1970
Aswan High Dam
Dam in Aswan, Egypt
Events
73
Moments recorded on this date.
Births
243
Notable people born on this date.
Deaths
91
Notable people who died on this date.
Holidays
14
Annual observances listed for this date.
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1961
Alaska Airlines Flight 779
1961 aviation accident
1959
Pumpsie Green
American baseball player (1933–2019)
1951
Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 3505
1951 missing passenger plane flight
1949
United States Senate
Upper house of the US Congress
1944
World War II
Global conflict (1939–1945)
1944
Claus von Stauffenberg
German army officer (1907–1944)
1936
Spanish Civil War
1936–1939 civil war in Spain
1925
Scopes trial
1925 US legal case in Tennessee
1991
Sara Sampaio
Portuguese actress and model (born 1991)
1987
Bilel Mohsni
Tunisian association football player (born 1987)
1980
Jon Dorenbos
American football player and magician (born 1980)
1976
Cori Bush
American politician, nurse, and activist (born 1976)
1976
Jalmari Helander
Finnish screenwriter and film director (born 1976)
1972
Kimera Bartee
American baseball player and coach (1972–2021)
1971
Charlotte Gainsbourg
French and British actress and singer (born 1971)
1964
Ross Kemp
English actor and journalist (born 1964)
1963
Giant Silva
Brazilian basketball player, mixed martial artist and professional wrestler
2020
Annie Ross
British-American jazz singer and actress (1930–2020)
2018
Alene Duerk
United States Navy admiral (1920–2018)
2016
Dennis Green
American gridiron football player, coach (1949–2016)
2015
E. L. Doctorow
American novelist and editor (1931–2015)
2014
Pueblo of Isleta
Federally recognized tribe in New Mexico, United States
2014
Dan Borislow
American entrepreneur, sports team owner and thoroughbred horse breeder
2014
Lettice Curtis
English female aviator; Air Transport Auxiliary pilot
2012
Alexander Cockburn
Scottish-born Irish-American political journalist and writer
2012
James D. Ramage
United States Navy admiral (1916–2012)
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Alberic Crescitelli
Italian Roman Catholic saint
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Albert Luthuli
South African politician (c. 1898–1967)
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Saint Arbogast
7th-century missionary; Bishop of Strasbourg
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Barhadbesciabas
Christian martyr (d. 355)
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Carlos Duarte Costa
Brazilian Catholic bishop (1888–1961)
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Daniel (biblical figure)
Protagonist of the Book of Daniel of the Hebrew Bible
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Lawrence of Brindisi
Catholic priest and theologian
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Praxedes
Second century Christian saint
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Victor of Marseilles
3rd-century Egyptian martyr and saint
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