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===Pre-1600=== |
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*] – The ] is instituted by ]. |
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*] – The ] is instituted by a ] of ].<ref>{{cite book|author=Torgil Magnuson|title=Urban Transformation of Medieval Rome, 312-1420|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AutPAAAAMAAJ|year=2004|publisher=Swedish Institute in Rome|isbn=978-91-7042-167-9|page=121}}</ref> |
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*] – The last naval battle in ] history occurs, as three Genoese galleys escorting a Byzantine transport fight their way through the huge Ottoman blockade fleet and into the ]. |
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===1601–1900=== |
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*] – The last ruler of the ], ] was defeated and killed by ] in the ]. |
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*] – ] dissolves England's ].<ref>{{cite book|author1=William Robison|author2=Ronald H. Fritze|title=Historical Dictionary of Stuart England, 1603-1689|publisher=Greenwood Press|year=1996|isbn=9780313283918|page=147}}</ref> |
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*] – ] begins the voyage during which he discovers ] and ]. |
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*] – English Admiral ] destroys a Spanish silver fleet, under heavy fire from the shore, at the ].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Manganiello |first1=Stephen C |title=The Concise Encyclopedia of the Revolutions and Wars of England, Scotland, and Ireland, 1639-1660 |date=2004 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-5100-9|page=481}}</ref> |
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*] – The ] phenomenon observed over ] and depicted in the famous painting "]" |
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*] – ] dissolves the ]. |
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* 1657 – ] is granted to the Jews of ] (later New York City). |
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*] – Start of ], a new phase in the Burmese Civil War (1740–57). |
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*] – ] destroys a ] silver fleet under heavy fire at ]. |
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*] – The ] king, ], abandoned by his ] ally ], wins a victory over ] at ]. |
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* 1657 – ] is granted to the ]s of ] (later ]). |
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*] – The former ] ], now deposed, lays siege to ]. |
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*] – ]: The ] begins, following the battles at ]. |
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*] – ] arrives at ], while en route to Manhattan for his ]. |
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*] – The ] king ], abandoned by his ] ally ], wins a victory over ] at ]. |
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*] – France declares war against the "]", the beginning of the ]. |
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*] – ]: the ] begins, following the battles at ]. |
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*] – The ] is established. |
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*] – ] declares war on ], the beginning of ]. |
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*] – Two ]n army corps in Bavaria are defeated by a ] army led by ] at the ] on the second day of a four day campaign which ended in a French victory. |
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*] – Two Austrian army corps in Bavaria are defeated by a ] army led by ] at the ] on the second day of a four-day campaign that ended in a French victory. |
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*] – ] becomes the second non-Muslim to enter ], following ]. He would also be the first to return alive.<ref>{{cite book | last=Quella-Villéger | first=Alain | year=2012 | title=René Caillié, l'Africain: une vie d'explorateur, 1799–1838 | publisher=Aubéron | place=Anglet, France | isbn=978-2-84498-137-0 | language=fr|page=95 }}</ref> |
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*] – The Governor of ] declares independence from ]. |
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*] – ] passes an act creating the ]. |
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*] – The case of '']'' was concluded, with Abraham Thornton allowed to go free rather than face a retrial for murder, after his demand for ] was upheld. |
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*] – ]: ] resigns his commission in the ] in order to command the forces of the state of ].<ref>{{cite journal|last=Pryor|first=Elizabeth Brown|title=Robert E. Lee's 'Severest Struggle'|journal=American Heritage|date=Winter 2008 |access-date=April 20, 2019|url=https://www.americanheritage.com/robert-e-lees-severest-struggle}}</ref> |
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*] – ] becomes the first non-Muslim to enter ]. |
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* 1861 – ], attempting to display the value of balloons, makes record journey, flying 900 miles from Cincinnati to South Carolina.<ref>{{cite book|first=Clifton|last=Daniel|title=Chronicle of America|publisher=Chronicle publication|year=1989|page=364|isbn=0-13-133745-9}}</ref> |
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*] – ] passes an act creating the ]. |
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*] – ]: ] resigns his commission in the ] in order to command the forces of the state of ]. |
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*] – ] and ] complete the experiment disproving the theory of ]. |
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*] – Astronomer ] demonstrates the ], which measures water clarity, aboard ]'s yacht, the ''L'Immaculata Concezion''. |
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*] – ] and ] complete the first ] tests. |
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*] – The ] begins. Its suppression shocks European opinion, and Bulgarian independence becomes a condition for ending the ]. |
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*] – Astronomer ] demonstrates the ], which measures water clarity, aboard ]'s yacht, the L’Immaculata Concezion. |
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*] – The ] becomes law. |
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*] – Pope Leo XIII publishes the encyclical '']'', condemning Freemasonry. |
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*] – U.S. President ] signs a joint resolution to Congress for declaration of war against Spain, beginning the ].<ref>{{cite book|last=McCallum|first=Jack|title=Military Medicine: From Ancient Times to the 21st Century|location=Santa Barbara, Calif.|publisher=ABC-CLIO|date=2008|isbn=978-1-85109-693-0|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5BXB9QtUfFQC|page=306}}</ref> |
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*] – The ] - a key point in the new Bulgarian history, leading to the ] and the liberation of Bulgaria from ], as an independent part of the Ottoman Empire. |
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*] – ] publishes the ] '']''. |
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===1901–present=== |
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*] – ] and ] refine ] ]. |
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*] – ] and ] refine ]. |
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*] – Opening day of competition of the ]. |
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*] – Opening day of competition in the ].<ref>{{cite book|title= The best ever Australian Sports Writing|last= Cunneen|first= Chris|year= 2001|publisher= Black Inc.|location= Australia|isbn= 1-86395-266-7|page= 321|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=66OBschGE_YC|access-date= 19 February 2011}}</ref> |
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*] – Nineteen men, women, and children participating in a strike are killed in the ] during the ].<ref>{{cite book|last=Rees|first=Jonathan|chapter=Ludlow Massacre|title=The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Business, Labor, and Economic History. Volume 1: Abra to Mutu|editor-last=Dubofsky|editor-first=Melvyn|location=Oxford, UK|publisher=Oxford University Press|date=2013|isbn=978-0-19-999304-8|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D-NMAgAAQBAJ|pages=483–484}}</ref> |
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*] – Opening day for ] ]s ] in ], ], and ] in ], ]. |
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*] – ], a.k.a. The Red Baron, shoots down his 79th and 80th victims, his final victories before his death the following day. |
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*] – 19 men, women, and children die in the ] during a ] coal-miner's strike. |
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*] – The ] government creates ] within ]. |
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*] – The ] play their first game at Weeghman Park (currently ]), defeating the ] 7-6 in 11 innings |
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*] – ], aka The Red Baron, shoots down his 79th and 80th victims marking his final victories before his death the following day. |
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*] – ]: U.S. troops capture ], Germany, only to later cede the city to the ]. |
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* 1945 – World War II: ]: On his 56th birthday ] makes his last trip to the surface to award ]es to boy soldiers of the ]. |
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*] – The ] government creates ] within ]. |
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* 1945 – Twenty Jewish children used in ] at ] are killed in the basement of the ] school. |
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*] – ] and ] announce ], a process to add sound to film. |
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*] – The ] officially ], giving most of its power to the ]. |
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*] – ] is celebrated as a national holiday in Nazi Germany |
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* ] – ]: The ] attacks the {{HMS|Amethyst|F116}} travelling to the British embassy in ] during the ].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Murfett |first=Malcolm H. |date=May 1991 |title=A Pyrrhic Victory: HMS Amethyst and the Damage to Anglo-Chinese Relations in 1949 |journal=] |language=en |volume=9 |issue=1 |pages=121–140 |doi=10.1179/072924791791202396 |issn=0729-2473}}</ref> |
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*] – ] records the first Civil Rights song "]". |
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*] – ]: ] troops capture ], ], only to later cede the city to the ]. |
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*] – ]: Failure of the ] of US-backed Cuban exiles against ]. |
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*] – English politician ] makes his controversial ].<ref>{{cite book|author1=Anthony F Heath|author2=Sin Yi Cheung|author3=Shawna N. Smith|title=Unequal Chances: Ethnic Minorities in Western Labour Markets|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0ahnAAAAMAAJ|date=25 October 2007|publisher=OUP/British Academy|isbn=978-0-19-726386-0|page=512}}</ref> |
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* 1945 – World War II: ]: ] makes his last trip to the surface to award ]es to boy soldiers of the ]. |
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* 1968 – ] crashes near the ] in ] (now ]), killing 123 people.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 707-344C ZS-EUW Windhoek-Strijdom International Airport (WDH) |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19680420-0 |access-date=2022-04-19 |website=aviation-safety.net |publisher=]}}</ref> |
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*] – Failure of the ] of US-backed troops against ]. |
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*] – ]: ] ], commanded by ] and piloted by ], lands on the Moon. |
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*] – ] launches with the ] because of the fire at ]. |
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*] – ] crashes after taking off from ] in ], ], killing all 53 people on board.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 727-230 HC-BSU Bogotá-Eldorado Airport (BOG) |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19980420-0 |access-date=2019-04-17 |website=aviation-safety.net |publisher=Aviation Safety Network}}</ref> |
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*] – ] politician ] makes his controversial ]. |
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*] – ]: ] kill 13 people and injure 24 others before committing suicide at ] in ].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Toppo |first=Greg |date=April 13, 2009 |title=10 years later, the real story behind Columbine |url=http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2009-04-13-columbine-myths_N.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230806205358/https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/nation/2009-04-13-columbine-myths_N.htm |archive-date=August 6, 2023 |access-date=August 6, 2023 |website=]}}</ref> |
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*] – ] landed on the moon commanded by John Young. |
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*] - The ] in ] ], killing four workers.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Singapore |first=National Library Board |title=Nicoll Highway collapse |url=https://www.nlb.gov.sg/main/article-detail?cmsuuid=7a60c2bc-c72a-4f4d-b447-a68e7ad7ee00 |access-date=2024-04-20 |website=www.nlb.gov.sg |language=en}}</ref> |
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*] – ] is shot down by ]. |
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*] – ]: William Phillips barricades himself with a ] in ]'s ] in ] before killing a male hostage and himself.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=April 20, 2007 |title=Gunman kills hostage, self at NASA center |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna18233965 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230806205611/https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna18233965 |archive-date=August 6, 2023 |access-date=August 6, 2023 |website=] |language=en}}</ref> |
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*] – Climax of ] in ] as hundreds of ] political activists are arrested. |
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*] – ] wins the ] becoming the first female driver in history to win an ] race.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/danica-patrick-makes-history-with-indy-japan-300-win-1.715905|title=Danica Patrick makes history with Indy Japan 300 win|date=April 21, 2008|publisher=]|access-date=January 1, 2018|archive-url=https://archive.today/20180106094637/http://www.cbc.ca/sports/danica-patrick-makes-history-with-indy-japan-300-win-1.715905|archive-date=January 6, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> |
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*] – The ], an extremely violent ] playoff game, is played in ], ]. |
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*] – The '']'' drilling rig ] in the Gulf of Mexico, killing eleven workers and beginning an ]. |
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*] – ] raid on ] compound in northern ]. |
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*] – One hundred twenty-seven people are killed when a ] in a residential area near the ] near ], Pakistan. |
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*] – Pianist ] performs in his native ] for the first time in 61 years. |
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*] – A 6.6-] ] strikes ], ], in China's ] province, killing at least 193 people and injuring thousands. |
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*] – ] terrorist group ] announces their dissolution after 28 years. |
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*] – Ten people are killed in a ] on a convoy carrying food supplies to a ] compound in ] in the Somali region of ]. |
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*] – ]: ] kill 13 people and injure 24 others before committing suicide at ] in ]. |
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*] – For the first time in history, ] drop ], an effect of the ].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.marketwatch.com/story/about-150-years-of-oil-price-history-in-one-chart-illustrates-crudes-spectacular-plunge-below-0-a-barrel-2020-04-22 |title=About 150-years of oil-price history in one chart illustrates crude's spectacular plunge below $0 a barrel |author=Mark DeCambre |agency= |work=Market Watch |date=April 22, 2020 }}</ref> |
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*] – ]: A man with a ] barricades himself in ]'s ] in ], ] before killing a male hostage and himself. |
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*] – ]: ] is found guilty of all charges in the ] by the ].<ref>{{cite news|first1=Jonathan|last1=Allen|first2=Nathan|last2=Layne|first3=Gabriella|last3=Borter|date=April 21, 2021|title=Minneapolis jury convicts ex-policeman Derek Chauvin of murdering George Floyd|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/jurors-resume-deliberations-derek-chauvin-murder-trial-2021-04-20/|work=]|language=en|access-date=April 25, 2022}}</ref> |
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*] – ] wins the ] becoming the first female driver in history to win an ] race. |
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*] – ] rocket, the largest and most powerful rocket ever built, launches for the first time. It explodes 4 minutes into flight.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-04-20 |title=Musk's SpaceX big rocket explodes on test flight |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-65334810 |access-date=2023-04-20 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref> |
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*] – ] oil well explodes in the Gulf of Mexico, killing eleven workers and beginning an oil spill that would last five months. |
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==Births== |
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==Births== |
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===Pre-1600=== |
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* ] – ], ] and Muslim scholar (d. 765) |
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*] – ], German Protestant reformer (d. 1566) |
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*] – ], German theologian and reformer (d. 1566)<ref>{{cite book|author=Joseph Whitaker|title=An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord ...|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iw4wAAAAMAAJ|year=1993|publisher=J. Whitaker|page=14}}</ref> |
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*] – ], Peruvian saint (d. 1617) |
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*] – ], Duchess consort of Bavaria (d. 1602) |
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*] – ] (d. 1654) |
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*] – ], Peruvian mystic and saint (d. 1617) |
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*] – ], French botanist (d. 1704) |
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*] – ], English informer (d. 1680) |
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*] – ] of Japan (d. 1654) |
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*] – ], Governor of Belgorod (d. 1739) |
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*] – ], French botanist and author (d. 1704) |
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*] – ], English spy (d. 1680) |
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*] – ], American missionary (d. 1747) |
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*] – ], American missionary (d. 1747) |
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*] – ], American merchant, farmer, and politician (d. 1781)<ref>{{cite book|author=John Hill Wheeler|title=Reminiscences and Memoirs of North Carolina and Eminent North Carolinians|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Anm0ZuTZ8EcC&pg=PA46|year=1966|publisher=Genealogical Publishing Com|isbn=978-0-8063-0375-8|pages=46}}</ref> |
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*] – ], American Continental Congress delegate (d. 1781) |
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*] – ], Belgian-born Austrian diplomat (d. 1794) |
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*] – ], Belgian-Austrian minister and diplomat (d. 1794) |
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*] – ], French physician (d. 1826) |
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*] – ], French physician and psychiatrist (d. 1826) |
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*] – Emperor ] (d. 1873) |
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*] – ], German composer and theologian (d. 1831) |
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*] – ], French politician, 1st ], Emperor of ] (d. 1873) |
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*] – ], German-born inventor (d. 1893) |
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*] – ], English author (d. 1887) |
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*] – ], Croatian philologist, historian, and lexicographer (d. 1895) |
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*] – ], American sculptor (d. 1931) |
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*] – ], German-American mechanic and engineer (d. 1893) |
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*] – ], Scottish golfer (d. 1875) |
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*] – ], English author and poet (d. 1887) |
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*] – ], ]i scholar (d. 1961) |
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*] – ], King of Romania (d. 1914) |
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*] – ], British economist and civil servant (d. 1951) |
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*] – ], French painter and illustrator (d. 1916) |
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*] – ], French couturier (d. 1944) |
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*] – ], American sculptor, designed the ] (d. 1931) |
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*] – ], U.S. General (d. 1967) |
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*] – ], Russian chemist (d. 1918) |
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* 1851 – ], Polish-American businessman, founded the ] (d. 1923) |
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*] – ], Armenian poet (d. 1915) |
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*] – ] (d. 1966) |
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*] – ], French target shooter (d. 1933) |
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*] – ], Turkish-born businessman and activist (d. 1996) |
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*] – ], English economist and civil servant (d. 1951) |
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*] – ], English character actor (d. 1951) |
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* 1889 – ], ] politician, ], (d. 1945) |
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*] – ], ] of ] (d. 1959) |
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*] – ], Croatian poet and lawyer (d. 1909) |
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*] – ], American actor (d. 1971) |
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*] – ], French fashion designer (d. 1944) |
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* 1893 – ], Spanish painter (d. 1983) |
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*] – ], American general (d. 1967) |
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* 1893 – ], American ] (d. 2008) |
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*] – ] (d. 1966) |
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*] – ], American musician (d. 1973) |
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* 1884 – ], American boxer (d. 1960) |
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*] – ], Canadian aviator (d. 1952) |
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* 1884 – ], Armenian poet and educator (d. 1915) |
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* 1896 – ], French writer (d. 1972) |
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*] – ], Turkish rabbi, lawyer, and activist (d. 1996) |
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* 1889 – ] (d. 1918) |
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* 1889 – ], French mystic (d. 1918) |
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* 1889 – ], Austrian-born German politician, ] of ] (d. 1945) |
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* 1889 – ], Dutch footballer (d. 1960) |
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*] – ], Canadian lawyer and politician, 16th ] (d. 1959) |
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* 1890 – ], Austrian soldier and politician, 6th ] (d. 1965) |
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*] – ], American baseball player and manager (d. 1972) |
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*] – ], American actor, comedian, and producer (d. 1971) |
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* 1893 – ], Spanish painter and sculptor (d. 1983) |
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*] – ], French essayist, novelist, and dramatist (d. 1972) |
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*] – ], Canadian lieutenant, ] recipient (d. 1918) |
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*] – ], American actor (d. 1972) |
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*] – ], American actor (d. 1972) |
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*] – ], Pakistani cricketer (d. 1991)<ref>, CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 April 2020. {{subscription required}}</ref> |
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* 1904 – ], American scientist (d. 1995) |
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*] – ], Greek Orthodox bishop of ] (d. 2010) |
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* 1907 – ], Greek bishop (d. 2010) |
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*] – ], American musician (d. 2002) |
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*] – ], American vibraphone player, pianist, bandleader, and actor (d. 2002) |
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*] – ], Greek actor (d. 1986) |
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*] – ], Turkish diplomat and politician (d. 1961) |
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*] – ], Greek actor and poet (d. 1986) |
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* 1913 – ], German biologist and entomologist (d. 1976) |
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*] – ], American actress (d. 1999) |
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*] – ], American actress (d. 1999) |
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*] – ], South African–born psychotherapist (d. 1997) |
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*] – ], South African psychotherapist and physician (d. 1997) |
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*] – ], American naval officer, author (d. 2002) |
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*] – ], Azerbaijani actress (d. 2004) |
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* 1918 – ], Swedish physicist, ] laureate (d. 2007) |
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*] – ], Swedish physicist and academic, ] laureate (d. 2007) |
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*] – ], Australian pilot and author (d. 1943) |
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*] – ], Australian lieutenant and pilot (d. 1943) |
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*] – ], WWII Veteran (d. 2007) |
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*] – ], South African ], psychiatrist, and human rights activist (d. 2002) |
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* 1920 – ], Nigerian banker and politician, ] (d. 2000) |
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* 1920 – ], American jurist |
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* 1920 – ], American lawyer and jurist, ] (d. 2019)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/16/us/john-paul-stevens-dead.html|title=Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, Who Led Court's Liberal Wing, Dies at 99|last1=Greenhouse, Linda|date=July 16, 2019|work=]|access-date=July 16, 2019|author1-link=Linda Greenhouse|archive-date=December 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211043554/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/16/us/john-paul-stevens-dead.html|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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*] – ], French-Canadian actress |
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*] – ], Slovak actress (d. 2006)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-04-19 |title=Pred 100 rokmi sa narodila nezabudnuteľná herečka Katarína Kolníková |url=https://kultura.pravda.sk/divadlo/clanok/584981-pred-100-rokmi-sa-narodila-nezabudnutelna-herecka-katarina-kolnikova/ |access-date=2023-08-28 |website=Pravda.sk |language=sk-SK}}</ref> |
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*] – ], American nun and broadcaster |
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*] – ], American nun and broadcaster, founded ] (d. 2016)<ref>{{cite book|title=New Catholic Encyclopedia: Ead-Fre|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fwgKAQAAMAAJ|year=2003|publisher=Thomson/Gale|isbn=978-0-7876-4009-5|page=379}}</ref> |
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*] – ], Polish-born painter (d. 2008) |
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* 1923 – ], American musician (d. 2000) |
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* 1923 – ], Polish-American painter and illustrator (d. 2008) |
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* 1923 – ], American drummer and producer (d. 2000)<ref>{{cite book|author=Steven Joseph Loza|title=Tito Puente and the Making of Latin Music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZroTEzIfzncC&pg=PA1|year=1999|publisher=University of Illinois Press|isbn=978-0-252-06778-5|pages=1}}</ref> |
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*] – ], Dutch-born American actress (d. 2008) |
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*] – ], Dutch-American actress (d. 2008)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Gerald Gardner|author2=Jim Bellows|title=80: From Ben Bradlee to Lena Horne to Carl Reiner, Our Most Famous Eighty Year Olds Reveal Why They Never Felt So Young|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wUIQaWm4MWoC&pg=PA211|year=2007|publisher=Sourcebooks, Inc.|isbn=978-1-4022-4823-8|pages=211}}</ref> |
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* 1924 – ], English actor |
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* 1924 – ], English actor and producer (d. 2022)<ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/08/movies/leslie-phillips-dead.html|title = Leslie Phillips, 98, British Comic Actor And Sagacious Object in 'Harry Potter'|newspaper = ]|last = Genzlinger|first = Neil|date = 10 November 2022|access-date = 10 November 2022|page = B12|url-access = limited}}</ref> |
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*] – ], German-born American football player (d. 2006) |
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*] – ], American race car driver (d. 2008) |
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* 1924 – ], Canadian sociologist and academic |
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*] – ], German-American football player and coach (d. 2006) |
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* 1927 – ], Swiss physicist, ] laureate |
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*] – ], Irish footballer (d. 2007) |
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* 1925 – ], American actress (d. 2017) |
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*] – ], Canadian judge and politician, 1st ] (d. 2005) |
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* 1928 – ], English astronomer (d. 2003) |
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*] – ], Greek-American baseball and football player (d. 1955) |
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* 1927 – ], American race car driver (d. 2008) |
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* 1927 – ], Swiss physicist and academic, ] laureate (d. 2023)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/18/science/alex-muller-dead.html|title=K. Alex Müller, Innovator in Ceramic Superconductors, Dies at 95|date=January 18, 2023|website=New York Times|author=Dylan Loeb McClain|access-date=April 19, 2023}}</ref> |
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*] – ], British businessman and peer |
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*] – ], American politician |
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*] – ], American chess player and author (d. 2013) |
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* 1928 – ], Irish international footballer (d. 2007)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.11v11.com/players/johnny-gavin-31935/|title=Johnny Gavin|website=11v11.com|access-date=6 April 2020}}</ref> |
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*] – ], Greek discus thrower |
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* 1937 – ], American actor |
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*] – ], American composer and conductor (d. 2014) |
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*] – ], Hungarian TV announcer and actress (d. 1991) |
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* 1930 – ], English director and screenwriter (d. 2016) |
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*] – ], American author |
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*] – ], English lieutenant and politician (d. 2014) |
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* 1939 – ], former ] |
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* 1931 – ], English businessman and politician |
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* 1939 – ], American singer |
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*] – ], French actress |
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*] – ], American actor (d. 2010) |
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*] – ], English-American actress |
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* 1936 – ], Faroese technician, surveyor, and politician, 6th ] (d. 2012)<ref>{{cite book|title=Folketinget|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lyEvAAAAYAAJ|year=1988|publisher=J. H. Schultz bogtr.|isbn=978-87-569-6636-8|page=125}}</ref> |
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*] – ], American actor |
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* 1936 – ], American captain, journalist, and politician<ref>{{cite book|title=Who's Who in Congress, 1991-1992|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b0uxduAZtJUC|date=March 1991|publisher=Congressional Quarterly, Incorporated|isbn=978-0-87187-596-9|page=431}}</ref> |
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*] – ], Finnish writer |
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*] – ], Czech journalist and politician, ] (d. 2011) |
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*] – ], English conductor |
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* 1937 – ], American painter and educator (d. 2002)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/15/arts/harvey-quaytman-64-painter-known-for-geometric-works.html|title=Harvey Quaytman Obituary|work=The New York Times|first=Ken|last=Johnson|date=April 15, 2002}}</ref> |
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* 1943 – ], American actress (d. 1971) |
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* 1937 – ], American actor<ref>{{cite book|author=Guiyou Huang|title=Asian American Autobiographers: A Bio-bibliographical Critical Sourcebook|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L11CQ4Uw7MQC&pg=PA351|year=2001|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-31408-7|pages=351}}</ref> |
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*] – ], American actor |
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*] – ], Australian sprinter (d. 2017)<ref>{{cite book|title=Great Athletes: Olympic sports. Vol. 1, Kjetil Andre Aamodt-Laura Flessel-Colovic|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2LVZAAAAYAAJ|year=2010|publisher=Salem Press|isbn=978-1-58765-473-2|page=234}}</ref> |
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* 1945 – ], American football player and coach |
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* 1938 – ], German runner<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.olympic.org/manfred-kinder |title=Manfred Kinder |website=Olympic.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422090159/https://www.olympic.org/manfred-kinder |archive-date=2021-04-22}}</ref> |
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*] – ], French Canadian actor |
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* 1946 – ], American racecar driver (d. 1982) |
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* 1938 – ], Hungarian actress (d. 1991) |
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*] – ], British actor, director and screenwriter |
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*] – ], American author and screenwriter |
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* 1947 – ], English record producer and recording engineer |
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* 1939 – ], Norwegian physician and politician, 22nd ] |
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* 1947 – ], Swedish singer (]) |
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* 1939 – ], American singer-songwriter |
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*] – ], American actor (d. 2010)<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/20/arts/20gammon.html?_r=1&src=me| title=James Gammon, Character Actor, Dies at 70| first=Bruce| last=Weber | work=The New York Times| date=July 20, 2010}}</ref> |
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* 1947 – ], American journalist and author |
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*] – ], American actor (d. 2023)<ref name = Amatulli>{{cite news|url = https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/dec/08/actor-ryan-oneal-dead-love-story-paper-moon|title = Ryan O'Neal, Hollywood actor and star of Love Story, dies aged 82|last = Amatulli|first = Jenna|date = December 8, 2023|accessdate = December 8, 2023|work = ]}}</ref> |
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*] – ], American musician (] & ]) |
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* 1948 – ], American actor |
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*] – ], English academic and politician |
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* 1948 – ], French Canadian politician |
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* 1943 – ], English conductor and director |
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*] – ], American actress |
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*] – ], Estonian journalist and author (d. 1999) |
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* 1949 – ], Canadian figure skater and artist |
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*] – ], American actor and director |
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* 1949 – ], 76th Prime Minister of Italy |
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* 1945 – ], Greek actress and Bermudian lawyer |
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* 1949 – ], American actress |
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* 1945 – ], Burmese general and politician, 8th ] |
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*] – ], American novelist |
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* 1945 – ], Kenyan runner (d. 2003) |
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* 1945 – ], American football player and coach<ref>{{cite web |title=Steve Spurrier |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/S/SpurSt00.htm |website=Pro Football Reference |access-date=21 April 2020}}</ref> |
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* 1950 – ], Russian general and politician (d. 2002) |
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* 1950 – ], Indian politician |
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*] – ], Italian painter and sculptor |
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*] – ], American singer (d. 2005) |
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*] – ], Canadian economist and politician |
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* 1947 – ], Russian intelligence officer, historian, and author |
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*] – ], Greek ] |
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* 1952 – ], Serbian basketball coach |
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*] – ], German geographer and academic (d. 2015) |
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*] – ], English-American actress<ref>{{cite book |last1=Rubin |first1=Steven Jay |title=The Twilight Zone Encyclopedia |date=2017 |publisher=Chicago Review Press |isbn=9781613738887 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iSLXDgAAQBAJ&pg=PT146}}</ref> |
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*] – ], British novelist |
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*] – ], French-Canadian ice hockey player |
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* 1949 – ], Canadian-Mexican figure skater and painter (d. 2015) |
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*] – ], American astronaut and inventor |
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* 1949 – ], Italian journalist and politician, 76th ] |
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*] – ], Swedish politician |
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* 1949 – ], American actress |
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*] – ], Welsh-born Canadian actor |
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*] – ], Russian general and politician (d. 2002) |
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* 1950 – ], Indian politician, 13th ] |
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*] – ], Russian ice hockey player |
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*] – ], American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2005)<ref>{{cite news|title=Luther Vandross, Smooth Crooner of R&B, Is Dead at 54|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/02/arts/music/02vandross.html?_r=1&|work=]|access-date=May 24, 2014|first=Jeff|last=Leeds|date=July 2, 2005}}</ref> |
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*] – ], American actor |
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*] – ], Russian actor |
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*] – ], Greek economist and politician |
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*] – ], English journalist and author<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.debretts.com/people/biographies/browse/f/6779/Sebastian+Charles.aspx|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130121104047/http://www.debretts.com/people/biographies/browse/f/6779/Sebastian+Charles.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 January 2013|title=Sebastian Faulks, Esq, CBE, FRSL|publisher=Debrett's|access-date=20 March 2012}}</ref> |
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* 1961 – ], American baseball player |
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* 1953 – ], American musician (d. 2024)<ref name = Variety>{{Cite web |title=James Chance, No Wave Icon and Saxophonist of The Contortions, Dies at 71 |url=https://variety.com/2024/music/news/james-chance-dead-no-wave-contortions-1236041979/ |access-date=June 18, 2024 |website=Variety |date=June 18, 2024 |archive-date=June 20, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240620131935/https://variety.com/2024/music/news/james-chance-dead-no-wave-contortions-1236041979/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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* 1961 – ], American radio host, writer, and musician |
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*] – ], American engineer and astronaut<ref>{{cite book|author=Lee Ellis|title=Who's who of NASA Astronauts|publisher=Americana Group Pub|year=2004|isbn=9780966796148|page=148}}</ref> |
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* 1961 – ], British actor |
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* 1955 – ], Swedish geneticist and Nobel Laureate <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2022/paabo/facts/ |title=Svante Pääbo Facts |website=nobelprize.org}}</ref> |
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*] – ] (AKA: Hank the Angry Drunken Dwarf), American radio personality (d. 2001) |
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*] – ], Swedish politician, ]<ref>{{cite book | last = LastName | first = FirstName | title = The international who's who of women 2002 | publisher = Europa | location = London | year = 2001 | isbn = 9781857431223 | page=29}}</ref> |
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*] – ], British biomedical gerontologist |
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* 1963 – ], Brazilian racing driver |
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* 1956 – ], English film director, writer, and actor |
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* 1956 – ], Georgian economist and politician (d. 2014)<ref>{{cite news|last1=Herszenhorn |first1=David M.|title=Kakha Bendukidze Dies at 58; Pushed Post-Soviet Market Change|work=The New York Times |date=15 November 2014 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/16/world/europe/kakha-bendukidze-dies-at-58-pushed-post-soviet-market-change.html?emc=edit_th_20141116&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=21209710&_r=0|access-date=19 November 2014}}</ref> |
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*] – ], American actor |
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* 1964 – ], English actor |
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*] – ], Russian ice hockey player and coach |
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*] – ], Australian hurdler and coach<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.olympic.org/debbie-flintoff-king |title=Debbie Flintoff-King |website=Olympic.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422050725/https://www.olympic.org/debbie-flintoff-king |archive-date=2021-04-22}}</ref> |
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* 1964 – ], American figure skater |
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*] – ], Mexican racing driver |
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*] – ], American baseball player, coach, and manager |
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* 1965 – ], Greek politician |
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* 1961 – ], Russian actor |
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* 1965 – ], American musician |
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*] – ], English sculptor |
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*] – ], American football player<ref>{{Cite pro-football-reference|name=John Carney|id=C/carnejoh01 |access-date=November 13, 2022}}</ref> |
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*] – ], Australian philosopher |
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* 1964 – ], American actor and filmmaker<ref>{{cite web |last1=Zappia |first1=Corina |title=Crispin Hellion Glover: The Interview |url=https://www.villagevoice.com/2006/11/09/crispin-hellion-glover-the-interview/ |publisher=] |access-date=10 April 2023 |date=9 November 2006}}</ref> |
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*] – ], Dutch darts player |
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* 1967 – ], American actress |
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* 1964 – ], English actor and director |
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* 1964 – ], American figure skater<ref>{{cite book|title=Women's Sports|publisher=Women's Sports Publications|year=1983|page=21}}</ref> |
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* 1967 – ], American drummer (], ]) |
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*] – ], American game show host and television personality |
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*] – ], Greek politician, ] |
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* 1968 – ], Russian cross-country skier |
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* 1965 – ], Swiss film director, screenwriter and actress |
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* 1965 – ], Maltese painter and sculptor (d. 2024)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Borg |first=Neville |date=2024-07-23 |title=Artist Mark Mallia dies aged 59 |url=https://timesofmalta.com/article/artist-mark-mallia-dies-59.1095770 |access-date=2024-07-23 |website=Times of Malta |language=en-gb}}</ref> |
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*] – ], American actor |
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* 1970 – ], Brazilian rodeo performer |
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*] – ], Australian philosopher and academic |
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* 1970 – ], Mongolian singer |
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* 1966 – ], American businessman, co-founded ] |
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*] – ], American drummer and songwriter<ref>{{cite book | last = Lackowski | first = Rich | title = On the beaten path : progressive rock: the drummer's guide to the genre and the legends who defined it | publisher = Alfred | location = Van Nuys, CA | year = 2008 | isbn = 9780739056714 | page=34}}</ref> |
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*] – ], English singer |
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* 1971 – ], Dutch swimmer |
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*] – ], Australian entertainer |
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*] – ], Austrian daredevil<ref>{{cite web |last1=Spector |first1=Dina |title=Felix Baumgartner's Future Plans Are A Far Cry From Space Jumping |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/felix-baumgartners-future-plans-2012-10 |publisher=] |access-date=10 April 2023 |date=15 October 2012}}</ref> |
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* 1971 – ], American basketball player |
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* 1969 – ], Australian politician, 45th ]<ref>{{cite Tas Parliament |id=hodgmanwe729 |title=Hodgman William Edward Felix |access-date=24 July 2022}}</ref> |
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* 1971 – ], Greek footballer |
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*] – ], American actor<ref>{{Cite web|last=Thomas|first=Michael|title=Shemar Moore Celebrates His Birthday - Check Out His Amazing Photos Here!|url=https://www.soapoperanews.net/2021/04/shemar-moore-celebrates-his-birthday.html|access-date=2021-06-15|website=Soap Opera News}}</ref> |
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*] – ], Vietnamese footballer |
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*] – ], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Allan Houston |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/275/career |publisher=] |access-date=10 April 2023}}</ref> |
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* 1972 – ], American actress |
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*] – ], American model and actress<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.biography.com/people/carmen-electra-10604780|work=Biography.com|title=Carmen Electra|publisher=]|access-date=April 17, 2017|archive-date=November 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181115203219/https://www.biography.com/people/carmen-electra-10604780|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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* 1972 – ], Serbian singer, songwriter and producer |
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* 1972 – ], Jamaican-American musician<ref>{{cite web |last1=Martoccio |first1=Angie |title=Stephen Marley Celebrates Birthday, 4/20 With Livestream Concert |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/stephen-marley-birthday-4-20-livestream-1158245/ |publisher=] |access-date=10 April 2023 |date=20 April 2021}}</ref> |
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* 1972 – ], Serbian singer, composer, songwriter and producer |
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*] – ], American food writer and memoirist (d. 2022)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/01/dining/julie-powell-dead.html|title=Julie Powell, Food Writer Known for 'Julie & Julia,' Dies at 49|newspaper=The New York Times|last1=Severson|first1=Kim|last2=Moskin|first2=Julia|date=November 1, 2022|access-date=November 1, 2022}}</ref> |
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* 1972 – ], Jamaican musician |
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*] – ], American rapper<ref>{{cite web |last1=Madden |first1=Sidney |title=Happy Birthday, Killer Mike! |url=https://www.xxlmag.com/happy-birthday-killer-mike/ |publisher=] |access-date=10 April 2023 |date=20 April 2015}}</ref> |
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*] – ], British radio presenter |
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*] – ], English cricketer<ref>https://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/7/7410/7410.html CricketArchive</ref> |
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* 1973 – ], American basketball player |
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*] – ], Australian politician<ref name="Husar aph">{{cite Au Parliament |mpid=263328 |name=Ms Emma Husar MP |access-date=2021-11-07}}</ref> |
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*] – ], Irish footballer |
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*] – ], Australian model<ref>{{cite web |last1=Christmass |first1=Pip |title=Miranda Kerr fans stunned over key detail in celebration: 'Is it a joke?' |url=https://7news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/miranda-kerr-fans-stunned-over-key-detail-in-celebration-is-it-a-joke-c-10181632 |publisher=] |access-date=10 April 2023 |date=29 March 2023}}</ref> |
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* 1976 – ], American actor |
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*] – ], Portuguese politician<ref>{{cite web |title=Deputados: Biografia - Jorge Pinto |url=https://www.parlamento.pt/DeputadoGP/Paginas/Biografia.aspx?BID=8869 |access-date=27 March 2024 |archive-url= |archive-date= |location=Lisbon, Portugal |language=pt}}</ref> |
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* 1976 – ], Canadian ice hockey goaltender |
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*] – ], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Brandon Belt |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/brandon-belt-474832 |publisher=] |access-date=10 April 2023}}</ref> |
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*] – ], professional wrestler |
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*] – ], Venezuelan activist and teacher<ref>{{Cite news |date=13 January 2021 |title=Venezuela mantiene privada de libertad a profesora que apoyó aborto tras violación |url=https://www.elpais.cr/2021/01/13/venezuela-mantiene-privada-de-libertad-a-profesora-que-apoyo-aborto-tras-violacion/ |access-date=16 January 2021 |agency=El País}}</ref> |
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*] – ], Japanese gravure idol |
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*1990 - ], American baseball player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kyle Higashioka Stats, Age, Position, Height, Weight, Fantasy & News |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/kyle-higashioka-543309 |access-date=2024-12-09 |website=MLB.com |language=en}}</ref> |
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*] – ], American mixed martial artist |
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*] – ], Australian cricketer<ref> – ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 9 August 2011.</ref> |
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* 1979 – ], Taiwanese singer (]) |
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*] – ], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Luke Kuechly |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/14938/luke-kuechly |publisher=] |access-date=10 April 2023}}</ref> |
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*] – ], American baseball player |
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*] – ], German tennis player<ref>{{cite web |title=Alexander Zverev |url=https://www.espn.com/tennis/player/_/id/2375/alexander-zverev |publisher=] |access-date=10 April 2023}}</ref> |
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* 1980 – ], Indian Film Director |
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* 1980 – ], German singer |
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* 1983 – ], Australian supermodel |
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* 1983 – ], Irish/English actress |
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* 1983 – ], Italian rugby player |
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* ] – ], king of ] (b. 659)<ref>{{cite book|author=Richard Barber|title=Arthurian Literature VI|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jzxaeqQg0LQC&pg=PA44|date=December 1992|publisher=Boydell & Brewer Ltd|isbn=978-0-85991-226-6|pages=44}}</ref> |
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*] – ], Chinese emperor (b. 862) |
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*] – ] (b. 1061)<ref>{{cite book|author=Raimond (d'Aguilers.)|title=Historia Francorum qui ceperunt Iherusalem|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=POxEAAAAIAAJ|year=1968|publisher=American Philosophical Society|page=108|isbn=978-1-4223-8011-6 }}</ref> |
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*] – ], English-Irish politician, ] (b. 1130) |
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*] – ], Mongol ruler, 3rd ] (b. 1206) |
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*] – ], regent of Japan (b. 1251) |
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*] – ], Emperor of China (b. 1491) |
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*] – ], Italian Augustinian friar |
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*] – ], Dutch noble (b. 1424)<ref>{{cite book |last=Lück |first=Alfred |title=Siegerland und Nederland |language=de |location=Siegen |publisher=Siegerländer Heimatverein e.V. |date=1981 |orig-date=1967 |edition=2nd |page=25 }}</ref><ref>{{aut|Schutte, O.}} (1979). "Genealogische gegevens". In: {{aut|Tamse, C.A.}} (red.), ''Nassau en Oranje in de Nederlandse geschiedenis'' (in Dutch). Alphen aan den Rijn: A.W. Sijthoff. p. 41. {{ISBN|90-218-2447-7}}.</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Dek |first=A.W.E. |title=Genealogie van het Vorstenhuis Nassau |language=nl |location=Zaltbommel |publisher=Europese Bibliotheek |date=1970 |page=69 }}</ref><ref>{{aut|Blok, P.J.}} (1911). "Johan IV". In: {{aut|Molhuysen, P.C.}} en {{aut|Blok, P.J.}} (redactie), ''Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek'' (in Dutch). Vol. Eerste deel. Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff. p. 1219.</ref><ref>{{aut|Vorsterman van Oyen, A.A.}} (1882). ''Het vorstenhuis Oranje-Nassau. Van de vroegste tijden tot heden'' (in Dutch). Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff/Utrecht: J.L. Beijers. p. 93.</ref> |
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*] – ], English nun (executed) |
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*] – ], German reformer (b. 1485) |
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*] – ], Chinese emperor (b. 1491) |
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*] – ], German composer (b. 1567) |
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*] – ], Chief of the Ottawa (b. 1720) |
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*] – ], English surgeon (b. 1764) |
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*] – ], German composer and poet (b. 1567) |
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*] – ], English architect (b. 1798) |
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*] – ], English clergyman and educator (b. 1632) |
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*] – ], American politician (b. 1817) |
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*] – ], American tribal leader (b. 1720) |
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*] – ], Egyptian statesman (b. 1826) |
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*] – ], English surgeon and anatomist (b. 1764) |
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*] – ], German artist (b. 1820) |
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*] – ], English architect, designed the ] (b. 1798) |
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*] – ], Brazilian poet who designed the ] (b. 1833) |
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*] – ], American lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1817) |
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*] – ], Irish author (b. 1847) |
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*] – ], English architect and designer (b. 1827) |
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*] – ], French general and diplomat, ] (b. 1814) |
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*] – ], German physicist, ] laureate (b. 1850) |
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*] – ] (b. 1862) |
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*] – ], Greek-Egyptian politician, 2nd ] (b. 1826) |
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*] – ], Italian mathematician (b. 1858) |
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*] – ], German ornithologist and illustrator (b. 1820) |
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*] – ], one of two ] fatal casualties during ]. |
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*] – ], German jurist (b. 1874) |
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*] – ], Brazilian poet and educator (b. 1833) |
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*] – King ] (b. 1870) |
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*] – ], Anglo-Irish novelist and critic, created ] (b. 1847) |
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*] – ], Finnish politician (b. 1873)<ref>{{cite web |title=Person: Merinen, Juho Rikard |url=https://sotasurmat.narc.fi/en/victims/page/p_15762/table |website=] |publisher=] |access-date=23 July 2023 |location=Helsinki, Finland}}</ref> |
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*] – ], ] (b. 1873) |
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*] – ], American baseball player (b. 1899) |
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*1918 – ], German-American physicist and academic, ] laureate (b. 1850) |
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*] – ], German football coach (b. 1897) |
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*] – ], Spanish painter and educator (b. 1866) |
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*] – ], American poet and ] (b. 1892) |
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*] – ] (b. 1862) |
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*] – ], Pakistani activist, journalist and writer (b. 1916) |
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*] – ], Scottish-English fencer and businessman (b. 1862) |
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*] – ], Romanian writer and fighter pilot (b. 1945) |
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*] – ], Italian mathematician and philosopher (b. 1858) |
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*] – ], British singer and songwriter (]) (]) (b. 1947) |
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*] – ], Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1872) |
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* 1991 – ], American film director (b. 1912) |
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* 1935 – ], English fashion designer (b. 1863) |
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*] – ], British comedian (b. 1924) |
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*] – ], Estonian businessman and politician, 6th ] (b. 1870) |
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*] – ], Mexican comedian and actor (b. 1911) |
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*] – ], American baseball player and pilot (b. 1917) |
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*] – ], French actor (b. 1920) |
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*] – ], Polish-German jurist and politician (b. 1874) |
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*] – ], son of ] (b. 1920) |
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*] – ], Australian actress (b. 1891) |
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*] – ], American professional wrestler (b. 1958) |
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*] – ] (b. 1870) |
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* 1999 – ], Spanish ventriloquist and comedian (b. 1896) |
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*] – ], Italian politician, 25th ] (b. 1873) |
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* 1999 – ], perpetrator of the Columbine High massacre (b. 1981) |
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*] – ], Canadian journalist and author (b. 1896) |
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* 1999 – ], perpetrator of the Columbine High massacre (b. 1981) |
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*] – ], German-American illustrator (b. 1877) |
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* 1999 – ], ] victim (b. 1981) |
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*] – ], Croatian ] official and concentration camp administrator (b. 1914) |
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* 1999 – ], Columbine High School massacre victim (b. 1981) |
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*] – ], Sri Lankan politician (b. 1924) |
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*] – ], American poet, playwright, and lawyer (b. 1892) |
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*] – ], Pakistani journalist, scholar, and activist (b. 1916) |
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*] – ], English singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1947) |
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* 1991 – ], American director and producer (b. 1912) |
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*] – ], American springboard diver (b. 1922) |
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* 1992 – ], English comedian, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1924) |
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*] – ], Mexican actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1911) |
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*] – ], Yugoslav communist, politician, theorist and author (b. 1911) |
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*] – ], Vietnamese general and politician (b. 1918) |
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*] – ], American professional wrestler (b. 1958)<ref>{{Cite web|date=1999-04-21|title=Rick Rude dies|url=https://slamwrestling.net/index.php/1999/04/21/rick-rude-dies/|access-date=2021-06-15|website=Slam Wrestling|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-03-06|title=Rick Rude announced as sixth inductee into WWE Hall of Fame's 2017 class|url=https://www.cbssports.com/general/news/rick-rude-announced-as-sixth-inductee-into-wwe-hall-of-fames-2017-class/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-06-15|website=]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170307233418/http://www.cbssports.com:80/general/news/rick-rude-announced-as-sixth-inductee-into-wwe-hall-of-fames-2017-class/ |archive-date=2017-03-07 }}</ref> |
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*1999 – ], American victim of ] (b. 1981)<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Denver Post Online - Columbine - Tragedy and Recovery |url=https://extras.denverpost.com/news/shot0808c.htm |access-date=2024-03-23 |website=extras.denverpost.com}}</ref> |
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*1999 – ], American victim of ] (b. 1981)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Post |first=Claire Martin {{!}} The Denver |date=1999-04-23 |title=Columbine shooting victim: Cassie Bernall |url=https://www.denverpost.com/1999/04/23/columbine-shooting-victims-cassie-bernall/ |access-date=2024-03-24 |website=The Denver Post |language=en-US}}</ref> |
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*] – ], Italian conductor and composer (b. 1946) |
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*] – ], Italian conductor and composer (b. 1946) |
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*] – ], American singer (b. 1925) |
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*] – ], American singer (b. 1925) |
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*] – ], American playwright and actress (b. 1908) |
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*] – ], German-English biophysicist and academic, ] laureate (b. 1911) |
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*] – ], French musician, singer-songwriter, composer, actress, writer and painter (b. 1956) |
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* 2003 – ], Japanese motorcycle racer (b. 1976) |
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*] – ], Japanese journalist and author (b. 1904) |
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* 2003 – ], German-born biophysicist, recipient of the ] (b. 1911) |
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*] – ], Japanese novelist (b. 1904) |
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*] – ], American pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1931) |
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* 2005 – ], Polish football player (b. 1943) |
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* 2007 – ], Chinese bishop (b. 1931) |
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*] – ], American jazz composer and pianist (b. 1931) |
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*] – ], Romanian journalist and author (b. 1923) |
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* 2007 – ], Chinese bishop (b. 1931). |
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*] – ], American educator and activist (b. 1912) |
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* 2007 – ], a computer programmer on the ] and "Fish disks" (b. 1952) |
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*] – ], English photographer and journalist (b. 1970) |
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*] – ], English guitarist and songwriter (b. 1920)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/apr/20/bert-weedon|title=Bert Weedon obituary|website=The Guardian|date=20 April 2012|access-date=21 August 2020}}</ref> |
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*] – ], American rapper (b. 1976) |
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*] – ], Australian politician, 35th ] (b. 1926)<ref name=death>{{cite news|title=Neville Wran dead aged 87|url=http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/neville-wran-dead-aged-87-20140420-36ywh.html|access-date=20 April 2014|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=20 April 2014}}</ref> |
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* 2008 – ], Romanian essayist, literary critic and journalist (b. 1923) |
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*] – ], Greek actress (b. 1932) |
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*] – ], British comedian, actress and writer (b. 1953) |
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*] – ], Swedish DJ and musician (b. 1989)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Aswad|first=Jem|date=2018-04-20|title=Avicii Dies at 28|url=https://variety.com/2018/music/news/avicii-dead-at-28-1202772767/|access-date=2021-04-20|website=Variety|language=en-US}}</ref> |
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*] – ], American civil rights activist (b. 1912) |
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*] – ], Chadian politician and military officer (b. 1952)<ref>{{Cite web|date=20 April 2021|title=Chad President Idriss Deby dies on front lines, says army spokesman|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/chad-president-idriss-deby-has-died-says-army-spokesman-2021-04-20/|access-date=20 April 2021|website=Reuters}}</ref> |
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* 2021 – ], American film director (b. 1929)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Stars we've lost in 2021|url=https://ew.com/celebrity/stars-we-lost-in-2021/|access-date=2021-04-22|website=EW.com|language=en}}</ref> |
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* 2021 – ], Scottish pop singer (b. 1955)<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-04-23|title=Les McKeown obituary|url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/apr/23/les-mckeown-obituary|access-date=2021-04-26|website=The Guardian|language=en}}</ref> |
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*] – ], Scottish film director (b. 1938)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-04-28 |title=Gavin Millar obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/apr/28/gavin-millar-obituary |access-date=2022-05-01 |website=The Guardian |language=en}}</ref> |
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*] – ], Italian film and television actor (b. 1944)<ref>{{cite news |title=Si è spento a Roma Antonio Cantafora, attore e pittore crotonese |url=https://www.ilcrotonese.it/2024/04/20/si-e-spento-a-roma-antonio-cantafora-attore-e-pittore-crotonese/1701660/ |access-date=20 April 2024 |publisher=il Crotonese |date=20 April 2024}}</ref> |
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*2024 – ], English conductor (b. 1944)<ref name="Millington">{{cite news |last=Millington |first=Barry |title=Sir Andrew Davis obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/apr/22/sir-andrew-davis-obituary |access-date=23 April 2024 |work=] |date=22 April 2024 }}</ref> |
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*2024 – ], Filipino-American NBA American footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Roman Gabriel dies at 83. The first Filipino-American quarterback in NFL was MVP in 1969|url=https://apnews.com/article/roman-gabriel-obituary-nc-state-nfl-qb-da8608646fe7e576c32e5e05abf5d635 |access-date=20 April 2024 |website=APnews |date=20 April 2024 |language=en}}</ref> |
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*2024 – ], Mexican film director, producer, and writer (b. 1943)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Haring |first=Bruce |date=2024-04-21 |title=Lourdes Portillo Dies: Oscar-Nominated Filmmaker And Activist Was 80 |url=https://deadline.com/2024/04/lourdes-portillo-dead-oscar-nominated-filmmakeractivist-was-80-obituary-1235891168/ |access-date=2024-04-22 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref> |
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