1914]] – [[Toru Kumon]], Japanese mathematician and academic (d. 1995) |
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*[[1960]] - [[Catherine Keener]], American actress |
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* 1914 – [[William Westmoreland]], American general (d. 2005) |
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*[[1915]] – [[Lennart Strandberg]], Swedish sprinter (d. 1989) |
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* 1960 - [[Jennifer Grey]], American actress |
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* 1915 – [[Hwang Sun-won]], North Korean author and poet (d. 2000) |
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*[[1961]] - [[William Hague]], British politician |
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*[[1916]] – [[Christian B. Anfinsen]], American biochemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1995) |
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*[[1962]] - [[John Stockton]], American basketball player |
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* 1916 – [[Bill Edrich]], English cricketer and footballer (d. 1986) |
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* 1962 - [[Paul de Leeuw]], Dutch television host |
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* 1916 – [[Sterling Hayden]], American actor and author (d. 1986) |
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*[[1963]] - [[Natsuhiko Kyogoku]], Japanese writer |
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*[[1917]] – [[Rufus Thomas]], American R&B singer-songwriter (d. 2001) |
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*[[1919]] – [[Strother Martin]], American actor (d. 1980) |
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* 1919 – [[Roger Leger]], Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1965) |
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*[[1920]] – [[Sergio Livingstone]], Chilean footballer and journalist (d. 2012) |
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* 1964 - [[Ulf Samuelsson]], Swedish ice hockey player |
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*[[1922]] – [[William Milliken]], American politician, 44th [[Governor of Michigan]] (d. 2019) |
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*[[1966]] - [[Nick Wirth]], British engineer |
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* 1922 – [[Oscar Sala]], Italian-Brazilian physicist and academic (d. 2010) |
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*[[1968]] - [[Kenny Chesney]], American singer |
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* 1922 – [[Guido Stampacchia]], Italian mathematician and academic (d. 1978) |
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* 1968 - [[James Iha]], American musician ([[The Smashing Pumpkins]] and [[A Perfect Circle]]) |
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*[[1923]] – [[Gert Bastian]], German general and politician (d. 1992) |
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* 1968 - [[Laurent Brochard]], French cyclist |
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* 1923 – [[Bob Elliott (comedian)|Bob Elliott]], American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (d. 2016) |
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*[[1971]] - [[Behzad Ghorbani]], Iranian zoologist and sociobiologist |
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*[[1925]] – [[Maqsood Ahmed]], Pakistani cricketer (d. 1999) |
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* 1925 – [[Pierre Boulez]], French pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 2016) |
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*[[1973]] - [[Lawrence E. Page]], American [[search engine]] pioneer |
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* 1925 – [[Vesta Roy]], American politician, [[Governor of New Hampshire]] (d. 2002) |
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* 1925 – [[Edward Graham, Baron Graham of Edmonton]], English soldier and politician (d. 2020) |
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*[[1974]] - [[Mike Peca]], Canadian ice hockey player |
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* 1925 – [[Ben Mondor]], Canadian-American businessman (d. 2010) |
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* 1925 – [[James Moody (saxophonist)|James Moody]], American saxophonist and composer (d. 2010) |
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* 1976 - [[Nurgül Yeşilçay]], Turkish actress |
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*[[1927]] – [[Harold Chapman (photographer)|Harold Chapman]], English photographer (d. 2022)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Field |first=Douglas |date=2022-09-08 |title=Harold Chapman obituary |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/sep/08/harold-chapman-obituary |access-date=2023-03-26 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> |
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* 1976 - [[Ufuk Talay]], Australian soccer player |
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*[[1929]] – [[Charles Dumont (singer)|Charles Dumont]], French singer and composer (d. 2024)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Williams |first=Alex |date=November 24, 2024 |title=Charles Dumont, Who Wrote Enduring Melodies for Édith Piaf, Dies at 95 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/24/arts/music/charles-dumont-dead.html |access-date=November 27, 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> |
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*[[1977]] - [[Kevin Davies]], English footballer |
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*1929 – [[Edward Sorel]], American illustrator and caricaturist |
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* 1977 - [[Sylvain Grenier]], Canadian professional wrestler |
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* 1929 – [[Edwin Turney]], American businessman, co-founded [[Advanced Micro Devices]] (d. 2008) |
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*[[1978]] - [[Anastasia Kostaki]], Greek basketball player |
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*[[1930]] – [[Gregory Corso]], American poet (d. 2001) |
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* 1930 – [[Sandra Day O'Connor]], American lawyer and jurist (d. 2023)<ref>{{cite news |title=Sandra Day O'Connor, first woman appointed to Supreme Court, has died |url=https://www.latimes.com/obituaries/story/2023-12-01/sandra-day-oconnor |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=1 December 2023 |date=1 December 2023}}</ref> |
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*[[1979]] - [[Pierre Wome]], Cameroonian footballer |
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*[[1931]] – [[Leonard Nimoy]], American actor (d. 2015) |
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*[[1932]] – [[Leroy Griffith]], American businessman |
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* 1932 – [[James Andrew Harris]], American chemist and academic (d. 2000) |
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*[[1982]] - [[Mikel Arteta]], Spanish footballer |
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*[[1933]] – [[Tinto Brass]], Italian director and screenwriter |
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*[[1934]] – [[Alan Arkin]], American actor (d. 2023)<ref>{{cite news |title=Lucy Lawless adds another candle to cake |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120968753/lucy-lawless-adds-another-candle-to-cake/ |access-date=16 March 2023 |work=The Daily News Journal |agency=Associated Press |date=24 March 2000 |page=28 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> |
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*[[1984]] - [[Gregory Strydom]], Zimbabwean cricketer |
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* 1934 – [[Edvaldo Alves de Santa Rosa]], Brazilian footballer (d. 2002) |
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* 1984 - [[Stéphanie Lapointe (singer)|Stéphanie Lapointe]], Canadian artist and singer, 2004 [[Star Académie]] winner |
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*[[1937]] – [[Wayne Embry]], American basketball player and manager |
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* 1937 – [[Barbara Jones (athlete)|Barbara Jones]], American sprinter |
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*[[1985]] - [[Keira Knightley]], English actress |
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* 1937 – [[James Lee (Canadian politician)|James Lee]], Canadian businessman and politician, 26th [[Premier of Prince Edward Island]] (d. 2023) |
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* 1985 - [[Prosper Utseya]], Zimbabwean cricket captain |
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*[[1938]] – [[Norman Ackroyd]], English painter and illustrator |
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*[[1987]] - [[Yui (singer)|Yui]], Japanese musician |
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* 1938 – [[Anthony James Leggett]], English-American physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate |
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*[[1991]] - [[Brittney Wilson]], Canadian actress |
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*[[1940]] – [[James Caan]], American actor and singer (d. 2022)<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Model|first=Betsy|title=The Ultimate Caan|magazine=Cigar Aficionado|url=http://www.cigaraficionado.com/Cigar/CA_Profiles/People_Profile/0,2540,187,00.html|access-date=July 7, 2022|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061206221723/http://www.cigaraficionado.com/Cigar/CA_Profiles/People_Profile/0,2540,187,00.html|archive-date=December 6, 2006|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Pulver |first1=Andrew |title=The Godfather star James Caan dies aged 82 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/jul/07/the-godfather-star-james-caan-dies-aged-82 |work=The Guardian |date=July 7, 2022 |language=en}}</ref> |
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* 1940 – [[Nancy Pelosi]], American lawyer and politician, 52nd [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives]]<ref>{{CongBio |name=PELOSI, Nancy |id=P000197|inline=YES}}</ref> |
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*[[1941]] – [[Richard Dawkins]], Kenyan-English ethologist, biologist, and academic<ref>{{cite book|author1=Randy Moore|author2=Mark D. Decker|title=More Than Darwin: An Encyclopedia of the People and Places of the Evolution-creationism Controversy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zBI7AQAAIAAJ|year=2008|publisher=Greenwood Press|isbn=978-0-313-34155-7|page=88}}</ref> |
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* 1941 – [[Lella Lombardi]], Italian racing driver (d. 1992) |
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*[[1942]] – [[Erica Jong]], American novelist and poet |
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*[[1943]] – [[Mustafa Kalemli]], Turkish physician and politician, [[Ministry of the Interior (Turkey)|Turkish Minister of the Interior]] |
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* 1943 – [[Bob Woodward]], American journalist and author |
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*[[1944]] – [[Diana Ross]], American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress |
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*[[1945]] – [[Paul Bérenger]], Mauritian politician, [[Prime Minister of Mauritius]] |
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* 1945 – [[Mikhail Voronin]], Russian gymnast and coach (d. 2004) |
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*[[1946]] – [[Johnny Crawford]], American actor and singer (d. 2021) |
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* 1946 – [[Alain Madelin]], French politician, [[List of Finance Ministers of France|French Minister of Finance]]<ref>{{cite book|author1=Dod's|author2=Vacher Dod Publishing, Limited|title=Dod's European Companion|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sW5mAAAAMAAJ|year=2001|publisher=Dod|page=195|isbn=9780905702292}}</ref> |
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*[[1947]] – [[Subhash Kak]], Indian-American professor and author |
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* 1947 – [[John Rowles]], New Zealand-Australian singer-songwriter |
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*[[1948]] – [[Kyung-wha Chung]], South Korean violinist and educator |
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* 1948 – [[Richard Tandy]], English pianist and keyboard player (d. 2024) |
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* 1948 – [[Steven Tyler]], American singer-songwriter and actor |
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*[[1949]] – [[Jon English]], English-Australian singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2016) |
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* 1949 – [[Rudi Koertzen]], South African cricketer and umpire (d. 2022) |
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* 1949 – [[Vicki Lawrence]], American actress, comedian, talk show host, and singer |
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* 1949 – [[Fran Sheehan]], American bass player |
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* 1949 – [[Patrick Süskind]], German author and screenwriter |
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* 1949 – [[Ernest Lee Thomas]], American actor |
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*[[1950]] – [[Teddy Pendergrass]], American singer-songwriter (d. 2010) |
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* 1950 – [[Graham Barlow]], English cricketer |
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* 1950 – [[Martin Short]], Canadian-American actor, screenwriter, and producer |
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* 1950 – [[Alan Silvestri]], American composer and conductor |
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*[[1951]] – [[Željko Pavličević]], Croatian professional basketball coach and former professional player |
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* 1951 – [[Carl Wieman]], American physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate |
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*[[1952]] – [[Didier Pironi]], French racing driver (d. 1987)<ref>{{cite book|author=Brian Laban|title=Winners: a who's who of motor racing champions|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pMweYFCjPAAC|year=1981|publisher=Orbis|isbn=978-0-85613-042-7|page=138}}</ref> |
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*[[1953]] – [[Lincoln Chafee]], American academic and politician, 74th [[Governor of Rhode Island]]<ref>{{CongBio |name=CHAFEE, Lincoln Davenport |id=C001040 |inline=YES}}</ref> |
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* 1953 – [[Elaine Chao]], Taiwanese-American banker and politician, 24th [[United States Secretary of Labor]] |
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* 1953 – [[Tatyana Providokhina]], Russian runner |
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*[[1954]] – [[Clive Palmer]], Australian businessman and politician |
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* 1954 – [[Curtis Sliwa]], American talk show host and activist, founded [[Guardian Angels]] |
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* 1954 – [[Dorothy Porter]], Australian poet and playwright (d. 2008) |
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*[[1956]] – [[Charly McClain]], American [[country music]] singer |
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* 1956 – [[Park Won-soon]], South Korean lawyer and politician, 35th [[Mayor of Seoul]] (d. 2020) |
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*[[1957]] – [[Fiona Bruce (politician)|Fiona Bruce]], Scottish lawyer and politician |
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* 1957 – [[Leeza Gibbons]], American talk show host and television personality |
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* 1957 – [[Paul Morley]], English journalist, producer, and author |
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* 1957 – [[Shirin Neshat]], Iranian visual artist |
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*[[1958]] – [[Elio de Angelis]], Italian racing driver (d. 1986) |
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*[[1960]] – [[Marcus Allen]], American football player and sportscaster |
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* 1960 – [[Jennifer Grey]], American actress and dancer<ref>{{cite book|author=Paul T. Hellmann|title=Historical Gazetteer of the United States|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=REtEXQNWq6MC&pg=PA781|date=14 February 2006|publisher=Routledge|isbn=1-135-94859-3|pages=781}}</ref> |
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* 1960 – [[Graeme Rutjes]], Australian-Dutch footballer |
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*[[1961]] – [[William Hague]], English historian and politician, [[First Secretary of State]] |
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*[[1962]] – [[Richard Coles]], English pianist, saxophonist, and priest |
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* 1962 – [[Kevin Seitzer]], American baseball player and coach |
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* 1962 – [[Yuri Gidzenko]], Russian pilot and cosmonaut |
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* 1962 – [[John Stockton]], American basketball player and coach |
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* 1962 – [[Eric Allan Kramer]], American-Canadian actor |
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*[[1963]] – [[Natsuhiko Kyogoku]], Japanese author |
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*[[1964]] – [[Martin Bella]], Australian rugby league player |
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* 1964 – [[Martin Donnelly (racing driver)|Martin Donnelly]], Irish racing driver |
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* 1964 – [[Maria Miller]], English businessman and politician, [[Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport]] |
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* 1964 – [[Ulf Samuelsson]], Swedish-American ice hockey player and coach |
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*[[1965]] – [[Trey Azagthoth]], American guitarist, songwriter, and producer |
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* 1965 – [[Violeta Szekely]], Romanian runner |
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*[[1966]] – [[Michael Imperioli]], American actor and screenwriter |
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*[[1967]] – [[Jason Chaffetz]], American politician<ref>{{CongBio |name=CHAFFETZ, Jason |id=C001076 |inline=YES}}</ref> |
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*[[1968]] – [[Laurent Brochard]], French cyclist |
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* 1968 – [[Kenny Chesney]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist |
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* 1968 – [[James Iha]], American guitarist and songwriter |
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*[[1969]] – [[Alessandro Moscardi]], Italian rugby player |
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*[[1970]] – [[Paul Bosvelt]], Dutch footballer |
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* 1970 – [[Jelle Goes]], Dutch footballer and coach |
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* 1970 – [[Thomas Kyparissis]], Greek footballer |
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* 1970 – [[Martin McDonagh]], English-born Irish playwright, screenwriter, and director |
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* [[1971]] – [[Martyn Day (politician)|Martyn Day]], Scottish politician |
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* 1971 – [[Erick Morillo]], Colombian-American disc jockey, record label owner, and music producer (d. 2020)<ref>Birchmeier, Jason. [http://www.allmusic.com/artist/erick-more-morillo-mn0000803870/biography "Erick "More" Morillo"]. [[AllMusic]]. Retrieved July 7, 2022.</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Selig|first1=David|last2=Morejon|first2= Liane |
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* 1971 – [[Rennae Stubbs]], Australian tennis player and sportscaster |
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* 1971 – [[Paul Williams (footballer, born 1971)|Paul Williams]], English footballer and manager |
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*[[1972]] – [[Leslie Mann]], American actress |
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* 1972 – [[Jason Maxwell]], American baseball player |
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*[[1973]] – [[Larry Page]], American computer scientist and businessman, co-founder of [[Google]] |
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* 1973 – [[T. R. Knight]], American actor |
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*[[1974]] – [[Irina Spîrlea]], Romanian tennis player |
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* 1974 – [[Vadimas Petrenko]], Lithuanian footballer |
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* 1974 – [[Michael Peca]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach |
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*[[1976]] – [[Amy Smart]], American actress and former model |
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* 1976 – [[Alex Varas]], Chilean footballer |
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* 1976 – [[Eirik Verås Larsen]], Norwegian sprint kayaker<ref>{{cite web|title=Eirik Veraas Larsen|url=https://www.olympic.org/eirik-veraas-larsen|publisher=International Olympic Committee|access-date=6 March 2020}}</ref> |
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*[[1977]] – [[Kevin Davies]], English footballer |
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* 1977 – [[Bianca Kajlich]], American actress |
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* 1977 – [[Sylvain Grenier]], Canadian wrestler |
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*[[1978]] – [[Anastasia Kostaki]], Greek basketball player |
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*[[1979]] – [[Nacho Novo]], Spanish footballer |
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* 1979 – [[Ben Blair]], New Zealand rugby union footballer |
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* 1979 – [[Hiromi Uehara]], Japanese pianist and composer |
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* 1979 – [[Pierre Womé]], Cameroonian footballer |
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* 1979 – [[Juliana Paes]], Brazilian actress |
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*[[1980]] – [[Margaret Brennan]], American journalist |
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* 1980 – [[Son Ho-young]], South Korean singer |
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* 1980 – [[Richie Wellens]], English footballer |
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*[[1981]] – [[Sébastien Centomo]], Canadian ice hockey player |
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*1981 – [[Zayar Thaw]], Burmese rapper and politician (d. 2022)<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-11-22 |title=အကြမ်းဖက်အဖွဲ့အစည်းဖြစ်သော NUG ၏ စေခိုင်းချက်အရ NLD ပါတီဝင် မောင်ကျော်(ခ) ဖြိုးဇေယျာသော်မှ လက်နက်/ခဲယမ်းများ ထုတ်ပေး၍ ရန်ကုန်မြို့ အတွင်း အကြမ်းဖက်လုပ်ငန်းများ ဆောင်ရွက်ခဲ့မှုအချို့အား ဆက်လက်ဖော်ထုတ်ရရှိ |language=my |work=Myawaddy |url=https://myawady.net.mm/node/18714}}</ref> |
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* 1981 – [[Baruch Dego]], Ethiopian-Israeli footballer |
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* 1981 – [[Massimo Donati]], Italian footballer |
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* 1981 – [[Josh Wilson (baseball player)|Josh Wilson]], American baseball player |
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*[[1982]] – [[Mikel Arteta]], Spanish footballer |
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* 1982 – [[Brendan Ryan (baseball)|Brendan Ryan]], American baseball player |
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* 1982 – [[Nate Kaeding]], American football player |
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*[[1983]] – [[Andreas Hinkel]], German footballer |
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* 1983 – [[Floriana Lima]], American actress |
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* 1983 – [[Roman Bednář]], Czech footballer |
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* 1983 – [[Mike Mondo]], American wrestler |
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*[[1984]] – [[Jimmy Howard]], American ice hockey player |
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* 1984 – [[Drew Mitchell]], Australian rugby player |
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* 1984 – [[Felix Neureuther]], German skier |
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* 1984 – [[Marco Stier]], German footballer |
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* 1984 – [[Gregory Strydom]], Zimbabwean cricketer |
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* 1984 – [[Sara Jean Underwood]], American model, television host, and actress |
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*[[1985]] – [[Keira Knightley]], English actress |
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* 1985 – [[Matt Grevers]], American swimmer |
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* 1985 – [[Jonathan Groff]], American actor and singer |
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* 1985 – [[Prosper Utseya]], Zimbabwean cricketer |
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*[[1986]] – [[Maxime Biset]], Belgian footballer |
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* 1986 – [[Rob Kearney]], Irish rugby player |
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* 1986 – [[Emma Laine]], Finnish tennis player |
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*[[1987]] – [[Kim Dong-suk]], South Korean footballer |
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* 1987 – [[Jermichael Finley]], American football player |
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* 1987 – [[Steven Fletcher (footballer)|Steven Fletcher]], Scottish footballer |
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*[[1989]] – [[Simon Kjær]], Danish footballer |
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* 1989 – [[Von Miller]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Von Miller |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/13976/von-miller |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=13 March 2023}}</ref> |
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*[[1990]] – [[Choi Woo-shik]], South Korean actor |
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* 1990 – [[Matteo Guidicelli]], Filipino actor, model, singer and former kart racer<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/entertainment/03/26/12/matteo-turns-22 | title=Matteo Turns 22 |work=ABS-CBN News| access-date=July 7, 2022| date= March 26, 2012}}</ref> |
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* 1990 – [[Patrick Ekeng]], Cameroonian footballer (d. 2016) |
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* 1990 – [[Yuya Takaki]], Japanese idol, singer, dancer, model and actor |
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* 1990 – [[Xiumin]], South Korean singer and actor |
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*[[1991]] – [[Matt Davidson (baseball)|Matt Davidson]], American baseball player |
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*1991 – [[Ramy Youssef]], American actor and comedian<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ramy Youssef |url=https://goldenglobes.com/person/ramy-youssef/ |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=Golden Globes |language=en-US}}</ref> |
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*[[1992]] – [[Nina Agdal]], Danish model |
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* 1992 – [[Stoffel Vandoorne]], Belgian racing driver |
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*[[1994]] – [[Ryan Arcidiacono]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Ryan Arcidiacono |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1627853/ryan-arcidiacono |website=NBA.com |access-date=March 25, 2024}}</ref> |
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* 1994 – [[Alison Van Uytvanck]], Belgian tennis player<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/317819/alison-van-uytvanck|title=WTAtennis.com Profile: Alison Van Uytvanck|publisher=[[Women's Tennis Association]]|access-date=17 October 2022}}</ref> |
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* 1994 – [[Paige VanZant]], American mixed martial artist and model<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hendricks |first1=Jaclyn |title=Paige VanZant kicks off her 28th birthday with sexy photoshoot |url=https://nypost.com/2022/03/28/paige-vanzant-kicks-off-28th-birthday-with-sexy-photo-shoot/ |publisher=[[New York Post]] |access-date=13 March 2023 |date=28 March 2022}}</ref> |
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* 1994 – [[Jed Wallace]], English footballer |
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* 1994 – [[Marcela Zacarías]], Mexican tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Women's Tennis Association - Official Website |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/316607/marcela-zacarias |access-date=2022-10-17 |website=Women's Tennis Association |language=en}}</ref> |
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*[[1995]] – [[Ibai Llanos]], Spanish internet personality<ref>{{cite web |access-date=24 September 2021 |date=11 August 2021 |language=es |title=Quién es Ibai Llanos: historia del caster que se convirtió en un influencer global |url=https://marketing4ecommerce.net/quien-es-ibai-llanos-historia-del-caster-que-se-convirtio-en-influencer/ |website=Marketing 4 Ecommerce - Tu revista de marketing online para e-commerce}}<!-- auto-translated from Spanish by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> |
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*[[1996]] – [[Zane Musgrove]], New Zealand rugby league player |
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* 1996 – [[Kathryn Bernardo]], Filipino actress<ref>{{cite news |title='I celebrate who I was, who I am, and who I will be': Kathryn Bernardo marks 26th birthday |url=https://www.rappler.com/entertainment/celebrities/kathryn-bernardo-celebrates-26th-birthday/ |access-date=July 7, 2022 |publisher=Rappler |date=March 26, 2022}}</ref> |
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*[[1998]] – [[Satoko Miyahara]], Japanese figure skater |
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*[[2000]] – [[Gefen Primo]], Israeli judoka<ref>[https://www.judoinside.com/judoka/95367/Gefen_Primo/judo-career "Gefen Primo,"] JudoInside.com</ref> |
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* 2000 – [[Andrei Svechnikov]], Russian ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Andrei Svechnikov Stats And News |url=https://www.nhl.com/hurricanes/player/andrei-svechnikov-8480830 |website=NHL.com |access-date=March 25, 2024}}</ref> |
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*[[2001]] – [[Jameson Williams]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Jameson Williams Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft ... |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/enwiki/w/WillJa11.htm |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |access-date=March 25, 2024}}</ref> |
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*[[2003]] – [[Bhad Bhabie]], American rapper and social media personality<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/8261436/bhad-bhabie-lil-yachty-gucci-flip-flops|title=Bhad Bhabie Celebrates 15th Birthday With New Song 'Gucci Flip Flops,' Feat. Lil Yachty|magazine=Billboard|access-date=March 6, 2019}}</ref> |
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*[[2004]] – [[Awra Briguela]], Filipino actor and comedian<ref>{{cite news |title=Awra Briguela turns 18 with photo shoot, celebration |url=https://push.abs-cbn.com/2022/3/29/fresh-scoops/awra-turns-18-with-photo-shoot-celebration-199306 |access-date=July 7, 2022 |work=Push |publisher=ABS-CBN |date=March 29, 2022}}</ref> |
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*[[2005]] – [[Ella Anderson]], American actress<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.henry-danger-danschneider.com/cast-and-characters/ella-anderson|title=Ella Anderson|work=Henry Danger {{!}} Dan Schneider|via=www.henry-danger-danschneider.com|first1=Dan|last1=Schneider|author1-link=Dan Schneider (TV producer)|access-date=June 26, 2019|archive-date=October 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181014212404/http://www.henry-danger-danschneider.com/cast-and-characters/ella-anderson|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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==Deaths== |
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===Pre-1600=== |
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* [[304]] - [[Saint Emmanuel]], Christian martyr killed under [[Diocletian]] |
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* [[752]] – [[Pope-elect Stephen]] |
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* [[922]] - [[Al-Hallaj]], Persian Sufi teacher and writer |
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* [[809]] – [[Ludger]], Frisian [[missionary]] |
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* [[903]] – [[Sugawara no Michizane]], Japanese poet |
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* [[908]] – [[Emperor Ai of Tang|Ai]], emperor of the [[Tang dynasty|Tang Dynasty]] (b. 892) |
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*[[1517]] - [[Heinrich Isaac]], Flemish composer |
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* [[922]] – [[Mansur Al-Hallaj]], Persian mystic and poet (b. 858) |
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* [[929]] – [[Wang Du]], Chinese [[warlord]] and governor (''[[jiedushi]]'') |
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*[[1546]] - [[Thomas Elyot]], English diplomat |
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* [[973]] – [[Guntram the Rich|Guntram]] ("the Rich"), Frankish [[Nobility|nobleman]] |
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* [[983]] – [['Adud al-Dawla]], Iranian ruler (b. 936) |
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*[[1649]] – [[John Winthrop]], second governor of the [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]] |
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*[[1091]] – [[Wallada bint al-Mustakfi]], Andalusian poet<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.historiamujeres.es/aavcordo.html#Wallada|title=Mujeres andaluzas. Biografia. Mujer historia feminismo Andalucia|website=www.historiamujeres.es|language=es}}</ref> |
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*[[1679]] - [[Johannes Schefferus]], Alsatian-born humanist (b. [[1621]]) |
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*[[ |
*[[1130]] – [[Sigurd the Crusader]], Norwegian king (b. 1090) |
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*[[ |
*[[1132]] – [[Geoffrey of Vendôme]], French cardinal and theologian (b. 1065) |
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*[[ |
*[[1212]] – [[Sancho I of Portugal]] (b. 1154) |
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*[[ |
*[[1242]] – [[William de Forz, 3rd Earl of Albemarle]] |
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*[[ |
*[[1324]] – [[Marie de Luxembourg, Queen of France]] (b. 1304) |
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*[[ |
*[[1326]] – [[Alessandra Giliani]], anatomist (b. c. 1307) |
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*[[ |
*[[1350]] – [[Alfonso XI of Castile]] (b. 1312) |
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*[[1402]] – [[David Stewart, Duke of Rothesay]], heir to the throne of Scotland (b. 1378)<ref>{{cite web |title=David Stewart, 1st Duke of Rothesay: Biography on Undiscovered Scotland |url=https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usbiography/s/davidstewartrothesay.html |website=www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk |access-date=24 October 2020}}</ref> |
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*[[1814]] - [[Joseph-Ignace Guillotin]], namesake of the guillotine (b. [[1738]]) |
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*[[ |
*[[1437]] – [[Walter Stewart, Earl of Atholl]], Scottish nobleman and regicide |
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*[[ |
*[[1517]] – [[Heinrich Isaac]], Flemish composer (b. 1450) |
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*[[1535]] – [[Georg Tannstetter]], Austrian mathematician, astronomer, and cartographer (b. 1482) |
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*[[1881]] - [[Roman Sanguszko]], Polish aristocrat (b. [[1800]]) |
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*[[ |
*[[1546]] – [[Thomas Elyot]], English scholar and diplomat (b. 1490) |
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*[[ |
*[[1566]] – [[Antonio de Cabezón]], Spanish organist and composer (b. 1510) |
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*[[1905]] - [[Maurice Barrymore]], actor; patriarch of the [[Barrymore family]] (b. [[1849]]) |
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===1601–1900=== |
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*[[1910]] - [[Auguste Charlois]], French astronomer (b. [[1864]]) |
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*[[1625]] – [[Giambattista Marini]], Italian poet (b. 1569) |
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* 1910 - [[An Jung-geun]], Japanese assassin of [[Ito Hirobumi]] (executed) (b. [[1879]]) |
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*[[ |
*[[1649]] – [[John Winthrop]], English lawyer and politician, 2nd [[Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony]] |
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*[[ |
*[[1679]] – [[Johannes Schefferus]], Swedish historian and author (b. 1621) |
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*[[ |
*[[1697]] – [[Godfrey McCulloch]], Scottish politician (b. 1640) |
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*[[1726]] – [[John Vanbrugh]], English playwright and architect, designed [[Blenheim Palace]] and [[Castle Howard]] (b. 1664) |
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*[[1929]] - [[Katharine Lee Bates]], American poet (b. [[1859]]) |
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*[[ |
*[[1772]] – [[Charles Pinot Duclos]], French author and politician (b. 1704) |
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*[[1776]] – [[Samuel Ward (Rhode Island politician)|Samuel Ward]], American politician, 31st and 33rd [[List of colonial governors of Rhode Island|Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations]] (b. 1725) |
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*[[1940]] - [[Spiridon Louis]], Greek runner, winner of the first modern [[Olympics]] [[marathon]] (b. [[1873]]) |
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*[[1780]] – [[Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel]] (b. 1713) |
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*[[1942]] - [[Jimmy Burke (baseball)|Jimmy Burke]], American baseball player (b. [[1874]]) |
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*[[ |
*[[1793]] – [[John Mudge]], English physician and engineer (b. 1721) |
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*[[ |
*[[1797]] – [[James Hutton]], Scottish geologist and physician (b. 1726) |
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*[[ |
*[[1814]] – [[Joseph-Ignace Guillotin]], French physician and politician (b. 1738) |
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*[[ |
*[[1827]] – [[Ludwig van Beethoven]], German pianist and composer (b. 1770) |
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*[[ |
*[[1858]] – [[John Addison Thomas]], American lieutenant, engineer, and politician, 3rd [[United States Assistant Secretary of State]] (b. 1811) |
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*[[ |
*[[1862]] – [[Uriah P. Levy]], American commander (b. 1792) |
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*[[1881]] – [[Roman Sanguszko]], Polish general and activist (b. 1800) |
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*1881 – [[Old Abe]], [[8th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment]] Mascot (b. 1861) |
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* 1973 - [[Don Messer]], Canadian fiddler (b. [[1909]]) |
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*[[1885]] – [[Anson Stager]], American general and businessman, co-founded [[Western Union]] (b. 1825) |
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*[[ |
*[[1888]] – [[Barghash bin Said of Zanzibar]] (b. 1837) |
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*[[1892]] – [[Walt Whitman]], American poet, essayist, and journalist (b. 1819) |
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* 1976 - [[Lin Yutang]], Chinese writer (b. [[1895]]) |
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*[[1983]] - [[Anthony Blunt]], British art historian and spy (b. [[1907]]) |
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===1901–present=== |
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*[[1984]] - [[Ahmed Sékou Touré]], [[President of Guinea]] (b. [[1922]]) |
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*[[1902]] – [[Cecil Rhodes]], English-South African colonialist, businessman and politician, 6th [[Prime Minister of the Cape Colony]] (b. 1853) |
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*[[1987]] - [[Eugen Jochum]], German conductor (b. [[1902]]) |
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*[[ |
*[[1905]] – [[Maurice Barrymore]], American actor (b. 1849) |
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*[[ |
*[[1910]] – [[Auguste Charlois]], French astronomer (b. 1864) |
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*[[ |
*[[1920]] – [[William Chester Minor]], American surgeon and lexicographer (b. 1834) |
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*[[ |
*[[1923]] – [[Sarah Bernhardt]], French actress and screenwriter (b. 1844) |
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*[[1926]] – [[Constantin Fehrenbach]], German lawyer and politician, [[Chancellor of Germany (German Reich)|Chancellor of Germany]] (b. 1852) |
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* 1996 - [[David Packard]], American engineer and businessman (b. [[1912]]) |
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*[[1932]] – [[Henry M. Leland]], American machinist, inventor, engineer, automotive entrepreneur and founder of [[Cadillac]] and [[Lincoln (automobile)|Lincoln]] (b. 1843) |
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*[[1997]] - [[Marshall Applewhite]], American cult leader (b. [[1931]]) |
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*[[ |
*[[1934]] – [[John Biller]], American jumper and discus thrower (b. 1877) |
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*[[1940]] – [[Wilhelm Anderson]], German-Estonian astrophysicist (b. 1880) |
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*[[2002]] - [[Randy Castillo]], American drummer ([[Ozzy Osbourne]], [[Mötley Crüe]]) (b. [[1950]]) |
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* 1940 – [[Spyridon Louis]], Greek runner (b. 1873) |
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*[[ |
*[[1942]] – [[Jimmy Burke (baseball)|Jimmy Burke]], American baseball player and manager (b. 1874) |
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* 1942 – [[Carolyn Wells]], American novelist and poet (b. 1862)<ref>{{cite web |title=Carolyn Wells {{!}} American writer |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Carolyn-Wells |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=22 January 2020 |language=en}}</ref> |
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* 2004 - [[Jan Sterling]], American actress (b. [[1921]]) |
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*[[ |
*[[1945]] – [[David Lloyd George]], English-Welsh lawyer and politician, [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (b. 1863) |
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*[[1951]] – [[James F. Hinkle]], American banker and politician, 6th [[Governor of New Mexico]] (b. 1864) |
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* 2005 - [[Paul Hester]], Australian drummer ([[Split Enz]] and [[Crowded House]]) (b. [[1959]]) |
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*[[1954]] – [[Charles Perrin]], French rower (b. 1875) |
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*[[ |
*[[1957]] – [[Édouard Herriot]], French politician, [[Prime Minister of France]] (b. 1872) |
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* 1957 – [[Max Ophüls]], German-American director and screenwriter (b. 1902) |
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*[[1958]] – [[Phil Mead]], English cricketer and footballer (b. 1887) |
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*[[1959]] – [[Raymond Chandler]], American crime novelist and screenwriter (b. 1888) |
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* 2007 - [[Sylvia Straus]], American classical pianist, wife of Jewish Theologian [[Abraham Joshua Heschel]] |
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*[[1966]] – [[Victor Hochepied]], French swimmer (b. 1883) |
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* 1966 – [[Cyril Hume]], American novelist and screenwriter (b. 1900)<ref name="Durward 1938">{{cite book |last1=Howes |first1=Durward |title=America's Young Men |date=1938 |publisher=Richard Blank Publishing Company |page=292 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AZQ6AQAAIAAJ&q=%22helen+chandler%22+cyril+hume}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Cyril Hume dies; wrote for films; did 'Great Gatsby' script in 1949--also a novelist |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1966/03/28/283355602.html?pageNumber=33 |access-date=17 October 2021 |work=[[New York Times]] |date=March 28, 1966 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> |
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*[[1969]] – [[John Kennedy Toole]], American novelist (b. 1937) |
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*[[1973]] – [[Noël Coward]], English playwright, actor, and composer (b. 1899) |
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* 1973 – [[Johnny Drake]], American football player (b. 1916) |
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*[[1979]] – [[Beauford Delaney]], American-French painter (b. 1901) |
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* 1979 – [[Jean Stafford]], American author and academic (b. 1915) |
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*[[1980]] – [[Roland Barthes]], French linguist and critic (b. 1915) |
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*[[1983]] – [[Anthony Blunt]], English historian and spy (b. 1907) |
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*[[1984]] – [[Ahmed Sékou Touré]], Guinean politician, 1st [[President of Guinea]] (b. 1922) |
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*[[1987]] – [[Eugen Jochum]], German conductor (b. 1902) |
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* 1987 – [[Walter Abel]], American actor (b. 1898) |
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*[[1990]] – [[Halston]], American fashion designer (b. 1932) |
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*[[1992]] – [[Barbara Frum]], American-Canadian journalist and radio host (b. 1937) |
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*[[1993]] – [[Louis Falco]], American dancer and choreographer (b. 1942) |
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*[[1995]] – [[Eazy-E]], American rapper and producer (b. 1964) |
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*[[1996]] – [[Edmund Muskie]], American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 58th [[United States Secretary of State]] (b. 1914) |
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* 1996 – [[David Packard]], American engineer and businessman, co-founded [[Hewlett-Packard]] (b. 1912) |
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* 1996 – [[John Snagge]], English journalist (b. 1904) |
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*[[2000]] – [[Alex Comfort]], English physician and author (b. 1920) |
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*[[2002]] – [[Randy Castillo]], American drummer and songwriter (b. 1950) |
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*[[2003]] – [[Daniel Patrick Moynihan]], American sociologist and politician, 12th [[United States Ambassador to the United Nations]] (b. 1927) |
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*[[2004]] – [[Jan Sterling]], American actress (b. 1921) |
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*[[2005]] – [[James Callaghan]], English lieutenant and politician, [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (b. 1912) |
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* 2005 – [[Frederick Rotimi Williams]], Nigerian lawyer and politician (b. 1920) |
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*[[2006]] – [[Anil Biswas (politician)|Anil Biswas]], Indian journalist and politician (b. 1944) |
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* 2006 – [[Paul Dana]], American racing driver (b. 1975) |
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* 2006 – [[Nikki Sudden]], English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1956) |
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*[[2008]] – [[Robert Fagles]], American poet and academic (b. 1933) |
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* 2008 – [[Manuel Marulanda]], Colombian rebel leader (b. 1930) |
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*[[2009]] – [[Shane McConkey]], Canadian skier and [[BASE jumping|BASE]] jumper (b. 1969) |
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* 2009 – [[Arne Bendiksen]], Norwegian singer and composer (b. 1926) |
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*[[2010]] – [[Charles Ryskamp]], American art collector and curator (b. 1928) |
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*[[2011]] – [[Roger Abbott]], English-Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1946) |
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* 2011 – [[Geraldine Ferraro]], American lawyer and politician (b. 1935) |
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* 2011 – [[Diana Wynne Jones]], English author (b. 1934)<ref>{{cite web |title=Diana Wynne Jones {{!}} British writer {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Diana-Wynne-Jones |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=10 January 2022 |language=en}}</ref> |
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*[[2012]] – [[Sisto Averno]], American football player (b. 1925) |
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* 2012 – [[Michael Begley (politician)|Michael Begley]], Irish carpenter and politician (b. 1932) |
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* 2012 – [[Thomas M. Cover]], American theorist and academic (b. 1938) |
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* 2012 – [[David Craighead (organist)|David Craighead]], American organist and educator (b. 1924) |
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* 2012 – [[Manik Godghate]], Indian poet and educator (b. 1937) |
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* 2012 – [[Helmer Ringgren]], Swedish theologian and academic (b. 1917) |
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*[[2013]] – [[Tom Boerwinkle]], American basketball player and sportscaster (b. 1945) |
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* 2013 – [[Krzysztof Kozłowski]], Polish journalist and politician, [[Ministry of Interior and Administration (Poland)|Polish Minister of Interior]] (b. 1931) |
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* 2013 – [[Dave Leggett]], American baseball player (b. 1933) |
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* 2013 – [[Don Payne (writer)|Don Payne]], American screenwriter and producer (b. 1964) |
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*[[2014]] – [[Roger Birkman]], American psychologist and author (b. 1919) |
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* 2014 – [[Dick Guidry]], American businessman and politician (b. 1929) |
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* 2014 – [[Marcus Kimball, Baron Kimball]], English politician (b. 1928) |
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*[[2015]] – [[Dinkha IV]], Iraqi patriarch (b. 1935) |
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* 2015 – [[Friedrich L. Bauer]], German mathematician, computer scientist, and academic (b. 1924) |
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* 2015 – [[Tomas Tranströmer]], Swedish poet, translator, and psychologist [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1931) |
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*[[2016]] – [[Jim Harrison]], American novelist, essayist, and poet (b. 1937) |
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*[[2018]] – [[Fabrizio Frizzi]], Italian television presenter (b. 1958) |
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*[[2023]] – [[María Kodama]], Argentine writer and translator (b. 1937)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Genzlinger |first1=Neil |title=María Kodama, Keeper of the Borges Legacy, Dies at 86 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/09/books/maria-kodama-dead.html |access-date=11 April 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=9 April 2023}}</ref> |
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* 2023 – [[Innocent (actor)|Innocent Vareed Thekkethala]], Indian actor and politician (b. 1948)<ref>{{cite news |title=Malayalam actor Innocent passes away at 75 |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/malayalam/malayalam-actor-innocent-passes-away-8519027/ |access-date=27 March 2023 |work=The Indian Express |date=26 March 2023 |language=en}}</ref> |
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* 2023 – [[Jacob Ziv]], Israeli electrical engineer, developed the [[LZ77 and LZ78|LZ family]] of compression algorithms (b. 1931)<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Israel Academy mourns the passing of its past President Prof. Jacob Ziv |url=https://www.academy.ac.il/News/NewsItem.aspx?nodeId=837&id=2518 |access-date=2023-03-26 |website=www.academy.ac.il |language=en}}</ref> |
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*[[2024]] – [[Esther Coopersmith]], American diplomat, [[UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador|UNESCO goodwill ambassador]] (b. 1930)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Langer |first1=Emily |title=Esther Coopersmith, Washington diplomat and doyenne, dies at 94 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2024/03/28/esther-coopersmith-washington-dead/ |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=March 29, 2024 |date=March 28, 2024}}</ref> |
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==Holidays and observances== |
==Holidays and observances== |
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*Christian [[feast day]]s: |
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* [[Bangladeshi Independence Day|Independence Day]] - [[Bangladesh]] |
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**[[Castulus]] |
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* [[Zoroastrianism]] - [[Prophet]] [[Zoroaster]]'s Birthday. |
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**[[Saint Emmanuel|Emmanuel and companions]] |
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* [[Prince Kuhio Day]] in [[Hawaii]] |
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**[[Felicitas of Padua|Felicitas]] |
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**[[Harriet Monsell]] ([[Church of England]]) |
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**[[Saint Larissa|Larissa]] |
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**[[Ludger]] |
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**[[Richard Allen (bishop)|Richard Allen]] ([[Episcopal Church (USA)]]) |
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**[[March 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]] |
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*[[Independence Day (Bangladesh)|Independence Day and National Day]] ([[Bangladesh]]), celebrates the declaration of independence from [[Pakistan]] in 1971. |
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*[[Public holidays in Mali|Martyr's Day or Day of Democracy]] ([[Mali]]) |
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*[[Prince Kūhiō Day]] ([[Hawaii]], United States) |
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*[[Purple Day]] ([[Canada]] and [[United States]]) |
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*[[Synaxis]] of the [[Archangel Gabriel]] ([[Eastern Christianity]]) |
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== References == |
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===Liturgical feasts=== |
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March 26 is the 85th day of the year (86th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 280 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
[edit]Pre-1600
[edit]- 590 – Emperor Maurice proclaims his son Theodosius as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire.[1]
- 624 – First Eid al-Fitr celebration.
- 1021 – The death of the Fatimid caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, kept secret for six weeks, is announced, along with the succession of his son, al-Zahir li-i'zaz Din Allah.[2]
- 1027 – Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor.
- 1169 – Saladin becomes the emir of Egypt.
- 1244 – The crown of Aragon and the crown of Castile agree in the Treaty of Almizra on the limits of their respective expansion into al-Andalus.[3]
- 1344 – The Siege of Algeciras, one of the first European military engagements where gunpowder was used, comes to an end.
- 1351 – Combat of the Thirty: Thirty Breton knights call out and defeat thirty English knights.
- 1484 – William Caxton prints his translation of Aesop's Fables.
- 1552 – Guru Amar Das becomes the Third Sikh guru.
1601–1900
[edit]- 1636 – Utrecht University is founded in the Netherlands.
- 1640 – The Royal Academy of Turku, the first university of Finland, is founded in the city of Turku by Queen Christina of Sweden at the proposal of Count Per Brahe.[4][5]
- 1651 – Silver-loaded Spanish ship San José is pushed south by strong winds, subsequently it wrecks in the coast of southern Chile and its surviving crew is killed by indigenous Cuncos.[6][7]
- 1697 – Safavid government troops take control of Basra.
- 1700 – William Dampier is the first European to circumnavigate New Britain, discovering it is an island (which he names Nova Britannia) rather than part of New Guinea.[8]
- 1812 – An earthquake devastates Caracas, Venezuela.
- 1812 – A political cartoon in the Boston-Gazette coins the term "gerrymander" to describe oddly shaped electoral districts designed to help incumbents win reelection.
- 1830 – The Book of Mormon is published in Palmyra, New York.
- 1839 – The first Henley Royal Regatta is held.
- 1871 – The elections of Commune council of the Paris Commune are held.
- 1885 – The Métis people of the District of Saskatchewan under Louis Riel begin the North-West Rebellion against Canada.
- 1896 – An explosion at the Brunner Mine near Greymouth, New Zealand, kills 65 coal miners in the country's worst industrial accident.[9]
1901–present
[edit]- 1913 – First Balkan War: Bulgarian forces capture Adrianople.
- 1915 – The Vancouver Millionaires win the 1915 Stanley Cup Finals, the first championship played between the Pacific Coast Hockey Association and the National Hockey Association.
- 1917 – World War I: First Battle of Gaza: British troops are halted after 17,000 Turks block their advance.
- 1922 – The German Social Democratic Party is founded in Poland.
- 1931 – Swissair is founded as the national airline of Switzerland.
- 1931 – Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union is founded in Vietnam.
- 1934 – The United Kingdom driving test is introduced.
- 1939 – Spanish Civil War: Nationalists begin their final offensive of the war.
- 1942 – World War II: The first female prisoners arrive at Auschwitz concentration camp in German-occupied Poland.
- 1945 – World War II: The Battle of Iwo Jima ends as the island is officially secured by American forces.
- 1954 – Nuclear weapons testing: The Romeo shot of Operation Castle is detonated at Bikini Atoll. Yield: 11 megatons.
- 1955 – Pan Am Flight 845/26 ditches in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Oregon, killing four.[10]
- 1958 – The United States Army launches Explorer 3.
- 1958 – The African Regroupment Party is launched at a meeting in Paris.
- 1967 – Ten thousand people gather for one of many Central Park be-ins in New York City.
- 1970 – South Vietnamese President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu implements a land reform program to solve the problem of land tenancy.
- 1971 – East Pakistan declares its independence from Pakistan to form Bangladesh and the Bangladesh Liberation War begins.
- 1975 – The Biological Weapons Convention comes into force.
- 1979 – Anwar al-Sadat, Menachem Begin and Jimmy Carter sign the Egypt–Israel peace treaty in Washington, D.C.
- 1979 – An Interflug Ilyushin Il-18 crashes at Quatro de Fevereiro Airport during a rejected takeoff, killing 10.[11]
- 1981 – Social Democratic Party (UK) is founded as a party.
- 1982 – A groundbreaking ceremony for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is held in Washington, D.C.
- 1991 – Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay sign the Treaty of Asunción, establishing Mercosur, the South Common Market.
- 1991 – Singapore Airlines Flight 117 is hijacked by four Pakistani terrorists and diverted to Changi Airport.[12]
- 1997 – Thirty-nine bodies are found in the Heaven's Gate mass suicides.
- 1998 – During the Algerian Civil War, the Oued Bouaicha massacre sees fifty-two people, mostly infants, killed with axes and knives.
- 2005 – Around 200,000 to 300,000 Taiwanese demonstrate in Taipei in opposition to the Anti-Secession Law of China.
- 2010 – The South Korean Navy corvette Cheonan is torpedoed, killing 46 sailors. After an international investigation, the President of the United Nations Security Council blames North Korea.
- 2017 – Russia-wide anti-corruption protests in 99 cities. The Levada Center survey showed that 38% of surveyed Russians supported protests and that 67 percent held Putin personally responsible for high-level corruption.
- 2024 – The Francis Scott Key Bridge collapses following a collision between the MV Dali container ship and one of the bridge's support pillars, killing 6 people.[13]
Births
[edit]Pre-1600
[edit]- 1516 – Conrad Gessner, Swiss botanist and zoologist (d. 1565)
- 1554 – Charles of Lorraine, duke of Mayenne (d. 1611)
- 1584 – John II, duke of Zweibrücken (d. 1635)
1601–1900
[edit]- 1633 – Mary Beale, British artist (d. 1699)
- 1634 – Domenico Freschi, Italian priest and composer (d. 1710)
- 1656 – Nicolaas Hartsoeker, Dutch mathematician and physicist (d. 1725)
- 1687 – Sophia Dorothea of Hanover, queen consort of Prussia (d. 1757)
- 1698 – Prokop Diviš, Czech priest, scientist and inventor (d. 1765)
- 1749 – William Blount, American politician (d. 1800)[14]
- 1753 – Benjamin Thompson, American-French physicist and politician, Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies (d. 1814)
- 1773 – Nathaniel Bowditch, American mathematician and navigator (d. 1838)
- 1794 – Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, German painter (d. 1872)
- 1804 – David Humphreys Storer, American physician and academic (d. 1891)
- 1824 – Julie-Victoire Daubié, French journalist (d. 1874)[15]
- 1829 – Théodore Aubanel, French poet (d. 1886)
- 1829 – Georg Andreas Bull, Norwegian architect (d. 1917)[16]
- 1830 – Dewitt Clinton Senter, American politician, 18th Governor of Tennessee (d. 1898)[17]
- 1842 – Alexandre Saint-Yves d'Alveydre, French occultist (d. 1909)
- 1850 – Edward Bellamy, American author, socialist, and utopian visionary (d. 1898)
- 1852 – Élémir Bourges, French author (d. 1925)
- 1854 – Maurice Lecoq, French target shooter (d. 1925)
- 1856 – William Massey, Irish-New Zealand farmer and politician, 19th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1925)
- 1857 – Théodore Tuffier, French surgeon (d. 1929)
- 1859 – A. E. Housman, English poet and scholar (d. 1936)
- 1859 – Adolf Hurwitz, German-Swiss mathematician and academic (d. 1919)
- 1860 – André Prévost, French tennis player (d. 1919)
- 1866 – Fred Karno, English producer and manager (d. 1941)
- 1868 – King Fuad I of Egypt (d. 1936)
- 1873 – Dorothea Bleek, South African-German anthropologist and philologist (d. 1948)
- 1874 – Robert Frost, American poet and playwright (d. 1963)
- 1875 – Max Abraham, Polish-German physicist and academic (d. 1922)
- 1875 – Syngman Rhee, South Korean journalist and politician, 1st President of South Korea (d. 1965)
- 1876 – William of Wied, prince of Albania (d. 1945)
- 1876 – Kate Richards O'Hare, American Socialist Party activist and editor (d. 1948)
- 1879 – Othmar Ammann, Swiss-American engineer, designed the George Washington Bridge and Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge (d. 1965)
- 1879 – Waldemar Tietgens, German rower (d. 1917)
- 1881 – Guccio Gucci, Italian fashion designer, founded Gucci (d. 1953)
- 1882 – Hermann Obrecht, Swiss politician (d. 1940)
- 1884 – Wilhelm Backhaus, German pianist and educator (d. 1969)
- 1884 – Georges Imbert, French chemical engineer and inventor (d. 1950)
- 1886 – Hugh Mulzac, Vincentian-American soldier and politician (d. 1971)
- 1888 – Elsa Brändström, Swedish nurse and philanthropist (d. 1948)
- 1893 – James Bryant Conant, American chemist, academic, and diplomat, 1st United States Ambassador to West Germany (d. 1978)
- 1893 – Palmiro Togliatti, Italian journalist and politician, Italian Minister of Justice (d. 1964)
- 1894 – Viorica Ursuleac, Ukrainian-Romanian soprano and actress (d. 1985)
- 1895 – Vilho Tuulos, Finnish triple jumper (d. 1967)
- 1898 – Rudolf Dassler, German businessman, founded Puma SE (d. 1974)
- 1898 – Charles Shadwell, English conductor and bandleader (d. 1979)
- 1900 – Angela Maria Autsch, German nun, died in Auschwitz helping Jewish prisoners (d. 1941)[18]
1901–present
[edit]- 1904 – Joseph Campbell, American mythologist and author (d. 1987)
- 1904 – Emilio Fernández, Mexican actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1986)
- 1904 – Attilio Ferraris, Italian footballer (d. 1947)
- 1904 – Xenophon Zolotas, Greek economist and Prime Minister of Greece (d. 2004)
- 1905 – Monty Berman, English cinematographer and producer (d. 2006)
- 1905 – André Cluytens, Belgian-French conductor and director (d. 1967)
- 1905 – Viktor Frankl, Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist (d. 1997)
- 1905 – Mona Williams, American novelist, short story writer and poet (d. 1991)[19][20][21]
- 1906 – Rafael Méndez, Mexican trumpet player and composer (d. 1981)
- 1906 – H. Radclyffe Roberts, American entomologist and museum administrator (d. 1982)[22]
- 1907 – Azellus Denis, Canadian lawyer and politician, Postmaster General of Canada (d. 1991)
- 1907 – Mahadevi Varma, Indian poet and activist (d. 1987)
- 1908 – Franz Stangl, Austrian-German SS officer (d. 1971)
- 1909 – Chips Rafferty, Australian actor (d. 1971)
- 1909 – Héctor José Cámpora, former President of Argentina (d. 1980)[23]
- 1910 – K. W. Devanayagam, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 10th Sri Lankan Minister of Justice (d. 2002)
- 1911 – Lennart Atterwall, Swedish javelin thrower (d. 2001)
- 1911 – J. L. Austin, English philosopher and academic (d. 1960)
- 1911 – Bernard Katz, German-English biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2003)
- 1911 – Tennessee Williams, American playwright, and poet (d. 1983)
- 1913 – Jacqueline de Romilly, Franco-Greek philologist, author, and scholar (d. 2010)
- 1913 – Paul Erdős, Hungarian-Polish mathematician and academic (d. 1996)
- 1914 – Toru Kumon, Japanese mathematician and academic (d. 1995)
- 1914 – William Westmoreland, American general (d. 2005)
- 1915 – Lennart Strandberg, Swedish sprinter (d. 1989)
- 1915 – Hwang Sun-won, North Korean author and poet (d. 2000)
- 1916 – Christian B. Anfinsen, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1995)
- 1916 – Bill Edrich, English cricketer and footballer (d. 1986)
- 1916 – Sterling Hayden, American actor and author (d. 1986)
- 1917 – Rufus Thomas, American R&B singer-songwriter (d. 2001)
- 1919 – Strother Martin, American actor (d. 1980)
- 1919 – Roger Leger, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1965)
- 1920 – Sergio Livingstone, Chilean footballer and journalist (d. 2012)
- 1922 – William Milliken, American politician, 44th Governor of Michigan (d. 2019)
- 1922 – Oscar Sala, Italian-Brazilian physicist and academic (d. 2010)
- 1922 – Guido Stampacchia, Italian mathematician and academic (d. 1978)
- 1923 – Gert Bastian, German general and politician (d. 1992)
- 1923 – Bob Elliott, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (d. 2016)
- 1925 – Maqsood Ahmed, Pakistani cricketer (d. 1999)
- 1925 – Pierre Boulez, French pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 2016)
- 1925 – Vesta Roy, American politician, Governor of New Hampshire (d. 2002)
- 1925 – Edward Graham, Baron Graham of Edmonton, English soldier and politician (d. 2020)
- 1925 – Ben Mondor, Canadian-American businessman (d. 2010)
- 1925 – James Moody, American saxophonist and composer (d. 2010)
- 1927 – Harold Chapman, English photographer (d. 2022)[24]
- 1929 – Charles Dumont, French singer and composer (d. 2024)[25]
- 1929 – Edward Sorel, American illustrator and caricaturist
- 1929 – Edwin Turney, American businessman, co-founded Advanced Micro Devices (d. 2008)
- 1930 – Gregory Corso, American poet (d. 2001)
- 1930 – Sandra Day O'Connor, American lawyer and jurist (d. 2023)[26]
- 1931 – Leonard Nimoy, American actor (d. 2015)
- 1932 – Leroy Griffith, American businessman
- 1932 – James Andrew Harris, American chemist and academic (d. 2000)
- 1933 – Tinto Brass, Italian director and screenwriter
- 1934 – Alan Arkin, American actor (d. 2023)[27]
- 1934 – Edvaldo Alves de Santa Rosa, Brazilian footballer (d. 2002)
- 1937 – Wayne Embry, American basketball player and manager
- 1937 – Barbara Jones, American sprinter
- 1937 – James Lee, Canadian businessman and politician, 26th Premier of Prince Edward Island (d. 2023)
- 1938 – Norman Ackroyd, English painter and illustrator
- 1938 – Anthony James Leggett, English-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1940 – James Caan, American actor and singer (d. 2022)[28][29]
- 1940 – Nancy Pelosi, American lawyer and politician, 52nd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives[30]
- 1941 – Richard Dawkins, Kenyan-English ethologist, biologist, and academic[31]
- 1941 – Lella Lombardi, Italian racing driver (d. 1992)
- 1942 – Erica Jong, American novelist and poet
- 1943 – Mustafa Kalemli, Turkish physician and politician, Turkish Minister of the Interior
- 1943 – Bob Woodward, American journalist and author
- 1944 – Diana Ross, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
- 1945 – Paul Bérenger, Mauritian politician, Prime Minister of Mauritius
- 1945 – Mikhail Voronin, Russian gymnast and coach (d. 2004)
- 1946 – Johnny Crawford, American actor and singer (d. 2021)
- 1946 – Alain Madelin, French politician, French Minister of Finance[32]
- 1947 – Subhash Kak, Indian-American professor and author
- 1947 – John Rowles, New Zealand-Australian singer-songwriter
- 1948 – Kyung-wha Chung, South Korean violinist and educator
- 1948 – Richard Tandy, English pianist and keyboard player (d. 2024)
- 1948 – Steven Tyler, American singer-songwriter and actor
- 1949 – Jon English, English-Australian singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2016)
- 1949 – Rudi Koertzen, South African cricketer and umpire (d. 2022)
- 1949 – Vicki Lawrence, American actress, comedian, talk show host, and singer
- 1949 – Fran Sheehan, American bass player
- 1949 – Patrick Süskind, German author and screenwriter
- 1949 – Ernest Lee Thomas, American actor
- 1950 – Teddy Pendergrass, American singer-songwriter (d. 2010)
- 1950 – Graham Barlow, English cricketer
- 1950 – Martin Short, Canadian-American actor, screenwriter, and producer
- 1950 – Alan Silvestri, American composer and conductor
- 1951 – Željko Pavličević, Croatian professional basketball coach and former professional player
- 1951 – Carl Wieman, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1952 – Didier Pironi, French racing driver (d. 1987)[33]
- 1953 – Lincoln Chafee, American academic and politician, 74th Governor of Rhode Island[34]
- 1953 – Elaine Chao, Taiwanese-American banker and politician, 24th United States Secretary of Labor
- 1953 – Tatyana Providokhina, Russian runner
- 1954 – Clive Palmer, Australian businessman and politician
- 1954 – Curtis Sliwa, American talk show host and activist, founded Guardian Angels
- 1954 – Dorothy Porter, Australian poet and playwright (d. 2008)
- 1956 – Charly McClain, American country music singer
- 1956 – Park Won-soon, South Korean lawyer and politician, 35th Mayor of Seoul (d. 2020)
- 1957 – Fiona Bruce, Scottish lawyer and politician
- 1957 – Leeza Gibbons, American talk show host and television personality
- 1957 – Paul Morley, English journalist, producer, and author
- 1957 – Shirin Neshat, Iranian visual artist
- 1958 – Elio de Angelis, Italian racing driver (d. 1986)
- 1960 – Marcus Allen, American football player and sportscaster
- 1960 – Jennifer Grey, American actress and dancer[35]
- 1960 – Graeme Rutjes, Australian-Dutch footballer
- 1961 – William Hague, English historian and politician, First Secretary of State
- 1962 – Richard Coles, English pianist, saxophonist, and priest
- 1962 – Kevin Seitzer, American baseball player and coach
- 1962 – Yuri Gidzenko, Russian pilot and cosmonaut
- 1962 – John Stockton, American basketball player and coach
- 1962 – Eric Allan Kramer, American-Canadian actor
- 1963 – Natsuhiko Kyogoku, Japanese author
- 1964 – Martin Bella, Australian rugby league player
- 1964 – Martin Donnelly, Irish racing driver
- 1964 – Maria Miller, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
- 1964 – Ulf Samuelsson, Swedish-American ice hockey player and coach
- 1965 – Trey Azagthoth, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
- 1965 – Violeta Szekely, Romanian runner
- 1966 – Michael Imperioli, American actor and screenwriter
- 1967 – Jason Chaffetz, American politician[36]
- 1968 – Laurent Brochard, French cyclist
- 1968 – Kenny Chesney, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1968 – James Iha, American guitarist and songwriter
- 1969 – Alessandro Moscardi, Italian rugby player
- 1970 – Paul Bosvelt, Dutch footballer
- 1970 – Jelle Goes, Dutch footballer and coach
- 1970 – Thomas Kyparissis, Greek footballer
- 1970 – Martin McDonagh, English-born Irish playwright, screenwriter, and director
- 1971 – Martyn Day, Scottish politician
- 1971 – Erick Morillo, Colombian-American disc jockey, record label owner, and music producer (d. 2020)[37][38]
- 1971 – Rennae Stubbs, Australian tennis player and sportscaster
- 1971 – Paul Williams, English footballer and manager
- 1972 – Leslie Mann, American actress
- 1972 – Jason Maxwell, American baseball player
- 1973 – Larry Page, American computer scientist and businessman, co-founder of Google
- 1973 – T. R. Knight, American actor
- 1974 – Irina Spîrlea, Romanian tennis player
- 1974 – Vadimas Petrenko, Lithuanian footballer
- 1974 – Michael Peca, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1976 – Amy Smart, American actress and former model
- 1976 – Alex Varas, Chilean footballer
- 1976 – Eirik Verås Larsen, Norwegian sprint kayaker[39]
- 1977 – Kevin Davies, English footballer
- 1977 – Bianca Kajlich, American actress
- 1977 – Sylvain Grenier, Canadian wrestler
- 1978 – Anastasia Kostaki, Greek basketball player
- 1979 – Nacho Novo, Spanish footballer
- 1979 – Ben Blair, New Zealand rugby union footballer
- 1979 – Hiromi Uehara, Japanese pianist and composer
- 1979 – Pierre Womé, Cameroonian footballer
- 1979 – Juliana Paes, Brazilian actress
- 1980 – Margaret Brennan, American journalist
- 1980 – Son Ho-young, South Korean singer
- 1980 – Richie Wellens, English footballer
- 1981 – Sébastien Centomo, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1981 – Zayar Thaw, Burmese rapper and politician (d. 2022)[40]
- 1981 – Baruch Dego, Ethiopian-Israeli footballer
- 1981 – Massimo Donati, Italian footballer
- 1981 – Josh Wilson, American baseball player
- 1982 – Mikel Arteta, Spanish footballer
- 1982 – Brendan Ryan, American baseball player
- 1982 – Nate Kaeding, American football player
- 1983 – Andreas Hinkel, German footballer
- 1983 – Floriana Lima, American actress
- 1983 – Roman Bednář, Czech footballer
- 1983 – Mike Mondo, American wrestler
- 1984 – Jimmy Howard, American ice hockey player
- 1984 – Drew Mitchell, Australian rugby player
- 1984 – Felix Neureuther, German skier
- 1984 – Marco Stier, German footballer
- 1984 – Gregory Strydom, Zimbabwean cricketer
- 1984 – Sara Jean Underwood, American model, television host, and actress
- 1985 – Keira Knightley, English actress
- 1985 – Matt Grevers, American swimmer
- 1985 – Jonathan Groff, American actor and singer
- 1985 – Prosper Utseya, Zimbabwean cricketer
- 1986 – Maxime Biset, Belgian footballer
- 1986 – Rob Kearney, Irish rugby player
- 1986 – Emma Laine, Finnish tennis player
- 1987 – Kim Dong-suk, South Korean footballer
- 1987 – Jermichael Finley, American football player
- 1987 – Steven Fletcher, Scottish footballer
- 1989 – Simon Kjær, Danish footballer
- 1989 – Von Miller, American football player[41]
- 1990 – Choi Woo-shik, South Korean actor
- 1990 – Matteo Guidicelli, Filipino actor, model, singer and former kart racer[42]
- 1990 – Patrick Ekeng, Cameroonian footballer (d. 2016)
- 1990 – Yuya Takaki, Japanese idol, singer, dancer, model and actor
- 1990 – Xiumin, South Korean singer and actor
- 1991 – Matt Davidson, American baseball player
- 1991 – Ramy Youssef, American actor and comedian[43]
- 1992 – Nina Agdal, Danish model
- 1992 – Stoffel Vandoorne, Belgian racing driver
- 1994 – Ryan Arcidiacono, American basketball player[44]
- 1994 – Alison Van Uytvanck, Belgian tennis player[45]
- 1994 – Paige VanZant, American mixed martial artist and model[46]
- 1994 – Jed Wallace, English footballer
- 1994 – Marcela Zacarías, Mexican tennis player[47]
- 1995 – Ibai Llanos, Spanish internet personality[48]
- 1996 – Zane Musgrove, New Zealand rugby league player
- 1996 – Kathryn Bernardo, Filipino actress[49]
- 1998 – Satoko Miyahara, Japanese figure skater
- 2000 – Gefen Primo, Israeli judoka[50]
- 2000 – Andrei Svechnikov, Russian ice hockey player[51]
- 2001 – Jameson Williams, American football player[52]
- 2003 – Bhad Bhabie, American rapper and social media personality[53]
- 2004 – Awra Briguela, Filipino actor and comedian[54]
- 2005 – Ella Anderson, American actress[55]
Deaths
[edit]Pre-1600
[edit]- 752 – Pope-elect Stephen
- 809 – Ludger, Frisian missionary
- 903 – Sugawara no Michizane, Japanese poet
- 908 – Ai, emperor of the Tang Dynasty (b. 892)
- 922 – Mansur Al-Hallaj, Persian mystic and poet (b. 858)
- 929 – Wang Du, Chinese warlord and governor (jiedushi)
- 973 – Guntram ("the Rich"), Frankish nobleman
- 983 – 'Adud al-Dawla, Iranian ruler (b. 936)
- 1091 – Wallada bint al-Mustakfi, Andalusian poet[56]
- 1130 – Sigurd the Crusader, Norwegian king (b. 1090)
- 1132 – Geoffrey of Vendôme, French cardinal and theologian (b. 1065)
- 1212 – Sancho I of Portugal (b. 1154)
- 1242 – William de Forz, 3rd Earl of Albemarle
- 1324 – Marie de Luxembourg, Queen of France (b. 1304)
- 1326 – Alessandra Giliani, anatomist (b. c. 1307)
- 1350 – Alfonso XI of Castile (b. 1312)
- 1402 – David Stewart, Duke of Rothesay, heir to the throne of Scotland (b. 1378)[57]
- 1437 – Walter Stewart, Earl of Atholl, Scottish nobleman and regicide
- 1517 – Heinrich Isaac, Flemish composer (b. 1450)
- 1535 – Georg Tannstetter, Austrian mathematician, astronomer, and cartographer (b. 1482)
- 1546 – Thomas Elyot, English scholar and diplomat (b. 1490)
- 1566 – Antonio de Cabezón, Spanish organist and composer (b. 1510)
1601–1900
[edit]- 1625 – Giambattista Marini, Italian poet (b. 1569)
- 1649 – John Winthrop, English lawyer and politician, 2nd Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
- 1679 – Johannes Schefferus, Swedish historian and author (b. 1621)
- 1697 – Godfrey McCulloch, Scottish politician (b. 1640)
- 1726 – John Vanbrugh, English playwright and architect, designed Blenheim Palace and Castle Howard (b. 1664)
- 1772 – Charles Pinot Duclos, French author and politician (b. 1704)
- 1776 – Samuel Ward, American politician, 31st and 33rd Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (b. 1725)
- 1780 – Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (b. 1713)
- 1793 – John Mudge, English physician and engineer (b. 1721)
- 1797 – James Hutton, Scottish geologist and physician (b. 1726)
- 1814 – Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, French physician and politician (b. 1738)
- 1827 – Ludwig van Beethoven, German pianist and composer (b. 1770)
- 1858 – John Addison Thomas, American lieutenant, engineer, and politician, 3rd United States Assistant Secretary of State (b. 1811)
- 1862 – Uriah P. Levy, American commander (b. 1792)
- 1881 – Roman Sanguszko, Polish general and activist (b. 1800)
- 1881 – Old Abe, 8th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment Mascot (b. 1861)
- 1885 – Anson Stager, American general and businessman, co-founded Western Union (b. 1825)
- 1888 – Barghash bin Said of Zanzibar (b. 1837)
- 1892 – Walt Whitman, American poet, essayist, and journalist (b. 1819)
1901–present
[edit]- 1902 – Cecil Rhodes, English-South African colonialist, businessman and politician, 6th Prime Minister of the Cape Colony (b. 1853)
- 1905 – Maurice Barrymore, American actor (b. 1849)
- 1910 – Auguste Charlois, French astronomer (b. 1864)
- 1920 – William Chester Minor, American surgeon and lexicographer (b. 1834)
- 1923 – Sarah Bernhardt, French actress and screenwriter (b. 1844)
- 1926 – Constantin Fehrenbach, German lawyer and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1852)
- 1932 – Henry M. Leland, American machinist, inventor, engineer, automotive entrepreneur and founder of Cadillac and Lincoln (b. 1843)
- 1934 – John Biller, American jumper and discus thrower (b. 1877)
- 1940 – Wilhelm Anderson, German-Estonian astrophysicist (b. 1880)
- 1940 – Spyridon Louis, Greek runner (b. 1873)
- 1942 – Jimmy Burke, American baseball player and manager (b. 1874)
- 1942 – Carolyn Wells, American novelist and poet (b. 1862)[58]
- 1945 – David Lloyd George, English-Welsh lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1863)
- 1951 – James F. Hinkle, American banker and politician, 6th Governor of New Mexico (b. 1864)
- 1954 – Charles Perrin, French rower (b. 1875)
- 1957 – Édouard Herriot, French politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1872)
- 1957 – Max Ophüls, German-American director and screenwriter (b. 1902)
- 1958 – Phil Mead, English cricketer and footballer (b. 1887)
- 1959 – Raymond Chandler, American crime novelist and screenwriter (b. 1888)
- 1966 – Victor Hochepied, French swimmer (b. 1883)
- 1966 – Cyril Hume, American novelist and screenwriter (b. 1900)[59][60]
- 1969 – John Kennedy Toole, American novelist (b. 1937)
- 1973 – Noël Coward, English playwright, actor, and composer (b. 1899)
- 1973 – Johnny Drake, American football player (b. 1916)
- 1979 – Beauford Delaney, American-French painter (b. 1901)
- 1979 – Jean Stafford, American author and academic (b. 1915)
- 1980 – Roland Barthes, French linguist and critic (b. 1915)
- 1983 – Anthony Blunt, English historian and spy (b. 1907)
- 1984 – Ahmed Sékou Touré, Guinean politician, 1st President of Guinea (b. 1922)
- 1987 – Eugen Jochum, German conductor (b. 1902)
- 1987 – Walter Abel, American actor (b. 1898)
- 1990 – Halston, American fashion designer (b. 1932)
- 1992 – Barbara Frum, American-Canadian journalist and radio host (b. 1937)
- 1993 – Louis Falco, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1942)
- 1995 – Eazy-E, American rapper and producer (b. 1964)
- 1996 – Edmund Muskie, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 58th United States Secretary of State (b. 1914)
- 1996 – David Packard, American engineer and businessman, co-founded Hewlett-Packard (b. 1912)
- 1996 – John Snagge, English journalist (b. 1904)
- 2000 – Alex Comfort, English physician and author (b. 1920)
- 2002 – Randy Castillo, American drummer and songwriter (b. 1950)
- 2003 – Daniel Patrick Moynihan, American sociologist and politician, 12th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (b. 1927)
- 2004 – Jan Sterling, American actress (b. 1921)
- 2005 – James Callaghan, English lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1912)
- 2005 – Frederick Rotimi Williams, Nigerian lawyer and politician (b. 1920)
- 2006 – Anil Biswas, Indian journalist and politician (b. 1944)
- 2006 – Paul Dana, American racing driver (b. 1975)
- 2006 – Nikki Sudden, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1956)
- 2008 – Robert Fagles, American poet and academic (b. 1933)
- 2008 – Manuel Marulanda, Colombian rebel leader (b. 1930)
- 2009 – Shane McConkey, Canadian skier and BASE jumper (b. 1969)
- 2009 – Arne Bendiksen, Norwegian singer and composer (b. 1926)
- 2010 – Charles Ryskamp, American art collector and curator (b. 1928)
- 2011 – Roger Abbott, English-Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1946)
- 2011 – Geraldine Ferraro, American lawyer and politician (b. 1935)
- 2011 – Diana Wynne Jones, English author (b. 1934)[61]
- 2012 – Sisto Averno, American football player (b. 1925)
- 2012 – Michael Begley, Irish carpenter and politician (b. 1932)
- 2012 – Thomas M. Cover, American theorist and academic (b. 1938)
- 2012 – David Craighead, American organist and educator (b. 1924)
- 2012 – Manik Godghate, Indian poet and educator (b. 1937)
- 2012 – Helmer Ringgren, Swedish theologian and academic (b. 1917)
- 2013 – Tom Boerwinkle, American basketball player and sportscaster (b. 1945)
- 2013 – Krzysztof Kozłowski, Polish journalist and politician, Polish Minister of Interior (b. 1931)
- 2013 – Dave Leggett, American baseball player (b. 1933)
- 2013 – Don Payne, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1964)
- 2014 – Roger Birkman, American psychologist and author (b. 1919)
- 2014 – Dick Guidry, American businessman and politician (b. 1929)
- 2014 – Marcus Kimball, Baron Kimball, English politician (b. 1928)
- 2015 – Dinkha IV, Iraqi patriarch (b. 1935)
- 2015 – Friedrich L. Bauer, German mathematician, computer scientist, and academic (b. 1924)
- 2015 – Tomas Tranströmer, Swedish poet, translator, and psychologist Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1931)
- 2016 – Jim Harrison, American novelist, essayist, and poet (b. 1937)
- 2018 – Fabrizio Frizzi, Italian television presenter (b. 1958)
- 2023 – María Kodama, Argentine writer and translator (b. 1937)[62]
- 2023 – Innocent Vareed Thekkethala, Indian actor and politician (b. 1948)[63]
- 2023 – Jacob Ziv, Israeli electrical engineer, developed the LZ family of compression algorithms (b. 1931)[64]
- 2024 – Esther Coopersmith, American diplomat, UNESCO goodwill ambassador (b. 1930)[65]
Holidays and observances
[edit]- Christian feast days:
- Independence Day and National Day (Bangladesh), celebrates the declaration of independence from Pakistan in 1971.
- Martyr's Day or Day of Democracy (Mali)
- Prince Kūhiō Day (Hawaii, United States)
- Purple Day (Canada and United States)
- Synaxis of the Archangel Gabriel (Eastern Christianity)
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