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January 1

Construction begins on Arcosanti, by Paolo Soleri, in Mayer, Arizona, 65 miles north of Phoenix, Arizona.

The Unix epoch begins at 00:00:00 UTC.

January 5 - The first episode of All My Children is broadcast on the ABC television network.

January 12 - Biafra capitulates, ending the Nigerian civil war.

January 15 - After a 32-month fight for independence from Nigeria, Biafran forces under General Effiong formally surrender to General Yakubu Gowon.

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February 11 - Osumi, Japan's first satellite, is launched on a Lamba-4 rocket.

February 17 - MacDonald family massacre: Jeffrey R. MacDonald kills his wife and children at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and claims that drugged-out "hippies" did it.

February 18 - A jury finds the Chicago Seven defendants not guilty of conspiring to incite a riot, in charges stemming from the violence at the 1968 Democratic National Convention. Five of the defendants are found guilty on the lesser charge of crossing state lines to incite riot.

February 20 - Construction begins on the Bogazici Bridge crossing the Bosphorus in Istanbul.

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March 1 - Rhodesia severs its last tie with the United Kingdom, declaring itself a racially-segregated republic.

March 5 - The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty goes into effect, after ratification by 43 nations.

March 11 - Henry "Dickie" Marrow is murdered in a violent hate crime in Oxford, North Carolina.

March 15 - The Expo '70 World's Fair opens in Suita, Osaka, Japan.

March 16 - The complete New English Bible is published.

March 17 - My Lai massacre: The United States Army charges 14 officers with suppressing information related to the incident.

March 18

General Lon Nol ousts Prince Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia.

United States Postal Service workers in New York City go on strike; the strike spreads to the state of California and the cities of Akron, Philadelphia, Chicago, Boston, and Denver; 210,000 out of 750,000 U.S. postal employees walk out. President Nixon assigns military units to New York City post offices. The strike lasts two weeks.

March 21

The first Earth Day proclamation is issued by San Francisco Mayor Joseph Alioto.

All Kinds of Everything sung by Dana (music and text by Derry Lindsay and Jackie Smith) wins Eurovision Song Contest 1970 for Ireland.

March 25 - The Concorde makes its first supersonic flight (700 mph/1127 km/h).

March 31 - NASA's Explorer I, the first American artificial satellite and the first of the Explorer program spacecrafts, reenters Earth's atmosphere after 12 years in orbit.

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April 1

President Richard Nixon signs the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act into law, banning cigarette television advertisements in the United States, starting on January 1, 1971.

American Motors introduces the Gremlin.

April 10 - Paul McCartney announces that the Beatles have disbanded, while at the same press conference, announcing the release of his new solo album.

April 11 - Apollo program: Apollo 13 (Jim Lovell, Fred Haise, Jack Swigert) is launched toward the Moon. On April 13, an oxygen tank in the spacecraft explodes, forcing the crew to abort the mission. They return safely to Earth on April 17.

April 22 - The first Earth Day is celebrated.

April 24 - China's first satellite (Dong Fang Hong 1) is launched with a Long March-1 Rocket(CZ-1).

April 29 - The U.S. invades Cambodia to hunt out the Viet Cong.

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May 1 - Twelve thousand demonstrate against the trial of the New Haven Nine, Bobby Seale, and Ericka Huggins.

May 4 - The Kent State shootings: Four students at Kent State University in Ohio are killed and nine wounded by National Guardsmen at a demonstration protesting against the incursion into Cambodia.

May 5 - The Sahastrara of Universe is opened by Nirmala Srivastava(Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi), the founder of Sahaja Yoga.

May 6

Arms Crisis in the Republic of Ireland: Charles Haughey and Neil Blaney are dismissed as members of the Irish Government, due to accusations of their involvement in a plot to import arms for use by the IRA in Northern Ireland.

Feyenoord wins the European Cup after a 2-1 win over Celtic.

May 9 - One hundred thousand people demonstrate in Washington, DC against the Vietnam War.

May 11 - Lubbock Tornado. An F5 tornado hits downtown Lubbock, TX. It was the first F5 to hit a downtown district of a major city since Topeka, Kansas in 1966. 28 were killed.

May 14

Ulrike Meinhof helps Andreas Baader escape.

In the second day of violent demonstrations at Jackson State College in Jackson, Mississippi, state law enforcement officers fire into the demonstrators, killing two and injuring 12.

May 17 - Thor Heyerdahl sets sail from Morocco on the papyrus boat Ra II, to sail the Atlantic Ocean.

May 23 - A fire occurs in the Britannia Bridge over the Menai Straits in north Wales, contributing to its partial destruction and amounting to approximately £1,000,000 worth of fire damage.

May 24 - The drilling of the Kola Superdeep Borehole begins in the USSR.

May 26 - The Soviet Tupolev Tu-144 becomes the first commercial transport to exceed Mach 2.

May 27 - A British expedition climbs the south face of Annapurna I.

May 29 - American artist Eva Hesse dies after three operations, and recurring brain tumors at the age of 34.

May 31

The Ancash earthquake causes a landslide that buries the town of Yungay, Peru; more than 47,000 people are killed.

The 1970 FIFA World Cup is inaugurated.

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June 2 - Norway announces that it has rich oil deposits off its North Sea coast.

June 4 - Tonga gains independence from the United Kingdom.

June 10 - President Nixon signs a measure lowering the voting age to 18.

June 11 - The United States gets its first female generals: Anna Mae Hays and Elizabeth P. Hoisington.

June 18 - Edward Heath is elected Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in the general election

June 21 - Brazil defeats Italy 4-1 to win the 1970 FIFA World Cup.

June 24 - The United States Senate repeals the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution.

June 28 - U.S. ground troops withdraw from Cambodia.

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July 1 - Colorado State College changes its name to University of Northern Colorado.

July 4

A chartered Dan-Air Comet crashes into the mountains north of Barcelona - at least 112 are killed.

Bob Hope and other entertainers gather in New York City for Honor America Day, a nonpartisan holiday event.

July 11 - The first tunnel under the Pyrenees links the Basque towns of Aranoutes and Biesma.

July 21 - The Aswan High Dam in Egypt is completed.

July 30 - Damages are awarded to Thalidomide victims.

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August 7 - Harold Haley, Marin County Superior Court Judge, is taken hostage and murdered, in an effort to free George Jackson from police custody.

August 17-18 - The U.S. sinks 418 containers of nerve gas into the Gulf Stream near the Bahamas.

August 17 - Venera program: Venera 7 is launched. It will later becomes the first spacecraft to successfully transmit data from another planet.

August 26 - The Women's Strike For Equality takes place down Fifth Avenue in New York City.

August 26- August 30- The Isle of Wight Festival 1970 takes place on East Afton Farm off the coast of England. Some 600,000 people attend the largest rock festival of all time. Artists include Jimi Hendrix, The Who, The Doors, Chicago, Richie Havens, John Sebastian, Joan Baez, Ten Years After, Emerson, Lake & Palmer and Jethro Tull.

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September 1 - An assassination attempt against King Hussein of Jordan precipitates the Black September crisis.

September 3-6 - Israeli forces fight Palestinian guerillas in southern Lebanon.

September 5 - Vietnam War: Operation Jefferson Glenn begins - The United States 101st Airborne Division and the South Vietnamese 1st Infantry Division initiate a new operation in Thua Thien Province (the operation ends in October 1971).

September 7

An anti-war rally is held at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, attended by John Kerry, Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland.

Fighting breaks out between Arab guerillas and government forces in Amman, Jordan.

September 8-10 - Jordanian government and Palestinian guerillas make truces that keep breaking.

September 9

Guinea recognizes East Germany.

Elvis Presley begins his first concert tour since 1958 in Phoenix, Arizona at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum.

September 10 – Cambodian government forces break the siege of Kompong Tho after 3 months.

September 11 - The Ford Pinto is introduced.

September 13 - The first New York City Marathon begins.

September 15 - King Hussein of Jordan forms a military government with Muhammad Daoud as the prime minister.

September 18 - Jimi Hendrix dies of a barbiturate overdose in London.

September 19 - Kostas Georgakis sets himself ablaze in Genoa, Italy as a protest against the Greek military junta of 1967-1974

September 20 - Syrian armored forces cross the Jordanian border.

September 20-21 - Luna 16 lands on the Moon and lifts off the day later with samples. It lands on Earth September 24.

September 21 - Palestinian armored forces reinforce Palestinian guerillas in Irbidi, Jordan.

September 22 - Tunku Abdul Rahman resigns as prime minister of Malaysia, and is succeeded by his deputy Tun Abdul Razak.

September 26 - The Laguna Fire starts in San Diego County, burning 175,425 acres (710 km²).

September 27 - Richard Nixon begins a tour of Europe and visits Italy, Yugoslavia, Spain, the United Kingdom and Ireland.

September 28 - Gamal Abdal Nasser dies - Vice President Anwar Sadat is named temporary president of Egypt.

September 29

The U.S. Congress gives President Richard Nixon authority to sell arms to Israel.

In Berlin, Baader-Meinhof Gang members rob three banks, with loot totaling over DM200,000.

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October 2 - The Wichita State University football team's "Gold" plane crashes in Colorado, killing most of the players. They were on their way (along with administrators and fans) to a game with Utah State University.

October 3 - In Lebanon, the government of Prime Minister Rashid Karami resigns.

October 4

In Bolivia, Army Commander General Rogelio Miranda and a group of officers rebel and demand the resignation of President Alfredo Ovando Candía, who fires him.

Janis Joplin dies of a heroin overdose inside her hotel room in Los Angeles, California.

October 5

U.S. President Nixon's European tour ends.

The Front de Libération du Québec (FLQ) kidnaps James Cross in Montreal and demands release of all its imprisoned members. The next day the Canadian government announces it won't meet the demand, beginning Quebec's October Crisis.

The Public Broadcasting Service begins broadcasting.

October 6

Bolivian President Alfredo Ovando Candía resigns – General Rogelio Miranda takes over but resigns soon after.

French President Georges Pompidou visits the Soviet Union.

October 7

General Juan José Torres becomes the new President of Bolivia.

Anwar Sadat is accepted as Egyptian president.

October 8

The U.S. Foreign Office announces that it will renew its arms sales to Pakistan.

Soviet author Alexander Solzhenitsyn is awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Vietnam War: In Paris, a Communist delegation rejects U.S. President Richard Nixon's October seven peace proposal as "a maneuver to deceive world opinion."

October 9

The Khmer Republic is proclaimed in Cambodia.

Divorce is legalized in Italy.

October 10

Fiji becomes independent.

October Crisis: In Montreal, Quebec, a national crisis hits Canada when Quebec Vice-Premier and Minister of Labour Pierre Laporte becomes the second statesman kidnapped by members of the FLQ terrorist group.

October 11 - Eleven French soldiers are killed in a shootout with rebels in Chad.

October 12 - Vietnam War: U.S. President Richard Nixon announces that the United States will withdraw 40,000 more troops before Christmas.

October 13

Canada and the People's Republic of China establish diplomatic relations.

Saeb Salam forms a government in Lebanon.

October 14 - A Chinese nuclear test is conducted in Lop Nor.

October 15

In Egypt, a referendum supports Anwar Sadat 90.04%.

A section of the new West Gate Bridge in Melbourne collapses into the river below, killing 35 construction workers.

October 16 - October Crisis: The Canadian government declares a state of emergency and outlaws the Quebec Liberation Front.

October 17

October Crisis: Pierre Laporte is found killed in south Montreal.

A cholera epidemic breaks out in Istanbul.

Anwar Sadat officially becomes President of Egypt.

October 20

The Soviet Union launches the Zond 8 lunar probe.

Algerian ex-minister Krim Belkacem is found strangled in his hotel room in Frankfurt.

Egyptian president Anwar Sadat names Mahmoud Fawzi as his prime minister.

October 21 - A U.S. Air Force plane makes an emergency landing near Leninakan, Soviet Union. The Soviets release the American officers, including 2 generals, November 10.

October 22 - Chilean army commander Rene Schneider is shot in Santiago; the government declares a state of emergency. Schneider dies October 25.

October 24 - Salvador Allende is elected President of Chile.

October 26

U.S. and Soviet space researchers meet in Moscow.

Garry Trudeau's comic strip Doonesbury debuts in approximately two dozen newspapers in the United States.

October 28

In Jordan, the government of Ahmed Toukan resigns; the next prime minister is Wasfi Al-Tal.

A cholera outbreak in eastern Slovakia causes Hungary to close its border with Czechoslovakia.

Gary Gabelich drives the rocket-powered Blue Flame to an official world land speed record of 622.287 mph (1,001.452863 km/h) on the dry lake bed of the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. The record, the first above 1,000 km/h, stands for nearly 13 years.

October 30 - In Vietnam, the worst monsoon to hit the area in six years causes large floods, kills 293, leaves 200,000 homeless and virtually halts the Vietnam War.

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November 1 - Fire destroys the Le Cinq Sept dance hall in St. Laurent Du Pont, France; 144 dead.

November 3 - Democrats sweep the U.S. Congressional midterm elections, and win a majority of the U.S. governorships.

November 4

Vietnam War: Vietnamization - The United States turns control of the air base in the Mekong Delta to South Vietnam.

Social workers in Los Angeles, California take custody of Genie, a girl who had been kept in solitary confinement since her birth.

November 5 - Vietnam War: The United States Military Assistance Command in Vietnam reports the lowest weekly American soldier death toll in five years (24 soldiers died that week, which was the fifth consecutive week the death toll was below 50; 431 were reported wounded that week, however).

November 8 - Egypt, Libya and Sudan announce their intentions to form a federation.

November 9

Charles de Gaulle dies – he is buried November 13.

The Soviet Union launches Luna 17.

Vietnam War: The Supreme Court of the United States votes six to three not to hear a case by the state of Massachusetts, about the constitutionality of a state law granting Massachusetts residents the right to refuse military service in an undeclared war.

November 10 - Vietnam War: Vietnamization - For the first time in five years, an entire week ends with no reports of United States combat fatalities in Southeast Asia.

November 12 - Soviet author Andrei Amalrik is sentenced to three years for 'anti-Soviet' writings.

November 13

Hafez al-Assad comes to power in Syria, following a military coup.

1970 Bhola cyclone: A 120-mph tropical cyclone hits the densely populated Ganges Delta region of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), killing an estimated 500,000 people (this is regarded as the 20th century's worst cyclone disaster).

November 14 - A fatal airplane accident in Wayne County, West Virginia, claims the lives of all 75 onboard, including 37 players and five coaches from the Marshall University football team.

November 17

Vietnam War: Lieutenant William Calley goes on trial for the My Lai massacre.

Luna program: The Soviet Union lands Lunokhod 1 on Mare Imbrium (Sea of Rains) on the Moon. This is the first roving remote-controlled robot to land on another world, and is released by the orbiting Luna 17 spacecraft.

November 18

U.S. President Richard Nixon asks the U.S. Congress for US$155 million in supplemental aid for the Cambodian government (US$85 million is for military assistance to prevent the overthrow of the government of Premier Lon Nol by the Khmer Rouge and North Vietnam).

The United Nations Security Council demands that no government recognize Rhodesia.

November 19 - EEC prime ministers meet in Munich.

November 21

Syrian Prime Minister Hafez al-Assad forms a new government but retains the post of defense minister.

in Ethiopia, the Eritrean Liberation Front kills an Ethiopian general.

Vietnam War: Operation Ivory Coast - A joint Air Force and Army team raids the Son Tay prison camp in an attempt to free American POWs thought to be held there (no Americans are killed, but the prisoners have already moved to another camp; all U.S. POWs are moved to a handful of central prison complexes as a result of this raid).

November 22 - Guinean president Sekou Toure accuses Portugal of an attack when hundreds of mercenaries land near the capital Conakry.

November 23-November 24 - The Guinean army repels the landing attempts.

November 25-29 A UN delegation arrives to investigate the Guinea situation.

November 25 - In Japan, world-famous author and Tatenokai militia leader Yukio Mishima and his followers take over the Ichigaya headquarters of the Japan Self-Defense Forces, and take General Kanetoshi Mashita hostage. When Mishima's speech fails to sway public opinion towards his right-wing political beliefs, he commits seppuku.

November 26

East Pakistan leader Sheik Mujibur Rahman accuses the central government of negligence in catastrophe relief.

Pope Paul VI begins an Asian tour.

November 27 - Bolivian artist Benjamin Mendoza tries to assassinate Pope Paul VI during his visit in Manila.

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December 1

The Italian House of Representatives accepts the new divorce law.

Ethiopia recognizes the People's Republic of China.

The Basque ETA kidnaps West German Eugen Beihl in San Sebastian.

Luis Echeverría Álvarez becomes president of Mexico.

December 2 - The United States Environmental Protection Agency begins operations.

December 3

October Crisis: In Montreal, Quebec, kidnapped British Trade Commissioner James Cross is released by the Front de Libération du Québec terrorist group after being held hostage for 60 days. Police negotiate his release and in return the Government of Canada grants five terrorists from the FLQ's Chenier Cell their request for safe passage to Cuba.

Burgos Trial - In Burgos, Spain, a trial begins of 16 Basques terrorism suspects.

December 4

The Spanish government declares a 3-month martial law in the Basque county of Guipuzco, due to strikes and demonstrations.

The UN announces that Portuguese navy and army units were responsible for the attempted invasion of Guinea.

December 5 - The Asian and Australian tour of Pope Paul VI ends.

December 7

Giovanni Enrico Bucher, the Swiss ambassador to Brazil, is kidnapped in Rio de Janeiro; kidnappers demand the release of 70 political prisoners.

The UN General Assembly supports the isolation of South Africa due to its apartheid policies.

During his visit to the Polish capital, German Chancellor Willy Brandt goes down on his knees in front of a monument to the victims of the Warsaw Ghetto.

December 12 - A landslide in western Colombia leaves 200 dead.

December 13 - The government of Poland announces increases in the price of food. Riots and looting lead to a bloody confrontation between the rioters and the government on December 15. Martial law December 17-22. December 23 the government will freeze the food prices for two years.

December 15 - The USSR's Venera 7 becomes the first spacecraft to land successfully on Venus and transmit data back to Earth.

December 16 - The Ethiopian government declares a state of emergency in the county of Eritrea, due to the activities of the Eritrean Liberation Front.

December 20

General Secretary of the Polish Communist Party, Władysław Gomułka, resigns; Edward Gierek replaces him.

An Egyptian delegation leaves for Moscow to ask for economic and military aid.

December 22

The Libyan Revolutionary Council declares that it will nationalize all foreign banks in the country.

Franz Stangl, the ex-commander of Treblinka, is sentenced to life imprisonment.

December 23

The Bolivian government releases Regis Debray.

The North Tower of the World Trade Center is topped out at 1,368 feet, making it the tallest building in the world.

December 25 - The ETA releases Eugen Beihl.

December 27 - India's president declares new elections.

December 28

Burgos Trial: Three Basques are sentenced to death (3 twice), others sentenced for 12-62 years, and 1 is released.

The suspected killers of Pierre Laporte, Jacques & Paul Rose and Francis Sunard, are arrested near Montreal.

December 30

Franco commutes the death sentences of the Burgos Trial defendants to 30 years in prison.

In Viscaya, Spain, Basque county, 15,000 go on strike to protest the Burgos trial death sentences.

December 31 - Paul McCartney sues in Great Britain to dissolve the Beatles's legal partnership.

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The first Regional Technical Colleges open in Ireland.

Disappearance of Sada Abe, Japanese former prostitute and later actress.

Discovery in England of the Sweet Track, the World's oldest engineered roadway.

The band Queen formed this year. The following year bassist John Deacon joined.

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January 1 - Kimberly Page, American model

January 3 - Christian Duguay, American comedian

January 6 - Julie Chen, American television host

January 6 - Gabrielle Reece, American volleyball player and model

January 9 - Lara Fabian, Canadian/Belgian singer

January 12 - Zack de la Rocha, American musician (Rage Against the Machine)

January 13 - Keith Coogan, American actor

January 13 - Marco Pantani, Italian cyclist (d. 2004)

January 15 - Shane McMahon, American professional wrestler and wrestling executive

January 17 - Jeremy Roenick, American hockey player

January 17 - Genndy Tartakovsky, Russian animator

January 19 - Tim Foster, British rower

January 20 - Mitch Benn, British comedian and songwriter

January 20 - Skeet Ulrich, American actor

January 22 - Alex Ross, American comic artist

January 29 - Heather Graham, American actress

January 29 - Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, Indian shooter

January 31 - Minnie Driver, English actress

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February 1 - Malik Sealy, American basketball player (d. 2000)

February 4 - Nicole Wood, Playboy playmate

February 8 - Alonzo Mourning, American basketball player

February 9 - Glenn McGrath, Australian Test Cricketer

February 15 - Gloria Trevi, Mexican singer and actress

February 24 - Jeff Garcia, American football player

February 26 - Linda Brava, Finnish violinist

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March 5 - John Frusciante, musician (Red Hot Chili Peppers)

March 8 - Jason Elam, American football player

March 9 - Stuart Neild, English author

March 18 - Queen Latifah, American rapper, record producer, and actress

March 22 - Leontien van Moorsel, Dutch cyclist

March 24 - Lara Flynn Boyle, American actress

March 24 - Sharon Corr, Irish musician (The Corrs)

March 26 - Mark Osher, Australian writer

March 27 - Mariah Carey, American singer

March 27 - Leila Pahlavi, Iranian princess (d. 2001)

March 28 - Vince Vaughn, American actor, writer, and producer

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April 3 - Stephen Hendry, Scottish snooker player

April 4 - Barry Pepper, Canadian actor

April 4 - Wendy Bell, WTAE-TV News anchor

April 5 - Miho Hatori, Japanese singer and songwriter (Cibo Matto)

April 12 - Nick Hexum, American singer and guitarist

April 13 - Rebecca Cummings, American porn star

April 13 - Rick Schroeder, American actor

April 17 - Redman, American rapper

April 18 - Greg Eklund, American drummer (Everclear)

April 21 - Nicole Sullivan, American actress, comedienne, and writer

April 22 - Regine Velasquez, Filipina singer, actress, model, record producer, and entrepreneur

April 25 - Jason Lee, American skateboarder and actor

April 26 - Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins, singer

April 27 - Kylie Travis, English-born actress and model

April 29 - Andre Agassi, American tennis player

April 29 - Uma Thurman, American actress

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May 5 - Todd Newton, American game show host

May 12 - Mike Weir, Canadian golfer

May 15 - Ronald de Boer and Frank de Boer, Dutch football players

May 15 - Rod Smith, American football player

May 16 - Gabriela Sabatini, Argentine tennis player

May 18 - Tina Fey, American writer, comedian, and actress

May 22 - Naomi Campbell, English model and actress

May 23 - Yigal Amir, Israeli assassin of the Prime Minister of Israel Yitzhak Rabin

May 24 - Jeff Zgonina, American football player

May 25 - Jamie Kennedy, American actor and comedian

May 25 - Satsuki Yukino, Japanese voice actress

May 26 - Nobuhiro Watsuki, Japanese cartoonist

May 27 - Joseph Fiennes, English actor

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June 2 - B-Real, American rapper

June 6 - Anthony Norris, American professional wrestler

june 6 - Andrian Dushev,Bulgarian canoer,bronze olympic medal Atlanta96

June 8 - Kelli Williams, American actress

June 13 - Mikael Ljungberg, Swedish wrestler (d. 2004)

June 15 - Leah Remini, American actress

June 16 - Phil Mickelson, American golfer

June 17 - Sasha Sokol, Mexican Singer

June 17 - Will Forte, American writer, actor and comedian

June 19 - MJ Hibbett, English singer-songwriter

June 19 - Quincy Watts, American athlete

June 20 - Russell Garcia, British field hockey player

June 20 - Moulay Rachid, Prince of Morocco

June 21 - Pete Rock, American rapper/DJ/producer

June 25 - Lucy Benjamin, British actress

June 26 - Patrick Norton, American writer and television host

June 26 - Chris O'Donnell, American actor

June 26 - Nick Offerman, American actor

June 27 - Jim Edmonds, baseball player

June 27 - Vitamin C, American singer

June 30 - Brian Bloom, American actor

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July 2 - Steve Morrow, Northern Irish footballer

July 3 - Teemu Selänne, Finnish hockey player

July 3 - Shawnee Smith, American actress

July 5 - Mac Dre, American rapper (d. 2004)

July 6 - Martin Smith, English singer and songwriter

July 7 - Wayne McCullough, Northern Irish boxer

July 8 - Beck, American singer

July 11 - Saj Karim, British politician

July 23 - Charisma Carpenter, American actress

July 23 - Thea Dorn, German writer

July 29 - Andi Peters, British TV presenter and producer

July 30 - Christopher Nolan, English writer and director

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August 2 - Tony Amonte, American hockey player

August 2 - Kevin Smith, American screenwriter, film director, and actor

August 4 - Pete Abrams, American webcomic artist, author of Sluggy Freelance

August 6 - M. Night Shyamalan, Indian film director, writer, producer, and actor

August 13 - Alan Shearer, English footballer

August 14 - Leah Purcell, Australian actress

August 16 - Bonnie Bernstein, ESPN sportscaster

August 17 - Jim Courier, American tennis player

August 18 - Malcolm-Jamal Warner, American actor

August 20 - John Carmack, American computer game programmer

August 20 - Fred Durst, American singer

August 21 - Erik Dekker, Dutch professional cyclist

August 23 - Jay Mohr, American actor and comedian

August 23 - River Phoenix, American actor (d. 1993)

August 25 - Claudia Schiffer, German model

August 27 - Jim Thome, baseball player

August 27 - Peter Ebdon, English snooker player

August 29 - Jacco Eltingh, Dutch tennis player

August 31 - Deborah Gibson, American singer

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September 3 - David-Matthew Barnes, American writer and director

September 4 - Daisy Dee, Dutch singer and actress

September 5 - Liam Lynch, American musician, comedian, puppetteer, creator of the Sifl and Olly Show.

September 8 - Latrell Sprewell, American basketball player

September 8 - Benny Ibarra, Mexican Singer

September 9 - Macy Gray, American singer

September 10 - Phaswane Mpe, South African writer (d. 2004)

September 10 - Jeff Marx, Broadway composer

September 14 - Craig Montoya, American musician (Everclear)

September 18 - Darren Gough, English cricketer

September 19 - Takanori Nishikawa, Japanese singer

September 19 - Yuka Imai, Japanese seiyu (voice actress)

September 21 - Bridget Moynahan, American actress

September 22 - Mike Matheny, baseball player

September 23 - Ani DiFranco, American musician

September 28 - Isabelle Brasseur, Canadian figure skater

September 29 - Emily Lloyd, English actress

September 29 - Yoshihiro Tajiri, Japanese Professional Wrestler

September 30 - Mark Smith former Gladiator

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October 2 - Kelly Ripa, American actress and talk-show hostess

October 4 - Richard Hancox, English footballer

October 8 - Matt Damon, American actor

October 9 - Annika Sörenstam, Swedish golfer

October 10 - Bai Ling, Chinese actress

October 10 - Sir Matthew Pinsent, British Olympic winning rower

October 11 - Andy Marriott, English footballer

October 15 - Eric Benét, American singer

October 17 - Anil Kumble, Indian cricketer

October 17 - Marciano Vink, Dutch footballer

October 18 - Jose Padilla, American gang member and alleged terrorist

October 29 - Philip Cocu, Dutch Soccer Player

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November 2 - Sharmell Sullivan, World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) Valet and former Nitro Girl

November 3 - Dawn Marie Psaltis , former Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) and WWE performer

November 6 - Ethan Hawke, American actor, writer, and film director

November 7 - Neil Hannon, Northern Irish musician (The Divine Comedy)

November 9 - Chris Jericho, Canadian Pro Wrestler, and Lead Singer Fozzy

November 9 - Susan Tedeschi, American musician and singer

November 12 - Tonya Harding, American figure skater

November 12 - Harvey Stephens, British, child-actor

November 18 - Peta Wilson, Australian actress

November 20 - Joe Zaso, American actor and producer

November 22 - Stel Pavlou, British novelist and screenwriter

November 23 - Zoë Ball, British television and radio presenter

November 26 - Dave Hughes, Australian comedian

November 26 - Alex Taylor, Latin porn star

November 30 - Natalie Williams, American basketball player

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December 2 - Sarah Silverman, American comedian

December 12 - Jennifer Connelly,American actress

December 15 - Dr Mariam Seedat, South African sociologist

December 15 - Michael Shanks, Canadian actor

December 17 - Craig Doyle, Irish television presenter

December 17 - Joshua Seth, American voice actor and hypnotist

December 18 - DMX, American rapper

December 18 - Miles Marshall Lewis, American author

December 18 - Cowboy Troy, American singer and rapper

December 18 - Rob Van Dam, American Pro Wrestler

December 20 - Nicole DeBoer, Canadian actress

December 20 - Massimo Ellul, Maltese entrepreneur and philanthropist

December 29 - Aled Jones, Welsh singer and television presenter

December 29 - Kevin Weisman, American actor

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Gabrielle Giffords, American politician

Naomi Klein, Canadian journalist and activist

Tomoki Kyoda, Japanese animation director

Dean Del Mastro, Canadian Member of Parliament

Freddy Soto, American comedian and actor.

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January 4 - Jean-Etienne Valluy, French general (b. 1899)

January 5 - Max Born, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1882)

January 10 - Pavel Belyayev, cosmonaut (b. 1925)

January 18 - David O. McKay, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1873)

January 25 - Jane Bathori, French mezzo-soprano (b. 1877)

January 27 - Rita Angus, New Zealand painter (b. 1908)

January 29 - Basil Liddell Hart, British military historian (b. 1895)

January 29 - Thelma Morgan, American socialite (b. 1904)

January 31 - Slim Harpo, American singer (b. 1924)

February 2 - Bertrand Russell, English logician and philosopher, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature (b. 1872)

February 5 - Rudy York, baseball player (b. 1913)

February 14 - Herbert Strudwick, English cricketer (b. 1880)

February 16 - Francis Peyton Rous, American pathologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1879)

February 17 - Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Israeli writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)

February 17 - Alfred Newman, American film composer (b. 1901)

February 20 - Sophie Treadwell, American playwright and journalist (b. 1885)

February 25 - Mark Rothko, Latvian-born painter (b. 1903)

March 11 - Erle Stanley Gardner, American author (b. 1889)

March 11 - Lucille Hegamin, American singer and entertainer (b. 1894)

March 16 - Tammi Terrell, American singer (b. 1945)

March 23 - Del Lord, Canadian film director (b. 1894)

March 30 - Heinrich Brüning, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1885)

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April 5 - Alfred Henry Sturtevant American geneticist (b. 1891)

April 26 - Gypsy Rose Lee, American actress (b. 1911)

April 30 - Inger Stevens, Swedish-born actress (b. 1934)

May 1 - Ralph Hartley, American inventor (b. 1888)

May 1 - Yi, Eun, Crown Prince of Korea (b. 1897)

May 9 - Andrew Watson Myles, Canadian politician (b. 1884)

May 9 - Walter Reuther, American labor union leader (b. 1907)

May 14 - Billie Burke, American actress (b. 1885)

May 12 - Nelly Sachs, German writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)

May 21 - E. L. Grant Watson, Australian scientist and writer (b. 1885)

May 29 - John Gunther, American writer (b. 1901)

May 31 - Terry Sawchuk, Canadian hockey player (b. 1929)

June 7 - E. M. Forster, English writer (b. 1879)

June 8 - Abraham Maslow, American psychologist (b. 1908)

June 16 - Brian Piccolo, American football star (b. 1943)

June 21 - Sukarno, President of Indonesia (b. 1901)

June 27 - Daniel Kinsey, American hurdler (b. 1902)

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July 10 - Bjarni Benediktsson, Icelandic foreign and later prime minister (b. 1908)

July 19 - Egon Eiermann, German architect (b. 1904)

July 21 - Bob Kalsu, American football player (b. 1945)

July 22 - Fritz Kortner, Austrian-born director (b. 1892)

July 24 - Peter de Noronha, Indian businessman (b. 1897)

July 29 - John Barbirolli, English conductor (b. 1899)

July 29 - George Szell, Hungarian conductor (b. 1897)

August 1 - Frances Farmer, American actress (b. 1913)

August 1 - Otto Heinrich Warburg, German physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate (b. 1883)

August 18 - Soledad Miranda, Spanish Actress (b. 1943)

August 19 - Paweł Jasienica, Polish historian (b. 1909)

September 1 - Francois Mauriac, French writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1885)

September 2 - Marie Pierre Koenig, French general and politician (b. 1898)

September 3 - Vince Lombardi, American football coach (b. 1913)

September 5 - Jesse Pennington, English footballer (b. 1883)

September 5 - Jochen Rindt, Austrian race car driver (b. 1942)

September 11 - Ernst May, German architect (b. 1886)

September 18 - Jimi Hendrix, American musician (b. 1942)

September 25 - Erich Maria Remarque, German author (b. 1898)

September 28 - Gamal Abdal Nasser, first President of Egypt (b. 1928)

September 28 - John Dos Passos, American novelist (b. 1896)

September 29 - Edward Everett Horton, American actor (b. 1895)

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October 4 - Janis Joplin, American singer (b. 1943)

October 17 - Pierre Laporte, Canadian statesman (assassinated) (b. 1921)

October 21 - John T. Scopes, American Scopes Monkey Trial defendant (b. 1900)

October 24 - Richard Hofstadter, American historian (b. 1916)

November 7 - Eddie Peabody, American musician (b. 1902)

November 9 - Charles de Gaulle, President of France (b. 1890)

November 14 - Louis Rich, American Entrepreneur (b. 1896)

December 12 - Doris Blackburn, Australian politician (b. 1889)

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Paul Celan, Romanian-born German-language poet (body found on May 1) (b. 1920)

Sada Abe, Japanese actress (unconfirmed)

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Physics - Hannes Alfvén, Louis Eugène Félix Néel

Chemistry - Luis Federico Leloir

Medicine - Sir Bernard Katz, Ulf von Euler, Julius Axelrod

Literature - Aleksandr Isaevich Solzhenitsyn

Peace - Norman E. Borlaug

Economics - Paul Samuelson

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