16 Aug 1027
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death
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George I of Georgia (b. 998) |
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16 Aug 1258
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death
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Theodore II Laskaris, Byzantine-Greek emperor (b. 1222) |
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16 Aug 1297
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death
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John II of Trebizond (b. 1262) |
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16 Aug 1327
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death
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Saint Roch, French saint (b. 1295) |
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16 Aug 1358
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death
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Albert II, Duke of Austria (b. 1298) |
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16 Aug 1419
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death
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Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia (b. 1361) |
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16 Aug 1443
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death
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Ashikaga Yoshikatsu, Japanese shogun (b. 1434) |
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16 Aug 1445
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death
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Margaret Stewart, Dauphine of France (b. 1424) |
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16 Aug 1508
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death
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Henry van Stolberg and Wernigerode: German Viceroy of Friesland, dies at 41
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16 Aug 1518
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death
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Loyset Compère, French composer (b. 1445) |
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16 Aug 1532
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death
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Johan de Standvastige: Monarch of Saxon (Schmalkaldisch)
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16 Aug 1532
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death
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John, Elector of Saxony (b. 1468) |
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16 Aug 1603
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death
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Silvio Antoniano: Italian Cardinal / Theologist (Tre libri), dies at 62
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16 Aug 1661
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death
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Thomas Fuller, English historian and author (b. 1608) |
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16 Aug 1675
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death
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Bogdan Chmilnicki: Cosack leader / murderer of 300, 000 Jews
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16 Aug 1678
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death
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Andrew Marvell, English poet and author (b. 1621) |
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16 Aug 1705
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death
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Jean / Jacobus Bernouilli: Swiss mathematician, dies at 50
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16 Aug 1705
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death
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Jacob Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician and theorist (b. 1654) |
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16 Aug 1733
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death
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Matthew Tindal, English philosopher and author (b. 1657) |
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16 Aug 1738
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death
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Joe Miller: English comic
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16 Aug 1748
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death
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Pietro Giuseppe Sandoni: Composer, dies at 63
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16 Aug 1786
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death
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Henri-Jacques de Croes: Flemish Composer / bandmaster, dies at 80
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16 Aug 1791
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death
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Charles-François de Broglie, marquis de Ruffec, French soldier and diplomat (b. 1719) |
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16 Aug 1799
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death
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Vincenzo Manfredini: Composer, dies at 61
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16 Aug 1807
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death
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Claude C Saunier: French furniture maker, dies at about 72
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16 Aug 1831
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death
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Eduard Brendler: Composer, dies at 30
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16 Aug 1836
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death
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Marc-Antoine Parseval, French mathematician (b. 1755) |
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16 Aug 1854
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death
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Duncan Phyfe furniture maker, dies
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16 Aug 1855
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death
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Henry Colburn, English publisher (b. 1785) |
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16 Aug 1864
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death
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John Randolph Chambliss, Jr.: Planter / Confederate, dies in battle at 31
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16 Aug 1870
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death
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Ludvig Anton Edmund Passy: Composer, dies at 80
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16 Aug 1886
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death
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Swami Ramakrishna: Indies philosopher, dies at 50
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16 Aug 1886
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death
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Ramakrishna, Indian mystic (b. 1836) |
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16 Aug 1888
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death
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John Pemberton, American chemist, invented Coca-Cola (b. 1831) |
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16 Aug 1893
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death
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Jean-Martin Charcot, French neurologist and academic (b. 1825) |
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16 Aug 1894
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death
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Herman van der Tuuk: Dutch linguist (Toba Batak grammar), dies at 70
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16 Aug 1899
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death
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Robert Bunsen, German chemist and academic (b. 1811) |
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16 Aug 1900
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death
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José Maria de Eça de Queirós, Portuguese journalist and author (b. 1845) |
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16 Aug 1904
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death
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Prentiss Ingraham, American colonel and author (b. 1843) |
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16 Aug 1910
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death
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Charles Ferdinand Lenepveu: Composer, dies at 69
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16 Aug 1911
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death
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Karl Munzinger: Composer, dies at 68
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16 Aug 1911
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death
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Patrick Francis Moran, Irish-Australian cardinal (b. 1830) |
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16 Aug 1914
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death
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Carl Theodor Schulz, German-Norwegian gardener (b. 1835) |
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16 Aug 1920
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death
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J Norman Lockyer: English physicist (discovered helium in Sun)
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16 Aug 1920
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death
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Norman Lockyer editor of NATURE, discoverer of helium in Sun, dies
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16 Aug 1921
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death
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Peter I of Serbia (b. 1844) |
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16 Aug 1929
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death
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Frank Valentine Van der Stucken: Composer, dies at 70
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16 Aug 1938
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death
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Andrej Hlinka, Slovak priest and politician (b. 1864) |
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16 Aug 1938
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death
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Robert Johnson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1911) |
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16 Aug 1940
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death
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Billy Fiske: US RAF-pilot / 2nd lieutenant, dies of injuries
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16 Aug 1940
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death
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Henri Desgrange: French cyclist / founder (Tour de France), dies at 75
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16 Aug 1940
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death
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Eduard Sõrmus, Estonian violinist (b. 1878) |
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16 Aug 1944
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death
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Roman Padlewski: Composer, dies at 28
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16 Aug 1945
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death
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Nico Richter: Composer, dies at 29
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16 Aug 1945
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death
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Takijiro Ohnishi: Led Japanese kamikaze pilots (harakiri)
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16 Aug 1945
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death
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Takijirō Ōnishi, Japanese admiral (b. 1891) |
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16 Aug 1946
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death
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Herman Harrell Horne: Philosopher (idealism)
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16 Aug 1948
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death
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Babe Ruth, American baseball player and coach (b. 1895) |
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16 Aug 1949
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death
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Margaret Mitchell, American author (b. 1900) |
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16 Aug 1951
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death
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Louis Jouvet, French actor and director (b. 1887) |
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16 Aug 1952
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death
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Lydia Field Emmet, American painter (b. 1866) |
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16 Aug 1956
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death
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Bela Lugosi, Hungarian-American actor (b. 1882) |
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16 Aug 1957
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death
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Irving Langmuir, American chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881) |
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16 Aug 1959
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death
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William "Bull" F Halsey: US Vice-Admiral (WWII Pacific)
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16 Aug 1959
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death
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William Halsey, Jr., American admiral (b. 1882) |
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16 Aug 1959
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death
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Wanda Landowska, Polish-French harpsichord player (b. 1879) |
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16 Aug 1961
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death
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Abdul Haq, Indian linguist and scholar (b. 1870) |
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16 Aug 1964
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death
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Jack Pennick: Actor (Lady From Louisiana), dies at 68
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16 Aug 1964
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death
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Paul Weinstein, German high jumper (b. 1878) |
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16 Aug 1965
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death
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Vasily Petrovich Shirinsky: Composer, dies at 64
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16 Aug 1966
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death
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Jack Mather: Actor (Cisco Kid), dies of heart attack at 58
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16 Aug 1968
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death
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Luis Gianneo: Composer, dies at 71
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16 Aug 1969
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death
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Russ Bender: Actor / writer (Air Patrol, Strangler), dies at 59
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16 Aug 1971
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death
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Elsie Baker: Actress (Ghosts of Hanley House), dies at 78
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16 Aug 1971
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death
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Spyros Skouras, Greek-American businessman (b. 1893) |
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16 Aug 1972
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death
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John Barnes Chance: Composer, dies at 39
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16 Aug 1972
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death
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Pierre Brasseur, French actor and screenwriter (b. 1905) |
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16 Aug 1973
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death
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Selman A Waksman: Russian / US microbiology (Nobel 1952), dies at 85
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16 Aug 1973
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death
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Veda Ann Borg: Actress (Kid Galahad), dies at 54
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16 Aug 1973
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death
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Selman Waksman, Ukrainian-American biochemist and microbiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888) |
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16 Aug 1974
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death
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Karl E Mundt: (Rep / Sen)
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16 Aug 1975
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death
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Vladimir Kuts, Ukrainian runner (b. 1927) |
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16 Aug 1977
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death
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Elvis Presley, American singer, guitarist, and actor (The Blue Moon Boys) (b. 1935) |
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16 Aug 1978
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death
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Alidius WL Tjarda van Stachouwer: Governor-General of the Netherlands Indies, dies at 90
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16 Aug 1978
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death
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Jean Acker, American actress (b. 1893) |
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16 Aug 1978
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death
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Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer, Dutch politician, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (b. 1888) |
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16 Aug 1979
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death
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John Diefenbaker, Canadian lawyer and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1895) |
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16 Aug 1983
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death
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Earl Averill, American baseball player (b. 1902) |
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16 Aug 1984
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death
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Gyorgy Kosa: Composer, dies at 87
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16 Aug 1986
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death
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John Hurley: Song writer (Son of a Preacher Man), dies at 45
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16 Aug 1986
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death
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Jaime Sáenz, Bolivian author and poet (b. 1921) |
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16 Aug 1988
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death
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Milton Adolphus: Composer, dies at 75
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16 Aug 1989
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death
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Amanda Blake, American actress (b. 1929) |
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16 Aug 1990
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death
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Pat O'Connor, New Zealand wrestler (b. 1925) |
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16 Aug 1991
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death
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Robert DiMatte, Jr.: Stage director / actor, dies at 43
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16 Aug 1991
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death
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Luigi Zampa, Italian director and screenwriter (b. 1905) |
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16 Aug 1991
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death
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Shamu the Whale dies at 16, from respiratory failure
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16 Aug 1991
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death
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Stuart Karl CEO (Karl Home Video), dies at 38 of skin cancer
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16 Aug 1992
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death
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Mark Heard: Christian musician, dies at 41 of a heart attack
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16 Aug 1993
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death
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Irene Sharaff: US costume designer (Cleopatra, Can-can), dies at 83
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16 Aug 1993
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death
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Joseph Towers: US pilot
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16 Aug 1993
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death
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Tom Fuccella: Actor (Paul-One Life to Live), dies of AIDS at 56
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16 Aug 1993
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death
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Stewart Granger, English-American actor (b. 1913) |
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16 Aug 1994
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death
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Earnest Pawel: Polish / US Author (Nightmare of Reason), dies at 74
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16 Aug 1994
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death
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Frits de Knight: Photographer, dies of AIDS at 40
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16 Aug 1994
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death
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Henry Geldzahler: US critic
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16 Aug 1994
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death
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John Doucette: Actor (Fighting Mad, Gang War), dies of cancer at 73
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16 Aug 1995
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death
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John Cameron Swayze: News anchor (NBC), dies at 89
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16 Aug 1995
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death
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John Priestly McCartjy: Detroit DJ, dies at 62
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16 Aug 1995
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death
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Robert "Robby" Debarge: R&B Musician, dies at 36
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16 Aug 1996
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death
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Eric Cullen: Actor (Huntington Tower), dies at 31
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16 Aug 1996
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death
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Robert Lynn: Anarchist, dies at 72
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16 Aug 1997
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death
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Gerard McLarnon: Actor / writer, dies at 82
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16 Aug 1997
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death
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Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Pakistani singer (b. 1948) |
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16 Aug 1998
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death
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Phil Leeds, American actor (b. 1916) |
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16 Aug 2002
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death
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Jeff Corey, American actor and director (b. 1914) |
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16 Aug 2002
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death
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Abu Nidal, Palestinian militant leader (b. 1937) |
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16 Aug 2003
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death
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Idi Amin, Ugandan field marshal and politician, 3rd President of Uganda (b. 1928) |
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16 Aug 2004
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death
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Ivan Hlinka, Czech ice hockey player and coach (b. 1950) |
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16 Aug 2004
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death
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Balanadarajah Iyer, Sri Lankan journalist and poet (b. 1957) |
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16 Aug 2004
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death
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Carl Mydans, American photographer and journalist (b. 1907) |
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16 Aug 2004
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death
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Robert Quiroga, American boxer (b. 1969) |
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16 Aug 2005
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death
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Vassar Clements, American fiddler (Old and in the Way) (b. 1928) |
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16 Aug 2005
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death
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Tonino Delli Colli, Italian cinematographer (b. 1922) |
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16 Aug 2005
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death
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Vicky Moscholiou, Greek singer (b. 1943) |
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16 Aug 2005
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death
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Joe Ranft, American animator, screenwriter, and voice actor (b. 1960) |
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16 Aug 2005
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death
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Frère Roger, Swiss monk and mystic (b. 1915) |
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16 Aug 2006
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death
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Alex Buzo, Australian playwright and author (b. 1944) |
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16 Aug 2006
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death
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Herschel Green, American soldier and pilot (b. 1920) |
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16 Aug 2006
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death
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Alfredo Stroessner, Paraguayan general and politician, 46th President of Paraguay (b. 1912) |
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16 Aug 2007
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death
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Bahaedin Adab, Iranian engineer and politician (b. 1945) |
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16 Aug 2007
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death
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The Missing Link, Canadian wrestler (b. 1939) |
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16 Aug 2008
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death
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Dorival Caymmi, Brazilian singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1914) |
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16 Aug 2008
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death
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Ronnie Drew, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Dubliners) (b. 1934) |
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16 Aug 2008
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death
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Masanobu Fukuoka, Japanese farmer and author (b. 1913) |
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16 Aug 2008
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death
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Elena Leuşteanu, Romanian gymnast (b. 1935) |
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16 Aug 2010
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death
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Dimitrios Ioannidis, Greek general (b. 1923) |
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16 Aug 2010
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death
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Bobby Thomson, Scottish-American baseball player (b. 1923) |
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16 Aug 2012
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death
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Princess Lalla Amina of Morocco (b. 1954) |
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16 Aug 2012
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death
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T. G. Kamala Devi, Indian actor and singer (b. 1930) |
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16 Aug 2012
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death
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Martine Franck, Belgian photographer (b. 1938) |
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16 Aug 2012
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death
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Abune Paulos, Ethiopian patriarch (b. 1935) |
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16 Aug 2012
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death
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William Windom, American actor (b. 1923) |
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16 Aug 2013
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death
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David Rees, English mathematician and academic (b. 1918) |
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16 Aug 2014
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death
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Patrick Aziza, Nigerian general and politician, Governor of Kebbi State (b. 1947) |
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16 Aug 2014
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death
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Mike Matarazzo, American bodybuilder and boxer (b. 1965) |
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16 Aug 2014
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death
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Vsevolod Nestayko, Ukrainian author (b. 1930) |
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16 Aug 2014
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death
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Mario Oriani-Ambrosini, Italian-South African lawyer and politician (b. 1960) |
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16 Aug 2014
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death
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Peter Scholl-Latour, German journalist, author, and academic (b. 1924) |
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