What happend on 21. September in History
In our data base we found 346 events happened on 21. September:
• 454: Flavius Aetius, Roman general (b. 396) [category: Deaths]
• 455: Emperor Avitus enters Rome with a Gallic army and consolidates his power. [category: Events]
• 687: Pope Conon (b. 630) [category: Deaths]
• 1051: Bertha of Savoy (d. 1087) [category: Births]
• 1217: Caupo of Turaida [category: Deaths]
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1217: Lembitu, Estonian military leader
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1217: Livonian Crusade: The Estonian leader Lembitu and Livonian leader Kaupo are killed in Battle of St. Matthew's Day.
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1235: Andrew II of Hungary (b. 1175)
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1327: Edward II of England (b. 1284)
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1328: Hongwu Emperor of China (d. 1398)
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1397: Richard FitzAlan, 11th Earl of Arundel, English military leader (b. 1346)
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1411: Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York (d. 1460)
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1415: Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1493)
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1428: Jingtai Emperor of China (d. 1457)
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1435: An agreement between Charles VII of France and Philip the Good ends the partnership between the English and Burgundy in Hundred Years' War.
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1452: Girolamo Savonarola, Italian-Dominican priest and philosopher (d. 1498)
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1558: Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1500)
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1559: Cigoli, Italian painter (d. 1613)
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1576: Gerolamo Cardano, Italian mathematician (b. 1501)
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1586: Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, French cardinal (b. 1517)
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1626: François de Bonne, Duke of Lesdiguières, French soldier (b. 1543)
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1629: Philip Howard, English cardinal (d. 1694)
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1645: Louis Jolliet, Canadian explorer (d. 1700)
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1706: Polyxena of Hesse-Rotenburg (d. 1735)
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1719: Johann Heinrich Acker, German writer (b. 1647)
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1743: Jai Singh II, Indian king (b. 1688)
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1745: Battle of Prestonpans: A Hanoverian army under the command of Sir John Cope is defeated, in ten minutes, by the Jacobite forces of Prince Charles Edward Stuart
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1748: John Balguy, English philosopher (b. 1686)
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1756: John Loudon McAdam, Scottish engineer and road builder (d. 1836)
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1758: Christopher Gore, American politician, 8th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1827)
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1760: Ivan Dmitriev, Russian statesman and poet (d. 1837)
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1776: Part of New York City is burned shortly after being occupied by British forces.
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1780: American Revolutionary War: Benedict Arnold gives the British the plans to West Point.
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1792: The National Convention declares France a republic and abolishes the monarchy.
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1796: François Séverin Marceau-Desgraviers, French general (b. 1769)
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1798: George Read, American lawyer and politician, signer of the United States Declaration of Independence (b. 1733)
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1810: Mir Taqi Mir, Indian poet (b. 1723)
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1812: Emanuel Schikaneder, German actor and singer (b. 1751)
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1819: Louise Marie Thérèse d'Artois, French wife of Charles III, Duke of Parma (d. 1864)
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1832: Walter Scott, Scottish author, poet, and playwright (b. 1771)
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1840: Murad V, Ottoman sultan (d. 1904)
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1842: Abdul Hamid II, Ottoman sultan (d. 1918)
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1843: John Williams Wilson takes possession of the Strait of Magellan on behalf of the newly independent Chilean government.
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1846: Mihály Kolossa, Hungarian-Slovene writer (d. 1906)
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1849: Maurice Barrymore, Indian-American actor (d. 1905)
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1853: Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, Dutch physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1926)
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1859: Francesc Macià i Llussà, Catalan army officer and politician, 122nd President of Catalonia (d. 1933)
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1860: Wilson Kettle, Canadian centenarian (d. 1963)
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1860: Arthur Schopenhauer, German philosopher (b. 1788)
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1860: In the Second Opium War, an Anglo-French force defeats Chinese troops at the Battle of Palikao.
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1862: James E. Talmage, American religious leader and author (d. 1933)
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1863: John Bunny, American actor (d. 1915)
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1866: Charles Nicolle, French bacteriologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1936)
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1866: H. G. Wells, English author (d. 1946)
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1867: Henry L. Stimson, American statesman, lawyer and politician (d. 1950)
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1872: Henry Tingle Wilde, English chief officer on the RMS Titanic (d. 1912)
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1873: Papa Jack Laine, American drummer and bandleader (d. 1966)
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1874: Gustav Holst, English composer (d. 1934)
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1874: Jean-Baptiste Élie de Beaumont, French geologist (b. 1794)
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1875: Princess Alexandra of Bavaria (b. 1826)
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1880: Manuel Montt, Chilean politician and scholar, 6th President of Chile (b. 1809)
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1882: Geevarghese Mar Ivanios, Indian-Syrian bishop (d. 1953)
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1890: Charles William Train, English soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross (d. 1965)
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1890: Max Immelmann, German pilot (d. 1916)
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1892: Olof Ås, Swedish actor and stage manager (d. 1949)
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1895: Sergei Yesenin, Russian poet (d. 1925)
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1896: Walter Breuning, American super-centenarian (d. 2011)
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1896: British force under Horatio Kitchener takes Dongola in the Sudan.
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1897: Wilhelm Wattenbach, German historian (b. 1819)
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1897: The "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus" editorial is published in the New York Sun.
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1898: Empress Dowager Cixi seizes power and ends the Hundred Days' Reform in China.
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1899: Frederick Coutts, Scottish 8th General of The Salvation Army (d. 1986)
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1902: Allen Lane, English publisher, founded Penguin Books (d. 1970)
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1902: Howie Morenz, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1937)
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1902: Luis Cernuda, Spanish poet (d. 1963)
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1903: Preston Tucker, American automobile designer, designed the Tucker Sedan (d. 1956)
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1904: Chief Joseph, American tribal leader (b. 1840)
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1905: Robert Lebel, Canadian businessman and politician (d. 1999)
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1906: Henry Beachell, American plant breeder (d. 2006)
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1906: Samuel Arnold, American conspirator (b. 1838)
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1909: Kwame Nkrumah, Ghanaian politician, 1st President of Ghana (d. 1972)
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1912: Chuck Jones, American animator, screenwriter, and producer (d. 2002)
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1912: György Sándor, Hungarian pianist (d. 2005)
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1914: Slam Stewart, American bassist (d. 1987)
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1916: Françoise Giroud, Swiss-French journalist and politician (d. 2003)
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1917: Phyllis Nicolson, English mathematician (d. 1968)
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1918: John Gofman, American scientist (d. 2007)
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1918: Karl Slover, German-American actor (d. 2011)
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1919: Fazlur Rahman Malik, Pakistani scholar (d. 1988)
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1919: Herman Fowlkes, Jr., American trumpet player and educator (d. 1993)
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1919: Mario Bunge, Argentine philosopher and physicist
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1921: John McHale, American baseball player (d. 2008)
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1921: A storage silo in Oppau, Germany, explodes, killing 500-600 people.
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1924: Hermann Buhl, Austrian mountaineer (d. 1957)
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1925: Konrad B. Knutsen, Norwegian civil servant (d. 2012)
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1926: Donald A. Glaser, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
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1926: Fereydoon Moshiri, Iranian poet (d. 2000)
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1926: Noor Jehan, Pakistani actress and singer (d. 2000)
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1926: Léon Charles Thévenin, French engineer (b. 1857)
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1927: Ward Swingle, American singer
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1929: Bernard Williams, English philosopher (d. 2003)
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1929: Shafi Hadi, American saxophonist
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1929: Sándor Kocsis, Hungarian footballer (d. 1979)
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1930: Bob Stokoe, English footballer and manager (d. 2004)
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1930: John Morgan, Welsh-Canadian comedian and actor (d. 2004)
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1931: Larry Hagman, American actor, director, and producer (d. 2012)
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1933: Allan Jeans, Australian footballer and coach (d. 2011)
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1933: Dick Simon, American race car driver
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1933: Salvador Lutteroth ran the first ever EMLL (now CMLL) show in Mexico, marking the birth of Lucha Libre
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1934: Leonard Cohen, Canadian singer-songwriter and author
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1934: A large typhoon hits western Honshū, Japan, killing 3,036 people.
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1935: Henry Gibson, American actor (d. 2009)
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1935: Jimmy Armfield, English footballer and manager
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1936: Diane Rehm, American radio host
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1936: Dickey Lee, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1936: Sunny Murray, American drummer
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1936: Yury Luzhkov, Russian politician, 2nd Mayor of Moscow
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1937: John D'Amico, Canadian ice hockey referee (d. 2005)
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1937: J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit is published.
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1938: Doug Moe, American basketball player and coach
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1938: Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić, Croatian author (b. 1874)
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1938: The Great Hurricane of 1938 makes landfall on Long Island in New York. The death toll is estimated at 500-700 people.
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1939: Agnivesh, Indian activist and politician
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1939: Rory Storm, English singer-songwriter (d. 1972)
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1939: Armand Călinescu, Romanian politician, 39th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1893)
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1939: Romanian Prime Minister Armand Călinescu is assassinated by ultranationalist members of the Iron Guard.
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1940: Bill Kurtis, American journalist
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1940: Hermann Knoflacher, Austrian civil engineer
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1941: Jack Brisco, American wrestler (d. 2010)
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1941: R. James Woolsey, Jr., American 16th Director of Central Intelligence
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1942: U-Roy, Jamaican singer and DJ
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1942: John Symes, English cricketer (b. 1879)
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1942: In Dunaivtsi, Ukraine, Nazis murder 2,588 Jews.
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1942: In Poland, at the end of Yom Kippur, Germans order Jews to permanently evacuate Konstantynów and move to the Ghetto in Biała Podlaska, established to assemble Jews from seven nearby towns, including Janów Podlaski, Rossosz and Terespol.
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1942: On the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, Nazis send over 1,000 Jews of Pidhaytsi (west Ukraine) to Belzec extermination camp.
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1942: The B-29 Superfortress makes its maiden flight.
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1944: Bobby Tench, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Gass, Hummingbird, Humble Pie, and Streetwalkers)
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1944: Fannie Flagg, American actress and novelist
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1944: Hamilton Jordan, American White House Chief of Staff (d. 2008)
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1944: Steve Beshear, American politician, 61st Governor of Kentucky
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1944: Artur Phleps, German SS officer (b. 1881)
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1945: G. C. Cameron, American singer (The Spinners)
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1945: Jerry Bruckheimer, American film and television producer
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1945: Richard Childress, American race car driver
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1945: Shaw Clifton, Irish 18th General of The Salvation Army
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1946: Moritz Leuenberger, Swiss lawyer and politician, President of Switzerland
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1946: Olga Engl, Austrian actress (b. 1871)
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1947: Don Felder, American guitarist and songwriter (Eagles)
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1947: Marsha Norman, American playwright and author
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1947: Stephen King, American author
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1949: Artis Gilmore, American basketball player
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1949: Henry Butler, American pianist
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1950: Bill Murray, American comedian and actor
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1950: Charles Clarke, English politician
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1951: Aslan Maskhadov, Chechen rebel leader, 3rd President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (d. 2005)
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1951: Bruce Arena, American soccer player and coach
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1952: Anneliese Michel, German woman believed to be possessed by demons (d. 1976)
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1952: Dave Gregory, English guitarist (XTC and Big Big Train)
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1953: Arie Luyendyk, Dutch race car driver
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1953: LT No Kum-Sok a North Korean pilot defected to South Korea and is associated with Operation Moolah.
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1954: Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor, English drummer (Motörhead)
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1954: Shinzō Abe, Japanese politician, 90th Prime Minister of Japan
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1954: Mikimoto Kōkichi, Japanese businessman (b. 1858)
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1955: François Cluzet, French actor
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1955: Gulshan Grover, Indian actor
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1955: Mika Kaurismäki, Finnish director
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1955: Richard Hieb, American astronaut
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1956: Jack Givens, American basketball player
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1956: Marta Kauffman, American scriptwriter and producer
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1956: Ricky Morton, American wrestler
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1956: Bill Struth, Scottish football manager (b. 1875)
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1957: Ethan Coen, American director
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1957: Kevin Rudd, Australian politician, 26th Prime Minister of Australia
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1957: Mark Levin, American attorney and author
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1957: Penny Smith, English journalist
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1957: Sidney Moncrief, American basketball player
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1957: Haakon VII of Norway (b. 1872)
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1958: Bruno Fitoussi, French poker player
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1958: Rick Mahorn, American basketball player
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1959: André Hennicke, German actor
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1959: Corinne Drewery, English singer-songwriter (Swing Out Sister)
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1959: Danny Cox, American baseball player
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1959: Dave Coulier, American actor
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1960: David James Elliott, Canadian actor
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1960: Sikandar Sanam, Pakistani actor and singer (d. 2012)
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1961: Billy Collins, Irish-American boxer (d. 1984)
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1961: Nancy Travis, American actress
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1961: Maiden flight of the CH-47 Chinook transportation helicopter.
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1962: Rob Morrow, American actor
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1962: Bo Carter, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Mississippi Sheiks) (b. 1892)
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1963: Angus Macfadyen, Scottish actor
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1963: Cecil Fielder, American baseball player
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1963: Curtly Ambrose, Antiguan-Barbudan cricketer
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1963: Paulino Masip, Spanish playwright (b. 1899)
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1964: Jorge Drexler, Uruguayan singer and actor
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1964: Lester Quitzau, Canadian guitarist
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1964: Malta becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
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1964: The North American XB-70 Valkyrie, the world's first Mach 3 bomber, makes its maiden flight from Palmdale, California.
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1965: Cheryl Hines, American actress
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1965: David Wenham, Australian actor
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1965: Frédéric Beigbeder, French author and critic
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1965: Johanna Vuoksenmaa, Finnish director
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1965: Gambia, Maldives and Singapore are admitted as members of the United Nations.
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1966: Kerrin Lee-Gartner, Canadian skier
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1966: Ronna Reeves, American singer
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1966: Paul Reynaud, French politician, 118th Prime Minister of France (b. 1878)
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1967: Faith Hill, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
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1967: Glen Benton, American singer-songwriter and bass player (Deicide and Vital Remains)
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1967: Tyler Stewart, Canadian drummer (Barenaked Ladies)
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1968: David Jude Jolicoeur, American rapper and producer (De La Soul)
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1968: Ricki Lake, American actress, producer, and talk show host
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1969: Curtis Leschyshyn, Canadian ice hockey player
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1969: Jason Christiansen, American baseball player
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1970: John Cudia, American actor
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1970: Melissa Ferrick, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1971: Alfonso Ribeiro, American actor
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1971: David Vetter, American victim of severe combined immune deficiency syndrome (d. 1984)
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1971: John Crawley, English cricketer
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1971: Luke Wilson, American actor
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1971: Bernardo Houssay, Argentine physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887)
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1971: Bahrain, Bhutan and Qatar join the United Nations.
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1972: David Silveria, American drummer and songwriter (KoЯn and L.A.P.D.)
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1972: Jon Kitna, American football player
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1972: Liam Gallagher, English singer-songwriter (Oasis, Beady Eye, The Rain)
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1972: Olivia Bonamy, French actress
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1972: Scott Spiezio, American baseball player
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1972: Henry de Montherlant, French author (b. 1896)
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1972: Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos signs Proclamation № 1081, placing the entire country under martial law.
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1973: Heather Brewer, American author
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1973: Oswaldo Sanchez, Mexican footballer
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1973: Vanessa Grigoriadis, American journalist
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1974: Andy Todd, English footballer
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1974: Bryce Drew, American basketball player
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1974: Jana Kandarr, German tennis player
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1974: Taral Hicks, American actress and singer
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1974: Jacqueline Susann, American novelist (b. 1918)
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1974: Walter Brennan, American actor (b. 1894)
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1975: Doug Davis, American baseball player
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1976: Jonas Bjerre, Danish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Mew and Apparatjik)
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1976: Poul Hübertz, Danish footballer
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1976: Orlando Letelier, Chilean economist, politician, and diplomat (b. 1932)
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1976: Orlando Letelier is assassinated in Washington, D.C. He is a member of the Chilean socialist government of Salvador Allende, overthrown in 1973 by Augusto Pinochet.
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1976: Seychelles joins the United Nations.
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1977: Brian Tallet, American baseball player
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1977: A nuclear non-proliferation pact is signed by 15 countries, including the United States and the Soviet Union.
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1978: Doug Howlett, New Zealand rugby player
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1978: Luke Godden, Australian footballer
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1978: Mario Miranda, Brazilian mixed martial artist
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1979: Bradford Anderson, American actor
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1979: Chris Gayle, Jamaican cricketer
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1979: James Allan, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Glasvegas)
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1979: Jaymee Ong, Australian model actress
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1979: Julian Gray, English footballer
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1979: Monika Merl, German runner
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1979: Richard Dunne, Irish footballer
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1980: Aleksa Palladino, American actress
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1980: Autumn Reeser, American actress
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1980: Kareena Kapoor, Indian actress
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1980: Nyree Kindred, Welsh swimmer
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1980: Robert Hoffman, American actor
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1980: Stacy Clark, American singer-songwriter
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1980: Tomas Scheckter, South African race car driver
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1981: Nicole Richie, American actress, singer, fashion designer, and author
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1981: Rimi Sen, Indian actress
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1981: Belize is granted full independence from the United Kingdom.
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1981: Sandra Day O'Connor is unanimously approved by the U.S. Senate as the first female Supreme Court justice.
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1982: Christos Tapoutos, Greek basketball player
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1982: Danny Kass, American snowboarder
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1982: Eduardo Azevedo, Brazilian race car driver
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1982: Marat Izmailov, Russian footballer
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1982: Parvati Shallow, American reality show contestant, winner of Survivor: Micronesia
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1982: Rowan Vine, English footballer
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1982: Ivan Bagramyan, Soviet general (b. 1897)
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1983: Anna Meares, Australian cyclist
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1983: Fernando Cavenaghi, Argentinian footballer
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1983: Joseph Mazzello, American actor
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1983: Maggie Grace, American actress
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1984: Benjamin Wildman-Tobriner, American swimmer
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1984: Brunei joins the United Nations.
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1985: Justin Durant, American football player
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1985: Maryam Hassouni, Dutch actress
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1985: Gu Long, Chinese author and screenwriter (b. 1937)
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1986: Faris Badwan, English singer-songwriter (The Horrors and Cat's Eyes)
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1986: Lindsey Stirling, American violinist and composer
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1987: Ashley Paris, American basketball player
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1987: Courtney Paris, American basketball player
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1987: Jimmy Clausen, American football player
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1987: Marcelo Estigarribia, Paraguayan footballer
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1987: Jaco Pastorius, American bass player, composer, and producer (Weather Report and Trio of Doom) (b. 1951)
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1988: Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Pakistani politician
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1988: Glenn Robert Davis, American politician (b. 1914)
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1989: Jason Derülo, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor
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1990: Al-Farouq Aminu, American basketball player
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1990: Allison Scagliotti, American actress
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1990: Christian Serratos, American actress
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1990: Takis Kanellopoulos, Greek director and screenwriter (b. 1933)
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1991: Armenia is granted independence from Soviet Union.
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1992: Tarachand Barjatya, Indian film producer, founder of Rajshri Productions (b. 1914)
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1993: Russian President Boris Yeltsin suspends parliament and scraps the then-functioning constitution, thus triggering the Russian constitutional crisis of 1993.
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1995: Rudy Perpich, American politician, 36th Governor of Minnesota (b. 1928)
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1997: Jennifer Holt, American actress (b. 1920)
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1998: Florence Griffith-Joyner, American runner (b. 1959)
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1999: Chi-Chi earthquake occurs in central Taiwan, leaving about 2,400 people dead.
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19_bc: Virgil, Roman poet (b. 70 BC)
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2000: Jacques Flynn, Canadian politician (b. 1915)
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2000: Leonid Rogozov, Russian surgeon (b. 1934)
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2001: America: A Tribute to Heroes is broadcast by over 35 network and cable channels, raising over $200 million for the September 11 attack victims.
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2001: Deep Space 1 flies within 2,200 km of Comet Borrelly.
[category: Events] •
2002: Robert L. Forward, American physicist and author (b. 1932)
[category: Deaths] •
2002: Rocco Rock, American wrestler (b. 1953)
[category: Deaths] •
2003: Galileo mission is terminated by sending the probe into Jupiter's atmosphere, where it is crushed by the pressure at the lower altitudes.
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2004: Bob Mason, English actor (b. 1952)
[category: Deaths] •
2005: The online website, Club Penguin, releases their public beta test.
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2006: Boz Burrell, English singer-songwriter and bass player (Bad Company and King Crimson) (b. 1946)
[category: Deaths] •
2006: Tasos Athanasiadis, Greek author (b. 1913)
[category: Deaths] •
2007: Alice Ghostley, American actress (b. 1926)
[category: Deaths] •
2007: Hallgeir Brenden, Norwegian skier (b. 1929)
[category: Deaths] •
2007: Rex Humbard, American evangelist (b. 1919)
[category: Deaths] •
2011: Jun Henmi, Japanese author and poet (b. 1939)
[category: Deaths] •
2011: Pamela Ann Rymer, American judge (b. 1941)
[category: Deaths] •
2011: Troy Davis, American murderer (b. 1968)
[category: Deaths] •
2012: Bill King, English navy officer and author (b. 1910)
[category: Deaths] •
2012: Bruno Schettino, Italian archbishop (b. 1941)
[category: Deaths] •
2012: Ed Conlin, American basketball player and coach (b. 1933)
[category: Deaths] •
2012: G. Kasturi, Indian journalist (b. 1924)
[category: Deaths] •
2012: Henry Bauchau, Belgian psychoanalyst and author (b. 1913)
[category: Deaths] •
2012: José Curbelo, Cuban-American pianist and manager (b. 1917)
[category: Deaths] •
2012: Karl-Gustav Kaisla, Finnish ice hockey referee (b. 1943)
[category: Deaths] •
2012: Michael Rye, American voice actor (b. 1918)
[category: Deaths] •
2012: Mike Baker, English journalist (b. 1957)
[category: Deaths] •
2012: Mike Sparken, French race car driver (b. 1930)
[category: Deaths] •
2012: Sven Hassel, Danish-German soldier and author (b. 1917)
[category: Deaths] •
2012: Tom Umphlett, American baseball player (b. 1930)
[category: Deaths] •
2012: Yehuda Elkana, Israeli historian and philosopher (b. 1934)
[category: Deaths] •
_: Arbor Day (Brazil)
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_: Christian Feast Day:
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_: Founder's Day (Ghana)
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_: Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Armenia from the Soviet Union in 1991.
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_: Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Belize from the United Kingdom in 1981.
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_: Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Malta from the United Kingdom in 1964.
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_: International Day of Peace (International)
[category: Holidays and observances] •
_: Mabon in the Northern hemisphere, Ostara in the Southern hemisphere (Neopagan Wheel of the Year)
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_: Matthew the Evangelist (Western Church)
[category: Holidays and observances] •
_: Nativity of the Theotokos (Orthodox Church)
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_: September 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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_: Spring Day (Argentina)
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