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==Events== |
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*[[1495]] - King [[Charles VIII of France]] enters [[Naples]] to claim the city's throne. |
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*[[1632]] - [[Galileo Galilei|Galileo]]'s ''[[Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems]]'' is published. |
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*[[1744]] - [[War of the Austrian Succession]]: The [[Battle of Toulon, 1744|Battle of Toulon]] begins. |
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*[[1819]] - By the [[Adams-Onís Treaty]], [[Spain]] sells [[History of Florida|Florida]] to the [[United States]] for five million [[United States dollar|U.S. dollars]]. |
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*[[1847]] - [[Mexican-American War]]: The [[Battle of Buena Vista]] - 5,000 American troops drive off 15,000 [[Mexico|Mexicans]]. |
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*[[1856]] - The [[United States Republican Party|Republican Party]] opens its first national meeting in [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]]. |
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*[[1862]] - [[Jefferson Davis]] is officially inaugurated for a six-year term as the President of the Confederate States of America in [[Richmond, Virginia]]. He was previously inaugurated as a provisional president on [[February 18]], [[1861]]. |
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*[[1879]] - In [[Utica, New York]], [[Frank Woolworth]] opens the first of many of 5 and 10-cent [[F.W. Woolworth Company|Woolworth]] stores. |
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*[[1882]] - The [[Kingdom of Serbia|Serbian kingdom]] is refounded. |
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*[[1889]] - [[President of the United States|President]] [[Grover Cleveland]] signs a bill admitting [[North Dakota]], [[South Dakota]], [[Montana]] and [[Washington]] as [[U.S. state]]s. |
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*[[1904]] - The [[United Kingdom]] sells a meteorological station on the [[South Orkney Islands]] to [[Argentina]], the islands are subsequently claimed by the United Kingdom in [[1908]]. |
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*[[1915]] - [[World War I]]: [[Germany]] institutes [[unrestricted submarine warfare]]. |
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*[[1923]] - The United States begins the first transcontinental [[air mail]] route. |
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*[[1924]] - [[Calvin Coolidge]] becomes the first President of the United States to deliver a [[radio]] broadcast from the [[White House]]. |
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*[[1942]] - [[World War II]]: President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] orders [[General]] [[Douglas MacArthur]] out of the [[Philippines]] as American defenses collapses. |
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*[[1943]] - Members of [[White Rose]] are executed in [[Nazism|Nazi]] Germany. |
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*[[1944]] - American aircraft bombard the Dutch towns of [[Nijmegen]], [[Arnhem]], [[Enschede]] and [[Deventer]] by mistake, resulting in 800 dead in [[Nijmegen]] alone. |
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*[[1948]] - [[Communism|Communist]] coup in [[Czechoslovakia]]. |
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*[[1958]] - [[Egypt]] and [[Syria]] join to form the [[United Arab Republic]]. |
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*[[1959]] - [[Lee Petty]] wins the first [[Daytona 500]]. |
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*[[1973]] - [[Cold War]]: Following United States President [[Richard Nixon]]'s [[Nixon visit to China 1972|visit]] to the [[People's Republic of China]], the two countries agree to establish [[liaison]] offices. |
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*[[1974]] - [[Organisation of the Islamic Conference]] ([[OIC]]) summit conference starts in [[Lahore, Pakistan]]. Thirty-seven countries are attending. Twenty-two heads of state and government participate. |
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* 1974 - [[Samuel Byck]] tries and fails to assassinate U.S. President Richard Nixon. |
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*[[1979]] - Independence of [[Saint Lucia]] from the United Kingdom. |
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*[[1980]] - [[Miracle on Ice]]: In [[Lake Placid, New York]], the United States hockey team defeats the [[Soviet Union]] hockey team 4-3, in what is considered to be one of the greatest upsets in sports history. |
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*[[1986]] - Start of the [[People Power Revolution]] in the [[Philippines]]. |
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*[[1994]] - [[Aldrich Ames]] and his wife are charged by the [[United States Department of Justice]] with spying for the Soviet Union. |
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*[[1997]] - In [[Roslin, Scotland]], scientists announce that an adult [[Domestic sheep|sheep]] named [[Dolly the sheep|Dolly]] had been successfully [[cloning|cloned]]. |
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*[[2002]] - [[Angola]]n political and rebel leader [[Jonas Savimbi]] is killed in a military ambush. |
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*[[2005]] - Pop-punk band [[Blink 182]] announce their hiatus. |
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*[[2006]] - At least six men stage [[Great Britain|Britain]]'s [[Securitas depot robbery|biggest robbery ever]], stealing £53m (about $92.5 million or 78€ million) from a Securitas depot in [[Tonbridge]], [[Kent]]. |
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==Births== |
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*[[1040]] - [[Rashi]], French rabbi and commentator (d. [[1105]]) |
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*[[1403]] - [[Charles VII of France]] (d. [[1461]]) |
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*[[1440]] - [[Ladislaus Posthumus of Bohemia and Hungary]] (d. [[1457]]) |
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*[[1500]] - [[Cardinal Rodolfo Pio da Carpi]], Italian humanist (d. [[1564]]) |
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*[[1612]] - [[George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol]], English statesman (d. [[1677]]) |
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*[[1705]] - [[Peter Artedi]], Swedish naturalist (d. [[1735]]) |
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*[[1714]] - [[Louis-Georges de Bréquigny]], French historian (d. [[1795]]) |
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*[[1732]] - [[George Washington]], [[President of the United States|First President of the United States]] (d. [[1799]]) |
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*[[1756]] - [[Georg Friedrich von Martens]], German diplomat (d. [[1821]]) |
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*[[1778]] - [[Rembrandt Peale]], American artist (d. [[1860]]) |
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*[[1788]] - [[Arthur Schopenhauer]], German philosopher (d. [[1860]]) |
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*[[1796]] - [[Alexis Bachelot]], French missionary (d. [[1837]]) |
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* 1796 - [[Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet]], Belgian mathematician (d. [[1874]]) |
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*[[1806]] - [[Józef Kremer]], Polish messianistic philosopher (d. [[1875]]) |
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*[[1817]] - [[Carl Wilhelm Borchardt]], German mathematician (d. [[1880]]) |
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*[[1819]] - [[James Russell Lowell]], American poet and essayist (d. [[1891]]) |
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*[[1824]] - [[Pierre Janssen]], a French astronomer (d. [[1907]]) |
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*[[1825]] - [[Jean Baptiste Salpointe]], second [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santa Fe|Archbishop of Santa Fe]] (d. [[1898]]) |
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*[[1839]] - [[Francis Pharcellus Church]], American editor and publisher (d. [[1906]]) |
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*[[1840]] - [[August Bebel]], German politician (d. [[1913]]) |
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*[[1849]] - [[Nikolay Yakovlevich Sonin]], Russian mathematician (d. [[1915]]) |
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*[[1857]] - [[Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell]], English founder of the Boy Scouts (d. [[1941]]) |
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* 1857 - [[Heinrich Hertz]], German physicist (d. [[1894]]) |
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*[[1864]] - [[Jules Renard]], French author (d. [[1910]]) |
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*[[1874]] - [[Bill Klem]], Major League Baseball Hall of Fame umpire (d. [[1951]]) |
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*[[1878]] - [[Walter Ritz]], Swiss physicist (d. [[1909]]) |
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*[[1879]] - [[Johannes Nicolaus Brønsted]], Danish physical chemist (d. [[1947]]) |
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*[[1880]] - [[Frigyes Riesz]], Hungarian mathematician (d. [[1956]]) |
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*[[1881]] - [[Joseph B. Ely]], 52<sup>nd</sup> [[Governor of Massachusetts]] (d. [[1956]]) |
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*[[1882]] - [[Eric Gill]], British sculptor (d. [[1940]]) |
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*[[1883]] - [[Marguerite Clark]], American silent film actress (d. [[1940]]) |
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*[[1886]] - [[Hugo Ball]], German author and poet (d. [[1927]]) |
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*[[1887]] - [[Ksawery Tartakower]], Polish chess player (d. [[1956]]) |
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*[[1888]] - [[Owen Brewster]], U.S. Senator from [[Maine]] (d. [[1961]]) |
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*[[1889]] - [[Olave Baden-Powell]], English Chief Girl Guide (d. [[1977]]) |
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*[[1891]] - [[Vlas Chubar]], Soviet politician (d. [[1939]]) |
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*[[1892]] - [[Edna St. Vincent Millay]], American writer (d. [[1950]]) |
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*[[1895]] - [[Victor Raúl Haya de la Torre]], Peruvian politician, founder of [[APRA]] party (d. [[1979]]) |
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*[[1897]] - [[Karol Świerczewski]], Polish general (d. [[1947]]) |
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*[[1899]] - [[Dwight Frye]], American actor (d. [[1943]]) |
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* 1899 - [[George O'Hara (actor)|George O'Hara]], American actor (d. [[1966]]) |
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* 1899 - [[Dechko Uzunov]], Bulgarian painter (d. [[1986]]) |
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*[[1900]] - [[Luis Buñuel]], Spanish-born film director (d. [[1983]]) |
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*[[1900]] - [[Seán Ó Faoláin]], Irish author (d. [[1991]]) |
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*[[1902]] - [[Fritz Strassmann]], German physicist (d. [[1980]]) |
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*[[1903]] - [[Morley Callaghan]], Canadian writer (d. [[1990]]) |
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* 1903 - [[Ain-Ervin Mere]], Estonian Nazi (d. [[1969]]) |
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* 1903 - [[Robert Weede]], American baritone (d. [[1972]]) |
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*[[1907]] - [[Sheldon Leonard]], American actor (d. [[1997]]) |
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* 1907 - [[Robert Young (actor)|Robert Young]], American actor (d. [[1998]]) |
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*[[1908]] - Sir [[John Mills]], English actor (d. [[2005]]) |
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*[[1911]] - [[Bill Baker (baseball)|Bill Baker]], baseball player (d. [[2006]]) |
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*[[1913]] - [[Buddy Tate (musician)|Buddy Tate]], American jazz saxophonist and clarinetist (d. [[2001]]) |
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*[[1914]] - [[Renato Dulbecco]], [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] laureate |
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*[[1917]] - [[Jane Bowles]], American writer and playwright (d. [[1973]]) |
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*[[1918]] - [[Sid Abel]], Canadian hockey player (d. [[2000]]) |
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* 1918 - [[Charlie Finley]], American sports entrepreneur (d. [[1996]]) |
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* 1918 - [[Don Pardo]], American radio and television announcer |
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* 1918 - [[Robert Wadlow]], tallest person in history (d. [[1940]]) |
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*[[1921]] - [[Jean-Bédel Bokassa]], ruler of the Central African Republic (d. [[1996]]) |
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* 1921 - [[Wayne Booth]], American literary critic (d. [[2005]]) |
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* 1921 - [[David Greene (tv director)|David Greene]], British television director (d. [[2003]]) |
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* 1921 - [[Giulietta Masina]], Italian actress (d. [[1994]]) |
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*[[1922]] - [[Jesús Iglesias]], Argentine racing driver (d. [[2005]]) |
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*[[1925]] - [[Edward Gorey]], American illustrator (d. [[2000]]) |
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*[[1926]] - [[Kenneth Williams]], English actor (d. [[1988]]) |
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* 1926 - [[Bud Yorkin]], American film director |
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*[[1928]] - [[Paul Dooley]], American actor |
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* 1928 - [[Bruce Forsyth]], British entertainer |
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* 1928 - [[Clarence 13X]], founder of the [[Nation of Gods and Earths]] (d. [[1969]]) |
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*[[1929]] - [[James Hong]], Chinese American actor |
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* 1929 - [[Rebecca Schull]], American actress |
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*[[1930]] - [[Marni Nixon]], American singer |
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* 1930 - [[James McGarrell]], American painter |
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*[[1932]] - [[Ted Kennedy]], U.S. senator from [[Massachusetts]] |
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*[[1933]] - [[Katharine, Duchess of Kent]] |
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* 1933 - [[Bobby Smith (footballer)|Bobby Smith]], English footballer |
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*[[1934]] - [[Sparky Anderson]], American baseball manager |
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*[[1936]] - [[J. Michael Bishop]], [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] laureate |
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* 1936 - [[Ernie K-Doe]], American singer (d. [[2001]]) |
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*[[1938]] - [[Steve Barber]], American baseball player (d. [[2007]]) |
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* 1938 - [[Ishmael Reed]], American writer |
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* 1938 - [[Pierre Vallières]], founding member of the [[Front de libération du Québec]] (d. [[1995]]) |
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*[[1940]] - [[Johnson Mlambo]], South African politician |
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* 1940 - [[Billy Name]], American photographer and [[Andy Warhol]] archivist |
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*[[1941]] - [[Hipólito Mejía]], [[President of the Dominican Republic]] |
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*[[1942]] - [[Christine Keeler]], English model and showgirl |
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*[[1943]] - [[Terry Eagleton]], British theorist |
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* 1943 - [[Horst Köhler]], President of Germany |
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*[[1944]] - [[Jonathan Demme]], American director |
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* 1944 - [[Robert Kardashian]], American lawyer (d. [[2003]]) |
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* 1944 - [[Tom Okker]], Dutch tennis player |
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*[[1945]] - [[Leslie Charleson]], American actress |
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* 1945 - [[Oliver (William Oliver Swofford)|Oliver]], American singer (d. [[2000]]) |
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*[[1947]] - [[Carol Burns]], Australian actress |
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*[[1948]] - [[John Ashton (actor)|John Ashton]], American actor |
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*[[1949]] - [[Niki Lauda]], Austrian race car driver, three-time [[F1]] [[List of Formula One World Drivers' Champions|world champion]] and [[airline]] [[entrepreneur]] |
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* 1949 - [[Olga Morozova]], Russian tennis player |
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*[[1950]] - [[Julius Erving]], American basketball player |
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* 1950 - [[Ellen Greene]], American actress |
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* 1950 - [[Lenny Kuhr]], Dutch singer |
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* 1950 - [[Miou-Miou]], French actress |
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* 1950 - [[Genesis P-Orridge]], English performer, musician and artist |
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* 1950 - [[Julie Walters]], English actress |
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*[[1952]] - [[Bill Frist]], U.S. senator from [[Tennessee]] |
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*[[1953]] - [[Graham Lewis]], English musician ([[Wire (band)|Wire]]) |
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* 1953 - [[Nigel Planer]], British actor |
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*[[1955]] - [[Tim Young (ice hockey)|Tim Young]], Canadian ice hockey player |
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*[[1959]] - [[Jiří Čunek]], Czech politician |
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* 1959 - [[Kyle MacLachlan]], American actor |
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*[[1961]] - [[Akira Takasaki]], Japanese guitarist |
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*[[1962]] - [[Steve Irwin]], Australian herpetologist (d. [[2006]]) |
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* 1962 - [[Lenda Murray]], American [[female bodybuilder|bodybuilder]] |
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* 1962 - [[Les Wallace]], Scottish darts player |
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*[[1963]] - [[Vijay Singh]], Fijian golfer |
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*[[1964]] - [[Gigi Fernandez]], Puerto Rican tennis player |
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*[[1965]] - [[Pat Lafontaine]], American ice hockey player |
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* 1965 - [[Dean Karr]], American director and photographer |
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* 1965 - [[Chris Dudley]], American basketball player |
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*[[1966]] - [[Rachel Dratch]], American actress and comedienne |
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* 1966 - [[Brian Greig]], Australian politician |
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* 1966 - [[Aiden Shaw]], English pornographic actor |
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*[[1967]] - [[Alf Poier]], Austrian comedian |
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*[[1968]] - [[Shawn Graham]], Canadian politician |
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* 1968 - [[Bradley Nowell]], American musician (d. [[1996]]) |
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* 1968 - [[Jeri Ryan]], American actress |
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*[[1969]] - [[Joaquín Cortés]], Spanish dancer |
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* 1969 - [[Hans Klok]], Dutch illusionist |
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* 1969 - [[Brian Laudrup]], Danish footballer |
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* 1969 - [[Byron Stroud]], American bassist |
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* 1969 - [[Clinton Kelly (TV personality)|Clinton Kelly]], Co-host of TLC's What Not to Wear |
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*[[1970]] - [[Dominic Roussel]], Canadian ice hockey player |
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*[[1971]] - [[Lea Salonga]], Filipina actress and singer |
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*[[1972]] - [[Michael Chang]], American tennis player |
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* 1972 - [[Claudia Pechstein]], German speed skater |
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*[[1973]] - [[Juninho Paulista]], Brazilian footballer |
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*[[1973]] - [[Claus Lundekvam]], [[Norway|Norwegian]] [[footballer]], currently playing for [[Southampton F.C.]] |
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* 1973 - [[Einar Kristian Tveitå]], Norwegian athlete |
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*[[1974]] - [[James Blunt]], English musician |
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* 1974 - [[Chris Moyles]], English DJ |
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*[[1975]] - [[Drew Barrymore]], American actress |
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*[[1976]] - [[Faan Rautenbach]], South African rugby player |
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*[[1977]] - [[Timo Rose]], German filmmaker |
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*[[1977]] - [[Hakan Yakin]], Swiss Footballer |
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*[[1979]] - [[Brett Emerton]], Australian footballer |
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* 1979 - [[Lee Na-young]], South Korean actress |
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*[[1981]] - [[Fredson Camara]], Brazilian footballer |
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*[[1982]] - [[Jenna Haze]], American pornographic actress |
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* 1982 - [[Robert Weiner, Jr.]], American water polo player |
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*[[1985]] - [[Hameur Bouazza]], Algerian footballer |
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* 1985 - [[Sean Garballey]], American politician |
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*[[1986]] - [[Miko Hughes]], American actor |
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* 1986 - [[Rajon Rondo]], American basketball player |
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*[[1988]] - [[Przemysław Kazimierczak]], Polish footballer |
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*[[1989]] - [[Alia Sabur]], world's youngest [[professor]] |
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*[[1990]] - [[Shaun Lee]], Barry's Biggest Pimp |
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*[[1991]] - [[Matthew James Cole]], polands biggest pimp |
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==Deaths== |
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* [[965]] - [[Odo, Duke of Burgundy]] (b. [[944]]) |
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*[[1071]] - [[Arnulf III, Count of Flanders]] (killed in battle) (b. c.[[1055]]) |
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*[[1111]] - [[Roger Borsa]], King of Sicily |
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*[[1371]] - King [[David II of Scotland]] (b. [[1324]]) |
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*[[1512]] - [[Amerigo Vespucci (explorer)|Amerigo Vespucci]], Italian merchant and explorer (b. [[1454]]) |
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*[[1627]] - [[Olivier van Noort]], Dutch navigator (b. [[1558]]) |
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*[[1674]] - [[Jean Chapelain]], French writer (b. [[1595]]) |
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*[[1680]] - [[Catherine Monvoisin]], French sorceress (b. c.[[1640]]) |
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*[[1690]] - [[Charles Le Brun]], French artist (b. [[1619]]) |
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*[[1727]] - [[Francesco Gasparini]], Italian composer (b. [[1661]]) |
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*[[1731]] - [[Frederik Ruysch]], Dutch physician and anatomist (b. [[1638]]) |
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*[[1732]] - [[Francis Atterbury]], English bishop and man of letters (b. [[1663]]) |
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*[[1742]] - [[Charles Rivington]], English publisher (b. [[1688]]) |
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*[[1797]] - [[Karl Friedrich Hieronymus Freiherr von Münchhausen]], German officer and adventurer (b. [[1720]]) |
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*[[1799]] - [[Heshen]], infamous [[Qing Dynasty]] Chinese official at court (b. [[1750]]) |
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*[[1816]] - [[Adam Ferguson]], Scottish philosopher and historian (b. [[1723]]) |
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*[[1875]] - [[Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot]], French painter (b. [[1796]]) |
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* 1875 - Sir [[Charles Lyell]], Scottish geologist (b. [[1797]]) |
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*[[1890]] - [[John Jacob Astor III]], American businessman (b. [[1822]]) |
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* 1890 - [[Carl Heinrich Bloch]], Danish painter (b. [[1834]]) |
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*[[1892]] - [[Herman Koeckemann]], German Catholic prelate (b. [[1828]]) |
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*[[1903]] - [[Hugo Wolf]], Austrian composer (b. [[1860]]) |
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*[[1904]] - [[Leslie Stephen]], English writer and critic (b. [[1832]]) |
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*[[1913]] - [[Ferdinand de Saussure]], Swiss linguist (b. [[1857]]) |
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*[[1921]] - [[Salim Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah]], Emir of Kuwait (b. [[1864]]) |
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*[[1923]] - [[Théophile Delcassé]], French statesman (b. [[1852]]) |
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*[[1934]] - [[Willem Kes]], Dutch conductor (b. [[1856]]) |
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*[[1939]] - [[Antonio Machado]], Spanish poet (b. [[1875]]) |
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*[[1942]] - [[Stefan Zweig]], Austrian writer (b. [[1881]]) |
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*[[1943]] - [[Hans Scholl]], German resistance fighter (b. [[1918]]) |
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* 1943 - [[Christoph Probst]], German resistance fighter (b. [[1919]]) |
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* 1943 - [[Sophie Scholl]], German resistance fighter (b. [[1921]]) |
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*[[1944]] - [[Kasturba Gandhi]], wife of [[Mohandas Gandhi]] (b. [[1869]]) |
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*[[1945]] - [[Osip Brik]], Russian writer (b. [[1888]]) |
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*[[1960]] - [[Paul-Émile Borduas]], Quebec painter (b. [[1905]]) |
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*[[1961]] - [[Nick LaRocca]], American jazz musician (b. [[1889]]) |
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*[[1965]] - [[Felix Frankfurter]], Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (b. [[1882]]) |
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*[[1968]] - [[Peter Arno]], American cartoonist (b. [[1904]]) |
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*[[1973]] - [[Jean-Jacques Bertrand]], Quebec politician, [[List of Quebec premiers|Premier of Quebec]] (b. [[1916]]) |
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* 1973 - [[Katina Paxinou]], Greek actress (b. [[1900]]) |
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*[[1974]] - [[Samuel Byck]], American attempted assassin of Richard Nixon (b. [[1930]]) |
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*[[1976]] - [[Angela Baddeley]], English actress (b. [[1904]]) |
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* 1976 - [[Florence Ballard]], American singer ([[The Supremes]]) (b. [[1943]]) |
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*[[1980]] - [[Oskar Kokoschka]], Austrian artist (b. [[1886]]) |
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*[[1982]] - [[Josh Malihabadi]], [[Urdu]] poet of India and Pakistan (b. [[1898]]) |
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*[[1983]] - Sir [[Adrian Boult]], English conductor (b. [[1889]]) |
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* 1983 - [[Romain Maes]], Belgian cyclist (b. [[1913]]) |
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*[[1984]] - [[Jessamyn West (writer)|Jessamyn West]], American writer (b. [[1902]]) |
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*[[1985]] - [[Salvador Espriu]], Spanish poet (b. [[1913]]) |
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* 1985 - [[Alexander Scourby]], American actor (b. [[1913]]) |
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* 1985 - [[Efrem Zimbalist]], Russian violinist (b. [[1889]]) |
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*[[1987]] - [[Andy Warhol]], American artist, director, and writer (b. [[1928]]) |
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*[[1989]] - [[Moisés da Costa Amaral]], East Timorese leader, [[UDT]] President in the exterior (b. [[1938]]) |
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*[[1994]] - [[Papa John Creach]], American musician (b. [[1917]]) |
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*[[1995]] - [[Ed Flanders]], American actor (b. [[1934]]) |
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*[[1997]] - [[Joseph Aiuppa]], American gangster (b. [[1907]]) |
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*[[1998]] - [[Abraham Ribicoff]], American politician (b. [[1910]]) |
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*[[1999]] - [[Menno Oosting]], Dutch tennis player (b. [[1964]]) |
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*[[2000]] - [[Fernando Buesa]], Spanish politician (b. [[1946]]) |
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*[[2002]] - [[Chuck Jones]], American animator (b. [[1912]]) |
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* 2002 - [[Jonas Savimbi]], Angolan rebel leader (b. [[1934]]) |
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* 2002 - [[Roden Cutler]], Australian diplomat and war hero (b. [[1916]]) |
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* 2002 - [[Daniel Pearl]], American journalist (b. [[1963]]) |
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*[[2003]] - [[Daniel Taradash]], American screenwriter (b. [[1913]]) |
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*[[2004]] - [[Roque Máspoli]], Uruguayan footballer (b. [[1917]]) |
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* 2004 - [[Andy Seminick]], American baseball player (b. [[1920]]) |
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*[[2005]] - [[Zdzisław Beksiński]], Polish artist (b. [[1929]]) |
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* 2005 - [[Simone Simon]], French actress (b. [[1910]]) |
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* 2005 - [[Lee Eun Ju]], Korean actress (b. [[1980]]) |
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*[[2006]] - [[Anthony Burger]], American musician and singer (b. [[1961]]) |
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*[[2007]] - [[Dennis Johnson]], American basketball player (b. [[1954]]) |
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* 2007 - [[Howard Verne Ramsey]], oldest U.S. veteran of WWI (b. [[1898]]) |
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* 2007 - [[Samuel Hinga Norman]], Sierra Leonean alleged war criminal (b. [[1940]]) |
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* 2007 - [[George Jellicoe, 2nd Earl Jellicoe|George Jellicoe]], Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the House of Lords & [[Special Boat Service]] veteran (b. [[1918]]) |
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==Holidays and observances== |
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*[[United States]] — [[Washington's Birthday]]. |
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*[[Saint Lucia]] — independence (1979). |
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*The [[Scouting]] movement and the [[World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts]] celebrate this day as "[[World Thinking Day]]", "B.-P. day", or "Founder's Day", as it is the shared birthday of the Scouts' founder [[Sir]] [[Robert Baden-Powell]] and his wife, [[Lady]] [[Olave Baden-Powell]], the World Chief Guide. |
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*[[Roman Catholic Church]] — [[Cathedra Petri|Feast of the Chair of Saint Peter]]. |
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*Blessed [[Saint Isabel of France]] (died 1270) |
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==External links== |
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* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/22 BBC: On This Day] |
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* {{NYT On this day|month=02|day=22}} |
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* [http://www1.sympatico.ca/cgi-bin/on_this_day?mth=Feb&day=22 On This Day in Canada] |
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[[Category:February]] |
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[[af:22 Februarie]] |
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[[ar:22 فبراير]] |
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[[an:22 de frebero]] |
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[[frp:22 fevriér]] |
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[[ast:22 de febreru]] |
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[[az:22 fevral]] |
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[[be:22 лютага]] |
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[[be-x-old:22 лютага]] |
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[[bs:22. februar]] |
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[[br:22 C'hwevrer]] |
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[[bg:22 февруари]] |
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[[ca:22 de febrer]] |
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[[cv:Нарăс, 22]] |
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[[ceb:Pebrero 22]] |
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[[cs:22. únor]] |
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[[co:22 frivaghju]] |
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[[cy:22 Chwefror]] |
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[[da:22. februar]] |
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[[de:22. Februar]] |
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[[et:22. veebruar]] |
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[[el:22 Φεβρουαρίου]] |
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[[es:22 de febrero]] |
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[[eo:22-a de februaro]] |
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[[eu:Otsailaren 22]] |
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[[fa:۲۲ فوریه]] |
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[[fo:22. februar]] |
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[[fr:22 février]] |
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[[fy:22 febrewaris]] |
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[[fur:22 di Fevrâr]] |
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[[ga:22 Feabhra]] |
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[[gv:22 Toshiaght Arree]] |
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[[gd:22 an Gearran]] |
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[[gl:22 de febreiro]] |
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[[ko:2월 22일]] |
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[[hi:22 फरवरी]] |
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[[hr:22. veljače]] |
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[[io:22 di februaro]] |
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[[ig:February 22]] |
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[[ilo:Febrero 22]] |
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[[bpy:ফেব্রুয়ারী ২২]] |
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[[id:22 Februari]] |
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[[ia:22 de februario]] |
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[[ie:22 februar]] |
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[[os:22 февралы]] |
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[[is:22. febrúar]] |
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[[it:22 febbraio]] |
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[[he:22 בפברואר]] |
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[[pam:Pebreru 22]] |
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[[kn:ಫೆಬ್ರುವರಿ ೨೨]] |
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[[ka:22 თებერვალი]] |
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[[csb:22 gromicznika]] |
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[[kk:Ақпанның 22]] |
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[[sw:22 Februari]] |
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[[ht:22 fevriye]] |
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[[ku:22'ê reşemiyê]] |
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[[la:22 Februarii]] |
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[[lv:22. februāris]] |
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[[lb:22. Februar]] |
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[[lt:Vasario 22]] |
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[[lmo:22 02]] |
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[[hu:Február 22]] |
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[[mk:22 февруари]] |
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[[ml:ഫെബ്രുവരി 22]] |
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[[mr:फेब्रुवारी २२]] |
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[[ms:22 Februari]] |
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[[nah:Tlaōnti 22]] |
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[[nl:22 februari]] |
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[[nds-nl:22 febrewaori]] |
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[[ja:2月22日]] |
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[[nap:22 'e frevaro]] |
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[[no:22. februar]] |
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[[nrm:22 Févri]] |
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[[nov:22 de februare]] |
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[[oc:22 de febrièr]] |
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[[uz:22 fevral]] |
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[[nds:22. Februar]] |
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[[pl:22 lutego]] |
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[[pt:22 de Fevereiro]] |
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[[ksh:22. Febrowaa]] |
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[[ro:22 februarie]] |
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[[ru:22 февраля]] |
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[[se:Guovvamánu 22.]] |
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[[sco:22 Februar]] |
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[[sq:22 Shkurt]] |
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[[scn:22 di frivaru]] |
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[[sk:22. február]] |
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[[sl:22. februar]] |
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[[sr:22. фебруар]] |
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[[sh:22.2.]] |
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[[su:22 Pébruari]] |
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[[fi:22. helmikuuta]] |
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[[tl:Pebrero 22]] |
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[[ta:பெப்ரவரி 22]] |
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[[tt:22. Febräl]] |
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[[te:ఫిబ్రవరి 22]] |
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[[th:22 กุมภาพันธ์]] |
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[[vi:22 tháng 2]] |
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[[tg:22 феврал]] |
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[[tr:22 Şubat]] |
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[[uk:22 лютого]] |
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[[vec:22 de febraro]] |
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[[vo:Febul 22]] |
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[[fiu-vro:22. radokuu päiv]] |
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[[wa:22 d' fevrî]] |
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[[vls:22 februoari]] |
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[[war:Pebrero 22]] |
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[[zh-yue:2月22號]] |
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[[bat-smg:Vasarė 22]] |
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[[zh:2月22日]] |
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Revision as of 10:29, 12 May 2008
Shaun Lee